And has issued a fresh warning tonight that corona-virus will overwhelm the NHS. Unless everyone starts to practice. Social distancing and that the UK was no more than three weeks behind Italy when it comes to the spread of the disease. He's urged everyone in the UK to follow. Official guidance to stay at home to save lives it comes as the NHS struck an unprecedented deal with private hospitals across England to utilize. Nearly their entire Hospital capacity to help in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic the NHS says the deal will provide 8,000 additional hospital beds across England nearly 1,200 more ventilators and 700 doctors. News of the deal came hours before, health officials announced that a further 56 people have died in the UK, after testing positive bringing the total here to 233 with the latest his Dominic Hughes tonight a stark warning from the Prime Minister the NHS is a real risk of being overwhelmed by the coronavirus Boris Johnson warns we are just two or three weeks behind Italy and the virus is accelerating but some good news too in what looks like a really significant deal with private hospitals 8,000 beds 1,200 ventilators and thousands of staff will be made available at cost to the NHS, this is fantastic news it will really help me and my colleagues on the front line to feel supported and have the capacity in the hospital to admit the sickest patients to give them the care we need my only concern about this is PPE visors mast gowns we know that we've had some shortages in the NHS.
Recently and I would like to see some assurances that the new staff who are coming on board are going to be protected and that there's going to be PPE enough for all of us to use medical staff are still extremely concerned over access to adequate protective clothing the government says enough of the right kit is available, meanwhile on the first day of what is meant to be something close to locking down and strict social distancing in the center of Newcastle some people were still out and about from the experts through a real sense that a moment of crisis is fast approaching if you follow the advice you are saving somebody's life this is the time in your lifetime whereby your action will save somebody's life it's as simple and as stark as that a picture of those who are being admitted to critical care units after falling ill to the virus has begun to emerge data was collected on 196 patients in s from Monday to shield themselves from the virus all part of the effort to ensure.
The NHS is not overwhelmed in the months ahead Dominic Hughes News so the government then tonight stressing England Wales and Northern Ireland more than half of them were being looked after by hospitals in London there's a significant difference between women and men more than two-thirds were male and 132 patients needed a ventilation machine to help them breathe 16 patients sadly died 17 were able to be discharged to regular hospital wards the rest remained in intensive care there is now real concern about the number of cases that are presenting in London but also a small but significant cluster in Birmingham in the West Midlands but the truth is this virus is spreading throughout the country here in suffered the deaths of two patients were announced yesterday later this week one and a half million vulnerable people including some cancer patients and those with lung conditions will receive a letter it will strongly advise them to stay indoors for the next 12 weeks just how crucial it is to follow official advice to help reduce the spread of the disease Philip Norton is in York for us and how have people been responding there then OK just have a look here this is York city center and this time of night on a Saturday night.
It would normally be thriving with people out and join nights out that'd be the sound of music from pubs in this area but it's almost silent and this is a scene being Murphy repeated now right across the country in Townsend is with bars and restaurants closed in fact the only people really we've seen a round here in the city center a takeaway delivery drivers who are helping businesses as they adapt to this shutdown but there are serious concerns about the number of people who ignored the advice to stay at home and went for a day out today we've had reports of seaside resorts around the country reporting almost bank holiday light conditions including Brighton bridling ton and Smugness and tonight there's been warnings as well from the mountain rescue teams in Wales where there have been reports that Snowmen was full of people out climbing now the National Trust tonight has said that it's going to be closing its parks and gardens from midnight but clearly growing concerns growing calls now for more tourist destinations to close to help prevent the spread of corona-virus Indy Thank You, Phil, well meanwhile the government is also stressing there is more than enough food to go around and people have no need to stockpile the environment and food secretary George juice has said people should think of others especially health workers' who needed to shop at the end of their grueling shifts our political correspondent.
Nick early has this report an unprecedented crisis and an unprecedented challenge for the government the Prime Minister continued to urge everyone to follow advice warning of the consequences if people don't act together to try to stop the spread ministers are trying to prevent things getting worse in other ways too in shops long queues like this one in Sid cup this morning have become a familiar sight in say two empty shelves are common so this afternoon a plea from the government don't buy more than you need be responsible when you shop and think of others buying more than you need means that others may be left without and it is making life more difficult for those front line workers such as our doctors and nurses and NHS support staff who are working so hard in such difficult circumstance he just meters ahead like dawn the critical care nurse who found shelves empty after 40 hours of work we should all be ashamed but that has to happen it's unacceptable these are the very people that we will all need to look after perhaps us or our loved ones in the weeks ahead but it's thought to be 1 billion pounds more food in people's houses no compared to 3 weeks ago the reasons though aren't always simple my mum's 90 says she can't come on their own and say how does that work if I come in I look like I'm being the person who's making the stuff from the old people and actually my mum cock come out to get it so I've just got her staff at the chaotic and the bitch drains come here there's nothing available but all this supermarket shelves may look empty the message from industry chiefs is there is enough to go around there is plenty of food in the supply chain the issue is around people and lorries so getting that food right into the front line on to our shelves which is why we've seen shortages in some areas the government has relaxed some rules for supermarkets but might have to go further many of the pleas that we made so far have fallen on deaf ears is the government prepared to at some point intervene and perhaps introduce compulsory limits on what people can buy I don't think it is necessary or appropriate for the government to take this different stores on different items are working together to identify what an appropriate limit is so for now that please continue the question whether there are enough.
Nicole beauty news well a number of high street firms including Topshop and John Lewis have an announced they are temporarily shutting their stores although they will still trade online the Labor leader Jeremy Carbon has said the government should do more to provide Economic Security for all those affected while one Minister has admitted it will be operationally difficult to help self-employed people as our business correspondent Katie Austin explains huge chunks of the economy have already felt the pain as customers stay away jobs have already been lost this restaurant near Crawford has struggled on with business down 90 percent then the order came to close the best I can and how long I can't in if the government couldn't help me that there will be a fantastic help the managers here want to use yesterday's new measures designed to prevent mass redundancies under a grand scheme the government will fund 80 percent of wages for employees who now won't be able to work up to two and a half thousand pounds a month v80 payments will be deferred self-employed people aren't covered by the wage subsidy program but benefits are being increased the Chancellor's latest emergency support package for the economy was welcomed by business groups as something that will save hundreds of thousands of at-risk jobs but many self-employed people say they're facing a cliff edge - and they need more help at the moment one child left today so my income has gone from 200 pounds a day to about 40 pounds a day a massive d3 the Association representing self-employed people once wage subsidies extended to them - to ensure that they also can meet the cost of living pay their bills and buy food the Chief Secretary to the Treasury told the BBC government was doing what was operationally deliverable in a short timescale we're working with banks for example of those self-employed as to fur bare and so that they can get through the cash flow challenge looking at specific issues such as tax flexibility to support them as well so there's a range of measures that have been set up many businesses are trying to adapt to see this out more temporary store closures were announced this weekend meanwhile the wage grant scheme won't be ready for a few weeks and a cash flow crunch looms for the worst-hit firms Katie Austin BBC news let's return to our main news tonight then the prime minister then urging everyone across the UK to follow that guidance to stay at home to save lives our political correspondent Nick early is a Westminster for us and he couldn't be more clear on this now it has been an extraordinary week hasn't it with some of the most extraordinary interventions in modern British political history but the message from number 10 tonight is still stark the Prime Minister telling the country that the UK at the moment is just 2 or 3 weeks behind Italy urging everyone to follow that advice saying without a huge national effort to try to stop the spread of this virus the NHS here could well be overwhelmed in the next few days the government will lodge 1.5 million people in England alone to stay at home for 12 weeks to protect themselves from the virus the list of who they think is the most vulnerable will be published soon it has as I say been a really extraordinary period in British political history the Prime Minister saying tonight that people should stay at home and help save literally thousands of lives.
Recently and I would like to see some assurances that the new staff who are coming on board are going to be protected and that there's going to be PPE enough for all of us to use medical staff are still extremely concerned over access to adequate protective clothing the government says enough of the right kit is available, meanwhile on the first day of what is meant to be something close to locking down and strict social distancing in the center of Newcastle some people were still out and about from the experts through a real sense that a moment of crisis is fast approaching if you follow the advice you are saving somebody's life this is the time in your lifetime whereby your action will save somebody's life it's as simple and as stark as that a picture of those who are being admitted to critical care units after falling ill to the virus has begun to emerge data was collected on 196 patients in s from Monday to shield themselves from the virus all part of the effort to ensure.
The NHS is not overwhelmed in the months ahead Dominic Hughes News so the government then tonight stressing England Wales and Northern Ireland more than half of them were being looked after by hospitals in London there's a significant difference between women and men more than two-thirds were male and 132 patients needed a ventilation machine to help them breathe 16 patients sadly died 17 were able to be discharged to regular hospital wards the rest remained in intensive care there is now real concern about the number of cases that are presenting in London but also a small but significant cluster in Birmingham in the West Midlands but the truth is this virus is spreading throughout the country here in suffered the deaths of two patients were announced yesterday later this week one and a half million vulnerable people including some cancer patients and those with lung conditions will receive a letter it will strongly advise them to stay indoors for the next 12 weeks just how crucial it is to follow official advice to help reduce the spread of the disease Philip Norton is in York for us and how have people been responding there then OK just have a look here this is York city center and this time of night on a Saturday night.
It would normally be thriving with people out and join nights out that'd be the sound of music from pubs in this area but it's almost silent and this is a scene being Murphy repeated now right across the country in Townsend is with bars and restaurants closed in fact the only people really we've seen a round here in the city center a takeaway delivery drivers who are helping businesses as they adapt to this shutdown but there are serious concerns about the number of people who ignored the advice to stay at home and went for a day out today we've had reports of seaside resorts around the country reporting almost bank holiday light conditions including Brighton bridling ton and Smugness and tonight there's been warnings as well from the mountain rescue teams in Wales where there have been reports that Snowmen was full of people out climbing now the National Trust tonight has said that it's going to be closing its parks and gardens from midnight but clearly growing concerns growing calls now for more tourist destinations to close to help prevent the spread of corona-virus Indy Thank You, Phil, well meanwhile the government is also stressing there is more than enough food to go around and people have no need to stockpile the environment and food secretary George juice has said people should think of others especially health workers' who needed to shop at the end of their grueling shifts our political correspondent.
Nick early has this report an unprecedented crisis and an unprecedented challenge for the government the Prime Minister continued to urge everyone to follow advice warning of the consequences if people don't act together to try to stop the spread ministers are trying to prevent things getting worse in other ways too in shops long queues like this one in Sid cup this morning have become a familiar sight in say two empty shelves are common so this afternoon a plea from the government don't buy more than you need be responsible when you shop and think of others buying more than you need means that others may be left without and it is making life more difficult for those front line workers such as our doctors and nurses and NHS support staff who are working so hard in such difficult circumstance he just meters ahead like dawn the critical care nurse who found shelves empty after 40 hours of work we should all be ashamed but that has to happen it's unacceptable these are the very people that we will all need to look after perhaps us or our loved ones in the weeks ahead but it's thought to be 1 billion pounds more food in people's houses no compared to 3 weeks ago the reasons though aren't always simple my mum's 90 says she can't come on their own and say how does that work if I come in I look like I'm being the person who's making the stuff from the old people and actually my mum cock come out to get it so I've just got her staff at the chaotic and the bitch drains come here there's nothing available but all this supermarket shelves may look empty the message from industry chiefs is there is enough to go around there is plenty of food in the supply chain the issue is around people and lorries so getting that food right into the front line on to our shelves which is why we've seen shortages in some areas the government has relaxed some rules for supermarkets but might have to go further many of the pleas that we made so far have fallen on deaf ears is the government prepared to at some point intervene and perhaps introduce compulsory limits on what people can buy I don't think it is necessary or appropriate for the government to take this different stores on different items are working together to identify what an appropriate limit is so for now that please continue the question whether there are enough.
Nicole beauty news well a number of high street firms including Topshop and John Lewis have an announced they are temporarily shutting their stores although they will still trade online the Labor leader Jeremy Carbon has said the government should do more to provide Economic Security for all those affected while one Minister has admitted it will be operationally difficult to help self-employed people as our business correspondent Katie Austin explains huge chunks of the economy have already felt the pain as customers stay away jobs have already been lost this restaurant near Crawford has struggled on with business down 90 percent then the order came to close the best I can and how long I can't in if the government couldn't help me that there will be a fantastic help the managers here want to use yesterday's new measures designed to prevent mass redundancies under a grand scheme the government will fund 80 percent of wages for employees who now won't be able to work up to two and a half thousand pounds a month v80 payments will be deferred self-employed people aren't covered by the wage subsidy program but benefits are being increased the Chancellor's latest emergency support package for the economy was welcomed by business groups as something that will save hundreds of thousands of at-risk jobs but many self-employed people say they're facing a cliff edge - and they need more help at the moment one child left today so my income has gone from 200 pounds a day to about 40 pounds a day a massive d3 the Association representing self-employed people once wage subsidies extended to them - to ensure that they also can meet the cost of living pay their bills and buy food the Chief Secretary to the Treasury told the BBC government was doing what was operationally deliverable in a short timescale we're working with banks for example of those self-employed as to fur bare and so that they can get through the cash flow challenge looking at specific issues such as tax flexibility to support them as well so there's a range of measures that have been set up many businesses are trying to adapt to see this out more temporary store closures were announced this weekend meanwhile the wage grant scheme won't be ready for a few weeks and a cash flow crunch looms for the worst-hit firms Katie Austin BBC news let's return to our main news tonight then the prime minister then urging everyone across the UK to follow that guidance to stay at home to save lives our political correspondent Nick early is a Westminster for us and he couldn't be more clear on this now it has been an extraordinary week hasn't it with some of the most extraordinary interventions in modern British political history but the message from number 10 tonight is still stark the Prime Minister telling the country that the UK at the moment is just 2 or 3 weeks behind Italy urging everyone to follow that advice saying without a huge national effort to try to stop the spread of this virus the NHS here could well be overwhelmed in the next few days the government will lodge 1.5 million people in England alone to stay at home for 12 weeks to protect themselves from the virus the list of who they think is the most vulnerable will be published soon it has as I say been a really extraordinary period in British political history the Prime Minister saying tonight that people should stay at home and help save literally thousands of lives.
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