good afternoon the Prime Minister Boris
Johnson has tested positive for
coronavirus and his self isolating in
Downing Street number 10 said the Prime
Minister had been tested on the personal
advice of the chief medical officer
after he began displaying mild symptoms
yesterday mr. Johnston posted a video on
Twitter saying that thanks to modern
technology he would be able to continue
leading the national fight back against
coronavirus the number of confirmed
cases of kovat 19 in America is now
higher than in any other country in the
world latest figures show there are now
more than 85,000 cases in the u.s. there
are nearly 82,000 in China more than 200
deaths have been recorded in New York a
third of the country's virus related
fatalities unemployment has risen to an
all-time high as the virus spreads the
president Trump claimed the figures
would improve as soon as the virus was
beaten I think will come back very
strong the sooner we get back to work
you know every day that we stay out it
gets harder to bring it back very
quickly and our people don't want to
stay out so I I know those numbers jump
but I think you'll see a very fast
turnaround once we have a victory over
the the hidden enemy as I say it's a
hidden enemy people sleeping on the
streets should all be housed by the
weekend the government has reportedly
asked all local authorities to house
homeless people and those in unsafe
accommodation during the National
lockdown the Housing charity crisis
which revealed the government's plan
said it was a landmark move and the
right thing to do a million home testing
kits could be sent out in a matter of
weeks according to public health
officials the kits could allow those who
have already had the virus to return to
their normal routines medical director
of public health England has confirmed
that plans are in place for a blood test
that could be done at home and sent to
labs for analysis guidance for health
workers on personal protective equipment
is expected to be updated within days
there have been calls for greater
clarity on PPE as frontline staff deal
with coronavirus health authorities
across the UK say the equipment
which also includes items like gloves
and gowns should only be worn if
patients have suspected symptoms or have
been diagnosed with corona virus that's
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