doctors and nurses, it's a most amazing thing. meanwhile, the british prime ministers chief adviser dominic cummings self isolates after developing coronavirus symptoms. president trump extends federal coronavirus restrictions to the end of april as a leading government expert predicts 200,000 americans could die. australia tightens its grip in a bid to reduce the spread of the virus — the government limits social gatherings to just two people, down from 10. and in other news, president trump says the us will not foot the bill for prince harry and meghan's security amid reports the couple have moved to california. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. the number of people who have died from the virus in spain has risen by more than eight hundred in the past 2a hours and now stands at more than 7000. spain now has more than 85 thousand cases of the virus — which means it has now surpassed china. today, spain's two—week lockdown has been extended to cope with the spread of the virus — all nonessential workers must stay at home for a further 11 days. elsewhere in the world, australia has unveiled an 80 billion us dollar package to help boost the economy. it includes a subsidy to help businesses retain six millionjobs over the next six months. the number of cases in australia has risen by a quarter over the past two days. in the us, president trump has extended virus restrictions until the end of april. he'd previously said he hoped america could re—open for business at easter. 143 thousand people in the us have now been infected. and japan has reported a surge in confirmed coronavirus cases, amid fears that a lack of widespread testing has allowed the virus to spread undetected. tokyo has recorded its highest number of new daily cases, with 68. our first report, following that big increase in the number of deaths in spain, is from our reporter there tanya dendrinos. a lifeline in the midst of chaos — a military plane full of medical supplies arriving in madrid from the czech republic. and with a bump of elbows, a small glimmer the nation has not yet lost hope. the contents couldn't be more precious. 10,000 items of protective equipment for health workers after the government's request for medical aid from nato allies. and time is of the essence. more than 80,000 people have now been infected with covid—19 in spain, forcing a further tightening of the country's lockdown restrictions. non—essential workers — these are, for instance, construction workers, postal workers, people working on production lines which don't relate to the epidemic, for instance, car workers, some opticians and even people running shops that are not related to food — they will not be allowed to go to work for the next two weeks. the streets are empty, but it's a stark contrast to the hospitals and morgues struggling to cope under the weight of the crisis. the government is saying that they are cheered, to some extent, by the fact that the number of cases is beginning to level out. however, when you speak to doctors in hospitals, they say, well, that may be what the government is saying but it seems that actually the problem is that not enough people are being tested because there's a shortage of testing kits. and that's an issue being raised the world over. tanya dendrinos, bbc news. we can talk now to dr elisabetta groppelli, who's a virologist and lecturer in global health at st george's university in st george's hopsital, london. we are grateful for your time, welcome to bbc news. i know you have been looking at how the virus is progressing. what have you been finding? selecting at the data for some of the countries, and i am italian, so i do pay particular attention to italy, there has been some quite welcome relief in a number of cases, and also in the number of cases, and also in the number of cases, and also in the number of patients decreasing, the patients that require intensive care units. however, the situation is still critical and we still need at least two or three weeks to confirm that the situation is getting better. we been hearing about these figures from spain, but it needs just into the bbc that the spanish foreign minister has told us that the latest figures in the country show that the virus's upward curve seems to be flattening out. could that be a cause for optimism?” think every time that there is a decrease in the number of cases, it's a welcome relief, not necessarily let the situation is over but that we are going into the right direction. however we need to be cautious. again, go back to italy, where the situation has been evolving rapidly, there have been days when the number of cases have gone down but then to come up. so we are still in for weeks and months, long term. so get the positives where we can but also, keep your eyes on the ball. absolutely, let's get the positives where we can. you've talked about italy, we have talked about spain, what about the uk? whatare talked about spain, what about the uk? what are your figures telling you about when the peak might come there? so when it comes to modelling, we need to understand that they do have a positive and also they have their comes, so when it comes to predicting, it becomes a little bit tricky. i think what we can say based on the numbers that we haveis can say based on the numbers that we have is that they're going to be fed into the models, so we can really see what's going to happen and try anticipate what is going to happen in the next two, three weeks' time. however, scenarios that are modelled, even by the best modellers and mathematicians, we need to take them into consideration that we can change the course, the trajectory, by our own behaviour. and what is the evidence, to pick you up on that point, that getting people to stay at home, and social distance from each other, in other words, our own behaviour, what evidence is there that that's a difference? as a virologist, i'll start by saying that this is basically exactly how the virus transmits. so the virus comes into us, it replicates and there needs to go on to another person. and if we maintain distancing, including the two metres, properly, by self isolating, we provide the barrier, impede the virus to transmit. but when it comes to bigger populations and societies, we can see that isolating and increasing social distances has been particularly successful in countries like china. and it is one of the absolute weapons that we use in public health to stop human—to—human transmission. and can you give us any on—site into how long we might have to live like this? —— any insightful stops and countries are suggesting a matter of weeks while others are talking about monks and indeed beyond that. —— talking about a months. it's difficult to anticipate but we need to look at different time frames and i think the deputy chief medical officer has done a fantasticjob at pointing us towards an immediate time, which is the timeframe of two, three weeks, where we need to be extremely careful in applying the restrictions. it also understanding that this is a massive situation at the planet's level, and also, this affects every single part of our society. so it's a big problem and it's a big problem that is not going to go away in two or three weeks, so thinking in terms of months, especially three months and longer than that, it's certainly very realistic. 0k, than that, it's certainly very realistic. ok, so gratefulfor than that, it's certainly very realistic. ok, so grateful for your time, good to talk to you, thanks. thank you. in the uk, a breathing aid that can help keep coronavirus patients out of intensive care has been created in just a few days. the device, which has been developed in collaboration with the mercedes formula one team, delivers oxygen to the lungs without the need for a ventilator. here's our medical correspondent fergus walsh. it's a small device that could make a big difference. known as continuous positive airway pressure, or cpap, it pushes oxygen into the lungs, keeping them open, making it easier to breathe. they're already used in the nhs, but are in short supply, so a team modified and improved an existing design in less than a week which has now been approved for use by health regulators. normally medical device development would take years and in this instance we've been able to do it in days because we've cleverly thought about how we can go back to existing devices and models, reverse engineer them and then engage with our industry partners to manufacture them at scale. this demonstration was done at university college london hospital, which is now using the device to treat covid—i9 patients. i sincerely think it may actually save many lives by preventing patients from needing to go onto a ventilator and again saving that vital resource for the very, very severely ill. every second counts in motor racing. here, mercedes formula i partnered with doctors and healthca re engineers on a medical device that could be mass produced. this is a great example of how the nhs, universities and industry are working together at extraordinary pace to meet the challenge posed by coronavirus. if the trials of this device go well, then mercedes formula i says it can produce up to 1,000 of these a day. in italy, around half of covid—19 patients given cpap have avoided the need for intensive care, and unlike mechanical ventilators, there's no need for them to be sedated. fergus walsh, bbc news. earlier my colleague victoria derbyshire spoke to mervyn singer, professor of intensive care at university college london hospital, and professor rebecca shipley, whose team developed the mask. we've essentially managed to reverse engineer a breathing aid which has shown to be really effective at helping patients in china and italy, and to do that, we started by putting together the right team, so we partnered with ec lh and also a crack squad of mechanical engineers based at ucl, and also our industry partners, both mercedes, hpp and 0xford electronics, and having that expertise together, has allowed us to go from a first prototype was in the first hundred hours of our first meeting to regulatory approval within ten days and we have now started to patient trials at ucl h and can move to producing 1000 per day of these within a week's notice. what does reverse engineer mean? basically, going back to a previous device that has been used in the nhs very widely but is of patents and we've basically taken it apart and redesigned it, rebuild it and we developed the prototype. so it's not a ventilator but it does the job of a ventilator but it does the job of a ventilator? it targets a different pa rt a ventilator? it targets a different part of the care pathway to invasive mechanical ventilation, but it's a very important respiratory aid and respiratory device that has shown to be very effective for patients who need critical care for covid in italy and china, for example. how does it work? essentially, it provides a positive airway pressure, which essentially kind of opens the lungs and enables you to supply oxygen lungs and enables you to supply oxyg e n to lungs and enables you to supply oxygen to the lungs which obviously is needed for patients who are in respiratory failure. but how are you getting that air into the lungs? is it through the throat? basically through a masquerade which is attached to the device. professor singer, hal badly are these devices needed? there's a huge demand, i think in london we are overladen with patients requiring ventilation, thatis with patients requiring ventilation, that is a limited resource and clearly there is a shortage of staff who can cope with the surge, so if we can keep people off invasive ventilation and hopefully get them well, there's this halfway house between an oxygen mask and invasive ventilation, so if we can prevent them deteriorating and get them better quickly, that will be a great boon. and from what you know of this device so far, does it sound safe to you? we've actually started trialling it on patients at uch, and we intend to do more in the next day or two at a few sister hospitals in london he will also help to trials, and if they all go well, we hope they will, then the green light can go on to roll them out across the nhs and beyond, we are already getting enquiries from colleagues in france, germany, australia and so forth. a key point there is that we've already got regulator approval, the national regulator who divine with a device is safe —— define with a device is safe, and we got approvalfrom define with a device is safe, and we got approval from them at the end of last week. in england, front line hospital staff are starting to be tested to see whether they have coronavirus. previously, only seriously ill patients were being screened, leading to criticism from nhs staff that they were being left unprotected. from today, critical care doctors and nurses in england will be checked — if they show symptoms or live with people who do. tests for a&e staff, paramedics, gps and social care staff are expected to follow. frontline staff in scotland and wales are already being screened, while in northern ireland testing also begins today. dr chaand nagpaul, the chair of the council of the british medical association, told us that lack of testing meant that some healthcare staff who might be not be ill were not able to come into work. 0n the 16th of march, over two weeks ago, we heard that the government was ramping up testing and prioritising health care workers, the prime minister announced that. two weeks on, we're just now starting testing. in those two weeks, we have recognised just how much the nhs has suffered in terms of staff shortages. i haven't got an explanation for government but what i would say is it's really important not to delay this any further, and make sure that this testing is available to all health care staff, certainly, as i said earlier, whilst it is being focused at the moment, i understand while why we are focused on critical care staff, we need this extended to all staff. in general practice at the moment we are still waiting for testing. lots of doctors contact me every day saying they want to get back to work. it is affecting the service because their gp practices are small units, and if you have two doctors, say, self isolating and two nurses, you cannot really effectively run a gp practice. we have some examples where practices have to buddy with others, patients need to be managed by other practices. it's having a huge impact and it is important that we see this testing widespread as of this moment now. a downing street source has confirmed that boris johnson's chief adviser, dominic cummings, is self—isolating at home after developing symptoms of covid—19. let's talk to norman smith. london, i suppose this is further evidence that this virus is hitting at the very heart of government?m really is, because we've seen the sort of top echelon of number ten, in effect, taken up by the virus. we saw borisjohnson in effect, taken up by the virus. we saw boris johnson on in effect, taken up by the virus. we saw borisjohnson on friday confirming he'd been tested positive for the virus, then matt hancock, the health secretary, then the chief medical officer chris whitty saying he'd develop symptoms and were self isolating, and now dominic cummings, mrjohnson's key adviser, showing symptoms and suffice waiting at home, so really, the top echelon of people who are mentally coordinating and taking action against coronavirus one way 01’ and taking action against coronavirus one way or another, and taking action against coronavirus one way 01’ another, are coronavirus one way or another, are having to other self—isolate or take a backward step. it's not the end of the road, they can still communicate with each other, they can still video conference, the business of government goes on. but it does suggest how vulnerable they are in number ten, when you're in an old victorian building, small rooms, narrow staircases, walking past each other the whole time, passing documents, you can easily see how if you do not enforce a proper twin like me to distancing rule, then of course the virus is going to spread. —— proper two metre distancing rule. and i suspect in the early days perhaps people in number ten were not as vigilant as they should have beenin not as vigilant as they should have been in ensuring distancing, and as a result we have all these infections and i guess the theory must be, others in number ten may now also come down with coronavirus. we are talking to you from home, your practising self distancing, but there has been talk of this lockdown, forward of a better phrase, carrying on for longer than was first suggested. what do we know? we know the sort of consensus of medical opinion is that the lockdown will probably last for three months, 12—13 weeks is what the experts are saying. however the deputy chief medical officer has now mooted the idea that actually, some sort of restrictions may have to be in place for longer, potentially for six months, though she did actually say it was possible it could be even longer than six months. and the reason is, frankly, we don't have a clear exit strategy from this virus. we don't know what happens when we started to lift the restrictions, and the thing is, as soon as you start to list them, then the virus spreads again. so we are in unknown territory. —— as soon as you start to lift them. i think they're just being cautious about the possibility we might not be able to lift these restrictions very quickly. either way, the signs that this is going to bea way, the signs that this is going to be a long, long haul. absolutely, there also seems to be confusion about testing and how many people are being tested. how is that confusion come about? bluntly, because we had different figures emerging from different ministries this morning. so this morning, when health minster said only 7000 were tested at the weekend, which of course contrasted with what the health secretary a michael gove said at the weekend when they said well, 10,000 were tested. —— a health ministry said. there has been some confusion because only 7000 people we re confusion because only 7000 people were tested but 10,000 tests were carried out, because some people had more than one test, i suppose if the swa b more than one test, i suppose if the swab isn't done properly and so on. so that seems to be the source of the confusion. at the end of the day it doesn't take away from the fact that we are still a long way off where we need to be in terms of testing, because i think there is a growing view expressed by the former health secretaryjeremy hunt over the weekend, that the best route out of this is extensive testing over the population, as carried out for example by south korea or taiwan, which has enabled authorities there to identify and isolate clusters of the virus and to allow normal life to pretty much carry on elsewhere. but as i say, we are testing maximum 10,000 at the moment, a country like germany is doing half a million in a week, and we really need to get that sort of level. 0k, we'll talk to you later, but good to see you. thanks for that. the uk's biggest regional airline, loganair, is planning to ask the government for financial help. it says it will need to be bailed out. meanwhile easyjet has grounded its entire fleet because of the crisis. the company said in a statement that at this stage it couldn't be certain when it would re—sta rt commercial flights. meanwhile some cruise lines still seem meanwhile some cruise lines still seem to be operating and selling packages. let's talk to travel expert simon calder. let's start with the aviation industry, we know the aviation sector has been hard hit by this virus, easyjet has grounded its entire fleet. what has it that, exactly? basically, theyjust say that with nobody flying anywhere, with government restrictions making most flights impossible, they are simply grounding the fleet in order to save money. they crucially haven't said how long it is going to last but they have said that uk cabinetry will be on the government'sjob retention cabinetry will be on the government's job retention scheme, getting 80% of their wages in april and may. —— uk cabin crew. crucially, hundreds of people have booked on easyjet in the last days and weeks have been in touch, there is no mechanism yet for them cancelling more than a week or two in advance, and anybody who decides that they are going to cancel their flight that they are going to cancel their flight will find that they get may be their taxes back and a letter for the travel insurer. you should do nothing at the moment if you're booked on ryanair until your flight is officially cancelled, at which point you can ask for a refund. having said that, your problems are only just having said that, your problems are onlyjust beginning because easyjet, along with british airways, have removed the easy online refund selection. it directs you to choosing a flight voucher instead. you can get through on the phone, i just been hanging on for 50 minutes, and finally got through. but it's a difficult, difficult time, of course, for the airlines and we have just heard, for instance, the boss of aero new zealand saying that even when flights do start again, there's going to be an awful lot of difficulties from governments not wanting to have flights starting up too quickly, they say in a year from now, they'll be one third are smaller at the very best, and the same goes for other airlines. you mentioned loganair, chief executive basically says, any airline which says that doesn't need government support is fibbing, we all need cash in orderfor there to support is fibbing, we all need cash in order for there to be an airline industry when this awful crisis is finally over. and yet, and yet, simon, flights still seem to be operating on most of the main air routes. sites still arriving at heathrow from new york, for example, why is that? —— flights still arriving. a lot of people are confused about that, let's start with what the who says, they say international flight bans are com pletely international flight bans are completely pointless once you have local transmission within a country. and so therefore, the fact that government say you're not flying in or out is not, they say, it's frankly futile and possibly damaging both socially and economically. clearly, aviation does present threats. aviation was the reason that this awful virus spread into europe in the first place, of course. but the main problems are at airports and in terms of social distancing there, it can be very difficult. but they have to be flights continuing, according to the main government, because you're going to need, first of all, people who desperately need to get home, lots of people coming into america, for instance, from various points in latin america or on cruise ships, they want to get back to the uk, there are still flights going across there are still flights going across the atlantic, and very simple things. british airways operating four flights to and from belfast to london heathrow today because there will still be people who absolutely need to travel, which is why of course trains are running, buses are running on the london tube is running. so flights will continue, they won't be on easyjet, ryanair, they won't be on easyjet, ryanair, the other massive airlines have in the other massive airlines have in the uk, is running a skeleton service this week and it looks like 1995, with a few links across the irish sea and a few continental services, but that's all at the moment. but yes, flights definitely continuing. british airways still going to australia, they are stopping at singapore, nobody allowed on or off, theyjust refuel and carry on to sydney. meanwhile, simon, cruises are still being sold, certainly despite british foreign 0ffice advice against nonessential travel abroad, so how can that be?” can't see anything actually wrong with what one of the big uk cruise lines is doing, however, i have bought for a departure on the 10th of april, flying to sydney, and then boarding the queen elizabeth, sailing round australia for 27 days. what could be nicer? well, that's irrelevant, because there is exactly no chance that that trip will be delivered. however, they are still selling it and the reason is, well, but all depends. in a statement they say, we are working around current restrictions airports around the world and also with guidelines from releva nt world and also with guidelines from relevant authorities and restrictions on travel by air, clearly there are restrictions on itineraries and we will be in touch shortly with guests booked on this voyage, that's from cunard. some gas in australia booked on it so that actually, the cruise lines are not cancelling voyages until the very last moment because they're hoping people will accept a future cruise credit which effectively keeps the money locked up with the cruise line rather than getting a full refund which is what i'm very much hoping to get in the next couple of weeks. —— some guests in australia are saying. good to talk to you, thanks for your time. australia has unveiled an 80 billion dollar financial package to help the economy, which is undergoing its worst hit for three decades. it includes a job keeper subsidy to try and help businesses retain at least six millionjobs over the next six months of uncertainty. the new package is the latest in a series of huge announcements over the past week that will see the government invest heavily to support the unemployed and small business owners during the crisis. the number of coronavirus cases in the country have risen to four thousand and earlier on monday, prime minister scott morrison increased restrictions, banning public gatherings of more than two people. donald trump has announced that the restrictions imposed in the united states to limit the spread of coronavirus will be extended until the end of april. the president had previously said he hoped america could re—open for business at easter. now mr trump says the country will be well on the way to recovering byjune the first. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. this is how america's normally bustling city centres look today. chicago, empty. philadelphia, deserted. and new york city, unusually quiet. everyone ordered to stay at home except essential workers like nurses. and this is how it's going to stay. no more talk of getting back to work by easter. now president trump says social distancing guidelines will be extended to the end of april to slow the spread of covid—19. the peak, the highest point, of death rates, remember this, is likely to hit in two weeks. nothing would be worse than declaring victory before the victory is won, that would be the greatest loss of all. but many more americans are expected to die in the weeks ahead. dr anthony fauci, the head of the president's medical task force, says the disease could kill more than 100,000 people in the us. the idea we may have as many cases played a role in our decision to make sure we don't do something prematurely, and pull back when we should be pushing. the president's advisors say it could have been much worse, with up to two million americans at risk of dying if drastic measures hadn't been taken. if we could hold that down, as we're saying, to 100,000, it's a horrible number, maybe even less, but to 100,000, so we have between 100,000 and 200,000, we altogether have done a very good job. new york is still the epicentre of the outbreak in the us where some health workers are saying there is a desperate shortage of medical supplies. president trump has accused hospitals of hoarding vital equipment such as ventilators, which he said should be released for wider use. peter bowes, bbc news. now a look at our headlines atjust after 11:30. a minute's silence is held in madrid for victims of coronavirus, as the country's death tolljumps to 7,340 — a rise of 812 in 2a hours. in the uk a breathing aid that can help keep coronavirus patients out of intensive care has been created in less than seven days, and if trials are sucessful, is expected to go into production next week. the british prime minister boris johnson announces 20,000 former nhs workers have returned to the health service to help with the crisis. meanwhile, the british prime minister's chief adviser dominic cummings self isolates after developing coronavirus symptoms. president trump extends federal coronavirus restrictions to the end of april, as a leading government expert predicts 200,000 americans could die. more than 110 countries and territories around the world have now put in place widespread restrictions on the movement of their citizens. schools have closed and businesses have been forced to stop working. there are, though, still large differences in the approach that some countries have been taking. as jim reed reports. so, it's vital to slow the spread of the disease. stay at home. it will break the chain of transmission, and it will save lives. a quarter of the world is now living under some form of lockdown. 3 billion people have been told to stay at home. in most of europe, day—to—day life has stopped. in the north of italy, hospitals are still struggling to cope. it's three weeks now since the start of the world's full national lockdown. the street is completely deserted. on a sunday afternoon, usually there would be certainly lots of people. translation: it's a special emergency situation. everyone of us has a responsibility to do our bit so we mustn't approach each other. in northern europe, similar measures are now in force. in the united kingdom, any social gathering is now banned. the public has been ordered to stay at home with only a few exceptions. so this is what a lockdown looks like in the south of london. you are allowed to go out for essential needs, so i have been in the house for a couple of days now, about to go out to the big supermarket. they now restrict the number of people in the building at any one time so the queue to get in goes round there. and finishes there. there are differences, though. in sweden, schools, cafes and bars have stayed open, at least for the moment. in the united states, meanwhile, some individual states are moving faster than others. the sooner we get back to normal, the better, but obviously that's up to the experts. even the president has to listen to those people and hopefully he'll do that. new york state still makes up around half of all cases nationally. broadway theatres and schools have been shut, residents have been ordered to stay at home. in asia, 1.3 billion indians have been told to stay indoors for 21 days. the government is desperate to stop the virus spreading in its huge cities. translation: no one is helping us. people are scared to give us a ride because of the virus. the police are also asking for our identity cards. in other countries, though, rigorous infection tracking has allowed life to go on. in singapore, the streets are busy and the shops open. it's closed its borders but there is no lockdown. here, a heat sensitive camera takes your temperature before you are allowed to enter an apartment building or restaurant. i have been very fortunate, we're living in a place like this. in this moment. because most of my friends and family members, they don't have the luxury to contemplate the idea of going out for a drink. in china, meanwhile, the number of new hospital infections in the city where the outbreak began has slowed to a trickle. and the residents of wuhan are now being allowed to walk the streets again. translation: for us, the news about lifting the lockdown is like the biggest recognition for us staying at home for more than two months. it's a positive sign, a relaxation of restrictions in a world that elsewhere has been shutting itself down. there is a crisis emerging in french retirement homes, with double figure deaths reported in some homes, and more than 80 residents testing positive in one building alone. no nationalfigures for such fatalities are being made public, and they're not included in the daily briefing figures. relatives of those in care homes, who have been forbidden from visiting for more than a week now, say they aren't being told when a family member tests positive. lucy williamson reports. even when deaths are invisible, you can count the coffins. signs of a hidden crisis inside care homes across france. this home in paris has lost 16 residents to coronavirus — more than 80 more are infected. those delivering the coffins here told a waiting journalist it was non—stop. 21 people have died at this home, but while hospital deaths are recorded in the daily toll of coronavirus, deaths in care homes are not. translation: there was a cluster of about 50 people with fever over five days, followed by symptoms of severe pneumonia, so we had to use oxygen. at the height of the pandemic, there must have been 25 or 30 patients on oxygen. so far, more than one third of care homes in the paris region are thought to have been affected by coronavirus. the government is launching an app to monitor these cases, and add them to the national totals, but france's most senior health official has said that numbers could spiral out of control. at the beginning of march, president macron visited a care home to talk about protection — no mask, no social distancing. a few days later, all visits to france's retirement homes were banned, and last week, the government said all residents should be individually isolated in their rooms. but care workers say they are now the biggest risk to residents, and some homes were keeping masks in reserve for an outbreak and not giving them to staff. translation: as soon as the coronavirus enters a care home, it is all over, there is nothing we can do. since we do not have enough staff, it will be dramatic. there will be a huge number of deaths once it enters. space in in the paris region is now critically low, and there are shortages of some drugs. the health minister minister has said france will begin mass testing of its population and has ordered 1 billion facemasks to protect healthcare staff. but polls suggest that trust in the government has plummeted, even before the wave of this epidemic has peaked. we've all seen the images of empty supermarket shelves and queues snaking outside supermarkets. demand for food has skyrocketed, and farmers are warning they're facing huge pressure to keep up. so how are producers coping behind the scenes? 0ur correspondent sian lloyd has been to meet those working hard to keep food in the shops. keeping livestock moving. markets like this play their part in the food supply chain, but it's not business as usual. restrictions have been introduced in line with government advice and have been further tightened since we filmed here. hello. access is controlled and farmers are being told to do things differently. they're very dyed in the wool traditionalists but we are asking them to drop the animals, leave them to us and go, so that we are restricting the amount of people even more. we don't want to be locked down, that is the last thing. it's got to be kept going to keep the public basically fed. those working on the land are facing unprecedented demand. lambing has just begun on this farm with more newborns arriving every day. but the family business is also trying to keep up with a huge increase in demand for potatoes grown here. one of bill's concerns is how future crops will be harvested, and across the agricultural sector there are calls for british people to fill the gaps that will be left by seasonal workers from abroad to keep farming moving. those opportunities are evermore here. it's a bit like the war. the war, farming was kept going by young women, the land girls, and old men. and they kept producing food to keep our boys fed on the front. this site in hereford supplies poultry from its farms to large supermarket chains. the company produces 11.5 million chickens, turkeys and ducks a week. they've been working with their customers to ensure supplies are held up. it was necessary for everybody to get together and say, how do we really be as efficient as we can, so we've worked very closely with our customers to say what we do we need to do quickly? we started making those changes three weeks ago, we're seeing those changes come through the system, and although clearly it's been difficult with the level of demand that retailers in particular have seen, there is plenty of supply coming through, the system is not any less supplied than it was. the current pressure on the supply of food is unparalleled, but the sector recognises there will be further challenges to come. sian lloyd, bbc news, hereford. across africa the coronavirus outbreak has brought many businesses to a halt, and affected communities. but not all industries are suffering. in kenya, sales of fresh fish in some areas have risen significantly over the past few weeks — a much needed boost to an industry that had been struggling. ferdinand 0mondi reports on the situation in one community in western kenya. for local fishermen for localfishermen on for local fishermen on the shocks —— on the shores of lake pretoria, business is booming. sales of face have gone up by 40% injust business is booming. sales of face have gone up by 40% in just two weeks because of coronavirus. less faces being imported from china, the source of the outbreak, and people are nervous about buying chinese produce that it does arrive. both these factors have increased customer demand for fresh fish. the fishermen are really now smiling at the lake victoria region. we are receiving more visitors. we are really crowded with a lot of the residents coming to buy the fresh fish because people fear the chinese face. before the coronavirus outbreak of the local fishermen were struggling to sell their catch. fish sold from the leg cost about twice as much as the fish from china. the much lower price because of the imported fish meant in most cases the local fishermen would end imported fish meant in most cases the localfishermen would end up eating their catch themselves, or sometimes give half of it away. now customers are willing to buy the face at any cost. with coronavirus, those people were selling china face at some disadvantage. but at the moment they are unable to do that. and i, as the person selling the la ke and i, as the person selling the lake fish, now i have the advantage to selfish at the price i want. can you imported more than $23 million of fish from china in 2018. those in the industry have long complained the industry have long complained the cheap imports were harming local trade. chinese fish usually made up about 80% of the local market but this has now fallen. but the high local prices are making it difficult for some business people to make a decent profit. translation: we see when the chinese boxed fish arrives here. we don't get it cheaply. and when it is not there we get fish from the lake only. but it is very expensive. that is why we want the chinese fish as well as that from our own leg. so we don't feel the burden. well as that from our own leg. so we don't feelthe burden. chinese well as that from our own leg. so we don't feel the burden. chinese face hasn't been imported since november. there are fears the local fishermen will be able to keep up with the demand forfresh will be able to keep up with the demand for fresh fish. but for the moment they are making the most of the resurgent trade. the headlines on bbc news: a minute's silence is held in madrid for the victims of coronavirus, as the country's death tolljumps to 7,340 — a rise of 812 in 2a hours. in the uk, a breathing aid that can help keep patients out of intensive care has been created in just a few days by engineers, clinicians and mercedes formula one. president trump extends federal coronavirus restrictions to the end of april, as a leading government expert predicts 200 thousand americans could die. president trump has said the united states will not foot the bill for prince harry and meghan's security, amid reports the pair have moved to the us from canada. mr trump tweeted he was "a great friend and admirer of the queen and the united kingdom", but added: "they must pay!" the couple responded saying they had no plans to ask for publicly funded security in the us. it is of course a worrying and challenging time for people around the world as coronavirus continues to spread. but there have been reasons to find hope. today, bbc news is sharing stories of how people are helping and looking out for each other. meanwhile, bbc local radio continues it's make a difference campaign, highlighting how local communities are pulling together. if you head to the bbc news website, you can follow some of those stories on a special live page. jennifer meierhans is a journalist for the bbc website who's reporting for that live page. shejoins me now from shrewsbury. good to talk to you. i wonder what kind of response have you been having? we have been having a really great response. it has been really heartening to see the lovely things people are doing for one another on across the country, across the world really. we have got the make a difference campaign on radio, so people are phoning all of our local radio stations to highlight some of the great things that people are doing to pull together. and on the live stream today we have got all sorts, lots of acts of kindness, just reminding us of the things we have to smile about really. so tell us have to smile about really. so tell us about some of them? tell us some of the stories or things to make us smile? we have had a lovely story from stevenage, a couple who were due to get married on saturday but u nfortu nately due to get married on saturday but unfortunately they have had to postpone their wedding. however, they decided to donate their wedding ca ke to they decided to donate their wedding cake to the local hospital and the staff have been enjoying a beautiful three tier cake to help them through the tough days they are facing. that isa the tough days they are facing. that is a lovely story. i'm not sure if i am lowering the tone or not, but people have been singing in lavatories as well. tell us about that? yes, they have. this is a story from one of the stars of this country, encouraging people to send in videos of themselves singing in the loo to cheer each other up and raise spirits. and there is someone else who viral dj remix video has gone viral? what is that about? yes, you have may have seen this across social media, and tick—tock, on instagram, there is a young lady who has done a bit of a viral remix of the bbc news theme tune. pop that on the bbc news theme tune. pop that on the livestream and you can have a look. we have spoken to the man who composed the theme tune in the first place to see what he thinks. that is quite a place to see what he thinks. that is quiteafun place to see what he thinks. that is quite a fun video to check out. and what did he say? he said he was really pleasantly surprised. that when he was composing it he had no idea that this would be happening. 0k. head to the website if you want to see that. it's great fun. what about local landmarks? are they running challenges? are they posting stories as well? well, some of the local landmarks have actually turned blue to support our nhs front line workers. there is a lovely picture gallery of how they have turned blue. also, the london landmarks race, which has been postponed, some people have been running about on their own because they have raised money for charity and they want to get out there. they want to do it anyway. 0k, jennifer. this might be anyway. 0k, jennifer. this might be a good time to pause our conversation because you indeed are opposed. thank you so much for joining us. it was good to talk to you. thank you. you can listen to make a difference at quarter past ten quarter to the air every day. much more online. and the address online is bbc dot co dot uk. it is worth checking out. with everyone over 70 advised to stay indoors, coronavirus has meant a huge change in lifestyle for older people. among them is 94—year—old d—day veteran and fundraiser extraordinaire harry billinge. earlier this month he received an mbe for the tens of thousands of pounds he's raised for a memorial to the british veterans who died in normandy. tim muffett's been in touch to see how he's getting on. d—day veteran harry billinge, mbe, has faced formidable enemies before. at 94 years old he's at home in cornwall, keeping coronavirus at bay. hey, harry, how are you doing? i'm feeling very, very well indeed. and i don't take any chances, i've been sitting in my armchair, i got the fire on and some light reading, i got a lovely hot bed with a blanket to get into, so i'm very comfortable and very grateful to everybody that's been very kind to me. normally, you are out fundraising. how hard are you finding it having to stay indoors? it's been very difficult because i felt a bit guilty. i ought to be out and about. that's about £35 there, harry. the other day i was very good at giving orders, when i was in the army i was also very good at obeying orders. idon't mind. my mind is free, i can be anywhere. you've faced many enemies in your time. how do you rate coronavirus as an enemy? when there's evil, it's a very good thing to draw people together to realise we don't live just for ourselves, but for other people, and that's what i've tried to do all my life. kids 8—years—old, 12—years—old, going out... if you're in isolation and want help, we'll fetch them. shopping or do anything for you. so everybody‘s marvellous, really, people are rallying around. it's like the war years, everybody mucked in, which is great. i know everyone on breakfast and all our viewers want to wish you all the very best. have you got a message for them? don't get dragged down, just keep going. remember the good days. remember, you've got a lot to be thankful for. you know, you won't get worried about living with yourself in your own home. if you can't live with yourself, you can't live with anybody. harry, thanks so much for talking to us. from all of us on breakfast, and i know, from all our viewers as well, the very best wishes and stay well. all the people from the bbc have been very kind to me personally, and i'd like to say a big thank you. thank you very much indeed. thank you. and thank you now to harry billinge, talking to tim muffett. now time for something uplifting? and it involves lifting weights and lifting spirits. in germany the lockdown measures have been extended to at least april 20 but one young man is making the most out of the glum situation. freya cole explains. he lunges and stretches on the street below. even when it's snowing. you don't need any special equipment for this gym class. the main idea is to keep active and happy while living in self isolation. translation: i saw a one party on a balcony and i thought, why wouldn't they do sport? if you start the day with music, exercise and a good mood, changes the atmosphere in the whole street. the message simple, 30 minutes a day will help keep spirits high ata minutes a day will help keep spirits high at a time when it is easy to feel down. movie together as a community to help pass the time. ijust want i just want to bring you ijust want to bring you an extra line about the figures in spain. we know that the country's death toll rose by 812 in 24 hours. well, more than 12,000 health workers have tested positive for coronavirus in spain. now that was announced today by the deputy health emergency chief ata by the deputy health emergency chief at a news conference. and that is equivalent to around 40% of the country's confirmed cases. you are watching bbc news. hello again. this week is looking fairly cloudy for many. some exceptions as we go through the week. and today, compared to yesterday, certainly is not as windy. there still is a wind around and if you are exposed to it it will feel cold. we have also got scattered showers. you can see in the scatter light —— satellite picture, the wind has subtly changed direction because the high pressure has moved. instead of coming straight down from the arctic as it did at the weekend, it is coming from the atlantic. a lot of cloud. some holes in the cloud. a little bit of brightness, some sunshine. we do have a fair few showers. they will continue through the afternoon. something getting to the west. these early temperatures. eight to ten, maybe 11 degrees. temporary touch by the wind. as we had on through the evening and overnight the wind continues to ease. there still will bea continues to ease. there still will be a lot of cloud. still some showers as well. we have got the brea ks we showers as well. we have got the breaks we are not anticipating any issues with frost. if you find some pockets in sheltered areas, but for most too much cloud or too breezy. tomorrow it is spot the difference. 0nce tomorrow it is spot the difference. once again we are looking at a fair bit of cloud. still some showers. perhaps some brighter breaks. a bit more sunshine. the best of which will be across the southeast upington. you will hang onto it for the longest. temperature wise, because it is not as windy, it will not feel as cold. we are looking at eight to 11 degrees. still below par for the last day in march. as we move from tuesday into wednesday, we still have high pressure in charge. then we start to see a difference in the sense that we have got a weather front coming our way. on wednesday that will introduce some rain to the far north of scotland. we start on a cloudy note. some breaks. we will see some sunshine. here comes the weather front introducing the rain in the far north. it will turn that bit windier. across the northern isles, for example. temperatures up to 11 degrees. 11 degrees along the east coast. we have not seen that for a wee while. 0n east coast. we have not seen that for a wee while. on thursday the weather front sinks south. behind it, cold air. the showers on the tops of the hills and mountains increasingly turning wintry. it will be windy. i have that weather front, some brighter breaks. a lot of cloud. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a minute's silence is held in madrid for the victims of coronavirus as spain's death tolljumps to 7,340 — a rise of 812 in 24 hours. the uk government insists it's stepping up the testing of nhs workers in england, after calls from doctors' leaders for it to be increased. we do need this extended to all staff and certainly in a general practice at the moment, we are still waiting for testing. so i have lots of doctors contacting the everyday saying that they want to get back to work. a breathing aid that can help keep coronavirus patients out of intensive care has been created in less than seven days by a team in the uk — if trials are sucessful it's expected to go into production next week. meanwhile, the british prime minister's chief adviser dominic cummings self isolates after developing coronavirus symptoms. president trump extends federal coronavirus restrictions, to the end of april as a leading government expert predicts 200 thousand americans could die. australia tightens its grip in a bid to reduce the spread of the virus — the government limits social gatherings to just two people, down from 10 and in other news, president trump says the us will not foot the bill for prince harry and meghan's security amid reports the couple have moved to california. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. the number of coronavirus cases in spain has surpassed that recorded in china since the start of the pandemic. more than 85,000 cases have now been detected there. in the past 24 hours, the number of people who have died from the virus has risen by more than eight hundred — and it now stands at over 7000 people. in the past hour, a minutes silence has been held for the victims in madrid. today, spain's two—week lockdown has been extended to cope with the spread of the virus — all nonessential workers must stay at home for a further 11 days. elsewhere in the world, australia has unveiled an 80 billion us dollar package to help boost the economy. it includes a subsidy to help businesses retain six millionjobs over the next six months. the number of cases in australia has risen by a quarter over the past two days. in the us, president trump has extended virus restrictions until the end of april. he'd previously said he hoped america could re—open for business at easter. 143,000 people in the us have now been infected. and japan has reported a surge in confirmed coronavirus cases, amid fears that a lack of widespread testing has allowed the virus to spread undetected. tokyo has recorded its highest number of new daily cases, with 68. our first report, following that big increase in the number of deaths in spain, is from our reporter there tanya dendrinos. a lifeline in the midst of chaos — a military plane full of medical supplies arriving in madrid from the czech republic. and with a bump of elbows, a small glimmer the nation has not yet lost hope. the contents couldn't be more precious. 10,000 items of protective equipment for health workers after the government's request for medical aid from nato allies. and time is of the essence. more than 80,000 people have now been infected with covid—19 in spain, forcing a further tightening of the country's lockdown restrictions. non—essential workers — these are, for instance, construction workers, postal workers, people working on production lines which don't relate to the epidemic, for instance, car workers, some opticians and even people running shops that are not related to food — they will not be allowed to go to work for the next two weeks. the streets are empty, but it's a stark contrast to the hospitals and morgues struggling to cope under the weight of the crisis. the government is saying that they are cheered, to some extent, by the fact that the number of cases is beginning to level out. however, when you speak to doctors in hospitals, they say, well, that may be what the government is saying but it seems that actually the problem is that not enough people are being tested because there's a shortage of testing kits. and that's an issue being raised the world over. tanya dendrinos, bbc news. and as the confirmed cases and death toll countinue to rise rapidly, spain has entered a period of mourning. across the country, people paused for a minute silence at midday on monday and will continue to do so daily to remember the now more than 7,000 people that have died in the outbreak. flags are also flying at half mast as a sign of respect. in the uk, a breathing aid that can help keep coronavirus patients out of intensive care has been created in just a few days. the device, which has been developed in collaboration with the mercedes formula one team, delivers oxygen to the lungs without the need for a ventilator. here's our medical correspondent fergus walsh. it's a small device that could make a big difference. known as continuous positive airway pressure, or cpap, it pushes oxygen into the lungs, keeping them open, making it easier to breathe. they're already used in the nhs, but are in short supply, so a team modified and improved an existing design in less than a week which has now been approved for use by health regulators. normally medical device development would take years and in this instance we've been able to do it in days because we've cleverly thought about how we can go back to existing devices and models, reverse engineer them and then engage with our industry partners to manufacture them at scale. this demonstration was done at university college london hospital, which is now using the device to treat covid—19 patients. i sincerely think it may actually save many lives by preventing patients from needing to go onto a ventilator and again saving that vital resource for the very, very severely ill. every second counts in motor racing. here, mercedes formula 1 partnered with doctors and healthca re engineers on a medical device that could be mass produced. this is a great example of how the nhs, universities and industry are working together at extraordinary pace to meet the challenge posed by coronavirus. if the trials of this device go well, then mercedes formula 1 says it can produce up to 1,000 of these a day. in italy, around half of covid—19 patients given cpap have avoided the need for intensive care, and unlike mechanical ventilators, there's no need for them to be sedated. fergus walsh, bbc news. in england, frontline hospital staff are starting to be tested to see whether they have coronavirus. previously, only seriously ill patients were being screened, leading to criticism from nhs staff that they were being left unprotected. from today, critical care doctors and nurses in england will be checked if they show symptoms or live with people who do. tests for a&e staff, paramedics, gps and social care staff are expected to follow. frontline staff in scotland and wales are already being screened, while in northern ireland testing also begins today. dr chaand nagpaul is the chair of the council of the british medical association and he said testing should be extended to all health care staff. he told us that lack of testing meant that some health care staff who might be not be ill were not able to come into work. 0n the 16th of march, over two weeks ago, we heard that the government was ramping up testing and prioritising health care workers, the prime minister announced that. two weeks on, we're just now starting testing. in those two weeks, we have recognised just how much the nhs has suffered in terms of staff shortages. i haven't got an explanation for government but what i would say is it's really important not to delay this any further, and make sure that this testing is available to all health care staff, certainly, as i said earlier, whilst it is being focused at the moment, i understand while why we are focused on critical care staff, we need this extended to all staff. in general practice at the moment we are still waiting for testing. lots of doctors contact me every day saying they want to get back to work. it is affecting the service because their gp practices are small units, and if you have two doctors, say, self isolating and two nurses, you cannot really effectively run a gp practice. we have some examples where practices have to buddy with others, patients need to be managed by other practices. it's having a huge impact and it is important that we see this testing widespread as of this moment now. the price of crude oil has fallen very sharply once again as traders continue to adjust to a large decline in demand for transport fuel due to the new coronavirus. 0ur economics correspondent, andy verity is following the story for us. why such a plunge exactly no, andy? it's the old—fashioned law of supply and demand, really. demand has dropped off a cliff. when a quarter of the world'spopulation are on a global economic shutdown, obviously fewer people are driving, fewer planes are going off, much less demand for oil. we already had at the beginning of this month, in march, before the shutdown really hit, a price war going on between the 0pec countries and russia. now, saudi arabia, for example, did try to agree with russia that they would have a cut in production, the idea is that if demand is for loan, you cut production, too, so that the two matchup and price doesn't follow too much. —— if demand is falling. we have seen a drop, to an incredibly low level, the lowest since 2002, an 18 year low. and that means oil production is now an economic, it's not worthwhile, the cost of getting the oil out of the ground, if no one is going to buy the oil and turning it into petrol. at the moment they don't have to, the petrol is there, so refiners are slowing down. a lot of oil production sites are becoming noneconomic, particularly shale. what will be the wider impact, and how long do you think it will continue? on one level, it's one small bonus, if you're doing one of those essential trips, you may find inafew those essential trips, you may find in a few days or weeks that it's much cheaper to fill up at the pumps, though do be careful, i would recommend wearing surgical gloves when you feel about those pumps. it's the sort of thing where you don't wipe them down properly. that could be one silver lining in all this getting economic gloom. the other thing that may happen is that oil companies may start to pay people to take the barrels of oil of them, in other words, the price could for them effectively go negative. i'll explain why that happens. the price of shutting down a certain production sites, particularly onshore production sites, shale oil etc, is bigger than the cost comedy hits to your bottom line you would take from giving away the oil. —— the cost comedy hit. so they may actually pay people to take away the oil so they don't have to immediately shut down their oil production. we are in the biggest economic shop of our lifetimes and above all that means a massively reduced demand for oil and petrol, with by the way, some benefit for the environment. absolutely. it's to talk to you. and a helpful reminder there to wipe down pumps at petrol stations. thanks for that, it's good to talk to you. dozens of easyj et dozens of easyjet and virgin atla ntic staff dozens of easyjet and virgin atlantic staff have been invited to volunteer at the new nightingale staff set up —— nightingale hospital in london. they would be changing beds, and other nonclinical tasks and helping doctors and nurses working on the words. eric corresponded is that the nhs nightingale hospital. when is it going to open? they have been busy all weekend getting the set up, they are building a hospital in a matter of days, it's a big job, it's going to be opened possibly as soon as wednesday. initially it will open with 500 beds equipped with ventilators and oxygen, that could expand potentially to 4000. just a few days ago, there wasn't much infrastructure here. we've been pushed back over the past few days, you can see the ambulances and whatnot behind me, we've got the army inside helping out, but we think as soon as wednesday. that's interesting. and tell us a little bit more about volunteers who are being encouraged to offer their services to help there? we've got the news today that easyjet was grounding all of its planes, many of its staff, of course, not working already. easyjet has written to 9000 of its staff including 4000 cabin crew, asking for people with first aid training, cpr training, to come forward to volunteer to help out in the centre behind me. we've also got similar facilities the centre behind me. we've also got similarfacilities being the centre behind me. we've also got similar facilities being set up the centre behind me. we've also got similarfacilities being set up in manchester, birmingham, in wales, in scotland, and also virgin atlantic, whose staff are facing similar problems, not working at the moment, they, too, have been asked to volunteer. and we understand that if they do, the airlines will continue to pay their salaries. but to talk to pay their salaries. but to talk to you —— it's good to talk to you. the headlines on bbc news... a minute's silence is held in madrid for the victims of coronavirus — as spain's death tolljumps to 7,340 — a rise of 812 in 24 hours. the uk government insists it's stepping up the testing of nhs workers in england, after calls from doctors' leaders for it to be increased. president trump extends federal coronavirus restrictions, to the end of april as a leading government expert predicts 200,000 americans could die. let's stay with the us. donald trump has announced that the restrictions imposed there to limit the spread of coronavirus will be extended until the end of april. the president had previously said he hoped america could re—open for business at easter. now mr trump says the country will be well on the way to recovering byjune the first. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. this is how america's normally bustling city centres look today. chicago, empty. philadelphia, deserted. and new york city, unusually quiet. everyone ordered to stay at home except essential workers like nurses. and this is how it's going to stay. no more talk of getting back to work by easter. now president trump says social distancing guidelines will be extended to the end of april to slow the spread of covid—19. the peak, the highest point, of death rates, remember this, is likely to hit in two weeks. nothing would be worse than declaring victory before the victory is won, that would be the greatest loss of all. but many more americans are expected to die in the weeks ahead. dr anthony fauci, the head of the president's medical task force, says the disease could kill more than 100,000 people in the us. the idea we may have as many cases played a role in our decision to make sure we don't do something prematurely, and pull back when we should be pushing. the president's advisors say it could have been much worse, with up to two million americans at risk of dying if drastic measures hadn't been taken. if we could hold that down, as we're saying, to 100,000, it's a horrible number, maybe even less, but to 100,000, so we have between 100,000 and 200,000, we altogether have done a very good job. new york is still the epicentre of the outbreak in the us where some health workers are saying there is a desperate shortage of medical supplies. president trump has accused hospitals of hoarding vital equipment such as ventilators, which he said should be released for wider use. peter bowes, bbc news. a downing street source has confirmed that borisjohnson's chief advisor, dominic cummings, is self—isolating at home after developing symptoms of covid—19. last week, the prime minister confirmed he had tested positive. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith, described what impact this will have on the government response. we've seen the sort of top echelon of number ten, in effect, taken out by the virus. we saw borisjohnson on friday confirming he'd been tested positive for coronavirus, then matt hancock, the health secretary, then the chief medical officer chris whitty saying he'd developed symptoms and was self isolating, and now dominic cummings, mrjohnson's key adviser, showing symptoms and self—isolating at home, so really, the sort of top echelon of people who are mentally coordinating and taking action against coronavirus, one way or another, are having to either self—isolate or take a backward step. it's not the end of the road, because they can still communicate with each other, they can still video conference, the business of government goes on. but it does suggest how vulnerable they are in number ten, when you're in an old victorian building, small rooms, narrow staircases, walking past each other the whole time, passing documents, you can easily see how if you do not enforce a proper two metre distancing rule, then of course the virus is going to spread. and i suspect in the early days, perhaps people in number ten were not as vigilant as they should have been in ensuring self—distancing, and as a result we have all these infections and i guess the fear must be, others in number ten may now also come down with coronavirus. we are talking to you from home, you're practising self distancing, but there has been talk of this lockdown, as we know it, for want of a better phrase, carrying on perhaps for longer than was first suggested. what do we know? we know the sort of consensus of medical opinion is that the lockdown will probably last for three months, 12—13 weeks is what the experts are saying. however, drjenny harries, the deputy chief medical officer has now mooted the idea that actually, some sort of restrictions may have to be in place for longer, potentially for six months, though she did actually say it was plausible it could be even longer than six months. and the reason is, frankly, we don't have a clear exit strategy from this virus. we don't know what happens when we start to lift the restrictions, and the fear is, as soon as you start to lift them, then the virus spreads again. so we are in unknown territory here. i think dr harries isjust being cautious about the possibility we might not be able to lift these restrictions very quickly. either way, all the signs are this is going to be a long, long haul. absolutely. there also seems to be confusion about testing and how many people are being tested. how has that confusion come about? bluntly, because we had different figures emerging from different ministers this morning. so this morning, one health minister said only 7000 were tested at the weekend, which of course contrasted with what the health secretary and michael gove said at the weekend when they said well, 10,000 were tested. it seems the confusion has been caused because, yes, only 7000 people were tested but 10,000 tests were carried out, because some people had more than one test, i suppose if the swab isn't done properly and so on. so that seems to be the source of the confusion. at the end of the day, it doesn't take away from the fact that we are still a long way off where we need to be in terms of testing, because i think there is a growing view, expressed by the former health secretaryjeremy hunt over the weekend, that the best route out of this is extensive testing of the population, as carried out for example in south korea or taiwan, which has enabled authorities there to identify and isolate clusters of the virus and to allow normal life to pretty much carry on elsewhere. but as i say, we are testing maximum 10,000 at the moment, a country like germany is doing half a million in a week, and we really need to get that sort of level. in the uk, the national union of students is calling on the government to protect students trapped in contracts where they're spending thousands on accommodation which they are no longer using. the nus say some students are even being financially penalised for breaking their contracts, while others who can't return home face eviction. let's talk now to eva crossanjory, the vice—president for welfare in the national union of students. we are grateful for your time, thanks forjoining us. tell us a little bit more about the problem, first of all. hi, thanks for having me. so some of the issues that we are facing at the moment is obviously at universities, the majority of them have gone online, soa majority of them have gone online, so a lot of students are no longer in the student accommodation and are still being charged rent for it. so we know there has been a couple of insta nces we know there has been a couple of instances where kind of student holes have let people out of their contracts without having to pay a fine but we know that's not the majority of students at the moment, especially students renting in the private sector are currently having to pay rent on houses they can't even go to it and can't stay in because university is closed and we are obviously on lockdown. presumably there is, especially in private accommodation, had paid for a year's rental private accommodation, had paid for a yea r‘s rental accommodation private accommodation, had paid for a year's rental accommodation in advance? i think we've seen a lot of stu d e nts advance? i think we've seen a lot of students paying rent in advance but also students have put down deposits on houses for next year and currently we don't know, if come june, students will be able to move into their houses for a second or third year or anything like that. how widespread is this problem? about 20% of students live in the student holes and there are millions of stu d e nts student holes and there are millions of students across the country who are unsure of whether or not they will be going back to university. —— 20% live in student halls. many may be living at home are unable to get back to halls. it also it is important to point out not all stu d e nts important to point out not all students have alternative accommodation to go to come so we are calling on universities to make sure that students can stay beyond their contracts if they need to at no extra cost. so that they help you wa nt no extra cost. so that they help you want from universities and private landlords, presumably. but you're also calling on help from the government, am i right? yes, so obviously we know that not all providers have cancelled halls fees yet, so we would be calling on all providers to ban evictions, to hold rents for anybody who has been affected by the coronavirus, including students, because obviously the current student loan system doesn't really cover rent for most students and with jobs in the greek economy not existing at the moment, students haven't got much money. —— in the gig economy. we would be calling on things like universal basic income to ensure that students aren't hard to hit, because it is important to recognise university hasn't just stopped, because it is important to recognise university hasn'tjust stopped, we got students who are handing in deadlines, working on dissertations right now, amidst all of this, and it's really important they get the support they need. thanks for talking to us. thank you. we've all seen the images from many countries of gaps on supermarket shelves and queues. farmers in the uk are facing huge pressure to keep up with demand. let's talk to a pig farmer in lincolnshire. we can see you, i hope you can hear me. we've all seen the empty supermarket shelves, what kind of extra pressure are you facing? the pressure on us is more about deliveries of crucial things like diesel, where delivery firms have less staff and so the lead time is a lot longer. we are very busy at the moment, planting spring crops, so the question is, will be run out of diesel before our next supply? so it's more a problem about that than actually producing enough food to feed the population? producing the fit is no problem, it's a very long game in arable farming. for instance we have nearly half of our 2019 harvest now in the sheds behind me. so there is no danger of us running out of that type of food. 0n the pig front, yes, we do have to hurry some up front, yes, we do have to hurry some upfor front, yes, we do have to hurry some up for morrisons last week, but they managed to fill that gap that they had. so things are on their normal schedule again now. if we continue in this lockdown for want of a better phrase for many more months to come, have you got any slack in your system to produce more food if it was needed? i do take your point about delivering it, but in terms of producing it? in terms of producing, we always try and produce the maximum that we can, and there isn't really a way of improving that, it's more about helping out our neighbours if they have any staff shortages, that kind of thing, just to make sure all the land is in use. james, has the government restrictions and rules on social distancing had any impact on the way in which you work, or are you rather solitary in your farming? we are... we are quite a solitary community. we are quite a solitary community. we are quite a solitary community. we arejust being we are quite a solitary community. we are just being sensible about keeping our distance from the sea visitors we get, and amongst the staff. —— the few visitors we get. we are also disinfecting tractor steering wheels, etc, just to make sure we are safe. just a final thought, effort it was interesting what you said about diesel the difficulties of getting food to people, how much are farmers liaising, perhaps, to help each other? i wonder if there are combined efforts that could help the problem? we might be inclined to lend each other diesel. the farming community always looks after its neighbours in good times and bad, so yes, we will do whatever we can. james, good luck and good to talk to you, thanks for your time. thank you very much. now a look at our latest headlines: a minute's silence is held in madrid for victims of coronavirus, as spain's death tolljumps to 7,340 — a rise of 812 in 24 hours. the uk government insists it's stepping up the testing of nhs workers in england, after calls from doctors' leaders for it to be increased. we do need this extended to all staff and certainly in general practice at the moment we are still waiting for testing. i've got lots of doctors contacting me every day saying they want to get back to work. a breathing aid that can help keep coronavirus patients out of intensive care has been created in less than seven days by a team in the uk, and if trials are successful is expected to go into production next week. president trump extends federal coronavirus restrictions to the end of april, as a leading government expert predicts 200,000 americans could die. let's take you straight to cardiff now, where the first minister of wales mark drakeford is holding a news conference on the lastest situation there. we are looking at pictures. we are expecting the first minister of wales to hold a news conference on the latest situation. let's listen at the start of a new working week i just wanted to reflect on the enormous challenges which coronavirus has posed to every one of us here in wales. in the space of a very few weeks the lives of all welsh citizens changed dramatically. schools and businesses have closed, most of us are working at home, or staying at home, and outside, our roads, streets and parks are quiet ina way roads, streets and parks are quiet in a way that we would never normally expect or recognise. i want to begin by thanking everyone here in wales for the help and patience that people have shown as we have all had to get used to the new strict rules that have been introduced, and all of which are designed to slow the spread of the virus and in that way to save lives. these are rules that will help to protect our nhs so that it is there when it is most needed. and will mean that more people at the end of this will be alive than otherwise would have been. and across wales the response has been amazing. enormous numbers of people coming forward to offer help in getting us through the difficult days ahead. and as well as thanking them i want of course to thank all of those who work in health and social services for the hard work which they do in what are very challenging and difficult circumstances. we ask a lot of those people who work in that pa rt lot of those people who work in that part of the public service and we know that we will be asking even more of them in the days and weeks ahead. he speaks in welsh. the pace at which the coronavirus pandemic is affecting our economy is extraordinary. and now more than ever government needs to do everything we can to support businesses here in wales. that is why throughout last week my cabinet collea g u es why throughout last week my cabinet colleagues and i worked to re—prioritise the work. we have done that to free up as much funding as possible to make sure welsh public services and welsh businesses have all the support that we can offer them. and the result of that re—privatisation exercise is that we have a £1.1 billion fighting fund to respond to those specific welsh needs. and today i'm able to announce that we have created a £500 million economy crisis fund to provide extra support for businesses, charities and social enterprises in wales. this fund will help businesses to survive the coronavirus challenge, so that they are ready when we come out of the other side of this, to go on providing jobs and futures here in wales. and this help is over and above the support schemes already announced by the chancellor of the exchequer. the fund will help those firms who are having to go into hibernation or those firms which need cash flow support to adapt to new ways of working during the pandemic. there are two main elements to the fund. first of all, the development bank for wales will have an injection of £100 million. and that will be available to companies experiencing cash flow problems as a result of the pandemic. it will provide loans of between 5000 and £250,000 at a minimal level of interest. that fund is already up and working through to the development bank avoids and we will be taking applications during this week. then there is a £400 million emergency pot. that will provide £10,000 in grants for micro—businesses, with up to nine employees. these are businesses which would eligible for the business grants we announced on march the 18th, and this will be new money available to that sector of the welsh economy. then that £400 million will support grants of up to £100,000 for a small and medium sized firms of between ten and 250 employees, and thirdly, they will be support from that fund for larger wells headquartered companies which are of critical social xxx economic importance to wales. it is a criteria lead fund. businesses will have to apply for it, they will have to meet a criteria and support, through those three other elements of the fund, will come on stream during april. we will leave the first minister of wales there, mark mark drakeford. announcing 1.1 billion pounds fighting fund to respond to the needs of wales. he said he created a £500 million economy crisis fund to provide extra support for businesses and charities in wales over and above the schemes already announced by the government. ijust above the schemes already announced by the government. i just want to bring you a couple of lines that are breaking here at the bbc. one is about prince charles. prince charles, we understand, is now out of self isolation. he spent seven days, you may remember, in self isolation. this was following those government guidelines. that was after experiencing symptoms of coronavirus. but now clarence house has said that prince charles is out of isolation. i also want to bring you some other news about the government. just bear with me. my computer has just decided to take a bit of a break. i can repeat that news though that prince charles is out of self isolation and in good health. that is according to his spokesman. 0ther health. that is according to his spokesman. other news i had hoped to bring you about another government minister who has been experiencing coronavirus symptoms. sorry, my computer has chosen this moment to seize up. let's cross to scotland and nicola sturgeon. i want to provide you with a further update on scotland's response to the covid—19 epidemic. firstly, i can confirm that as of nine o'clock this morning, there have been 1563 positive cases confirmed, which is an increase of 179 from yesterday. as always, we are very clear that these numbers will be an underestimate. a total of 180 people last night were in intensive care in scotland, with confirmed or suspected cases of covid—19, an increase of 13 on yesterday. and it is with sadness that i can report there have been a further six deaths of patients who had tested positive for covid—19. that takes the total number of deaths in scotland to 47. againi number of deaths in scotland to 47. again i want to extend my condolences to all of those who are bereaved and say once again how grateful i am to everyone working in our health and care sector. your dedication and commitment is appreciated, not just by dedication and commitment is appreciated, notjust by me but by eve ryo ne a cross appreciated, notjust by me but by everyone across the country. this afternoon i want to update you on three steps in particular that we are taking to increase the capacity of the nhs during this emergency period. before i do that, however, it is worth repeating the key central message that helping the national health service is right now a job for each and every one of us by staying at home, by staying apart from each other, we are all doing are bid to slow the spread of the virus, to help the nhs and ultimately to save lives. it is vital that everyone continues to do that. however, the scottish government is also taking steps to prepare the nhs for the incredibly difficult weeks that lie ahead. the cabinet secretary will provide more detail on some of these in a moment, but i want to update you on three measures in particular. the first relates to hospital capacity, the number of beds that we have available in scotland. and i can confirm today that following exploratory work over last week and the weekend, we have now taken the decision to start work on turning the scottish exhibition centre in glasgow into a temporary nhs hospital. if needed, we expect the hospital. if needed, we expect the hospital could become operational within a fortnight from now. initially it will provide us with 3oo initially it will provide us with 300 additional beds. but ultimately it could have capacity for more than iooo it could have capacity for more than 1000 patients. it is important to be clear that we might not need to use the exhibition centre. there are currently approximately 13,000 beds in nhs hospitals across scotland. using those, nhs boards are working to ensure at least 3000 beds are available for covid—19 patients within our existing hospital network. the nhs is also working now to quadruple intensive care unit capacity to 700. and we expect those steps, along with the continued public response to our stay—at—home advice, will be enough to ensure we have the beds that we need. but my judgment is that it makes sense for us to act now, to increase hospital capacity further. preparing the scottish exhibition centre as a hospital is the best option for doing that. the cabinet secretary will say if it more about this in a moment. but i want to stress that this will mean nhs hospital staff and operated by the national health service. the second matter i want to highlight relates to how we prioritise nhs services during the emergency period. we have already required to take some extremely difficult decisions. for example, we have had to suspend elective surgeries such as knee and hip replacements to create more capacity within our hospitals for covid—19. i can inform you today that we have now also taken the very difficult decision to suspend several nhs screening programmes, including our programmes for breast screening, cervical screening and bowel screening. that decision has been made on the basis of clinical advice from the chief medical officer and a recommendation from nhs national services scotland. as you can imagine, this is not a decision that we have taken lightly. however, it is important in order to maximise the ability of the nhs to cope over the ability of the nhs to cope over the coming weeks. the chief medical 0fficer the coming weeks. the chief medical officer will say more about this in a moment and further information will be available from today on the nhs inform website. it is not an easy decision. i want to repeat that. the balance of risk supports the approach that we are taking. it is, however, worth stressing that if you detect any symptoms of the condition two we would normally scream four, if you notice a lump in your breast, for example, you should contact your gp immediately. we will restart the screening programme is as soon as we can. this is a temporary suspension and it will be reviewed after 12 weeks or earlier if evidence suggests restarting the programme is feasible. however, at this moment posing these programmes is important, allowing the nhs to deal effectively with the impact of covid—19. the final measure i want to talk about today before handing over to the chief medical officer and the cabinet secretary relates to recruitment. as part of our wider campaign to attract volunteers, we are encouraging medical students and retired health and care professionals to apply for posts working on the nhs and the social ca re working on the nhs and the social care sector. we will need more people not simply to cope with the direct consequences of covid—19, but to keep other services going at the same time. we established a new web portalfor same time. we established a new web portal for recruitment on saturday evening. in total, and this includes earlier expressions of interest, i can tell you that around 5000 stu d e nts can tell you that around 5000 students orformer can tell you that around 5000 students or former health care workers have expressed an interest in filling posts. they were considered according to their experience. and the sort of work they were able to do. our expectation is that many of them will be offered fixed term employment. i want to thank sincerely everyone who has already replied. it will make an important difference to the capacity of our health care services at this time. we will continue to welcome further applications. anybody who is interested can find further information through the ready scotla nd information through the ready scotland website. the response we have had to that call for applications is indicative, i think ofa applications is indicative, i think of a wider point. many people across scotla nd of a wider point. many people across scotland are responding to this difficult period by showing a sense of community and solidarity. i've already mentioned of the scotland ca res already mentioned of the scotland cares campaign, as well as enabling medical students and former nhs staff to help, it encourages people also to help their communities. i can confirm that in just four hours this morning, since we formally launched the scotland cares campaign, we have had 10,000 people registering their interest in volunteering through one of the key strands. former nhs workers, the community reserve network coordinated by the red cross, and expressions of interest for volunteering through existing organisations through volunteering scotland. i want to thank each and every person who has registered an interest. if there are those out there who wish to do so, the ready scotla nd there who wish to do so, the ready scotland website is the way to go. i can also confirm that at the end of the first weekend of the lockdown measures being in operation, police scotla nd measures being in operation, police scotland have indicated that they have served just 25 fixed penalty notices for breaching regulations. i think those figures do say something quite important and profound. they give us an indication, as i always expect it would be the case, that the vast majority of people are doing the right thing to protect themselves and to protect the wider community. people are staying at home except for the very specific purposes such as exercise or buying essential supplies. that needs to continue for a good while longer. and i know that will be easy for people. but it is vital. by staying at home we can all help to slow the spread of this virus. we will all help the national health service to cope and we will ultimately save lives. so thank you to everyone across the country who is helping us with those objectives. i am now going to hand over to the chief medical officer to say a few words, including a few more words about the pause in our screening programmes. then i will pass to the health secretary. thank you, first minister. once again the figures for people affected by coronavirus have risen in scotland. this is a significant underestimate of the numbers of people who have coronavirus. again, to emphasise those social distancing measures, and only leaving the house for essential food shopping or perhaps to attend a hospital appointment. exercising once a day and only doing that within your own household. —— household group. the first minister has said that from this morning we are pausing the screening programmes in scotland. i'm afraid this was another very difficult decision that we have had to take. it was taken with very careful thought and deliberation. it is a balance of risks that we believe is worth taking. our main concern was that people would miss their screening appointments, perhaps because they were not able to attend the appointment, they might have been self isolating, or because they we re been self isolating, or because they were choosing not to attend in order not to come into contact with people. imposing the appointments people. imposing the appointments people will be able to re—contact those people who were due to be screened during this three month period, and then invite them to attend, so they will not have missed an important part of their health care. we were also concerned that because of staff absences we would because of staff absences we would be offering a slightly reduced service, and that again posed some risks for people who were wanting to attend but we couldn't provide the service. the mobile breast screening vans around scotland were also not going to be available to be used, is of course this carries a risk with it of transmitting the coronavirus. and it goes against our own advice about staying close to home. we will be able to re—purpose the staff currently running these screening programmes, in particular to the staff in our laboratories, who can be repurposed to working in our laboratories with coronavirus. and helping that a vital increase in the capacity for testing for coronavirus that we need. we also are very aware that we need. we also are very aware that there are some risks. we would be asking people to travel to attend screening. they will be coming into close contact with others. and on this balance of risk, a pose to the screening programme this balance of risk, a pose to the screening programme we this balance of risk, a pose to the screening programme we feel is the best for the health of the scottish population. we recognise people will have many detailed questions. the nhs inform website has a large range of answers for people. we have also set upa of answers for people. we have also set up a dedicated helpline for people to call specifically with screening queries. the staff there have been trained already and are available on that helpline number for people to phone them and get the spoken advice —— bespoke advice about their own situation. finally, i would like to emphasise that people should really watch out for these symptoms that we would be screening for. if people have symptoms, again, there is a detailed list on our website. please attend yourgp. or list on our website. please attend your gp. or phone the nhs. you can discuss whether these symptoms are significant. and of course we will see covid—19 symptoms within the nhs as soon as see covid—19 symptoms within the nhs as soon as possible. i would just read the different screening programmes that are posed. breast screening, mammograms. cervical screening, mammograms. cervical screening, smear screening, mammograms. cervical screening, smear tests, bowel screening, smear tests, bowel screening, the whole testing kits. abdominal aortic screening, which is an ultrasound of the abdomen in men. and a diabetic screening, the images that are taken of the eye with people who have diabetes. it is important to say that pregnancy and newborn screening will continue as is planned at the moment. those programmes are unchanged. pregnant women and newborn babies will continue to be screened going into the future. there is no change to that. thank you. cabinet secretary. thank you very much, first minister. we all know the steps that we need to take to ensure that our nhs in scotland can't cope with the additional demands that will be placed on it as a result of covid—19. the first of thoseis a result of covid—19. the first of those is what we all can do. and thatis those is what we all can do. and that is abiding by those measures of staying at home, social distancing that the first minister and cmo have outlined. secondly, by maximising the capacity of our existing nhs estate to cope with additional demand. that is ensuring we have those 3000 beds set aside for covid—19 patients, doubling our icu capacity, both of which have now been achieved. we have quadrupled our icu capacity. the third step is to maximise the capacity we have to treat patients beyond our existing nhs estate. that is why we have taken the decision to establish that temporary hospital at the sec in glasgow. it has been assessed as the best option given its accessibility, its close proximity to hospitals in the west of scotland. its security and its established infrastructure and its established infrastructure and transport links. it is important to emphasise this will be a hospital staffed by the nhs with full clinical and medical infection control standards. joe young, the former chief executive of the golden due hospital at clydebank, has been appointed chief executive of this temporary hospital. and as the first ministersaid, temporary hospital. and as the first minister said, the first tranche of around 300 beds will be in place in the next fortnight. we have the potential to raise that beyond 1000. we have engaged with the army in planning this project and in the support work that they can offer us to get the facility up and running. lam very to get the facility up and running. i am very grateful to them for all the help they have given us so far. and will continue to give us. army staff are also working with us. we are going to leave that very comprehensive news conference there in scotland, in which the first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, announced there have been six more deaths they are, bringing the total number of deaths in the wa ke the total number of deaths in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak in scotla nd wake of the coronavirus outbreak in scotland to 47. she also announced the scottish exhibition centre in glasgow is going to be turned into a temporary nhs hospital, which could eventually have a capacity for a thousand patients. she also announced the decision to temporarily suspend breast screening, cervical screening and bowel screening, to maximise the ability of the nhs to cope. some other news coming into us here at the bbc. the afp news agency is reporting that the post—bound olympics in tokyo will now open on july the 3rd, 2021. we are also hearing that the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is self isolating after a parliamentary aide tested positive for coronavirus. in the uk we understand that the foreign office minister nigel adams developed coronavirus symptoms while answering questions in the house of commons alongside the foreign secretary, dominic rab. those are the latest lines. you are watching bbc news. hello there. with apriljust around the corner it is a month often characterised by many april showers. we have got that actually today. you can see they —— by this picture sent in, the view captures this rainbow quite beautifully. most of the showers have been in northern scotla nd showers have been in northern scotland and spilling on off north sea coast. affecting most of eastern england. they are filtering for the west. still under the influence of high pressure we had at the weekend. the winds not quite as strong as the weekend. they are still coming from a ghoulish source. they are driving those showers in off the north sea coasts. for the remainder of the afternoon plenty of clout. sunny spells will be fairly limited. and will continue to see some showers filtering further westwards. the winds are not as strong as yesterday, but still coming from a north to north westerly direction. not a particularly warm feeling. maximum temperature is nine to 11 degrees. overnight the winds will fall lighter still. the showers will ease. we will get clearer skies. particularly in the south—east of england. temperatures likely to fall away to low single figures for a time. cloud in the far north of scotland. a few isolated showers. high pressure continues to drift its way slowly west. the isobars will open up. lighter winds perhaps for tuesday. although temperatures will not alter that much, it may feel better. for many it is still a case of lot of cloud around through the day. early morning sunshine will massed over. temperatures similar values, nine to 11 degrees. as we move out of tuesday into wednesday we will start to see a subtle change with this weather front putting into the far north—west. the winds will strengthen. gale force gusts in scotland. that will introduce colder airto the scotland. that will introduce colder air to the north. the wind direction turning to more of a northerly. relatively mild across southern england for a time. as we go through the week it is a subtle change. some showers at times and often quite cloudy. that's it. take care. the government insists it's ramping up testing for nhs workers — amid confusion on the number carried out so far. doctors' leaders continue to warn the shortage of tests has caused serious problems for the health service. we do need this extended to all staff, and certainly, in general practice at the moment, we're still waiting for testing. so i've got lots of doctors in contact with me every day, saying that they want to get back to work. and some of the other developments in the coronavirus crisis this lunchtime... formula one developers join scientists to develop new breathing equipment which can help keep patients out of intensive care. i sincerely think it may actually save many lives by preventing patients from needing to go on to a ventilator, and, again, saving that vital resource for the very,
than a third of the global population confined to their homes — the world is going through an unprecedented social experiment. here's victoria derbyshire with stories of life in lockdown. hello, and welcome to this bbc news special. i'm victoria derbyshire. stay with us, as we look at the world in lockdown, as an estimated 3 billion of us are quarantined and forced to stay put. we look at how life for tens of millions has come to a standstill. plus, we will give you ideas on how to keep you and your loved ones safe. and a reminder there is further advice and information about covid—19 on the bbc news website. first, the bbc‘sjim reed takes a look atjust how many people around the world are in lockdown. so it's vital to slow the spread of the disease. stay at home. it will break the chain of transmission and it will save lives. a quarter of the world is now living under some form of lockdown. 3 billion people have been told to stay at home. in most of europe, day—to—day life has stopped. in the north of italy, hospitals are still struggling to cope. it's three weeks now since the start of the world's first full national lockdown. the street is completely deserted. on a sunday afternoon, usually there would be, certainly, lots of people. translation: it is a national emergency situation. every one of us has a responsibility to our bit. so you mustn't approach each other. in northern europe, similar measures are now in force. in the uk, any social gathering is now banned. the public has been ordered to stay at home, with only a few exceptions. so this is what a lockdown looks like in the south of london. you're allowed to go out for essential needs, so i've been in the house for a couple of days now, about to go out to the big supermarket. they're now restricting the number of people in the building at any one time, so the queue to get in goes around there and finishes there. there are differences, though. in sweden, schools, cafes and bars have stayed open, at least for the moment. in the us, meanwhile, some individual states are moving faster than others. the sooner we get back to normal the better, but obviously that's up to the experts. even the president has to listen to all those people and hopefully he'll do that. new york state still makes up around half of all cases nationally. broadway theatres and schools have been shut. residents have been ordered to stay at home. in asia, 1.3 billion indians have been told to stay indoors for 21 days. the government is desperate to stop the virus spreading in its huge cities. translation: no-one is helping us. people are scared to give us a ride because of the virus. the police are also asking for identity cards. in other countries, though, rigourous infection tracking has allowed life to go on. in singapore, the streets are busy and the shops are open. it has closed its borders, but there's no lockdown. here, a heat sensitive camera takes your temperature before you are allowed into an apartment building or restaurant. i feel very fortunate to be living in a place like this in this moment, because most of my friends and family members, they don't have the luxury to contemplate the idea of going out for a drink. in china, meanwhile, the number of new hospital infections in the city where the outbreak began has slowed to a trickle. and the residents of wuhan are now being allowed to walk the streets again. translation: for us, the news about lifting the lockdown is like the biggest recognition of staying at home for more than two months. it is a positive sign, then — a relaxation of restrictions in a world that elsewhere has been shutting itself down. in south korea, one of the first countries after china to be badly impacted by the spread of covid—i9, people have been confined to their homes for weeks, including one family who captured the world's attention back in 2017. academic professor robert kelly was working from home when his kids popped in to visit during this bbc interview. ..the question is, how do democracies respond to those scandals. and what will it mean for the wider region? i think one of your children hasjust walked in. i mean, shifting sands in the region, do you think relations with the north may change? i would be surprised if they do. the, um... pardon me. that's quite all right. my apologies! that clip has been seen more than 36 million times. the bbc‘s david eades caught up with the kelly family to see how they were getting on with life in lockdown. i think south koreans have actually dealt with it really well. i think social compliance here has been pretty high. you don't see the kind of stuff that you've seen in the us, people going to the beaches, people refusing to stay off subways and stuff like that. i mean, south koreans have actually really responded really well. and that's why the curve hasd flattened, right? i mean, the cases are down now to, like, only 100 a day. so it's actually been pretty successful. sorry, my kids are... no, no! you must never — that is one thing you can never apologise for now. it's part of the scene, isn't it, it's what we expect. but in a sense, also, we're living in a world, robert, now, where working from home, that tele—working phenomenon, is something we all have to deal with. people see this, they might have laughed and loved what they saw a couple of years ago, they can empathise now. this is a new way of working. and i guess it's transformational? yeah, i mean, it's pretty tough for us. as you can, see it's very difficult. and i put this on twitter too, right, that employers who have employees with kids, like, our age, it's going to be very, very difficult. i get maybe two hours of work done in a day, maybe three. we're fighting with them all the time, they've got nothing to do, they're climbing up the walls. it's just really, really tough, right? that's why i'm glad things are lightening up a little bit, because at least we can take them outside so they can use a little bit of their energy. three weeks ago it was very, very hard because they couldn't go anywhere. there are only so many games you can play and puzzles you can do before theyjust kind of, you know... meanwhile, people in italy have been under quarantine measures for several weeks. one of those is elisabetta abrami, confined to her small apartment in rome. she has been keeping a video diary of the ups and downs of a week in lockdown. many of the very strict measures countries have introduced, forcing tens of millions into their homes and daily life coming to a standstill, have been welcomed. but there are concerns some governments are using the covid—19 outbreak to consolidate power and give certain leaders almost dictatorial powers. the bbc‘s christian fraser spoke to three academics and asked how they thought the lockdown would change many of our lives. a lot depends on what choices are made in the next few months. i wouldn't want to make any crystal ball predictions right now. one thing i do know from past epidemics and past crises like these is that people are much more willing, when they are afraid, to give enormous powers sometimes to the state, and they will exchange freedom and exchange all kinds of other things in exchange for safety. and we have already seen, for example, how governments in italy and france have actually carried out a strict lockdown measures that have been popular and have won a lot of popular approval. we may also see some governments use this crisis in order to break or bend democracy. politicians keep turning to these war—like analogies. it is different to war in some respects, because we're not destroying things. so one would presume that it would be easier to pick up the pieces. or has there been such a fundamental shock to the system, economic system, that things are going to change irrevocably? i think you're right, it is different from a war, both in terms of not having things destroyed but also in a war typically you see production re—orientated towards producing weapons and producing other things that military forces needed. in this case, basically both the demand and the supply side of the economy has been shut down dramatically because of the need for these extreme social distancing measures. i think when you look at the longer—term impact, clearly the longer these measures have to go on, the greater it will be. i think what you will begin to see is that all different parts of society will look for greater economic resilience. so, firms, for example, will be looking to reshape their supply chains to make sure they're more robust and more able to cope with shocks of this kind, but potentially other kinds of shocks as well. individuals will want more social protection, they will want lower debts, they will save more and also seek more insurance. one of the lessons we're learning about how global politics will change is the high degree of interdependence among 195 nation states and 7 billion people, so it's terribly important there be a global response to this crisis as well as, of course, the local response where the front lines are. there's lots of things world leaders have to work on and where global politics will change globally is there's a second wave coming, the globe has to be. we know there will be future pandemics, we know climate change is an abiding concern of every country and so the g20, the united nations, european union, whatever the multinational mechanism is, this has to work at an international level as well as at a governmental level. now, while the majority under lockdown conditions across the globe are staying at home, many are having to shelter in places where they have become stranded because of flights being cancelled and orders being closed. my name is dilys sila. i'm beth. i'm marcus. i'm ellie, i'm 26 and from the uk. i am with my friend claire, we're both from london, we're both stuck in sydney at the moment. we're just, sort of, sofa—surfing at the moment, we're staying in someone's garage. not ideal but at least a comfy bed. we went to the flight centre to try and book more flights and the lady laughed and said the flight‘s £20,000, and i said we don't have that sort of money, and she said money shouldn't be an object. we have a campervan at the moment but more campsites are closing. our current campsite closed its doors to the public today, so we've been told we are only allowed to stay until the 13th of march, which is when our booking ended. all of the kitchen and laundry are closed, so we have to do our cooking, cleaning, washing, all for three people in the van at the moment. we've tried to ring the british consulate and we e—mailed, but we've not had reply yet. i'm currentlty in accra, ghana. i flew on the fifth of march hoping to return on the 31st. the president of the country did the national address and said no flights would be going in or out of the country for about two weeks to control the coronavirus pandemic. they tell you to go and rebook the flight but you can't because they're not taking into account the borders are actually closed, so we're stuck and we don't know what to do. we've had to flights cancelled in the last week or so, and basically we've had to rent an apartment in auckland. it's very expensive. my partner has just retired from the nhs, and is desperate to get back to help there in the uk. we're basically stranded and marooned, and we could be here a long time. we're literally trapped here in sydney, we have no idea what to do anymore. no place tuesday and no money because no flights have been refunded to us. we're at our wits' end and all we want to do is come home. please, someone, help us. we feel like we've been forgotten, so saying we should fly back if we can, they need to take into account some countries have borders closed and they need to do more to help. the lockdown is also affecting millions who share accommodation. ella is in a flat—share in north london and showed us around her flat and what they're doing to stay safe. hi, my name is ella and i live in north london with four other people. now, one of my housemates is in the high—risk category, so i'm going to show you some of the measures we've put in place to keep everybody safe. first things first, and no prizes for this one, we wash our hands as soon as we get in. even though we've got a fair amount of space where we live, it's quite difficult to remember to keep the recommended government distance of two metres, which is about the length of a small elephant. thankfully, the hygiene measures we've put in place are a lot easier to keep up. in the bathroom... we keep the bathroom as clean as possible. no more shared hand towels, we separate our toothbrushes and we even have our own personal supply of loo roll. in the kitchen... no more shared tea towels and each housemaid has their own cutlery and crockery. we keep the place clean and antibac the dinner table after every use. one final rule, we make sure the doorknobs and light switches are cleaned once a day. it may seem like a lot of rules, but having housemates certainly has its upsides. you can check in on each other and see how they're doing in these wild old times. cheers, pal! while people are stuck and home, loads of people are finding creative ways to fill the time, like rachel leary. a clip of her raving to the bbc news theme tune has spawned hundreds of copycats across social media. the bbc‘s sophia smith galer as well as david lowe, who composed the tune. i am massively fan—girling right now, because here we have rachel, who is responsible for one of the best videos on the internet right now. how funny is that to say? oh my goodness! and we have david, who is responsible for composing that very bbc news theme tune. that's the one! david, are you aware that the internet right now is full of people raving to your theme tune? it's a very pleasant shock to see people doing that, especially rachel's... i think it sounded brilliant! i don't know how you put it together, but it sounded absolutely fantastic. yeah, tiktok is a pretty crazy place at the moment. there's been a video going round for a while now of people doing fake dj sets, but it's to a completely different song. my mum would tell you, i always, whenever the bbc news theme comes on, would be, like, sat on the sofa, like, thumbing my fists up in the air, and she found it so funny that i was just, like, "i'm gonna combine these two together." oh my god, it's got the beat, it's got the... what would you call it in musical terms? it's not like the key change, but it's like the beat change that really, like, everyone's... like, the drop! the drop in, like, the song. crescendo, i think that's what you're talking about. 0k! the idea was the pips on the radio, when you hear the beats you know you're listening to the radio and it's time for the news, and i thought maybe... i was thinking we could do there one with a dance beat because it's all about time and accuracy and stuff. gets you hyped up for the news. you could use the pip like this and then, which is a sound in itself that works, and then start adding drums to it like... a bit more drums like that, and just building up the idea. so pips for the dance beat and then adding the baseline. i can hear this in ibiza now. the baseline's a bit of a reggaeton feel to it. that sort of feel. then building it with big drums to add a bit of drama and tension. just so many people have messaged me from the bbc saying, "thank you so much sharing that — it's really boosted my morale today," and some of those people who have messaged me are broadcast—critical. we rely on them to keep the bbc news on the air and ijust wanted to say thank you. finally to australia, where the control measures there stopped a pub choir from being able to perform at their local watering hole, so they went online and asked people to film themselves singing close to you by the carpenters. more than 1,000 different people from 18 countries responded to their request. # why do stars fall down from the sky # every time you walk by? #just like me, they long to be # close to you # they want to be close # 0n the day that you were born the angels got together # and decided to create a dream come true # so they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold # and starlight in your eyes of blue. ..# that's it for now. you can keep up—to—date with all the latest information on the lockdown in your area and your country on our website. you can contact me at any time on twitter — i'm @vicderbyshire. thanks for watching. hello. tuesday was marked by fairly cloudy skies across much of central and northern britain, and i think that's going to be the way for many of us as we get on through wednesday. rain to contain with as well, especially at the start of the day across the northern and western isles of scotland, north of the great glen too. this is the weather front is gradually working its way south with time. bright enough to start in the south, but the cloud shield eventually filling in here and come mid—afternoon, i think we'll find the last of the rain associated with the weather front getting into northern ireland and maybe just hanging on into the south—west of scotland. elsewhere, a lot of cloud around, brighter skies to finish the day perhaps across the north of scotland, but the wind here will become a real feature overnight and a raft of blustery showers rattling in, not only to the northern isles but widely across northern and western scotland, and it's the combination of the strength of the wind widely across the country and the cloud which will keep many frost—free as we start the new day on thursday. by thursday, the weather front will have tracked its wayjust that little bit further south towards the scottish borders towards northern ireland, so quite a bit of cloud here to start the day. but as you'll see, there's not an awful lot of rain associated with that feature as it drifts its way further south during the day. brighter skies following on behind, but that wind really noticeable. these are the gusts widely across the british isles. certainly 30mph or a0 mph across some northern parts. scotland — we're looking at about 50mph or so. pretty raw there. further south ahead of the weather front, temperatures still holding on to double figures, but as that front completes its journey heading ever further south as we go into friday, so i think there will be generally speaking a fresher feel across the british isles but perhaps on friday, a better chance of seeing some sunshine. there'll still be a rattle of showers into the northern and north—western parts of scotland. top temperature on the day to be found at the other end of the country, getting to a high of 11 or 12, with quite a mound of cloud around, but there will be some sunshine as well. from friday into saturday, high—pressure drifting towards the continent, allowing a southerly to develop ahead of weather fronts which will be a bit of a player for western areas on sunday. but ahead of that, the temperatures are set to rise as we pull in those southerly breezes. welcome to bbc news, i'm simon pusey. our top stories: hard times ahead, president trump tells americans to brace themselves as the country's death toll surpasses that of china. this is going to be a very painful, very, very painful two weeks. the british government admits it has to increase coronavirus testing, with only a fraction if its daily target of 25,000 currently being carried out. when even a handshake makes news. why russia's president finds himself at the center of coronavirus concerns. and we take a look at some of the companies changing gears to do their bit in the fight against the virus.
rome, from italy's south to the north, the town was ravaged by coronavirus. it is a symbol of national mourning to mark a month that has torn through italy's heart. the country with the highest number of deaths from the virus in the highest fidelity rate. italians need to feel there is an end to the daily loss of hundreds of lives —— fatality rate. medical unions say the huge loss of doctors here, at least 66, shows a failure to protect those trying to cure it. translation: they worked without the right equipment like proper masks and they weren't given them. not enough have been tested. we were com pletely enough have been tested. we were completely unprepared. china showed us completely unprepared. china showed us what we needed to do and we didn't follow it. it's like sending soldiers to war empty—handed, unable to defend themselves. we could have avoided these deaths. doctors paid for their commitment with their lives. so young, inventive italians have stepped in to help, using 3—d printing to create a valve that turns a sports shop snorkelling mask into a ventilator. the blueprint has been downloaded for free 1 million times by hospitals in need across the world. two years ago it was my birth day and a received a message in which a dock says we have had 100 people breathing thanks to my idea. i was very happy —— two days ago. i cannot think of a better present for my birthday. the healthcare system is improvising. milan's exhibition centre converted into a new hospital with 200 badly needed intensive care beds. italy is being forced to adapt to this virus. running after it, but still too far behind. now on bbc news, with more than a third of the global population confined to their homes, the world is going through an unprecedented social experiment. here's victoria derbyshire with stories of life in lockdown. hello, and welcome to this bbc news special. i'm victoria derbyshire. stay with us, as we look at the world in lockdown, as an estimated 3 billion of us are quarantined and forced to stay put. we look at how life for tens of millions has come to a standstill. plus, we will give you ideas on how to keep you and your loved ones safe. and a reminder there is further advice and information about covid—19 on the bbc news website. first, the bbc‘sjim reed takes a look atjust how many people around the world are in lockdown. so it's vital to slow the spread of the disease. stay at home. it will break the chain of transmission and it will save lives. a quarter of the world is now living under some form of lockdown. 3 billion people have been told to stay at home. in most of europe, day—to—day life has stopped. in the north of italy, hospitals are still struggling to cope. it's three weeks now since the start of the world's first full national lockdown. the street is completely deserted. on a sunday afternoon, usually there would be, certainly, lots of people. translation: it is a national emergency situation. every one of us has a responsibility to our bit. so you mustn't approach each other. in northern europe, similar measures are now in force. in the uk, any social gathering is now banned. the public has been ordered to stay at home, with only a few exceptions. so this is what a lockdown looks like in the south of london. you're allowed to go out for essential needs, so i've been in the house for a couple of days now, about to go out to the big supermarket. they're now restricting the number of people in the building at any one time, so the queue to get in goes around there and finishes there. there are differences, though. in sweden, schools, cafes and bars have stayed open, at least for the moment. in the us, meanwhile, some individual states are moving faster than others. the sooner we get back to normal the better, but obviously that's up to the experts. even the president has to listen to all those people and hopefully he'll do that. new york state still makes up around half of all cases nationally. broadway theatres and schools have been shut. residents have been ordered to stay at home. in asia, 1.3 billion indians have been told to stay indoors for 21 days. the government is desperate to stop the virus spreading in its huge cities. translation: no-one is helping us. people are scared to give us a ride because of the virus. the police are also asking for identity cards. in other countries, though, rigourous infection tracking has allowed life to go on. in singapore, the streets are busy and the shops are open. it has closed its borders, but there's no lockdown. here, a heat sensitive camera takes your temperature before you are allowed into an apartment building or restaurant. i feel very fortunate to be living in a place like this in this moment, because most of my friends and family members, they don't have the luxury to contemplate the idea of going out for a drink. in china, meanwhile, the number of new hospital infections in the city where the outbreak began has slowed to a trickle. and the residents of wuhan are now being allowed to walk the streets again. translation: for us, the news about lifting the lockdown is like the biggest recognition of staying at home for more than two months. it is a positive sign, then — a relaxation of restrictions in a world that elsewhere has been shutting itself down. in south korea, one of the first countries after china to be badly impacted by the spread of covid—19, people have been confined to their homes for weeks, including one family who captured the world's attention back in 2017. academic professor robert kelly was working from home when his kids popped in to visit during this bbc interview. ..the question is, how do democracies respond to those scandals. and what will it mean for the wider region? i think one of your children hasjust walked in. i mean, shifting sands in the region, do you think relations with the north may change? i would be surprised if they do. the, um... pardon me. that's quite all right. my apologies! that clip has been seen more than 36 million times. the bbc‘s david eades caught up with the kelly family to see how they were getting on with life in lockdown. i think south koreans have actually dealt with it really well. i think social compliance here has been pretty high. you don't see the kind of stuff that you've seen in the us, people going to the beaches, people refusing to stay off subways and stuff like that. i mean, south koreans have actually really responded really well. and that's why the curve hasd flattened, right? i mean, the cases are down now to, like, only 100 a day. so it's actually been pretty successful. sorry, my kids are... no, no! you must never — that is one thing you can never apologise for now. it's part of the scene, isn't it, it's what we expect. but in a sense, also, we're living in a world, robert, now, where working from home, that tele—working phenomenon, is something we all have to deal with. people see this, they might have laughed and loved what they saw a couple of years ago, they can empathise now. this is a new way of working. and i guess it's transformational? yeah, i mean, it's pretty tough for us. as you can, see it's very difficult. and i put this on twitter too, right, that employers who have employees with kids, like, our age, it's going to be very, very difficult. i get maybe two hours of work done in a day, maybe three. we're fighting with them all the time, they've got nothing to do, they're climbing up the walls. it's just really, really tough, right? that's why i'm glad things are lightening up a little bit, because at least we can take them outside so they can use a little bit of their energy. three weeks ago it was very, very hard because they couldn't go anywhere. there are only so many games you can play and puzzles you can do before theyjust kind of, you know... meanwhile, people in italy have been under quarantine measures for several weeks. one of those is elisabetta abrami, confined to her small apartment in rome. she has been keeping a video diary of the ups and downs of a week in lockdown. many of the very strict measures countries have introduced, forcing tens of millions into their homes and daily life coming to a standstill, have been welcomed. but there are concerns some governments are using the covid—19 outbreak to consolidate power and give certain leaders almost dictatorial powers. the bbc‘s christian fraser spoke to three academics and asked how they thought the lockdown would change many of our lives. a lot depends on what choices are made in the next few months. i wouldn't want to make any crystal ball predictions right now. one thing i do know from past epidemics and past crises like these is that people are much more willing, when they are afraid, to give enormous powers sometimes to the state, and they will exchange freedom and exchange all kinds of other things in exchange for safety. and we have already seen, for example, how governments in italy and france have actually carried out a strict lockdown measures that have been popular and have won a lot of popular approval. we may also see some governments use this crisis in order to break or bend democracy. politicians keep turning to these war—like analogies. it is different to war in some respects, because we're not destroying things. so one would presume that it would be easier to pick up the pieces. or has there been such a fundamental shock to the system, economic system, that things are going to change irrevocably? i think you're right, it is different from a war, both in terms of not having things destroyed but also in a war typically you see production re—orientated towards producing weapons and producing other things that military forces needed. in this case, basically both the demand and the supply side of the economy has been shut down dramatically because of the need for these extreme social distancing measures. i think when you look at the longer—term impact, clearly the longer these measures have to go on, the greater it will be. i think what you will begin to see is that all different parts of society will look for greater economic resilience. so, firms, for example, will be looking to reshape their supply chains to make sure they're more robust and more able to cope with shocks of this kind, but potentially other kinds of shocks as well. individuals will want more social protection, they will want lower debts, they will save more and also seek more insurance. one of the lessons we're learning about how global politics will change is the high degree of interdependence among 195 nation states and 7 billion people, so it's terribly important there be a global response to this crisis as well as, of course, the local response where the front lines are. there's lots of things world leaders have to work on and where global politics will change globally is there's a second wave coming, the globe has to be. we know there will be future pandemics, we know climate change is an abiding concern of every country and so the g20, the united nations, european union, whatever the multinational mechanism is, this has to work at an international level as well as at a governmental level. now, while the majority under lockdown conditions across the globe are staying at home, many are having to shelter in places where they have become stranded because of flights being cancelled and orders being closed. my name is dilys sila. i'm beth. i'm marcus. i'm ellie, i'm 26 and from the uk. i am with my friend claire, we're both from london, we're both stuck in sydney at the moment. we're just, sort of, sofa—surfing at the moment, we're staying in someone's garage. not ideal but at least a comfy bed. we went to the flight centre to try and book more flights and the lady laughed and said the flight‘s £20,000, and i said we don't have that sort of money, and she said money shouldn't be an object. we have a campervan at the moment but more campsites are closing. our current campsite closed its doors to the public today, so we've been told we are only allowed to stay until the 13th of march, which is when our booking ended. all of the kitchen and laundry are closed, so we have to do our cooking, cleaning, washing, all for three people in the van at the moment. we've tried to ring the british consulate and we e—mailed, but we've not had reply yet. i'm currentlty in accra, ghana. i flew on the fifth of march hoping to return on the 31st. the president of the country did the national address and said no flights would be going in or out of the country for about two weeks to control the coronavirus pandemic. they tell you to go and rebook the flight but you can't because they're not taking into account the borders are actually closed, so we're stuck and we don't know what to do. we've had to flights cancelled in the last week or so, and basically we've had to rent an apartment in auckland. it's very expensive. my partner has just retired from the nhs, and is desperate to get back to help there in the uk. we're basically stranded and marooned, and we could be here a long time. we're literally trapped here in sydney, we have no idea what to do anymore. no place tuesday and no money because no flights have been refunded to us. we're at our wits' end and all we want to do is come home. please, someone, help us. we feel like we've been forgotten, so saying we should fly back if we can, they need to take into account some countries have borders closed and they need to do more to help. the lockdown is also affecting millions who share accommodation. ella is in a flat—share in north london and showed us around her flat and what they're doing to stay safe. hi, my name is ella and i live in north london with four other people. now, one of my housemates is in the high—risk category, so i'm going to show you some of the measures we've put in place to keep everybody safe. first things first, and no prizes for this one, we wash our hands as soon as we get in. even though we've got a fair amount of space where we live, it's quite difficult to remember to keep the recommended government distance of two metres, which is about the length of a small elephant. thankfully, the hygiene measures we've put in place are a lot easier to keep up. in the bathroom... we keep the bathroom as clean as possible. no more shared hand towels, we separate our toothbrushes and we even have our own personal supply of loo roll. in the kitchen... no more shared tea towels and each housemaid has their own cutlery and crockery. we keep the place clean and antibac the dinner table after every use. one final rule, we make sure the doorknobs and light switches are cleaned once a day. it may seem like a lot of rules, but having housemates certainly has its upsides. you can check in on each other and see how they're doing in these wild old times. cheers, pal! while people are stuck and home, loads of people are finding creative ways to fill the time, like rachel leary. a clip of her raving to the bbc news theme tune has spawned hundreds of copycats across social media. the bbc‘s sophia smith galer as well as david lowe, who composed the tune. i am massively fan—girling right now, because here we have rachel, who is responsible for one of the best videos on the internet right now. how funny is that to say? oh my goodness! and we have david, who is responsible for composing that very bbc news theme tune. that's the one! david, are you aware that the internet right now is full of people raving to your theme tune? it's a very pleasant shock to see people doing that, especially rachel's... i think it sounded brilliant! i don't know how you put it together, but it sounded absolutely fantastic. yeah, tiktok is a pretty crazy place at the moment. there's been a video going round for a while now of people doing fake dj sets, but it's to a completely different song. my mum would tell you, i always, whenever the bbc news theme comes on, would be, like, sat on the sofa, like, thumbing my fists up in the air, and she found it so funny that i was just, like, "i'm gonna combine these two together." oh my god, it's got the beat, it's got the... what would you call it in musical terms? it's not like the key change, but it's like the beat change that really, like, everyone's... like, the drop! the drop in, like, the song. crescendo, i think that's what you're talking about. 0k! the idea was the pips on the radio, when you hear the beats you know you're listening to the radio and it's time for the news, and i thought maybe... i was thinking we could do there one with a dance beat because it's all about time and accuracy and stuff. gets you hyped up for the news. you could use the pip like this and then, which is a sound in itself that works, and then start adding drums to it like... a bit more drums like that, and just building up the idea. so pips for the dance beat and then adding the baseline. i can hear this in ibiza now. the baseline's a bit of a reggaeton feel to it. that sort of feel. then building it with big drums to add a bit of drama and tension. just so many people have messaged me from the bbc saying, "thank you so much sharing that — it's really boosted my morale today," and some of those people who have messaged me are broadcast—critical. we rely on them to keep the bbc news on the air and ijust wanted to say thank you. finally to australia, where the control measures there stopped a pub choir from being able to perform at their local watering hole, so they went online and asked people to film themselves singing close to you by the carpenters. more than 1,000 different people from 18 countries responded to their request. # why do stars fall down from the sky # every time you walk by? #just like me, they long to be # close to you # they want to be close # 0n the day that you were born the angels got together # and decided to create a dream come true # so they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold # and starlight in your eyes of blue. ..# that's it for now. you can keep up—to—date with all the latest information on the lockdown in your area and your country on our website. you can contact me at any time on twitter — hello. after a bright and frosty start to wednesday across the southern counties of england, it looks as though the day is going to be marked by an awful lot of cloud and some patchy rain as well close to a weather front which starts today in the north and north—west of scotland. across the northern and western isles of scotland, areas north of the great glen too. claimants often large but the clear skies to the south. we like to start wednesday morning with a foster but the best of the sunshine. the southern half of the uk, barely cloudy but most will be driver the next few days. lots of rain to come in turning cold and windy on thursday. this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk, on pbs in america, or around the globe. i'm simon pusey. our top stories: hard times ahead. president trump tells americans to brace themselves as the country's death toll surpasses that of china. this is going to be a very painful — very, very painful two weeks. the british government admits it has to increase coronavirus testing, with only a fraction if its daily target of 25,000 currently being carried out. when even a handshake makes news. why russia's president finds himself at the centre of coronavirus concerns. we take a look at some of the companies changing gears
great president, prime ministers, dictators, kings, queens, idon‘t know, somehow i don't to see it for myself. labour's next leader will be revealed just before 11 o'clock this morning. we'll look at the challenges that jeremy corbyn‘s successor will face. after days of pressure, premier league clubs will ask their players to take a wage cut of 30% to help ease the financial burden caused by the coronavirus, while club captains look to set up a fund, to support the nhs. climbing 29,000 feet, over four days, using just one set of stairs. we'll hear from the man who's spent his coronavirus lockdown conquering everest in his own home. good morning. there is a little bit of early morning mist and fog out there at the moment, but that will readily lift to a dry day. a little more in the way of cloud and a few isolated showers for scotland and northern ireland. they will have all the details coming up shortly. good morning. it's saturday the fourth of april. our top story. use your common sense and avoid all unnecessary travel — that's the plea from police forces as we're urged to stay home to stop the spread of coronavirus. with warm temperatures forecast, the government says staying indoors is an instruction, "not a request". later this morning we'll be asking one chief constable what they'll be doing to make sure people stick to that instruction. we'll also be speaking to the royal college of nursing about those two young nurses who've died after being testing positive for coronavirus. but first simon jones has this report. these were the scenes in snowdonia two weeks ago where many people ignored government advice. crowds flocked to the coast and parks were busy too. now, with even more stringent curbs on our movements in place, the health secretary says staying at home and protecting lives is not a request but an instruction. we're set for a warm weekend in some parts of the country. but the disease is still spreading. and we absolutely cannot afford to relax the social distancing measures that we have in place. we cannot relax our discipline now. if we do, people will die. government regulations state everyone must stay at home but you can leave under the following circumstances: for one form of exercise a day — the advice is to say as local as possible. you can go out to shop for basic necessities such as food and medicine, but as infrequently as possible. you're also allowed outside of the house for any medical needs or to provide care and assistance to someone vulnerable. and you can travel to work but only if you cannot work from home. an increasing number of councils are instructing dog—owners to keep their pets on a lead in a parks to avoid any risk of dog—walkers coming into contact with each other. in the lake district, police are using social media to tell tourists stay away. in some areas, officers have set up roadblocks to question where drivers are going. the police are being told to engage with people and encourage them to return home. enforcement will be a last resort with initial fines of up to £60. well, undoubtedly, this weekend is going to be probably one of the biggest challenges for policing nationally so far. and we know that we're working in an environment that is quite fast moving — the legislation has only been in for a week or so. it's a challenging time for families too who've being cooped up for almost a fortnight. usually, we go to the park and the kids run around. we can't do that now so we're going to stay at home and keep them busy at home. the death of this nurse, aimee o'rourke and a second, areema nasreen, at the hospitals where they worked, sends a clear message according to the nhs. please, i ask you to remember aimee and areema. please stay at home for them. the government and police are hoping this will be the norm this weekend in these least normal of times. simon jones, bbc news. millions of americans have been told they should now wear a face mask in public, following new medical guidance on coronavirus. however, president trump says he will not be wearing one himself, and here in the uk the advice remains that masks do not stop the virus from spreading. the us now has nearly a 250,000 confirmed cases. david willis reports. this president trump has long downplayed the severity of the coronavirus and, once again, made plain he doesn't always take the recommendations of his medical staff seriously. the cdc is advising the use of non—medical cloth face covering as an additional voluntary public health measure. so was volu nta ry. public health measure. so was voluntary. you don't have to do it. they suggest it for a period of time. but this is voluntary. i don't think i'm going to be doing it. the advice to americans to cover their faces in public comes in the light of new evidence that suggests the virus can be transmitted notjust by people who are coughing and sneezing, but those who have it but don't know they have it. why then is the president rejecting the recommendations of his own advisors? sitting in the oval office, behind that beautiful resolute desk, the great resolute desk, i think wearing a face mask as i greet presidents, prime ministers, dictators, kings, queens, i don't know, somehow i don't see for myself stop i just... but for more than a quarter of a million americans currently affected, many are in new york, with the death toll for the coronavirus has now exceeded that of the terrorist attacks of september the 11th. terrorist attacks of september the iith. morgues and hospitals are already inundated and there is a shortage of masks, gowns, and ventilators, with the anticipated surge in coronavirus cases still weeks away. things could turn out to be even worse in new orleans, where the mardi gras celebrations of late february help spread the virus before social distancing measures we re before social distancing measures were introduced. music plays. the death rate there is more than double that of new york and the big easy as just a week away from running out of hospital beds. thank you very much, we'll see you tomorrow. although president trump might not be hitting the call to wear a mask, it seems his wife is taking the recommendation seriously. shortly after husband's press conference, first lady melania trump tweeted this. the administration's own advisor so close to a quarter of a million people here could die of the coronavirus, conceding the surgeon cases could be considerable, president trump told reporters" i hope zhao rong". david willis, bbc news, los angeles. —— hope they are wrong. china has come to a standstill for three minutes to remember the victims who died of the coronavirus, on a national day of mourning. the outbreak began in hubei province in december. the country has recorded more than 3,000 covid—i9 related deaths. let's get the latest from our china correspondent stephen mcdonell. good morning to you, stephen. an important day there. a marker. yes, flags are at half mast right across china. this is a traditional festival to remember those who have gone before us. but term sweeping day in 2020 has taken on extra significance. it's been declared a national day of mourning. at ten o'clock local time people stopped whatever they were doing, and that included cars in the street stop moving, drivers sounded their horns, alarms and other sirens were set off right across the country. everyone from the top leadership of the communist party down to ordinary people in the streets bowed their heads in remembrance for those who have died from the coronavirus. in this country where the coronavirus crisis started, officially, there are more than 3300 people who are said to have died, but many analysts think the true figure could be much higher than that, because some who have actually died from this highly infectious disease have been recorded as dying for other health reasons. either way, thousands dead is thousands dead and people here would also be remembering those they know overseas who have died, for that matter. but one thing that china could also be thinking, as they paused today, is just how much worse things could have been here. it seems like the emergency has stabilised. when we look at the death toll in other countries, there is good reason for people to be thankful here today that the emergency hasn't been a lot of worse thanit emergency hasn't been a lot of worse than it has so far. stephen, for the moment, thank you. the new leader of the labour party will be announced via e—mail today — after a specially—planned conference had to be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. each of the contenders have pre—recorded a victory speech, which will be sent out alongside details of the number of votes they've received. 0ur political correspondent helen cattjoins us from westminster. helen, it's a challenging time for the new leader to take over, what will be their priority? what an odd time, a peculiar time to ta ke what an odd time, a peculiar time to take over as leader of the party. yes, it is. when this contest started back injanuary, the three contenders left, keir starmer, rebecca locke bradie, rebecca they knew it would be a tough task. nobody could foresee the circumstances they would be taking over in. i think the very first thing they will see is it will set out their approach to how labour will tackle the coronavirus pandemic. they would expect it is probably for now in that role of critical friend to the government. so broadly supportive of what they are doing by pointing out where there are things they think could or should be done better. they're also taking over as party leaders, would expect to ever it to move very quickly to address anti—semitism, anti—jewish prejudice in the party which has been hugely divisive in recent yea rs. which has been hugely divisive in recent years. who is most likely to be taking on this pretty daunting entry, the clear favourite be taking on this pretty daunting entry, the clearfavourite is be taking on this pretty daunting entry, the clear favourite is sir keir starmer, the shadow breaks a secretary. he has led in the first couple of rounds of the contest after rebecca long—bailey, who are seen as after rebecca long—bailey, who are seen as the more natural ad to jeremy corbyn, if you like, her campaign did not seem to take off in the same way. but if there is one thing we know about politics, can be unpredictable. it certainly can be. that result coming just before 11 o'clock this morning. 0ne one of the story for you. it is along the lines of what people have been doing at home. climbing mount everest is the dream for many explorers, even those sensibly staying at home. john griffin traded compass and crampons for a staircase and bannister, as he climbed the equivalent of the world's largest mountain, in his own house. duncan kennedy has more. wish me luck. here we go! by. in these times of great uncertainty, life really does have its peaks and troughs. butjohn griffin has peaks higher than most. the total height is 8850 metres. by climbing the equivalent of mount everest using just the stairs in his house. it's just, it was an offhand remark to my wife, literally, we can ago today in the morning. i'd walked upstairs to the morning. i'd walked upstairs to the bedroom for the fifth time and are said to her" by the time this lockdown is over i will have climbed everest". so he did it for real. 29,000 feet or 41,000 steps. i've got to get to 75% minimum today. six hours got to get to 7596 minimum today. six hours a day for four days. but coming down doesn't count towards the total. just going to sit down for a minute. by day three it was pees on knees for this stairway to hell. my lovely wife suggested sticking frozen peas on it. even stair climbers have sherpas. it is a sponsored effort byjohn to raise money to help people who use food banks. a lexar, played move any mountain. he joins banks. a lexar, played move any mountain. hejoins home banks. a lexar, played move any mountain. he joins home olympics to full marathons on balconies and in gardens. a sort of social distancing. at the end of this will you be moving to a bungalow? no, we just moved from a bungalow. laughter. through the door. yes! (cheering) john submitted last night his waiting wife and daughter and neighbours. ending the kind of uplifting achievement he hopes will soon put eve ryo ne achievement he hopes will soon put everyone back on top of the world. thank you. duncan kennedy, bbc news. i'm trying to think, how do you top that? you run a marathon, you have somebody climbing everest. it'sjust fantastic a brilliant achievement. well done. time now for a look at the newspaper front pages. the mirror reports the words of the chief nursing 0fficer ruth may, who was speaking after the death of two nurses who contracted the coronavirus, and she said, quite simply, "please stay at home for them". tighter lockdown restrictions could be on the way if people do not follow the rules this weekend during the warm weather the telegraph reports. it says closing public parks could be one new measure. the guardian is critical of coronavirus testing in the uk, calling it a "shambles". the paper claims the government's pledge to deliver 100,000 tests a day is "unravelling". and the daily mail says the queen will deliver a message of togetherness in her address to the nation tomorrow. the paper says it is only the fifth time the monarch has addressed the country on tv outside of her christmas message. are we doing the inside pages or not? not now. let's save them for later. ok, there are plenty of fun once. let's talk to louise. —— ones. the top headline is even though the weather is going to be pretty fabulous, as we step into spring and embrace it, lots of people have been told to stay told to embrace it, lots of people have been told to stay at home of course but if you look at the window —— we can look at the window at the very least. you can open the window and baskin least. you can open the window and bask in the sunshine. we have all had the central heating on for several months now and i think this weekend will be able to turn it off and leave it off, at least through the weekend, because it is going to get warmer but a little bit windier as well. wind though is going to be the key feature as to why it is going to get warmer because high pressure is drifting off into the new continent. this low is pushing in but it is dragging in a southerly wind. although we could see gusts in excess of 40 miles an hour on exposed west facing coasts, it is coming from a warm source, all the way up from spain, and coming from a warm source, all the way upfrom spain, and it coming from a warm source, all the way up from spain, and it means temperatures are set to climb throughout the weekend. so for the here and now we have some patchy mist and fog around and it should readily lift and it is a fairly straightforward day for us weather forecasters out there because the cloud should break up and we should see sunny spells particularly across england and wales. a fairly uniform afternoon. a little more cloud through northern ireland and through scotland. a few isolated showers here, not quite as warm, 9—11, widely across england and wales midteens, may picking closer to 16 degrees. —— peking. through the night we keep the clear sky because it isa night we keep the clear sky because it is a southerly wind and a warm source it will not be a cold night and the southerly wind will break up cloud further north to a fairly quiet night to come. 0vernight lows co mforta ble quiet night to come. 0vernight lows comfortable for getting a good nights sleep, 5—7. we start off tomorrow morning with lots of sunshine around. the exception with this area of low pressure is out to the west. here it is a little more tricky. the winds will strengthen, gusting in excess of 40 miles an hour and gusting in excess of 40 miles an hourand a gusting in excess of 40 miles an hour and a little more cloud into northern ireland, the western fringes of scotland by the end of the day but elsewhere plenty of sunshine around and yes it will be a breezy affair but it is coming from a southerly direction so temperatures are expected to respond. so we could see mid—to—high teens across england and wales and maybe sheltered eastern parts of scotla nd maybe sheltered eastern parts of scotland peaking at 20 degrees there, in one or places in the south—east corner. it is worth bearing in mind if, like me, you are a hayfever suffering with tree pollen at this time of year, it is high in the south—east, moderate to low elsewhere. that is it. back to you too. louise, thanks very much. what is it? 18 minutes past six. i imagine lots of people are watching films. lots and lots of films at the moment. good and bad. so if you want to know what is good or what mark kermode thinks, you can stream things now. let's find out on the film review. hello and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode. now, with cinemas closed and everybody being urged to stay indoors due to coronavirus, new films are still opening in the uk through streaming services being made available for home viewing. so, for example, last week, the surrealist thriller vivarium, which was going to have a theatrical opening, became available exclusively on streaming services. wait, no, no. i don't this isn't the right way. yes, this is the way we came in. is it? did wejust do some kind of loop? hello? i have never heard such silence. jesse eisenberg and imogen poots are the couple looking for a perfect dream home who find themselves trapped in a nightmarish, stepford—style suburban development called yonder, where they are forced to raise an alien child. like an extended edition of the twilight zone, vivarium takes a single idea and stretches it out to feature length, but it does so with enough wit and invention to keep audiences entertained, engrossed and a little bit freaked out. what is that cloud in the shape of? a cloud. yes. another cloud—shaped cloud. all the clouds here are shaped like clouds. perfect. sickening. little clouds. should i hit it? no, hit her! this week's new streaming releases include four kids and it, an adaptation of jacqueline wilson's 2012 novel, itself inspired by e nesbit‘s classic 1902 novel, five children and it. this thing gives wishes. one wish a day, but there is consequences. michael caine provides the voice of the magical creature who can provide one wish for a day and is discovered by the titular kids, each wrestling with their own personal issues. matthew goode and paula patton are the single parents planning to make their two families one, to the horror of their respective children, while a villainous russell brand chews the scenery, provided in eye—catching fashion by ireland doubling as cornwall. well, that is extraordinary. you. you, don't move. brilliant. oh, and one of the rest of you. well, better be getting back to the old mansion! do let me know if you need... ..anything. yeah! that would go there as a noun, wouldn't it? anything. any—thing! having apparently never been out of print since its first publication, the original novel has spawned several screen adaptations, including the much—loved ‘90s bbc tv series and a somewhat underrated 2004 film adaptation shot in the isle of man and featuring eddie izzard is the voice of it. this film of jacqueline wilson's modern update doesn't have the charm of those productions. what it does have is a hint of the real world issues that wilson's books have always tackled, a great score and a likeably wrinkly sand fairy, to which caine lends deadpan vocal appeal. you also get to hear russell brand use the phrase "ethnically insensitive erotica" and see him run around with his bottom on fire, which kinda sums up the film. four kids and it is now available on sky cinema. at the other end of the spectrum, this week also sees the streaming release of the whalebone box, the latest fantastically inventive art house production from british maverick andrew kotting. i asked him where the whalebone came from and he said it came from a washed—up whale after the whale had been smashed up as a result of a storm. the box in question was made of the bones of a whale that washed up on the isle of harris in the outer hebrides many years ago. kotting's film follows two journeys — one in which psycho—geographer iain sinclair and photographer anonymous bosch join andrew on a pilgrimage to take the box back to harris. in the other, we venture into the dreams of eden kotting, artist and muse and daughter of andrew. there is nothing mainstream about andrew kotting's films, which are more like a cut—up collage of sounds and vision, throwing together ideas and places and finding strange connections between them. ever since his breakthrough feature gallivant in the mid—‘90s, many of his films have involved an element of a journey or a quest, exploring the landscape of a virtual idea through the physical landscape of britain, with all its history and folklore and magic. there really is no—one else making movies like these, although you can see the legacy of derekjarman in his work and find a kindred spirit in the home—made movies of cornish film—maker mark jenkin, who recently won a bafta for bait. like bait, the whalebone box isn't for everyone, but if you are looking for something genuinely creative, adventurous and inspiring, you will love it. it is available exclusively on the streaming service mubi. sounds really nice. that sounds gorgeous! keep going, keep going! # looking from the window above. # like a story of love. go on! # can you hear me? # came back only yesterday and moving farther away. # want you near me. # all i needed was the love you gave. # love you gave. # all i needed for another day. # and all i ever knew, only you. also available to stream is military wives, the feel—good film from the full monty director peter cattaneo, which had a brief but successful run in cinemas just before the current closures and which has now been made available on all premium on—demand platforms for a limited period. so... no, no, no, go ahead. thanks very much, lisa. that's lovely. this reminds me of when my parents got divorced. they speak arabic. it's also worth checking out the perfect candidate, the latest film from haifaa al—mansour which is available through modern films and curzon home cinema. you may remember a few years ago, i raved about wadjda, the ground—breaking film from al—mansour about a young girl desperate to buy a bike — a taboo—breaking symbol of freedom. the perfect candidate finds al—mansour returning to saudi for another tale of female empowerment, this time focusing on a doctor who winds up running for local election in an attempt to get the road in front of her hospital fixed. early on in the film, we see a male patient refusing to be treated by a female doctor — a hostility that's multiplied as maryam becomes a public figure. but despite the potentially tough subject matter, the perfect candidate is a joy to watch, not least because of the regular, vibrant bursts of live music which punctuate the drama, and because of the defiance of our central character, who definitely gets my vote. it's worth noting, too, that if you stream the perfect candidate through the modern films website, you can donate a percentage of the profits to your choice of one of several independent cinemas. but if streaming isn't your bag and you prefer good, old—fashioned disc technology, then my dvd choice this week is a real treat. mr blanc, i know who you are. i read your profile in the new yorker. i found it delightful. ijust buried my 85—year—old father, who committed suicide. why are you here? i'm here at the behest of a client. who? i cannot say, but let me assure you this, my presence will be...ornamental. you will find me a respectful, quiet, passive observer...of the truth. rian johnson earned an original screenplay nomination for knives out, a deliciously twisty satirical thriller that puts a new spin on old agatha christie riffs. daniel craig is the gentleman detective with an outrageous southern accent, investigating the death of a famous crime writer whose family are now fighting over his inheritance. a star—studded cast includes michael shannon, christopher plummer, ana de armas and jamie lee curtis, the latter of whom, in my opinion, also deserved an oscar nomination. no—one move until we figure this all out. what? can we ask why? has something changed? no. no, it hasn't changed, or no, we can't ask? mr stevens, you may continue. knives out is out on dvd now. it's also available to download. that's it. thanks for watching, and i'll be back next week with more home viewing releases. you want to ask this guy some questions? all right, what is this? what's this arrangement? mr drysdale. csi kfc? he laughs sarcastically. hello. this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. use your common sense and avoid all unnecessary travel — that's the plea from police forces as we're urged to stay home to stop the spread of coronavirus. with warm temperatures forecast, there are fears that scenes like this could be repeated, with people ignoring advice to stay at home. yesterday, it was revealed a further 684 people had died with the virus in the uk injust 24 hours. millions of americans have been told they should now wear a face mask in public, following new medical guidance on coronavirus. however, president trump says he will not be wearing one himself, and here in the uk the advice remains that masks do not stop the virus from spreading. the us now has nearly a quarter of a million confirmed cases. in the uk the advice as the masks do not the virus spreading. sitting in the oval 0ffice behind this great resolute s, wearing a face mask as a great president, prime ministers, dictators, kings, queens, idon't know, somehow i don't set for myself. china, where the coronavirus pandemic began, has come to a standstill for three minutes to remember those who have died. people across the country stopped and bowed their heads to mourn the victims, as sirens and horns sounded. china has officially recorded more than 3,000 deaths since december as a result of the outbreak. almost four months after jeremy corbyn announced he'd be stepping down as leader of the labour party, his replacement will be announced this morning. rebecca long—bailey, lisa nandy, and keir starmer have each pre—recorded a victory speech, which will be sent out via e—mail alongside details of the number of votes each has received. the new deputy leader will also be announced. there may be very few reasons for getting dressed up at the moment given that most of us are staying at home but australians have started a new trend — and it's catching on. the feedback is that many people aren't getting dressed as smartly as they would normally. they are working from home. sloppiness the thing. there is a new trend that has caught on amongst australians. in an attempt to bring some much—needed light relief to the stresses of lockdown and not "waste" the opportunity to have a little fun, people have started dressing up to take their bins out. charlie, icu in that. they are videoing how they take the bins are —— i see you. that was a unicorn. that was in emea. that looks like a skittles. —— emu. that was in emea. that looks like a skittles. -- emu. it makes it something more of an occasion. skittles. -- emu. it makes it something more of an occasionm skittles. -- emu. it makes it something more of an occasion. it is a lwa ys something more of an occasion. it is always a job where you think they need to be done and i don't fancy doing it, you do it. something tells me that would be right up the mike busheu me that would be right up the mike bushell street. you have been doing that for years, mike. i have fox ones, news ones, i tended to think that might be quite suitable. it is an idea to brighten the day. i don't know. i don't think my wife would let me. we are going to talk about the premier league. they were very productive yesterday. firstly, premier league clubs are to ask players to take a 30% pay cut, in order to protectjobs, during the coronavirus lock down, while club captains are also talking about setting up a charitable fund to help the nhs. the league also says the season won't resume until "it's safe and appropriate to do so". 0ur sports correspondent andy swiss has the story. it is the richest leg and foot ball, but with sport in the shutdown it seems even the premier league's millionaires are now paying a price. the club is facing what they called substantial and continuing losses, they said they consult loss —— players about a combination of different —— deductions and referrals amounting to around 30% of the annual total renumeration. clubs including tottenham and newcastle announced they were using the government's fellow scheme for nonplaying staff, while continuing to pay their players in full. we now need to see them having a very serious and quick talk with the players, sit down with their representatives and come to an agreement across the premier league and also potentially across the whole of foot ball in order to ensure that the burden on the taxpayer is as low as possible, but also they protected the smaller clu bs. also they protected the smaller clubs. well, football in england at the highest is renowned for its riches. here at manchester united, for example, revenues last season we re for example, revenues last season were a record £620 million. but as a sport with such wealth, football's response to the current crisis as come under scrutiny. it is understood the premier league captains, led by the'sjordan henderson, are discussing giving money to charity in the league itself has given £20 million to the nhs. some believe the criticism of football has been harsh. there was a little bit of a backlash to the premier league players who obviously are not going to come out and say anything individually at the moment because, you know, they are relying on the union to speak for them and obviously that has happened today so by the premier league had hoped to return to playing at the start of may, but now say that won't happen. instead they will have the actions of the pits can provide a positive. andy swiss, bbc news. it isn't just football, that's been rallying to spread funds around, to help their sport survive. england's cricketers have given half a million, to the ecb and other good causes, to help the grassroots and county game survive. and the lawn tennis association are putting aside up, to 20 million to help venues, coaches, officials and players through the pandemic. that follows this week's cancellation of wimbledon and all the grass court season. now, while many premier league clubs have been reaching out, to help vulnerable fans during the coronavirus pandemic, southampton have taken it a step further, by feeding fans in need. over the next 12 weeks their club chefs, will prepare thousands of nutritious meals, normally reserved for the players and special guests, and these will be delivered across the community. the first ones went out yesterday. this at southampton's samaria station it looks like an almost day four scheffer zoltan and his team, busy cooking up range of nutritious dishes. but now these meals are not for fans dishes. but now these meals are not forfans in dishes. but now these meals are not for fans in the dishes. but now these meals are not forfans in the hospitality dishes. but now these meals are not for fans in the hospitality suite ahead of kick off, orjust for the players, they are to be frozen and then deliver to those people in the community who most need help while they stay—at—home. community who most need help while they stay-at-home. it is busy, very, very busy. but, to be honest, we are chefs, we can't sit around for a long time. so we are back —— glad to be back in the kitchens. some of these dishes, we have been feeding these dishes, we have been feeding the first team as well, so some of the first team as well, so some of the dishes are from the training ground. so fingers crossed people will love it. 1000 meals a week will be prepared by the six chefs working nine hours a day for the next three months at least. and then with the help of the sounds foundation and fascia, which is the uk's national network who helps distribute food at like this, the dishes will be taken to places like schools, which are already handing out lunches to pa rents. already handing out lunches to parents. it will mean that these families can have a nutritious meal at lunchtime and take away the stress of having to worry about how they will feed their families and their income has literally gone to zero overnight. it's the families who are plumbers and painters and decorators and hairdressers and people like that who, their diaries have just emptied and have got no income and of literally got no money. one such family, also in southampton, are the hendersons. they don't normally qualify for free school meals, but due to the coronavirus the situation has changed. so how will it help you? the mills have kind of really helped, because obviously with the virus and everything that's going on, my husband has had to stop working now, so he is on 80% pay, so he is on this money, and obviously we have got to feed two very hungry children while they are not at school —— meals. he is very excited. you're going to have the same food as the football players, yeah? lots of vegetables, yeah. also receiving dishes cooked up by sultan and his tea m dishes cooked up by sultan and his team will be old isolated people who may be can't get along to london clu bs may be can't get along to london clubs at the moment, also charity such as the ymca and groups that look after young, vulnerable adults who maybe find themselves homeless. as well as providing the kitchens and the staff to prepare the meals, the club ‘s are also spending £50,000 on the ingredients. while first team players, especially those like the international who grew up in hampshire knows how important this is for the club and community. football clu bs this is for the club and community. football clubs are kind of the hub of the city. everybody thinks about it, everybody wants to be involved with it. to reach out to those people means a lot because there's a lot of good things, a lot of bad things about football clubs, to see a club doing something like this is truly special. we have always been really active in the community so we do lots of work in schools and lots of work with older people and vulnerable adults throughout the year. in this really feels like it's a time when football clubs, i believe, like ourselves, should be coming to the fore and supporting their community, people come and support us on a regular basis and actually this is a time to get back. and now that he is not at the moment serving up goals for southampton, james has been spending some of the time at home learning to cook himself. at the moment it is one of those things to keep me occupied. yeah, i've enjoyed it. you never know, i'm overdoing some of the cooking as well. what is your signature dish? i'm not that experienced yet. they have made some cod and vegetable dish last night. but it went down well, so i'm happy. for sultan and his team the race is now on. so often in the background on most days, now they find themselves upfront, the first team in southampton's effort to feed the community. the people of southhampton are never going to be so well fed. nutritious meals that keep the players going. i love the fact that the little lad was going to eat the vegetables because that's what the players get. always set by good examples. led by good examples. thank you very much. people looking for things to do. watching tv, catching up on things. colin patterson has been taking a look for us this morning. coronavirus has led to cancellation after cancellation, glastonbury‘s gone, weeping after cancellation, glastonbury‘s gone, we ' after cancellation, glastonbury‘s gone, weeping over wimbledon, no points will be given out at eurovision. but it's the start of the school easter holidays and this weekend there's to have free front room fine, he is our guide on how to make it happen. starting with a trip to edinburgh zoo, one of a number around the uk whose webcams mean their animals can still be seen. no sign of social distancing from these penguins. it's been absolutely amazing, the amount of people who have gone on. we have had over 5 million throughout march. behind me the penguins are always on the go. so if you want to watch something thatis so if you want to watch something that is always moving, going in the pool that is always moving, going in the pool, on their nest, collecting stones, which is exactly what they're doing just now, the penguins is probably your best bet. or what about a visit to stonehenge? spinal tap memorably saying it's where the moon and fries with a dragon's case. well, now you can check it through with the stonehenge skyscape. this isa qusair with the stonehenge skyscape. this is a qusair camera that is mounted near stonehenge and it gives the impression of being within stonehenge. stephen doheny website any time of day or night and you can see see what this guy looks like in real time —— so you can go on the website. disney's theme parks are shut all around the globe, but there is still a way to ride the rollercoaster tha nks is still a way to ride the rollercoaster thanks to an unofficial youtube channel. and things like this will be happening and living rooms all across the country this weekend. scream if you wa nt to country this weekend. scream if you want to go faster! screaming. the pa rt want to go faster! screaming. the part where it became all black was like a big drop and then we were like a big drop and then we were like going sideways into a big black hole. it was super scary. i thought i was going to fall off of it. if you are looking for something rather more cultural, the royal shakespeare company may have had to close its theatres, but 17 of its production are free to watch online for 30 days, including king lear. without our grace, our love... which, appropriately, shakespeare wrote while quarantined during the great plague. if you are thinking about your future education, swansea university are actually having a virtual open day today, i wonder if they will virtually get the rugby tea m they will virtually get the rugby team to behave badly in the virtual stu d e nts team to behave badly in the virtual students union. 0r team to behave badly in the virtual students union. or if you fancy meeting some people from the other side of the globe, why notjoin in a virtual branch complete with guest speakers being hosted in the usa tomorrow. also becoming extremely popular virtual baking lessons, online pub quizzes, i was second last on one on monday, it still hurts, and there is the rise and rise of the web workout. oh, i'm feeling adventurous. i'm a beginner. let's lift their shoulders up a little bit. ice is low and controlled. mr motivator is holding classes every day. we have given you some more right here. enjoy your weekend. colin patterson, bbc news, in the living room. i love that line. he said a came second last and i'm still smarting. it is very frustrating. it was probably just it is very frustrating. it was probablyjust one question as well or that half point that pipped him. this weekend we have been told to stay indoors to keep us all safe to prevent the spread of coronavirus. 0bviously take that advice and take it seriously. but we want to do, from you, as find out what are you going to do? it is going to be sunny. we will be talking to willie —— louise in a moment. sunny. we will be talking to willie -- louise in a moment. so far what we have seen, and very kindly be lots of people sharing stuff with us, people are getting very creative about ways to spend time because one of the in a way, one of the glorious things this time has expanded so inns are not rushed. take your time! whatever it is you can spend more time, albeit within certain confines. we saw people dressing up creatively just to take the confines. we saw people dressing up creativelyjust to take the bins up but has to a creative way to enjoy the sunshine if you are lucky enough to have a garden or a decent sized garden or a balcony but even if you do not, how are you going to enjoy your sunshine? through your window! you can sunbake through the window. louise! you can tell us how louise! you can tell us you can sunbake through the window. louise! you can tell us how much sunbaking we can do! you will be able to step outside and enjoy some sunshine, albeit very briefly this weekend, but just take sunshine, albeit very briefly this weekend, butjust take a look at what is happening at the moment. have to say the weather what your pictures are beautiful to illustrate the picture for us and people are taking weather what your pictures from the view from their window, inside, so it is misty this morning. this is a cross on the isle of wight as you can see, and thank you jane for sending this in, this is the view of her garden, and the mist and patchy fog that we have got around at the moment will lift and yes it will be dry and sunny and may not be the way we would like to experience this spring warmth but we can just enjoy it, can't we? by the looking out the window, opening the window and enjoying it because a southerly wind is going to drive the warmth across the country and it will be quite windy though through this weekend and there is an area of low pressure that is creeping in from the west. but because of the southerly flow it is a warm source and it is coming all the way up from africa and spain and so you really will notice the difference when you are looking outside. and if you do step out for a brief spell of exercise, well, it does look as though the cloud will break and we will see sunny spells coming through across england and wales. northern ireland and scotland quite a lot of cloud around this morning and if few isolated showers but even here, not as cold as it has been. 9—11 perhaps for scotland and northern ireland. further south, a maximum of midteens and baby highs of 16. —— further south, a maximum of midteens and baby highs of16. —— may further south, a maximum of midteens and baby highs of 16. —— may be highs. we keep the southerly wind overnight, it will be a feature and it will drive the cloud away to help break it up so generally across the country we will have clearing skies. not too cold, overnight lows sitting around 4— seven so first and tomorrow morning it is going to be dry, settled and sunny pretty much on the word go. we will see a little more cloud out of the west through the area of low pressure and here in northern ireland and maybe western fringes of scotland we will see some showery outbreaks of rain. winds will strengthen, because the gusts in excess of 40 miles an hour so it will be a noticeable wind generally across the country but we will continue to see some sunshine coming through and because it is a southerly wind, if you have not already heard, it is going to feel a little warmer on sunday. we're going to see widely temperatures into midteens but we could see highs of 20 degrees. but is in the south—east corner. it does mean however we are starting to get to pollen season, tree pollen at the moment, and it is going to going tree pollen at the moment, and it is going to be high in the south—east. back to you. thank you, louise. see you later. and now annita mcveigh has more information and health advice on the coronavirus outbreak, in this special programme. hello and welcome to this abc news special. i annita mcveigh. stay with us as we special. i annita mcveigh. stay with us as we share the latest information on health advice and reports about the coronavirus. we will show you exactly what scientists think of the virus covid—19 is and ask how close are we toa covid—19 is and ask how close are we to a vaccine? and a reminder that there is further advice and information about the pandemic on the bbc news website. but first, this coronavirus may be dominating headlines around the world and changing the lives of hundreds of millions of people. but what exactly do we know about covid—19? and how close are we to a vaccine? the bbc‘s jim reed reports. sarscovtwo is the technical name for the virus that causes covid—19. it is part of the coronavirus family, one of at least six that can affect humans. in the amazing position today where we can get the genetic code of a virus really quickly and it turns out this particular virus is very closely related to that and pangolin viruses. —— bat. 0ne related to that and pangolin viruses. —— bat. one of the theories is that it could have spread through one of those species to humans. the virus is made up ofjust 30 genes, compared with 20,000 for humans. it mutates or changes over time, allowing scientists to draw a family tree, showing what different strains of come from and how they have spread. because of the slight shift, slight mutations that the virus accumulates we can actually track which one came from china versus which one came from china versus which one came from china versus which one came from the west coast, for instance, that are coming into new york and so on. so that is what the biologists are looking at right now, to track the virus. the virus typically enters the human body through the nose or mouth. though spikes on the outside grab onto a protein called a stoop which is common on cells in the throat and lungs. most covid—19 infections cause a fever is our immune system fights to clear the virus from a body —— ace two. fights to clear the virus from a body -- ace two. essentially viruses in that phase of infection hijack the host cell, turn it into a virus— making factory, releasing new virus particles which are then free to infect other neighbouring cells within the same host or, of course, if they are exhaled or coughed or sneezed out, are then able to infect a new person. it is not unusual for a new person. it is not unusual for a virus to cause different symptoms and different people. it could depend on age, genetics and the amount you are exposed to. so you always get this wide spectrum of responses to infections. and covert is no different to so we know that age is one of the key factors from whether you are more likely to suffer from severe disease —— covid. this map shows eight different strains of the virus are now circulating quickly across the world. that is partly because virtually no—one is immune. it may also be that a proportion of those infected show very mild symptoms but can still pass the virus onto others. so there are a few things that are going for this virus to be very successful. 0ne that are going for this virus to be very successful. one big one is the fa ct very successful. one big one is the fact that there seems to be an incubation period between the time you become infected and you start shedding the virus to the time you feel very sick. so it is really impossible to catch those types of people, unless we implement massive screening for the virus. biotech and drug companies across the world are now working on vaccines and treatments stop one promising target is those spikes on the outside of the virus itself. i have a colleague at the university college london who is using the biggest supercomputer in europe to search through old libraries of drugs which have already been tried and tested by other viruses and other infections, just to see if one of them has the ability to interfere with the spikes on the coronavirus. in the longer term, there is the promise of a vaccine which should be able to stop us vaccine which should be able to stop us getting the disease in the first place. such testing and manufacturing takes time. even if scientists are successful, it is unlikely to be rolled out widely until sometime next year. in china, where the virus originated, authorities there say they now have got a authorities there say they now have gota grip authorities there say they now have got a grip on the outbreak. it is widely believed beijing is hard to sing the power of its sophisticated surveillance state —— harnessing the power of its sophisticated surveillance state to monitor and control people to stop the spread of the disease. the use of mobile phone data has proven particularly effective and now some of the techniques are being copied by a growing number of countries around the world, including singapore, south korea and iran. so how can surveillance state tools help in a pandemic and what are the potential pitfalls for privacy and freedom? cyber reporterjoe tidy reply —— reports. it all starts with this, a national id card. you need one to pretty much do anything in china. from buying a mobile phone using any app, everything you do leave the data trail. went back to your id. in areas on lockdown from location data is being used to monitor movement and enforce cu rfews. is being used to monitor movement and enforce curfews. if a patient is meant to be in quarantine, geolocation pickings on the phone can alert authorities if they stray out of their homes. phone location data is also being used up exactly where that person visited the two weeks before being diagnosed. a combination of human and automated computer analysis work out who they may have infected. if they went on a train and got too close to other commuters, and text messages sent out through one of the major apps, alleging those at risk. every person is being assigned a coloured qr code depending on the risk they pose. green, no risk. 0range, they have entered a potential virus hotspot. and read, if they have tested positive to the virus and could still be contagious. none of this cyber surveillance would be any good that the chinese estate's strict enforcement teams too. police and volu nteers enforcement teams too. police and volunteers have literally manned the exits of apartment blocks to keep places on lockdown. but in countries where these data surveillance powers have been brought in to help deal with coronavirus, some people are worried about the long—term. coronavirus, some people are worried about the long-term. my name is adam schwartz. i am a senior lawyer at the electronic frontier foundation. there is a great concern that when governments get new powers in a crisis, government never gives those powers away, even when the crisis ends, so for example, in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the united states created vast new surveillance powers and 19 years later those powers are still very much in the hands of the us government. adam and others also have questions aboutjust how much ofa have questions aboutjust how much of a difference this data surveillance can make and if it is worth it. what we are basically saying to governments around the world is before you unveil or, you know, unleash a brand new mass surveillance power, it is necessary for governments to come forward and really public health professionals to come forward and show that these technologies would actually address the crisis. striking the delicate balance between privacy and security is an age—old problem for governments and the public. but perhaps never in history has the dilemma been more pressing and more life—threatening. dilemma been more pressing and more life-threatening. now many of us are facing the challenges of dealing with coronavirus. and also dealing with coronavirus. and also dealing with very different working conditions. you'll have noticed the way you are receiving the news has become very different. not least that the programme you're watching now did not exist two weeks ago. the bbc‘s median editor amol rajan is looking at the challenges that news and media industries are facing. that evening. good evening.. i headlines for you, britain's and devices crisis... in a crisis, coronavirus, it is horrible, pandemic, especially one in the information age, and sanitiser, covid—19, trusted news becomes a precious commodity. social distancing. for which there is high demand. coronavirus. britain has a range of regulated public service broadcasters doing their best to produce world—class journalism. ratings for new programmes across the channels are soaring with many presenters casting from home. published data showing that transport use across the country... but actually producing broadcast news is exceptionally hard in a global pandemic. i'mjust news is exceptionally hard in a global pandemic. i'm just going to script a line about northern ireland there... innovation is the only solution. there is plenty of it about. recording. it only covers england and northern ireland... moresi is at home in manchester, working on a bbc news piece with her cameraman and editor who is nearly 30 miles in derbyshire. the nhs scheme only covers england. news reports of the result of teamwork between correspondence, produces, camera operators and studio editors. 0h, camera operators and studio editors. oh, and children too, who can make their presence felt in correspondence work from home. what are your thoughts? keeping staff and contribute to safe is a priority and video interview has become the norm of late. giving two metres away from interviewees can be hard but boom might allow sound to be captured safely in high—quality. might allow sound to be captured safely in high-quality. good morning, it is seven o'clock. the headlines... it is notjust television, kitchens and front lounges have been converted into makeshift radio studios lipase of the today programme. this is the bbc‘s davidson leader using a duvet to improve sound quality. furnishings can absorb sound and reduce echo. to a much greater extent reduce echo. to a much greater exte nt tha n reduce echo. to a much greater extent than is generally acknowledged, journalism is the product of a particular energy, camaraderie and culture within a newsroom , camaraderie and culture within a newsroom, like that of the bbc. it is hard to replicate that when, like these days, the keyword is you are such two metres apart. this place is usually densely packed but like millions of others also facing logistical challenges, most editors and producers are now working from home. i am working on a piece with david hockney... such as skype and zoom are therefore replacing days —— daily meetings. what do you think about using the clip that you have already laid down? we can do that. casting is always a technical adventure but right now, more than ever. amol rajan in central london, working with producer elizabeth in kent and editorjonathan in north london. bbc news. that is it for now but before we go we thought we would share some of the striking images from the last week from around the world is the coronavirus continues to upend the lives of hundreds of millions of people. and reminder you can keep up to date with all of the latest information on the lockdown in your area and your country on our website. thanks for watching. good morning. welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today: "forget the sunshine, stay at home and save lives". police forces across the uk urge people to use their common sense and avoid all unnecessary travel this weekend. the plea comes as emotional tributes are paid to two nhs nurses who died after contracting coronavirus, each leaving behind three children. americans are told to start wearing face masks in public to stop the spread of coronavirus, but president trump says he won't be following the advice. i think wearing a face mask as i greet presidents, prime ministers, dictators, kings, queens, i don't know, somehow i don't to see it for myself. labour's next leader will be revealed just before 11 o'clock this morning. we'll look at the challenges that jeremy corbyn's successor will face. good morning. after days of pressure, premier league clubs will ask their players to take a wage cut, of 30 per—cent to help, ease the financial burden caused by the coronavirus, while club captains look to set up a fund, to support the nhs. climbing 29,000 feet using one set of stairs. we'll hear from the man who's conquered everest in his own home. good morning. it's saturday april 4. our top story: use your common sense and avoid all unnecessary travel — that's the plea from police forces as we're urged to stay home to stop the spread of coronavirus. with warm temperatures forecast, the government says staying indoors is an instruction, "not a request". later this morning we'll be asking one chief constable what they'll be doing to make sure people stick to that instruction. we'll also be speaking to the royal college of nursing about those two young nurses who've died after testing positive for coronavirus. but first simon jones has this report. these were the scenes in snowdonia two weeks ago where many people ignored government advice. crowds flocked to the coast and parks were busy too. now, with even more stringent curbs on our movements in place, the health secretary says staying at home and protecting lives is not a request but an instruction. we're set for a warm weekend in some parts of the country. but the disease is still spreading. and we absolutely cannot afford to relax the social distancing measures that we have in place. we cannot relax our discipline now. if we do, people will die. government regulations state everyone must stay at home but you can leave under the following circumstances: for one form of exercise a day — the advice is to say as local as possible. you can go out to shop for basic necessities such as food and medicine, but as infrequently as possible. you're also allowed outside of the house for any medical needs or to provide care and assistance to someone vulnerable. and you can travel to work but only if you cannot work from home. an increasing number of councils are instructing dog—owners to keep their pets on a lead in a parks to avoid any risk of dog—walkers coming into contact with each other. in the lake district, police are using social media to tell tourists stay away. in some areas, officers have set up roadblocks to question where drivers are going. the police are being told to engage with people and encourage them to return home. enforcement will be a last resort with initial fines of up to £60. well, undoubtedly, this weekend is going to be probably one of the biggest challenges for policing nationally so far. and we know that we're working in an environment that is quite fast moving — the legislation has only been in for a week or so. it's a challenging time for families too who've being cooped up for almost a fortnight. usually, we go to the park and the kids run around. we can't do that now so we're going to stay at home and keep them busy at home. the death of this nurse, aimee 0'rourke and a second, areema nasreen, at the hospitals where they worked, sends a clear message according to the nhs. please, i ask you to remember aimee and areema. please stay at home for them. the government and police are hoping this will be the norm this weekend in these least normal of times. simon jones, bbc news. millions of americans have been told they should now wear a face mask in public, following new medical guidance on coronavirus. we should be clear that here in the uk, the advice remains that people do not need to wear one. the us now has nearly a quarter—of—a—million confirmed cases, as david willis reports. president trump has long downplayed the severity of the coronavirus and, once again, made plain he doesn't always take the recommendations of his medical staff seriously. the cdc is advising the use of non—medical cloth face covering as an additional voluntary public health measure. so it's voluntary. you don't have to do it. they suggest it for a period of time. but this is voluntary. i don't think i'm going to be doing it. the advice to americans to cover theirfaces in public comes in the light of new evidence that suggests the virus can be transmitted notjust by people who are coughing and sneezing, but by those who have it but don't know they have it. why then is the president rejecting the recommendations of his own advisors? sitting in the oval office, behind that beautiful resolute desk, the great resolute desk, i think wearing a face mask as i greet presidents, prime ministers, dictators, kings, queens, i don't know, somehow i don't see for myself. i just... but for more than a quarter of a million americans currently affected, many are in new york, with the death toll for the coronavirus has now exceeded that of the terrorist attacks of september 11. morgues and hospitals are already inundated and then there's a shortage of masks, gowns, and ventilators, with the anticipated surge in coronavirus cases still weeks away. things could turn out to be even worse in new orleans, where the mardi gras celebrations of late february helped spread the virus before social distancing measures were introduced. music plays the death rate there is more than double that of new york and the big easy as just a week away from running out of hospital beds. thank you very much, we'll see you tomorrow. although president trump might not be heeding the call to wear a mask, it seems his wife is taking the recommendation seriously. shortly after her husband's press conference, first lady melania trump tweeted: the administration's own advisor say close to a quarter of a million people here could die of the coronavirus. conceding the surge cases could be considerable, president trump told reporters "i hope they're wrong." david willis, bbc news, los angeles. china, where the coronavirus pandemic began, has come to a standstill for three minutes to remember those who have died. people across the country stopped and bowed their heads to mourn the victims, as sirens and horns sounded. china has officially recorded more than 3,000 deaths since december as a result of the outbreak. meanwhile, in europe more than 40,000 people have died from the virus, with spain reporting more than 900 deaths in 24 hours. 0ur correspondent has been monitoring the situation from berlin, and hejoins us now, a very good morning to you, damien. tell us a bit and more about the overall picture. the numbers, charlie, are still growing, u nfortu nately. we charlie, are still growing, unfortunately. we are seeing around about 120,000 confirmed unfortunately. we are seeing around about 120 , 000 confirmed cases unfortunately. we are seeing around about 120,000 confirmed cases in italy and spain. those countries still have death tolls are still rising, between 12000 and 14,000. so terrible numbers, but the hope is that that curve is starting to flatten out. we're also seeing in germany quite positive news from officials who were saying that, in fa ct, officials who were saying that, in fact, the measures, the restrictions of the past two weeks are really starting to pay. angela merkel is now out of quarantine. she gave a message released last night saying that what we are now seeing are some quite positive numbers, still the numbers are growing, however not as fast as before. so we are starting to see some sign of positivity in europe. but of course across northern europe in particular we will have quite good weather this week and very much facing the same sort of challenges we are seeing in britain, where authorities in france, germany, saying please stay at do not travel, police will be out checking as well, particularly in france, living some quite hefty fines if people contravene those rules. damien, thank you very much. the new leader of the labour party will be announced via e—mail today — after a specially—planned conference had to be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. each of the contenders have pre—recorded a victory speech, which will be sent out alongside details of the number of votes they've received. 0ur political correspondent helen cattjoins us from westminster. helen, good to see you. an interesting time to take over as leader of the labour party now. yes, it isa leader of the labour party now. yes, it is a bit. when these three candidates are signed up to this back at the beginning ofjanuary, they knew, keir starmer, rebecca long—bailey, lisa nandy, they knew they were facing a political challenge. they would be taking on a party rest of the back of its worst election defeat for decades. it had struggled internally with issues like anti—semitism, anti—jewish prejudice over recent years quite publicly, so they knew they would be taking ona publicly, so they knew they would be taking on a challange, but nobody could have foreseen the wider context in this unprecedented situation in which they would be taking over as leader. so whoever wins, pretty obviously the first thing they are going to have to do is set out exactly how labour plans to tackle the coronavirus pandemic under them stop at expected for the moment at least to be a continuation of being a critical friend, moment at least to be a continuation of being a criticalfriend, so being broadly supported by pointing out for the government things where they think they are perhaps not doing as well as they could be. so were —— they will be that. it doesn't mean they will be that. it doesn't mean the politics will go away. we would expect whoever it is to be pretty quickly to address that issue of anti—semitism, in particular. so who is likely to get this daunting entry? the favourite is a sir keir starmer, he has let any of us couple of rounds. rebecca long—bailey, seen as the more natural air tojeremy corbyn, her campaign did not take off perhaps in quite the way as was expected. but of course politics is i was unpredictable so we can't say anything for sure —— is always unpredictable. thank you. joining us ahead of the announcement are labour mps tracy brabin, who's backing lisa nandy, and jon ashworth, who's supporting keir starmer. tracy, we will come in a moment to the extraordinary time in which this is happening. but just the extraordinary time in which this is happening. butjust sat us out, who are you supporting any race? well, very early on a nominated keir starmer. i really do believe, we don't know yet, it is all still to play for. it is 10:45am we find out, a nominated him because i really do believe in the three and half years since they have been mp there has been a lot of tension in the party andi been a lot of tension in the party and i think keir starmer someone who can bring both sides our party together to look to the future. bear in mind we are in a landscape where, actually, it's a terrible time for our country and our heart does go out to those who have lost loved ones during the coronavirus crisis. and i think he leads by example, that in his campaign team he has campaigners from the right and the left of the party. i think that style has been good, that during the campaign he has been very collegiate and very respectful between all candidates. and i think it is quite a hopeful time for the party as we go forward. jonathan ashworth, on the same note you back the different candidate. tell us. i nominated lisa nandy, she is an old friend of mine. i think she has impressed everybody in this campaign. but we are all expecting keir starmer to wind and i think keir starmer will be the next leader of the labour party. he is a former successful barrister, of course, and i think he will bring a constructive and forensic approach to our response to the coronavirus outbreak. and i think tracy is absolutely right. he will bring the party together because as we have seenin party together because as we have seen in recent years, disunity in a party really damages a party and i think once he is elected today, and somebody else goodwin, of course, but i think are all expecting keir starmer to be crowned the winner later today, the whole party has got to unite behind him. disunityjust means that we lose elections and we cannot do what we want to do on behalf of the people we represent. so let's get behind keir starmer. let's continue to be constructive but forensic, asking questions in response to the coronavirus crisis, but let's pull together and go the future. and tracy brabin, it is interesting whatjohn ashworth has said about the party being united, it is almost as if party politics ta kes a it is almost as if party politics takes a shift away from the main see now, because of the idea that the opposition, the role of opposition now isn't just to opposition, the role of opposition now isn'tjust to criticise, is to constructively help with a strategy m, constructively help with a strategy in, frazar has been used a lot, unprecedented times. that is what the new leader will have to do. there is no doubt about it. this landscape is so different to what anybody was expecting when, it seems months ago now, and it is months ago, that this campaign was launched. and, certainly, ithink jonathan has been leaning absolutely with the correct tone. i sure keir starmer will continue with that. we will work with the government where we can to ensure this virus is estopped and halted and people can get back to their ordinary lives. but what we also can't get away from is that we are the official opposition and we must press the government where we think they are making mistakes or where we can help. and certainly in the campaign to get more ppe and more testing jonathan has been leading a fantastic campaign there. i'm sure keir starmer will continue that because the work they have been doing as well trying to get better support for freelancers and the self—employed in the creative industries, it is really important we all work together, but we have to you also flag where we think the government can do better because it is really important the government don't overpromise. it feels as if there is a much more collegiate atmosphere within the party a nyway collegiate atmosphere within the party anyway at this time. is that a fair reflection? well, i mean, a lot of us to get on extremely well and things are not always as bad as the newspapers report but, i mean, tracy has been brilliant with that of highlighting the impact of this lockdown on the self—employed and the creative industries and they are a group that seemed to be a bit ignored by some of the government measures and i think the point we are making and the point that tracy is making is we as an opposition need to continue to be constructive and when you create programmes and raise questions and put points and we're not doing it because we to undermine the government or score a political point. we are doing it because if we spotted gaps in the government's approach, by highlighting them, we hope the government can strengthen and improve their approach to dealing with this crisis. and that is an important part of parliamentary democracy and many of the things that i have been calling for and raising on your programme and other programmes in these few weeks, the government has responded to and resolve them as a result of me, not just me obviously on my own but the public health officials and other experts who come on your programme and highlight these issues. jonathan ashworth, it is interesting to hear you talk about that because whoever wins the labour party leadership base today, an announcement at quarter to 11 this morning, however thatis quarter to 11 this morning, however that is will possibly be taking from some of what you have learned thus far about how you can work alongside while offering critique or commentary about what the government is doing and that will be a new role they are going to have to create now, the new leader of the labour party is in uncharted territory in terms of that role. well, these are utterly unprecedented times. i mean, not only is this a global health crisis but it is a global economic crisis but it is a global economic crisis as well and nothing like this has happened in our lifetimes, to be frank. so a leader is going to have to navigate a landscape as tracy was saying that none of us expected but i think the important thing is, not just for the leader and the approach they take but i would have thought they take but i would have thought the new leader would have wanted to remain being constructive but forensic, scrutinising decisions and highlighting where gaps are, both in public course but in private and thatis public course but in private and that is what the view was don't appreciate is that we also have umpteen private meetings with ministers where we have gone through the plans and have asked questions and we have made suggestions. that work is going on all the time. but does not mean we should not question in public because sometimes by questioning in public you also are putting pressure on the government to improve but balances well. and we all want, we'll hope to god, that the national effort to beat this virus succeeds so we have got all to pull together and i hope everybody stays at home this weekend and i know it's going to be gorgeous weather but please stay at home this weekend because staying at home really does save lives. it is an important message and one that has been repeated by all politicians. jonathan ashworth, thank you so much for your time, jonathan ashworth, thank you so much foryourtime, and jonathan ashworth, thank you so much for your time, and tracy as well. but announcement is expected just before 11 this morning. you heard jonathan ashworth refer to the weather and it is going to be a very lovely weekend in lovely weekend weather and it is going to be a very lovely weekend in terms of sunshine for many of us. louise is going to update us but of course louise we have been asking our viewers as well for creative ways to enjoy the sunshine but by staying at home. you don't need to necessarily go outside, you can just don't need to necessarily go outside, you canjust open don't need to necessarily go outside, you can just open the window and turn off the heating and enjoy some of the spring warmth that will bask through the windows and listen to the beautiful wildlife is well in the gardens. the weather watchers that we use helped illustrate the story and we have been asking people to send photographs from the view from your window or your garden and this one illustrates the point beautifully. thank you, jane. this was her garden first thing this morning and it is a great way of me showing you that there is a little bit of pudgy mist and fog around at the moment. it is not expected to last and it will list and we will see some sunshine today and generally speaking we are heading for a settled weekend at high pressure drift off into the new continent. this low is moving in from the west and the winds ahead of it are strengthening the bow coming from the south and the warm air is coming all the way up from africa, from spain, and so it is going to get certainly a lot milder than we have seen of late. not onlyjust for england and wales but eventually into scotland as well. but first thing this morning there is a little bit apache mist and fog around and it will readily lift away. for england and wales, it is a case of sunny spells for much of the day and it will stay dry. a similar story for the bulk of scotland but the cloudy skies here, scotland and northern with a few isolated chartered —— voss katich hours into the afternoons are not as warm, ten or 11 degrees —— scattered showers. likely mid teens may be as high as 16,60 likely mid teens may be as high as 16, 60 one fahrenheit, close to london, say the east midlands and parts of east anglia. through this evening, we will keep the clear skies and the southerly wind will still push some warmth to north so under the clear skies, not going to bea under the clear skies, not going to be a cold night, we will see overnight lows eight and we start off tomorrow morning with a lot of spring sunshine on offer for many. the exception is that area of low pressure which will continue to cloud over from the west into northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland and on sunday particularly the winds are really likely to strengthen. so we could see gusts of winds in excess of 40 miles an hour with a little bit of shall remain by the end of the day into northern ireland and western scotland. elsewhere plenty of sunshine coming through, temperature likely to peak above the average for the time of year and we could see highs of 20 degrees 68 fahrenheit. if you are a hayfever suffer like me, yes, high pollen in the south—east. it is tree pollen in the south—east. it is tree pollen at this time of year. high for the south—east corner, medium across much of england and wales. but it does look as though the pollen levels may well come down a little on monday as we see this weather front sweeping through. it introduces some rain perhaps for a time, albeit briefly, on monday and the winds swing around to a westerly soi the winds swing around to a westerly so i changed to the feel of the weather on wednesday. the rainbow clear through, sunshine coming through but not quite as warm. back to you. louise, thank you so much. you cannot go to everest, clearly, at the moment, and maybe not for some time but you can just make everest ca n some time but you can just make everest can come to you, in a funny way. someone has done that! john griffin traded compass and crampons for a staircase and bannister, as he climbed the equivalent of the world's largest mountain, wish me luck! here we go! bye. in these times of great uncertainty, life really does have its peaks and troughs. 0oh! that hurts! right. butjohn griffin has peaked higher than most... the total height is 8850 metres. ..by climbing the equivalent of mount everest using just the stairs in his house. it's just — it was an offhand remark to my wife, literally, a week ago today in the morning. i'd walked upstairs to the bedroom for the fifth time and i said to her "by the time this lockdown is over, i will have climbed everest". so he did it for real. 29,000 feet or 41,000 steps. i've got to get to 75% minimum today. six hours a day for four days. but coming down doesn't count towards the total. i've got to sit down for a minute. by day three, it was peas on knees for this stairway to hell. my lovely wife suggested sticking frozen peas on it. daisy! even stair climbers have sherpas. during what's also a sponsored effort byjohn to raise money to help people who use food banks. alexa, play move any mountain. he joins a growing list of highly inventive covid—19 isolation feats — from home olympics to full marathons on balconies and gardens. a kind of social long distancing. at the end of this, will you be moving to a bungalow? no, wejust moved from a bungalow, so... laughter. through the door. yes! cheering and applause. daughter , john summited last night his waiting wife neri, daughter daisy, and neighbours. ending the kind of uplifting achievement he hopes will soon put everyone back on top of the world. thank you! duncan kennedy, bbc news. we are gradually notching them up. we are gradually notching them up. we have had that garden marathons and everest inside the house. what next? be creative this weekend. and everest inside the house. what next? be creative this weekendm is 24 minutes past seven and talking of incredible achievements, this is one of those. it's taken nine days and a team of hundreds of soldiers, carpenters and other volunteers, but the new nhs nightingale hospital in london is now open and ready for patients. it means up to 4,000 intensive care patients can be treated there. the first are expected to arrive next week. let's speak now to volunteer doctor jessica mok from the royal college of surgeons, who'll be treating some of the seriously ill. jessica, thank you so much for joining us on breakfast and i will say as well thank you so much for the work you are doing and i going to do. tell us how you are going to be involved with the nightingale hospital. hi, good morning, naga and charlie, thank you for having me. so i volunteered to work for the nightingale hospital is one of the doctors on the board. —— ward. so since monday i have been on training andl since monday i have been on training and i have just got a call to ask me to go to the nightingale on saturday afternoon and i was so excited when i got the call and i said yes, i will come immediately, sol i got the call and i said yes, i will come immediately, so i was at the excel centre on monday and yes, since then it isjust been intense training to get us up to speed with what we need to do in terms of treating patients with covid—19. jessica, can you give me an idea? this afternoon you are going there, is that correct? yes. so can you give me an idea of the training has involved and what you are being trained do specifically? so it is such an interesting and amazing process because we have brought, the team has put together essentially loads of doctors and nurses and physio and other allied health professionals of different backgrounds, it is notjust normally maybe treating patients of all who do not normally treat patients with respiratory problems, and we have all come together so the training has focused on the problem which is managing people with covid—19 and alsojust the logistics managing people with covid—19 and also just the logistics of being managing people with covid—19 and alsojust the logistics of being in the nightingale is a new hospital, so there is a lot of learning and a lot of getting everyone up to speed about this kind of particular problems so we have got doctors who are orthopaedic surgeons and i myself as a general surgery registrar and most of us have got backgrounds in critical care as part of ourtraining backgrounds in critical care as part of our training but for some of us, it may be a long time ago, so it is a mixture of the basic training of documentation, to really the more specific training on how to use ventilators, to look after patients, and where to ask for help when we are stuck. so it has been amazing so far. do you know what, jessica, it has been amazing and interesting because for so many people we are hearing such difficult stories about difficult times and conditions and you are so excited, you have said you are so excited, you have said you are so excited, you have said you a re really you are so excited, you have said you are really looking forward to this. is there any worry? i know your parents have been concerned for your parents have been concerned for your safety. yeah, i mean, ithink asa your safety. yeah, i mean, ithink as a doctor we always want to try to help and i have been on a research role for a while so—and—so i was, you know, excited to actually have the opportunity to help others and just instead of sitting back but yeah, ithink just instead of sitting back but yeah, i think my parents and my family and friends who live in hong kong and macau are worried about my safety then maybe i am, because i think i know that i will be able to keep myself safe in the nightingale hospital. my dad in particular is a very stoic man but, you know, i had him in tears the other day and basically telling me to resign my job. when he heard that i was, i had volunteered for this. i think there isa volunteered for this. i think there is a lot of fear about whether we will be safe and there is a lot of things the media are saying, healthcare providers have gotten sick or have even sadly passed away so there is a lot of fear and uncertainty but i think ijust have to go for it and do what i can. i think we have the moral obligation to do something, so that kind of, yeah, that is what is important, i think. are you scared, jessica? yeah, definitely. i have definitely got a lot of i have a lot of apprehension about what is to come. i'm scared that i will be sick sol cannot work and that will leave my colleagues short. i'm scared that i will come home to my partner and i will come home to my partner and i will infect him. i'm scared of the psychological impacts that may have on myself. in the future. but i do know there is a lot of support out there and throughout the training, thatis there and throughout the training, that is what has kind of been discussed with us, is there is a huge level of support that is going to be there and hopefully, there is going to be a lot of doctors and nurses who are in the same situation and i'm really looking forward to working with this huge team, it is a huge hospital, so really excited. doctorjessica mok, what i would say to you is good luck and thank you andi to you is good luck and thank you and i think, as an example to all of us about how nhs staff are carers, key workers are tackling this, you area shining key workers are tackling this, you are a shining example of someone who just wants to help and be the best you can be and i wish you all the best in that. thank you so much for talking to us on breakfast. thank you, naga. thank you.|j talking to us on breakfast. thank you, naga. thank you. i redone my sheet of paper there werejessica said you just have to go for it. do what i can. and when you ask someone who is in that situation if they are scared and they say yes, they are, what she was scared about wasn't necessarily about herself. it was about leaving her colleagues short, getting up and leaving her collea g u es getting up and leaving her colleagues short, affecting her partner, and only then was she worried about the psychological impact —— infecting. that is what they are doing for us. it is 31 minutes past seven and the headlines are up in a minute. hello. this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. use your common sense and avoid all unnecessary travel — that's the plea from police forces as we're urged to stay home to stop the spread of coronavirus. with warm temperatures forecast, there are fears that scenes like this could be repeated, with people ignoring advice to stay at home. yesterday, it was revealed a further 684 people had died with the virus in the uk injust 24 hours. millions of americans have been told they should now wear a face mask in public, following new medical guidance on coronavirus. but president trump says he won't be wearing one. the us now has nearly a quarter of a million confirmed cases. here in the uk the advice remains that people do not need to wear one. almost four months after jeremy corbyn announced he'd be stepping down as leader of the labour party, his replacement will be announced this morning. rebecca long—bailey, lisa nandy, and keir starmer have each pre—recorded a victory speech, which will be sent out via e—mail alongside details of the number of votes each has received. the new deputy leader will also be announced. we get to talk to mike this morning about what is happening in the sport. inevitably the link and sportspeople, sports institutions, how they react thing at the moment. yes. the focus has been on football, especially premier league players. they came in for some criticism for maybe not acting soon enough, but after days of meetings the talks have paid off. big measures announced yesterday. firstly, premier league clubs will ask their players to take a 30 per—cent, pay cut to protect jobs across football. all clubs have agreed to the proposal, and also the top division will make an advanced payment of 125 million to help less well off clubs, in the divisions below, and non—league, plus they are giving 20 million to the nhs. and premier league club captains, are also looking at setting up their own fund for health workers. top players had faced scrutiny this week to do more to help ease the burden across the sport. while many premier league clubs have been reaching out, to help vulnerable fans during the coronavirus pandemic, southampton have taken it a step further, by feeding fans in need. over the next 12 weeks their club chefs, will prepare thousands of nutritious meals, normally reserved for the players and special guests, and these will be delivered across the community. the first ones went out yesterday. at southampton's st mary's stadium it looks like an almost day for chef zoltan and his team, busy cooking up range of nutritious dishes. but now these meals are not for fans in the hospitality suite ahead of kick off, orjust for the players, they're to be frozen and then delivered to those people in the community who most need help while they stay—at—home. it is busy, very, very busy. but, to be honest, we are chefs, we can't sit around for a long time. so we are glad to be back in the kitchens. some of these dishes, we have been feeding the academy and first team as well, so some of the dishes are from the training ground. so fingers crossed people will love it. 1000 meals a week will be prepared by the six chefs working nine hours a day for the next three months at least. and then with the help of the saints' foundation and fareshare, which is the uk's national network that helps distribute food aid like this, the dishes will be taken to places like schools, which are already handing out lunches to parents. it will mean that these families can have a nutritious meal at lunchtime and take away the stress of having to worry about how they will feed their families and their income has literally gone to zero overnight. it's the families who are plumbers and painters and decorators and hairdressers and people like that who, their diaries have just emptied and have got no income and of literally got no money. one such family, also in southampton, are the hendersons. they don't normally qualify for free school meals, but due to the coronavirus their situation has changed. so how will it help you? the meals are going to really helped, because obviously with the virus and everything that's going on, my husband has had to stop working now, so he is on 80% pay, so he is on less money, and obviously we have got to feed two very hungry children while they are not at school. he's very excited. you're going to have the same food as the football players, yeah? eat lots of vegetables. eat lots of vegetables, yeah. also receiving dishes cooked up by sultan and his team will be old isolated people who may be can't get along to luncheon clubs at the moment, also charity such as the ymca and groups that look after young, vulnerable adults who maybe find themselves homeless. as well as providing the kitchens and the staff to prepare the meals, the club's also spending £50,000 on the ingredients. while first team players, especially those like international james ward—prowse, who grew up in hampshire, know how important this is for the club and community. the football clubs are kind of the hub of the city. everybody thinks about it, everybody wants to be involved with it. to reach out to those people means a lot because there's a lot of good things, a lot of bad things about football clubs, to see a club doing something like this is truly special. we've always been really active in the community so we do lots of work in schools and lots of work with older people and vulnerable adults throughout the year. and this really feels like it's a time when football clubs, i believe, like ourselves, should be coming to the fore and supporting their community, people come and support us on a regular basis and actually this is now the time to give back. and now that he is not at the moment serving up goals for southampton, james has been spending some of the time at home learning to cook himself. at the moment it's one of those things to keep me occupied. yeah, i've enjoyed it. you never know, i'm overdoing some of the cooking as well. what is your signature dish? i'm not that experienced yet. i have made some cod and vegetable dish last night. but it went down well, so i'm happy. for zoltan and his team the race is now on. so often in the background on match days, now they find themselves upfront, the first team in southampton's effort to feed the community. just thinking, there are a lot of onions there. it would make your eyes water. we will have more later. thanks, mike. with schools closed to the majority of pupils to try to stop the spread of the coronavirus, parents across the country have been asked to become instant homeschoolers. so what's it like juggling timetables, curricula and coursework? let's take a look at some ideas for homeschooling and see how some parents are coping. there we go. there it goes! mapmaking is loads of fun and there is loads of learning can do with it. rainbow chips, all you need is a selection of coloured pieces or card. it started to come out, is that it? i am going to take five and drop them down. we have to find that exact colour in the local area. when i have got me finished map am going to colour in. that is not the right green. that's not the right green. that's not... crack on yourselves, let us know how get on. laughter. that is what some people are up to. let's speak to danielle gamble and rachel drake now, who are both homeschooling. we can see the pictures of the kids behind you on the wall. how are things? it has been challenging, but we're getting there. you had best give us the rundown of the ages so people get a snapshot of your house. how old are your children? we have five boys and one girl and the old est five boys and one girl and the oldest is nine, seven, eight, five, almost four, and almost two. you have got a very busy house. have you got a structure? how does a normal day look? well, we've been quite fortu nate day look? well, we've been quite fortunate in that the kids school, primary school, has sent a resource pack so and i am fortunate to have a sister who is a teacher at that school, so she has been giving a lot of great ideas. the morning generally starts with a session with the body coach. and then after that we follow the structure that is set out by the school, that lasts roughly an hour. we go into the garden for some outside play. and then generally in for lunch. then a bit of outside play, sometimes the kids go out on their bikes while i go for a run. after that it is a bit of creative writing, really, and may be planting seeds in the garden. you sound like you have gone about it with a pretty organised plan. what has been the most challenging part for you is yellow well, in terms of challenging it will probably be that the children do differ in age quite a lot. so that our a lot of different levels of development there. keeping them engaged as well ina home there. keeping them engaged as well in a home environment when there are other distractions like the crying baby. but, to be fair, they have helped each other out quite well in terms of sitting down together and working through their problems. because the school has sent such a structure should resource pack out the children were from a four that they have been used to working to in school. so they are quite happy to work away independently and ask for help when they need it. aim entries, danielle, what you do about explaining what's going on? these are such extraordinary times. they will be aware that things are very, very different. how do you go about that? well, before the kids left school they had been getting quite a lot of information through there. so they have been educating me quite well about the virus and what they need to do to keep themselves and everybody else protected from it. it is about managing their anxieties and their expectations. my children are used to being very active, very heavily involved in gaelic sports, training each night of the week. for me it is about explaining in basic terms that we take the steps that we have been told to now and we will be able to get back to life as normal as soon as possible. what about all these adjustments? the phrases we are using at the moment, i don't know what you are trained in yourself, but a lot of parents are asking themselves can i teach? am i capable of teaching my own children? these are quite challenging things, aren't they? absolutely. i 37 years of age so the children learn in a different way than i did. but i am actually learning from them in that respect. i can't stress enough how great the resource packs have been. use of websites as well, because that allows me to bring in a bit of technology, which the kids love. so it keeps them interested and in the meantime i can always use doctor google. it's ok. just tell me, danielle, a bit of laughter, it goes a long way right now, are you able to get, our spirits high in the gamble house? absolutely. there are no idle hands. we have been in the garden to plan things and encourage things to grow. stuff they have been meaning to do for awhile and them getting the kids involved. with six kids in the house there is really never a dull moment. i am liking the hedgehog. who is that behind you? i am liking that one. 0h, they have all got those. it is lovely to have the pictures. thank you and good luck. thank you very much, danielle. that is a plan. that seems well... how many children? six children. you need a plan. you need to be very organised. that is someone who is very organised and calm. there have been so many memes and videos of pa rents been so many memes and videos of parents literally tearing up their hair. if you are looking for inspiration for homeschooling the bbc is launching a new service. on april 20th called bitesize daily. it will run across a designated website and app. content will also be available via the bbc iplayer, red button, bbc four, and bbc sounds. i was also interested that the schools themselves have been providing packs to help the parents as well. the school teachers are not of bailey mes. they are very proactive. schools are saying is a lot of information out there. what time is it? 7:45am. we are talking a lot about the weather. these are extraordinary times. in other circumstances we would have a different conversation. we're being told the best thing you can do is at home. that's the thing. but the weather is going to be good. the weather is going to be good but in some respects it puts a smile on ourface in some respects it puts a smile on our face because we can open the window and listen to mother nature and appreciate some sunshine. i know iam standing and appreciate some sunshine. i know i am standing here beside —— behind mist and fog but we are encouraging people to take whether what your photographs from the garden or bedroom window to illustrate the story and this one really illustrates the story beautifully, just take a look at what is happening in rotherham at the moment, obviously taken from somebody‘s bedroom window and what an amazing view have standing on a chair overlooking your back garden. you can see the fields there and the blue sky and the sunshine and yes, they're going to see some sunshine today. so you will be able to turn the central heating off as it is set to get warmer and you will be able to get warmer and you will be able to open your windows and enter your -- air to open your windows and enter your —— airyour bed to open your windows and enter your —— air your bed a little. high pressure a cross —— air your bed a little. high pressure across europe and we have a low moving in and the winds will strengthen so it will be a windy weekend. but it is a warm source, the warmth is coming up from spain and it is going to drive those temperatures up from the average from this time of year so for england and wales it is a straightforward story today. 0nce england and wales it is a straightforward story today. once we have got the mist and patchy fog lifting away, sunny spells, dry, breezy. further north into northern ireland and scotland we are seeing some showers through the night and they will start to ease but still a few isolated showers dotted around and certainly a little more cloud. not as cold as it has been that still not as warm as england and wales. 9—11. you should see 13—16 further south. the southerly wind will help shift the cloud across the north overnight so clear skies but because we have got that warm air filtering in, it will not be a cold night. temperatures perhaps holding up night. temperatures perhaps holding up at 4— seven so it is a relatively straightforward story into tomorrow morning. dry, settled and sunny for many. the low pressure that i pointed out at the beginning start to push into northern ireland and western fringes of scotland so there will certainly be more cloud and they will definitely be stronger winds and maybe by the end of the afternoon there will be some showery outbreaks of rain here and we could see gusts of winds 40 miles an hour and generally it is going to be a blustery affair for many but it will be dry and settled and temperatures on the up. on sunday, widely we're looking at temperatures into the midteens and maybe even picking at 20 degrees. pollen count, if you are struggling like me first thing in the morning in the south—east, it is high at the moment. tree pollen, believe it or not, at this time of year. but it means as we go into monday that it may well change. the weather front were clear through and it is going to bring us a little bit of showery rain and once it clears, sunny spells and the temperatures perhaps a bit more bearable for many, into the midteens as a maximum divock into the mid— teens. mine is birch pollen. that is what gets me. my birch pollen. that is what gets me. my eyes are so itchy and it is horrible! cold cucumber or cold cotton wool pads. always a nice way to wa ke cotton wool pads. always a nice way to wake up. and preferably no make up to wake up. and preferably no make up at quarter past four in the morning! i won't do that tomorrow, i can assure you! it is saturday morning and we will have clicked right now. with the headlines at eight o'clock. —— back with the headlines at eight o'clock. welcome to click. i'm spencer kelly. 0n the sixth of april 2000, a plucky new tv programme hit the air promising to talk about something that many people, many in the media thought was too scary, too nerdy. technology. no—one thought that programme would last more than a couple of years and yet, 20 years later, click is still on—air. just. because it is impossible to believe that we are celebrating our 20th birthday in a world that seems eerily similar to those dystopian sci—fi films that we geeks crop on. like many programmes, will find it ha rd to like many programmes, will find it hard to stay on—air during the lockdown. but for old times sake, because it is our birthday, we are going to forget about it all and ta ke going to forget about it all and take one last look at click through the ages. in the short programme of the ages. in the short programme of the version we will need to skip over quite a bit of the highlights so to get the whole story, this week more than ever, leads to check out the full length programme. click online. click online. it is the age—old story, bbc launches a new .com programme, and the .com bubble immediately bursts. was it ourfault? probably. yet stephen and his team were ready to take apart any tech they could get their hands on. episode one featured two polar opposite hairstyles explaining how to copy photos off of those newfangled digital cameras and a review of the upcoming playstation 2, conducted on the boot of a car. the new millennium was often running with the latest pocket pcs, —— the new millennium was off and running with the latest pocket pcs, the very hottest fashion and a man trapped in a pda. home computers were helping to make music, which could be listened to on whatever that is. and stored on sd cards with a massive 64 megabytes — yes! and that's not all. slot the little card in, stick in headphones on and you're away, you're free to jog, do whatever you want. dial up noises. home internet was about to get a lot faster too as one of the backstreet boys showed you how to switch your computer from dial—up to superfast broadband. 2003 rolls around and before anyone was talking around the cloud, this chap turns up wearing it. i'm not sure what happened to him, but the shirt lives on, burned into the back of people's retinas to this day. david reid opted to get measured for a more sober costume, and also showed us what he wore on the weekend. and in your spare time, this was the amazing content that we were recommending online. you can even get interactive and play the panpipes using your mouse. thank you, sam, thank you partners. the budget wouldn't stretch to a horse. meanwhile, kate strolled into town for the first time, rob was creating his own ringtones and chris and simon demonstrated the very latest portable photo scanner. watch out, here comes 2006 with a new look, a new host, and some stunningly expensive special effects. we talk a rare peak into the new technology superpower that was, and is, china. before the kindle, we are already looking at the e—paper technology that would power it and as phone companies struggled desperately to become smart, we tried out some of the new designs, including a touchscreen device that was not a million miles away from apple's forthcoming world—changer. 2007 — africa, and we were testing cameras in the wild. fortunately, we weren't eaten by anything anonymous —— fortunately, we weren't eaten by anything enormous unless you count a giant pacman. i'll see you in london. it's that way, i think. in namibia, we tracked miles in crazy solar hats to try out our satellite broadband in the desert. either it is going to blow up or we have a lock. this year's hot topic was piracy websites and in particular, the protests outside the swedish parliament that wallowed — — followed the pirate bay being shut down. chris used the age—old coffee jar analogy to see which disc format was going to win. hd dvd, or blu—ray? the answer, streaming. we saw misbehaving furniture in san francisco and then dan came across a small company that have something electrifying in its garage. it took tesla another fiuve years to start delivering its saloon car but this one it really did set the balls in motion. talking of balls, here is the beginnings of live on—set motion capture, demonstrated by some idiot in a very tight suit. and then of course there was that new phone from that company. and that was when everything changed. in 2008, the rest of the mobile phone companies tried to play catch—up. touchscreens were everywhere, the mobile web was getting there, but surely the iphone couldn't slay all of the established phone makers? and nokia, which sells more phones in one week than apple does in a year, will have its own touchscreen rival by december. hmm... but as we started to spend more time online, our digitalfootprints were leaving behind significant clues about us. and we decided to show how your personal data could be scraped and used by anyone who knew how to write a facebook app. we wrote an evil application which secretly collected the personal details of you and your friends and sent them to us. fortunately, facebook closed that hole and no—one has ever used our personal data against us since. it's a new decade and 2010 starts with a bang. well, a crack, actually, as dan is told this phone is completely unbreakable, so he broke it. i've actually broken the phone! do not challenge us. play music with lightning? check. go skiing in the dubai desert? of course! make high—tech fashion look cool? um... here is mark out scavenging with his nan and auntie susan. now bungie is out of the halo business, what happens to the stars of its games? the spacefaring super soldiers, the spartans? window cleaning and lift attendants, apparently. but the year was once again dominated by apple, this time going big on tablets. but just the next year, the man who had led the company from next to nothing to global domination left us. stevejobs, the biggest tech superstar of his time. also in 2011, lara joined the team and immediately went for a lie down. the trouble is i often get up at 3:30am to talk about the weather. good morning. you remember the weather, don't you? it's the thing that's outside? and in the year of wiggly robots, holographic tv and cheap costume hire, we went looking for the next big thing. and here it is. for truly portable smartphone viewing, check out this tv hat. sorry, here it is. imagine wearable, bendable and colour—changeable tech. the breakthrough could be a material called graphene. dan there, taking rare time on his now pathological need to destroy technology. more testosterone overload in 2012. mark demonstrated the standard tween the games consoles using the medium of the spaghetti western. special guest star ennio marioni. ah, thank you. and could you make a film on a mobile phone in 2012? no, absolutely not! so we did, with special effects. you're welcome! 2015 was a vintage year. south korea served up robots that hunted jellyfish, and an e—sports tournament where the teams were kept in a fish tank and flying hairdryers. and who could forget hugo, the robot that made me lose my faculties in the middle of a car park? in spain, we filmed a whole programme on mobile. don't do it, it was awful. what do you mean, everyone's having to do it these days? japan, brilliant. full of fake cats and ping—pong—playing robots. i was even checked out by a dinosaur. artificial intelligence was becoming huge, and steve created one that learned to walk. vr was going mainstream. kate was making it out of cardboard, and mark was falling for it in a big way. laughs. i actually tried to lean on the table there! maisie, are they working? yes, i can see the microphone and i can see that you are smiling and the lead in the front has a red jacket and the men extent he was wearing stripes and oh my god, it is amazing. remember maisie? we do. she broke hearts and mended them all in one go as she got to read her favourite book for the first time since she lost her sight. 2019 was an emotional year, really. we hid a continuous run of 1,000 shows, celebrating by making an interactive adventure that was the hardest programme we've ever made. 50 years after the arguably greater achievement of landing on the moon, lj bounced her voice off it. hello, moon people. and we got to see the vehicles that we'll be travelling to space in next. oh, i feel the forces in my tail bone! as could 0mar. plenty of forces there, i would have thought. yeah, i'd say there's nothing we won't do for click, a programme that has allowed us to live out our wildest, most childish dreams, and which has driven us mad and kept us sane every week for longer than anyone would have imagined. for however long you've been on this journey with us, i hope you've enjoyed the ride. and that is where we have to leave it for the shortcut of the best of click. there are more great memories in the full—length version which is on iplayer right now. please do watch it if you can find a few minutes in your day. also in that episode, i will tell you what is going to happen to click from next week in this strange new world that week in this strange new world that we find ourselves in. but rest assured you have given us 20 years. we will be here for you. next week. thank you so much for watching. we will see you then. good morning welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. 0ur headlines today: "forget the sunshine, stay at home and save lives". police forces across the uk urge people to use their common sense and avoid all unnecessary travel this weekend. the plea comes as emotional tributes are paid to two nhs nurses who died after contracting coronavirus, each leaving behind three children. americans are told to start wearing face masks in public to stop the spread of coronavirus, but president trump says he won't be following the advice. i think wearing a face mask as i greet presidents, prime ministers, dictators, kings, queens, i don't know, somehow i don't to see it for myself. labour's next leader will be revealed just before 11.00am this morning. we'll look at the challenges that jeremy corbyn's successor will face. after days of pressure, premier league clubs will ask their players to take a wage cut of 30% to help ease the financial burden caused by the coronavirus, while club captains look to set up a fund to support the nhs. from the ballroom to her living room. strictly‘s 0ti mabuse will tell us about her mission to get us moving. it's saturday, 4th of april. our top story: use your common sense and avoid all unnecessary travel — that's the plea from police forces as we're urged to stay home to stop the spread of coronavirus. with warm temperatures forecast, the government says staying at home is an instruction, "not a request". in the next few minutes, we'll be asking one chief constable what they'll be doing to make sure people stick to the rules. we'll also be speaking to the royal college of nursing about those two young nurses who've died after testing positive for coronavirus. first, simonjones has this report. these were the scenes in snowdonia two weeks ago where many people ignored government advice. crowds flocked to the coast and parks were busy too. now, with even more stringent curbs on our movements in place, the health secretary says staying at home and protecting lives is not a request but an instruction. we're set for a warm weekend in some parts of the country. but the disease is still spreading. and we absolutely cannot afford to relax the social distancing measures that we have in place. we cannot relax our discipline now. if we do, people will die. government regulations state everyone must stay at home but you can leave under the following circumstances: for one form of exercise a day — the advice is to say as local as possible. you can go out to shop for basic necessities such as food and medicine, but as infrequently as possible. you're also allowed outside of the house for any medical needs or to provide care and assistance to someone vulnerable. and you can travel to work but only if you cannot work from home. an increasing number of councils are instructing dog—owners to keep their pets on a lead in a parks to avoid any risk of dog—walkers coming into contact with each other. in the lake district, police are using social media to tell tourists stay away. in some areas, officers have set up roadblocks to question where drivers are going. the police are being told to engage with people and encourage them to return home. enforcement will be a last resort with initial fines of up to £60. well, undoubtedly, this weekend is going to be probably one of the biggest challenges for policing nationally so far. and we know that we're working in an environment that is quite fast moving — the legislation has only been in for a week or so. it's a challenging time for families too who've being cooped up for almost a fortnight. usually, we go to the park and the kids run around. we can't do that now so we're going to stay at home and keep them busy at home. the death of this nurse, aimee 0'rourke and a second, areema nasreen, at the hospitals where they worked, sends a clear message according to the nhs. please, i ask you to remember aimee and areema. please stay at home for them. the government and police are hoping this will be the norm this weekend in these least normal of times. simon jones, bbc news. millions of americans have been told they should now wear a face mask in public, following new medical guidance on coronavirus. we should be clear that here in the uk, the advice remains that people do not need to wear one. the us now has nearly a 250,000 confirmed cases, as david willis reports. president trump has long downplayed the severity of the coronavirus and, once again, made plain he doesn't always take the recommendations of his medical staff seriously. the cdc is advising the use of non—medical cloth face covering as an additional voluntary public health measure. so it's voluntary. you don't have to do it. they suggest it for a period of time. but this is voluntary. i don't think i'm going to be doing it. the advice to americans to cover theirfaces in public comes in the light of new evidence that suggests the virus can be transmitted notjust by people who are coughing and sneezing, but by those who have it but don't know they have it. why then is the president rejecting the recommendations of his own advisors? sitting in the oval office, behind that beautiful resolute desk, the great resolute desk, i think wearing a face mask as i greet presidents, prime ministers, dictators, kings, queens, i don't know, somehow i don't see for myself. but for more than a quarter of a million americans currently affected, many are in new york, with the death toll for the coronavirus has now exceeded that of the terrorist attacks of september 11th. morgues and hospitals are already inundated and then there's a shortage of masks, gowns, and ventilators, with the anticipated surge in coronavirus cases still weeks away. things could turn out to be even worse in new orleans, where the mardi gras celebrations of late february helped spread the virus before social distancing measures were introduced. music plays. the death rate there is more than double that of new york and the big easy is just a week away from running out of hospital beds. thank you very much, we'll see you tomorrow. although president trump might not be heeding the call to wear a mask, it seems his wife is taking the recommendation seriously. shortly after her husband's press conference, first lady melania trump tweeted: the administration's own advisors say close to a quarter of a million people here could die of the coronavirus. conceding the surge cases could be considerable, president trump told reporters "i hope they're wrong". david willis, bbc news, los angeles. china, where the coronavirus pandemic began, has come to a standstill for three minutes to remember those who have died. people across the country stopped and bowed their heads to mourn the victims, as sirens and horns sounded. china has officially recorded more than 3,000 deaths since december as a result of the outbreak. the new leader of the labour party will be announced via e—mail today after a specially—planned conference had to be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. each of the contenders have pre—recorded a victory speech, which will be sent out alongside details of the number of votes they've received. 0ur political correspondent helen cattjoins us from westminster. it is interesting how the government and political parties are working with each other, and the challenge thatis with each other, and the challenge that is going to face the new leader. it is certainly a strange time to be taking over. politically, it would have been obvious to the three remaining candidates, sir keir starmer, rebecca long—bailey, lisa nandy, that there would be a political challenge, they would be taking over a party fresh off the back of its worst election defeat for decades. a party that has had high profile internal splits over anti—semitism, anti—jewish prejudice. no one could have foreseen they would have been taking overin foreseen they would have been taking over in the middle of a global pandemic, where the normal of rules politics don't really apply. who is it most likely to be that will be doing that? the clear favourite is sir keir starmer. earlier, john as hworth told sir keir starmer. earlier, john ashworth told us that he certainly thinks that the suit will be later. i nominated lisa mandy, she is an old friend of mine. she impressed everybody in the campaign, but we are all expecting sir keir starmer to win. he's a former successful barrister and i think he will bring a constructive and forensic approach to our response the coronavirus. keir starmer led convincingly in the first two rounds of this contest. rebecca long—bailey, seen as perhaps the natural heir to jeremy rebecca long—bailey, seen as perhaps the natural heir tojeremy corbyn, her campaign didn't take off in perhaps the wet would have been expected. things are uncertain in politics, so we can say for sure. we'll find out this morning. stay at home and protect lives. that's the clear warning from the health secretary, matt hancock, who says more people will die if there's any relaxation of social distancing rules this weekend because of the expected warm weather. it's even prompted some tourist hot spots to take the unprecedented move of releasing adverts asking people to stay away. in a moment, we'll speak to a police chief trying to enforce the guidelines and also to the head of a national park. first, here's a look one public service announcement released by visit cornwall. take this moment to reflect. today we must stay at home and reassess because today we can't rush anywhere. joining us now are the chief constable of devon and cornwall police, shaun sawyer, and the chief executive of the pembrokeshire national park, tegryn jones. good morning to you both. 0n the back of that beautiful video, it seems so difficult, such a shame that people are missing out ongoing to these wonderful places, but it is so crucial that the message comes across. what are you doing? we have closed the majority of the pembrokeshire coast path, most of our car parks pembrokeshire coast path, most of ourcar parks and pembrokeshire coast path, most of our car parks and the message we are sending clearly is we would welcome visitors, but now is not the time to visit. we will welcome you later when we have come through this very difficult time. chief constable, the message is being put out by those who head up the parts and these beautiful places of interest. how can it be enforced? there is very much a feeling of a soft touch, gentle touch for people, so they don't feel more restricted than they currently are. that is because the government is very clear that this isa government is very clear that this is a national endeavour, everyone plays their part. it is time to put others before yourself. we are seeing so many people across government doing their part. it is the public, the millions of people who will put others before yourself, to be selfless not selfish. the police by consent. when we come to enforcement, there really is the la st enforcement, there really is the last resort. in a way, when we come to enforcement, then everybody has failed to understand the significance of this endeavour. it is notjust visitors, even significance of this endeavour. it is not just visitors, even within significance of this endeavour. it is notjust visitors, even within my own 4,000 square miles, i have known population that want to jump in the carand population that want to jump in the car and travel. this is across the united kingdom, for all of us, car and travel. this is across the united kingdom, forall of us, time to rememberthe united kingdom, forall of us, time to remember the importance of stay—at—home and save lives. to remember the importance of stay-at-home and save lives. chief co nsta ble, stay-at-home and save lives. chief constable, help us see through this. you mentioned policing by consent, such an important principle of british policing. in devon and, you have many beaches there, so i'm thinking, as the weather gets warm on sunday, i go to the beach, that's what i normally do. what would your police officers do about people who make that choice? if you live by a beach, you can walk to the beach as pa rt of beach, you can walk to the beach as part of your exercise. that is part of your welfare, part of your needs. if you live on the mirrors. a 66 not need to get into a car to drive. where we are seeing gatherings on the beach, we will first enquire, because that gathering might be a family. we shouldn't jump because that gathering might be a family. we shouldn'tjump into policing by judgment. we family. we shouldn'tjump into policing byjudgment. we need to have a conversation. we will encourage people to go home, separate, isolated, but if groups will not listen, then enforcement is the last resort. this would apply to maryland as well as beaches. there are maryland as well as beaches. there a re often maryland as well as beaches. there are often car parts were you drive there and then you walk on the beach. will you have officers actively targeting those places? may be positioned on the roads to see? if people are driving there they are already breaking the principle of what they should be doing. already breaking the principle of what they should be doingm already breaking the principle of what they should be doing. it is such a powerful point about breaking the principal. i have 4,000 square miles, 700 miles of coastline. you could not police that other than by the public himself. we are certainly looking at the arterial roads into the south—west, then within the peninsula itself. that is a very small workforce. devon and cornwall police require the public both within and without geography —— our geography, to play their part. as a la st geography, to play their part. as a last resort we will enforce. a 60 point ticket, if it makes you do something, and 684 people dying yesterday didn't, then i think you need to take a good look at yourself and ask yourself if you understand the significance of where we are. he mentioned the main arterial roads. would people reasonably be expected to think that they could well be stopped and asked what are you doing? there are no roadblocks in the united kingdom. that is an important point. that is why the importance of, if you are in your car, and the back window is full of the duvet, then turn around and go home. think about what you're doing. the nextjunction, home. think about what you're doing. the next junction, have home. think about what you're doing. the nextjunction, have a real thing and go back to where you need to be and go back to where you need to be and come back later. the economy is here desperately wanted to come. cornwall council, we never thought we would be sent to people to come. this is one of our first big weekends. if you don't get it right this weekend, what will be do at easter? pulling people over on the motorway is a dangerous thing at the best of times. i don't think my office rs best of times. i don't think my officers will be doing that, we will be asking people to leave at the nextjunction if be asking people to leave at the next junction if we be asking people to leave at the nextjunction if we do it at be asking people to leave at the next junction if we do it at all. be asking people to leave at the nextjunction if we do it at all. it is full due to turn around, not us to do it for you. he shouldn't have started in the first place. it is interesting hearing the chief co nsta ble interesting hearing the chief constable talking about what action can be taken. what happens today, tomorrow, if at your national park people turn up, you are aware of it, who do you call, what do you do?m is an issue of partnership. police in south wales have been excellent. they have been stopping people and advising them to turn back along the m4, i believe the same is happening in north wales, as well. there are certain enforcement powers with local authorities, as well. what we hope is that messages such as this get through to the public and the public really consider whether they need to journey. in some respects, the guidance is for nonessential travel, so whether it is for five minutes to go for a walk five hours to go for a walk, if you think you should be driving you should seriously consider whether it an essential journey. seriously consider whether it an essentialjourney. hopefully, that message gets through and people will have the common sense. a couple of days ago we were celebrating, quite rightly the nhs and other front line staff by clapping and supporting them. i think the best message we can get is the way to support them for this weekend, despite the weather, is to stay at home. chief co nsta ble, weather, is to stay at home. chief constable, listening to what you have been saying, you have been very careful with your language. it is about abiding to the principal at the moment. when does are kept to a point, or are you feeling we will ca ptu re point, or are you feeling we will capture point, where you will be given powers, extra powers, and asked to use them if people continue to ignore those principles? the government has made clear that they will review things on a daily basis, and they clearly do. we will be providing information back to the chair of the national police chiefs council, as will every force over the weekend, as to what we are saying. if we see an uptake in travel, whether that is true office rs travel, whether that is true officers on patrol or our partners and local government, we will report that back. it is a pivotal weekend for us, asa that back. it is a pivotal weekend for us, as a nation, but particularly as a calendula, this weekend will be our peak travel time. get it right now, because i don't think the government wants to have to legislate. they have made that clear, we are a democracy. that means we will play our part. more than ever we play our parts. there are people to you are extraordinarily vulnerable you're not getting out at all. young people, they are playing their parts. the adults, you do not need to get in the car this weekend and drive to the coast. couldn't be clearer. thank you very much for your time this morning. it is a very clear message, an official message, and instruction. the language around this has changed. stay at home and avoid all but essentialjourneys. 0ne avoid all but essentialjourneys. one of the key point is there that the chief constable set is that this isa the chief constable set is that this is a pivotal weekend. it could be a game changer. because the weather is so good people to take on these principles, the implications could be that there will be further measures put in place. here's louise with a look at this morning's weather. we are encouraging our weather watchers to tell the story of the weather from their windows, their balconies, their gardens. it is a misty, murky start across the isle of wight. many are being pretty inventive and taking shots from their bedroom windows. in rotherham, we have some sunshine already. it is enquired weather story this weekend and for many there will be sun chang coming through. 0ne and for many there will be sun chang coming through. one of the reasons for this is the wind direction. we have high—pressure moving to the near continent and the southerly wind has developed, which dragging up wind has developed, which dragging up warm airfrom the near wind has developed, which dragging up warm air from the near continent. through the weekend, it will get warmer. some of that warmth will gradually push its way as far north as scotland. it will take its time, though. today will be quite cloudy. there will be showery outbreaks of rain. isolated showers into the afternoon for central and southern scotla nd afternoon for central and southern scotland and northern ireland. for england and wales it will be dry, settled with sunshine for many. temperatures will be above average for the time of year. we could see 16 degrees in the south, between nine and 11 degrees in scotland. the southerly wind will drive up drier air through the night. it pushes that cloud further north. we will keep clear skies but it will not be a cold night. it will be frost free. we will keep a breeze around, as well. 0vernight lows between four and 7 degrees. tomorrow morning, sunshine for the time we wake up. i try, settled story for many with the exception out to the west. that no pressure could certainly bring a strong wind, but it will bring to light and outbreaks of rain into northern ireland, maybe western fringes of scotland into the afternoon. here we will see gusts of wind in excess of 40 miles an hour. elsewhere, it will be blustery. the winds will come from the site so the temperatures will climb. the highest values may be into the main team, possibly 20 degrees and one or two spots, that is 68 fahrenheit. the pollen count is pretty high, particularly in the south—east corner, so if you do sufferfrom hay fever that is worth bearing in mind. the pollen count may come down a little on monday as we see that no pressure moving in, the cold front will bring some rain. not particularly extensive, but it will bring rain and a westerly flow, so a change of the weather on monday, a change of the weather on monday, a change to the feel to the weather, too. 0nce change to the feel to the weather, too. once the rain goes through, the sunshine is set to return. demands for better coronavirus protection for healthcare workers are growing today, following the tragic death of two nurses in their 30s. areema nasreen died in the walsall hospital, where she had worked for 16 years. aimee 0'rourke from margate died hours earlier. they were both mothers of three children. let's speak now to susan masters from the royal college of nursing. very good morning to you. thank you for your time this morning. when you heard of those deaths the deaths of the two nurses, what was your reaction? it is so sad. every loss cou nts to reaction? it is so sad. every loss counts to this virus. all key workers, all members of the public in our communities, but that this should happen to a nurse who bravely trying to care for patients and doing everything possible to keep the public safe, it is doubly sad. all my deepest sympathies and those of the nursing communities, those m essa g es of the nursing communities, those messages are flooding into the royal couege messages are flooding into the royal college of nurses, to say that our deepest sympathies go to the family and friends of the two nurses who lost their lives. we have also lost health care assistants. we can say the names often enough, areema nasreen and aimee 0'rourke. those collea g u es nasreen and aimee 0'rourke. those colleagues of theirs, wherever they are working in the nhs, they will already be aware of the risk, but also what precautions they can take. tell us a little bit about now, how your profession is feeling about how they are being cared for. we absolutely must have the right personal protective equipment for every nurse in every setting of health and care. 0nly think about, often the public think about nurses and where they are working, we think about critical care nurses working in itg in critical hospitals. the nurses are everywhere. nurses and midwives are with us from birth to death, and working to care for people with chronic disease. all of the nurses need to have protective equipment. we heard yesterday that this equipment is now available, personal protective equipment, masks, gowns, aprons, gloves, eye protection, whatever is needed. we need that to be delivered. i understand there are military operations in place to get this equipment out. we will believe it when the state. we need to see it in the hands of nurses. can i be clear? the evidence you are hearing from the front line, despite what has been said about the operation to get material to the hospitals, are you still hearing evidence from the front line that it is not available in sufficient numbers? it is common. we are hearing that it is available in some areas, absolutely. we are still hearing from some members in some social care settings, that they are not seeing the number of equipment that they need, but they are hearing about the plans to get that equipment to them. it is interesting language you use there. today, as usual colleagues would know better than any of us, they are still doing thejob, last night know better than any of us, they are still doing the job, last night they we re still doing the job, last night they were doing thejob. a plan that it is on its way, that's not ok, is it? nurses will do everything in their power to protect patients, that is absolutely what they do. that is what they will continue to do. nurses will make sure that they practised this as safely as they possibly can and, absolutely, they need the right equipment in the right place at the right time. can you help us with one of the issues that arose when people began to talk about these two nurses who died? about whether we are getting the information as to the number of nurses who are not able to work at the moment for a number of reasons, self isolating what they think they might have the coronavirus, or the figures on the number of nurses who may sadly have died. do you have confidence that you have those numbers? we understand that in england all trusts are now being required to record these numbers, to record numbers of staff that are offset due to coronavirus symptoms. also, any losses of staff across all professions, not just also, any losses of staff across all professions, notjust medical colleagues, nursing colleagues, all health care workers. that has been requested in england. we would like to see that across the uk. so you don't yet have that information? we don't yet have that information? we don't have it in the royal college of nursing, but we understand this is not happening in the nhs and social care. every time you speak to nurses or anyone in the medical profession, we spoke to a doctor earlier, they are very open and honest about the reality of what they are doing and the dangers they are about to face. is there in an uncomfortable reality here that you think inevitably more medics and more nurses are likely to lose their life? you when we look at the situation in other countries, we can see that has been the pattern. nurses will do everything they can to go forward, ticket of patients. you cannot care for a patient outside of a two metre radius. so they will be with patients, giving the best care. it is likely we will see more tragedies and sad cases of loss of health workers because they are more exposed to the virus. thank you very much for your time this morning. the national director of nursing there this morning. we will be back with the headlines shortly. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. coming up before nine louise will have the weekend's weather for you. but first, a summary of this morning's main news. use your common sense and avoid all unnecessary travel — that's the plea from police forces as we're urged to stay home to stop the spread of coronavirus. with warm temperatures forecast, there are fears that scenes like this could be repeated, with people ignoring advice to stay at home. yesterday, it was revealed a further 684 people had died with the virus in the uk injust 24 hours. in the last few minutes, the chief constable of devon and cornwall police has told us people would have to examine their own conscience if they endangered lives by ignoring by ignoring the rules. dave na nt davenant requires the public to play their part. we will convert and as a last resort we will enforce but if a £60 ticket makes you do something and 680 for people dying yesterday didn't, you have to take a good look yourself to see if you recognise the seriousness of a we are aware. —— where we are. millions of americans have been told they should now wear a face mask in public, following new medical guidance on coronavirus. but president trump says he won't be wearing one. the us now has nearly a quarter—of—a—million confirmed cases. here in the uk the advice remains that people do not need to wear one. china, where the coronavirus pandemic began, has come to a standstill for three minutes to remember those who have died. people across the country stopped and bowed their heads to mourn the victims, as sirens and horns sounded. china has officially recorded more than 3,000 deaths since december as a result of the outbreak. almost four months after jeremy corbyn announced he'd be stepping down as leader of the labour party, his replacement will be announced this morning. rebecca long—bailey, lisa nandy and keir starmer have each pre—recorded a victory speech, which will be sent out via e—mail alongside details of the number of votes each has received. the new deputy leader will also be announced. we will speak tonight in a moment about the sport but at the moment, once these very popular. costumes are catching on here are staying at home. there is a new trend in australia. putting the bins out with normally be a normal affair but people are thinking of a different way to take their pens out. i not sure what that is. it is a unicorn. that is emu. that as a horse. there are gorillas, dinosaurs, unicorns and even a skittle. where is your bendy, charlie? it is wet and stay. will you be putting your insight? you could put that on social media and show us how you have embraced this trend that started in israeli. that is certainly an idea. i can lend you a onesie. i will be doing the bins at night under the cover of darkness. do not be alarmed if you are in mike bushell‘s neighbourhood. do not be alarmed if you are in mike bushell's neighbourhood. let us talk about sport. 0n the back pages, positive headlines for football, stars step up, football doesn't it. this is after the announcement yesterday. firstly, premier league clubs will ask their players to take a 30 per—cent, pay cut to protect jobs across football. all clubs have agreed to the proposal, and also the top division will make an advanced payment of £125 million to help less well off clubs, in the divisions below, and non—league plus they are giving 20 million to the nhs. and premier league club captains, are also looking at setting up their own fund for health workers. top players had faced scrutiny this week, to do more, to help ease the burden across the sport... premier league are a small percentage of footballers in this country and obviously there are players not in as good a position as premier league players to forfeit their wages. they still have families, mates to feed and mortgages to pay. it has a process that has been dealt with quite quickly, considering. now this time last year, layla guscoth, was getting ready to play for england at the netball world cup. now this year, she's going to the frontline, of the nhs. she played until very recently in australia, for the adelaide thunderbirds. but layla is also a junior doctor. and, since last monday, she's back in her scrubs, and is part of the team, treating covid 19 patients in birmingham. i'd spoken to the club in australia that i played for, adelaide thunderbirds, maybe a couple of days before the decision to pause and league over there happened and the coach had asked what i would want to do if the league was postponed. i said i would like to come home and they were supportive of that. it's challenging and overwhelming but i am just trying to focus on the things that i know from good sources of information and trying to seek help from the right people. now as naga mentioned earlier, some of us haven't been getting properly dressed, while working from home and isolating not though britain's women's relay team who are raising money for the nhs by doing the "don't rush" makeover challenge, which has become a trend on social media. they pass on the baton, in this case a trainer, or a medal, and then in a flash, they change, have their make over and are ready for home training. so many of us are becoming expert editors and camera operators during this lock down. quizzes are becoming very popular at the moment, with people stuck at home, and looking for ways to share time, with friends and family online. well, now the team behind a question of sport — the longest running, sports quiz, on tv — aren't letting coronavirus, stop them either. the programme is coming to radio and online this weekend. let's see some tv highlights from the show... we have got calgary, alberta phil. pitifully pronounced. the car comes into this area top what is this? somersault. which of these facts about former cartons is higher than the number 1255? is it.... i love it. i was watching last night. we can speak now to the captains matt dawson and phil tufnell, who join us from home. morning, chaps. thanks for this. so phil, how will this work on radio when the show is famous for its picture round, and mystery guest videos? it is going to be interesting how it goes over to radio. we have been having a chat with the producers, it is all going to be great. looking forward to today at two o'clock. it is going to be chaos, simple as that but we will have fun. so matt you'll both have a teamate to help you, and alljoining in from home. i have karen carney, a former england lioness and dion dublin is with phil tufnell. phil tufnell is chuffed to bits with that. it is going to be really good fun. lots of audio clips, commentary, famous five live commentaries. lots of people tuned in to our tv show on a friday night and we thought if they love it, let us give them more. it's been 15 years someone of a celebration this weekend. now i know both of you have been finding ways to keep yourselves occupied at home — including and how has the home schooling been? you have been following me on instagram. but no home—schooling todayit instagram. but no home—schooling today it is my son's eighth birthday. no homeschooling. so only just sneaking off to do some work for the radio program. happy birthday to him. i love the way you have helped us with the handwashing. let as look at the video. he hums. all done, 20 seconds. whenever i wash my hands. . .. theme tunes plays. and i can revise all my statistics as well while dancing along. so the question of sport themed change. we heard phil singing. we heard phil singing. while phil you have been trying to get more of us into dance. your special leotard. 0h your special leota rd. oh my goodness. as the leotard compulsory?” as the leotard compulsory? i think i am going to hang up my neon leg warmers after that. for safety reasons of course. well before you go, to warm you up for tonight, i have a question for you. how many captains have their been on the show since it started? officially i think there have been 13. i have got 14. including you to mike. matt, what did phil do before going into cricket full time? a lot of people would be thinking about two letters there, i am going to see he was a bricklayer. not too far off, to see he was a bricklayer. not too faroff, a to see he was a bricklayer. not too far off, a quantity surveyor.” to see he was a bricklayer. not too far off, a quantity surveyor. i was being facetious. that is made up. i would not what —— i would not know what a quantitative —— quantity surveyor said. good job mark chapman in setting the questions today. good luck with the show — 2 o'clock today on 5live and bbc sounds at 2 o'clock. the other one i had was that matt is to bea the other one i had was that matt is to be a security guard.” the other one i had was that matt is to be a security guard. i was a security guard at a school. mark chapman will be the host. all the best at two o'clock today. we still do not know what phil used to be. he was not a quantity surveyor. we learned a lot there. going out on the town may be over for now, but there are plenty of people keeping entertainment alive online. if you're stuck for ideas on how to fill the days at home, our arts correspondent colin paterson has been rounding up the best offerings of this weekend and beyond. coronavirus has led to cancellation after cancellation. glastonbury‘s gone. there's weeping over wimbledon. no points will be given out at eurovision. but it's the start of the school easter holidays and this weekend there's a determination to have free front room fun. here's our guide on how to make it happen. starting with a trip to edinburgh zoo, one of a number around the uk whose webcams mean their animals can still be seen. no sign of social distancing from these penguins. it's been absolutely amazing, the amount of people that have gone on. we have had over five million throughout march. behind me the penguins are always on the go. so if you want to watch something that's always moving, going in the pool, on their nest, collecting stones, which is exactly what they're doing just now, then the penguins is probably your best bet. or what about a visit to stonehenge? spinal tap memorably sang it's where the moon doth rise with a dragon's face. well, now you can check it through with the stonehenge skyscape. this is actually a camera that's mounted near stonehenge and it gives the impression of being within stonehenge. so you can go on the website any time of day or night and you can see see what the sky looks like in real time over stonehenge. disney's theme parks are shut all around the globe, but there's still a way to ride their roller—coasters thanks to an unofficial youtube channel. and scenes like this will be happening and living rooms all across the country this weekend. scream if you want to go faster! screaming. the part where it became all black — it was like a big drop and then we were like going sideways into a big black hole. it was super scary. i thought i was going to fall off of it. if you are looking for something rather more cultural, the royal shakespeare company may have had to close its theatres, but 17 of its productions are available to watch free online for 30 days, including king lear. be gone. without our grace, our love, our benison. which, appropriately, shakespeare wrote while quarantined during the great plague. if you are thinking about your future education, swansea university are actually having a virtual open day today, i wonder if they will virtually get the rugby team to behave badly in the virtual students union. or if you fancy meeting some people from the other side of the globe, why notjoin in a virtual brunch, complete with guest speakers, being hosted in the usa tomorrow. also becoming extremely popular are virtual baking lessons, online pub quizzes — i was second last on one on monday, it still hurts — and there's the rise and rise of the web workout. oh, i'm feeling adventurous. i'm a beginner. let's lift those shoulders up a little bit. nice and slow and controlled. mr motivator is holding classes every midday. trust me. hopefully, we've given you some more right here. enjoy your weekend. colin patterson, bbc news, in the living room. we want to know how you're planning on making the most of this weekend, whether it's indoors, or making the most of the weather in the garden. tell us what you're up to, or send us your photos and videos. here's louise with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. we have been asking whether watchers to be creative, sendin whether watchers to be creative, send in photographs of what the weather is doing, preferably from inside or perhaps the garden or balcony. this photograph is north tyneside, i am veryjealous of some of the views people have from their garden. look at midlothian at the moment, a very atmospheric shot. a lot of dry weather this weekend. it is getting warmer and windier, strong southerly ones with plenty of isobars on the chart for the weekend, especially tomorrow. that is driving warm air so the yellow tones pitching right up to scotland for tomorrow. for today, we will see sunshine, a little bit of mist and patchy fog which were left, then plenty of sunshine for england and wales. northern ireland and scotland have a little more cloud, hyclate for some but it could produce the orchard in the afternoon. through the night, this southerly wind will push the clyde and keep clear skies but because it is warm, overnight lows of form — 7 degrees. straightforward start to sunday, a windy day and sunny but also a warmer day. the exception is the west, we had this area of pressure bringing more cloud to northern ireland and perhaps west scotland, tricky to see and much rain and cloud from that but when in excess of 40 mph. a gusty day across the country at temperatures outside to climb on the site. temperatures in the mid to high teens and perhaps reaching 20 degrees. that will change from sunday into monday. this weather front will push on, a cold front, introducing colder air under westerly wind will take over so perhaps not as on monday. into next week, we see a lot of good dry weather. new excuse for not sending weather. new excuse for not sending weather watcher pictures of the view from your window. back to you. thank you very much. we have been catching up you very much. we have been catching up with people in the last few days. also with well—known people finding ways to spend the time. sandi toksvig has joined the army of comedians offering online content from her home during the coronavirus outbreak. she has started her own youtube channel — vox tox — in which she puts each day into a historical perspective. let's take a look. sorry, and it leaked. i couldn't find the dog. hello. it is the birthday of sarkis, who does not wa nt to birthday of sarkis, who does not want to celebrate that? people who have a phobia of clients. i could not wear a red nose because my wife andi not wear a red nose because my wife and i could not find anything to make a red nose so i willjust have to keep on drinking. i love the circus, i used to make clown shoes, that was no small feet. sandi toksvig joins us from her home now. it is rare that people are not scared of clients. i am one of those. what do you not like? they arejust those. what do you not like? they are just creepy. everything those. what do you not like? they arejust creepy. everything is those. what do you not like? they are just creepy. everything is too big, all the features are too big, it is overwhelmingly skinny for me. also the element of surprise. you are self isolating because you are asthmatic? yes, i am asthmatic and the biggest contribution if we don't have scientific or medical knowledge is to stay at. i thought while at home i might contribute what i can which is divert the minds of people every day. when we talk to people in their homes, i get the opportunity to have annual say. i am looking behind you. there is an old—fashioned typewriter behind you. there is an old —fashioned typewriter and a little box, what is in the corner? talk is through the written. the typewriter i have kept for sentiment, i wrote my first novel on ita sentiment, i wrote my first novel on it a long time ago. the box is for later writing materials because i and respond with a hand written box. there is a small table shaped like a butler. that is where i put my coffee when ice it on the sofa. this isa coffee when ice it on the sofa. this is a sort of posh shared in the garden. have you had enough information? yes, i have shared envy. we are giving away so much more information these days, i am a very private person. i broadcast from the room where we keep all our books. it is unusual to invite people into your home but needs must. whenever we interview people it is always against bookshelves.” think they want to look clever. there is an element of that.” think they want to look clever. there is an element of that. i wish i was clever. of course you are. so you take a historical event and put a spin on it. what is on the list?” discovered an easing people, yesterday i did a story on lady huston who changed the framework for the second world war and many people will not have heard of. she invested her personal money in the aviation industry and without her we were not have the spitfire and would not have had the success britain had in world war ii. today i am talking about the circus but i am discovering medieval jeste rs, circus but i am discovering medieval jesters, there were when jesters. many queen of scots had female jester, nicola who was famous. we cannot go out at the moment, we are blessed to have the resources of the intranet. i am blessed to have the resources of the intranet. iam placed blessed to have the resources of the intranet. i am placed with lots of books, if you do not have books, check out the gutenberg project which has thousands of books uploaded to the internet for free. do you wake up in the morning saying i have always wondered what is going on? she is laughing over there. in the morning i am not allowed to have a new idea until my wife has had a cup of tea. you are relentless, that is the impression i get. we have met many times before, i think the world is fascinating and extraordinary. those of us who are well enough to do this, let as useless time to expand mind is. —— to expand our mind is. i believe we can turn this difficult time into a positive and use it to expand our mains. it will be amazing what you can latch onto. we have been asking our viewers what they have been up to. diane says she has taken part in a virtual tai chi session. you both share theirs.” find a hilarious man online who is called master wong. the accent makes we think he is from birmingham and mucking about. i chose tai chi because it will be very slow. so far all he has done is talk to me.” wa nted all he has done is talk to me.” wanted to see at least one tai chi move. what was that? that was my symbol you want to check out. i need adjunct to for you see that. we look forward to that. we love your fantastic garden shed. we will check out all the trivia you have found out. lovely to see you. sandi toksvig does tai chi with master wong. coming up in the next hour. we'll hear how strictly winner 0ti mabuse has swapped the studio for her front room — to give dance lessons to people stuck at home during the coronavirus outbreak. stay with us, headlines coming up. good morning welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. our headlines today: "forget the sunshine, stay at home and save lives". police forces across the uk urge people to use their common sense and avoid all unnecessary travel. ifa 60 if a 60 point ticket makes you do something, and 684 people died yesterday didn't, i think you need to ta ke yesterday didn't, i think you need to take a good look at yourself as to take a good look at yourself as to whether you realise the significance of where we are. fresh calls for better protection for front line health workers after the death of two nurses who contracted coronavirus. americans are told to start wearing face masks in public to stop the spread of coronavirus, but president trump says he won't be following the advice. who will be labour's next leader? we'll find out just before 11.00am this morning, asjeremy corbyn's successor is revealed. after days of pressure, premier league clubs will ask their players to take a wage cut of 30% to help ease the financial burden caused by the coronavirus, while club captains look to set up a fund to support the nhs. from the ballroom to her living room. strictly‘s 0ti mabuse will tell us about her mission to get us moving. it's saturday, 4th of april. our top story. use your common sense and avoid all unnecessary travel — that's the plea from police forces across the uk as we're urged to stay home to stop the spread of coronavirus. with warm temperatures forecast, the government says staying at home is an instruction, "not a request". in the past hour here on breakfast, we've heard a direct appealfrom one chief constable for people to stick to the principles of social distancing, as simonjones reports. these were the scenes in snowdonia two weeks ago where many people ignored government advice. crowds flocked to the coast and parks were busy too. now, with even more stringent curbs on our movements in place, the health secretary says staying at home and protecting lives is not a request but an instruction. we're set for a warm weekend in some parts of the country. but the disease is still spreading. and we absolutely cannot afford to relax the social distancing measures that we have in place. we cannot relax our discipline now. if we do, people will die. government regulations state everyone must stay at home but you can leave under the following circumstances: for one form of exercise a day — the advice is to say as local as possible. you can go out to shop for basic necessities such as food and medicine, but as infrequently as possible. you're also allowed outside of the house for any medical needs or to provide care and assistance to someone vulnerable. and you can travel to work but only if you cannot work from home. an increasing number of councils are instructing dog—owners to keep their pets on a lead in a parks to avoid any risk of dog—walkers coming into contact with each other. in the lake district, police are using social media to tell tourists stay away. in some areas, officers have set up roadblocks to question where drivers are going. the police are being told to engage with people and encourage them to return home. enforcement will be a last resort with initial fines of up to £60. devon and cornwall police require the public to play their parts. where they do gather, we will come to bear, we will talk, converse, and it needs be, as a last resort, we will enforce. if 684 people does nicky do something, those who died yesterday, you need to take a look at yourself. it is a challenging time forfamilies, at yourself. it is a challenging time for families, too, at yourself. it is a challenging time forfamilies, too, who have been kept up for almost a fortnight. usually people go to the park and the kids would run around and have done. we can do that so we will keep them busy at home. the death of two nurses, areema nasreen and aimee o'rourke, sent a clear message, according to the nhs. please, i ask you to remember areema nasreen and aimee o'rourke. please come stay at home for them. the government and police are hoping that this will be the norm this weekend in is least normal of times. in the last half—hour, the uk's national director of nursing has told breakfast there was an urgent need for more protectective equipment for nhs staff. nurses are literally everywhere. nurses are literally everywhere. nurses and midwives are in every phase of our lives, from birth to death, working to care for people with chronic disease. all of the nurses need to have protective equipment. we heard yesterday that this equipment is now available, personal protective equipment, masks, gowns, aprons, gloves, eye protection, whatever is needed for whatever setting, we need that to be delivered. i understand there are military operations in place to get this equipment out. we will believe it when we see it. we need to see it in nurses hands in order to be able to practice safely. millions of americans have been told they should now wear a face mask in public, following new medical guidance on coronavirus. we should be clear that, here in the uk, the advice remains that people do not need to wear one. the us now has nearly a 250,000 confirmed cases, as david willis reports. president trump has long downplayed the severity of the coronavirus and, once again, made plain he doesn't always take the recommendations of his medical staff seriously. the cdc is advising the use of non—medical cloth face covering as an additional voluntary public health measure. so it's voluntary. you don't have to do it. they suggest it for a period of time. but this is voluntary. i don't think i'm going to be doing it. the advice to americans to cover theirfaces in public comes in the light of new evidence that suggests the virus can be transmitted, notjust by people who are coughing and sneezing, but by those who have it but don't know they have it. why then is the president rejecting the recommendations of his own advisors? sitting in the oval office, behind that beautiful resolute desk, the great resolute desk, i think wearing a face mask as i greet presidents, prime ministers, dictators, kings, queens, i don't know, somehow i don't see for myself. ijust don't. of the more than a quarter of a million americans currently affected, many are in new york, with the death toll for the coronavirus has now exceeded that of the terrorist attacks of september 11. morgues and hospitals are already inundated and then there's a shortage of masks, gowns, and ventilators, with the anticipated surge in coronavirus cases still weeks away. things could turn out to be even worse in new orleans, where the mardi gras celebrations of late february helped spread the virus before social distancing measures were introduced. music plays. the death rate there is more than double that of new york and the big easy as just a week away from running out of hospital beds. thank you very much, we'll see you tomorrow. although president trump might not be heeding the call to wear a mask, it seems his wife is taking the recommendation seriously. shortly after her husband's press conference, first lady melania trump tweeted:. the administration's own advisors say close to a quarter of a million people here could die of the coronavirus. conceding the surge cases could be considerable, president trump told reporters "i hope they're wrong". david willis, bbc news, los angeles. china, where the coronavirus pandemic began, has come to a standstill for three minutes to remember those who have died. people across the country stopped and bowed their heads to mourn the victims, as sirens and horns sounded. china has officially recorded more than 3,000 deaths since december as a result of the outbreak. the new leader of the labour party will be announced via e—mail today, after a specially—planned conference had to be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. each of the contenders have pre—recorded a victory speech, which will be sent out alongside details of the number of votes they've received. our political correspondent helen cattjoins us from westminster. regardless of the result, the role of the leader of the party in opposition has changed, hasn't it? it has. this is a big moment for the party, but the new leader will be taking over in unprecedented circumstances. sir keir starmer, rebecca long—bailey, lisa nandy, they would have been aware of the political challenges facing them backin political challenges facing them back in january, political challenges facing them back injanuary, that political challenges facing them back in january, that the political challenges facing them back injanuary, that the party had just suffered its biggest election defeat in decades, a party with lots of publicised tensions, but they couldn't have foreseen they would have been taking over in the middle ofa have been taking over in the middle of a global pandemic where the normal rules of politics don't really apply. whoever wins, their first order of business will be to set out how they are going to cope with this pandemic. sir keir starmer is the odds—on favourite. earlier, john ashworth told us that that is who he expects to be the winner. i nominated lisa nandy, she is an old friend of mine. she has impressed everybody in her campaign, but we are all expecting sir keir starmer to win, and i think he will be a successful leader of the labour party. i think he will bring an instructive and forensic approach to our plan to control the coronavirus. sir keir starmer lad in the previous two rounds, rebecca long—bailey, seem perhaps is the natural heir to jeremy corbyn, her campaign didn't get the momentum that was expected. helen, thank you. as we've been reporting his morning, there is conflicting advice in different parts of the world on whether or not people should be wearing coronavirus masks. millions of americans have now been told they should wear them in public, following new medical advice. however, the guidance in the uk hasn't changed, and they're not recommended. this is what england's deputy chief medical officer said when he was asked for clarity yesterday. there is no evidence that general wearing of face masks by the public who are well affects the spread of the disease in our society. what matters right now of course a social distancing. let's talk about that and try to answer some of your other coronavirus questions with the virologist dr chris smith, can you give some clarity as to how it is that in america the official advice is not to wear masks. we are taking a different position. what he was saying in his conference yesterday was he had been on the phone to his colleague in hong kong, who has been advising the world health organization on what the official guide and should be to the world. they are of the opinion that there is no good evidence that people can protect themselves over and above those benefits of observing social distancing by wearing a face mask. at the moment, wearing a face mask. at the moment, we are of the opinion it is not worth doing. the sciences, if you put on a face mask, unless you are properly and it is made of a material which is good at stopping viruses going through, and that is combined with other protective equipment such as protecting eyes, your clothing, so viruses don't land there, so didn't get shaken off and rubbed into your eyes, nose or mouth later, it doesn't add any additional benefit to observing other guidance, things like keeping yourself away from other people. the only exception to this might be that if you put a face mask on and you are highly symptomatic and shedding lots of virus anti cough and sneeze, less will go through the mask, therefore produce a viral aura around you that another person could be then. that is party where they're coming from. if you stay away from other people they will not walk into your viral aura so you won't catch it. leading on from that, chris, a question from gladys. it is a common question. you have spoken about the viral aura coming from the mouth and nose. gladys asks how long can the virus remain on different surfaces? she is talking about clothing, packaging, groceries etc. people are wondering this a lot. we do have the power of some science to back this up. researchers in america have done the experiment where they have added the virus to surfaces and come back at different times, swap the surfaces and added those swabs to cells in a culture dish, proving that they can get the virus to grow, proving that there was viable virus on that surface. it varies depending on what the surfaces made. some surfaces kill off the virus very quickly, like copper. i can get rid of the virus injust a minute. steel and plastic you can recover virus for about three days. paper, cardboard, up about three days. paper, cardboard, up to three days. samples of the air, three hours or so. sorry, chris, to interrupt, when you talk about it in the air, that is really surprising. what do you do then if, for example you are isolating at home because one of the family is ill, yes, you've got to isolate for 14 days, but not everyone has huge houses that they can avoid the same airspace. what can you do? this is probably why this statistic is, about 80% of the transmissions are thought to be happening in the household. this is what is in forming the government guidance that of one person in the household gets it, everyone should isolate as a unit for two weeks, because that is based on the rationale that if you have got at the average incubation time is about five days, that means that if you are infectious, five days later they will get it, then at the end of 14 days everyone will be clear. that should enable everyone in the hosel to catch it. it does hang around in the air. the particles are tiny and there are lots of them in droplets. if you breathe out on a cold day you will see a cloud of steam when you breathe out. the virus particles get into those droplets of moisture and they leave your body and hover in they leave your body and hover in the air. if someone else comes into the air. if someone else comes into the same airspace they can catch it because the infectious dose of the virus is very low. you only need about 20 particles or so to get infected. if that is happening indoors, it is much harder to get rid of those viruses. if you're outside, that illusion effect will blow away very quickly so your risk is really low. this question from paul edgerton, who says it's impossible to have covid—19 and seasonal flu at the same time? is it possible that a combination of the two is creating some of the complications we are saying and causing some unexplained deaths in otherwise healthy people? causing some unexplained deaths in otherwise healthy people ?m causing some unexplained deaths in otherwise healthy people? it is probably quite unlikely this is going to happen, not least because i was looking in our lab group the other day when the last case of who was that art laboratory picked up. it was two or three weeks ago that we last had a case of flu. we think the flu season is now largely over, so it is unlikely you would run into both of these viruses at the same time. there is no reason why you can catch to viruses at the same time and we do routinely diagnose people with multiple infections. that said, if you have one infection, because it put your immune system on a heightened alert state, it makes you harder to with other viruses. we don't think, though, that that is what is going on with the people who get severe infections in this case, we think it is something subtle going on about the immune system. doctor sarah jarvis joins us. as going on about the immune system. doctor sarahjarvis joins us. as we a lwa ys doctor sarahjarvis joins us. as we always say, there are no silly questions around this, if you want to know the answer, that's important. this one from john stevenson. how can this virus killed young people with no health problems, yet some old people survive? that is putting it on quite long terms. absolutely. we are all much more aware that this virus can kill young, healthy people. there was the death of a supposedly healthy 13—year—olds. the problem we have got is that your immune system will fight it off. there are all sorts of factors going on. we know that being older and having conditions which dumped on your immune system reduce your '5 ability to fight this off and increase the likelihood that this virus will get deep into your lungs. the immune syste m deep into your lungs. the immune system is an incredibly complicated thing. there are all sorts of responses going on here. something called our cytokine storm, there are questions of that would increase the likelihood of a severe inflammation inside your lungs. what we have seen with some viruses in the past is that young people with healthy immune systems were adversely affected. we know that with many infections, such as meningitis, young people, whose immune systems are still developing, tend to be more affected. what we are seeing with corona is that, on the whole, children under ten with corona is that, on the whole, children underten are with corona is that, on the whole, children under ten are the least likely to be severely affected. we are talking one m tens of thousands in terms of the risk of them dying. in yourteens, in terms of the risk of them dying. in your teens, that likelihood is still extremely small. basically, with every passing decade, your likelihood goes up. we think partly thatis likelihood goes up. we think partly that is because with each passing decade you are likely to have problems that could affect your immune system. one person does not win the lottery... if one person has a one in the 10,000th of a risk of dying, occasionally there immune syste m dying, occasionally there immune system will be overwhelmed, whether because they have an underlying condition or not and they will die. you have been on the programme many times before and often the most poignant questions, the one that ca ptu red poignant questions, the one that captured the heart of it are out of real life. susan is a carerfor her mum and her mum has alzheimer's. she can't walk to a beach, so they want to park at the beach locally, set in the car and enjoy the view. she says it is valuable to our mental health. she can't do that because the seafront in their area has closed. this is the reality, dealing with pa rents this is the reality, dealing with parents without signers, physical conditions, illnesses. life goes on. there is no question about it. i have been very worried about this weekend and next weekend, by which stage, week five of isolation, is the worst. lots of people are not lucky enough to have gardens. will people be tempted to go out? all i would say is we need to remember that each of us is playing a vital pa rt that each of us is playing a vital part in reducing the spread of this condition. thus far, since the 18th of march when we reach 100 deaths, we have pretty much doubled the numberof we have pretty much doubled the number of people dying in this country from coronavirus every 3.5 days or so. we are still on track for that. but we have now been very much socially distancing, not quite on lockdown, for nearly two weeks and we would expect to see that in 3-4 and we would expect to see that in 3—4 weeks from that date, so in ten days from now, we would really start to reap the benefits of the fact that all of us are doing what we should. could i pick that up with chris? the message is very clear, one that is our lead story this morning, stay—at—home. what is... if anyone is in any doubt at this stage over the science behind that message, what is the most condensed version you can give us? this virus spreads from an infected person to an uninfected person. if you want to break the chain of that transmission you have to make it as difficult as possible for the virus to do that. i keep up —— keeping people apart, washing hands, not sharing air, that is the best way to break the transmission chain. doctorjarvis, if you could answer that question briefly from susan. i absolutely get that it would be helpful for your mum to get out, but are there not other ways that you could help her to stimulate? memory boxes, looking at things from her past, showing her photographs of the beach and so on. i know this is tough, but we are talking about a relatively short space of time. all hope that in three months or so we might be able to start to relax some of those restrictions. it is so tough are so many people. thank you both so much. thank you for your expertise and your kindness this morning. throughout the programme this morning we are alongside... we are talking to you about how you will rise to the challenge of what to do at home, how to make the best of it. keep us posted with your ideas throughout the programme. here's louise with a look at this morning's weather. just having the heating offer starters is nice, isn't it? having a window open, listening to the birds that are going crazy at this time of year. if you want cheering up, go on to the bbc weather watchers website. there are great photographs of people because my fuse from their window. this is eastbourne this morning. the fog are starting to lift away here. this is shetland. yes, it's raining in shetland at the moment. there is a weak weather fronts in the north, that will perhaps lingerfor a fronts in the north, that will perhaps linger for a time today. this is the story across the uk. high pressure is drifting off into europe. the winds will strengthen as we go through the weekend, particularly tomorrow there will be a gusty, southerly wind. that will drive warm air across the country. temperatures will be above average for the time of year. generally, across the day to day, england and wales are likely to see the best sunshine. there will be high cloud across northern ireland and scotland and still a few isolated showers. even the rain in shetland continuing on and off through the afternoon. here, 7—11 degrees to high, but we could see up to 16 celsius in the south. at southerly wind will start to pick up through the night. it will drive the cloud away, so clear skies generally across the country, but don't forget is pushing that warmerair but don't forget is pushing that warmer air mass across the country. it will not be a cold start to sunday morning, between four and 7 degrees to begin with, and lots of sunshine around on sunday. it will be windy with it. the low pressure out to the west could bring more cloud, may be some outbreaks of rain by the end of the afternoon. we will keep an eye on that. the same for western fringes of scotland and wales, as well. once here costing in excess of 40 miles an hour in places. a blustery afternoon for all. the temperatures will respond. so it will be a windy day, and sunny day, and a warmer day with temperatures peaking with highs of 20 degrees, 68 fahrenheit. if you area 20 degrees, 68 fahrenheit. if you are a hay fever sufferer in the south—east in particular, it looks like the pollen will be high. that could ease a touch as we move into monday because that low pressure will push in. it is a cold front. it will push in. it is a cold front. it will introduce something a bit fresher. the rainbow clear through, sunny spells will return, but you will notice the difference in the feel of the weather on sunday. the warmth stays with us for much of the week. he looked distracted there, where you thinking about food? i see a little picture on the site monitor here, a lot of waving and business going on, kisses being blown to each other. there is a lot of love in your studio, isn't there? there is. our special guest today is very friendly with the floor manager, it is one of her celebrity mates. you to see that. we are following all the guidelines in the studio today and staying safe. we have some great dishes that you able to make. tom allen is a special guest today and we have asked him to have a good old rummage in his cupboards and come up with some ingredients that we can use. what inspiration have you got for us? i have a carrot, parsnip, and a very good attitude. brilliant. anna is here. how are you? very good. i anna is here. how are you? very good. lam anna is here. how are you? very good. i am going to kick a flatbread with a cooked egg and some asparagus. also i'm going to stuff some delicious vanilla doughnuts with cream and home—made jam. some delicious vanilla doughnuts with cream and home-made jam. yum. ollie is at home today in his dining room. the vote today is what you would like to see me cook with tom's ingredients. just go to the website for details. we will see you at ten o'clock. let me ask you a question about the doughnuts. i don't like the hard sugar on doughnuts, i only like the soft doughnuts. look at the face on that. you must be a dream to go out to dinner with. he has gone all red! we have the headlines coming up injust a moment. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. coming up before ten, louise will have the weekend's weather forecast for you. but first a summary of this morning's main news. use your common sense and avoid all unnecessary travel — that's the plea from police forces across the uk as we're urged to stay home to stop the spread of coronavirus. with warm temperatures forecast, the government says staying at home is an instruction, "not a request". earlier here on breakfast we've heard a direct appealfrom one chief constable for people to stick to the principles of social distancing. devon and required the public to play their part. where they do gather, we will come to that, we will convert and as a last resort we will convert and as a last resort we will enforce. will convert and as a last resort we will enforce. if a £60 ticket makes you do something, and 684 people died yesterday didn't, i think you need to take a good look at yourself as to whether you realise the seriousness and significance of where we are. it's taken nine days and a team of hundreds of soldiers, carpenters and other volunteers — but the new nhs nightingale hospital in london is now open and ready to treat up to 4,000 intensive care patients. the first are expected to arrive next week. in a minute we'll talk to the man behind the operation, but first let's hear the words ofjessica mok, one of the volunteer doctors who will be treating patients there. earlier she told breakfast how she was feeling about the huge challenge ahead. i definitely am apprehensive about what is to come. and scared i will be sick so i can't work which will leave my colleagues short. i am scared i will come home to my partner and i will affect him. i'm scared of the psychological impact it might have on myself in the future but i do know there is a lot of support out there and throughout the training that is what is discussed with as that there is a huge level of support that will be there. hopefully there will be a lot of doctors and nurses who are in the same situation. i am looking forward to working with this huge team in this huge hospital, really excited. she made a huge impact. we wish her all the best. it is time to talk sport. good morning. good morning. it has been a difficult week but football has been getting favourable headlines, a cut above. getting favourable headlines, a cut above. firstly, premier league clubs will ask their players to take a 30 per—cent, pay cut to protect jobs across football. all clubs have agreed to the proposal, and also the top division will make an advanced payment of 125 million to help less well off clubs, in the divisions below, and non—league. plus they are giving 20 million to the nhs. and premier league club captains, are also looking at setting up their own fund for health workers. top players had faced scrutiny this week, to do more, to help ease the burden across the sport... premier league are a small percentage of professional footballers in this country and obviously there are players not in as good a position as premier league players to forfeit their wages. they still have families, mouths to feed and mortgages to pay. it is a process that has been dealt with quite quickly, considering. now this time last year, layla guscoth, was getting ready to play for england at the netball world cup. now this year, she's going to the frontline, of the nhs. she played until very recently in australia, for the adelaide thunderbirds. but layla is also a junior doctor. and, since last monday, she's back in her scrubs, and is part of the team, treating covid 19 patients in birmingham. i'd spoken to the club in australia that i played for, adelaide thunderbirds, maybe a couple of days before the decision to pause our league over there happened and the coach had asked what i would want to do if the league was postponed. i said i would like to come home and they were supportive of that. it's challenging and overwhelming but i am just trying to focus on the things that i know from good sources of information and trying to seek help from the right people. fantastic effort. now it was supposed to be the biggest day of the racing calendar, the grand national at aintree, and even though the meeting was cancelled due to the corona virus, a televised, virtual race will still take place later today. 40 runners who experts think, would have been likely, to line up, will take part, using the latest computer technology, with bookies setting the odds and taking bets, and giving all profits to nhs charities together. the computer will decide. they put all sorts of algorithms into regarding horse form, trainer forum, the ground, what the horse has been doing recently. recently being before the end of racing. recently being before the end of racing. more football at lunchtime, on footbal focus with dan, and a first. the first football focus to come from dan's home, featuring calum hudson odoi, of chelsea and sheffield united manager chris wilder, also youngsters creating classic goals. one of those each week. thank you very much. they're used to selling to pubs, restaurants and school kitchens but wholesalers are now helping to feed the family, after the coronavirus closed the door to the hospitality industry. some suppliers are also providing hundreds of thousands of food parcels for elderly and vulnerable people. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. it is not your usual weekly show. this is a new drive through click and collect service at a new drive through click and collect service to fit warehouse and eggs —— in essex. lam fit warehouse and eggs —— in essex. i am shopping for my extended family solam i am shopping for my extended family so i am getting for myself and my sisters and i will split up and job to them. i am a teacher so i am out and about but i prefer not to be in the shops so this has been a great help. my daughter lives on tomato sauce. she hasjust come back from university and i have realised what she has been eating. just some baking. it is fascinating to see what some people are stocking up on, the most popular items, pasta, flour, big beans and tomato ketchup. supermarkets are struggling to stop basic items but there is plenty of that year. most of the third at the steeple is super—sized from tens of beans to bags of pasta. wholesalers generally do not sell direct to consumers but since the service provider lost 40% of its orders overnight it then switched its business model to sell direct to business model to sell direct to business —— to local communities instead. it is a no-brainer, we celebrated on the supermarkets and the vulnerability of the community so we turned on the click and collect to help service those individuals. that includes government emergency food parcels. they could sin—bin making a quarter ofa they could sin—bin making a quarter of a million deliveries a week from across the uk depots. here's another business which is cooked up another way of working. this kitchen company would normally have 25 ships on deck but its corporate clients are on lockdown saw a skeleton team is making meals for emergency workers and churning out boxes for sale. the boxes are a lot cheaper than we would normally sell. to get something cheaper under the same time supplying people who get out. we are normally bustling at this time of year but right now we are just doing enough to get some cash in and help the community. businesses are having to adapt fast. with it at least, if you are able to supply right now, there is no shortage in demand. so everyone is trying to help. yesterday we celebrated our first bbc breakfast hero half hour — giving you the opportunity to thank all the people working hard to make a difference to your lives during the coronavirus outbreak. we are all hearing about nhs staff, they are first and foremost. but little things count as well. but little things count as well. lots of you have been getting in touch and sending us your special messages. let's a take a look at a few of them i want to see a big thank you to teachers, teaching assistants, of the staff, cleaners, caretakers, of the staff, cleaners, caretakers, of the staff, cleaners, caretakers, of the staff and everybody who i working so hard to make sure the running of our schools are going so quickly. thank you to my sister who isa quickly. thank you to my sister who is a nurse working hard for the nhs. thank you to the rest of the nhs staff. i want to see a huge thank you to all of those who work in safe houses to support victims of modern slavery and human trafficking. they're all front—line heroes so thank you, thank you, thank you. we wa nt thank you, thank you, thank you. we want to thank all the key workers across the world including. nhs workers, supermarket employees, taxi drivers. nhs people, workers and carers. thank you. i would like to show my appreciation for all the cleaners, cleaning the reels, the skirting boards, the beds. thank you to my partner who gave birth to our baby daughter on january the 4th and she has already gone back to help working at hospital as a student nurse. thank you for eating all arrogance. ijust want thank you for eating all arrogance. i just want to thank you for eating all arrogance. ijust want to see a massive thank you to my dad who is a postman who is still going to work. to the postman and all the key workers, thank you. thank you, everybody. i wa nt thank you. thank you, everybody. i want to thank all our colleagues backin want to thank all our colleagues back in the uk and any nhs. we will be doing more of that on brea kfast we will be doing more of that on breakfast and a lot of people engaging and quite rightly. we're joined now by professorjames calder, who is the clinical lead for the new hospital. very good to you. good morning. the rest of us have been looking at this and thinking logistically, this is and thinking logistically, this is an extraordinary thing that has happened. you must be rubbing your hands in glee thinking we are just about to get going?” hands in glee thinking we are just about to get going? i am one of many people. there are people much higher than me who made this work. logistically, it's been phenomenal. this is being rolled out throughout the whole of the uk. other nightingales have been setup. certain people need special mention. we have had an amazing response from the nhs staff, staff coming back from retirement and volunteering to come here but there are also other volunteers from different organisations. not aligned normally to the nhs. rubicon is ex military veterans who have come in and have specialist skills which we can utilise. 14 of them yesterday. we have the first aid nursing yeomanry which have been employed in various areas, after terrorist attacks in manchester and london. they have come here to support families. they have great experience. many curie and many other organisations have been brilliant. it is on eating her everyone has got together. if you look back a few months ago, the country was a bit fractious, we had different opinions on plexus and things like this. but now we have one team working throughout the country. — — one team working throughout the country. —— opinions on brexit.” understand have drivers, in amongst the different levels of people who are crucial, you had lots of volunteers. possibly you might not thought they would be crucial to the operation. yes, the london cab drivers to put a team together. we can use an in different spatial scales, not just transport can use an in different spatial scales, notjust transport but can use an in different spatial scales, not just transport but for some of the administration. we just don't have capacity. thousands of people need to be involved to run this and they came up straightaway. talk about some of the clinical details, given the risk of infection of coronavirus, this is an unheard—of challenge, how do you go about making sure such a huge facility will be safer clinical staff? there has been a lot in the press about ppe, we cannot open and we will not open unless we can protect our staff. it is about treating patients and protecting staff. also the mental well for staff. also the mental well for staff. it is a very stressful situation, we acknowledge that. we had specific mental health experts advising us on how to make sure our staff are protected and can raise concerns. a lot of this is learn from the military, we know stressful situations do not result in mental harm but as long as people are prepared to let themselves know what they are in for, they can adjust and can have mechanisms in place to see the feeling down at the moment. that is normal but we need to have mechanisms in place to make sure they can acknowledge that and we can acknowledge their mental health as well. that is a very important point. we are talking to a lot of medics on this programme who are involved in this, they are open about seeing that are genuine concerns they have and at times they are scared. we had from one doctor who will be working at nightingale with you, she said that she was scared about the situation but she is scared more about passing the virus on. you obviously have to make sure the aerial cable with physically and mentally. absolutely. as theyjoin, we have to acknowledge some people may have at risk people at home. those people, if they have to go back home again, is this the right place for them to work? we need to make sure they understand that and they might need to isolate for two weeks after they have been here, that comes in from the induction process. it is not easy, it isa induction process. it is not easy, it is a work in progress.” induction process. it is not easy, it is a work in progress. i am sure we will learn as we go along. this is throughout the whole of the nhs, it is evolving as we go along. we will not get it right first time. everyone in the nhs naturally —— nationally understands that. a lot of people will be watching you this morning, it looks like a nice day down there, you have an epic task ahead of you and we wish you all the best. thanks to all the nhs staff and all the volunteers so thank you. that is professor james and all the volunteers so thank you. that is professorjames calder looking ahead to nhs nightingale, the excel centre in london which has been transformed. we have some news just ten, there has been a lot of discussion about their coronavirus outbreak injails discussion about their coronavirus outbreak in jails and the impact on local hospitals as a result. the government is now preparing to free up government is now preparing to free up to 3500 prisoners in england and wales because of their coronavirus. there are around 90,000 prisoners in the uk but this isjust for england and wales. they are saying that sex offenders and those convicted of violent crimes are excluded from the early release scheme. in terms of the numbers, 88 prisoners across 29 jails had tested positive for the virus with a further 1200 believed to be self isolating. the news is coming through and we are understanding it could be freeing up to 40,000 prisoners from jail in england and wales. charlie mentioned sex offenders and those convicted of violent crimes are excluded, but it will be mainly for inmates who have two months early to serve and will be released on temporary licence. there is a tweet saying ministers did not want to take suck —— such action but they are concerned local hospitals will be overwhelmed if prisoners continue to take el. more news on that and we shall continue on the news channel. here's louise with a look at this morning's weather. thanks. all morning i have been showing you weather watcher pictures from their window. i thought i would show you this one, if you are popping outside to exercise, you might be greeted by lovely blue skies and sunshine. this was leicestershi re skies and sunshine. this was leicestershire but it is indicative ofa leicestershire but it is indicative of a lot of the country. not everywhere, this is the northern isles. a beautiful view from morag, thank you very much but it is raining. you could see persistent raining. you could see persistent rain across the northern isles for the day, tied into this weather front. a southerly rental takeover through the weekend, strengthening to gale force gusts on exposed coasts but it is a warm went, coming up coasts but it is a warm went, coming up from the site, dragging in warm airfrom the near up from the site, dragging in warm air from the near continent. southern exceeded temperatures will climb. for the rest of today, england and wales see the best of any breaks and sunny spells as we have already seen from the weather watcher pictures this morning. northern ireland and scotland a few more clients. there is showery rain across the northern isles as well. 7-11d across the northern isles as well. 7—11d their high but it could reach 16 degrees in sunny spots. through the night, this southerly wind will push the cloud up to the north, peter skies elsewhere. warm air is the temperatures will be above freezing, temperatures likely to sit around for — 7 degrees. more on the way of sunshine tomorrow morning from the word go. being in mind that the wind will strengthen so more sunshine, stronger when at the temperatures will climb as well. an area of low pressure at the west which will bring more cloud to northern ireland and perhaps to the fringes of scotland as well and wheels. gusts of wind in excess of 40 mails and errors. but because it is coming from the south, temperatures will respond. we could see 12—17d, perhaps 20 degrees on the south—east. i will be back tomorrow with more details. whatever you are doing, take care and have a good day. thank you very much. this will be music to the ears of cain. he said he will be planting tomato seeds in his carton. —— in his garden. is this a good time to plant? of course it is said gareth director. i think this is when you plant things. you can see we are keen gardeners? we are being creative and engaging. perhaps you should take up dancing lessons. if you've always fancied taking up dancing lessons, but maybe been too shy to go to a class, then now could be your time to shine. because strictly winner 0ti mabuse and her husband marius are giving live lessons to the nation — and you don't even need to leave the house. we'll talk to 0ti in a minute, but first let's see them in action. 12 left. 12, backside. one, two, three, for, five, six, 78. one, two, turn. all the way up. one, two, three, for. jump, jump, jump. five, six, back. one, two, three backwards. and turn. one, two, three, back. that is the way to do it. and we can now talk to 0ti from her home in london... good morning. is thatjust a normal day in your house? that isjust normal and with the past week, it is what we do all day now. we finish at ten o'clock at night, did not know we can do so much dancing.” ten o'clock at night, did not know we can do so much dancing. i love the instruction, scoop, things like that. easy instructions and that is key. yes. we wanted to make it dancing for everyone, for people who have never danced before and who are not shy to do it around other people and around kids. we know kids have not done latin and ballroom, we are not done latin and ballroom, we are not trying to build up wild champions but just to not trying to build up wild champions butjust to get dancing. so whatever we can do to help them learn the dance. let as do some logistics, if you live in a house with a cramped room. is that your front room? with a cramped room. is that your front room ? all the with a cramped room. is that your front room? all the furniture is pushed to the site and what if you have a carpeted floor, can you still dance there? yes, the whole point is to do it in one sport, you can do it in the kitchen, bedroom, living room. we have moved everything to one side and the camera is on the corner but everything we do is about four steps forward and back and it moves from left to right so you do not need a lot of space. it's about being busy, doing something positive and had inconsistency with the routine. when i started this thing with karen, we wanted people to have a routine and feel good and confident about what they are doing. you mention karen hauer, another strictly professional. how have you been organising the routines?m strictly professional. how have you been organising the routines? it has been organising the routines? it has been amazing. i started with a whole week of my own classes, morning and evening. i went to instagram and socially visiting the same so i said why not come together and do things with people who want to be part of something and need a routine so we decided, yes. it kept growing. she has a programme where you work out and sing at the same time. you get the full work—out but you get to things so you do not feel the. it is followed by my class. then she does a stretch. then i do my evening classes. then we added a make—up class. and we did some baking. there isa class. and we did some baking. there is a lot of things going every single day. we added sections where we bring in friends. this weekend dave myers will be cooking and greg rutherford will be kicking on sunday. give us a tip, what is the go to music track that you put on and will want to move a citizen comes on? mine is can't stop the feeling byjustin comes on? mine is can't stop the feeling by justin timberla ke comes on? mine is can't stop the feeling byjustin timberlake from the movie tools. i love the message of the movie. that is my song. ——trolls. what is your song? i cannot think of one of the top of my head. mine is footless. can't help dancing to that. it is a great song. that's all from us this morning, but breakfast will be back tomorrow from six. enjoy your day. good bye! this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. with good weather expected both here in the uk and europe, police are urging people to stick to the strict lockdown restrictions. in the uk, police say they will only use their authority if they have to. when we come to enforcement, that really is the last resort because, in a way, if we come to enforcement, then everybody has failed to understand the significance of this endeavour. the authorities in france say they will crack down on any holiday makers attempting to travel. emotional tributes are paid to two nhs nurses in england who died after contracting coronavirus, each leaving behind three children. china remembers — klaxons sound across the country for the thousands
here are the headlines. a breathing aid that can help keep coronavirus patients out of intensive care has been created in less than seven days, and if trials are successful is expected to go into production next week. a week after strict measures were introduced, england's deputy chief medical officer warns it could be at least six months before life in the uk returns to normal. boris johnson announces 20,000 former nhs workers have returned to the health service to help with the crisis. one thing i think coronavirus crisis has already proved is there really thank you to everybody who has now coming back into the nhs in such huge numbers. doctors and nurses, it's the most amazing thing. spain tightens its coornavirus lockdown even further as the death toll continues to rise. all nonessential workers are told, stay at home. president trump extends federal coronavirus restrictions, to the end of april as a leading government expert predicts 200,000 americans could die. australia tightens its grip in a bid to reduce the spread of the virus. the government limits social gatherings to just two people, down from 10. and in other news, president trump says the us will not foot the bill for prince harry and meghan‘s security amid reports the couple have moved to california. coming up in the next hour, two experts, just after 9:30am, to a nswer experts, just after 9:30am, to answer many of your questions. we will also focus on pregnancy at about 9:45am, pregnant women who are due to give birth very soon, there are countries like ireland to have banned you having a birth partner alongside you. that's when you go into labour. we will talk about the situation here and how the shortage of midwives in this country is affecting things. do let me know, let's start the second week of partial lockdown, let me know what the positives are and what the challenges have been. send me a message on twitter and i will feed your messages into the programme. a team of uk—based experts has, within a week, designed an improved breathing aid for people suffering from coronavirus. the device has been made by clinicians working alongside engineers from university college london and mercedes formula one. the news comes as borisjohnson announces that 20,000 former nhs workers have returned to the health service to help with the crisis. this morning the head of the british medical association called for all health care staff to be tested for coronavirus. elsewhere in the world, tighter coronavirus restrictions have come into force in spain, which has been in lockdown for two weeks. all nonessential workers have been told to stay at home for the next 11 days. australia has unveiled an 80 billion us dollar package to help buoy the economy. it includes a subsidy to help businesses retain six millionjobs over the next six months. in the us, president trump has extended virus restrictions until the end of april. he'd previously said he hoped america could re—open for business at easter. and let's hear more now about that new breathing aid which has been developed very quickly and is currently being tested in the uk. here's our medical correspondent fergus walsh. it's a small device that could make a big difference. known as continuous positive airway pressure, or cpap, it pushes oxygen into the lungs, keeping them open, making it easier to breathe. they're already used in the nhs but are in short supply so a team modified and improved an existing design in less than a week which has now been approved for use by health regulators. normally medical device development would take years and in this instance we've been able to do it in days because we've cleverly thought about how we can go back to existing devices and models, reverse engineer them and then engage with our industry partners to manufacture them at scale. this demonstration was done at university college london hospital, which is now using the device to treat covid—i9 patients. i sincerely think it may actually save many lives by preventing patients from needing to go onto a ventilator and again saving that vital resource for the very, very severely ill. every second counts in motor racing. here, mercedes formula i partnered with doctors and healthcare engineers on a medical device that could be mass produced. this is a great example of how the nhs, universities and industry are working together at extraordinary pace to meet the challenge posed by coronavirus. if the trials of this device go well, then mercedes formula i says it can produce up to 1,000 of these a day. in italy, around half of covid—i9 patients given cpap have avoided the need for intensive care, and unlike mechanical ventilators, there's no need for them to be sedated. fergus walsh, bbc news. frontline hospital staff in england are starting to be tested to see whether they have coronavirus. previously, only seriously ill patients were being screened, leading to criticism from nhs staff that they were being left unprotected. from today, critical care doctors and nurses in england will be checked if they show symptoms or live with people who do. tests for a&e staff, paramedics, gps and social care staff are expected to follow. frontline staff in scotland and wales are already being screened, while in northern ireland testing also begins today. dr chaand nagpaul, the chair of the council of the british medical association told us that lack of testing meant that some health care staff who might be not be ill were not able to come into work. 0n the 16th of march, over two weeks ago, we heard that the government was ramping up testing and prioritising health care workers, the prime minister announced that. two weeks on, where just now starting testing. in those two weeks, we have recognisejust how much the nhs has suffered in terms of staff shortages. i haven't got an explanation for government but what i would say is it's really important not to delay this any further, and make sure that this testing is available to all health care staff, certainly, as i said earlier, whilst it is being focused at the moment, i understand why we are focused on critical care staff, we need this extended to all staff. in general practice at the moment we are still waiting for a testing. lots of doctors contact me every day saying they want to get back to work. it is affecting the service because their gp practices are small units, and if you have two doctors, say, self isolating and two nurses, you cannot really effectively run a gp practice. we have some examples where practices have two buddy with others, patients need to be managed by other practices. it's a huge impactand it by other practices. it's a huge impact and it is important that we see this testing widespread as of this moment now. it's been a week since stricter measures changing all our lives were introduced in the uk and we have been hearing that those measures could last for a significant period. let me know how it's going view, the challenges and the positives. i will read some of those messages in the moment. significant period was the phrase used by michael gove, that the measures could last for. the deputy cmo talked about a period of six months? she did, jenny harries was perhaps more candid than the politicians can be saying it may go on for six months. she actually said it was plausible it could go on even longer. that's not the whole lockdown, but some aspects of it may have to continue for many months. it was interesting this morning hearing from various government voices, none of them really wanted to accept the idea of six months because it's frankly daunting. that is a really long period of time. but when you listen to all the scientists, there isa listen to all the scientists, there is a broad consensus that lockdown, roughly, as we know it, is likely to continue for 12, 13 weeks, that seems to be the consensus. there is little prospect when we have this review at easter of the restrictions being lifted because we will be at the height of the epidemic then. the broad consensus is we have three months worth of the lockdown. the question is what happens after that. hope is we can begin to ease off, but we genuinely don't know what will happen, if the virus starts to spread again. that's why there is this caution about how far and how quickly you can ease off. the basic problem is, we don't have a straightforward exit strategy from this virus because we know a vaccine is probably a year, 18 months away. the only other exit strategy seems to be extensive testing, as they have done in korea and taiwan, to try and isolate the virus, which allows some aspects of normal life to continue. this morning, helen whately, the health minister, was saying that at the weekend, they tested 7000. that is pretty disappointing, it has to be said, because earlier we had been led to believe that michael gove that it would be nearer 10,000. we are quite a way of what they are doing in germany where they plan to test around half a million per week. there is also ongoing questions about pp equipment, protective equipment, stories and some papers of more care homes and hospitals not quite getting the resources they need although helen whately stressed this morning that millions of kit is being sent out. it is essential that those at the front line across health and social have the pp that they need —— the ppe that they need when they do close contact activities, it's imperative, we have been working very hard on that. 170 million items of ppe have gone across the nhs and care provider, every registered care provider including over 25 million masks, so a huge effort. it is a logistical exercise to get the stocks to the front line when there has suddenly beena front line when there has suddenly been a huge call for that equipment, andl been a huge call for that equipment, and i know that people want to have very clear guidelines on when they should be using ppe and what, so we are looking again at the guidelines to make sure they are clear enough and also that they are clear to those who don't need to be using ppe. i have heard from quite be a public services —— heard from quite a few public services asking for ppe when the activities their staff is doing do not require ppe so the guidance has to be clear when you do and don't know it —— need to use it. this message, my ent surgeon husband is back in the front line, still the testing and still having to beg for ppe. let's see this from the public health england, they havejust ppe. let's see this from the public health england, they have just said the latest figure for the daily test on saturday was just over 9000. that is relevant because matt hancock said yesterday, we have reached 10,000 per day ahead of schedule, then governments that said it was 7000 on saturday, now a third lot of figures say it was 9000 on saturday. imean, i figures say it was 9000 on saturday. i mean, i guess the bottom line is, the figures are coming in from numerous different trusts, and it mightjust be a bureaucratic difficulty in collating accurate and definitive figures. surely the bigger point is, that is still a long way short, whether it is seven, nine or ten, of what we need to be doing. we need first of all to roll out testing amongst medical staff to check whether they can return to work or whether they should not be at work, that needs to happen quickly. i come back to the point made by the former health secretary jeremy hunt at the weekend, he has said this fairly consistently. he says, if you look at south korea, taiwan, where they have allowed some normality of life to resume, they have done so by extensively testing, that means driving test in four people, just like mcdonald's, stop and be tested. testing anyone and eve ryo ne and be tested. testing anyone and everyone who has any symptoms whatsoever and then contact tracing who those people have been in contact with. if you do that, you can isolate where the virus is which means in other parts of the city or society, life can resume as normal. to do that, you need hundreds of thousands of tests. germany appears to be gearing up down that road and it interesting, the death rate in germany is much lower than here even though the infection rate is higher. they plan to test half a million a week, we are on seven, 10,000 a day. we are not at the races. so it's not all bad news. there is better news. we learned this morning that we may get the antibody test, this is the test to establish whether you have built up immunity to coronavirus, that could be days away, we're told. and perhaps even more encouraging, we heard from professor neil ferguson, leading the team at imperial providing much of the modelling and data for britain's response, suggesting the level of infection, the number of people getting coronavirus, could be actually beginning to slow down since the lockdown was introduced. in the uk, we can see some early sta rts in the uk, we can see some early starts —— signs of infections, less so in deaths because there is always a lack in death. if we look at the numbers of new hospital admissions a day, that appears to be slowing down a little bit. not yet plateaued, the numbers can increase each day but the rate of that increase has slowed. we see numbers of european countries at the current time with the same pattern. what is significant about that is that the death rate will probably keep going up and quite sharply, for another two weeks. because there is another two weeks. because there is a lag, if you like, between people being infected. people are infected two weeks ago before the lockdown coming into force, and they are still at risk. the significance of what the professor has identified is that the rate of hospital admissions is just that the rate of hospital admissions isjust beginning to that the rate of hospital admissions is just beginning to ease off. if that trend continues, that would suggest the lockdown is having an impact. and that has to be good news. are you 0k, norman? in two absolutely fine, yeah, absolutely fine! so nice to see you smile! thank you so much. norman is at home and he is absolutely fine, good to hear. thank you for your messages, you can treat me this morning, let me know how the partial lockdown is going for you. the positives and the challenges. you can send me an e—mail or tweet me. we are going to talk about pregnancy, at about 9:45am, we will talk to someone 3a weeks pregnant, and also the royal college of midwives as we get reports from other countries that mum is going into labour are not allowed to have a birthing partner with them, which isa a birthing partner with them, which is a real worry. we will see what the situation is in this country. the uk's biggest regional airline, loganair, is planning to ask the government for financial help. the airline has said that it, and every other operator, will need to be bailed out. meanwhile, easyjet has grounded its entire fleet because of the crisis. the company said in a statement that at this stage it couldn't be certain when it would re—sta rt commercial flights. the headlines on bbc news. a breathing aid that can help keep patients out of intensive care has been created in just a few days by engineers at university college london working with clinicians and mercedes formula one. england's deputy chief medical 0fficer warns it could be at least six months before life in the uk returns to normal. 20,000 ex—nhs staff return to the service to help fight coronavirus. let me bring you this bit of breaking news. it is to do with a man being charged after an nhs staff member was punched in the face and left with a fractured cheekbone at the salford royal infirmary yesterday. the man of no fixed address has been charged with one count of assault and one count and the public disorder act, he has been remanded in custody and will appear in court today. police were called yesterday afternoon to reports that a man had assaulted a member of nhs staff at a hospital in salford under 27 man was arrested on suspicion of assault. the nhs staff member was in his 50s, needed treatment for a fractured cheekbone but has since been discharged. more than 110 countries and territories around the world have now put in place widespread restrictions on the movement of their citizens. schools have closed and businesses have been forced to stop working. there are, though, still large differences in the approach that some countries have been taking. as jim reed reports. so, it's vital to slow the spread of the disease. stay at home. it will break the chain of transmission, and it will save lives. a quarter of the world is now living under some form of lockdown. 3 billion people have been told to stay at home. in most of europe, day—to—day life has stopped. in the north of italy, hospitals are still struggling to cope. it's three weeks now since the start of the world's full national lockdown. the street is completely deserted. on a sunday afternoon, usually there would be certainly lots of people. translation: it's a special emergency situation. everyone of us has a responsibility to do our bit so we mustn't approach each other. in northern europe, similar measures are now in force. in the united kingdom, any social gathering is now banned. the public has been ordered to stay at home with only a few exceptions. so this is what a lockdown looks like in the south of london. you are allowed to go out for essential needs, so i have been in the house for a couple of days now, about to go out to the big supermarket. they now restrict the number of people in the building at any one time so the queue to get in goes round there. and finishes there. there are differences, though. in sweden, schools, cafes and bars have stayed open, at least for the moment. in the united states, meanwhile, some individual states are moving faster than others. the sooner we get back to normal, the better, but obviously that's up to the experts. even the president has to listen to those people and hopefully he'll do that. new york state still makes up around half of all cases nationally. broadway theatres and schools have been shut, residents have been ordered to stay at home. in asia, 1.3 billion indians have been told to stay indoors for 21 days. the government is desperate to stop the virus spreading in its huge cities. translation: no one is helping us. people are scared to give us a ride because of the virus. the police are also asking for our identity cards. in other countries, though, rigorous infection tracking has allowed life to go on. in singapore, the streets are busy and the shops open. it's closed its borders but there is no lockdown. here, a heat sensitive camera takes your temperature before you are allowed to enter an apartment building or restaurant. i have been very fortunate, we're living in a place like this. in this moment. because most of my friends and family members, they don't have the luxury to contemplate the idea of going out for a drink. in china, meanwhile, the number of new hospital infections in the city where the outbreak began has slowed to a trickle. and the residents of wuhan are now being allowed to walk the streets again. translation: for us, the news about lifting the lockdown is like the biggest recognition for us staying at home for more than two months. it's a positive sign, a relaxation of restrictions in a world that elsewhere has been shutting itself down. with me is prof sir simon wesseley, consultant psychiatrist at king's college hospital. we are going to talk about the potential mental health effects of the lockdown. also i'm joined by claire barcham, who manages an emergency duty team in london and chair of the british association of social workers‘ mental health group. good morning both, thank you for coming on the programme. simon, would you expect to see a pretty dramatic rise in the numbers of people with mental health problems over the period in lockdown? the a nswer to over the period in lockdown? the answer to that is straightforward, yes, we would. we havejust published a review of what we know about the effects of quarantine on populations, i think there are 2a studies done so far. mainly from sars and ebola. 23 show a rise in mental health problems, and nearly all of those confirm that those most vulnerable are those who already have pre—existing mental health problems. the answer to your question is unfortunately an undeniable yes. what kind of conditions would you expect to see? first of all, we're not talking about anxiety and frustration, boredom, that most of us are feeling most of the time, i suspect. we are talking about an increase in defined disorders, some post—traumatic stress disorder, depression, obsessive—compulsive disorders particularly, and a greater chance of relapse of severe mental illness. are your staff are seeing people with those kind of conditions, claire? definitely, we have seen over the last two or three weeks more people who have perhaps never beenin more people who have perhaps never been in contact with mental health services before, who perhaps had underlying mental health problems or didn't see us, have not been involved in services for very many years, they are now presenting in crisis. at the same time, there is a decline in some of the more urgent assessments we were doing, which does give us the time to do this. you can definitely see the impact of the crisis and people's mental health. how do members operate, in these circumstances? do they still go to peoples homes, that they have protective equipment, do theyjust use video calls? video calls are certainly being used more in community mental health teams and services, or phone calls because i think one of the dilemmas is that some of the most unwell people that we work with may not have access to the internets. they may not, they may not trust it. there are some challenges therefore social workers in mental health and working directly with people in the community at the moment. we are trying to do more things remotely. ppe is starting to arrive on site but it has been huge worry the country that it hasn't been as available up till now, but i know certainly in my team it is there now. people are trying to keep people we know about that we work with currently, as well as possible for as long as possible, but there isa for as long as possible, but there is a great deal of concern that underneath that there is a lot of people who will be filing this period very difficult. we heard yesterday from the deputy chief medical officer that this potential way of life could last for up to six months. what do you say to people who find that kind of information potentially overwhelming for their mental health? i think it isn't great news. we do have to accept that. the data that we have does suggest the longer quarantine goes on for, the more difficult it becomes to comply with. but we are in uncharted territory. at the moment, this is remarkable, we had over the weekend there has been a reduction in the general population of mobility in the general population of 90%, which is close to what they have in rome and madrid and probably we will be there in another day or two. there is a remarkable degree of consent in the population. which i think has to be celebrated, actually, it is one of the biggest transformations we have ever seen. but how long we will see that, we don't know. we haven't been here before. the other problem is, the longer it goes on for, the greater the risks of side effects of quarantine will be, economic, social and on mental health, and sadly we are already seeing it in patients at the maudsley hospital which i am pa rt the maudsley hospital which i am part of, also an increase in paranoia, some of the more silly conspiracy theories in social media affecting some of our patients and causing them to be much more disturbed. we also have the problem ofa disturbed. we also have the problem of a lot of our patients who were also physically unhealthy with diabetes or obesity, they are more likely to smoke, which certainly increases the tension and concern in their relatives. and for all of us finally, this loss of social contact that we experience, social connectivity is one of the best practice for general mental health, not just those with practice for general mental health, notjust those with mental disorders. it has been partly replaced by social media, only this time last year, ironically, i was talking on your show about how the social media had a negative impact on mental health. now we're talking about the positive impact it has, that we are more able to cope with quarantine and isolation then we would have done ten or 15 years ago. finally, some positive words for people watching who be struggling with mental health at this time, what can you say to them?” with mental health at this time, what can you say to them? i would say that it is ok to be anxious. these are difficult times, but do try to keep a routine, try and stay in contact with people who you know and care about you. don't spend too much time on social media, but he is reliable sources like the bbc for your information because it can feel quite overwhelming. —— use reliable sources like the bbc. don't feel worried if you feel anxious, it only reasonable to feel anxious. thank you, both of you, claire bartram, and professor sir simon wesley. no doubt we will talk again over the coming weeks and months, i hope we will. thank you for your messages as well. on twitter, about how you are coping with the partial lockdown, the challenges and province plot —— positives. the biggest problem for people like me with a learning disability is isolation and loneliness, my mother lives 20 minutes away, i have a learning disability and she gives me support andi disability and she gives me support and i haven't seen herfor a month. trinity says, i have been isolating for a week that my husband is still being. —— asked to work at a nonessential construction site so could bring it home and a risk to others travelling. this one is, balancing a business, not key work for me, technically we cannot even go to our storage facility to ship products. it's coming up to 9:30am. time for a look at the weather with carol. good morning. many of us will see double figures today. but still some cloud around. the cloud will produce showers today, anywhere, but they are showers, so not all of us will catch one. some brighter breaks as well. not as windy as it was yesterday but there is a wind and if you are in it, it will feel the cold with temperatures between eight and 11 degrees. through this evening and overnight we hang onto some plant, some showers, the wind continuing to ease. despite the fact there will be holes in the cloud we are not anticipating any problems with frost, one or two pockets may occur but for most of us, too much cloud and too much wind. as we head into tomorrow another cloudy day in prospect for the bulk of the uk with some showers, brighter skies in the south—east and cloudy but not as cold by the time we get to wednesday. good morning. it's monday morning. hello, this is bbc news with me, victoria derbyshire. the headlines... a breathing aid that can help keep coronavirus patients out of intensive care has been created in less than seven days — and if trials are sucessful is expected to go into production next week. a week after strict measures were introduced — england's deputy chief medical officer warns it could be at least six months before life in the uk returns to normal. it's announced 20,000 former nhs workers have returned to the health service to help with the crisis spain tightens its coronavirus lockdown, even further — as the death toll continues to rise. all non—essential workers are told — stay at home. president trump extends federal coronavirus restrictions, to the end of april — as a leading government expert predicts 200,000 americans could die. tighter coronavirus restrictions have come into force in spain, which has been in lockdown for two weeks. all non—essential workers have been told to stay at home for the next 11 days. this report from tanya dendrinos. a lifeline in the midst of chaos, a military plane full of medical supplies arriving in madrid from the czech republic. and with the bump of elbows, a small glimmer the nation has not yet lost hope. the contents couldn't be more precious. 10,000 items of protective equipment for health workers after the government's request for medical aid from nato allies. and time is of the essence. more than 80,000 people have now been infected with covid—19 in spain, forcing a further tightening of the country's lockdown restrictions. non—essential workers — these are, for instance, construction workers, postal workers, people working on production lines which don't relate to the epidemic, for instance, car workers, some opticians and even people running shops that are not related to food — they will not be allowed to go to work for the next two weeks. the streets are empty but it's a stark contrast to the hospitals and morgues struggling to cope under the weight of the crisis. the government is saying that they are cheered, to some extent, by the fact that the number of cases is beginning to level out. however, when you speak to doctors in hospitals, they say, well, that may be what the government is saying but it seems that actually the problem is that not enough people are being tested because there's a shortage of testing kits. and that's an issue being raised the world over. tanya dendrinos, bbc news. donald trump has announced that the restrictions imposed in the united states to limit the spread of coronavirus will be extended until the end of april. the president had previously said he hoped america could re—open for business at easter. now mr trump says the country will be well on the way to recovering byjune the first. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports this is how america's normally bustling city centres look today. chicago, empty. philadelphia, deserted. and new york city, unusually quiet. everyone ordered to stay at home except essential workers like nurses. and this is how it's going to stay. no more talk of getting back to work by easter. now president trump says social distancing guidelines will be extended to the end of april to slow the spread of covid—19. the peak, the highest point, of death rates, remember this, is likely to hit in two weeks. nothing would be worse than declaring victory before the victory is won, that would be the greatest loss of all. but many more americans are expected to die in the weeks ahead. dr anthony fauci, the head of the president's medical task force, says the disease could kill more than 100,000 people in the us. the idea we may have as many cases played a role in our decision to make sure we don't do something prematurely, and pull back when we should be pushing. the president's advisors say it could have been much worse, with up to 2 million americans at risk of dying if drastic measures hadn't been taken. if we could hold that down, as we're saying, to 100,000, it's a horrible number, maybe even less, but to 100,000, so we have between 100,000 and 200,000, we altogether have done a very good job. new york is still the epicentre of the outbreak in the us where some health workers are saying there is a desperate shortage of medical supplies. president trump has accused hospitals of hoarding vital equipment such as ventilators, which he said should be released for wider use. peter bowes, bbc news. you've been contacting us in your thousands with questions about practical advice and support on covid—19. we are asking you today how you are coping with the first week of the lockdown. claire says i desperately miss going to work and my business but i am enjoying the tranquillity and not rushing and cooking and teaching my daughter who is seven yea rs teaching my daughter who is seven years old. alan says good morning, for me of the feeling of claustrophobia. we are all stuck indoors, feeling of anger and frustration are people still not following guidelines and still going out and meeting others. 25 people at a karaoke party? really? thank you for those. we're going to do our best now to answer some of them now — on the bbc‘s your questions answered. we can speak to dr amir khan who is a gp in bradford. also i'm joined by dr katrina lythgoe who is an epidemiologist at oxford university. shejoins me from cheshire. welcome to both of you and thank you for volunteering to answer some of the questions sent in by our reviewers. liza sensed this in. five days into covid 19. reviewers. liza sensed this in. five days into covid19. starting to recover. i want to know how long i will be infectious for. 0k, yes, good morning. with regards to that person, seven days after the onset of the symptoms, she's five days into it now, another two days. she is still infectious, after that she shouldn't be shedding the virus any more. and can't go back to social distancing rather than self isolation. however, if there are household contacts, people who live in the house with her, they should self isolate for 1h days from the onset of her symptoms. thank you. this is from sofia. he says i know scientists are discovering how the virus is contracted but do we know if it is airborne? yes, really good question and i think it depends what we call airborne. we know it can spread through droplets like coughing and sneezing, this is why we need to be careful with close contacts. there is some evidence that it can spread in the form of aerosols which are likely to stay in aerosols which are likely to stay in a room for a little bit longer. 0k. this question from marty who says i have a chest infection, not improving with medication. is it safe to go to hospital for an x—ray without putting myself at risk? what i would say is only go for an x—ray if it's absolutely necessary. we can't say there's no risk at all because you yourself may well be a risk to other staff members and not know you've got the virus and again, it's the same for them. i would say only go for a chest x—ray if you are absolutely certain medication isn't working, you have the call for whatever symptoms for three weeks or more. it's been recommended by your gp. if at all you can avoid it i would try and avoid it but if there is no other option rather than to go for the x rate then you must go. katrina, can you get the virus from food cans and packaging, that's from julie? i think the first thing we need to do is understand the levels of risk and close contact is the biggest risk. there is evidence that it can survive on surfaces but for how long in the real world isn't really known. i would say if you are worried time is on your side, leave packages for a day or two, you could wipe them down with a disinfectant but always be careful to wash your hands before and after and don't touch your face. thank you, the next question is about pregnancy, we will focus more on this in the next few minutes. we will talk to the royal couege minutes. we will talk to the royal college of midwives and someone who is about to give birth in the next few weeks but this is from lynn who says what should we do for family members who are pregnant and goes into labour? my son and daughter—in—law are due to have their baby in the next few days? we know pregnant women are in an at risk group and where possible, they should be self isolating for 12 weeks. if you are due to go into labour i would say stick to the birth plan that you've already had, don't change from it, lots of people are thinking about having home births rather than going into hospital, if your plan is to go into hospital, if your plan is to go into hospital that is still the safest thing to do for you and everything should be in place to reduce the risk of infection. there is some evidence that children under the age of the year, including newborn babies are at risk of getting the virus and having symptoms from it so once baby born, it should be home as soon as possible. and back to self isolating. grandparents, really, should not be visiting, anyone else in the household should be isolating themselves as well. this question from vincent. the medical people are saying once you had the virus you are immune. and cannot pass it on. is this true? i think it almost certain that people who had coronavirus are immune, at least for a few months. but we don't know how long that immunity will last. it may be years, we don't know. really, when we've done further studies, reinfection studies, then we'll have more answers to that question. this is from and. do i have to keep washing my hands if i'm at home and haven't been outside? yes, you should be washing your hands at least every two hours, regardless of where you've been and i know that might sound strange because you're just stuck inside but you can never be too careful. yes, please keep washing your hands, regardless. from gary, we get our exercise walking in the local countryside, but feel vulnerable when cyclists pass us. as the social distance two metres affected by strong winds?|j the social distance two metres affected by strong winds? i would say it's great you have the opportunity to explore the countryside near your home and i think it's really important to iterate the government message we should be exercising near our own homes. as i said before those different levels of risk. i would say it's extremely unlikely that you could catch the virus from a cyclist going past unless they right on top of you. and really, the psychological benefits of exercise for everyone, be that cycling, walking, running, are really extremely high. i would say to cyclists, keep your distance. that would be a nice thing to do. cyclists, keep your distance. that would be a nice thing to dom certainly would be nice. the final question for the moment. ifeel like there's something stuck in my throat, sometimes it feels difficult to breathe, are these symptoms of the virus, that is from may? we note the virus, that is from may? we note the vast majority of people get a fever and a cough and some fatigue with the virus. but sore throat had been reported in up to a third of cases so if you feel like you've got a sore throat or something stuck in your throat i think the safest thing to do is assume it is the virus and self isolate for seven days, monitor your symptoms. in cases like difficulty of breathing, that is slightly more worrying, can be a complication of the virus, in which case you should go to the nhs111 website if you are having difficulty breathing because they may want to see you. i want to ask you finally, doctor, we heard this weekend an nhs co nsulta nt doctor, we heard this weekend an nhs consultant has become the first front line worker to die in this crisis. how did you react when you heard the news of his death? it's absolutely devastating. a colleague dying. it was a matter of time, it was if rather than when, there's been a slow response with the ppe andi been a slow response with the ppe and i think a lot of health care professionals will feel the same, there is some anger amongst health ca re there is some anger amongst health care professionals including myself, about the lack of ppe, another government is stepping that up. that is with regards to testing as well. ijust hope is with regards to testing as well. i just hope that is with regards to testing as well. ijust hope that his death wasn't related directly to the absence of ppe but i can't be sure. but it is really, really tragic news to hear that a colleague in the front line, helping people, has died and sadly, it's sad to say, he won't be the only one. have you got proper protective equipment? no, no we haven't. we are still seeing patients and the only protective equipment we've been given is very limited numbers, i must add, elastic pinafore, paper mask and a pair of gloves. it doesn't we've got no eyewea r, we know gloves. it doesn't we've got no eyewear, we know it can be contracted through the ayes or ears, they are not protected. bear arms as well. we are not being offered the protective gear we should be wearing when seeing patients with potential covid 19 symptoms. are you worried? i'm very worried. this week bradford, we set up these hot sites, patients who aren't unwell enough to need hospital but are unwell enough to be seen being seen by gps including myself. iwill to be seen being seen by gps including myself. i will rotate into that and i'm quite happy to do so, that's my duty but i will only be wearing a plastic pinafore. mask, gloves. i am very worried but i can't do anything about it, tried to protest, do something about it, we are told we are limited to 100 items per practice, we've got 25,000 patients so you can imagine how long 100 masks and 100 pinafores will last so it's really worrying but i've got to balance that out with the duty i have to my patience. so i have to go into work and see these people and try and help them. thank you, thank you very much. thank you for coming on the programme. it's 9:45am. the headlines on bbc news... a breathing aid that can help keep patients out of intensive care has been created in just a few days by engineers at university college london working with clinicians and mercedes formula one england's deputy chief medical officer warns it could be at least six months before life in the uk returns to normal. 20,000 ex—nhs staff return to the service to help fight coronavirus we've all seen the images of empty supermarket shelves and queues snaking outside supermarkets. demand for food has skyrocketed, and farmers are warning they're facing huge pressure to keep up. so how are producers coping behind the scenes? our correspondent sian lloyd has been to meet those working hard to keep food in the shops. keeping livestock moving. markets like this play their part in the food supply chain, but it's not business as usual. restrictions have been introduced in line with government advice and have been further tightened since we filmed here. hello. access is controlled and farmers are being told to do things differently. they're very dyed in the wool traditionalists but we are asking them to drop the animals, leave them to us and go, so that we are restricting the amount of people even more. we don't want to be locked down, that is the last thing. it's got to be kept going to keep the public basically fed. those working on the land are facing unprecedented demand. lambing has just begun on this farm with more newborns arriving every day. but the family business is also trying to keep up with a huge increase in demand for potatoes grown here. one of bill's concerns is how future crops will be harvested, and across the agricultural sector there are calls for british people to fill the gaps that will be left by seasonal workers from abroad to keep farming moving. those opportunities are evermore here. it's a bit like the war. the war, farming was kept going by young women, the land girls, and old men. and they kept producing food to keep our boys fed on the front. this site in hereford supplies poultry from its farms to large supermarket chains. the company produces 11.5 million chickens, turkeys and ducks a week. they've been working with their customers to ensure supplies are held up. it was necessary for everybody to get together and say, how do we really be as efficient as we can, so we've worked very closely with our customers to say what we do we need to do quickly? we started making those changes three weeks ago, we're seeing those changes come through the system, and although clearly it's been difficult with the level of demand that retailers in particular have seen, there is plenty of supply coming through, the system is not any less supplied than it was. the current pressure on the supply of food is unparalleled, but the sector recognises there will be further challenges to come. sian lloyd, bbc news, hereford. let's talk about being pregnant in the coronavirus crisis. more than 100,000 people in the uk have signed a petition calling for the rights of partners to be protected so they can be present at the birth of their child. some hospitals in ireland have introduced tight restrictions allowing only one birthing partner and no visitors after the birth. english hospitals are now taking the same steps with some imposing even tighter measures. it comes as the nhs faces a severe shortage of midwives during the coronavirus pandemic with the number of unstaffed positions doubling to one in five since the virus arrived in britain. nearly 22% of senior midwives say their local maternity units have shut indefinitely because of staff self—isolating or being deployed elsewhere. with me now is dr mary ross—davie who is the director for scotland for the royal college of midwives. and also i'm joined byjess brammar who is editor of huffpost uk who is 3a weeks pregnant. welcome both of you. how are you? i'm 0k. welcome both of you. how are you? i'm ok. i mean, i'm coping as well asi i'm ok. i mean, i'm coping as well as i guess any of us are. very strange time to be heavily pregnant, i have to say. are you allowed to have your partner with you when you give birth? currently i am, yes. i'm hopeful that will remain. i note those moves, there are some hospitals in ireland as far as i know that are saying no birth partners at all and they've done that in yourfridge partners at all and they've done that in your fridge is obviously quite worrying for women here but we are being told, we are about a month away from giving birth and at the moment, the situation is he can come with me as long as he doesn't have symptoms. we are self isolating in the house, he's not going to any shops or anything at the moment. sure. can you imagine giving birth alone? i mean, it's sort of slightly nightmarish, to be honest. but, i think through all of the last few weeks, i've been reminding myself we have incredible maternity care in this country and women do this and all sorts of circumstances all over the world and have been for thousands of years. so, i'm really, really hoping it doesn't come to that but i think me and everyone i know who is pregnant, we are telling ourselves that we will get through this, whatever we have to do but clearly, there will be a massive knock on for the mental health of the mothers if we aren't allowed to have our birth partners with us. are there any hospitals in the uk as far as you know who are banning women from having someone with them when they give birth? we put out a really clear statement on friday from the royal college of midwives and the royal college of midwives and the royal college of obstetricians and gynaecologist recommending all hospitals continue to allow one birth partner who is asymptomatic, to be with the woman throughout labour and birth. and to be with the woman throughout labourand birth. and our understanding is with the great majority of units, they are following that guidance. where there are restrictions it's about allowing partners to be there for routine antenatal visits and also to be on the antenatal and postnatal ward so there are restrictions there but in terms of a birth partner, we say is absolutely vital that a woman has her birth partner with her, if the birth partner is asymptomatic. it's really important that women think about who they're back at birth partner might be, if their first choice birth partner is not available because they are unwell. right, ok. you can imagine, if you are pregnant for the first time, in this crisis, routine appointments, the thought of going into labour, the thought of going into labour, the thought of your birth plan being thrown up in the air, it must be really quite a nerve wracking time? absolutely, we know pregnancy and childbirth are really nerve wracking in usual circumstances so it's usually anxiety provoking for women at this time, during the pandemic is what i would reassure women is that maternity services are open for business. and that all maternity units are available for women and midwives are available for women.“ that true though? sorry to interrupt. we are hearing that some midwives are being pulled off midwifery duties in order to go and help elsewhere? which would be understandable. so, the situation is that there was a shortage of midwives before the pandemic and midwifery told us last week that increased to 20% shortage during a pandemic so we put out a call to say it's really important that maternity services are ring fenced during this period so we are just putting a line in the sand to say do not drop midwives, maternity support workers, student midwives and obstetricians into other services. keep them within maternity services to keep maternity services really safe. let me askjess, i know you had the same midwife all the way through your pregnancy until now. i think she has been pulled on other duties? she's been pulled on other duties? she's been pulled on other duties? she's been pulled onto the labour ward. i was very lucky that i had a community midwife, the hospital i'm attached to in south london. it has attached to in south london. it has a very community oriented approach, i haven't been in a hospital very much during my pregnancy. they've disbanded the midwife group that she was part of an she's been pulled into the central maternity ward. obviously it is unnerving but i have to say i was very lucky, perhaps, to have one midwife all the way through. i know lots of people don't have that luxury. but yes, she rang last week to basically say goodbye and good luck. thank you to you, good luck. we wish you all the best and thanks both of you for coming on the programme. thank you. now time for the weather, here's carol. hello again, this week looking fairly cloudy for many of us. some exceptions to that us as we go through the week and today, compared to yesterday, it's not as windy but there is still went around and if you are exposed to it, it will still feel cold. we've also got scattered showers. you can see in the satellite, high pressure firmly in charge, anchored in the atlantic. the wind has subtly changed direction because the high pressure has moved so instead of coming down from the arctic as it did at the weekend it's coming from the atlantic. lots of cloud around, some holes in the cloud, little bit of brightness, sunshine, but we have a fair few brightness, sunshine, but we have a fairfew showers, brightness, sunshine, but we have a fair few showers, continuing through the afternoon. some of them getting towards the west. these are the temperatures, 8—10, possibly 11 degrees, tempered attached by the wind. as we head into this evening and overnight the wind continues to ease, still a lot of cloud around, still some showers as well. where we've got the breaks we are not anticipating any issues with rust. you may find pockets in sheltered areas but for most there's too much cloud or it will be too breezy. tomorrow it's spot the difference. once again we are looking at a fair bit of cloud, still some showers, perhaps some more brighter breaks, more sunshine, the best across the south—east of england, you will hang onto it for the longest. temperature wise, not as windy, it won't feel as cold, 8—11d. as the top temperature. still a bit below par for the last day of march. as we move into wednesday we still have high pressure in charge but we started to see a difference in the sense we have a weather front coming our way and on wednesday that will introduce rain eventually to the far north of scotland. we start on a fairly cloudy note, some breaks, some of us seeing sunshine, here comes the weather front introducing rain across the far north, starting to turn windy as well. across the northern isles for example. temperatures up to 11 degrees, 11 degrees along the east coast, we've not seen that for a little while. on thursday, this weather front sinks south, behind it cold air filtering income showers on the tops of the hills and mountains turning wintry and it will be windy. ahead of that weather front, some brighter and it will be windy. ahead of that weatherfront, some brighter breaks, a lot of cloud. hello, welcome to viewers around the world, this is bbc news, i'm victoria derbyshire. here are the headlines. in the uk, a breathing aid that can help keep coronavirus patients out of intensive care has been created in less than seven days and if trials are sucessful is expected to go into production next week. spain tightens its coornavirus lockdown, even further as the death toll continues to rise. all non—essential workers are told, stay at home. a week after strict measures were introduced, england's deputy chief medical officer warns it could be at least six months before life in the uk returns to normal. the british prime minister boris johnson announces 20,000 former nhs workers have returned to the health service to help with the crisis. thank you to everybody who has now coming back into the nhs in such huge numbers. doctors and nurses, it's the most amazing thing. president trump extends federal coronavirus restrictions, to the end of april as a leading government expert predicts 200,000 americans could die. australia tightens its grip in a bid to reduce the spread of the virus, the government limits social gatherings to just two people, down from 10. and in other news, president trump says the us will not foot the bill for prince harry and meghan's security amid reports the couple have moved to california. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. you can let me know how you're getting on by sending me a message on twitter, the positives and the challenges. a team of uk—based experts has, within a week, designed an improved breathing aid for people suffering from coronavirus. the device has been made by clinicians working alongside engineers from university college london and mercedes formula one. the development comes as british prime minister boris johnson announces that 20,000 former nhs workers have returned to the health service to help with the crisis. elsewhere in the world, tighter coronavirus restrictions have come into force in spain, which has been in lockdown for two weeks. all non—essential workers have been told to stay at home for the next 11 days. australia has unveiled an 80 billion us dollar package to help buoy the economy. it includes a subsidy to help businesses retain six millionjobs over the next six months. the number of cases in australia has risen by a quarter over the past two days in the us, president trump has extended virus restrictions until the end of april. he'd previously said he hoped america could re—open for business at easter. 143,000 people in the us have now been infected. and in india, prime minister modi has asked for his country's forgiveness after imposing a sweeping lockdown that he said had hurt millions of poor people. many of india's1.3 billion citizens have been leftjobless and hungry. and let's hear more now about that new breathing aid which has been developed very quickly and is currently being tested in the uk. here's our medical correspondent fergus walsh. it's a small device that could make a big difference. known as continuous positive airway pressure, or cpap, it pushes oxygen into the lungs, keeping them open, making it easier to breathe. they're already used in the nhs but are in short supply so a team modified and improved an existing design in less than a week which has now been approved for use by health regulators. normally medical device development would take years and in this instance we've been able to do it in days because we've cleverly thought about how we can go back to existing devices and models, reverse engineer them and then engage with our industry partners to manufacture them at scale. this demonstration was done at university college london hospital, which is now using the device to treat covid—19 patients. i sincerely think it may actually save many lives by preventing patients from needing to go onto a ventilator and again saving that vital resource for the very, very severely ill. every second counts in motor racing. here, mercedes formula 1 partnered with doctors and healthcare engineers on a medical device that could be mass produced. this is a great example of how the nhs, universities and industry are working together at extraordinary pace to meet the challenge posed by coronavirus. if the trials of this device go well, then mercedes formula 1 says it can produce up to 1,000 of these a day. in italy, around half of covid—19 patients given cpap have avoided the need for intensive care, and unlike mechanical ventilators, there's no need for them to be sedated. fergus walsh, bbc news. with me is professor rebecca shipley from university college london's institute of healthcare engineering. also, professor of intensive care at university college london hospital, mervyn singer. professor shipley, tell us what you have managed to do. thank you, we have managed to do. thank you, we have had pretty fantastic and intense a week or so. we have intentionally managed to reverse engineer a breathing aid which has its own to be very effective at helping covid—19 patients in china and italy. we started off by putting together the right team, we partnered with ucl h and merlin can represent them, and a crack squad of mechanical engineers based at ucl, and also our industry partners, so we have been working with mercedes and oxford electronics. having that tea m and oxford electronics. having that team of expertise together has allowed us to go from the first prototype to within100 hours of our first meeting, then a prototype in ten days, and now we have moved to patient trials and we can now produce 1000 a day. how does reverse engineering work? it means going back to the previous device which has been used in the nhs very widely which is of patents, we have taken it apart which is of patents, we have taken itapart —— which is of patents, we have taken it apart —— which is not patent it, we have taken it apart and re—done it. so it's not a ventilator? it targets a different part of the care pathway, but it is very effective for patients who need critical care for patients who need critical care for covid—19. for patients who need critical care for covid-19. how does it work? essentially it provides a positive airway pressure which splints open the lungs and enables you to supply oxygen the lungs and enables you to supply oxyg e n to the lungs and enables you to supply oxygen to the lungs which is needed for patients who are in respiratory failure. but how are you getting the air into the lungs, is it down the throat, how? it is through a mask or a herd which is connected to this device, essentially. gotyou, 0k. professor singer, how desperately are these kind of devices needed? there is a huge demand. i think in london, we are being overladen with patients requiring inventive ventilation, and there is obviously a very limited resource, and clearly a very limited resource, and clearly a shortage of staff that can cope with this search. if we can keep people off the invasive ventilation, and hopefully get them well, there is this halfway house between an oxyge n is this halfway house between an oxygen mask and invasive ventilation. if we can prevent them deteriorating and get the better quickly, that would be a great move. and from what you know of this device is so far, does it sound safe to eat? yes, we have a chilly started —— does it sound safe to you? yes, we have started trialling in some hospitals in london, with our hospital and some sister hospitals, and if we all go well, i hope they will, hopefully the green light can go to roll it out on the nhs and beyond. we are already getting enquiries from colleagues in france, germany and australia. very key point there is that we have already got regulator approval, that is the national regulator who defines whether a device or safe for use in the nhs, and we have got approvals from them for this device at the end of last week. let's talk about what you have managed to achieve in seven days, including that approval. talk to our audience through it. you go, mervyn! 0k! essentially, it was a bright idea over a essentially, it was a bright idea overa drink, i essentially, it was a bright idea over a drink, i thought, we essentially, it was a bright idea over a drink, ithought, we needed something as this halfway house, and i met with becky and tim baker, a professor of mechanical engineering at ucl, who has very long—standing links with mercedes formula 1. and literally, the following day, mercedes were on board, three days later, my colleague and myself tried the device, and by sunday, we had bench tested a whole load of machines in the hospital to make sure they could run satisfactorily. and then they started producing them this week. on wednesday we went to the regulatory industry and on friday gave approval so amazing speed. so in terms of what happens next, what is the process? at the moment, we are doing a clinical study on these devices, there being tested in certain hospitals in london, including ucl h. once we have proved they are working as we hope they will with patients, we are essentially ready to manufacture at scale. mercedes can currently make 300 a day and they can scale up to 1000 with one—week notice so we are primed and ready to deliver to the nhs. so the mercedes input is the capacity to produce this? yes, we have teamed the mechanical engineers at ucl with the mechanical engineers and manufacturing capability at mercedes, and that has proved to be a formidable team in a relationship and they deserve massive credit. our mechanical engineers, they literally came into the office ten days ago, and haven't left, been working day and haven't left, been working day and night. that expertise across institutions has enabled us to both deliver the engineering capability required to do this and the capability to manufacture at scale to meet the needs of the health care service. can youjust to meet the needs of the health care service. can you just describe this device will ask? rebecca touched on it but can you describe it in layman terms? essentially, it's a simple device that plugs into the hospital oxyge n device that plugs into the hospital oxygen supply, and instead of a usual face mask, a tight—fitting mask or helmet, a herd is placed over the nose or mouth or the helmet over the nose or mouth or the helmet over the nose or mouth or the helmet over the head, —— over the nose or mouth or the helmet overthe head, —— ehud. it is airtight, so the oxygen is delivered under continuous positive air pressure, so it keeps the basis of the lungs, the air sacs in the lungs, open and that has found to be a tremendous boon in operating to oxygenate the blood stream and delivering oxygen to the body's organs. you haven't got one handy to show us, have you? hang on one second. go for it, we know we have only got 8000 ventilators in this country, we need 30,000, so if anything can potentially replace it, 0k, anything can potentially replace it, ok, so talk me through it. essentially, this goes into the oxyge n essentially, this goes into the oxygen supply. you put tubing from here to the patient, and —— again, mercedes and the ucl engineers are working on ways of improving the aerodynamics, the flow, and that will improve the oxygen use and the efficiency in the comfort for the patient. you have an on off switch, essentially, and you can modulate the oxygen supply and the flow. in the oxygen supply and the flow. in the air comes through this hole here, so people can see, i will turn it round. you have a mixture of oxyge n it round. you have a mixture of oxygen coming in, you can blend them to get the amount of oxygen correct, and we are working with oxford optronics who have come up with oxyge n optronics who have come up with oxygen analytics that they can generate in bulk. that's essentially all it is, very simple. and you believe that could replace ventilators, or fill the gap, believe that could replace ventilators, orfill the gap, if you like? it's augmentation, it is not meant to replace, we are already becoming overwhelmed with patients needing invasive ventilation, so so ifa needing invasive ventilation, so so if a large proportion can be kept off the ventilators, preserving them for seriously ill, hopefully you can get those patients of this in a few days at home afterwards. 0k. amazing. it feels like a glimmer of good news in the middle of all this. there is still work to do, i get that. thank you so much, both of you, really appreciate your time and thanks are talking us through it. professor rebecca shipley, and professor rebecca shipley, and professor mervyn singer. the headlines on bbc news. in the uk, a breathing aid that can help keep patients out of intensive care has been created in just a few days by engineers, clinicians and mercedes formula 1. spain tightens its coronavirus lockdown even further as the death toll continues to rise. all non—essential workers are told, stay at home. president trump extends federal coronavirus restrictions, to the end of april as a leading government expert predicts 200,000 americans could die. tighter coronavirus restrictions have come into force in spain, which has been in lockdown for two weeks. all non—essential workers have been told to stay at home for the next 11 days. this report from tanya dendrinos. a lifeline in the midst of chaos, a military plane full of medical supplies arriving in madrid from the czech republic. and with the bump of elbows, a small glimmer the nation has not yet lost hope. the contents couldn't be more precious. 10,000 items of protective equipment for health workers after the government's request for medical aid from nato allies. and time is of the essence. more than 80,000 people have now been infected with covid—19 in spain, forcing a further tightening of the country's lockdown restrictions. non—essential workers — these are, for instance, construction workers, postal workers, people working on production lines which don't relate to the epidemic, for instance, car workers, some opticians and even people running shops that are not related to food — they will not be allowed to go to work for the next two weeks. the streets are empty but it's a stark contrast to the hospitals and morgues struggling to cope under the weight of the crisis. the government is saying that they are cheered, to some extent, by the fact that the number of cases is beginning to level out. however, when you speak to doctors in hospitals, they say, well, that may be what the government is saying but it seems that actually the problem is that not enough people are being tested because there's a shortage of testing kits. and that's an issue being raised the world over. tanya dendrinos, bbc news. frontline hospital staff in england are starting to be tested to see whether they have coronavirus. previously, only seriously ill patients were being screened, leading to criticism from nhs staff that they were being left unprotected. from today, critical care doctors and nurses in england will be checked, if they show symptoms or live with people who do. tests for a&e staff, paramedics, gps and social care staff are expected to follow. frontline staff in scotland and wales are already being screened, while in northern ireland testing also begins today. dr chaand nagpaul, the chair of the council of the british medical association told us that lack of testing meant that some health care staff who might be not be ill were not able to come into work. on the 16th of march, over two weeks ago, we heard that the government was ramping up testing and prioritising health care workers, the prime minister announced that. two weeks on, we're just now starting testing. in those two weeks, we have recognise just how much the nhs has suffered in terms of staff shortages. i haven't got an explanation for government but what i would say is it's really important not to delay this any further, and make sure that this testing is available to all health care staff, certainly, as i said earlier, whilst it is being focused at the moment, i understand while why we are focused on critical care staff, we need this extended to all staff. in general practice at the moment we are still waiting for testing. lots of doctors contact me every day saying they want to get back to work. it is affecting the service because their gp practices are small units, and if you have two doctors, say, self isolating and two nurses, you cannot really effectively run a gp practice. we have some examples where practices have to buddy with others, patients need to be managed by other practices. it's having a huge impact and it is important that we see this testing widespread as of this moment now. it's been a week since stricter measures, changing all our lives, were introduced in the uk and we have been hearing that those measures could last for a significant period. let's talk to norman at home. hello, norman. it could be up to six months? hello. it could be. it could be longer, actually, we simply don't know. i think what we do know is the rough ballpark, which i think all the medical experts and scientists seem to agree on, is that the lockdown is likely to last for 12 or 13 weeks, three months, basically. the suggestion it could go longer came from the deputy chief medical officerjenny harries yesterday who mooted the possibility that we might have to keep some aspect of the lockdown in place for an additional three months. that is because, blu ntly, three months. that is because, bluntly, we don't know what happens and we start easing off on the restrictions. and the great unknown is whether the virus then re—emerges again and we then have to go back to square one. genuinely, no one quite knows what happens when you try to relax the restrictions, which is why we have this possibility of a much longer period when we have two self—isolate, have to stay at home and those sorts of things. there will probably be some gradual easing in the overall restrictions. elsewhere, we know the government is still trying to build up the amount of the pe equipment it is distributing, there are still reports —— the ppe equipment, there are still reports this morning of ca re are still reports this morning of care homes in particular struggling to get supplies, we heard from the leader of greenwich council saying he had been round at the weekend asking local head teachers seeing if they could pop into their school seeing if they could find any gloves that he could give to hospices. similarly asking businesses if they had any facemasks. there is a lot of work to do clearly in terms of an adequate supply. the health minister helen whately was insistent that overall numbers had been dramatically increased. it is essential that those at the front line across health and social care have the ppe that they need when they do close contact activities, it's imperative, we have been working very hard on that. 170 million items of ppe have gone across the nhs and care providers, in the last two weeks, every registered care provider including over 25 million masks, so a huge effort. it is a logistical exercise to get the stocks to the front line when there has suddenly been a huge call for that equipment, and i know that people want to have very clear guidelines on when they should be using ppe and what, so we are looking again at the guidelines to make sure they are clear enough and also that they are clear to those who don't need to be using ppe. i have heard from quite a few public services asking for ppe when the activities their staff is doing do not require ppe so the guidance has to be clear when you do and don't need to use it. on the more positive side, we heard from professor neil ferguson of imperial college, he was the man who led the team which basically force the government to rethink its approach and go for the lockdown. this morning, he was saying there we re this morning, he was saying there were early signs, he called them, that the rate of infection, the rate of hospital admissions is beginning to slow down. that, of course, would be hugely encouraging. it does not reflect in the level of deaths, because there is a two week lag between people being infected and then becoming vulnerable and potentially even dying. but looking at the level of infections, people coming into hospital complaining of coronavirus, that appears to be easing of which might suggest that the lockdown is beginning to work. in the uk, we can see some early signs of slowing in some indicators, less so in deaths because there is always a lag in death measures. if we look at the numbers of new hospital admissions a day, that appears to be slowing down a little bit. not yet plateaued, the numbers can increase each day but the rate of that increase has slowed. we see numbers of european countries at the current time with the same pattern. a couple of other things we learned from professor ferguson this morning, he calculates that between three and four, 5%, rather, of people in london could be affected. outside of london, one or 2%, so not nearly so significant. i think it was also suggesting that 40% of those infected, might not actually demonstrate any symptoms. so we are getting more of a handle on what this virus actually involves. thank you so much, stay well. a couple of messages, this is from eileen on twitter, i have been asking people about the challenges of lockdown and the positives. in the uk, we are on partial lockdown, and have been for a week, we are moving into week two. eileen says, the biggest challenges being a health care worker who is pregnant. making the difficult decision of going to work or staying at home to keep my unborn baby safe. other pregnant women have been told to self—isolate for 12 weeks but it doesn't seem to apply to nhs workers. elaine says, we were very nervous for our daughter being admitted to be induced a week after her due date. it's herfirst pregnancy. she gave birth at 4:15am, toa pregnancy. she gave birth at 4:15am, to a beautiful baby girl, our fourth granddaughter, it was very well looked after at the princess alexandra hospital in harlow in essex. she was lucky as i believe her husband was one of the last birthing partner is to be allowed to support during the birth. huge thanks to all the staff. huge congratulations to you and all your family. the uk's biggest regional airline, loganair, is planning to ask the government for financial help. the airline has said that it, and every other operator, will need to be bailed out. meanwhile easyjet has grounded its entire fleet because of the crisis. the company said in a statement that at this stage it couldn't be certain when it would re—sta rt commercial flights. president trump has announced that the restrictions imposed in the united states to limit the spread of coronavirus will be extended until the end of april. previously he hoped america could re—open for business at easter. now, mr trump said the death rate would peak by then, but added that he expects the us economy to be well on its way to recovery by the beginning ofjune. this is how america's normally bustling city centres look today. chicago, empty. philadelphia, deserted. and new york city, unusually quiet. everyone ordered to stay at home except essential workers like nurses. and this is how it's going to stay. no more talk of getting back to work by easter. now president trump says social distancing guidelines will be extended to the end of april to slow the spread of covid—19. the peak, the highest point, of death rates, remember this, is likely to hit in two weeks. nothing would be worse than declaring victory before the victory is won, that would be the greatest loss of all. but many more americans are expected to die in the weeks ahead. dr anthony fauci, the head of the president's medical task force, says the disease could kill more than 100,000 people in the us. the idea we may have as many cases played a role in our decision to make sure we don't do something prematurely, and pull back when we should be pushing. the president's advisors say it could have been much worse, with up to 2 million americans at risk of dying if drastic measures hadn't been taken. if we could hold that down, as we're saying, to 100,000, it's a horrible number, maybe even less, but to 100,000, so we have between 100,000 and 200,000, we altogether have done a very good job. new york is still the epicentre of the outbreak in the us where some health workers are saying there is a desperate shortage of medical supplies. president trump has accused hospitals of hoarding vital equipment such as ventilators, which he said should be released for wider use. peter bowes, bbc news. president trump has also said the us will not foot the bill for prince harry and meghan's security amid reports the pair have moved to the us from canada. mr trump tweeted he was "a great friend and admirer of the queen and the united kingdom", but added: "they must pay!" the couple responded saying they had no plans to ask for publicly funded security in the us. let's speak now to angela levin, royal biographer and author of harry: conversations with the prince. good morning to you. good morning. why do you think they have gone to california, was that always the plan? some people, including me, think that was always the plan. meghan didn't like the uk, it was too small for her, she hated the restrictions that she couldn't exactly restrictions that she couldn't exa ctly d o restrictions that she couldn't exactly do what she wanted when she wanted. and she missed the whole celebrity, visual, here i am, a one sort of scene. so she has swapped royal attention. to attention with that places how much more. some people feel, though, that they went to canada to try life in the commonwealth and it didn't work for meghan, and so they have moved where her mother is, that is a very good reason for moving, but where all her celebrity friends are and her new tea m celebrity friends are and her new team of agents and pr people. what do you think they will make of being the subject of president trump's tweet at whatever time of day or night he decided to treat that the us would not pay for their security? it's not surprising that he said something, because the secret service would wonder whether they had to do anything and get them security. and they would have to ask to do that. perhaps, meghan and harry didn't tell anybody what they we re harry didn't tell anybody what they were up to, which wouldn't have surprised us. we have paid for the time they were in canada because canada is also in the commonwealth. but if they go to the united states, we have no power there. and they will have to find some of it themselves, but i suspect that prince charles will make sure they will be ok because harry, of course, fighting in afghanistan, is a very interesting target for any unpleasant terrorists wandering around who wants to make his name. so he definitely needs security. but what is unreasonable, i think, is that the three of them go in different directions. so if you have got to have teams of six security guards, which to work out 2a hours, you have harry in one place, meghan in another and baby out she had to be protected, he is seventh in line to the —— baby archie has to be protected, he is seventh in line to the throne so we have to look after him. ithink the throne so we have to look after him. i think that is probably too much for prince charles. end of march, is the end of march when they sort of stop being loyal is that right? yes, from tastes -- mcgre 1st of april, not april fools' day, they are no longer royal, they cannot use hrh. this is another reason why trump might have said i won't do it. if they are royals, they would pay. when meghan went for her rather controversial baby shower in new york and she was pregnant, he did papal the security. york and she was pregnant, he did pa pal the security. —— york and she was pregnant, he did papal the security. —— pay for the security. we did pay for some and he did as well. i suspect he doesn't like the fact that harry was caught out saying that he has blood on his hands, when was this leakage on his phone and he thought he was talking to greta thunberg and her father but it was to russian people who wanted to make a hoax call. i think if someone calls you that, particularly if you have a nature like mr trump, you feel a bit resentful about offering to pay. we learned last week that boris johnson had tested positive for coronavirus. harry is miles away. —— that prince charles had tested positive. i thought it was such bad timing. the timing had been terrible. if they'd waited and been patient this could have been sorted out amicably with a joint statement. but they weren't, they were rushing like spoiled teenagers, it had to be now. they are well out of it and when, you know, that has been announced, your father aged 71, when, you know, that has been announced, yourfather aged 71, has got coronavirus, which is serious, evenif got coronavirus, which is serious, even if he's got mild symptoms, for you to then announce that you've left los angeles, you've left for los angeles, and make it will be voicing a documentary on elephants, it seems you are completely out of the picture, comes across callous, i'm sure they did not mean it too but it's an inappropriate time. this country is going through as we all know, the most terrible situation imaginable. it's an absolute nightmare. to have them singing praises and we saw pictures of the house they are renting for £11,000 a week, it's actually so distasteful. angela, thank you. angela levin, royal biographer, thank you for your time. some news just coming to us from our political editor laura kuenssberg who says a number 10 source has confirmed that dominic cummings, the pm's chief adviser, has developed symptoms of coronavirus and is self—isolating at home. he is ‘in contact‘ with number 10 the prime minister ‘s chief adviser, dominic cummings, we saw him a couple of days ago legging it out of number ten, didn't become after the prime minister, it was confirmed he had tested positive for coronavirus, he is said to have symptoms, self isolating at home, he is in contact with number 10 downing street, according to a source that's confirmed that to us and our political editor. as we've been hearing much of europe is in lockdown to try and tackle the spread of coronavirus. chiara rambaldi is a nottingham trent university student who has now returned to bologna in italy. we can talk to her now. and also let's talk to ricardo mexia, vice president of the european public health associations infectious disease control department. thank you forjoining us. what is your assessment of where we are now in europe in trying to beat this virus? ricardo, can you hear me ok? or not. clearly not. ok. i will go back to him in a moment. can you hear me? hello, how are you doing? and good, thank you for inviting me. no problem. you left the uk to go back to italy almost two weeks ago and you were shocked, i think. can you tell us why? the situation when icame you tell us why? the situation when i came here was very different from what the media portrayed. the cities we re what the media portrayed. the cities were completely empty. we couldn't stay together, i couldn't hug my pa rents. stay together, i couldn't hug my parents. i had to wear a face mask within my house and i had to wear gloves for 1h days. because i could be in contact with someone who was already sick. so the situation was very difficult, yes. and you i think have lost people because of this virus? yes, unfortunately. my family lost a cousin. that was very difficult, you know. this virus becomes so real when you actually experience it at first hand. so it was a shock, really. and a family friend, i gather, also lost their husband? yes, she lost her husband and she had to keep the body for several hours because the system is very much overloaded. it's difficult to get in touch with the ambulance, with the hospital. with the public officers. you mean there was no one who could remove the body of her husband immediately? not for several hours. she had to wait until the day after, u nfortu nately, hours. she had to wait until the day after, unfortunately, yes.|j hours. she had to wait until the day after, unfortunately, yes. i don't know if you will have seen some of the fake news, the social media posts, questioning the seriousness of the virus. how does that make you feel? it makes me feel very sad, u nfortu nately, feel? it makes me feel very sad, unfortunately, this virus is very true, the situation is traumatic here. it's a tragedy so please, i am talking to everyone, keep your distance. wash your hands as much as you can. and trust your government, the public health, because i can't wait to hug my parents again, it's so real. when do you think you might see them? my quarantine is almost over. tomorrow, probably, going to be the big day and i really can't wait for them to stay with me. it's very difficult, it's very difficult. what has been the most challenging pa rt what has been the most challenging part of isolation for you? at the moment it's staying on my own, all the time. and having the thought that i might be sick. because you don't know what's going to happen in 14 don't know what's going to happen in 1a days. i have to check in my favour, temperature, every morning and every night. and i need to clean every surface that i touch. to sanitise it. i feel every surface that i touch. to sanitise it. ifeel i'm every surface that i touch. to sanitise it. i feel i'm a every surface that i touch. to sanitise it. ifeel i'm a bit of every surface that i touch. to sanitise it. i feel i'm a bit of a problem but i can't wait for this to end, really. stay with us. let me bring in ricardo again, vice president of the infectious to disease control department. can you hear me ok? thank you forjoining us. i've got the latest virus death figures if i can put it like that for spain. they've just announced there had been 812 virus deaths in 21: there had been 812 virus deaths in 2a hours, taking the total number of fatalities to over 7300. i want to know what your assessment is of where we are now in europe in trying to tackle this virus? well, the situation has been evolving in the different countries so not all countries are at the same stage. the expectations for spain is that they are very near to reaching the peak of the epidemic so the number of cases will tend to go down, that's at least the projections they are doing with the data in spain but they are now undergoing a dramatic situation with the health system being overwhelmed with the demand in particular in some regions like madrid. we are watching the situation unfold and we are worried that other countries might be facing similar problems in the near future. imean, the similar problems in the near future. i mean, the authorities are doing preventative measures in order to contain it but it's still very concerning for us all, help the situation might evolve in the different settings. which european country has got it right, in your view? i think it's too early to do an assessment like that. we do know that some of the worst hit countries are italy, spain, but the other countries are, as i mentioned, probably at different stages in the epidemic so eventually, not, all countries will have the same burden of disease but still, i think it's too early to say which one has done it best. we have good data from germany which apparently has a lot of cases but has managed to contain the fatalities too, let's say, a smaller degree than other countries but it's the still too early to say. yes, it's very interesting in germany, they are testing we are told half a million people every week and they had this very low mortality rate compared to other eu nations. do you know why? that's actually something all of us are trying to figure out because we are trying to figure out because we are trying to figure out because we are trying to implement good practices that have worked elsewhere in the different settings. so there's two main reasons why eventually germany is doing such a situation in preventing mortality so one of them is the massive testing, they've managed to do a lot of testing so isolating the cases and then quarantining the close contacts of those cases. that has managed to sort of limit the spread of the disease but in health care, they have one of the highest accounts of intensive care units in europe so that might account for their ability to deal better with the more severe cases that they are facing. which, as we've seen both in italy and germany, sorry, italy and spain, overwhelmed systems have a very hard time to deal with the increased demand so eventually, those factors, increased testing and the ability to deal with severe cases due to icy you availability bubbly has a role to play. thank you so much for your time. i note you are really sad not seeing your parents but imagine the first time you are reunited with them, it will be absolutely amazing. yes, i cannot wait for it to happen, really. thank you so much, we appreciate your time. really interesting what's going on in germany and there are lessons there for many other countries, one would imagine. there is a crisis emerging in french retirement homes, with double—figure deaths reported in some homes, and more than 80 residents testing positive in one building alone. no nationalfigures for such fatalities are being made public — and they're not included in the daily briefing figures. relatives of those in care homes — who have been forbidden from visiting for more than a week now — say they aren't being told when family member tests positive. lucy williamson reports. even when deaths are invisible, you can count the coffins. signs of a hidden crisis inside care homes across france. this home in paris has lost 16 residents to coronavirus — more than 80 more are infected. those delivering the coffins here told a waiting journalist it was non—stop. 21 people have died at this home, but while hospital deaths are recorded in the daily toll of coronavirus, deaths in care homes are not. translation: there was a cluster of about 50 people with fever over five days, followed by symptoms of severe pneumonia, so we had to use oxygen. at the height of the pandemic, there must have been 25 or 30 patients on oxygen. so far, more than one third of care homes in the paris region are thought to have been affected by coronavirus. the government is launching an app to monitor these cases, and add them to the national totals, but france's most senior health official has said that numbers could spiral out of control. at the beginning of march, president macron visited a care home to talk about protection — no mask, no social distancing. a few days later, all visits to france's retirement homes were banned, and last week, the government said all residents should be individually isolated in their rooms. care workers say they are now the biggest risk to residents, and some homes were keeping masks in reserve for an outbreak and not giving them to staff. translation: as soon as the coronavirus enters a care home, it is all over, there is nothing we can do. since we do not have enough staff, it will be dramatic. there will be a huge number of deaths once it enters. space in hospitals in the paris region is now critically low, and there are shortages of some drugs. the health minister minister has said france will begin mass testing of its population and has ordered 1 billion facemasks to protect healthcare staff. but polls suggest that trust in the government has plummeted, even before the wave of this epidemic has peaked. australia has unveiled a 80 billion us dollarfinancial package to help the economy, which is experiencing its worst hit for three decades. it includes a job keeper subsidy to try and help businesses retain at least six million jobs over the next six months of uncertainty. the new package is the latest in a series of huge announcements over the past week that will see the government invest heavily to support the unemployed and small business owners during the crisis. the number of coronavirus cases in the country has risen to four thousand and earlier on monday, prime minister scott morrison increased restrictions, banning public gatherings of more than two people. there are calls for a british citizen who's being treated for covid—19 in south korea to be deported after he broke quarantine guidelines and may have spread the virus while travelling through the country. the man was examined at the airport, but showed no symptoms of coronavirus. he was told he should spend 1a days in self isolation as part of the country's covid—19 guidelines. instead, he reportedly visited four different cities developing symptoms during that time. he is now being treated for the virus and will be questioned after he recovers. countries around the world are closing their land and air borders to limit travel to try and stop the spread of the coronavirus. but thousands of people are also stuck out at sea on cruise ships as vessels are denied permission to dock. let's get more on this then. joining me live now from manchester is suzi kilka, whose mum is on the coral princess cruise ship which is now heading to florida after being refused by brazil. thank you for talking to us. your mum is 68, travelling on her own, several countries refusing permission, notjust for several countries refusing permission, not just for brazil, which are they and why? they've been refused, uruguay, argentina, brazil. but there is spain, on all of those occasions, they were supposed to be able to dock and disembark if they had flights confirmed. but what we are finding is that has been revoked and they are being asked to leave the port so obviously they are on their way to florida now. but obviously we are concerned that's going to be the same situation. do you know, does your mum know, does anyone on board had the virus? no, eve ryo ne anyone on board had the virus? no, everyone is healthy, physically anyway. it's just taking everyone is healthy, physically anyway. it'sjust taking its mental toll, to be honest. how is your mum? stressed, quite up and down, not knowing if she's going to be able to get home, get on a flight, get home, and then being told no, it's quite stressful, she just wants get home. when moshi due to be back? originally about a week ago. 0k. when moshi due to be back? originally about a week ago. ok. if she's stuck in a cabin, what are the restrictions? no, she still ok, ok to move around the ship. unless there's new illness or on the ship. everyone has been on there for quite some time. you know, luckily, in that respect, she can move around. but it's just about being able to get home, whether she's going to be able to do that. the plant would be, ideally, she would get to florida, she would be allowed to get off. does she then have to book flights back from miami or what? no, princess cruises are dealing with that, they are trying to get flights for everybody. at the moment, they are being told they're going to be able to disembark once flights are confirmed in florida. and they will be taken to the airport and flown home. however, we've been told that three times already and that hasn't happened so obviously everyone is concerned, whether that's going to happen again in florida or whether they are actually going to be allowed to fly home. yes. keep in touch with us, let us know what happens. ok, thank you. and keep strong. she will be back before you know it! thank you. susie they're talking about her 68—year—old mother who is on a cruise ship, heading to florida, after being denied the chance to dock in brazil, uruguay, argentina. it's been confirmed that number 10 downing street chief adviser dominic cummings has shown symptoms of coronavirus and a self isolating at home. as you know, the british prime minister borisjohnson already self isolating after testing positive for covid—19. norman smith joins isolating after testing positive for covid—19. norman smithjoins us now. they were all working closely in a small, victorian house so no surprise? people working day by day in very close confines, it spreads, the virus seems to be cutting a scythe through the top team at number ten, obviously the prime minister we know has tested positive, the health secretary, professor chris woody, the chief medical officer, showing symptoms, he is self isolating, dominic cummings self isolating, that is the colonel of the top team who are meant to be addressing the coronavirus outbreak. it's not total calamity because they can still operate, even if not feeling great, they can talk to each other, they can still hold meetings by video link and so on. but you know, it's just evidence of how fast this virus moves, within days, we've seen pretty much the top team at number ten almost taken out by this virus. presumably, these individuals will now have to self—isolate for seven days, maybe a bit longer. and i imagine it's going to reinforce the need for people in downing street to be ever more vigilant in social distancing, trying not to hold face—to—face meetings we've seen quite a bit of that at cabinet and the daily news conferences. they are now carried out by video link at the podiums are carefully placed two metres apart, they weren't in the early days, to be frank. but they have to observe these disciplines because as we've seen, the virus is just ripping through number ten. cheers, norman, thank you. norman smith at home. let's have a look at the new advice from the government. the latest advice means you can leave your home for only very strict conditions, shopping for food and medicine, you can't go outside for one form of exercise a day, alone or with members of your household. gatherings of more than two people are banned. you can leave home for any medical need or to care for a vulnerable person and finally, you can travel to and from work but only for absolutely necessary and if you cannot work from home. you can find out more about the symptoms of coronavirus and how to protect yourself. that's on the bbc news app and on the website. as nhs doctors and nurses in intensive care units across the uk battle to save as many lives as they can, teams of volunteers are working to ensure they get fed. husband and wife actors damian lewis and helen mccrory are leading the "feednhs" campaign — in partnership with a number of food chains — which aims to provide free hot meals to nhs staff. one thing they said they needed was food but they said st marys paddington doesn't have a canteen, we send them pizzas. damian and i and various people have come up and have been working hard to get the imperial trust, ucl h, those hospitals, and leon together. to start providing food. already this morning at 1130 it's1130? first meals going out. people quite rightly were wanting to donate and saying how can i help my local hospital in birmingham or manchester or liverpool? the news is we've now gone into cooperation with nhs charities together, which is the mother ship charity at the nhs. all the funds when you click on leon. co and you donate, that will go through to the central charity and they will then disperse to all 145 charitable trusts around the uk. that's the great news, we've managed to take it national now. with the help of the nhs. damian lewis and helen mccrory. thanks for your messages, gillian says i'm a shielding patient, cannot get a delivery from any supermarket for at least three weeks. and peter says the togetherness of people through this crisis is amazing. you are watching bbc news. it's time for a look at the weather. here's carol. hello again. this week looking fairly cloudy for many of us, some exceptions as we go through the week. today compared to yesterday, certainly it's not as windy but there is still wind around and if you are exposed to it it will feel cold. we've also got scattered showers. you can see on the satellite high pressure firmly in charge. anchored out in the atlantic. the wind has subtly changed direction because the high pressure has moved so instead of coming from the arctic as it did at the weekend, it's coming from the atlantic. a lot of cloud around, some holes in the cloud, little bit of brightness, sunshine, but we have afairfew of brightness, sunshine, but we have a fairfew showers of brightness, sunshine, but we have a fair few showers continuing through the afternoon. some of them also getting towards the west. these are the temperatures, eight — ten, maybe 11 degrees but tempered are touched by the wind. as we head through this evening and overnight the wind continues to ease, still a lot of cloud around, still some showers as well but where we've got the breaks, not anticipating any issues with frost. you may find pockets in sheltered areas but for most of us there's too much cloud or it will be too breezy. tomorrow it's spot the difference, once again we are looking at a fair bit of cloud around, still some showers. perhaps some more private breaks, a bit more sunshine the best of which in the south—east of england, you hang onto it for the longest. temperature wise, because it's not as windy, it won't feel as cold, 8—11d. that's the top temperature. still a bit below power for the last day of march. tuesday into wednesday we have high pressure in charge, then we start to see a difference in the sense we have this with a front coming our way sense we have this with a front coming ourway and sense we have this with a front coming our way and that will introduce on wednesday reign eventually to the far north of scotland. we start on a fairly cloudy note, some breaks, some of us seeing sunshine, here comes the weather and introducing rain across the far north, starting to turn windy across the northern isles for example. temperatures up to 11 degrees. 11 degrees along the east coast, we've not seen that for a little while. on thursday, the weather front sinks south, cold air filtering in behind, showers on the tops of the hills and mountains turning wintry and it will be windy, ahead of the weather front some brighter breaks, lots of cloud. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. spain tightens its coronavirus lockdown even further, as the death tolljumps to 7,340 — a rise of 812 in 24 hours. in the uk, a breathing aid that can help keep coronavirus patients out of intensive care has been created in less than seven days — and if trials are sucessful, is expected to go into production next week. the british prime minister boris johnson announces 20,000 former nhs workers have returned to the health service to help with the crisis. thank you, by the way, to everyone who is now coming back to the nhs in such huge numbers.
now on bbc news, with more worked its way through thursday afternoon. than a third of the global through the remainder population confined of thursday into friday, to their homes, that cold air floods right the world is going through an unprecedented social experiment. the way across the uk. here's victoria the isobars open up derbyshire with stories a little bit. of life in lockdown. lighter winds, especially across the northern half of the uk, will mean a frosty start to friday, particularly across scotland, but also for parts of northern england and northern ireland. but here's some good sunshine from the get—go. look out for some wintry showers, though, perhaps even down to lower levels at times — that's just how cold the air will be, could even get the odd thundery shower as well. to the south, a bit more cloud around. hello, and welcome to the biggest difference, though, this bbc news special. is the way things will feel — i'm victoria derbyshire. temperatures just 6 or 7 degrees across northern scotland. stay with us, as we look at the world in lockdown, as an estimated 3 billion of us there's that high still hanging around there. are quarantined and forced 0n we go into saturday. to stay put. the clear skies overnight friday into saturday could make for a chilly start we look at how life for tens in southern parts of the uk, of millions has come but there should be some good to a standstill. sunshine on saturday and with the low starting plus, we will give you ideas on how to approach, albeit quite a way away towards the west, to keep you and your we flip that wind direction round to a southerly. relatively light on saturday, loved ones safe. butjust starting to lift our temperatures back up into and a reminder there is further double figures across scotland. advice and information about covid—i9 on the bbc news website. first, the bbc‘sjim reed takes here's the really big change, though, a look atjust how many people as that low closes in for sunday. around the world are in lockdown. the isobars squeeze together, so it's vital to slow that wind is going to get the spread of the disease. pretty strong, butjust look stay at home. how the mild air works its way all the way north across the uk. temperatures are set to leap it will break the chain of transmission widely in the mid—teens i think and it will save lives. across scotland, and we could even see up to 20 degrees a quarter of the world is now living possibly in the under some form of lockdown. south—east of england. 3 billion people have been told to stay at home. in most of europe, day—to—day life has stopped. in the north of italy, hospitals are still struggling to cope. it's three weeks now since the start of the world's first full national lockdown. the street is completely deserted. on a sunday afternoon, usually there would be, certainly, lots of people. translation: it is a national emergency situation. every one of us has a responsibility to our bit. so you mustn't approach each other. in northern europe, similar measures are now in force. in the uk, any social gathering is now banned. the public has been ordered to stay at home, with only a few exceptions. so this is what a lockdown looks like in the south of london. you're allowed to go out for essential needs, so i've been in the house for a couple of days now, about to go out to the big supermarket. they're now restricting the number of people in the building at any one time, so the queue to get in goes around there and finishes there. there are differences, though. in sweden, schools, cafes and bars have stayed open, at least for the moment. in the us, meanwhile, some individual states are moving faster than others. the sooner we get back to normal the better, but obviously that's up to the experts. even the president has to listen to all those people and hopefully he'll do that. new york state still makes up around half of all cases nationally. broadway theatres and schools have been shut. residents have been ordered to stay at home. in asia, 1.3 billion indians have been told to stay indoors for 21 days. the government is desperate to stop the virus spreading in its huge cities. translation: no-one is helping us. people are scared to give us a ride because of the virus. the police are also asking for identity cards. in other countries, though, rigourous infection tracking has allowed life to go on. in singapore, the streets are busy and the shops are open. it has closed its borders, but there's no lockdown. here, a heat sensitive camera this is bbc news, welcome takes your temperature before if you're watching you are allowed into an apartment here in the uk, on pbs building or restaurant. in america or around the globe. i feel very fortunate to be living i'm duncan golestani. in a place like this in this moment, our top stories: because most of my friends and family members, they don't the number of people have the luxury to contemplate who died from covid—19 the idea of going out for a drink. in the us has exceeds 5,000. the trump administration issues a stark warning in china, meanwhile, about the spread of the virus, the number of new hospital infections in the city saying it could get as bad as italy. where the outbreak began has slowed together, we have the power to a trickle. to save countless lives. and the residents of wuhan are now being allowed to walk we are attacking the virus at every front, with social the streets again. distancing, economic support. translation: for us, the news about lifting the lockdown here in the uk the daily is like the biggest recognition death toll passes 500 of staying at home for more for the first time. than two months. italy extends its stringent lockdown measures, it is a positive sign, then — but families are now allowed a relaxation of restrictions to take their children in a world that elsewhere has been for a walk. shutting itself down. and the painter, david hockney, in lockdown in france, in south korea, one of the first countries after china to be badly impacted by the spread of covid—i9, people have been confined to their homes for weeks, including one family who captured the world's attention back in 2017. academic professor robert kelly was working from home when his kids popped in to visit during this bbc interview. ..the question is, how do democracies respond to those scandals. and what will it mean for the wider region? i think one of your children hasjust walked in. i mean, shifting sands in the region, do you think relations with the north may change? i would be surprised if they do. the, um... pardon me. that's quite all right. my apologies! that clip has been seen more than 36 million times. the bbc‘s david eades caught up with the kelly family to see how they were getting on with life in lockdown. i think south koreans have actually dealt with it really well. i think social compliance here has been pretty high. you don't see the kind of stuff that you've seen in the us, people going to the beaches, people refusing to stay off subways and stuff like that. i mean, south koreans have actually really responded really well. and that's why the curve hasd flattened, right? i mean, the cases are down now to, like, only 100 a day. so it's actually been pretty successful. sorry, my kids are... no, no! you must never — that is one thing you can never apologise for now. it's part of the scene, isn't it, it's what we expect. but in a sense, also, we're living in a world, robert, now, where working from home, that tele—working phenomenon, is something we all have to deal with. people see this, they might have laughed and loved what they saw a couple of years ago, they can empathise now. this is a new way of working. and i guess it's transformational? yeah, i mean, it's pretty tough for us. as you can, see it's very difficult. and i put this on twitter too, right, that employers who have employees with kids, like, our age, it's going to be very, very difficult. i get maybe two hours of work done in a day, maybe three. we're fighting with them all the time, they've got nothing to do, they're climbing up the walls. it's just really, really tough, right? that's why i'm glad things are lightening up a little bit, because at least we can take them outside so they can use a little bit of their energy. three weeks ago it was very, very hard because they couldn't go anywhere. there are only so many games you can play and puzzles you can do before theyjust kind of, you know... meanwhile, people in italy have been under quarantine measures for several weeks. one of those is elisabetta abrami, confined to her small apartment in rome. she has been keeping a video diary of the ups and downs of a week in lockdown. the many of the very strict measures countries have introduced, forcing tens of millions into their homes and daily life coming to a standstill, have been welcomed. but there are concerns some governments are using the covid—19 outbreak to consolidate power and give certain leaders almost dictatorial powers. the bbc‘s christian fraser spoke to three academics and asked how they thought the lockdown would change many of our lives. a lot depends on what choices are made in the next few months. i wouldn't want to make any crystal ball predictions right now. one thing i do know from past epidemics and past crises like these is that people are much more willing, when they are afraid, to give enormous powers sometimes to the state, and they will exchange freedom and exchange all kinds of other things in exchange for safety. and we have already seen, for example, how governments in italy and france have actually carried out a strict lockdown measures that have been popular and have won a lot of popular approval. we may also see some governments use this crisis in order to break or bend democracy. politicians keep turning to these war—like analogies. it is different to war in some respects, because we're not destroying things. so one would presume that it would be easier to pick up the pieces. or has there been such a fundamental shock to the system, economic system, that things are going to change irrevocably? i think you're right, it is different from a war, both in terms of not having things destroyed but also in a war typically you see production re—orientated towards producing weapons and producing other things that military forces needed. in this case, basically both the demand and the supply side of the economy has been shut down dramatically because of the need for these extreme social distancing measures. i think when you look at the longer—term impact, clearly the longer these measures have to go on, the greater it will be. i think what you will begin to see is that all different parts of society will look for greater economic resilience. so, firms, for example, will be looking to reshape their supply chains to make sure they're more robust and more able to cope with shocks of this kind, but potentially other kinds of shocks as well. individuals will want more social protection, they will want lower debts, they will save more and also seek more insurance. one of the lessons we're learning about how global politics will change is the high degree of interdependence among 195 nation states and 7 billion people, so it's terribly important there be a global response to this crisis as well as, of course, the local response where the front lines are. there's lots of things world leaders have to work on and where global politics will change globally is there's a second wave coming, the globe has to be. we know there will be future pandemics, we know climate change is an abiding concern of every country and so the 620, the united nations, european union, whatever the multinational mechanism is, this has to work at an international level as well as at a governmental level. now, while the majority under lockdown conditions across the globe are staying at home, many are having to shelter in places where they have become stranded because of flights being cancelled and orders being closed. my name is dilys sila. i'm beth. i'm marcus. i'm ellie, i'm 26 and from the uk. i am with my friend claire, we're both from london, we're both stuck in sydney at the moment. we're just, sort of, sofa—surfing at the moment, we're staying in someone's garage. not ideal but at least a comfy bed. we went to the flight centre to try and book more flights and the lady laughed and said the flight‘s £20,000, and i said we don't have that sort of money, and she said money shouldn't be an object. we have a campervan at the moment but more campsites are closing. our current campsite closed its doors to the public today, so we've been told we are only allowed to stay until the 13th of march, which is when our booking ended. all of the kitchen and laundry are closed, so we have to do our cooking, cleaning, washing, all for three people in the van at the moment. we've tried to ring the british consulate and we e—mailed, but we've not had reply yet. i'm currentlty in accra, ghana. i flew on the fifth of march hoping to return on the 31st. the president of the country did the national address and said no flights would be going in or out of the country for about two weeks to control the coronavirus pandemic. they tell you to go and rebook the flight but you can't because they're not taking into account the borders are actually closed, so we're stuck and we don't know what to do. we've had to flights cancelled in the last week or so, and basically we've had to rent an apartment in auckland. it's very expensive. my partner has just retired from the nhs, and is desperate to get back to help there in the uk. we're basically stranded and marooned, and we could be here a long time. we're literally trapped here in sydney, we have no idea what to do anymore. no place tuesday and no money because no flights have been refunded to us. we're at our wits' end and all we want to do is come home. please, someone, help us. we feel like we've been forgotten, so saying we should fly back if we can, they need to take into account some countries have borders closed and they need to do more to help. the lockdown is also affecting millions who share accommodation. ella is in a flat—share in north london and showed us around her flat and what they're doing to stay safe. hi, my name is ella and i live in north london with four other people. now, one of my housemates is in the high—risk category, so i'm going to show you some of the measures we've put in place to keep everybody safe. first things first, and no prizes for this one, we wash our hands as soon as we get in. even though we've got a fair amount of space where we live, it's quite difficult to remember to keep the recommended government distance of two metres, which is about the length of a small elephant. thankfully, the hygiene measures we've put in place are a lot easier to keep up. in the bathroom... we keep the bathroom as clean as possible. no more shared hand towels, we separate our toothbrushes and we even have our own personal supply of loo roll. in the kitchen... no more shared tea towels and each housemaid has their own cutlery and crockery. we keep the place clean and antibac the dinner table after every use. one final rule, we make sure the doorknobs and light switches are cleaned once a day. it may seem like a lot of rules, but having housemates certainly has its upsides. you can check in on each other and see how they're doing in these wild old times. cheers, pal! while people are stuck and home, loads of people are finding creative ways to fill the time, like rachel leary. a clip of her raving to the bbc news theme tune has spawned hundreds of copycats across social media. the bbc‘s sophia smith galer as well as david lowe, who composed the tune. i am massively fan—girling right now, because here we have rachel, who is responsible for one of the best videos on the internet right now. how funny is that to say? oh my goodness! and we have david, who is responsible for composing that very bbc news theme tune. that's the one! david, are you aware that the internet right now is full of people raving to your theme tune? it's a very pleasant shock to see people doing that, especially rachel's... i think it sounded brilliant! i don't know how you put it together, but it sounded absolutely fantastic. yeah, tiktok is a pretty crazy place at the moment. there's been a video going round for a while now of people doing fake dj sets, but it's to a completely different song. my mum would tell you, i always, whenever the bbc news theme comes on, would be, like, sat on the sofa, like, thumbing my fists up in the air, and she found it so funny that i was just, like, "i'm gonna combine these two together." oh my god, it's got the beat, it's got the... what would you call it in musical terms? it's not like the key change, but it's like the beat change that really, like, everyone's... like, the drop! the drop in, like, the song. crescendo, i think that's what you're talking about. 0k! the idea was the pips on the radio, when you hear the beats you know you're listening to the radio and it's time for the news, and i thought maybe... i was thinking we could do there one with a dance beat because it's all about time and accuracy and stuff. gets you hyped up for the news. you could use the pip like this and then, which is a sound in itself that works, and then start adding drums to it like... a bit more drums like that, and just building up the idea. so pips for the dance beat and then adding the baseline. i can hear this in ibiza now. the baseline's a bit of a reggaeton feel to it. that sort of feel. then building it with big drums to add a bit of drama and tension. just so many people have messaged me from the bbc saying, "thank you so much sharing that — it's really boosted my morale today," and some of those people who have messaged me are broadcast—critical. we rely on them to keep the bbc news on the air and ijust wanted to say thank you. finally to australia, where the control measures there stopped a pub choir from being able to perform at their local watering hole, so they went online and asked people to film themselves singing close to you by the carpenters. more than 1,000 different people from 18 countries responded 00:24:34,292 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 to their request.
on coronavirus, including what the symptoms are and how to self—isolate. hello and welcome to this bbc news special. i am annita mcveigh. stay with us as we share the latest information, health advice and reports about the coronavirus. we will show you exactly what sciences think the covid—19 is and ask how close are we to a vaccine? plus, will explain how to make sure that the facts you're getting about the virus are accurate and reliable. and a reminder that there is further advice and information about the pandemic on the bbc news website. but first, this coronavirus may be dominating headlines around the world and changing the lives of hundreds of millions of people, but what exactly do we know about covid—19 and how close are we to a vaccine? bbc‘s jim covid—19 and how close are we to a vaccine? bbc‘sjim reed, reports. sars cough two is the technical name for the virus that causes covid—19. pa rt for the virus that causes covid—19. part of a coronavirus family that is one of sex that can affect humans. when amazing today we can get a genetic code for a virus really quickly and it turns out that this particular virus virus is very closely related to bat and pangolin viruses. wannabe theories is that it could have spread through of those species to —— one of those theories, to humans. the virus is made up of 30 genes compared to 20,000 to humans. imitates changes over time, allowing scientists to draw a family tree showing where different trains have come from and how they have spread. because of the slight shifts and mutations the virus accumulates, we can track which would came from china in between came from the west coast for instance that are going to new york and so on. that is what the religious are looking at right now, to track the virus. the virus typically enters the human body through the nose or mouse, though spikes on the outside grab onto a protein which is common in cells in the throat and lungs. most covid—19 infections cause a fever as our immune system rights to where the virus from our body. essentially, viruses when they're in the phase of infection, absolutely hijack the host cell, turn it into a virus making factory, releasing new virus particles that are then free to infect other neighbouring cells within the same host. all of course, if they are exhaled or coughed or sneezed out, they are then able to infect any person. not unusual for a virus to cause different symptoms in different people. it can depend on age, genetics and the amount you are exposed to. you always get this wide spectrum of responses to infection and covert is no different. we know that age is one of the key factors for whether you are more likely to suffer from severe disease. this map shows how eight different trains of the virus are now circulating quickly around the world, partly because no—one is immune. it may also be that a proportion of those infected show very mild symptoms but cannot still pass the virus onto others. there are a few things that are right for this virus to be very successful. 0ne iguana is the fact that it seems to be —— big one, the time of the commission., the time when you start setting the virus and the time you feel sick. it's very impossible to catch those types of people unless we commence massive screening for the virus. i/o technology and drug companies around the world are now working on vaccines and treatments. wonder promising targets is though spikes on the outside of the virus itself. we have a colleague at university couege we have a colleague at university college london who is using the biggest supercomputer in europe to search through old libraries of drugs which have already been tried and tested for other viruses and other infections, just to see if none of them has the ability to ——if one of them has the ability to interview a coronavirus. should be a vaccine that stops us from getting disease in the first place but testing and factoring takes time. evenif testing and factoring takes time. even if sciences are successful, it is unlikely to be rolled out widely until sometime next year. spain continues to be one of the country's worst affected by the virus. more than 10,000 people there have already died and the country has beenin already died and the country has been in lockdown since the middle of march. speaking from their apartment in barcelona, paul and his wife angela reflect on the daily challenges of being stuck inside with a four—year—old for more than three weeks. that's the outlook from spain but in neighbouring italy, across europe and around the world, governments have imposed strict rules to make sure people stay at home. but multiple domestic abuse aid agencies are warning of a bleak picture for those stuck in a violent household with fewer avenues to report abuse. megan spoke to a woman in lockdown with her abuser. domestic abuse hotlines in the us and france say they have had more calls since the coronavirus outbreak. but the un i warning that poorer women have fewer ways to report abuse. we spoke to this 27—year—old from rural india. it is the first —— the first time her husband hit her was her wedding night when she was 15. she told us that since the coronavirus outbreak, her husband's income has reduced to £5a her husband's income has reduced to £5 a day. schools have also closed across india and herfour children are home all day in their 1—room house. this angers her husband. india is now on a 21—day lockdown. we spoke to her the night before it was announced and haven't been able to reach her since. in china, where the virus originated, authorities there say they now have a grip on there say they now have a grip on the outbreak. it is widely believed beijing is harnessing the power of its sophisticated surveillance state to track, monitor and control people to track, monitor and control people to stop the spread of the disease. the use of mobile phone data has proven particularly effective and 110w proven particularly effective and now some of the techniques are being accompanied by a growing number of companies around the world —— countries, including singapore, south korea, and iran. how can surveillance state tools help in a pandemic and what are the potential pitfalls for privacy and freedom. 0ur cyber security reporterjoe, explains. this robot is disinfecting a subway train so humans don't have to. it isjust a subway train so humans don't have to. it is just one of the high—tech tools that china is using to fight the coronavirus, along with drones and facial recognition cameras. but what about the technology we can't see? china's sophisticated and controversial data surveillance system is used to track citizens on and off line. and it's proving extremely effective during the pandemic. the mass surveillance networks is taken the communist party decades to build. they faced new constant criticism from it around the world but as the world tries to get a grip on covid—19, many countries are looking to them for answers. here is how they are doing in south korea. are using your phone to locate where you are and then sending you an emergency alert if you are anywhere near where separate last patient has been. singapore, israel, iran, taiwan and russia have all adopted some or all of the chinese methods to temporarily harness the power of data. more expected to follow. how does china's data surveillance system work? and how is it useful in a pandemic? it all starts with this. a national id card. you need one to do pretty much anything in china, from buying a mobile phone to using any act, anything you do leave the data trail linked back to your id. in areas on lockdown, phone location data is being used to monitor movement and enforce curfews. if a patient is meant to be in quarantine, geolocation things on the phone can alert authorities if they stray out of their homes. phone location data is also being used to map location data is also being used to ma p exa ctly location data is also being used to map exactly where that person visited in the two weeks before being diagnosed. a combination of human and automated computer analysis work out who they may have infected. if they went on a train and got too close to other commuters, a text messages sent out through one of the major apps, alerting those at risk. every person is being assigned a coloured qr code depending on the risk they pose. green, no risk. 0range, they have entered a potential virus hotspot and read if they have tested positive for the virus and could still be contagious. none of this fibre surveillance would be any good without the chinese state's strip teams too. police and volunteers have literally manned the exits of apartment blocks to keep places on lockdown. but in countries where these data surveillance powers are being brought into help deal with coronavirus, some people are worried about the long—term. coronavirus, some people are worried about the long-term. my name is adam schwartz, i am a senior lawyer. is a great concern that when government get powers in a crisis, government never gives those powers away even when the crisis ends, so for example in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the united states created vast new surveillance powers and 19 years later those powers are still very much in the hands of the us government. adam and others also have westerns about just government. adam and others also have westerns aboutjust how much of a difference this data surveillance can make an effort is worth it copy what we are basically saying to governments around the world is, before you unveil or unleash a brand—new meth surveillance power, it is necessary for governments to come forward and really public health professionals to come forward and show that these technologies would actually address the crisis. striking the delicate balance between privacy and security is an age—old problem for governments and the public. but perhaps never in history has the dilemma been more pressing and more life—threatening. now, many of us are facing the challenges of dealing with coronavirus, and also dealing with very different working conditions. you will have noticed where you are receiving the news has become very different, not least that the programme you are watching now didn't exist two weeks ago. bbc‘s media editor has been looking at the challenges the news and media industry is facing. good evening. good evening. 0ur headlines for you this morning. coronavirus crisis. pandemic... especially one in the information age. trusted news becomes a precious commodity. for which there is high demand. britain has a range of regulated public service forecasters doing their best to produce world—class journalism. ratings for news programmes across all channels are soaring, with many presenters broadcasting from home. published data showing that transporting across the country... actually producing broadcast news is exceptionally hard and a global pandemic. innovation is the only solution. there is plenty of it about. recording... here, a correspondent is at home in manchester, working on a bbc news piece with her cameraman and editor, who is nearly 30 miles away in derbyshire. the nhs scheme only cove rs derbyshire. the nhs scheme only covers england... these are the result of teamwork. and by children, too, who can make their presence felt when correspondence with home. keeping both staff and contributors safe has been a priority. keeping from interviewees can be hard, but who makes a loud sound to be ca ptu red who makes a loud sound to be captured safely in high—quality. and it's not just captured safely in high—quality. and it's notjust television. kitchens and front lounges have been converted into makeshift radios idiots, like those at the today programme. here is the bbc‘s david stiletto using a duvet to improve sound quality. to a much greater extent sound quality. to a much greater exte nt tha n sound quality. to a much greater extent than is usually acknowledged, journalism is a product of a particularly energy, cometary and culture from within a newsroom like that of the bbc. it is hard to replicate that when you are set to metres apart. this place is usually densely packed but like millions of others also facing logistical challenges, most editors and producers are now working from home. i'm working on a piece with david hockney... apps such as skype are replacing daily face—to—face meetings. what you think about using the clip we have already laid down? we can do that. broadcasting is a lwa ys we can do that. broadcasting is always a technical adventure, but right now more than ever. i'm in central london working with elizabeth in kent. that is our media editor about how the appetite trusted news from reputable broadcasters is soaring. but along with that comes a lot of misleading information from fake health advice to elation about government action. some information may be being spread by people who mean well but are nevertheless wrong. in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, passing on information can feel like one way we can support our families and friends. here at the bbc, we are working very hard to make sure that everything we broadcast and publish is accurate and up—to—date, but there is a whole load of information out there that isn't. and misinformation can spread fast. if a message is sent to a what that group of 20, then each of them shares it with 20 other people, and this happens five times, it can reach more than 3 million people very quickly. untruths can take many forms. 0ne quickly. untruths can take many forms. one of the most common we are seeing is copied and pasted messages being passed around on what or facebook groups containing bad advice orfake facebook groups containing bad advice or fake killers. facebook groups containing bad advice orfake killers. and because these are shared by a friend or trusted source, it's not obvious who wrote these messages in the first place. 0ften wrote these messages in the first place. often they are attributed to a vague source like a friend's friend who is a doctor, soldier, or works for the government. for example, a voice note has been spreading on whatsapp. and ed, a woman is translating advice from a colleague who has a friend working ata colleague who has a friend working at a hospital on the spanish island of gran canaria. some of the tips are helpful such as washing surfaces thoroughly. but the voice memo includes misleading advice as well. the speaker suggests sunlight neutralises the virus, and that coronavirus can be killed by taking a sip of warm water every 20 minutes. there is no scientific basis for either of these claims. if you are not sure, the whole post is true, it might do more harm than good to share it. and if the source isn't easily identifiable or the story hasn't been reported elsewhere, then it really is worth being sceptical about it. pictures taken out of context can also be really misleading. a video from italy was posted on twitter, showing military vehicles on the streets. there were rumours they were responding to coronavirus rea. in fa ct, responding to coronavirus rea. in fact, they were returning from routine exercises that had nothing to do with the outbreak. some of us may share information with our friends as a joke or to lighten the mood, but even if they don't take it seriously, others might. for example, a claim that lions were released in russia to patrol the street was taken seriously by some. it was not true. we all want to share news that we think will help others but before you do, follow these steps. has the story been reported anywhere else? is it from a reliable source? has the photo or image been taken out of context? if you are not sure, then maybe it is fake, and you can stop that information from doing harm by not sharing it any further. if you want to check medical advice, go on the world health organization website. and if you feel that a story isn't real, you can always look to a reliable source like the bbc. that's it for now, but before we go we thought we would share some of the striking images from the last week from around the world is the coronavirus continues to upend the lives of hundreds of millions of people. and a reminder, you can keep up—to—date with all the latest information on the lockdown in your area and your country on our website. thanks for watching. yes, our weather is turning warmer this weekend, but of course we follow the rules, we stay at home and we improvise. whatever your view on the weather outside, it will be sunnier by sunday and out there it will be warmer, it will also be windier as well with pollen levels heading up. the big picture shows high pressure to the east of us, low pressure approaching from atlantic, and ahead of that will strengthen the southerly flow, of course that is a warm direction, so it will be a warm wind on sunday, lifting temperatures in the sunnier parts of eastern england to around 20, maybe 21 celsius. that said, there will be a touch of frost in places as saturday begins, cooler than this in the countryside, so some spots close to freezing. there will be a few mist and fog patches out there, more especially towards the midlands in southern england. some rain in northern scotland will set on across the northern isles, still the odd shower in scotland and northern england, from what will be a good deal of cloud, some sunny spells, elsewhere in england and wales there will be increasing sunshine as we go through the day. while all parts are going to be milder, it is particularly across england and wales where we will notice those temperatures into the mid—teens. but also a freshening southerly wind, a sign of things to come as we get deeper into the weekend. 0vernight and into sunday morning, although there is plenty of cloud around, enough wind to stop the temperature going down too far so we are frost free as sunday begins, and sunday will deliver plenty of sunshine. while most places will hold onto that sunshine, the further west you are you will see it clouding over and it may well start to get a bit of rain later in the day, northern ireland, parts of western scotland, the far west of england and wales, some uncertainty about the timing of the arrival of any rain from the area of low pressure i showed you earlier. what is certain is that the wind will pick up more on sunday, gusts across western areas later in the day near 50 miles an hour but it will be warmer across all parts, particularly in that sunshine, across eastern parts of england we could see around 21 celsius. but pollen levels will be higher and particularly in england and wales. into next week, sunday night into monday, we will see from that area of low pressure a band of rain spread east across the uk, behind that as it clears on monday, sunshine returns, it will be cooler before temperatures head up again as the week goes on. hello and welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm simon pusey. let's begin in china, where people are observing a three—minute silence all over the country to mourn patients and medical staff killed by the coronavirus. the by the coronavirus. pictures you are sitting here the pictures you are sitting here are from wuhan, the city where the virus originated. this is a train station. let's ta ke this is a train station. let's take a listen to the three minutes of silence.
population confined to their homes, the world is going through an unprecedented social experiment. here's victoria derbyshire with stories of life in lockdown. hello, and welcome to this bbc news special. i'm victoria derbyshire. stay with us, as we look at the world in lockdown, as an estimated 3 billion of us are quarantined and forced to stay put. we look at how life for tens of millions has come to a standstill. plus, we will give you ideas on how to keep you and your loved ones safe. and a reminder there is further advice and information about covid—19 on the bbc news website. first, the bbc‘sjim reed takes a look atjust how many people around the world are in lockdown. so it's vital to slow the spread of the disease. stay at home. it will break the chain of transmission and it will save lives. a quarter of the world is now living under some form of lockdown. 3 billion people have been told to stay at home. in most of europe, day—to—day life has stopped. in the north of italy, hospitals are still struggling to cope. it's three weeks now since the start of the world's first full national lockdown. the street is completely deserted. on a sunday afternoon, usually there would be, certainly, lots of people. translation: it is a national emergency situation. every one of us has a responsibility to our bit. so you mustn't approach each other. in northern europe, similar measures are now in force. in the uk, any social gathering is now banned. the public has been ordered to stay at home, with only a few exceptions. so this is what a lockdown looks like in the south of london. you're allowed to go out for essential needs, so i've been in the house for a couple of days now, about to go out to the big supermarket. they're now restricting the number of people in the building at any one time, so the queue to get in goes around there and finishes there. there are differences, though. in sweden, schools, cafes and bars have stayed open, at least for the moment. in the us, meanwhile, some individual states are moving faster than others. the sooner we get back to normal the better, but obviously that's up to the experts. even the president has to listen to all those people and hopefully he'll do that. new york state still makes up around half of all cases nationally. broadway theatres and schools have been shut. residents have been ordered to stay at home. in asia, 1.3 billion indians have been told to stay indoors for 21 days. the government is desperate to stop the virus spreading in its huge cities. translation: no-one is helping us. people are scared to give us a ride because of the virus. the police are also asking for identity cards. in other countries, though, rigourous infection tracking has allowed life to go on. in singapore, the streets are busy and the shops are open. it has closed its borders, but there's no lockdown. here, a heat sensitive camera takes your temperature before you are allowed into an apartment building or restaurant. i feel very fortunate to be living in a place like this in this moment, because most of my friends and family members, they don't have the luxury to contemplate the idea of going out for a drink. in china, meanwhile, the number of new hospital infections in the city where the outbreak began has slowed to a trickle. and the residents of wuhan are now being allowed to walk the streets again. translation: for us, the news about lifting the lockdown is like the biggest recognition of staying at home for more than two months. it is a positive sign, then — a relaxation of restrictions in a world that elsewhere has been shutting itself down. in south korea, one of the first countries after china to be badly impacted by the spread of covid—i9, people have been confined to their homes for weeks, including one family who captured the world's attention back in 2017. academic professor robert kelly was working from home when his kids popped in to visit during this bbc interview. ..the question is, how do democracies respond to those scandals. and what will it mean for the wider region? i think one of your children hasjust walked in. i mean, shifting sands in the region, do you think relations with the north may change? i would be surprised if they do. the, um... pardon me. that's quite all right. my apologies! that clip has been seen more than 36 million times. the bbc‘s david eades caught up with the kelly family to see how they were getting on with life in lockdown. i think south koreans have actually dealt with it really well. i think social compliance here has been pretty high. you don't see the kind of stuff that you've seen in the us, people going to the beaches, people refusing to stay off subways and stuff like that. i mean, south koreans have actually really responded really well. and that's why the curve hasd flattened, right? i mean, the cases are down now to, like, only 100 a day. so it's actually been pretty successful. sorry, my kids are... no, no! you must never — that is one thing you can never apologise for now. it's part of the scene, isn't it, it's what we expect. but in a sense, also, we're living in a world, robert, now, where working from home, that tele—working phenomenon, is something we all have to deal with. people see this, they might have laughed and loved what they saw a couple of years ago, they can empathise now. this is a new way of working. and i guess it's transformational? yeah, i mean, it's pretty tough for us. as you can, see it's very difficult. and i put this on twitter too, right, that employers who have employees with kids, like, our age, it's going to be very, very difficult. i get maybe two hours of work done in a day, maybe three. we're fighting with them all the time, they've got nothing to do, they're climbing up the walls. it's just really, really tough, right? that's why i'm glad things are lightening up a little bit, because at least we can take them outside so they can use a little bit of their energy. three weeks ago it was very, very hard because they couldn't go anywhere. there are only so many games you can play and puzzles you can do before theyjust kind of, you know... meanwhile, people in italy have been under quarantine measures for several weeks. one of those is elisabetta abrami, confined to her small apartment in rome. she has been keeping a video diary of the ups and downs of a week in lockdown. many of the very strict that measures countries have introduced, forcing tens of millions into their homes and daily life coming to a standstill, have been welcomed. but there are concerns some governments are using the covid—19 outbreak to consolidate power and give certain leaders almost dictatorial powers. the bbc‘s christian fraser spoke to three academics and asked how they thought the lockdown would change many of our lives. a lot depends on what choices are made in the next few months. i wouldn't want to make any crystal ball predictions right now. one thing i do know from past epidemics and past crises like these is that people are much more willing, when they are afraid, to give enormous powers sometimes to the state, and they will exchange freedom and exchange all kinds of other things in exchange for safety. and we have already seen, for example, how governments in italy and france have actually carried out a strict lockdown measures that have been popular and have won a lot of popular approval. we may also see some governments use this crisis in order to break or bend democracy. politicians keep turning to these war—like analogies. it is different to war in some respects, because we're not destroying things. so one would presume that it would be easier to pick up the pieces. or has there been such a fundamental shock to the system, economic system, that things are going to change irrevocably? i think you're right, it is different from a war, both in terms of not having things destroyed but also in a war typically you see production re—orientated towards producing weapons and producing other things that military forces needed. in this case, basically both the demand and the supply side of the economy has been shutdown dramatically because of the need for these extreme social distancing measures. i think when you look at the longer—term impact, clearly the longer these measures have to go on, the greater it will be. i think what you will begin to see is that all different parts of society will look for greater economic resilience. so, firms, for example, will be looking to reshape their supply chains to make sure they're more robust and more able to cope with shocks of this kind, but potentially other kinds of shocks as well. individuals will want more social protection, they will want lower debts, they will save more and also seek more insurance. one of the lessons we're learning about how global politics will change is the high degree of interdependence among 195 nation states and 7.7 billion people, so it's terribly important there be a global response to this crisis as well as, of course, the local responses where the front lines are. there's lots of things world leaders have to work on, and where global politics will change globally is we know there's a second wave coming, the globe has to be better prepared. we know there will be future pandemics, we know climate change is an abiding concern of every country and so the 620, the united nations, european union, whatever the multinational mechanism is, this has to work at an international level as well as at a governmental level. now, while the majority under lockdown conditions across the globe are staying at home, many are having to shelter in places where they have become stranded because of flights being cancelled and orders being closed. and borders being closed. my name is dilys sila. i'm beth. i'm marcus. i'm ellie, i'm 26 and from the uk. i am with my friend claire, we're both from london, we're both stuck in sydney at the moment. we're just, sort of, sofa—surfing at the moment, we're staying in someone's garage. not ideal but at least a comfy bed. we went to the flight centre to try and book more flights and the lady laughed and said the flight‘s £20,000, and i said we don't have that sort of money, and she said money shouldn't be an object. we have a campervan at the moment but more campsites are closing. our current campsite closed its doors to the public today, so we've been told we are only allowed to stay until the 13th of march, which is when our booking ended. all of the kitchen and laundry are closed, so we have to do our cooking, cleaning, washing, all for three people in the van at the moment. we've tried to ring the british consulate and we e—mailed, but we've not had reply yet. i'm currentlty in accra, ghana. i flew on the fifth of march hoping to return on the 315t. the president of the country did the national address and said no flights would be going in or out of the country for about two weeks to control the coronavirus pandemic. they tell you to go and rebook the flight but you can't because they're not taking into account the borders are actually closed, so we're stuck and we don't know what to do. we've had to flights cancelled in the last week or so, and basically we've had to rent an apartment in auckland. it's very expensive. my partner has just retired from the nhs, and is desperate to get back to help there in the uk. we're basically stranded and marooned, and we could be here a long time. we're literally trapped here in sydney, we have no idea what to do anymore. no place to stay, no money because no flights have been refunded to us. we're at our wits' end and all we want to do is come home. please, someone, help us. we feel like we've been forgotten, so saying we should fly back if we can, they need to take into account some countries have borders closed and they need to do more to help. the lockdown is also affecting millions who share accommodation. ella is in a flat—share in north london and showed us around her flat and what they're doing to stay safe. hi, my name is ella and i live in north london with four other people. now, one of my housemates is in the high—risk category, so i'm going to show you some of the measures we've put in place to keep everybody safe. first things first, and no prizes for this one, we wash our hands as soon as we get in. even though we've got a fair amount of space where we live, it's quite difficult to remember to keep the recommended government distance of two metres, which is about the length of a small elephant. thankfully, the hygiene measures we've put in place are a lot easier to keep up. in the bathroom... we keep the bathroom as clean as possible. no more shared hand towels, we separate our toothbrushes and we even have our own personal supply of loo roll. in the kitchen... no more shared tea towels and each housemaid has their own cutlery and crockery. —— housemate. we keep the place clean and antibac the dinner table after every use. one final rule, we make sure the doorknobs and light switches are cleaned once a day. it may seem like a lot of rules, but having housemates certainly has its upsides. you can check in on each other and see how they're doing in these wild old times. cheers, pal! while people are stuck and home, loads of people are finding creative ways to fill the time, like rachel leary. a clip of her raving to the bbc news theme tune has spawned hundreds of copycats across social media. the bbc‘s sophia smith galer as well as david lowe, who composed the tune. i am massively fan—girling right now, because here we have rachel, who is responsible for one of the best videos on the internet right now. how funny is that to say? oh my goodness! and we have david, who is responsible for composing that very bbc news theme tune. that's the one! david, are you aware that the internet right now is full of people raving to your theme tune? it's a very pleasant shock to see people doing that, especially rachel's... i think it sounded brilliant! i don't know how you put it together, but it sounded absolutely fantastic. yeah, tiktok is a pretty crazy place at the moment. there's been a video going round for a while now of people doing fake dj sets, but it's to a completely different song. my mum would tell you, i always, whenever the bbc news theme comes on, would be, like, sat on the sofa, like, thumbing my fists up in the air, and she found it so funny that i was just, like, "i'm gonna combine these two together." oh my god, it's got the beat, it's got the... what would you call it in musical terms? it's not like the key change, but it's like the beat change that really, like, everyone's... like, the drop! the drop in, like, the song. crescendo, i think that's what you're talking about. 0k! the idea was the pips on the radio, when you hear the beats you know you're listening to the radio and it's time for the news, and i thought maybe... i was thinking we could do there one with a dance beat because it's all about time and accuracy and stuff. gets you hyped up for the news. you could use the pip like this and then, which is a sound in itself that works, and then start adding drums to it like... a bit more drums like that, and just building up the idea. so pips for the dance beat and then adding the baseline. i can hear this in ibiza now. the baseline's a bit of a reggaeton feel to it. that sort of feel. then building it with big drums to add a bit of drama and tension. just so many people have messaged me from the bbc saying, "thank you so much sharing that — it's really boosted my morale today," and some of those people who have messaged me are broadcast—critical. we rely on them to keep the bbc news on the air and ijust wanted to say thank you. finally we head to australia, where the control measures there stopped a pub choir from being able to perform at their local watering hole, so they went online and asked people to film themselves singing close to you by the carpenters. more than 1,000 different people from 18 countries responded to their request. # why do stars fall down from the sky # every time you walk by? #just like me, they long to be # close to you # they want to be close # on the day that you were born the angels got together # and decided to create a dream come true # so they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold # and starlight in your eyes of blue...# that's it for now. you can keep up—to—date with all the latest information on the lockdown in your area and your country on our website. you can contact me at any time on twitter — i'm @vicderbyshire. thanks for watching. hello. in more ways than one, a lot has changed over the last week, none more so than in the weather, where we saw on tuesday last week the feel of late spring in the north coast of wales — 19 celsius, 63 fahrenheit achieved. a week later, well, we're lucky if we reach nine celsius in the same spot, even with some sunshine continuing. that colder theme continues through this coming 2a hours, but a little less chilly. high pressure's moved further west so the winds more westerly than northern, and notice the gaps in the isobars, starting to widen, indicating it won't be as windy as it has been. that said, a noticeable north—westerly breeze in parts of northern scotland bringing a few rain showers through the day. one or two rain showers in northern ireland and northern england but many will stay dry. a bit of sunshine coming and going through the day, the best of which will be in southern counties of england, east anglia and the channel islands. sunnier than in recent days, and the breeze won't be as strong as it has been, it will probably feel that little bit less chilly. elsewhere, light winds, and that will continue through tuesday night into wednesday away from the far north of scotland. cloud amounts often large through the night. a few showers in the north and west again. where you see any cloud breaks, a bit of frost around, the greatest chance in clear skies in southern counties of england. this is where it'll be frostiest to begin wednesday morning. so, a chilly start here. that ridge of high pressure just in, but changes through the day in the north. the isobars tightening up again, coming closer, breeze picking up and that weather front set to bring some more significant rain — orkney and shetland in the morning, and then through the day, the northern half of scotland. away from that, a few showers, plenty of cloud around for the vast majority, and the sunshine will come out later in the north of scotland. while we could see temperatures peaking at ten, it will drop because cold air is on its way. this quite significant area of low pressure pushes from iceland towards norway, introducing gales quite widely across the northern half of scotland, if not severe gales, and a shot of cold air to see the week out, pushing its way southwards. so, for thursday, cloudy to begin with in the south. a few more showers pushing through the day. brightening up in the north but showers turn wintry, sleet and snow quite abundantly, and temperatures in lower single figures. whereas we've still got temperatures potentially around 12 or 13 in the south—east corner. but the cold snap, thursday into friday, is short—lived. just notice by saturday and the weekend, milder air returns from the south. this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk, on pbs in america or around the globe. i'm lewis—vaughan jones. our top stories: the us navy sails into virus—stricken new york city, as donald trump says americans must social distance to save a million lives. this is our shared patriotic duty. challenging times are ahead for the next 30 days, and this is a very vital 30 days. syria reports its first deaths. we'll talk to an aid worker who fears a disaster is about to unfold.
english health secretary, matt hancock, said it would be fine for someone hancock, said it would be fine for someone to jump into the car with their dog to go for a walk somewhere. the welsh secretary said today absolutely that is not ok. so there is still a need for more clarity on when and where people are allowed to go out. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. thank you. the weather is certainly warming up over the next few days, but perhaps this is the best way to enjoy it. warmer weather on the way, but not just yet. enjoy it. warmer weather on the way, but notjust yet. this area of low pressure is currentlyjust to the west of spain and portugal. this low pressure is going to shift the wind direction and is going to draw up some very warm air from the azores, and watch how these warm southerlies approach the british isles over the next 48 hours. but for the time being, the weather is still more or less coming out of the north—west, a cooler source. you can see temperatures still struggling in scotland. you can see behind me, get a sense of the winds lifting in from the south. i think for many of us tonight, that is the transition period, from the cool north—westerly is to the onset of the southerlies. soi is to the onset of the southerlies. so i think tonight it will not be quite as cold as last night. so, here is saturday's weather forecast, with a sense of the southerlies developing. many parts of england, sunny skies, always a bit more cloud in the north—west and the possibility of a few showers across parts of scotland. already 16 in the south. saturday into sunday, that low— pressure south. saturday into sunday, that low—pressure edges closer, and so does that bloom of warmer air from the south. if anything it could turn a little too windy across some parts of western britain, outbreaks of rain are possible in these western areas. so, not 100% rain are possible in these western areas. so, not100% of rain are possible in these western areas. so, not 100% of the british isles gets that fine weather. further towards the east, southerly breeze, and temperatures getting up to about 18 in newcastle, for example. and 20 degrees is on the cards in london. the pollen levels will be moderate across much of england and wales and peaking high in the south—east. even after the weekend, after the rows of a blip, taking london, for example, it looks as though the weather will be warming up again by when wednesday, temperatures are expected to exceed 20 celsius. so, yes, a warm spell of weather is on the way, but you know what the advice is. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s hello, i'm sarah mulkerrins at the bbc sport centre. all 20 premier league clubs are meeting today via video, to discuss plans both for the conclusion of the season and the topic of players taking wage reductions. our sports news reporter laura scottjoins me now. laura, clubs and players have really been under the spotlight in recent days over their wages and what they are not doing? exactly. we have seen a furious reaction. a lot of mps piling in on football saying that the players have to take action and that the clu bs a re have to take action and that the clubs are existing in a moral vacuum because nonplaying staff have been put on furlough schemes, some of them have, while players at the moment are still on full salaries. we now the premier league clubs are meeting today. we haven't had a night coming —— and outcome of that meeting yet. in the past few days they have been in conversations with they have been in conversations with the players union about what they can do. it's interesting. the clubs have two, they are discussing how they can cut costs when there is no football and no revenue, and whether the players should have deferrals or wage cuts. but also the players, we are hearing there are reports of manchester united players perhaps offering a donation from their salaries to the nhs. that has not been confirmed yet. but what we could see in the coming days as players taking their own actions separately from what the clubs decide. but are clearly complex discussions going on. and there's so much pressure on the clubs to be seen much pressure on the clubs to be seen taking some positive action. laura, also on the agenda will be where football can potentially can return. we know the current deadline is april the 30th but that seems really unlikely? yes. there is a consensus that april 30 is not realistic. they will have to push it back. whether they put a new date on it we don't know. they could follow the lead of uefa, who have said they have just indefinitely suspended football. they could decide they are just going to say they will extended indefinitely and just monitor it co nsta ntly, indefinitely and just monitor it constantly, which is of course what they have been doing. but rather than put a new date on it. it is such a difficult discussion to have about one football could possibly resume and the various scenarios they could explore of how they could resume football. given the uncertainty about when this virus will ease, just seems that putting a new date on it might been meaningless. whether they put an indefinite suspension. laura scott, thank you forjoining us. the coronavirus pandemic has already had a significant human impact on football. arsenal manager mikel arteta and chelsea's callum hudson—odoi have now both recovered from the disease, while five players from the league one side portsmouth tested positive. james bolton was among the players infected — he's now fully recovered and only had mild symptoms. it was thought that athletes, being fit lads, but it has been shown now that anybody can get it. it's just one of them. it's spreading fast. i don't think anybody is immune to it. it's a nasty virus. one thing we've been seeing during the enforced lockdown in the last couple of weeks is the way families have come up with creative ways to get their sporting fix. the whybrow household have decided to find a unique way to recreate the drama of great britain's success at olympic curling. rhona martin, one last delivery for olympic gold. it's on its way. she's done it! i love that. that is ingenious. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. we will be back in the afternoon. see you then. thank you, sarah. see you later. good afternoon. you are watching bbc news. i'mjane hill. we will take you through the key developments here today regarding coronavirus. a new temporary hospital in london to treat coronavirus patients has been officially opened, via videolink, by the prince of wales. it tookjust nine days to build, and staff started moving into the temporary intensive care unit this morning. the first patients are expected to arrive next week. 16,000 health care workers are needed to staff the hospital, with capacity for as many as 4,000 patients. glasgow, cardiff and belfast, other temporary facilites for more than 6,000 patients could be operational by the end of the month. our health editor hugh pym was there and he spoke to the health secretary matt hancock. yes, iam yes, i am here yes, iam here in yes, i am here in london's docklands at the nightingale hospital. it has just officially opened. at the ceremony was matt hancock, the health secretary, who joins ceremony was matt hancock, the health secretary, whojoins me now. what is the significance of today? the thing is, this is a hospital that nobody ever would have wanted. and it's a testament to the nhs, to the armed forces and to the hundreds of companies involved that in nine days we have been able to put together this 4000 bed hospital. but what really matters about it is that it is our absolute primary aim throughout this whole process to keep nhs capacity to deal with people who have very serious conditions because of coronavirus, to keep that capacity above need. that is what the nhs is therefore. and that is what really matters. and having this capacity of up to 4000 beds in the excel centre here in the nhs nightingale hospital means that in london to keep ahead of that demand, and then expand around the country. have you taken staff and ventilators and other equipment from other parts of the nhs, leaving them short? we are bringing more ventilators, new ventilators, into this facility. and making sure that we are getting extra ventilator capacity. some of it from abroad, some of it being made here in the uk. then in terms of staff we are drawing on some staff from around london. the number of people that each member of staff is looking after is bigger than usual. there is that extra demand on the staff. i pay tribute to them for rising to that challenge. but we are also seeing thousands, now 24,000, retired staff coming out of retirement and back into the nhs. that is incredibly important, so make sure that we have got the people. obviously a building with the beds in it is no use without the people in there to care. now on testing, currently it about 10,000 tests a day. you say you want to get it to 100,000 within a couple of weeks, by the end of this month. a lot of people find that completely unbelievable? well, if you think about it a month ago we had fewer than 2000 tests a day. i set the goal by the end of march to get to 10,000 tests a day. we have hit that goal. now i have set the goal of 100,000 tests a day by the end of the month. it is another national —— icu massive national effort. if you think about the ventilators, the national effort to build this hospital, and the national effort to get testing up, so far people have risen to this challenge. i think the whole country can see just how important it is. but where are the tests going to come from? who is going to do them? you have not given any details? well, we have. i set out a five— point any details? well, we have. i set out a five—point plan yesterday. the first stage is the expansion of the testing capacity within the nhs and with public health england, who are doing an amazing job. and then also, the next stage is to bring in the private sector companies, the existing testing companies, companies like thermo fisher and ran docs, who are doing testing and are testing experts. and then to bring in the wider pharmaceutical industry that may not traditionally be testing companies, but are turning their minds to it. there is some confusion about the antibody blood test which was said to be included. are you now saying it is not included? the 100,000 tests a day is clearly, overall the different type of tests. there are different types of tests. there are different types of tests, as you know. but a swab tests to test that you have the virus, and antibody test which the blood tests will find out if you are now immune because you have got the antibodies. there are five strands, five pillars to that work. my goal that i have set for the whole system is that we will have 100,000 tests per day right across the board. and are these england only? no, that is are these england only? no, that is a goal for the entire country, the entire uk, and avicii working closely with the devolved authorities both on their testing capacity, but also on their need for testing, because we have got to make sure that we expand that capacity across the board. just one more question. it was set at 10,000 quite a few weeks back. it has taken a long time to get there. then 25,000, which was put back. again, won't people find it hard to believe this is achievable? isn't it damaging to come up with something like that when people find it hard to know where it is going to come from? no, i don't think so because firstly we have hit the targets of 10,000 a day by the end of the march. i am proud of the team for delivering that. we have shown on testing we can hit the goals that are set. the other thing is that you have got to, i've got to mobilise the whole life sciences industry. i need the whole of the british life sciences industry to pull together in this, to do everything they can, even if they are not testing experts now, to get into testing, to make sure that we can do this. as you can only galvanise the sort of effort if you put a clear goal out. and by setting that goal, 100,000 tests a day by the end of this month, that is what lam trying the end of this month, that is what i am trying to do. health secretary matt hancock. speaking earlier to hugh pym at the official opening of the new hospital in east london. a group of single parents who cannot claim benefits because of their immigration status, are taking the government to the high court. a hearing later today will hear pleas to lift the restriction because of the coronavirus outbreak. jim reed reports. this is the environment in which we live. a single room. here is my son's table and chair. zenab — not her real name — came to this country in 2007 from sierra leone. five years later, she gave birth to a son here. she has asked to remain anonymous as she does not want to cause trouble with her employer. at the moment, we are all alone in the house, not going to school, i'm not able to go to work. she has been working full—time as a care worker. now, though, like many other single parents, she has had to cut back her hours after schools closed. just two days a week and that is 12 hours only. that is the only means i have to survive. the government has said workers affected by coronavirus can claim universal credit but immigration rules mean some, like zenab, are not entitled to any support. she can live and work here but not receive benefits. how long do you think you can last before money runs out and it is difficult to meet those bills? i give myself a month only. it's going to be very difficult. it's going to be very difficult for me. i do not have any means of income, except thejob i have. lawyers representing a group of single parents say tens of thousands of families could be effected. today they are taking the government to the high court, arguing the restrictions should now be put on hold. the policy disproportionately impacts on single mums of mainly british kids, british citizen children, who are unfairly penalised for having foreign—born mums because they cannot access the safety net that everyone else can. the home office said it could not comment on ongoing legal proceedings but a spokesman added... here is the kitchen. for parents like zenab, though, these are uncertain times. even though the government is spending billions to support workers and their families, the concern is some cases may still slip through the cracks. jim reed, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: built at breakneck speed — a new hospital which can treat 4,000 covid—19 patients opens at the excel centre in london. the health secretary describes his goal of 100,000 daily coronavirus tests by the end of the month as a huge undertaking. in the us there are more than 1,100 virus—related deaths reported in 24 hours. the biggest daily death toll in any country since the outbreak began. as hospitals try to cope with increasing numbers of patients with coronavirus, researchers are using tools to map the outbreak and its impact on vital services. my colleague carrie gracie spoke to dr paula moraga, a mathematician from the university of bath, who has been mapping cases geographically and cross—referencing this against the capacity of nearby hospitals. we are using... we are working with models that will allow us to understand what is the number of cases we are going to see the following days, the following weeks. this will allow us to understand what resources we are going to need in the future. so right now we are using just basic models that take into account... we are in contact with several companies that provide data on the number of population that moves within the country. this is aggregated data. we cannot identify anyone. but this is really useful because we only want to understand what are the high risk areas, what is the probability of infection in different areas? because, for example, we may think we have removed an area with low probability, but if this area has a strong connection with a high risk area, this is going to increase. these models, as i said before, will be very useful to predict the number of resources we are going to need, the number of beds, the number of ventilators, medical staff. it's fascinating. and the kind of data that you are getting, is that real—time data or do you have a lagged on that? is it a few days old? where is it coming from? yes, so we are old? where is it coming from? yes, so we are still in negotiations with several companies but they have passed data. so we are able to understand what are the trends, because, for example now, we are in lockdown we are going to see different connections, different interactions between people. but then we will lift the restrictions and we will be able to see how the population is moving and we are able to provide measurements and provide models that can help policymakers to doa models that can help policymakers to do a better plan for these restrictions. and does it enable the people treating patients to work out which treatments are actually working? can you model outcomes as well from different forms of treatment as different health workers tried different ways of dealing with the virus. --? well, i think this type of analysis is different in different studies. these would be like clinical trials. here, medical staff need to be involved because they are the ones that understand how the virus works, deciding what the effect it is having on the population. but of course we are able to see the progress, we are able to see if we are improving the situation and we are improving the situation and we are seeing a few cases, what are the hotspots and how best to use the resources to ensure that everybody has access to the medical care they need. we are all being encouraged to stay in and work from home, but that just isn't an option for many key workers. tim muffett has been to a supermarket in east london to meet those working to keep our shelves stocked with supplies. our world has changed. the way we live, the way we shop. tesco extra in beckton, east london, where staff have seen things that months ago would have an unimaginable. people are queueing for toilet rolls, disinfectants. they are just grabbing everything. it is like there is not going to be tomorrow. have there been times when it has been tough with some of the customers? yes. a customer, i was serving a customer and another person came. and i asked her to stand behind the black line. she was angry with me. they have been dramas in the store. but i have been able to cope. customers are now restricted to a maximum of three of any one product. numbers in and out are also controlled. so the sheer challenge of keeping these shelves stocked up, how hard has it been? it wasn't great, as you can imagine. there was alwaysjust... tonnes of people just coming in, trying to grab stuff, and the shelves were empty. so things like strawberries, you know, just basic things like blueberries, they were all empty but now we have got a good stack of them. march was the busiest month ever recorded by uk supermarkets. i tell you what, i have been working in retail since i was 17 years old and i have never seen anything like it. we have put down markers every two metres, so our customers understand the two metre rule around social distancing and it has been really, really helpful. some shelves are still rather empty but most here are now well stocked. although for many elderly and vulnerable people, visiting the store isn't an option. sometimes the customers are having stress when they can't actually get the supplies that they want. we have all been pulling a lot of double and triple shifts in order to make sure we meet the demands. it has been critically important at this time. sometimes we go to a customer's house and we are the first person they have seen in maybe a few days. so we are always available for a chat. this week, some supermarket chains have loosened the restrictions on some of the products you can buy, but consumer behaviour and demand has been transformed. normal shopping seems a long way off. you are coming to contact effectively with quite a few people. yes. are you worried about the impact on your health? yeah, we do worry about it. as long as you are healthy and, you know, the social distancing is in operation, there is not much we can do. we just have to weather the storm and get on with it. stand behind the black line and push them down. do you think the way yourjob is perceived by people has changed, that its importance is being recognised more than it perhaps was? to be honest, you know, like saying, like you just work for a supermarket, i think we all have learned and i hope the government will see that we are hard—working. and all the people will realise that we are here to serve the public and work as one team. products, places and people we perhaps took for granted, but not now. tim muffet, bbc news. much more coming up from two. but now the weather. in the coming days many of us will enjoy some spring warmth coming through our windows, balconies, perhaps our brief walk in the park. by sunday temperatures will get up to 20 degrees in the south and even as far north as yorkshire. throughout the uk it will feel quite a bit warmer. it is thanks to this low pressure here sitting to the south—west of our neighbourhood. that is going to send a plume of hot air all the way from the southern climes. it is not here yet. this map shows how warm the atmosphere is. you can see those yellows a nd atmosphere is. you can see those yellows and oranges approaching us over the next couple of days. but not yet. at the moment it is still pretty chilly outside. we have got some showers and a keen breeze in the north west. but that wind is starting to shift direction. you can see behind me the arrows lifting in from the south. that means the air is starting to arrive from the south as well. this coming night not as frosty as the night before. in fact, most major towns and cities, even in the north, will be above freezing. saturday starts off on a sunny note across many parts of the country. a little more clarity and some spots of rain across one or two areas of scotland. on the whole it is a fine day, 16 in london. still leftovers of the chilly air in scotland. 11 degrees. the real warmth arrives into sunday. saturday night into sunday, this low pressure approaches as it approaches it strengthens the southerly wind. the southerly wind will help to lift that warmth from the south. but it will be quite a strong wind towards the west, ireland, northern ireland, winds of 40 mph plus in places. in fact in these western areas not as beautiful. also occasional rain and a little bit cooler. 15 in northern ireland, 20 in the south—east, the high teens expected in the north—east of england. worth mentioning the pollen levels. moderate generally speaking across england and wales. peaking at high in the south—east. even beyond the weekend it looks as though there was temperatures hang around the high teens for some of us at least. thanks for watching. this is bbc news. i'm jane hill. the headlines at 2pm: the first nightingale hospital opens to help deal with coronavirus — built in just ten days. the hospital in east london was opened remotely by the prince of wales — himself recovering from the virus. this hospital, therefore, offers us an intensely practical message of hope for those who will need it most at this time of national suffering. the health secretary admits that meeting a target to test 100,000 people for coronavirus in england by the end of this month is a huge undertaking. the prime minister posts a video saying he'll remain in self—isolation because of his health —
living, and i'm to communicate with fright and older people whose relatives cannot come into the mod, iam wearing relatives cannot come into the mod, i am wearing a mask and gown, it is ha rd to i am wearing a mask and gown, it is hard to communicate, and when people are dying, especially older people do die from this, they are often dying without the same family support. so it is difficult working in an environment where you know that there are extreme circumstances and you can't always deliver the quality of care you would like to. thank you so much for being with us and sharing your thoughts at an incredibly difficult time. that was professor david oliver. many thanks for your time. this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines... the queen will praise people's self—discipline, and quiet good—humoured resolve in response to the crisis, when she makes a rare television address later today. she will personally thank front line health care staff and other key workers for their efforts during the crisis. president trump has warned americans to prepare for a big increase in the number of coronavirus deaths. new york state recorded its biggest one—dayjump in deaths so far — with 630 dying from the virus. england's health secretary — matt hancock — has warned the government might have to further restrict rules allowing outdoor exercise if people flout lockdown rules designed to combat the spread of the coronavirus. spain has reported a fall in its daily death toll for a third consecutive day, raising hopes the country is passing the peak of its outbreak. 674 people died in the last 2a hours. those are our latest headlines. now on bbc news, annita mcveigh has more information and health advice on the coronavirus outbreak, in this special programme. hello and welcome to this bbc news special. i'm annita mcveigh. stay with us as we share the latest information, health advice and reports about the coronavirus. we will show you exactly what scientists think the covid—i9 is and ask how close are we to a vaccine? plus, we'll explain how to make sure that the facts you're getting about the virus are accurate and reliable. and a reminder that there's further advice and information about the pandemic on the bbc news website. but first, this coronavirus may be dominating headlines around the world and changing the lives of hundreds of millions of people, but what exactly do we know about covid—i9 and how close are we to a vaccine? the bbc‘sjim reed, reports. sars—cov—2 is the technical name for the virus that causes covid—i9. it's part of the coronavirus family that is one of at least six that can affect humans. we're in the amazing position today where we can get a genetic code of a virus really quickly, and it turns out that this particular virus is very closely related to bat and pangolin viruses. one of the theories is that it could have spread through one of those species to humans. the virus is made up ofjust 30 genes compared to 20,000 for humans. it mutates or changes over time, allowing scientists to draw a family tree showing where different strains have come from and how they have spread. because of the slight shifts and mutations the virus accumulates, we can track which one came from china versus which one came from the west coast for instance that are going to new york, and so on. that is what virologists are looking at right now, to track the virus. the virus typically enters the human body through the nose or mouth. those spikes on the outside grab onto a protein called ace2, which is common on cells in the throat and lungs. most covid—i9 infections cause a fever as our immune system fights to clear the virus from our body. essentially, viruses when they're in that phase of infection, virtually hijack the host cell, turn it into a virus—making factory, releasing new virus particles that are then free to infect other neighbouring cells within the same host. or of course, if they are exhaled or coughed or sneezed out, they are then able to infect a new person. it's not unusual for a virus to cause different symptoms in different people. it can depend on age, genetics and the amount you are exposed to. you always get this wide spectrum of responses to infection and covid is no different. we know that age is one of the key factors for whether you are more likely to suffer from severe disease. this map shows how eight different strains of the virus are now circulating quickly around the world, partly because virtually no—one is immune. it may also be that a proportion of those infected show very mild symptoms but can still pass the virus on to others. there are a few things that are going right for this virus to be very successful. one big one is the fact that there seems to be an incubation period between the time you become infected and start shedding the virus and the time you feel very sick. it's very impossible to catch those types of people unless we commence massive screening for the virus. bio—tech and drug companies across the world are now working on vaccines and treatments. 0ne promising target is those spikes on the outside of the virus itself. i've got a colleague at university college london who is using the biggest supercomputer in europe to search through old libraries of drugs, which have already been tried and tested for other viruses and other infections — just to see if one of them has the ability to interfere with the spikes on the coronavirus. in the longer term, there is the promise of a vaccine which should be able to stop us from getting disease in the first place, but testing and manufacturing takes time. even if scientists are successful, it is unlikely to be rolled out widely until some time next year. spain continues to be one of the country's worst affected by the virus. more than 10,000 people there have already died and the country has been in lockdown since the middle of march. speaking from their apartment in barcelona, paull and his wife angela reflect on the daily challenges of being stuck inside with a four—year—old for more than three weeks. that's the outlook from spain but in neighbouring italy, across europe and around the world, governments have imposed strict rules to make sure people stay at home. but multiple domestic abuse aid agencies are warning of a bleak picture for those stuck in a violent household with fewer avenues to report abuse. meghan mohan spoke to a woman in lockdown with her abuser. domestic abuse hotlines in the us and france say they have had more calls since the coronavirus outbreak. but the un are warning that poorer women have fewer ways to report abuse. we spoke to gita — she's 27—year—old from rural india. the first time her husband hit her was her wedding night when she was 15. she told us that since the coronavirus outbreak, her husband's income has reduced to £5 a day. schools have also closed across india and herfour children are home all day in their one—room house. this angers her husband. india is now on a 21—day lockdown. we spoke to her the night before it was announced and haven't been able to reach her since. in china, where the virus originated, authorities there say they now have a grip on the outbreak. it's widely believed beijing is harnessing the power of its sophisticated surveillance state to track, monitor and control people to stop the spread of the disease. the use of mobile phone data has proven particularly effective and now some of the techniques are being accompanied by a growing —— are being copied by a growing number of countries around the world, including singapore, south korea and iran. so, how can surveillance state tools help in a pandemic and what are the potential pitfalls for privacy and freedom? 0ur cyber security reporter joe tidy, explains. this robot is disinfecting a subway train so humans don't have to. it's just one of the high—tech tools that china's using to fight the coronavirus, along with drones and facial recognition cameras. but what about the tech we can't see? china's sophisticated and controversial data surveillance system is used to track citizens on and offline. and it's proving extremely effective during the pandemic. the mass surveillance network has taken the communist party decades to build. they faced near constant criticism for it around the world, but as the world tries to get a grip on covid—i9, many countries are looking to the model for answers. here's how they are doing it in south korea. they're using your phone to locate where you are and then sending you an emergency alert if you are anywhere near where a confirmed coronavirus patient has been. singapore, israel, iran, taiwan and russia have all adopted some or all of the chinese methods to temporarily harness the power of data. more expected to follow. so, how does china's data surveillance system work? and how is it useful in a pandemic? it all starts with this. a national id card. you need one to do pretty much anything in china, from buying a mobile phone to using any app, anything you do leaves a data trail linked back to your id. in areas in lockdown, phone location data is being used to monitor movement and enforce curfews. if a patient is meant to be in quarantine, geolocation pings on their phone can alert authorities if they stray out of their homes. phone location data is also being used to map exactly where that person visited in the two weeks before being diagnosed. a combination of human and automated computer analysis work out who they may have infected. if they went on a train and got too close to other commuters, a text message is sent out through one of the major apps, alerting those at risk. every person is being assigned a coloured qr code depending on the risk they pose. green, no risk. 0range, they have entered a potential virus hotspot, and red if they have tested positive for the virus and could still be contagious. none of this cyber—surveillance would be any good without the chinese state's strict enforcement teams, too. police and volunteers have literally manned the exits of apartment blocks to keep places on lockdown. but in countries where these data surveillance powers are being brought in to help deal with coronavirus, some people are worried about the long—term. my name is adam schwartz, i am a senior lawyer at the electronic frontier foundation. there is a great concern that when government gets new powers in a crisis, government never gives those powers away even when the crisis ends, so for example in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the united states created vast new surveillance powers and 19 years later those powers are still very much in the hands of the us government. adam and others also have questions aboutjust how much of a difference this data surveillance can make and if it's worth it. what we are basically saying to governments around the world is, before you unveil or unleash a brand—new mass surveillance power, it is necessary for governments to come forward and really public health professionals to come forward and show that these technologies would actually address the crisis. striking the delicate balance between privacy and security is an age—old problem for governments and the public. but perhaps never in history has the dilemma been more pressing and more life—threatening. now, many of us are facing the challenges of dealing with coronavirus, and also dealing with very different working conditions. you will have noticed the way you are receiving the news has become very different, not least that the programme you are watching now didn't exist two weeks ago. the bbc‘s media editor amol rajan has been looking at the challenges the news and media industry is facing. good evening. 0ur headlines for you this morning. britain's coronavirus crisis... coronavirus. .. in a crisis... coronavirus. .. it's horrible. pandemic... especially one in the information age... hand sanitizer. covid—19. ..trusted news becomes a precious commodity. social distancing. for which there is high demand. coronavirus. britain has a range of regulated public service broadcasters doing their best to produce world—class journalism. ratings for news programmes across all channels are soaring, with many presenters broadcasting from home. published data showing that transport use across the country... but actually producing broadcast news is exceptionally hard in a global pandemic. i'm just going to script a line about northern ireland, then, about northern ireland, then, to put in at this point. innovation is the only solution. there is plenty of it about. recording. the nhs scheme only covers england, and northern ireland. here, correspondentjudith moritz is at home in manchester, working on a bbc news piece with her cameraman and editor, rob wood, who is nearly 30 miles away in derbyshire. the nhs scheme only covers england... these reports are the result of teamwork between correspondants, producers, camera operators and studio editors. oh, and children, too, who can make their presence felt when correspondants work from home. keeping both staff and contributors safe is a priority. video interviews have become the norm, of late. keeping two meters away from interviewees can be hard, but boom mics allow sound to be captured safely in high—quality. good morning, it's 7 o'clock, the headlines this morning... and it's notjust television. kitchens and front lounges have been converted into makeshift radio studios, like those at the today programme. here is the bbc‘s david sillito using a duvet to improve sound quality. furnishings can absorb sound a reduce echo. to a much greater extent than is generally acknowledged, journalism is a product of a particularly energy, camaraderie and culture from within a newsroom like that of the bbc. it is hard to replicate that when, like these designated key workers, you are sat to metres apart. —— you are sat two metres apart. this place is usually densely packed but like millions of others also facing logistical challenges, most editors and producers are now working from home. i'm working on a piece with david hockney... apps such as skype and zoom are replacing daily face—to—face editorial meetings. what do you think about using the clip we have already laid down? we can do that. broadcasting is always a technical adventure, but right now more than ever. amol rajan in central london, working with producer elizabeth in kent, and editorjonathan in north london, bbc news. that is our media editor about how the appetite for trusted news from reputable broadcasters is soaring. but along with verifiable news comes a lot of misleading information from fake health advice to speculation about government action. some information may be being spread by people who mean well but are nevertheless wrong. zeinab badawi has these tips to make sure you know the facts you're getting are reliable. in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, passing on information can feel like one way we can support our families and friends. here at the bbc, we are working very hard to make sure that everything we broadcast and publish is accurate and up—to—date, but there is a whole load of information out there that isn't. and misinformation can spread fast. if a message is sent to a whatsapp group of 20, then each of them shares it with 20 other people, and this happens five times, it can reach more than 3 million people very quickly. untruths can take many forms. one of the most common we are seeing is copied and pasted messages being passed around on whatsapp or in facebook groups containing bad advice or fake cures. and because these are shared by a friend or trusted source, it's not obvious who wrote these messages in the first place. 0ften they're attributed to a vague source like a friend's friend who is a doctor, soldier, or works for the government. for example, a voice note has been spreading on whatsapp. in it, a woman is translating advice from a colleague who has a friend working at a hospital on the spanish island of gran canaria. some of the tips are helpful, such as washing surfaces thoroughly. but the voice memo includes misleading advice as well. the speaker suggests sunlight neutralises the virus, and that coronavirus can be killed by taking a sip of warm water every 20 minutes. there is no scientific basis for either of these claims. if you are not sure the whole post is true, it might do more harm than good to share it. and if the source isn't easily identifiable or the story hasn't been reported elsewhere, then it really is worth being sceptical about it. pictures taken out of context can also be really misleading. a video from italy was posted on twitter, showing military vehicles on the streets. there were rumours they were responding to coronavirus riots. in fact, they were returning from routine exercises that had nothing to do with the outbreak. some of us may share information with our friends as a joke or to lighten their mood, but even if they don't take it seriously, others might. for example, a claim that lions were released in russia to patrol the streets was taken seriously by some. it was not true. we all want to share news that we think will help others but before you do, follow these steps. has the story been reported anywhere else? is it from a reliable source? has the photo or image been taken out of context? if you are not sure, then maybe it is fake, and you can stop that information from doing harm by not sharing it any further. if you want to check medical advice, go on the world health 0rganization website. and if you feel that a story isn't real, you can always look to a reliable source like the bbc. that's it for now, but before we go we thought we'd share some of the striking images from the last week from around the world as the coronavirus continues to upend the lives of hundreds of millions of people. and a reminder, you can keep up—to—date with all the latest information on the lockdown in your area and your country on our website. thanks for watching. hello there. there's a lot of fine weather across the uk at the moment. high pressure is to thank for that. and it's been bringing a lot of sunshine to many gardens on sunday. this was cambridgeshire a little earlier. not to all, though — lanarkshire. hazier sunshine to the north and west of the uk in general because we have got a frontal system that is draping its way around the north—west of the high. notice how that cloud is kind of streaming its way northwards out of spain. a strong southerly air stream — that is what has been pulling in such warm air. and that strong southerly wind will continue through this evening and overnight. it will, perhaps, ease back a little through the small hours. wet weather, though, courtesy of a weather front finally pushing its way into the west through the evening. some quite heavy bursts of rain for a while, the rain extends further east across scotland into northern england through the small hours, becomes patchier further south, but we keep that southerly airstream. so these are our overnight lows. they are figures more typical of our daytime highs at this point in april. so a very mild start to monday. by first thing, the front will be pulling across eastern england. it could take a while for some of the rain here to get out of the way and then, behind it, instead of a southerly wind, we are left with a westerly or south—westerly. so wet, i think, to start the day for parts of the south—east and east anglia, drier come the afternoon. some showers further west, but pretty well—scattered. the winds lighter than today, especially across the southern half of the uk, but still quite gusty towards the north—west. but thanks to the changing wind direction, a fresher feel for monday — 11 or 12 to the north of the uk, perhaps 17 or 18 further south. but let's see how the rest of the week is set to play out. i should mention behind that weather front for monday, we should have some clearer air in terms of pollen levels for england and wales so a relief for those who suffer with tree pollen. we look ahead into the rest of the week and the high pressure starts to bulge across us again from europe and what that, once again, will do is introduce much warmer air, aside from across the far north of scotland where a weather front mayjust come into play. so our outlook for the week ahead is one featuring a lot of settled weather, a lot of dry weather, a lot of sunshine and, if anything, our temperatures will start to rise, perhaps even higher than they have been through the weekend, for the second half of the week onwards. this is bbc news with the latest headlines are for viewers in this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. queen elizabeth is to make a rare television address to britain and the commonwealth — stressing the value of self—discipline and resolve. england's health secretary has warned the government 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