And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Anchor this is outside source on bbc news for viewers around the world. Covering the latest coronavirus to elements inob britain and ly. A sobering warning from the World Health Organization for those hoping to see the back of the coronavirus pandemic anytime soon. We have a long way to go. This virus will be with us for a long time. Anchor in the u. S. Cretary of st accuses china of covering up the outbreak. Spains parliament has voted to extend its lockdown. We will be live in madrid and have an update on protective gear in the u. K. Which the government says is going through the peak of itrmoutbreak. Gey says it will keep up its Aggressive Program of testing. Wwacome to the program. We start with another grim milestone which has been reached by the coronavirus pandemic. 180,000 people have died from covid19. The head of the World Health Organization warns the Global Pandemic will notov b soon. The director generallso warns of resurgence in some countries. Most countries are still in the early stages of their idemics. Some that were affected early in theanmic are starting to see a resurgence in cases. Make no mistake we have a long way to go. This will be with us for a long time. Anchor a stark warning. He United States where mike pompeo has renewed his attack on fishing, accusing it of a coverup in the early stages. China did not sha all of the information it had. It covered up how dangerous the disease is, didnt report sustained human to human transmission for a month until it was i every province in china. It censured those who tried to it destroyed existmples. The ccp has not shared the virus sample from inside china with the outsidema worldng it impossible to track the diseases evolution. Anch strong words against the Chinese Communist party. China fired back at previous u. S. Allegations, calling them groundless. In a further development, ssouri became the first u. S. State to sue the Chinese Government over its coronavirus handling, saying chinas response lead to devastating economic losses. They alsoth accusChinese Government of making the pandemic worse by hoarding masks and other equipment. China denounced this as frivolous. Our coespondent is in shington. He went after he said china had not given especially that the virus could be transferredhu human tn. The chinese have not provided a sample. Hehtaid their laboratories m not be safe. When he was pressed about that, he didnt give details. Critics have said the administration probably has a case when it comes to chinese disinformation or coverup, but for the administration to go is trying to blame china for the mistakes the Trump Administration maden responding to the pandemic. Anchor strong attacks against we are hearing froa top u. S. Healthl offic who had a stark warning about a second wave. The cdc chief Robert Redfield said there is a possibility the oassault of the virour nation next winter will be more difficult than the one we went through. He says we are going to have the flu epidemic andhe coronavirus at the same time, putting strain on the health care system. He added protests calling for ates to be liberated from lockdown orders which the president appeared to have encouraged are not helpful. The u. S. Has the most coronavirus cases ands dea any country by far. In the past 24 hours the numbe ofeaths passed 45,000. There are 840,000 cases across vethe states. L southern u. S. States are pushing ahead to ease lockdown restrictions. In georgia, able can go to the gyms, salons, bowling alleys. Esmovie theaters and rurants will follow monday. South carolina has rescinded a ban on people goingo the beach and retail can reopen if social distancing measures are in plac a stayathome order in tennessee will lapse by the there has been pressure to lift the lockdowns. Protesters have been calling for businesses to reopen. Of the most recent rallies from tuesday. Some people are bearing firearms and gun Rights Groups are among the organizers. Illinois has seen one of the worst outbreaks of covid19. There have been more than 23,000 cases and 1000 deaths. This is an Infectious Disease expert. She had thimessage for antilockdown protesters. We areti adm as many patients as we are discharging every day. We areot ready to get outside and too ou regular lives, not the way we used to. This is unbelievable. They are putting themselves and in harms way. The iroblem with this illness not we care about thoseeho are sick a are worried about themhe overburdening Health System but people who are transmitting before they have lop symptoms but can stillver transmit the infection, that is where we see sead like that in these protests and crowded siations. The people are starting complicated transmissis. Anchor a juxtaposition of wh the doctor w saying of people tonting l towochen lifted lets go to our repter in washington. It is a le of two americas almost, the highest number of deaths and aive cases, and also all of these protesters out on the streets wanting lockdowns to be eased reporter we shouldut the numbers in some perspective. It seems they are in the hundreds. They are relatively small groups in several states. In some cases they have been backyco fairlervative groups urging them to get out and protest. You can understand 22 milveon americans ost jobs, people are anxious about the state of the economy. They are not getting a paycheck, they cant pay bills and want to go back to work. It is understandable instinct over. E want this lockdown to be when you go into the opinion are seeing some of the lockdowns being released, people are nervous about it being ended too soon. Theolls suggest in states like georgia and florida, people are saying we will not te going back convinced those shops and the jims te gyms are se. The president was talking about liberate virginia, minnesota and he was asked about this last night. He said they are fine, abiding by social distancing. That is not always the case. You have his Top Health Officials, dr. Birx last nht, she also pushed back, you have to do thingsn social distancing manner. She asked reopening. Ked about if you are creative, you can do that. Opening up and worth the protesters themselves, it s ims an awful lamerica has changed. One thing is the same, how political the coronavirus has become. Anchor as it is in so many countries. They give are into perspective the number of protesters. Ifnybody thought this coronavirus would be overth anytime soone is a warning from a Top Health Official warng about a second possible resurgence. Reporter this is what munologists have been saying throughout this. There will likely be a second wave of the coronavirus, the autumn coronavirus come the autumn. With the spanish flu, the second wave killed the number most number of people. F the heade centers or Disease Control was pointing out if we get a second wave in the autumn going into the winter, it will coincide with the regular flu season. Moreangerous the second timed be around because of the complex of things. Hospitals are not having to treat people with covid19 and people with tegular flu. Autumn and winter, there will be another seon of flu. Hospitals will have to cope with both. Against that reporting, saying the head of the cdc was l squoted. He wt out a statement to clarify his comments. Anchor thank you so much. E an upd the situation in spain. The Spanish Parliament has decided to extend the country lockdown. Worst hitne of the countries in the world. More than 21,000 deaths, under severe restrictions for five weeks. This is the third time the prime congress extend the lockdown. 10. S time it will last until may our reporter joins us. Talk us through this becaurl the spanish ment just voted to extend the countrys lockdown. Reporter this is the third time the ime minister has requested the extension of the locown. This will take us through to the middle of may. It was an overwhelming win in terms ofhearliamentary numbers. 60 against. That sounds very convincing. In terms of the arithmetic it is. It wery divisive session in parliament today. Pedro sanchez faced a lot of criticism from opposition gups on the political right who are critical of the way he has handled the crisis so far, ngsa he has been unprepared, not communicated well. He defended hi governments handling and said he has done the best they can in difficult circumstances. Anchor thank you for talking us through that. Tspain votiextend the countrys lockdown until the th of may. The u. K. Is passing through the peak of the corona virus britain has reported another 759 deaths in hospital. This brings the total to 18,000. If we look at this chart, it shows the trajectory of the covid today in the u. K. The peak may have been around 10 or so days w an hospital deaths were reaching almost 000 the chief medical officer says it shows a flattening of t deaths after a steep climb and it will take time for them to come down. He warned social distancing measures will be in place for a while. If people are hoping it is only suddenly going to move from lockdown into everyating is gone, is an uealistic expectation. We will have to do a lot of things for a long time. Anchor the Daily Briefing here in the u. K. The government has been crk icized for the l available testing. They practiced said 100 million at the moment around 40,000 testare available. Only half of that number, 23,000, are being carried out. Our correspdent has been talking to carers across the country. Reporter inside the closed off care homes is a fight to keep the virus from the most vulnerable. Testing is key, knowing who has got it to keep people safe. Care workers can get tested but staff here have beenne told they to travel to western. [speaking simultaneously] if you are suffering from signs of covid19, you will be made to drive halfway up the country. Reporter money dont drive at all. You could not get to western not the moment. Reporter the manager needs to know if the staff can work. They need to be protected we can get tm tested but we have got to drive 80 miles each etway too the nearest test center which is not practical. Reporter across the country, similar cases. 20 seven drivethrough centers are open with more due soon. 27 drivethrough centers are open. The Health Secretary was asked again about more local provision. E i am pleased we h managed to roll out the testing and to the h staff in caes, he is right that can be done through mobile units and the home testing kits increasingly available, especially for care thhomes not close to one o drivethrough centers. Reporter the government is working across the country. Everyone who needs a test can get one but so far provision is patchy. More tests a available, but people must be able to access them. Anchor the situation in the u. K. , we will be looking at another issue in the u. K. Coming up, so stay with us. Looking at protective gear and delving into ait row wthe European Union over procurement. Parliamggtary figures t the number of people dying from coronavirus in care homes in england couldave doubled in five days. The foreign secretary said the government was doing all it could when he addressed the daily political briefing. E are conscious there is a challenge wh care homes, but we are doing everything we can. We are getting the ppe to those ples that need it. Are working with the military in relation to the mobile testing labs because it is difficult for some people in carees ho access the testing. We have revised the guidance or e nhs didwe to discharge. Ave been careful with those going into care homes. We are doing everything we can we understand the concerns and anxiety. Those living in care homes are ,nervous and we are doing everything we can to protect them. Anchor hello, welcome. You are watching outside source from the bbc. Not be over anytime soon. The issue of ppe is not going away this week in tart because shortages in many countries and the complex politicalow over it in the u. K. Ross atkins will take us through this. Reporter thank you. Surely there has never been a moment where more personal protective equipment was needed. Billions oftems are required. How to get them to Health Care Workers is a practal and a political challenge. Letshear from the head of the u. K. Lets heof from the head the u. K. s armed forces. I would say in my 40 years of service, this is the single greatest logistical challenge i have come across. Reporter it is not just about the logistics within countries because the u. K. And othe nations have nowhere near enough ppe to distribute. We have relied on being able to buy all of these things from locost countries like china on the assumption they would always be available. We have lost our domestic instry in many areas that are different parts. Rnment, one way for the u. K. To fix this waso join the e. U procurement process in which it would be bought in bulk. Udowning street briefed t. Would not take part and denied being motivated by antiie you sentiment ante. U. Sentiment. And they said it was sent to the wrong email address. Fastforward to tuesday this a weeknior Civil Servant in the Foreign Office said this. It was a clinical desion. The mission [indiscernible] briefed ministers about whatas available, what was on offer. The decision is no. Reporter after saying that, he put out a statement saying i fact it sn a political decision and the ministers had been great on whatas on. Enin two conversations ha before it was announced. The Health Secretary matt hancock said this. I have spoken with the foreign secretary and there was no political decision not to participate in that scheme. We did receive an invitation in the department for health because it came to the department for health. It was put up me to be asked, and we joined. We are now members of the scheme , but it has not delivered a sile item of ppe. Reporter apologies if you feel like im switching between parallel universes. It appears to be news to the se. U. Th the u. K. Is not involved in any capacity despite say they were invited and the u. K. Has not asked involved. There needs to be a new trade deal by the summer. We know the multiphase e. U. Procurement proces began in late february, closed in march. Nothing has been delivered yet as he said. The u. K. Outside the process will not impact its ability to get p. Until deliveries arrive, it is difficult to judge. Lets get ape german peive. We are joined by the german mep and medical doctor who sits on the Public Health committee for the european parliament. Do you think germany and other e. U. Members will get a better deal on ppe than the u. K. . Everybody [indiscernible] new government reacted perfectly because it is unprecedented crisis. On the other hand it is quite clear when we join forces, when the e. U. Together with neighboring countries, and only the u. K. Was involved in discussion but also western balkan countries, norway it is easier to get the material if everybody calls for himself. It has been a success it is not solving all of the problems. It is not the only source of but we are participating because we think we get a better deal if we join forces. On top of what Member States do to try the best, inside europe a tool that can help. As far as i am informed, be delivered. Imhe waiting for figures and pictures. We are all a good way i think. Reporter we will see when those deliveries come. Having seen the relationship of the u. K. In the e. U. Playing out, are you ccerned about their ability to cooperate . For me the most important thing is we do thetmt to save lives. I am convinced we can do it better together. When i see pple suffering in the u. K. , i feel more obligation to help no matter the relationship of the countries. I talk to the German Government and European Commission here we have a resolution in the european parliament. We want to show sidarity to th patients in the u. K. , whatever the exit negotiations. Anchor can i ask you about this app which the government German Government would like tok use to teople who have the virus . Do you have concerns about how data will be used . Thiss important issue. Everything needs to be in lin with the dat protection regulation. The crisis quite well, we have than in the u. K. Or spain musts still a lot. If we want to get out of the lockdown, we must be in line with Data Protection provisions because no doctor, no nurse, no Public Health rvice can be as st as tracing the context. That is why it is important to escape the lockdown and avoid major we must use this app. Errepo we appreciate your time. This procurement issue is complicated but important. There is an excellent reality check on the bbc website at bbc. Com news. Anchor thank you so much. The parallel universe, seems unlike it. Ross will be back to the next session. Are back shortly. Thank you for watching. Goodbye. Narrator funding for this presentation of this program is provided. Language specialists teaching spanish, french and more. Raymond james. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundaon; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. 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