Sitting up in bed and engaging positively with the clinical team. The us has also recorded its highest daily coronavirus death toll, more than 1800 people. Also in the us, Bernie Sanders says hes ending his bid to win the Democratic Partys president ial campaign clearing the way forjoe biden. Human evidence things human destruction of the natural to pandemics, just like covid 19. We will bring you covid 19. We will natural to pandemics, just like covid 19. We will bring you many more details. A warm welcome to the programme. The uk government says that the health of Boris Johnson is improving. The Prime Minister has coronavirus, and has spent two nights in intensive care at st thomas hopsital in london. He was taken there on sunday night ten days after first testing positive for the virus. The chancellor rishi sunak said that mrjohnson was receiving excellent care. The latest from the hospital is that the Prime Minister remains in intensive care, where his condition is improving. I can also tell you that he has been sitting up in bed and engaging positively with the clinical team. So that was an update from the Daily Briefing that we have here in the uk. We also have we also have the latest fatality figures from across the uk have been released. In the last 2a hours 938 people have died in hospitals, the countrys highest daily figure so far, but that figure does not include deaths in the community or in care homes. It brings the total number of deaths in the uk so far to 7,097. Lets speak to Jonathan Blake our Political Correspondent in westminster. So so those terribly grim figures, but a little hope when it comes to Boris Johnsons condition. A little hope when it comes to Boris Johnsons condition. Yes, and encouraging update brought by the chancellor at the News Conference inside downing street earlier this afternoon. He said the Prime Ministers condition was improving. As you say, he was sitting up in bed, and engaging with his medical team, as it was put. So that has to offer some encouragement. The Prime Ministers condition is, we are told, by downing street is improving, thats better than it deteriorating, it will go without saying it becomes a big relief to eve ryo ne saying it becomes a big relief to everyone at the staged everyone in government, and the latest update from downing street doesnt really add anything to that, but the Prime Minister continuing to make steady progress, and he remains in intensive care. Its worth remembering that for all the talk of improvement, he is still in intensive care at St Thomas Hospital in central london, which is a reminder that he is still seriously ill. Meanwhile, we have had those desperately difficult figures for the United Kingdom. Yes. The highest number of deaths in a 2k hour period, up above the 900 mark, and a reminder that the seriousness of the coronavirus pandemic here in the uk is still very much present. The figure has been rising, there has been a glimmer of positivity in the last day or so from the governments scientific advisers that the number of new cases has not been increasing at such a rapid rate, and may actually be slowing. That offered some positivity to really, when you can trust that number of deaths, it is very easy to see that the uk has not reached the peak in terms of cases, or in terms of those who have sadly lost their lives from this virus. So the chancellor was asked about that inside downing street earlier today, and there has been some talk about the measures and the restrictions on movement being reviewed in the coming week and the government is legally obliged to do that, but i dont think anybody is expecting them at this point to be lifting it. No commit doesnt sound likely. Jonathan from under development at the daily press conference, dont go away come i wa nt to conference, dont go away come i want to bring you your thoughts from there. Today, the uk treasury unveiled another £750 million as part of its coronavirus rescue package this time going to charities. It comes less than three weeks after the government announced its most far reaching plan a Job Retention scheme which aims to help companies by paying 80 of staff wages if employers cant sustain them on the payroll. New research out today shows the toll of the lockdown on the uks economy. 50 of uk companies are expected use the scheme to furlough the majority of their employees it means that more than nine million workers can expect to receive their paycheques from the government more than one third of all workers. So far, the plans have been welcomed by Company Bosses like mark reynolds, who runs a construction firm. What this enables us to do is to keep the capacity within our business and capability, so that when we come through this, we can then reemploy our people immediately so we can go back to work. But the scheme wont come without a price. The Resolution Foundation think tank says it will cost the uk government 30 a0 billion pounds and thats assuming its not needed after three months. For context, that equates to one fifth of what the government would normally spend in total over three months. Workers who have been furloughed are worrying about how sustainable the scheme really is take olivia webb who works in recruitment. I am grateful to have not been made redundant, it does feel like im just waiting for the inevitable, because when these three month grants are up, whats going to happen then . Are business able to pay salaries again . Are they going to bounce back . Probably not, so it does feel a little bit like a bit of a waiting game right now. Jonathan, we are talking about best case scenario, three months, but that could be even longer, couldnt it . Yes. When the treasury put together the package of measures to safeguard the economy, and to pay the wages of workers who had been furloughed as a result of the Coronavirus Crisis and the restrictions on movement put in place to deal with it, at the time, the calculation was that the restrictions would be in place for an open ended period of time, but we have seen in the last week or so, reports of tension between different cabinet ministers about the approach here, and the debate that will be being had and will have to be had at some point about what is prioritised is that the economy or the long term survival of that . Or is it doing Everything Possible to ensure coronavirus does not spread and take more lives in the uk, but there is no fixed end date, of course, for these restrictions, everybody is hoping that they have an impact sooner, rather than later, that the peak of cases comes before too long. But if, for whatever reason, the restrictions dont have an impact and cases continue to rise, then the debate will need to be had and a decision will need to be made about just how long they can stay in place for. Because it is obviously a huge undertaking as the chancellor said today to put up all of that money and to pay the wages of so many workers for an undefined period of time, and also to offer businesses the loans on behalf of banks that have been put forward by the treasury. No easy solutions. Jonathan, thank you so much for talking us through that. Jonathan blake and our correspondent there, our Political Correspondent with the latest on those developments from the United Kingdom. Lets from the move United Kingdom. Lets from the move United Kingdom to the United States now, we will bring you the very latest on the coronavirus figures from there, because they have also had a difficult day, but first of all, wa nt to difficult day, but first of all, want to bring you up to date with the Political Developments comments in relation to the upcoming president ial election. Bernie sanders has suspended his campaign to become the us president. He thus effectively clears the way for the former Vice President , joe biden, to become the democratic parties nominee, and Bernie Sanders addressed his supporters online. Nominee, and Bernie Sanders addressed his supporters onlinelj wa nt to addressed his supporters onlinelj want to thank all of you who spoke to your friends and neighbours, posted on social media, and worked as hard as you could to make this a better country. Together, we are transforming americas consciousness, as to what kind of nation we can become, and ive taken this country a major step forward in the never ending struggle for economic justice, the never ending struggle for economicjustice, racialjustice, and environmentaljustice. Mr sanders theyre addressing his supporters online. President trump also online, hes been tweeting about this. He suggests. So, i caught up with the or kur to get his thoughts on the or kur to get his thoughts on the president s reaction. His assertion doesnt really have any basis in fact. Elizabeth warren did perhaps take some votes away from Bernie Sanders, in the same way that Michael Bloomberg took votes away from joe biden, and her presence on the ballot was not determinative in minnesota or massachusetts, so for donald trump to try to say that i think is definitely a stretch. You can see the strategy behind here. Donald trump is trying to ferment divisions within the Democratic Party, similar to the ones that were existent in 2016 which may have helped some of Bernie Sanders supporters go to third parties or even back donald trump. Donald trump sees or wants to see that sort of dynamic play itself out again. Whether that will be the case or not now that donald trump is running as the incumbent, that remains a question, but, clearly, that is what he is going to try to do, paint Bernie Sanders has being wronged by the Democratic Party and by elizabeth warren. So joe biden, the issue here though, anthony, is that joe biden, we have not really see much of him recently. Know, we havent. You have to remember in a normal president ial Election Campaign cycle, this is kind of a downtime after its been concluded but before the national conventions, where presumptive, nominee would spend a lot of time fundraising and organising, finding difficulty getting out into the spotlight a nyway getting out into the spotlight anyway against an incumbent. Thats made all the harder in this case, where joe made all the harder in this case, wherejoe biden made all the harder in this case, where joe biden has made all the harder in this case, wherejoe biden has essentially been confined to his house in delaware, and can only communicate with the media with fundraisers via video conferences and the light, so it is going to be a very real challenge for him to try to break through, particularly when donald trump has this National Platform with his Daily Press Conferences on television every single day. It is a strange sort of campaign to be in, at least at the moment. But there are months to go before november, and biden will have his chance to try to wrestle that spotlight back from the president. Anthony, thank you for talking us through that. The us has recorded the most coronavirus death in a single day. The United States has 800 deaths were reported on tuesday, this now brings the total number of fatalities in the country to over 13,000. The us has more than 400,000 confirmed cases, and this makes it the highest number in the world. With new york remaining the epicentre of the countrys outbreak, more than 4000 deaths in new york state and the sates Health Care System is at maximum capacity. Thats why local authorities have started building a temporary hospital. This University Campus just east of new york city, this will provide over 1000 extra beds, as new york governor has the latest numbers. Bad news isntjust bad, the bad news is actually terrible. The highest single day death toll yet, 779 people. When you look at the numbers on the death toll, it has been going steadily up, and it reached the new heights yesterday. So another difficult day. In washington last night, President Trump actually had very harsh words for the World Health Organisation, accused as being too close to china come at one point even threatening to cut its funding. Well, today, the who has responded. The issues targeted at me personally, i dont mind. I preferto targeted at me personally, i dont mind. I prefer to really focus on saving lives. I said it many times. We are losing people. Why would i ca re we are losing people. Why would i care about being attacked when people are dying . The director general also urged the us and china to come together and not to politicize this virus. We will have many body bags in front of us. If we dont behave. When there are cracks at the National Level in the global level, thats when the virus succeeds. For god sake, we have lost, we have lost more than 60,000 citizens of the world. Well, lets hear from anthony on the president ss row with the who. President ss row with the whoi thank you have to see it in a long line of Donald Trumps response to this outbreak, and that is finding other people to blame, there are factors beyond his control that are responsible for this issue with democratic governors, a governor of michigan, and the governor of new york as not responding fast enough, of course, for a while, he was blaming china, because they didnt in the early stages, he is not turning to the United Nations into the who as being to blame. So he is trying to offer the American Public someone else to look at, as far as blame goes. But, in the end, it is on donald trump soul shoulders whether the us succeeds or fails in combating the virus. Well thanks to anthony therefore putting some context into those very grim figures. Do with the next day with us figures. Do with the next day with us here on outside source, still to come, we will look at evidence of the link of human destruction of the Natural World and pandemics. Just like pope 19. The Welsh Government says it will extend the coronavirus lockdown. The local government minister said that there are signs that measures are working, and that they need to continue further. She has also urged people to stay at home over the easter weekend. These are extraordinary times. Asking people to completely change the way they live, work and socialise is not something we do lately. Work and socialise is not something we do lightly. Weve taken these measures because by working together, we can slow the spread of this virus and protect people who are most at risk. There are signs that the measures are having an impact, but we also have to brace ourselves from more people falling sick and, sadly, for more people dying as a result of coronavirus. This weekend, we will be celebrating easter, and as we prepare for that Long Bank Holiday weekend, ministers, local government leaders and the leaders of our emergency services, including the police, will be calling on everyone in wales to follow the stay rules. Our message to wales is very simple, stay home and save lives. This is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. Our main focus is on the uk seeing a Record Number of coronavirus deaths with nearly 1000 reported over a 24 hour period. Prime minister Boris Johnson remains in intensive care. Now, lets bring you up to date with some new evidence which emerged of a link between human destruction of the Natural World and pandemics just like this one, lake covid 19. So, according to this major study, which was published in the the royal society, increased contact between humans and animals is causing more as viruses jump from animal to human. With scientists australia and the us winding up to 75 of human Infectious Diseases come from animals originally. Probably no surprise that resilient things and animals, like rodents and bats and primates, they carry the highest number of viruses. But scientists are quick to warn that we shouldnt be blaming animals for outbreaks, instead, they point to how we humans are destroying their Natural Habitats through practices like hunting and farming. Thats bringing us hunting and farming. Thats bringing us closer into contact with wildlife. Now, there are numerous theories about the origin of covid 19. Some of them are little bit dubious, others a little bit more believe you believable. One theory is sticking in the public mind, its been quite persistent. That the pandemic that we are seeing started here, this is the now infamous animal market in wuhan, its thought that someone, patient x, was infected with a virus from an animal, and then spread it locally before the rest of the world. Scientists are still trying to figure out what species that it actually came from, which is the key to finding out about this pandemic and stopping its, Chinese Media suggests it could have passed from this, thi