this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines at 12:00... the health secretary warns that measures to combat coronavirus will disrupt the lives of everybody and older people and those with health conditions will be asked to stay at home. the protection of the vulnerable and elderly by asking them to stay away, to stay at home, that is in our action plan, but we do not want formally to say yet that people should do that. british companies are urged tojoin a national effort to produce more ventilators and other medical equipment at speed. supermarkets urge shoppers not to buy more than they need, saying there is enough for everyone if people are considerate. the foreign office advises against "all but essential travel"

to the united states after president trump introduced a travel ban on the uk. spanish police use drones with loudspeakers to tell people to go home. the foreign office advises against all but essential travel. in france, the government orders the closure of most public places, including all cafes, restaurants, cinemas and non—essential shops. and in half an hour click will have advice on how to clean your devices to help protect yourself from coronavirus.

the health secretary matt hancock has warned that the measures the government will take to combat the coronavirus will disrupt the ordinary lives of almost everybody in the country. he confirmed that in the coming weeks, people over 70 and vulnerable people would be asked to self—isolate, staying at home and cutting down contacts. here are the day's other main developments... matt hancock said ministers would ask the nation's manufacturers to switch to the production of ventilators needed to treat people who develop severe symptoms — more doctors would be trained in their use. supermarkets in the uk are urging customers not to panic buy during the outbreak. borisjohnson and president trump discussed the pandemic in a telephone call last night — downing street said they agreed on the importance of co—ordinating international action. the white house doctor says donald trump has tested negative for coronavirus after hosting a meeting with the brazilian

president, some of whose entourage have tested positive. in france, voters are heading to the polls in local elections, despite all cafes, restaurants, cinemas and most shops being ordered to remain shut. and, the foreign office is advising against all but essential travel to spain, and the balearic and canary islands — easyjet is the latest airline to cancel all flights to spain, beginning tuesday. and in the last few minutes, the foreign office has advised against all but essential travel to the united states. it said, we are advising all but essential travel to the usa following the us government's announcements imposing travel restrictions from the uk. and that is from monday, says the foreign office. more on the international outlook in a moment, but first the position in the uk. in the last hour health secretary matt hancock appeared on the andrew marr programme.

quite soon, anybody over the age of 70 is going to be asked to stay inside their house for up to four months. is that a realistic thing to ask to do? the protection of the vulnerable and elderly by asking them to stay away, to stay—at—home, that is in our action plan. but we do not want formally to say yet that people should do that. the reason for that is simply this length of time that they'd need to stay self isolated, stay—at—home, to protect themselves is a very big ask. it is a very long time. we do know that if you ask people to do this sort of thing, then they can tire of it. we know it has negative impacts and real negative impacts. sorry tojump in, it is notjust all of those millions of people staying inside their houses, it is also presumably anybody who is caring for them. there are 5 million carers in this country, 600,000 people caring

for someone with dementia, but there is no point asking them to stay inside their houses, unless you're taking the same measures for those who are going to be bringing in food, helping change their beds and so forth. you have got to make sure that if people stay—at—home they get the help they need, of course. that will notjust be the social care system, we are putting a huge amount more extra cash into the social care system, but it isn't so much about the money it's about having the people. so we are going to need a massive community response. that was matt hancock, the health secretary. the health secretary told the bbc what advice he had for people who cared for elderly people. our advice, very clearly that if you have a symptom, no matter how mild, then you must stay—at—home both to protect yourself, but also to protect others. this is the central message, alongside the message of washing your hands. those are the two things that right now we are asking people to do.

who will look after these people? who's going to look after which... who will look after sick people, particularly older people staying at home? this is what we need, both the formal social care system and the whole community to do. getting through this will be a national effort. i don't mean those words lightly. i mean every single person in this country is going to be affected, and going to have to do things. but this is a great dilemma, if you like. say there is somebody living in the same street as me and they are elderly and self—isolated and they need care and help. do i go in to help them or not? if you are healthy, yes. risking getting the disease myself? and then spreading it? sorry, if you are healthy and they are healthy, please go and help them. there are ways you can help without yourself getting infected. because the infection comes if you are within two metres of somebody, but making sure

that they are ok, making sure that they have got the food they need if they cannot go out shopping, these things are critical, and you can do that without risking infection yourself. that was matt hancock with andrew marr. our health correspondent laura foster is here. one idea that government are talking about it a try and get more hospital beds by using private hospital beds and perhaps paying for them? yes, there are 4000 intensive care unit beds in the uk. the latest figures show about four fifths are occupied at the moment. if we keep seeing the trend of more people contracting the virus we will need more spaces to treat them. it is important to say, most people will only experience mild symptoms but you need to be prepared for those who experienced the severe symptoms. the idea is to look to the private hospitals and

see if they can buy up some of the beds. matt hancock said they were looking at hotels. but it is important if you have the space to treat someone, you also have the equipment to do so and the staff. that is why we are talking about ventilators. yes, let's talk about ventilators. yes, let's talk about ventilators because there is a government idea of getting other companies and manufacturers to start making ventilators, produce as many as possible and the government saying, we will buy as many as you can produce. is it easy for any company to can produce. is it easy for any com pa ny to start can produce. is it easy for any company to start making ventilators and what is a ventilator and why does it help? ventilators are used to help people who are having difficulty breathing. they essentially push the air into your lungs and remove it as well. when you are with short of breath and struggling to breathe, which is one of the symptoms of covid—i9, these will be helpful. but again, only people who have a severe effect will

come under this. a ventilator is useful and you want as many as possible so everyone who needs the equipment can be treated. how easy is it to build a ventilator? i am not too sure at this precise moment in time. given how much people rely on these devices, they have got to be perfect and they have got to be right. the government, from tomorrow, will be talking to the best manufacturers in the company to say what capacity they have had to produce parts for ventilators and there may be the experts can bring them all together. let's talk generally about what the health secretary was saying today, his general advice going forward saying the elderly might have to be self isolated for quite a long period of time in the coming weeks, but addressing the dilemma, if you have got somebody who is perhaps an elderly or vulnerable in your street, or a grandparent, should you go and see them and help them and do their shopping for them. go and see them and help them and do theirshopping forthem. or do go and see them and help them and do their shopping for them. or do you risk contaminating them somehow?

what is funny, despite these news lines, the advice from the government hasn't changed. if you have this high fever or you have a persistent cough, the advice is to still stay at home. so if you are staying at home you cannot go and visit an elderly relative. but the advice is, if you are healthy and they are healthy you can still go and visit them. but a bit of social distancing is recommended, so set apartand distancing is recommended, so set apart and keep washing your hands regularly, cough and sneeze into tissues, so on and so forth. cannot give that advice often enough. laura foster, thank you very much indeed. let me remind you of the breaking news we have had from the foreign office. it follows that travel ban the united states announced on passengers from the united kingdom and the republic of ireland, a ban on those travellers going to the united states. now the foreign office here are saying, we are advising against all but essential travel to the usa following the us

government's announcement imposing restrictions on travel from the uk and ireland. the travel advice has been updated because the us government is imposing those restrictions on travel, effective from midnight on monday. british nationals with forthcoming journeys are planned should check with their airlines and tour operators. we advise those in the united states to stay in contact with their airlines and tour operators and to follow the instructions of local authorities. airports remain open, but there is some disruption to air travel. british nationals should contact their airlines for the most up—to—date information. that is the latest from the foreign & commonwealth office with their latest travel advice and the united states. across the uk, shoppers are continuing to buy large amounts of essential items such as toilet rolls and pasta. the organisation which represents british retailers has urged people to shop responsibly. mr hancock said he was confident the pandemic would not threaten food supplies. here's our business

correspondent, katy austin. the coronavirus outbreak hasn't yet peaked in the uk, but scenes like these show many shoppers are worried, stocking up on essentials like loo roll, hand wash and long—life foods. some shops are limiting purchases of in—demand products. people at this store in london felt there had been an overreaction. there's no nappies, toilet paper, nothing. so, it is going to be a struggle. i think that somebody needs to put kind of caution and say you can only take so much, rather than one person having so much in the house and someone having little and being hungry, especially the elderly. when i see them, they come in late at night. they can't get no food. it's a little bit over the top, frankly. it was only my friend said, "you've got to get bog roll, tea bags." i was like, "why? !" so, now, she has frightened me. so i have come out to get it all. 12 major supermarkets and food retailers have now published

a letter to their customers, saying they are doing everything they can to speed up supplies and keep shelves stocked, also pointing out online delivery services are running at full capacity. but customers are asked to be considerate in the way that they shop and told that buying more than is needed can sometimes mean that others will be left out. they are reassured there is enough for everyone if we all work together. the risk is, we all buy that little bit more than we actually need. if we all did that, that would cause more of a problem in terms of making sure that we have got the right supplies coming through the system. we have seen certain products with less availability where some things have run out for a short period of time. we are not going to see completely empty supermarkets, that is absolutely not the case. it is much more around making sure we can spread the demand out and if we are considerate as shoppers, only buying what it is that we need, there is going to be plenty for everyone and the retailers really wanted to give that reassurance to everyone.

the unsaid message of the letter today is — think of others before you panic buy. katy austin, bbc news. teresa wickham is an independent retail analyst and has worked for some big supermarket names including, sainsbury‘s and safeway, where she was a director. thank you for being with us. this whole panic buying that is going on at the moment, what are your thoughts on that and what would you say to people going out shopping?” have been saying it for some time, there is absolutely no need to panic. people will, there is enough food to go round. there may be less choice for a time, but the fact now it has been declared a national emergency, all 12 big food retailers have got together. they are normally

competitors. they have sent a letter to everybody, they will watch the online services very clearly and if they think people are panic buying, they think people are panic buying, they will limit their shops and then they will limit their shops and then they will limit their shops and then they will put notices up in stores to warn people there is no need to panic buy. panic buying is causing shortages. some products like the hand sanitiser is and things like that, it wasn't surprising but people are working hard with the manufacturers to get them back on the shelves. the people will cause a panic and once they start putting notices in stores, people will be embarrassed into not panic buying.” think some of those notices have gone up already. are you saying the shops, the supermarkets, they have enough supplies, supplies of toilet rolls will not run out, there may not be any today and tomorrow because people have been buying them in such huge numbers, but there are enough supplies in this country? yes, that is what they are saying. they will not damage their brand by

it. at the end of the day, what we have got is a generation of shoppers that are used to 24—hour shopping on demand. they are not looking at storing up and things like that. and that causes panic. retailers have assured us, there may be times when there are gaps, but they are working ha rd there are gaps, but they are working hard with their manufacturers and ever since we started sunday trading, manufacturers operate a seven day a week production. the government has now released, with the retailers, times they can deliver more often to supermarkets and have ta ken deliver more often to supermarkets and have taken away restrictions. everyone is working hard to get the products on the shelf. all retailers are confident they can deliver and we have to believe them. but there will be less choice, that is nobody‘s felt at the end of the day. what about online deliveries? we hear accounts of them taking up to a week to get an online delivery and

that has become a problem for many people? the online delivery is an area where there is a problem. and it is going to become more of a problem if people have to stay—at—home and they are isolated from it. what is happening now, the retailers will be working out how they can increase their online delivery. they operate just so many times with so many drivers so they will look at what other organisations they can co—operate with to get food delivered to people who need it. talking of people who do need it, the elderly and people suffering from underlying health conditions, when and if they go out shopping and see these empty shells, it is desperately difficult for them because they cannot probablyjust go from shop to shop, from supermarket to supermarket hunting for this stuff ca n to supermarket hunting for this stuff can they? yes, and they won't wa nt to stuff can they? yes, and they won't want to go out, they will be nervous about it. one opportunity is, if you

have good, local shops or you already have food deliveries. and the second thing, we are seeing it happening in kent, they have a buddy system, so they go and if shopping and people don't have to interact face—to—face. you have the panic buyers and then people thinking, hang oni buyers and then people thinking, hang on i need to help my community. that is working well down here. this morning, there is a leaflet being printed in the papers in the west country. people are thinking, what cani country. people are thinking, what can i do to help? certainly panic buying is just can i do to help? certainly panic buying isjust going can i do to help? certainly panic buying is just going to cause more problems. good to talk to you, independent retail analyst, thank you for being here on bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... the health secretary warns that measures to combat coronavirus will disrupt the lives of everybody

— and older people and those with health conditions will be asked to stay at home. the foreign office advises against "all but essential travel" to the united states after president trump introduced a travel ban on the uk. supermarkets urge shoppers not to buy more than they need, saying there is enough for everyone if people are considerate. all the latest sport, not that there isa all the latest sport, not that there is a vast amount, let's go to richard. thank you very much indeed. good afternoon. ferrari has suspended it's formula one team operations and closed its car factory until the 27th march as a result of coronavirus. in a statement the company said it's taken the decision to protect workers. ferrari is also experiencing serious issues with its supply chain which can no longer allow for continued production. other fi teams are still working for now, despite the uncertainty over when the season will start. six time world rally champion sebastien ogier has criticised

the decision to go ahead with rally mexico. the frenchman won the third round of the world rally championship after it was cut short because of increasing travel restrictions due to coronavirus. ogier said on social media "this victory feels completely different than the others, because this rally should have not happened! protecting human life must come above any other interest — for sure also above racing! if we put the fans here in danger this victory has no value." horse racing in england continues today with meetings at carlisle and market rasen. there were five fixtures yesterday, with the biggest at uttoxeter where a crowd of 8,400 watched 6—1 shot truckers lodge win the midlands grand national. yesterday's attendance was a little over a thousand down from a year ago. meetings also took place at fontwell, kempton, newcastle and wolverhampton yesterday. police have this morning confirmed that jan vertonghen's family were held at knifepoint

during a burglary that took place while the player was on champions league duty with tottenham in midweek. the belgian defender was in germany for the second leg of spurs' last—i6 defeat against rb leipzig. men wearing balaclavas forced their way into the house while his wife and children were inside, stealing a number of items before leaving. metropolitan police are appealing for information. the wife of arsenal manager mikel arteta says he's feeling fine after contracting coronavirus. lorena bernal sympathises with people suffering from the disease and anybody who's lost their lives as a result of it, but in a social media post she's confirmed her husband's symptoms were relatively mild. my my husband is feeling fine. he is well. it is true that he had symptoms of a virus, but these symptoms of a virus, but these

symptoms would have never stopped him from going to work in a normal situation. he would havejust him from going to work in a normal situation. he would have just taken ib pro foran situation. he would have just taken ib pro for an of paracetamol and he would have gone to work. so really, it is nothing major. some temperature, some headache but that's it. as you've heard there isn't any elite professional football taking place in england at the moment, but some teams at the grassroots are still playing. youngsters across england have been in action over the weekend. including unsworth junior football club near bury in greater manchester, who've carried on with fixtures for their boys and girls teams. the club says they have extra precautions in place and are following guidelines. we have followed the guidance from lancashire fa and manchester fa and local league is on, we played yesterday. the schools are open and we have not been told to stop. the

boys are going to school again on monday so we are going to follow that stance at the moment. as a club, we will make a decision and if the schools were to close u nfortu nately we would the schools were to close unfortunately we would have to stop the grassroots football as well. at the grassroots football as well. at the moment there are the boys enjoying themselves exercising and hope hopefully they will be doing that again this weekend. if they weren't doing that, what would they be doing? football carried on as normal in brazil this weekend — with flamengo playing a league match at an emty maracana stadium. they beat portuguesa 2—1 at the iconic stadium — and despite there being no fans inside the stadium there was no holding back the commentator. who says you need full crowds for excitement. later on flamengo managerjorgejesus urged for a pause in brazilian football amidst the ongoing public safety concerns over the coronavirus. that's all the sport for now.

i'll have more in the next hour. us president donald trump has tested negative for the coronavirus, the white house physician has said. "this evening i received confirmation that the test is negative," sean conley said in a statement on saturday. mr trump underwent a test days after hosting a meeting at his florida resort with a brazilian delegation, some of whom have tested positive. us airports have been thrown into chaos as new coronavirus health screening measures for people returning from mainland europe come into force. long queues formed as travellers waited for hours for the screenings before passing through customs. the uk government is advising against all but essential travel to the united states. european countries are continuing to take extraordinary steps to try to stop the spread of the coronavirus. measures on a scale not seen before

in peace—time are coming into force. in spain there's a nationwide partial lockdown for the next 15 days. in france, all cafes, restaurants, cinemas and most shops have been ordered to remain shut. this report is from rich preston. bells toll. three of europe's biggest economies have imposed national lockdowns. spain is europe's second—worst hit country, with more than 190 deaths and over 6300 infections, and has now declared a state of emergency. public gatherings are banned and most shops and businesses are closed. cafes and restaurants will only be able to carry out home deliveries. for the next two weeks, people have been told to stay at home unless they are going to work or to buy food or medicine. begona gomez, the wife of the spanish prime minister, pedro sanchez, and pictured here with her husband last year, has tested positive for the virus. on the streets, cheers of support for health staff going to work

and caring for the sick. cheering and applause. at the stroke of midnight, sweeping new restrictions came into force across france. public places described as nonessential forcibly shut, including cinemas, cafes and nightclubs. the traditional french bistro, an integral part of the country's cultural identity, closed. more than 90 people in france have now died of coronavirus and authorities say this is the only way to prevent mass fatalities. translation: i am aware of the efforts and sacrifices that are required and i have confidence in the ability of french men and women to understand the seriousness of the moment and to adopt together the civic, responsible and supportive behaviour which will enable us to overcome this crisis. despite the lockdown,

local elections are going ahead — the prime minister calling for people to come out and vote, but to do so sensibly and keep a safe distance from others. italy remains europe's worst—hit country, with over 1400 deaths. its national lockdown has been in place for nearly a week, but the number of cases and fatalities keeps rising. on friday, the world health organisation said europe was now the epicentre of the covid—i9 outbreak, a virus which started in china and, which, in just ten weeks, has spread around the world and killed thousands of people. rich preston, bbc news. spanish police have been using drones equiped with loudspeakers to tell people in public spaces to go home. let's have a listen. loudspeaker message.

the message they're saying stay off the streets and go home. sneha mistri is a choreographer, originally from birmingam, now living in madrid. she told me what conditions are like over there. we are at home, following the government's advice, after yesterday's announcement. so, i kind of saw this happening. i've been travelling around a lot, being a dancer, performing, so i saw what was happening in italy, so i'd planned that this might happen. i started cancelling events. this weekend i had to cancel a massive event. so, we are at home, connecting with friends and family, letting people know we are ok. sorry, my cat! so we just have to deal with it now. luckily, yesterday i did a class online on facebook to raise spirits. it's going to be tough, it's a tough one, especially for an artist. we have no work.

this near lockdown in spain, that could go on for months, potentially, isuppose, could it? yes, if we see what's happened in china and italy, it wasn't 15 days. i'm a positive person, so obviously we want things to finish quickly, but we have to be realistic as well, and these numbers are growing exponentially. the health service is about to collapse. it's quite serious. i'm warning my friends and family in the uk about this, telling them to take this seriously. one week ago we were fine, dancing, partying, out on the streets, and within seven days we are now confined to homes, so this is something very serious to consider and the spanish culture is to be outside, so it's very hard for people to understand and accept what's going on right now. for the latest developments

on the coronavirus outbreak, including what symptoms to look out for, how to reduce your risk of becoming infected, and advice for those with underlying health conditions, just visit our website at... or go to the bbc news app. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise. hello there. expect rain for some or sunshine and showers for others for the remainder of this sunday. because we are under an influence of low pressure at the moment. the rain is pushing its way steadily south east, showers are piling in from the north. so, yes, expect some wetter weather into east anglia and the london area by the middle of the afternoon. behind it though, decent sunny spells for some. showers most frequent into the far north of scotland accompanied by gale force gusts of wind from a northerly direction here. so a colder afternoon to come, just a maximum height of four or five degrees. elsewhere, we should see temperatures ranging from nine to ii celsius.