you're watching beyond 100 days. the british prime ministers announces dramatic new guidelines to fight the coronavirus — it'll mean a big change in the way people lead their lives. it's not an order, but it's strong advice — avoid social contact, don't travel, don't go to the pub, work from home where possible. for the moment, schools in the uk stay open. but in households where someone is sick, the whole family must stay home for m days. the peak of the epidemic is coming faster in some part of the country than in others. and it looks as though london is now a few weeks ahead. the world health organization calls on all nations to test every individual suspected of having the coronavirus.

also on the programme... the french president is about to address the nation. he is expected to announce a full italian—style lockdown. we will bring you that live. and what if you could test yourself for coronavirus at home, with a kit you could buy for a few dollars? scientists in senegal may not be far away from delivering just that. hello, i'm katty kay in washington. christian fraser is in london. the coronavirus is the only story in the news — here are the latest developments from around the world. the message from the world health organization today is that infection rates from the coronavirus are rising because western governments are not doing enough. the key says the who, is more information — testing, isolating, tracing, it is the only way to break the infection chain. we cannot stop this pandemic if we don't know who is infected.

we have a simple message for all countries — test, test, test. test every suspected case. in the past hour, canada announced it's shutting its borders. canadian citizens and residents as well as americans are exempt. the european commission has called for a ban on all nonessential travel into the eu — initially for 30 days. the bloc‘s own citizens and residents — as well as those from the uk — would be exempt from the measure. we think nonessential travel should be reduced right now too in order not to spread the virus further, be it within the european union or by leaving the european union. but also to avoid nonessential travels is not to have more potential strain on our health care system. russia also said it will close its

borders. the us begins the shutdown. new york, newjersey, and connecticut ban gatherings of more than 50 people. schools, casinos, gyms, and movie theatres have been shut. bars and restaurants are limited to takeout and delivery. new york's governor has this warning. i want federal guidance, jesse. you can't have one state taking actions that are different than other states. there are ways to do it. no corner of the world has escaped the virus. it is now in most of africa and today south africa imposed the continent's most severe restrictions. it has closed half its manneh borders and band of visitors from eight foreign countries including the us and the uk. all those things happening around the world, total dramatic new measures that are happening to fight the virus in the uk as well. the prime minister announced them at the first of his

new daily press briefings — calling them draconian, but saying they are now necessary. the government is asking people to work from home, where approriate, and to stop all unnecessary travel and contact with other people. they should avoid pubs, clubs, and theatres. at the moment, these measures are voluntary not mandatory. the government is not shutting everything down. but in households with even one sick family member, everyone must self—isolate for m days. and — in what may be the hardest measures of all — the prime minister announced strict new guidelines for the elderly. now is the time for everyone to stop nonessential contact with others, and to stop all unnecessary travel. we need people to start working from home where they possibly can. and you should avoid pubs, clubs, theatres, and other such social venues. it goes without saying, we should all only use the nhs when we really need to, and please go online rather than ringing nhs 111.

now this advice about avoiding all unnecessary social contact is particularly important for people over 70, for pregnant women, and for those with some health conditions. well, as the prime minister said, the new advice by the british government is no doubt set to disproportionately impact on the elderly and disabled. yes indeed — earlier we spoke with damejoan bakewell. she's a labour peer and journalist, who has campaigned for the rights of older women. i asked her what her reaction to the prime minister's speech was. i found it was a bit tentative. i think it should be slightly more absolute. i think they are being advised to stay at home, which gives you an option of not doing so i've been advised to stay at home, rather. i think it should be a little bit more absolute that we

require people over 70 to stay at home. in the same advice to not go into crowded events — i think it calls for slightly more drastic decisions. a little bit firmer hand of government, close the theatres, close the pop concerts, close guest emma or glastonbury, because we need an absolute sense of direction here. and it is still leaving things are rather optional. we would be pleased if you would, rather than we really must do this now. there will be so many families watching this who don't know what to do. should they go and visit their elderly parents? should they stay awake was mike and when we talk about social distancing, the danger is that elderly people feel very elderly and dutch lonely and cut off, and they don't get the help they need. we need to embark on a strategy to make sure people don't feel isolated. so people have to be able to be

equipped with mobile phones, they need to learn how to use skype or how to be in touch with each other. they need to have set up local community centres in which neighbours help neighbours without infecting each other. they need instructions for supermarkets to somehow ration the amount of food that each individual is allowed to ta ke that each individual is allowed to take away, so that everyone... great quantities don't go away and other people are left needing. are you going to self—isolate for the next few weeks? i've been isolated for about a week because i had a bad cold, and i was under doctor's orders. are you going to carry on? yes, i orders. are you going to carry on? yes, lam orders. are you going to carry on? yes, i am expecting my supper to be delivered to the doorstep in about an hour's time. by hu? and do you see the situation going on for weeks and weeks? and if so, what will you

do to fill those weeks? well, i think it is going to be very tense and it will be very hard, very psychologically difficult for people. so we need a new way of relating to each other, we need to have our families as close as we can have our families as close as we can have and i don't mean physically, but in touch with us. we need to have neighbourhood setups in which neighbours care for neighbours. we need to have shops embark on delivering and making available credit. because i don't have any access to a cash machine. when i run out of my actual notes to give to people when they deliver food, what doi people when they deliver food, what do i do? so we need a lot of practical advice, there needs to be a major enterprise now to make it easy for people — not easy, because it won't be easy, but easier than otherwise to cope with this emergency. i am intrigued by your supper. are you having take away, and how will you manage? is there a

delivery person coming to your door? know, a neighbour this morning said they were making curry and asked if i wanted some, i said yes and it will be left on my doorstep at almost 8pm. so no contact with the neighbour? no, they leave it on the doorstep and ring the bell secular this is the new reality, isn't it? i think it will be very arduous being alone, because i'm so gregarious, i talked to a lot of people all the time on the phone and on skype and so time on the phone and on skype and so on, but nonetheless it is not quite the same as personal contact. ido quite the same as personal contact. i do break the rules and go out for a walk each day simply to get some fresh air, but i don't go near to people and walk away that gives a sense of the world out there. will you are very welcome on this programme, so maybe we will call you in in the next few days to see how you are getting on supper a little

bit of company. thank you. lovely to talk to you, mind how you go. i wish somebody would leave carry out on my doorstep there. let's bring you some president macron who's giving an address to the whole of france. just to give you some heads up on what he is talking about, starting tomorrow from noon for at least two weeks, no meetings outside. you can walk to work if you can't work remotely, and exercise, but not socialise outside. he's also saying that businesses must take steps to help people work from home. keep watching that, we will bring you some of the top lines as we go. by the way, also saying people will be punished if they do suck i codify these restrictions the government has imposed. markets around the world crashed again today — unconvinced by the latest government

efforts and fearing this virus will cause long term economic damage. the us federal reserve slashed interest rates to zero and announced it would pump $700 billion into the economy. but even that didn't help. indeed, paradoxically, the fed's dramatic moves almost confirmed investors worst at the opening bell global markets were in free fall — the ftse 100 plunged below the 5,000 mark for the first time since 2011. it did recover some of that before the close. in new york, the sell—off activated a "circuit breaker" that triggered a 15—minute pause in trading. this is the third time in a week. they are down roughly 10% at the moment. and that means oil futures were down again. shares of major airlines were some of the big losers after announcements that a majority of flights in april and may will be cancelled. suddenly, the safest companies in pension portfolios are haemorraghing cash, and slumping in the markets. mohamed el erian is chief economic adviser for alliance.

hejoined he joined just hejoined just now, he joined just now, thanks so hejoined just now, thanks so much for joining hejoined just now, thanks so much forjoining us. have you ever seen anything like this for?|j forjoining us. have you ever seen anything like this for? i have in fragile in failed states. and i have in communities that have been hit by big natural disasters. we have not seen big natural disasters. we have not seen this happen on this scale that we are seeing it happen right now, which is worldwide. 0n we are seeing it happen right now, which is worldwide. on friday, donald trump announced a national emergency and more money available to fight this. over the weekend, the federal reserve in an emergency session slashed interest rates to almost 0%. can governments do much more to the shore of the markets to give investors confidence? so governments can protect the poorest and most vulnerable segments of the population, and they should. they can also protect the crucial sectors of the economy and help the health sector. they can do all that. they can also make difficult decisions

about bailouts, but what they cannot do is convince me and you to travel, convince me and you to go to a re sta u ra nt convince me and you to go to a restaurant with 50 other people. why? because no amount of tax relief, no amount of cheap credit will make us do so. we are worried about our health. so one of the concerns we have out there are about how the traditional policy measures are ineffective for this state. they will be effective down the line but not now. we know the banks have virtually eliminated liquidy available, so they can then cash to businesses. what we don't know is what their appetite for risk is. and they will be torn because on one hand, they want to show that this is a collective problem that requires collective responsibility. they do not want to tip a solvent company that has liquidity problems in the bankruptcy. so that is one part of

the grain, the other part wonders if they should take on more risk, if they should take on more risk, if they should take on more risk, if they should be giving out money when they should be giving out money when they should be keeping it. so they will be torn. my feeling is we will see more of the former behaviour than the latter because of how they we re than the latter because of how they were blamed for 2008. but they will have to work very carefully, and regulators and central banks have to monitor that. somebody texted me today who has a pension, a good pension unlike mine, asking if they should sell now and go into cash? i read that, then i read things on social media where people are saying to buy the market now, it has dropped 30% and you will make a bargain. what do you say to that? dropped 30% and you will make a bargain. what do you say to that7m is really hard to generalise because people's circumstances differ. if you have an enormous appetite for volatility, if you are going to stay in the game when the game gives you

heartburn — and i'm saying heartburn is the least of what you will feel — then there are some bargains, particularly companies that have very strong balance sheets and will navigate this. but the problem with being taken out of your comfort zone, and that is what is happening to all of us, is that we tend to do one or two things. either we are paralysed or we overreact. when we overreact we do the wrong thing. so i think we have to be very cautious and ask ourselves the one most important question here — what mistake cani important question here — what mistake can i not afford to make? because the chances of making a mistake in this environment is very high. we are seeing all this volatility today. i'm interested in what happens in six months, or one yea r‘s what happens in six months, or one year's time. it is so much damage being done to companies's ballot sheets today dashed balance sheets today that this will cause a problem in terms of long—term recovery? today that this will cause a problem in terms of long-term recovery? we are now in the midst of a vicious

cycle. the economy contaminates finance, finance contaminates the economy. we are going into a global recession. we should be very clear to people that that is what is happening, and hopefully it will be short—term. it should be temporary, what will define the economic bottom is not cutting interest rates, it is not a major fiscal stimulus. it is you and me having confidence into things, the spread of the virus being contained and immunity goes up. a vaccine does both. if we get a vaccine tomorrow, we will see us establish a bottom very quickly. thank you very much, we need that vaccine. that's the big picture, what does it mean for people? the economic shutdown caused by this virus is particularly hard for hourly workers and for small businesses right around the world. during this crisis we are, going to hearfrom them. philippa tarrant is a florist in dc and joins us now from her studio.

i should also say philippa is a very good friend of mine and i had to twist her arm, i promise to buy all those fires to get her to go on the programme which i'm very happy to do. i've watched your business grow over the last few years, you've been so impressive in building it up. what has happened to it in the last few weeks? the last week basically started last wednesday, two months of events and weddings have all been erased in the calendar. literally the whole lot is gone. so that is your earnings projected for the next couple of months, you will earn nothing? right until mid-may, absolutely. some things are being postponed, others are just cancelled. a lot of stuff is being pushed back to september, now whether everyone can do that or the market can sustain that is another question. but as of now, it is absolute — nothing is going on for me, for all the other parts of the

industry. philippa, it is notjust you, is it? i'm told your husband works for american airlines? he does, yes. they are having some very interesting times. he's working super hard. they're talking to the government about bailouts, but in terms of small business, going to congress at this moment, there are plans to help. but i have friends who run design companies, and their wee kly who run design companies, and their weekly payroll is to — who run design companies, and their weekly payroll is to - $300,000. everyone is trying to work out how long can they keep going with matt how much is in the bank to actually keep the doors open? and unfortunately lots of people that i know will not be able to make it if this goes on for more than a couple months. do you have staff? have you worked out in your own mind how you can sustain this for how long? yes,

we have basically pared down as much as we can in terms of overheads. and then, it is just as we can in terms of overheads. and then, it isjust rent and payroll. that is as low as we can get. i definitely can do six months. after that, i have no idea. philippa, does this remind you of the financial crash? i remember speaking to you after the crash and i know you lost business then. does this feel the same or worse? it feels worse, other people said they got through 9/11 and the financial crash because we are the luxury industry. they will get rid of flowers first if there is any worries. also right now, it is all about getting groups of people together. so none of that can happen. so our entire reason for being does not exist right now. the

thatis being does not exist right now. the that is the lighting companies, the caterers, all of them, and then the whole gig economy, every waiter, every delivery person is hourly paid. ina every delivery person is hourly paid. in a sense, you have a husband who has a job, employed by an airline industry which is tough. and you might be able to ride this out, but i imagine you are hearing people, because you are in the service industry, who might not be able to write this out? totally, i know one large company who can hold on for two weeks with his overheads. he's been going strong for years. then the hourly workers, nobody can afford to pay them. i know one company that has laid off 22%, another has gone down to three day work weeks. they're just trying to work weeks. they're just trying to work out how to not lay everybody off. 0k, philippa, good luck. the flowers look so beautiful, thanks

for joining flowers look so beautiful, thanks forjoining us today. take care. the british governments chief scientific officer said it now looks like the uk is "three weeks behind italy", rather than four. sir patrick valance said we are approaching the fast upswing of the curve, which will put enormous pressure on the nhs. lets go straight to washington because donald trump is about to address the briefing room. let's listen in. i'm glad to see that you're practising social distancing, that looks very nice. looks very good. i want to think everyone for being here today. this morning i spoke with the leaders of the g7 nations, and they really had a good meeting. i think it was a very productive meeting, ialso meeting. i think it was a very productive meeting, i also spoke with our nation's governors this afternoon, we are announcing new guidelines for every american to follow over the next 15 days as we

combat the virus, each and everyone of us combat the virus, each and everyone ofusa combat the virus, each and everyone of us a critical role to play in stopping the spread and transmission of the virus. we did this today, this was done by a lot of very talented people, some of whom are standing with me. and that is available. doctor burks will be speaking about that in just a few minutes. it is important for the young and healthy people to understand that while they may experience milder symptoms, they can easily spread this virus and they will spread it indeed, putting countless others and harm's way. we especially worry about our senior citizens. the white house task force meets every day and updates guidelines basicallyjust based on the fast evolving situation this has become. so all over the world, it is incredible what has happened in such a short period of time. one of the guidelines is the task force, the new modelling conducted by doctor burks and our consultation with

governors, we've made the decision to further toughen the guidelines and blunt the infection now stop we would much rather be ahead of the curve then behind it, that is what we are. therefore my administration is recommending that all americans, including the young and healthy, work to engage in schooling from home when possible, avoid gathering in groups of more than ten people, avoid discretionary travel and avoid eating and drinking at bars, restaurants, and public food courts. if everyone makes this change order these critical changes and sacrifices now, we will rally together as one nation and defeat the virus. and we are going to have a big celebration altogether. several weeks of focused action, we can turn it around, lots of progress has been made. i'm also pleased to announce that a vaccine candidate

has begun the phase one critical trial. this is one of the fastest vaccine launched of elements in history, not even close. we are also racing to develop antiviral therapies and other treatments that have promising results to reduce the severity and duration of the symptoms. i have to say that our government is prepared to do whatever it takes — whatever it takes, we are doing it in every way. with that i would like to introduce doctor brooks, who will discuss some of the things that we strongly recommend. thank you. thank you, mr president. i think you know over the la st president. i think you know over the last months, we've taken bold action to stop the virus from coming to our shores. and because that we had time to really understand the progress across the globe of what has worked and what has not. we now need to appeal to every single american so

that they can have their role in stopping the spread of this virus. we have talked about things before like washing your hands, but we want to focus on if you are sick. no matter who you are, please stay home. if someone in your household is diagnosed with this virus, the entire household should quarantine in the house to prevent the spread of the virus to others. the reason we are taking the strong and bold steps is because we know there is virus spread before you develop symptoms, and then we know that there is a large group, we don't know the precise percent yet, that is asymptomatic or has such mild cases that they continue to spread the virus. if your children are sick, please keep them home. now to our older population or those with pre—existing medical conditions — everyone in the household needs to focus on protecting them. everyone

in the household. we want to speak particularly to our largest generation now, our millennialist. let's say goodbye to our viewers on bbc four, you can continue watching this on bbc news and be zero news sucking i will tell you what i told to them. they are the core group that will stuff this virus. they are the group that communicates successfully independent leah picking up the phone. they intuitively know how to contact each other without being in large social gatherings. we are asking all of them to hold their gatherings to underten them to hold their gatherings to under ten people. not just them to hold their gatherings to under ten people. notjust in bars and restaurants, but in homes. we really wa nt and restaurants, but in homes. we really want people to be separated at this time. to be able to address this virus comprehensively that we cannot see for which we don't have a vaccine order therapeutic, the only thing we have right now is the

amazing ingenuity and compassion of the american people. we are appealing to all americans to take these steps to protect each other, and to ensure that the virus doesn't spread. these guidelines are very specific, very detailed. they will only work if every american takes us together to heart and responds as one nation and one people to stop the spread of this virus. thank you. thank you very much. so just to connect with what i mentioned to you in previous discussions in this room, and the doctor said it very well, that in order to be able to contain and curtail this epidemic did not reach its maximum capability, we have a two pillar approach, one of which i think has been very effective in preventing the substantial seating, namely the

travel restrictions that we've discussed many times in this room. the other equally if not more important is when you have infection in your own country, which we do, andi in your own country, which we do, and i can read the numbers but what we've seen yesterday increase, incrementally increases... therefore the kinds of things that we do on containment and mitigation, what we are mentioning now, the guidelines when you look at them carefully, i believe if the people in the united states ta ke believe if the people in the united states take them seriously because they were based on some rather serious consideration back and forth, some may look at them and say they will be really inconvenient for people. some will look and say we've gone too far. they were well—thought—out. in the thing that i want to reemphasize, and i'll say it over and over again — when you

are dealing with an emergency infectious disease outbreak, you are a lwa ys infectious disease outbreak, you are always behind where you think you are if you think that today reflects where you really are. that's not a burden speak, it means if you are here, you are really here because you are only getting the results. therefore it will always seem that the best way to address it will be to do be doing something that looks like it might be an overreaction. it isn't an overreaction, it is a reaction that we feel is commence or it, which is actually going on in reality. so take a look at the guidelines, read them carefully and we hope that the people of the united states will take them very seriously, because they will fail if people don't adhere to them. we have to have, as a whole country, cooperation and collaboration to make sure these get done. thank you.

a lot of people are concerned about home on this my last. if americans we re home on this my last. if americans were to band together and with the white house suggesting, how quickly but this turnaround? how many times, i speak to a lot of them. it seems to me that if we do a really good job it will not only pull the death down to a level that is much lower had we not done a good job. but people are talking aboutjuly, august, something like that. it could be right in that bit of time where i say it washes through. other people don't like that term, but where it washes through. is this the new normal? we will see what happens

but i've asked that question many times. americans are living with so much anxiety and fear and uncertainty right now. how are you talking to your family about this? how are you talking to your youngest son? do you empathize with us a sense of being anxiety? people are really scared. i think they are very scared. i think they see we are doing a professionaljob. we've been working with the governor ‘s and the local government at every level. usually we see female for the hurricanes and tornadoes. —— fema. they work in the state of washington, they work with them a lot on other things and they are very lot on other things and they are very some so lot on other things and they are very some so they are working on that. all you can do as a

professional, totally competent that we have the best people in the world. we have the greatest experts in the world and someday soon, hopefully it'll end and we will be back to where it was. but it came up so suddenly, we were surprise, we we re so suddenly, we were surprise, we were all surprised. we heard about reports from china that something was happening and all of a sudden, we did make a good decision. we close our borders to china very quickly and very rapidly. 0therwise we'd be in a very bad position, much worse than we would be right now. look at what happening in other countries. i think that what we do and i've spoken with my son. he says how that is this? it's bad but we will hopefully be a best case, not a worst case, and that's what we are working for. one, about your own test. is the administration considering more aggressive

containment options, like a quarantine or a national curfew? we've been pretty aggressive. we we re we've been pretty aggressive. we were with europe, but we were early with china and other places and u nfortu nately, with china and other places and unfortunately, —— we're coming out with strong suggestions and is becoming a little bit automatic. you look at people not doing certain things. i wouldn't say the restau ra nt things. i wouldn't say the restaurant business is booming. people are self —containing to a large extent. we look forward to the day when we can get back to normal. are you considering instituting a nationwide lockdown, nationwide quarantine? there still some questions about that. not nationwide at this point, but there are some places that are not very effective at all. but we may look at certain

areas. at this moment, no we're not. you said you had your test friday night. the white house doctor's office put out a statement around midnight friday saying no test was indicated, so when exactly was your test administered? it was late friday night and the reason i did it was because i had no symptoms whatsoever so the doctor said they don't see any reason, but when i did the press conference in front of everybody going crazy, "did you do the test, did you do the quit two test? " so late friday night i did the test so the doctor may have put it out, but the results came back, i believe the following day. we tested negative. when they say the test wasn't indicated, and, implying that you had? i went totally by what the

doctors said. they said i don't have any of the symptoms, they checked what they were supposed to tech, but idida what they were supposed to tech, but i did a test later on friday night and it came back probably 2a hours later. they sent it to the labs. you had a conference with the nation ‘s governors today. in that conference, you told them that if they needed things like masks or rent persuaders —— respirators... things like masks or rent persuaders -- respirators... they can get them faster on their own. go through a supplying shade they may have. the governors by a lot of things, not necessarily from federal government. if they are able to get ventilators, respirators or certain things without having to go through the longer process of federal government, we have stockpiled now and are ordering tremendous numbers of ventilators, respirators, masks and they're coming. we have quite a few at this point. if they can get

them directly, it's always good to be faster if they need them, and i've given them authorizations to order directly. one of the big witnesses in our health care systems —— weaknesses is search capacities for medicalfacilities. what precautions are being done to get —— china was able to build hospitals in a matter of days. are you prepared to build the capacity we need? that's why we are taking a very strict look at this, but we are also looking at areas and expanding certain areas. we are doing a lot in that regard. we hope you don't have to get there, but we are doing a lot in that regard. could you clarify something? guideline say stay home

if you're set. the vice president said yesterday no one should worry about losing a paycheque if they stay home, but the house bill exempts companies of the 500 employees a more from paid six pleat —— sickly requirement. why does a goodidea —— sickly requirement. why does a good idea that only requires small businesses provide this? we are looking at expanding that. we're looking at expanding that. we're looking at expanding that. we're looking at that through the senate. the senate is now digesting that bill. two questions. one going on what he was asking. how many ventilators beds do we have right now and will it be enough?|j ventilators beds do we have right now and will it be enough? i can get back to you with that number. we ordered a light and we have quite a few, it may not be enough. if it's not enough, we will have it by the time we need it. hopefully we won't need that. can you give us the exact number? we will. you said this was

under tremendous control. do you wa nt to under tremendous control. do you want to revisit that statement. we are doing a very good job within the confines of what we're dealing with. we're doing a very good job. there's been a tremendous amount of the way they are working together. they work hand—in—hand. ithink they are working together. they work hand—in—hand. i think they're doing a really greatjob and from that standpoint, that's what i was referring to. you're not saying it's under control, right? i'm not referring to the virus. that's all under control for any place in the world. i was talking about what we are doing, not the virus. the stock market took another hit today. as the economy heading into a recession? it may be. we are thinking in terms of the virus. i thinking in terms of the virus. i think there's a tremendous demand.

0nce think there's a tremendous demand. once this goes away, once it goes through and we are done with it, i think we will see a tremendous. are you looking at domestic travel restrictions? we hope you don't have to. hopefully we will have to do that. but it's certainly something that. but it's certainly something that we talk about every day. we haven't made that decision. doctors and nurses in this country are telling us across the border that they are terrified of this virus and they are terrified of this virus and the fact that they can get it or ta ke the fact that they can get it or take it home to their families. what can you say to a short health care providers and countries that the federal government is doing something to ensure that they get personal protective equipment to protect themselves and their families? i think the government is doing everything we can possibly do. we made some very good early decisions by keeping people out, by keeping countries out, certain countries where the infection was very advanced. i notice a lot of

people, like south korea who have done a good job, but they had tremendous problems at the beginning. i think that we've done a fantastic job from just about every standpoint. with that being said, no matter where you look, this is something that's an invisible enemy. we are speaking all the time, not only with the people, but also the professional people, the nurses, the doctors, they have been doing a fantasticjob. we are also working very much on getting them the kind of equipment they need and for the most part, they either have it or they will be getting it. but remember this, we want the governors, we want the mayors, from a local standpoint, we want them to work. we had a great talk with the governors today. there's a tremendous coordination, there's a tremendous coordination, there's a tremendous spirit we have together with the god of the two governors. —— with the governors.

with the god of the two governors. -- with the governors. you said you think this could wash through -- with the governors. you said you think this could wash throuthuly. you set a possibility of a recession might be. when would that be?” you set a possibility of a recession might be. when would that be? ijust say this, we have an invisible enemy. we have a problem that a month ago, no one ever thought about. i've read about it, i read about. i've read about it, i read about it many years ago, 1917, 1918. i've seen all the different problems similarto i've seen all the different problems similar to this that we've had. this isa similar to this that we've had. this is a bad one. this is bad in the sense that it's so contagious. it's just so contagious. a sort of record—setting type contagion. the good part is the young people, they do very well and healthy people do very well. very, very bad for older people, especially older people with

problems. my focus is really on getting rid of this problem, this virus problem. 0nce getting rid of this problem, this virus problem. once we do that, everything else will fall into place. a lot of rumours last night that you would put in a national cu rfew that you would put in a national curfew or some kind —— something like that. your people are saying this is a foreign disinformation. is that what's going on? are people messing with us on the internet?” can't tell you if they are not. i think a lot of the media has actually been very fair. i think people are pulling together on this. i think it could be that you have some foreign groups that are playing games, but it doesn't matter. we haven't really determined to do that at all and hopefully we won't have to. that's a very big step. it's a step we can take, but we have not decided to do it. mr president, two things. can you talk a little bit

specifically about what you'd like to do to help the airlines and also, we heard that jeff to do to help the airlines and also, we heard thatjeff pazo ‘s has been in contact with the white house daily. —— jeff macklin. in contact with the white house daily. -- jeff macklin. bezos. we've had tremendous support from a lot of people who can help and i believe he was one of them. as far as airlines are concerned, was one of them. as far as airlines are concerned , we was one of them. as far as airlines are concerned, we will back the airlines 100%. not theirfault. it's nobody‘s fault. unless you go to the original source, but it's nobody‘s fault. we're going to be in a position to help the airlines very much. we told the airlines we would help them. it's very important. we have to back the airlines. it's not

theirfault. have to back the airlines. it's not their fault. the the fact they were having record seasons when they can't —— this came out. we will be backing the airline. as stocks continue to fall, will the white house support make a difference? that's the best thing we can do. that's the best thing we can do. that's what i think about. 0nce that's the best thing we can do. that's what i think about. once this virus is gone, i think the stock market will be like no one has ever seen market will be like no one has ever seen before. he will be back in the second. i think the question about july, the guidelines are a 15 day trial guideline to be reconsidering. it isn't that these guidelines are in effect until july. it isn't that these guidelines are in effect untiljuly. the president was saying that the trajectory of the outbreak may go to, make sure these aren't in stone untiljuly. to

follow—up, do you want senate republicans to change the... they are working very well with the house. they are working in unison. they're working to only enhance it and make it better and make it fear for everybody —— fair for everybody. we may go back and forth with the house a little bit, but both will be ina very house a little bit, but both will be in a very positive fashion. these new guidelines they avoid social gatherings of more than ten people, but cdc's recommendations were for people to avoid gatherings of more than 50 people. what's evolved in you and your team's thinking in the past 2a hours, and also what do you need to see in a stimulus? thank you

for that question. we have been working on models day and night around the globe to really predict, because some countries are in a very early stage like the united states. we been working with groups in the united kingdom. we have new affirmation coming out from a model. what have the biggest impact in the bottle is a social distancing, small groups, not going in public. —— in the model. if one person in the household became infected, the will household became infected, the will household self quarantine for 14 days. that's up 100% of the transmission outside of the household. — — transmission outside of the household. —— that stops 100%. we had another silent epidemic, hiv. i just want to recognise the hiv epidemic was assaulted by the community. the activist who stood up when no one was listening and got

everyone's attention were asking that same sense of community and stand up against this virus. if everyone in america does what we asked for the next 15 days, we will see a dramatic difference and we won't have to worry about the ventilators and we won't to worry about the icu beds because we won't have our elderly and our people at the greatest risk having to be hospitalized. very productive call today. we talked about the new roll—out of the testing that we described yesterday. i know how grateful the president is for the efforts that our governors are making. the united states public health service as well as fema has

made grasp great product —— great progress. that is the coronavirus daily briefing now. issuing these guidelines for peopled up all over the next 15 days. the headlines are very similar to what we hear from other places, basically much more social distancing and less contact with other people. two things, if it's a family and there's one person who is sick exactly like the prime minister said earlier, you all stay home. the other thing is to avoid social gatherings of ten people. that's different from what we've been told in the us yesterday, which was to avoid gatherings of 50 people, i know it's been cut down to ten. it seems like they're looking at other countries and learning from other countries about what is most effective. the former health conditionerfor effective. the former health conditioner for baltimore has effective. the former health conditionerfor baltimore has been

listening. listening to what president trump was saying about what we've learned from around the world, have some of the big mysteries been answered about this virus? do we know a lot more now than we did even say a week ago? certainly. we are finding out new things about this virus all the time, including about the trajectory of the disease. what i heard president trump say is that he and the us want to follow the evidence. we want to do what the evidence tells us is and can be effective in reducing the spread of the virus. we know that it's going to spread. we know that it's going to spread. we know that it's going to spread. we know that we are in this rapid escalation phase. there are things that we can do right now, including with these pretty aggressive social distancing measures. but i'm really glad that the president came out and said we need to limit gatherings to ten people. that's bold, it's aggressive, it's also clear, unlike some of the previous things that he

had said. i think it's time for us to all take this extremely seriously, because this is about lives. this is about our communities. if we cannot flatten the curb, we are going to be vastly overwhelming the health care capacity here in the us. doctor burks made a direct appear to —— appeal to millennial ‘s. has there been confusion about whether millennial ‘s are at risk and is the government managing to rectify that? can they reach millennial ‘s? government managing to rectify that? can they reach millennial 's?” really hope so. i was driving around the other night and i saw bars that we re the other night and i saw bars that were packed with young people for st. patrick's day. i've been hearing the mixed messaging from the trump administration about how young, healthy people all recover without problems. while that's true for the vast majority of young, healthy people, we know that they can transmit diseases to others and we

know that social distancing only works when all of us take part. sol thought that the direct appeal, saying millennial 's are the ones who understand technology i think that's great and we need to keep that's great and we need to keep that up and say it's all of us. we all need to protect each other at this time. all governments are going to be tested on their response on how they manage and how many people die, but the uk government here is taking a lot of flyer at the moment for not shutting down schools early enough. you look at the reporting from china over the weekend, they com pletely from china over the weekend, they completely locked it down and then we got way too. now they have to shut it down again. his timing absolutely critical here? when shutting down, does it have to be at the right time and for a limited period of time? is a great question. there are a lot of unknowns for this

disease, it is new. but we can also look at what's happened before. in previous epidemics, we know that timing really matters. even a matter of two or three weeks, looking at the 1918 - 1919 flu of two or three weeks, looking at the 1918 — 1919 flu epidemic, cities that acted three weeks later had a 50% higher modality rate than cities that acted earlier. —— mortality rate. we have time to enter to be a before the system becomes overwhelmed. i think with the us is doing now is trying to take advantage of that window of time to say that now is the time, and i thought how everything will sound like an overreaction until we look back. what we thought was an overreaction was probably not even enough. we're gonna have you on the programme wants more in the coming but thank you for answering our questions. sorry we are so abbreviated today because of the

press co nfe re nce , abbreviated today because of the press conference, but thank you for being with us. so meeting questions. millennial ‘s will decide whether this is a success or not, that's what i took away from this. they may think they don't need to self—isolate. think they don't need to self-isolate. i've seen it from my own kids. they have the sense that they are immortal or in invincible. but you have to really explain that they may carry it. stats from france are suggesting there are people in their 20s and 30s who have been taken into their 20s and 30s who have been ta ken into intensive their 20s and 30s who have been taken into intensive care. let's leave you with a slightly brighter note. you may have seen there is one italian that's been quarantined at home, but over the last few days, he's gone global. vocalizing he's taken to his balcony

to sing and he's not alone. many have been using music to connect with the outside world. i'm glad to say that he and his wife join us now from florence. iwish say that he and his wife join us now from florence. i wish you good seeing from —— could sing for us. what prompted you to sing on your balcony? it was an italian flash mob. all of the musicians in italy had an appointment to go out on the balcony and saying and make musicals together '5. and saying and make musicals together 's. you are now world famous. there are millions of people watching you. are you aware that?m incredible for me. it'sjust a gift.

it's incredible for me. i hope it brings some good to people. well, we are out of time but why don't you sing us out? can you do that? now? 0ne second. singing opera

singing continues it will be accompanied by a fairly chilly breeze. today started with a lot of sunshine, particularly across scotla nd lot of sunshine, particularly across scotland and northern ireland. we saw the cloud increase and this weather front bring in the saw the cloud increase and this weatherfront bring in the rain. all of us will see the rain from it, it will tend to stall through parts of northwest england and wales with some rain here. southeast will be some rain here. southeast will be some clear spells, allowing temperatures to fall close to freezing. perhaps a touch of frost in some places. the rain is clear through scotland and northern ireland. 0verall, through scotland and northern ireland. overall, it is going to be a milder start tomorrow compared

with this morning. it will be a cloudier day across much of england and wales. patchy light rain towards parts of western england and wales, misty and murky around hills here. another area of rain pushing into northern ireland and scotland, so yet again, it turns later as the day goes on. average wind speed, will be a breezy day for england and wales. gusts will be higher than this. as for the temperatures, more of us will be into double figures. mid teens in places. into wednesday, this weather front will take its rain out to scotland and northern ireland into parts of england and wales. there's a line between mild airto the wales. there's a line between mild air to the south and colder air to the north. the cold air will win out by the end of the week. blustery showers with a strong, cold when in wednesday. there will be sunny spells away from the showers. lots of cloud across england and wales and from that whether pushing south,

some patchy rain. the main story is turning colder as that area of cloud and rain sinks south. it is the colder air that will win out. close to parts of southern england and south wales in the week, whereas elsewhere, high pressure is finally building in and the weather is settling down. the sand on my chance of seeing rain towards parts of southern england in south wales to in the week, but most places are looking drive.

this is bbc news, i'm clive myrie. the headlines at eight o'clock. the prime minister outlines drastic new measures to combat the spread of coronavirus. all essential contact and travel should be stopped. people are advised to work from home and avoid visiting pubs, clubs and theatres. they are overwhelmingly worth it to slow the spread of the disease, to reduce the peak, to save life and minimise suffering, and to give our nhs the chance to cope. whole families will have to stay at home for 14 days if one person shows symptoms. and, from this weekend, anyone with underlying health conditions should be shielded from social contact for three months. this is going to go

on for some time.