hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. this is outside source. here's the the latest on the coronavirus. in the uk, the number of virus cases exceeds 2,600, prime minister borisjohnson vows to scale up daily virus testing and says schools will close from friday. after schools shut their gates from friday afternoon, they will remain closed for most pupils, the vast majority of pupils, until further notice. all 50 us states now have cases, and canada and the us are closing their border to nonessential traffic. italy reports almost 500 new deaths — the highest one—day toll of any nation. and travellers from outside the eu are being turned away from airports and borders,

after it imposed a 30—day ban. we'll have the latest from around the world. over the next hour we're going to look at what's going on in countries arond the world, like the uk, the us, france, germany, south korea, thailand, and others. but first here are the latest figures. there are now more than 200,000 confirmed coronavirus cases around the world. more than 8,000 people have died and about 82,000 have recovered. most cases have been in china, but europe is now the new epicentre of the pandemic. it has seen a steep rise is infections and deaths. particularly in italy, which in the past three days alone

has reported over 10,000 new cases. remember these numbers are only the confirmed cases. the true number may never be known, because many countries — like the uk — aren't testing everyone who shows symptoms. the world health organization has once again made its position on testing very clear. are you testing every single suspect case? every suspect case should be tested, their contacts identified, if those contacts are sick or showing symptoms, they should be tested. that requires a scale—up because many countries have not been systematically testing all suspect cases and it's one of the reasons why we're behind in this epidemic. 104 people have died in the uk after testing positive for coronavirus, an increase of 33 from yesterday. more than 2,600 people have tested positive for the virus. the latest step the government announced is something many people have been calling for for days. schools will close across the country on friday. here is borisjohnson earlier. looking at the curve of the disease and looking at where we are now,

we think now that we must apply downward pressure, further downward pressure on that upward curve by closing the schools. so, i can announce today and gavin williamson is making a statement now in the house of commons, that after schools shut their gates from friday afternoon, they will remain closed for most pupils, the vast majority of pupils, until further notice. but there will be some exceptions to the closures, here's more from the prime minister. we also need to keep the nhs going into treat the rising number of cases. —— and to treat. so, we need health workers who are also parents to continue to go to work, and we need other critical workers with children to keep doing theirjobs too from police officers who are keeping us safe, to the supermarket delivery drivers,

social care workers who look after the elderly and who are so vital. we therefore need schools to make provision for the children of these key workers who would otherwise be forced to stay home. and they will also need to look after the most vulnerable children. scotland and wales were first to announce they would be closing schools from friday soon after westminster and belfast said all schools across the uk would follow suit. while closures are expected to limit the outbreak in the short term, let's go back to this paper from imperial college of medicine released on monday, and led the uk government to toughen up social controls to fight covid—i9, it says that by closing schools there is a risk of a bigger outbreak later in the year when schools re—open. but i should stress this is a model, not a definite outcome. the government has also announced an increase in testing across the uk up to 25,000 people a day.

the lack of testing in the uk has been a major concern for some. the world health organization has criticised countries that don't prioritise testing for the virus. that led doctors to launch a petition calling for nhs staff to be given covid—i9 tests as a prioty — it's getting close to one million signatures. jessica parkerjoins us live from westminster. to go through this, let's start with the testing because that's what we we re the testing because that's what we were just focusing the testing because that's what we werejust focusing on. the the testing because that's what we were just focusing on. the who very clear, test, test, test what is the uk approached? as you mentioned before there have been questions in the uk as to whether the government was putting enough emphasis on testing. the prime minister today outlining what they're aiming for soon is to get to 25,000 tests a day so soon is to get to 25,000 tests a day soi soon is to get to 25,000 tests a day so i think downing street now trying to suggest they are taking the who

advice very seriously. it was also talked about today the possibility of home—based tests. i think one of the concerns around focusing on testing is whether it could take resources that will be under pressure in terms of health services elsewhere. if the health authorities can move to a place where people can potentially test at home than that might relieve some of that pressure but i think more broadly from what we've seen certainly this week, is how rapidly the situation changes, what measures are deemed not yet appropriate, not get suitable, not yet necessary one we can the week after suddenly become necessary now. i think some will suggest the government has in their view been slow to act as you were mentioning some people have fencing schools should shut as they have in other countries sooner should shut as they have in other countries sooner than the government has announced but governments across the united kingdom today saying schools will close on friday as part

of these suppression measures, the idea being it will help reduce transmission rates. and something that was talked about at today's press covered by the chief scientific adviser patrick vallance is one of the areas they're looking to try to just everything they can to try to just everything they can to suppress transmission rates is they want to ensure the nhs has enough ventilator capacity as the uk heads toward what is expected to be the peak of the coronavirus outbreak at this stage in the coming weeks. thanks, jessica. do stay there for us. the coronavirus outbreak is already putting huge strain on the uk economy. today the prime minister announced a measure to help tenants struggling to pay their rent. i can indeed confirm that we will do. we will be bringing forward legislation to protect private renters from eviction. that is one thing we will do but it is also important as we legislate that we do not

simply pass on the problem. so, we also will be taking steps to protect other actors in the economy. let's go back to jessica parker in westminster. we had the government coming under criticism initially for helping people paying a mortgage for not helping renters and that is what he tried to adjust today. yes as you say it was announced yesterday those who were facing difficulty to pay their mortgage to get a three month holiday but then there were people quick to point out what about the huge number of people who are renting their homes, should they lose theirjob renting their homes, should they lose their job because renting their homes, should they lose theirjob because of the huge economic impact of the coronavirus or should they have their hours cut? or nowi or should they have their hours cut? or now i suppose is well should they need to stay home to stay home and look after their children because the schools will close, what on earth are they going to do? the government has announced today they will suspend new evictions from social or private rented accommodation and they will be

protection from landlords as well as the three month's mortgage payment holiday extended to those who have buy to let mortgages was of the government say nobody will be forced out of their home if they have lost income through the coronavirus and their landlord will have to face unmanageable debts. the government trying to alleviate those concerns today of course families across the country are looking potentially at facing a financial hardship because of the huge economic impact of the coronavirus across the uk and of course across the whole world. thanks for thatjessica. the effects of the coronavirus keep on coming for example, this year's glastonbury muscial festival has been cancelled — it would have been the 50th anniversary. more significantly, stockpiling continues to cause shortages at supermarkets, leading tesco, sainsbury‘s and asda to stop shoppers buying more than three of any item. home deliveries are also backing up.

magazine.. a few hours later the company said it would be shutting its website and app until saturday to deal with demand. the beer company brewdog has announced it is doing what it can to help shortages. this is from the ownerjames watt, saying they are using their distillery to make hand sanitiser that they will be giving away for free. the stockpiling going on in supermarkets has been increasing the pressure on the uk's supply chains. to find out how they're holding up i'm joined by rod mckenzie from the uk's road haulage association. thanks very much for being with us. how's it looking out there? thanks very much for being with us. how's it looking out there ?|j thanks very much for being with us. how's it looking out there? i must say the supply chain is holding up in the uk very well. it is not a

problem that the goods are not getting to the supermarkets. the problem is what happens when they are on the shelves and people rush in and buy loads and are duly replenished? bridge and fonseca mori drivers are doing a fantasticjob bridging pots on board jarvis are doing very well. the supply chain is very good. what is the problem ahead? we need to keep monitoring the situation to see how it is going. we need to protect the health of staff, that is always our most important and valuable asset, drivers are crucial to this operation and keeping them fit and healthy is important. one of the advantages of being a lorry driver is when you're driving your on your own so is when you're driving your on your own so you're effectively in that way self isolating but we have been very concerned to hear stories that they have arrived to make

deliveries, some of the lorry drivers have been refused access both to toilets and handwashing facilities. and i need to make it clear to anyone who does that, that you are breaking the law health and safety. you are depriving the driver of his human rights to use toilet facilities and it's just wrong, it's just plain wrong and indefensible. these people are doing the job that allows your business to run. why wouldn't you let them wash their hands? that message received loud and clear. do you have contingency plans if large numbers of drivers do have to self—isolate at home, what happens than? every company is working on their different contingency and emergency plan and clearly we represent many thousands of haulage companies all of whom working extremely hard to keep britain supplied in every possible

way they can. but certainly protecting staff helps, it is paramount. rod, things very much for that. —— thanks very much for that. governments around the world continue to close their country's borders. travellers from outside the eu are being turned away from airports and borders, after it imposed a 30—day ban. and germany's angela merkel hasjust said this... these are some of the most recent pictures coming in from europe. this is ghent in belgium. you can see the streets are pretty empty now that the country is on lockdown. people can go out only for work and essential shopping. this is tours in france, police there are checking people have the right paperwork to be moving around in public. you need specific slips of paper to

move around. this is athens. usually the streets are heaving with people, but now they're empty after greece shut down all retail stores. and look at this. the venice canals are famous for being polluted, but since italy has been in lockdown and no tourists have been coming in, the water has become much clearer. we are going to stay in italy because it is still the worst hit country in europe. it now has more than 35,000 confirmed cases, and nearly 3,000 deaths. today it has reported 475 new deaths which is the highest one—day toll of any nation. here's sima kotecha in rome. 8000 people have been fined for not abiding by these restrictions that were put in place over a week ago preventing people from moving around the country freely without good reasons. people have to fill out a form if they do move saying why they are moving, they need good reasons,

whether they are medical reasons, going to work, or may be going to get some groceries. and we have had bbc colleagues in previous days being stopped by the police and police asking to see that documentation and then interrogating them about what their purpose is here, why they are covering the story, etc. so, a real sense of police wanting people to stay in. thousands of people who were stranded in austria, after hungary closed its borders, have begun to cross into hungary. the budapest government opened a "humanitarian corridor" in a one—off move. nick thorpe is at the border. these have been mostly romanians and bulgarians stranded for a day, a day and a half. there was a window of opportunity during the night. the hungarians said bulgarians first then romanians could drive across that border for four or five hours or so. that was not enough to solve this situation. and finally after many more hours of frustration for all these people stuck on the far side of the border, just soon afternoon local time,

the hungarian authorities finally allowed the romanians and bulgarians to pass. but i understand there's still an element of chaos on the far side on the austrian side because serbs, ukrainians, and other nationalities are still being turned back. france has been on lockdown since tuesday. more than 260 people have died and there are over 7,600 confirmed cases. president macron has been tweeting this to health care workers... hugh schofield is in sancerre for us. if you leave your home, you need to bring with you a piece of paper which states your reason for leaving your home and there are five permitted reasons — broadly work, medical emergency, family emergency, or brief

excursions just to take air or walk the dog or have a jog or something like that but those are all permitted. but anything else is not permitted and the police have been today enforcing it. yesterday when this all came in, i think there was a large degree of leniency shall we say. but on day two or the first full day today, they have been enforcing it and we are told there are about 5000 fines have been imposed on people for not having good reasons to go out. and that the general picture here is that it is being obeyed. i'm speaking to you from provinces. like a lot of people, i've got elderly parents for the foreseeable future but the same situation applies in small towns where i am now in central france as it does in paris. everywhere is deserted, there is movement because people have to go shopping and so on but it is very, very limited and people are, it seems to me for now anyway, happily going along with what the government says is absolutely essential.

that was hugh schofield there on those very strict measures in france. let's take a look at more pictures coming into the newsroom. this is a market in guatemala city where sellers are disinfecting their stalls in order to attract shoppers back. this is the border between bolvia and peru. peru closed its border earlier this week and bolivia has just announced it will do the same. peruvians have been stranded there trying to get home. this is indonesia where officers are disinfecting areas popular with tourists. resorts on the island are shutting down. these are us and south korean troops sanitising areas around daegu, the epicentre of the outbreak in south korea. staying in south korea. more than 80 people have died in the country.

there are over 8,400 cases. laura bicker has this update from seoul. over the last week, we have seen a steady decline in the number of cases being confirmed here in south korea where we have had the worst outbreak outside of china here in asia. but when it comes to the last few hours certainly we are hearing news of new clusters emerging not just in the hotspot of daegu but in the outskirts and that is what is causing concern. let's stay in this part of the world because the world health organization is calling for... cases in the subcontinent are still below 500, but there are fears a spike could overwhelm health systems. malaysia, sri lanka and the philippines are among nations imposing strict border controls.

here'sjonathan head in bangkok. although the first case was recorded here in thailand on the 13th of january, the numbers crept up very slowly. some people say in some countries like me and mar and indonesia first sample they were not doing testing and there was fear that there were infections are recorded. in a time and they have been efficient in recording numbers, testing and the numbers crept up. but that is all change in the last few days. people beginning to think that perhaps warmer weather was the reason the virus was not spreading here. anything like as quickly as it has done in the united states and europe at the numbers are creeping up europe at the numbers are creeping up fast europe at the numbers are creeping upfast in europe at the numbers are creeping up fast in thailand. to africa now where some 30 countries have reported cases. south africa has nearly 120 cases. the government has introduced a travel ban and school closures which come into effect today. the head of the world health organization has urged governments throughout africa to prepare

for the worst. andrew harding is injohannesburg. in a poor township on the edge ofjohannesburg, a rising sense of vulnerability today. we don't have the drain, we don't have the toilets, 40—45 people using that one so we must queue. so, if the virus comes here, what do you think will happen? it is going to kill everyone. this is a world of shared toilets, of water delivered by the bucket and no room to self—isolate. we are going to struggle. because here is my neighbour. if i catch it, he is going to catch it, everyone is going to catch it, so we are in a big danger. south africa is busy preparing its defences. there are already several drive—in test centres. i started to present with a bit of a cough and a slightly sore throat.

suddenly this week africa as a whole is starting to clamp down, closing borders, schools, banning large gatherings, hoping to learn from asia and europe's experiences. this entire continent may have been given a little extra time to prepare, but it's still acutely vulnerable to the virus. the immune systems of millions of people are already compromised by malnutrition and hiv. and many health systems are already precarious at best. if this epidemic grows and starts impacting and establishing itself in any one of our neighbours in the rest of southern africa, and indeed in central and eastern and western africa, we will likely see a more difficult situation to contain. in the meantime, what to do about the daily crush? these buses the only option for most commuters across africa.

will this make you change and not go on the bus any more? if i had any alternative transport, i would. and so, a worried continent braces itself, resolute but exposed. andrew harding, bbc news, johannesburg. well social distancing, self—isolation and working from home is focing all of us to think very differently about how we lead our lives. thankfully the internet is allowing people to stay very much connected. and it's also bringing more and more people together — in the form of online choirs like the sofa singers. last night was the first rehearsal for the 500 virtual choristers. our arts correspondent, david sillito logged on to listen in. ok, everyone, great to see you alljoining us, hello there... meet the sofa singers, an online musical solution to corona isolation.

they sing "stand by me". across the uk, europe, america and africa, a new global chorus. and this is just a fraction of them. there is page after page, 500 sofa singers, all at home, all in isolation, and all singing together. # so, darling, darling... i beamed from ear to ear, it was a thing of beauty, heart—opening. as someone who cannot sing, i love it, even though it fills me with fear. and the inspiration forjames sills' new online collective choir? the balcony singers of italy. we saw in italy there was spontaneous singing in the street and music making

and someone messaged me and said, james, you run singing but your choirs have stopped, is there anything you can do online? 72 hours later, i was there online with 500 people. here we go! # the way you are... we were all waving our hands and clapping and singing along — just the joy of that, itjust made me super happy. so, we might not be able to be together but we can still sing together. david sillito, bbc news. good stuff. that's me for this half—hour but i will be back at the top of the hour and a couple minutes' time. more on the business implications of all this, stock markets around the world especially in america plunging and also a warning about how manyjob losses could be coming our way. we will have all that for you, stay with us.

i'm lewis vaughan—jones, this is outside source. hello there, it certainly looks like winter isn't done yet with parts of the united states. heavy snowfall on the united states. heavy snowfall on the cards in the next 24—48 hours. this new area of low pressure pushing up from the south west which is brought useful rain and snow to the sierra nevada's but really going to bloom as it moves into the central plains. a double whammy of weather, very heavy snow across the central rockies, denver can get a bit in fact, two feet of snow in the worst hit areas. further east it will be quite warm but the risk of some severe thunderstorms on the southern flank back to the straining weather front but the heavy snow moves weather front but the heavy snow m oves a cross weather front but the heavy snow moves across the midwest, the great la kes moves across the midwest, the great lakes and then into the south—east of canada into the weekend and then high pressure builds in behind it which settle things down but is going to be much colder and feel

more like midwinter rather than early spring across much of the north—east as we head on into the weekend. try with some sunshine but very cold and frosty mornings. into south asia, widespread sunshine, those temperatures are beginning to rise now as there is strength to that march is sunshine but we usually see violent thunderstorms in spring and that is what we have across central eastern india on thursday. amber warnings as they could be potent producing very large hailand can could be potent producing very large hail and can damage crops, frequent dangerous lightning and also strong gusty winds. now to australia we have had a brief heat wave, this area of high pressure has brought interior went into parts of the torah, new south wales. temperatures have been in the mid—30s associates recently and it has been dry with no rain. that's such a change with this area of low pressure moving out and it was said a cold front across the south—east which will bring a drop in temperature and also significant rainfall for the likes of tasmania.

22, 20 three degrees adelaide and melbourne on friday, 22 degrees for syd ney melbourne on friday, 22 degrees for sydney but will not last as we head on into the weekend as temperatures drop as the south—westerly wind picks up at all these cities was the drop in temperature just—in—time for the weekend. into europe a lot of dry and set up weather thanks to high pressure in central and southern areas. this slow—moving cold front across the north of europe as a dividing line between the warm airto europe as a dividing line between the warm air to the south and cold airto the the warm air to the south and cold air to the north. it will be cloudy on this front, this will affect the south us —— self—worth of the uk. that temperature associate with that cold front, sickle figure values across the uk compared to 20 degrees for paris. it does look like the cold air will win out as a move on from friday into the weekend but there is high—pressure establishing itself which will bring fine inside weather but will have a chilly southeast wing. the outlook is finance settle thanks to high pressure and increasing sunday —— sunshine, but it will turn chilli by

day and cold and by night.

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones, this is outside source. canada and the us close their border to nonessential traffic and stunning losses on stock markets — after confirmation all 50 us states now have cases. in the uk, the number of confirmed cases is now more than 2,600. borisjohnson has vowed to scale up daily testing and says schools will close from friday. after schools shut the gates from friday afternoon, they will remain closed for most pupils, the vast majority of pupils, until further

notice. the race for a vaccine continues, we take you to one of the labs trying to find the key to beating the disease. and we speak to someone who is self—isolating, you may recognise him. the coronavirus isn'tjust a public health crisis, it's an industrial, economic, and employment one too. let's start with the stock markets which have seen more stunning losses the dow jones industrial average dropped nearly 11% today — then ultimately closed with a 6% loss. this chart shows its performance over the past year. here's the s&p 500 index. similar story. and the ftse 100 in london looks the same. and the pound has been crashing. look at this from our

economics editor faisal islam samira hussain in new york. what is going on here? there is certainly a lot of moves happening, markets have closed over an hour ago in the us and we have just heard that the us stock exchange will be closing as of monday. it is not surprising that the floor is going to close and i think a lot of people we re to close and i think a lot of people were wondering when it would happen and not if it would happen. we have heard from the head of the new york stock exchange that in fact two people tested positive for the coronavirus set the floor had been cleaned into those people were not

in the office all week but it is become increasingly clear that keeping the stock exchange opened was becoming very, very difficult. what about confidence, that the administration, the government said, is it working or not? there has been a long desire by wall street for washington to do something, to do anything and we have gotten word that in fact in the last little while, the senate has agreed to pass the house coronavirus response bill, the house coronavirus response bill, the one they had passed last week, so the one they had passed last week, so that is really good and now we are going to see the congressional leaders that are going to get to work on passing that $1 trillion stimulus package, so there are moves being made by washington to try and help the american economy, but this is as the virus is in boarding in this pandemic continues.

moving now to worries about the job market. the international labour organization is warning that up to 25—million people could lose their jobs because of the pandemic. here's its director—general we have made different to assumptions over the pandemic and the worst scenario is the loss of 24.7 millionjobs this the worst scenario is the loss of 24.7 million jobs this year. and the worst scenario is the loss of 24.7 millionjobs this year. and if you put that into context, the comparison with the 2008 2009 financial crisis was that on that occasion, we lost 22 millionjobs, so occasion, we lost 22 millionjobs, so potentially we are in the same territory. we have the same magnitude of impact from this pandemic as we had from the financial crisis. to put that 25—million in context — that's the same size as the australian population. the ilo also said it's not seeing enough coordination among world leaders. centre stage in those policy

responses has to be the right types of physical and managing stimulus, we have seen country by country in the last days, what is missing i had to say still is the element of international cooperation. in the stimuli. the financial crisis, the 620 stimuli. the financial crisis, the g20 was set at precisely to ensure the right type of global cooperation to tackle that challenge. i really think we need to see more international leaders act with the same sense of common purpose, we are not seen quite yet but i very much hope it will come. now let's bring back samira hussain in new york. what is your reaction to the number of potential job losses? what is your reaction to the number of potentialjob losses? that is not altogether surprising. we think about the financial crisis think about the financial crisis think about it in terms of their specific pockets of the economy that will really hit hard. the banking sector would be 1000 sector would be

another sector that was it hard and yes, there was a domino effect to other sectors but in this particular crisis that we are seeing right now, every sector is being hit because you are now seeing every sector is being hit because you are now seeing that people cannot leave their homes when they're not leaving their homes, they're not leaving their homes, they're not leaving their homes, they're not spending money, so forget just the they're not spending money, so forgetjust the bigger economic impact that people are not travelling, that the oil prices are sinking, but on the very basic level, the economy is not really functioning. a really unfair question, what timescale are we looking at when this will come to an end? i think people on wall street are trying to gain that because look, we have seen these massive falls and when is it safe to buy back into the economy and i think the problem is that no one really knows when the bottom is going to come. you can look to china as the

example in the store is now emerging that wuhan is starting to come back online, so to speak, but the gist of the projections that we could be seen the projections that we could be seen here in the united states and also in europe and it is possible that we may not start seeing some return to normal for several months from now and if you're asking from an economic point of view, i think what many economists are expecting is that the next two quarters in terms of growth are going to be pretty dismal. dismal is probably the word. china has resumed exporting key pharmaceutical ingredients to india after months of disruption and shortages. the two countries are crucial links in the world's supply chain for medicine, particularly for generic antibiotics and ibuprofen. here's nikhil inamdar. amid all of the gloom and doom, some good news, that they have resumed

their exports of pharmaceutical ingredients to markets such as india, these are absolutely crucial that go in manufacturing essentials through antibiotics and pain killers, india depends on china for 80% of its needs for these and then uses them to manufacture generics, which it exports to global markets such as the us and europe and there is that supply chain those disrupted for a few months, those global scare him of this would mean for worldwide drug shortages but now now sources are telling me that there has been a resumption of some activity in these drugs are coming out in the insurance or they're drugs are coming out in the insurance or they‘ re being drugs are coming out in the insurance or they're being fumigated and checked before being sent to drug factories. as china limbs back to normal, this is really good news in terms of that scale that we had on global shortages, but it is a

dynamic removing situation so we cannot yet fully see the things that absolutely are limping back to normal. the virus has now hit all 50 states in the us. the senate has passed a multi—billion dollar stimulus package to help avert an economic crisis. here's are the latest measures announced by the president. i would like to begin by announcing some important developments in our war against the chinese virus. it will be invoking the defence protection act, just in case we needed. in other words, protection act, just in case we needed. in otherwords, i protection act, just in case we needed. in other words, i think you know what it is. and i think it can doa know what it is. and i think it can do a lot of good things, if we needed and i think we will have it all completed, signed and get in just a little while after i'm finished with this conference, i'll be signing it and it is prepared to go. president trump continuing to call covid—19 the ‘chinese' virus — despite the controversy his

comments have caused. this is not a chinese virus — the first cases were recorded in china. he went on to announce he was invoking the defence production act — that's a move aimed at expanding the availability of key medical supplies and equipment. the president says the government is ordering thousands and thousands of ventilators. the us has also sent its two military hospital ships to the new york harbor and the west coast. president turmp also played down fears the unemployment rate could reach 20 percent. that is a worse case scenario we do not look at that at all. we are nowhere near it.

canada relies on the us for approximately 75% of its exports. this is what we've heard from the canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau. we talked about that to ensure that indeed our economies and our people we re indeed our economies and our people were so indeed our economies and our people were so interconnected in so many different ways will be able to ensure a smooth flow of goods and essential materials and medication across the border. about a third of us cases are in new york state. in new york city, mayor bill de blasio says he'll decide within two days whether to order the city's 8.5 million residents to "shelter in place".

that would mean people confined to their homes — only allowing them to make necessary trips to buy groceries or medicine, walk a dog or exercise, as long as they avoid public interaction. also today, this warning from deborah brix, the white house coronavirus response coordinator. there are concerning reports coming out of france and italy about some young people getting seriously ill and very seriously ill in the icus. we think part of this may be that people he did the earlier data coming through in china and coming out of south korea that the elderly or those of pre—existing medical conditions were at particular risk. it may have been that the millennial generation, our largest generation, our future generation, our largest generation, ourfuture generation generation, our largest generation, our future generation that will carry us our future generation that will carry us through for the next multiple decades may be disproportionate numbers of infections among that group and so evenif infections among that group and so even if it is a rare occurrence, it may be seen more frequently in that

group. the us senate has just passed legislation providing billions of dollars to limit the damage from the virus. here's gary o'donoghue on that. that is the package that deals with free texts and some sickly payments for workers, it is nothing like the stimulus package that they discussing later this week and are starting to hammer out between the parties, that will be hundreds of billions of dollars this is about 10% or 5% of that kind of amount, so it would be the third package, later this week in the space of a couple of weeks, having already been $8 billion last week for other parts of the programme of the virus. we are just seeing pictures there inside the senate as you speak and we are will come back to that we get more information on what exactly is happening, let us move on to donald

trump's handling of it saying that we now got extra powers and we can make thousands of thousands of more ventilators for example. this is the defence production act and effectively it allows the president to intervene in the american industry and the american economy and effectively use parts of that economy for national purposes to co—opt it, if you like. there will be in particular to produce more ventilators and the vice president acknowledged today that they only had 10,000 spare ones in the stockpile and there is an expectation of a lot more than that and no one is saying how much is already out there but that is led to believe that there aren't enough and they are looking at that in terms of that act. prince william has posted a message on his instagram account this evening — saying the people of the uk have a unique ability to pull together when adversity strikes. he is launching an appeal

for the national emergencies trust to help people most affecte by the coronavirus outbreak.

across the world, medical researchers are racing to find a vaccine for the virus, but it's thought that could be a year or 18 months away. our science correspondent, richard westcott, has been given special access to a team at cambridge university who are trying to find the key to beating the disease. the rates defined the cure for the coronavirus, it started on the computer. within weeks of the opry, the coronavirus dna had been read and put online for scientists across the world to access. the cambridge tea m the world to access. the cambridge team is been using it to find out exactly what they are up against. the sequence helps us understand how the virus actually looks in terms of its physical properties and that it's really important because the protein lea ks around it's really important because the protein leaks around the edge of the virus, that is what we need the

antibodies to attach to to prevent the virus from entering ourselves. interesting, so these letters give you a picture of what it looks like and how can attack it. they don't have the actual virus in here yet, but the early tests are done on safer man—made copies of parts of the virus. this is a highly restrictive lab and very few people are allowed inside, but we will be able to talk tojonathan, was leading the research, using a bit of technology to get more of this. jonathan, 0 jeremy? nice technology to get more of this. jonathan, qjeremy? nice to technology to get more of this. jonathan, 0 jeremy? nice to see you, are you collaborating with other people around the world we are all experts like you and sharing ideas what to do next? yes, this is a huge global effort, i was in australia and british columbia in the us and

we we re and british columbia in the us and we were having teleconferences daily in the variability, the transition dynamics, i'm trying to get as much information from the epidemic that will help us develop the very best vaccine as quickly as possible. have you ever known anything like this in terms of the speed of it happening? this is really unique. this is definitely a global spread and it has caught everyone off guard. they are testing possible vaccines on animals, but to be sure it is safe and effective, it can be next summer before a human version is finally approved. in the uk, people showing particular symptoms are being told to self—isolate in order to stop the coronavirus from spreading further. if you have a fever or a persistent cough, you should stay at home for seven days. the people you live with should stay

at home for 14 days, and have food and medicine delivered. but how do you know if you're just ill, feeling a bit ropey or if you have the symptoms of coronavirus? health and science reporter, laura foster, takes a look. the two main symptoms are continuous dry cough for a fever. if you're sneezing a lot, have a runny nose or a headache, you may be ill, but you probably do not have the coronavirus, so high high fever is a coronavirus, so high high fever is a coronavirus one. and what is a continuous dry cough. it's in new cough and there's no mucus or phlegm, basically no substance in your tissue, this is not the odd cough you're in there, it has to be coughing regularly for no other reason. so how high a fever is a coronavirus fever, if you have one, you will know about it. it is a body temperature of more than 37.8 celsius, or an 100 degrees

fahrenheit, you feel hot in your chest and back will be hot if someone chest and back will be hot if someone touched you. if you have either of these symptoms, do you need to stay at home for seven days if you live with that the people, they need to stay at home for these 14 days. but if your symptoms get worse for they do not go away, if you live in the uk, you need to contact the online nhs coronavirus service. if you live abroad, then call your local health care provider. for well here's someone who's heeding the warnings — and you might recognise him. it is good to see you, can you explain what is going on. it is good to be on the programme, the uk government issued two guidelines and they said either of these two things happen to anyone of your family, the entire family needs to self—isolate an earlier on in the day, my wife was bus temperature went past the mark of the uk government and my two daughters as a cough which is been

going on for several hours on both of those counts, we decided to pull both the girls out of school and the four of us are now at home in south london for 14 days. how's it going? it is going ok at the moment, the advice and it is good advice from the government is that immediately you withdraw into your home a need to think about a few practicalities, you need to check how much food you've got it if you have not got enough, think about a plan, so we have been making sure that we are set and we had a few nice office from friends and from colleagues and stopping things around to us and there's also been some good advice about making sure you have it people become sickly, and the third part of the equation and this in the early stages is giving to its structure, they've just been told that school is going to be out for an indefinite period of time comes to try to give things a little structure and they would say we have not done too much

of that today but i hoping in the next couple of days, we're going to be putting together a few lessons and so on to be really interesting with lots of people in twitter, collea g u es with lots of people in twitter, colleagues and friends have been sending me all of these resources. we have to leave it there, i'm afraid i'm so sorry that we have run out of time. thank you and thank you this is outside source. this is related to sports news come up this is related to sports news come up with many things cancelled, the clu bs a re up with many things cancelled, the clubs are in limbo when it comes to the end of the season and the finances to and they have been meeting to discuss the situation in the last few hours, they have announced some measures. their continuing regular dialogue with the government and regular health authorities and when more information is known, regarding the scale and accidents that he make extent of

the international olympic committee says preparations for the summers games will be in line with protecting athletes from coronavirus, the global pandemic is coming to question this tokyo olympic and they held a conference call with over 200 athletes representatives early, saying that it was very constructive. we have still a month to go and we will address these actions, we will keep acting ina address these actions, we will keep acting in a responsible way and the interest of the athletes but always

respecting are two principles, safeguarding of the health of the athletes and contribute to the containment of the virus and secondly to protect the interests of the athletes in the olympic sport. they have faced criticism from athletes to have seen the preparations hampered by coronavirus restrictions, hoping to be in tokyo as part of the team and she admits she is having to have a different way to train for me, i am trying to do is say can in my house and not let the coronavirus or sub isolation restrict me in any way and yes, intended continuous normal and not get on the court but trying to simulate that environment at home as

much as possible. after the suspension, they have extended the ban on professional tennis until the 7th ofjune, the swipe of the entire season, including the french open which has been moved to september, although player rankings will be frozen throughout the period in both organisations will be looking to return to the court as soon as possible. formula boxes and meeting will work out a new calendar for the rest of the season, it comes as the august shutdown is brought forward and extended 21 days through march and extended 21 days through march and april as a result of the coronavirus opry, the 2020 race has already been suspended with last weekend opener in melbourne counseled in the next three races postponed at the hope they will continue at the end of may. in the 24 hour race has been postponed from june to september, the delay pushes the event into the 2020 to 21

season and moving the race is the appropriate way forward given the circumstances. that is all the support from us will have more at half past ten and now is the weather. hello, quite a court night ahead and i'll be particularly wary of some sunshine in northern ireland and scotland because the skies are clear and quite a sharp frost is on the way and the rural spots wanted to for england in north wales with us were to for england in north wales with us were in england and wales we have the cloud today, less rain with temperatures holding up because the cloud in the rain is hanging around a nyway cloud in the rain is hanging around anyway within this zone and particularly parts of southwest england and south was across the mittens fees anglia, this is where temperatures are holding up in the delivery of the frost in the countryside and minus five celsius but at least we have the frost and plenty of sunshine, you'll have the

showers coming into scotland but many places will stay drive my cloud push again for north wells northern england after the sunshine and it is this weather system with the rain that sticks around south was the mittens these anglia indigents further forward. the wind mittens these anglia indigents furtherforward. the wind is mittens these anglia indigents further forward. the wind is a mittens these anglia indigents furtherforward. the wind is a bit lighter but it is an easterly wind coming across the southern areas and thatis coming across the southern areas and that is a feat of controlled or air —— colderairand that is a feat of controlled or air —— colder air and therefore much colder tomorrow. and still smart bricks of rain where to spend all day long but to the north again, will be getting into some frost going into friday morning with —7 in the highlands of scotland but again, a lot of dress sunny the follow and it should be able to easily come in many easterly wind east northeasterly wind refresher on friday, temperatures run seven to 10 celsius but it will feel colder and the wind and that is all because things are settling down and turning

drier due to the easterly wind and high pressure close by and that becomes dumbly going into the weekend and settling the weather down trading stripe describe the flow of air around the high pressures coming in from the chilly direction. the isobars are getting closer together and indicating a stronger wind and already it is a feat of rather chilly air and we factor in the wind, if you will be colder still because of that across the southwest of the uk on saturday, but a selection of places to shave that we can forecast are pretty much on in the same brute, loud dry weather to come, increasing sunshine and yes, actually

schools across britain will close this week, as the death toll from coronavirus climbs to 104. the prime minister says all children, except those of key workers and the most vulnerable, will be at home from next week — no—one knows for how long. after schools shut their gates from friday afternoon, they will remain closed for most pupils, for the vast majority of pupils, until further notice. a levels and gcses are cancelled. a decision is yet to made in scotland and northern ireland. we've worked so hard, and the past two years, it's always had that long end goal, gcses, and it hasjust got to the point where that's inside in sight, and now it's not any more.