this is bbc news, the headlines: italian authorities have announced that the country's death toll from the virus has jumped by 627 in a single day. they're reported to be about to close public parks and limit the areas in which people can take exercise. the united states is closing its borders to all but essential travel from saturday. the move has been agreed with canada and mexico as part of efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus. officials said the restrictions would not apply to lawful trade or commerce. in spain the virus has claimed another 235 lives. its worst number yet in a single day brought the country's total fatalities to above 1,000. as the number of deaths related to the coronavirus passes 10—thousand, countries worldwide are placing more restrictions on the movement of people. global stock markets have stabilised following action by governments and central banks.

now on bbc news, with exclusive access to two film—makers inside the chinese city of wuhan, our world tells the story of life under lockdown. wuhan, central china, with a population of 11 million, it is bigger than greater london. this is where the coronavirus outbreak began, last december. injanuary, as it started spreading across china, the government took an unprecedented step, to lockdown wuhan. two residents began to film.

police barricades ring the city. all roads out are shut.

lin wenhua, a travel logger, heads out with his camera. lin has lived in wuhan his whole life and knows the bustling city like the back of his hand, but today it is empty. many factories, offices and shops are closed. the lockdown is a huge gamble to stop the spread of the virus

to the rest of china by shutting off wuhan. residents do not know what it will do to infections within the city and there is no word on when it will end. two dozen people have already died. wuhan central hospital is the epicentre of the outbreak. it is under unprecedented strain. li ting is a nurse in the emergency department. she has been treating patients for several weeks and shared her concerns with her husband, cai kaihai.

but the hospital needs workers like li ting. despite herfears, she believes it is her duty to carry on. the government has shut all public transport — it has paralysed the city. lin wenhua has been contacted by a doctorfriend with a request for help.

even those on the frontline fighting the virus are unable to get to work. lin arranges to pick up his first passenger, a nurse.

after driving several doctors and nurses to work, lin drops in on his friend, lil lil. it is chinese new year.

families often travel across the country to be together at chinese new year. the lockdown was implemented to avoid this epic movement of people and stop the spread of the virus beyond wuhan.

the people's liberation army now arrives in wuhan. construction starts on two new mega hospitals to be run by the military. 40,000 medical workers from around china are drafted in and, to solve the transport problem, the government organises buses and hotels for hospital staff, but doctors have struggled to understand the virus and protect themselves from it. many are becoming infected. cai takes his wife, li ting, to her shift

in the emergency department. she is not feeling well. soon after, she calls him. li ting is told the hospitals do not have space to treat her so, like thousands of others, she is sent home to self quarantine. avoiding infection requires extreme measures.

it has been over a week since the lockdown. new infections have grown by 500%.

there are reports that people with the virus who have stayed at home are infecting their families and neighbours, and that some are dying in their homes but, with hospitals full, the self quarantine policy continues. li ting has now had the virus for five days. but her condition has worsened. cries.

until a bed becomes available, the couple are stuck at home. 10,000 wuhan residents have become infected in the last week. the two new mega hospitals have opened. sports stadiums and conference halls have been converted into giant mass—confinement centres.

everyone suspected of having coronavirus now has to be in hospital. only a country with china's command system could react this fast. lin wenhua is helping to deliver medicine. although there is currently no cure, the government has advised that hiv drugs may help ease the symptoms. hiv patients have donated their drugs to people with the virus who cannot get them through the hospitals.

breathes heavily.

nurse li ting needs to go to hospital. it is the first time she has been

out of the house for 12 days. the doctor is checking her lungs with a ct scan. they have to go home. cai desperately calls the hospitals asking for an available place but no luck. in bed, li ting speaks to him by phone in the next room.

the next day, li ting is finally admitted to hospital. lin has now driven over 1000 miles around wuhan. there are thought to be up to 50,000 volunteers like him. it is a lifeline for the city. but they are exposing themselves to extreme risk.

but lin has finally hit a dead end. in a bid to self isolate, residents have cut off the entrance to their district.

the lockdown has slowed the spread to the rest of china. but in just one month, nearly 50,000 people have become infected in wuhan. now, the government escalates the lockdown. it orders every residential complex must close its gates. cai goes to pick up a delivery. food supplies are now organised by the management of each apartment block. anyone who tries to leave risks being arrested.

fewer new infections are now being reported. li ting is still in hospital but she is finally on the mend. lin wenhua is also now confined to his complex. he is unable to carry on his volunteering work and he is having to miss a big family event.

hello there. there was a little bit more in the way of sunshine to go around on friday and it really turned out to be quite a glorious day across many areas. this was the scene in cockermouth in cumbria. thanks to trevor for sending that beautiful weather watch picture in. you can see the extent of the sunshine we had. further south, we had this weather front with us again and it continued to bring some dull and damp weather into the very far south of england and even into the early afternoon, there was some light rain reported in hastings in east sussex. 0vernight tonight, many of us will have dry conditions. the breeze keeping the frost at bay across many south—eastern areas but the further north you go with those lighter winds, we'll see temperatures dip well below freezing. that said, there are just a few showers dotted around as well across the hills of southern england, across the hills of north—east england too but for most of us it is a dry—looking picture. for the weekend, this area of high—pressure, this area of low pressure not really changing very much. just a shuffling of positions a little bit more and that means the winds are going to switch from a easterly

to more or a south—easterly direction. but that is still a cold wind that will be blowing and making it feel pretty chilly out and about, particularly in the morning. some patchy cloud around as well, cloudy to start the day across western areas, quite high cloud and a nice sunrise for some of you. the winds will make it feel cold and those winds will be at the strongest across the hills and western coasts of wales and across the moors and coast of south—west england. gusts of 40, perhaps even 50 mph in one or two areas, which will make it feel quite chilly — certainly knocking the edge of the temperatures. i suspect we will have some areas of cloud in the north sea affecting eastern areas of scotland in particular. we might have some of that both in the morning and the afternoon. it won't be nice and sunny everywhere. 0n into the night—time, saturday night: we could see some patchy cloud coming in from that north sea but when winds do manage to drop out, we could well see a slightly more widespread frost. a colder start to the day on sunday but then that said, the winds will be blowing a little bit less strongly on sunday so probably won't feel quite as chilly. there will be quite a lot of dry weather and sunshine to around. perhaps some slightly thicker cloud edging into the scottish

highlands and threatening an odd light shower but for most of us another fine looking day. temperatures between eight and 12 degrees. a little bit cool with onshore winds on the eastern coasts of scotland and england. into next week: the area of high—pressure still holding on but we see this weather front starting to slip in across the far north—west. monday looks like being another dry day with sunshine. then we will start to see some rain approach the far north—west as we go from tuesday and wednesday. that is your latest weather, bye for now.

this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: empty streets from new york to california, but president trump says he doesn't expect to impose a national lockdown in the us you go out to the midwest, you go out to other locations and they are watching it on television but they do not have the same problems. a new way of life in the uk, as the prime minister orders pubs and restaurants closed to try to prevent the spread of the disease. italy moves to tighten its lockdown rules further, as more than 600 people with corona virus die in a single day.