if‘ai‘it that are to all of the benefits that are under that particular scheme, many this is bbc news. self—employed people still have the headlines... bills to pay and of course, we do the uk is coming to terms understand that the government will be announcing further support for with the closure of pubs, that group over the next few days and we should be trying to make sure cafes a nd restau ra nts that we work very closely with the for an indefinite period, to help slow the spread of coronavirus. government to enable them to get we are collectively telling... ..telling cafes, pubs, that support. by way of comparison, bars and restaurants to close. if for example you are employed and ministers are urged to extend wage ona protection to millions of self—employed workers who face if for example you are employed and on a salary of about £25,000 but you losing their livelihoods. are self—employed come on a similar supermarkets in the uk hire salary, what is the difference in thousands more staff to keep shelves support you're able to access right stacked in the face of panic buying. now? it is a huge difference. consider that 80% that an employee would get, you are only down to the 324 more people have died in spain from coronavirus basics that even though it is the in the last 2a hours. 1,326 people have now lost their full amount, under universal credit, for many it is too much of a gap to lives in the country to the virus. enable them to pay their bills. what america orders people in more needs to happen, do you think, and states to stay home. how fast? the problem is that the systems a re how fast? the problem is that the systems are not in place. it would

be ideal that hmrc could actually make payments back into the bank account after all, they do know these individuals, they know who is paying their self assessments and it is good that that has been deferred. until 2021. but that would seem to be an obvious one. the systems just don't allow that at the moment and we know how hard the government is actually working to put something in place, to allow all of the support to actually get the money through to the businesses and to the employees. many thanks indeed for your time. and coming up we'll be answering your questions on coronavirus at 1.30 this afternoon, here on the bbc news channel. we'll be speaking to kalpana sabapathy, who's an nhs gp and clinician and epidemiologist at london school of hygiene and tropical medicine. get in touch with the hashtag #bbcyourquestions — or you can text 61124, or you email yourquestions@bbc.co.uk now it's time for a look

at the weather with nick miller. hello. a lot of fine, settled weather out there, this weekend, with high pressure in control. though there is a brisk and chilly easterly wind. the best of the sunshine today will be a the eastern side of england and scotland, that is where we will have the bluest sky. a lot of high cloud to the west, the sun will be quite hazy here. temperatures around 8—12 degrees or so. this is the brisk easterly wind. these are average speed. it gusts higher, around 50 miles an hour, around some of the coasts of south—west england. so it will feel colder as a result. bit of low cloud toward some north sea coast overnight. we will see a bit of patchy rain edging towards the western isles of scotland but for most of us, dry, clear overnight and temperatures a few degrees either side of freezing. so, frost for many going into sunday morning. that patchy rain in the western isles wo,',' clear, the western isles will clear, any low clouds will clear the way from these north sea coast gradually during the day and what we're left is actually up lot of sunshine for sunday afternoon. temperatures pretty similar, but that brisk wind isn't

quite as strong tomorrow. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... the uk is coming to terms with the closure of pubs, cafes and restaurants — for an indefinite period — to help slow the spread of coronavirus. we are collectively telling cafes, pubs, bars and restaurants to close. ministers are urged to extend wage protection to millions of self—employed workers who face losing their livelihoods. supermarkets in the uk hire thousands more staff to keep shelves stacked in the face of panic buying. america orders people in more states to stay home. anyone flouting the restrictions in new york faces fines. now on bbc news, here's a special programme about what you need to know on coronavirus.

hello, and welcome to this special programme. i'm victoria derbyshire. over the next half an hour we are going to try to tell you as much as we can about coronavirus so we can help you and so you can share the information with others. for the latest on the spread of the disease, you can always head to our website for information on how it is affecting people in your community and your country. but first, here's the bbc‘s health science reporter laura foster on what coronavirus is. coronaviruses are a type of virus. the one we are all talking about is new and it causes a disease called covid—19. most people will only be mildly affected by it, but it can kill. it starts by infecting our upper respiratory tracts, which are the airways from

your nose to just above your vocal cords. you may develop a fever as your immune system starts to fight the virus. and a dry cough. that's one where you don't produce any phlegm. the virus can then proceed to the lungs which can make it hard for people to breathe and it can cause pneumonia. in the most serious cases, people can die from the coronavirus. this is because the immune system can go into overdrive and that can lead to organ failure. so we need to do what we can to stop this virus from spreading. as it gets into your body by breathing it in or through your eyes and mouth, the best thing to do is wash your hands regularly and properly, for at least 20 seconds. catch your colds and sneezes in a tissue and avoid touching yourface. we know the most common symptoms are a persistant cough or fever, but what else is there to look out for? the two main symptoms of coronavirus to look out for are a continuous dry cough and/or a fever.

if you are sneezing a lot, got a runny nose oi’ a headache, you may be ill but you've probably not got coronavirus. so how high a fever is a coronavirus one, and what exactly is a continuous dry cough? it's when you cough and there's no mucus or phlegm. basically, no gooey substance in your tissue. this is not the odd cough here or there, it has to be coughing regularly for no other reason, such as clearing your throat or smoking. so how high a fever is a coronavirus fever? if you have one, you will know about it. technically it's a body temperature of more than 37.8 celsius, or 100 fahrenheit, but if you have not got a thermometer, basically you will feel hot and your chest and back will be hot if someone touched you. if you have either of these symptoms, you need to stay at home for seven days. if you live with other people, they need to stay—at—home for at least 1a days. if your symptoms get worse, or do not go away, if you live

the uk then you need to contact the online nhs111 coronavirus service. if you live abroad, call your local health care provider. as you saw in the report, health authorities around the world have been saying from the start of the outbreak that washing your hands is key to preventing the virus from spreading. it sounds like an easy thing to do, but there's definitely a right way and a wrong way. washing your hands often and for at least 20 seconds is vital helping to stop the spread of coronavirus. not sure how to? here's how and make sure you watch until the end when we've got a special treat for you. first we create a lather. clean the back of my hands. in between figures. the ends of my fingers as well. again, my palms, my wrists. the top of my hands again and rinse. but i'm going to use a tissue,

to turn off the tap to stop cross—contamination. so that's how to wash your hands properly, but now here's your surprise. millions of us across the world are being told to self—isolate. that essentially means shutting yourself off from contact with anyone else. it's been recommended for anyone suffering with flu—like symptoms, as well as those who are classed as "at risk", such as people over 70 or those with underlying conditions like asthma and type one diabetes. but what does self—isolation involve? here's the bbc‘s medical correspondent fergus walsh. if you are told to to self—isolate, that means staying at home. not going to work, school or other

public places, you shouldn't have any visitors. if you develop symptoms, a fever or cough then seek advice first by phone, don'tjust turn up at a medical centre or hospital. if you live with others, then you need to stay in a well—ventilated bedroom with the door shut. if you have to share a bathroom, then use it after everyone else. don't share towels and toiletries. your waste should be double bagged. if you test positive, it will be separately disposed of. if you live on your own, you can order shopping online or get friends to help. but they should leave it on the doorstep.

the coronavirus causes a mild illness for four out of five people. self—isolating will help protect older people and those with underlying health problems from getting infected. one of the main ways to stop yourself from contracting coronavirus is to not touch your face. that can sometimes be pretty difficult. here's why. don't touch your face. contagious. i have not touched my face in weeks. we cannot help it, it's part of our dna, we are hard—wired to do it. we know this because humans as young as foetuses in utero touch their faces. every time you tell yourself don't touch your face, if i touch my

face i'm going to get ill you're telling yourself to do something that's entirely unnatural to you. when we touch our faces what we are really doing is calling ourselves down. when we touch certain areas of our faces what we are really doing is activating certain pressure points which then activate something called the parasympathetic nervous system which is the thing that makes us calm ourselves down internally. we see the same response in dogs and cats, children often model the same behaviour as their parents, so if our parents when they're shocked they touch their shocked they touch their faces, surprised touch faces, or upset touch theirfaces, we are much more likely to do exactly the same thing. the irony is that a time where it's more important than ever to not touch herface, unconsciously your mind is constantly moving to a place where it can better protect you. your unconscious mind will prompt your hands to go straight to yourface. whilst it's almost impossible

to totally stop touching your face, a key way that you can go about making it easier to take out the habits which lead you to do it... that might mean wearing glasses instead of contact lenses, less makeup so don't have to top it up for it throughout the day. might also be creating habits around how to use your hands rather than always moving around and have your hands like this and making it so easy for them to land on your face, making an effort to cross your hands and put them on your lap. then when the urge comes to pick hands up and touch your face you will be more aware of what you're doing and catch yourself. i cleaned my hands before i touched my face. next one of the common images is people wearing masks on public transport to some of the world's most famous places. but how effective are masks and stopping the spread?

one of the reasons people wear masks is they think it's going to protect them from virus. but the virus is not floating around in the air. so it's not protecting me against anything comest because it's not there. it's probably going to be on my hand because of shaking hands with someone who has got the virus. and i have transmitted it, i have carried the virus. to my face. if you are in an environment where everybody else is wearing a facemask and you are not, then it may make you feel vulnerable because you feel that you don't have the protection everyone else does. but logically, if you are not close to people and they are not coughing and sneezing on you then a facemask is not necessary.

the virus enters the body through mucous membranes, the eyes, nose and mouth. and it transmitted from person to person generally by us touching our eyes, nose or mouth. or if we are inhaling droplets directly from someone who is sneezing or coughing. the best way for the general public to protect itself against coronavirus and other respiratory viruses is really careful hand hygiene, so washing your hands with either soap and water or alcohol gel if soap and water is not available. especially when you think that you've been exposed, so if you've been out in public places and touching surfaces that other people might have touched that really is the best way in bringing attention to them and my , and am i touching my face? one of the problems is that people who don't need facemasks are using facemasks or stockpiling them means that there are not enough facemasks available where they are really needed. for people like health care workers

were on the front line and dealing with suspected or confirmed coronavirus cases. the vast majority of people are not susceptible to getting a severe infection. for most people it's a mild illness or like having a cold or cough or the flu. it's the older people with culpabilities that are at risk. you don't need to panic by facemasks. throughout the week bbc news we are trying to answer as many of your questions as possible. there's so many. we will hear from doctor rebecca cooper, a public health consultant in the uk working on the coronavirus outbreak internationally. first here's doctor jeremy 0liver, a clinical psychologist with expertise in well—being explaining how people can manage their mental health during this crisis. anxiety is completely understandable. what i would say is anxiety is generally felt both in the head and also in the body as well. and so you are turning questions over and over again in your mind wanting to get answers.

and that's exhausting. it's telling your body to be on alert all the time. where possible try and have a section of the day were you try to answer the questions you've got, look online, watch programmes like this, but also give yourself a break. recognise that there are some questions you won't be able to answer like a key question might be in my going to get the virus? no epidemiologist can tell you, you can watch red dots on a map but that's not going to tell you what you get the virus. the question you can answer, so try and change it to a practical question, what can i do to help myself stop from getting the virus? or what can i do to stop other people from getting it? there's plenty of information about that. let's crack through some. so many as i said. i run a large retail shop, to staff have been isolated for coronavirus. as they have all the symptoms. we've been in store with these people for two to three days but not realising it was the start of the virus.

and before being isolated. should we now be isolating all staff and those who volunteered for 1h days for all who came into contact with them? in terms of what you should do for the staff, if staff have demonstrated symptoms and if you have working in close contact with the staff then you should now think about isolating yourself, but obviously i understand about businesses, it is tricky but i think for the public health we need to be really aware that we are trying to minimise the spread of the infection now and if staff have shown symptoms we should think about isolated now. nichoa says i'm a single parent, i lost my husband 18 months ago to cancer. my twin girls are aged seven, who are scared to death if i catch this virus, who will look after them? i already take two immune suppressant drugs for arthritis and have a poor resistance to chest infections every year, how can i isolate

and look after my kids if i get sick? my grandparents are in the at risk is category and my mum just had a stroke a few weeks ago. i will really struggle if i get sick and have to go into hospital. what happens to the kids if so many people are in self isolation? that's a message that is representative of quite a few messages that are coming in, single parents, parents and single parent with a health issue and understandably really stressed and worried. absolutely. i really think as you say, that's going to affect a lot of people. but we are doing locally is that we are, and i'm sure it's happening around the country, setting up community groups, so we are aware that there's vulnerable people in our community and we are starting to reach out and saying if you need help contact us. as a local labour counsellor i can speak to constituents, get in touch with the council and try and arrange a help to arrange appropriate help. so there are community groups

in your area we can encourage you to get involved with them, get in touch with us but we are there to represent you and speak to different services and try to help you as best you can. committees will step up and as a local counsellor because they were there to help and advocate for you as well. for somebody that has 0cd this is really a lot. people with 0cd may have various different sorts of his obsessions. fear of contmantion... people who have been through treatment, their psychological treatment for 0cd will be teaching them that the environment and world is not the feared place that they think it is. so for some people it will potentially undermine the treatment. it will make people think that they were right all along and right to be fearful.

a cool feature of 0cd is if somebody feels that their compulsive act has not been done properly they then feel compelled to redo it. to reassure themselves that they have done the compulsion properly. for handwashing it can sometimes be what motivates people to keep on washing their hands, because they will think, well not sure i watched the base of my thumb properly, i will have to repeat that and they start to fixate on, i did not count that time, some ——sso maybe i did not wash it for 20 seconds at a time. it may then lead to a repeated chain of handwashing. being told to self—isolate can cause some concern as it could make the person think this is a serious situation and it may bring about relief to somebody who is anxious, they might find it difficult to leave the house anyway,

but they also may have avoided in the past going out because they fear that they cannot control the environment outside the house. i think that some positive things that people can do so they don't make their condition worse is staying in touch with people. if they are self isolating, make sure that there is still contact, via phone, to make sure that there to make sure that there contact, via video messaging platforms. so that they stay connected to people. make sure that they do things that are distracting, the third thing is to make sure that we follow the advice, but don't upscale and excessively hand wash and excessively clean because that's going to make the situation worse.

it would only usually be if somebody had a predisposition to 0cd. of course there's the risk that in this outbreak people could become very focused on something and could become very obsessed with handwashing, and that that repetition and that temporary relief that brings may set off a pattern of obsessive—compulsive symptoms. it's possible, it's not a high risk, it's not the case that the coronavirus will excessively increase the instance of 0cd in the country or the world. but it is possible that for some individuals it may lead to 0cd symptoms, and it may bring that diagnosis about. across the world, medical researchers are racing to find a vaccine for the virus but

it's thought that could be up to a year to 18 months away. the bbc science correspondent richard wescott has been given special access to a team at cambridge university who are trying to find the key to beating the disease. the race to find a vaccine for coronavirus did not start in the lab. it started on the computer. so this is the dna of coronavirus? yes, it is. within weeks of the outbreak, the dna had been read and put online for scientists around the world to access. like many others, the cambridge team has been using it to find exactly what they're up against. the sequence helps us understand how the virus actually looks, and terms of its physical properties, and that is really important, because the spike protein that you can see around the edge of the virus, that's what we need the antibodies to attach to to prevent the virus from entering ourselves. so these letters give you a picture of what it looks like and then you have to attack it?

yes. things then move into a tightly sealed lab. they have not got the actual virus in here yet but they are early tests and are done on safer, man—made copies of parts of the virus. this is a highly restricted lab very few people are allowed inside and we are not allowed inside, but we will be able to talk tojonathan who is leading the research using a bit of technology to get a hold of him. hi, can you hear me? hello. nice to see you. are you collaborating with other people around the world? are experts like you chatting online sharing ideas about what to do next? yes, this is a huge global effort and i was in australia, i was in british columbia and the us we have teleconferences daily on the state of the situation. the variability of the transmission

dynamics, and really 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 know anything like this your in career? no, this is really unique. certainly it has spread globally very quickly. it is caught everybody off—guard. they have already begun testing possible coronavirus vaccines on animals. but to be sure it's safe and effective it could be next summer before a human version is finally approved. richard wescott on the race to find a vaccine for this virus. while the number of people who have died from the virus continues to rise, at the same time, tens of thousands of people are recovering. including julie from singapore. who told the bbc about her isolation and recovery. i did not have anything, not even a sniffle or cough.

however, on the 7th of february, really early in the morning like three o'clock in the morning, i woke up and the room was spinning. isolation is basically forced. with a door. i got my food through a secure hatch. my medication, my change of clothing, my towel. you can text someone, you may have a video call, butjust being completely no human interaction, i almost felt like i wanted to go knock on the wall and talk to the other patient next door, just have some conversation with a human being. when i was going to the critical stage one of the thing i

encountered was reading. it was just so labourious trying to get to my bed from the bathroom which was five metres away. just walking to the bathroom and it was just challenging. finally, around the world, despite the devastating impact the virus is having on tens of millions of us, many are coming together in acts of solidarity. here are just a few examples. music. singing. music. applause.

that's it for now. a reminder that you can keep up—to—date with the latest on the virus on the bbc news website. do contact me on twitter with your stories anytime and thank you for watching. hello, there. there's a lot of fine weather out there this weekend with high pressure in control. though there is a brisk and chilly wind. if and chilly wind. a lot of high quoted us, the sun will if a lot of high quoted us, the sun will be hazy here. temperature is around eight to 12 degrees or so. a brisk easterly wind, average speed got higher. it will feel colder as a

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