hello, good morning. how are you? it's 9am on monday morning, this is bbc news, i'm victoria derbyshire with the latest on coronavirus and here to help guide you through. the headlines... the health secretary promises more protective equipment for nhs staff — the army will help distribute it. there is a huge logistical operation

on, because of the nature, the scale of the nhs and the sheer quantity of masks that are rightly being used, it isa masks that are rightly being used, it is a massive effort. "stay at home" — the message from the prime minister as he warns further measures could be brought in to enforce social distancing. mps will debate emergency legislation that would include giving police the power to force people with virus symptoms to isolate. meanwhile, in the rest of europe, germany bans public gatherings of more than two people, while italy remains the hardest—hit country — registering 651 deaths in the last day. pressure grows on the international olympic committee to postpone the tokyo 2020 games. canada becomes the first major country to officialy withdraw. and, at a difficult and confusing time for childen across the country — we take a look at the drama group that found a way to save

a pre—schooler‘s birthday party. good morning. in the next hour, we're going to talk about self—isolating if you're one of the ones who has to do it for 12 weeks and the best ways to try and go about it. and after 9:30, we'll have two experts here to answer some of your many questions. send those to us on twitter using the hashtag bbcyourquestions or email us on yourquestions@bbc.co.uk and we'll do our best to help you. plus home—schooling and the best way to go about it. first, our top story today... the health secretary matt hancock has acknowledged there have been problems in distributing personal protective equipment to nhs

staff in england dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. mr hancock has said he's determined to get the right kit to the right people. nhs england says more than two hundred health organisations have received fresh supplies in the last few days — and a million more face masks are being sent out from today. the armed forces are being drafted in to help get supplies to nhs staff. the prime minister has warned new, stricter anti—virus measures could soon be introduced after so many people went to parks, seaside resorts and beauty spots at the weekend and didn't or couldn't stay two metres apart from each other. later today, mps will debate emergency legislation that would grant powers aimed at tackling the spread of the virus. under the proposals, airports could shut and police would be able to force people with symptoms to isolate. nhs england has identified 1.5 million people with underlying

health conditions who are considered to be the most vulnerable and letters are being sent out telling them to stay at home for the next 12 weeks. and parents have been told to keep their children at home unless absolutely necessary. schools are officially shut to most pupils because of the coronavirus outbreak but children who are vulnerable or whose parents are key workers can still attend. and in the last few minutes the bbc policital editor the bbc political editor laura kuenssberg has said the uk is considering closing all non—essential retail shops, although nothing has been decided. first, our correspondent simonjones has this report. at the weekend, many people flocked to the seaside — some streets were packed, parks were busy too. prompting this warning from the prime minister. don't think that fresh air in itself automatically provides some immunity.

even if you think you are personally invulnerable, there are plenty of people that you can infect and whose lives will then be put at risk. on a visit to deliver protective equipment destined for frontline nhs staff, the health secretary said the public must play its part in stopping the health service becoming overwhelmed by practising social distancing. our overall objective is to protect life. unless there is a good reason not to, you should stay at home. going outside for exercise, ican understand. if you do, stay more than two metres away from other people because this is how the virus spreads, through people interacting. the advice is incredibly clear. we're also clear that we may have to take further steps if necessary according to how many people are able and, frankly, willing to follow that advice. doctors and their colleagues in belfast put their own message on social media. we're frightened.

help us, please stay at home. it's a plea echoed by doctors across the nhs. we have never faced a situation like this before. this is an unprecedented public health crisis. we also know that if you, the public, play your role in helping your nhs, we will be better at dealing with this crisis. to try and stop people gathering, more high—street stores are closing. by the end of today, mcdonald's is to close all of its more than 1,000 restaurant across the uk. for the past few days, it's been serving takeaway food only but now it says for the safety of its customers and staff, that must also stop. from today, all schools are also closed. but the children of key workers, including medical staff, will still be able to attend. to help those staff do their work safely, the nhs in england has bought a million more facemasks, following criticism from some

doctors that they are being treated as cannon fodder. simon jones, bbc news. speaking from a warehouse, the health secretary matt hancock says he is working day and night to get nhs workers the protective gear they need. we've been sending out equipment all through the last week and over the weekend, making sure that every hospital gets a delivery by the end of the weekend, so that is happening as we speak. but i want to make sure that every single person on the front line gets the equipment that they need. that means both the logistics of getting the protective equipment to them, making sure that is the right equipment and that it fits right and, of course, buying the extra equipment that is needed to make sure that there is ample supply. as i say, we have been able

to buy i supply. as i say, we have been able to buyi million more masks, we have shipped 2.6 million over a 24—hour period, so very significant quantities, but, of course, it is all about keeping our nhs workers who are on the front line say. absolutely, we follow the advice that the clinicians give, based on the who advice, in particular the top mask, the so—called ffp3 mask, we have had a whole load of those that we are able to get right now out onto the so the challenge of getting the right equipment to keep people safe is incredibly important and we are out delivering the kit and we are out delivering the kit andi and we are out delivering the kit and i take very seriously my responsibility, as secretary of state, to make sure that everybody working in the nhs, across social care, is safe and, for that, they need the right equipment and i'm

listening very carefully when i hear that there is a problem on the front line, and then try and get in there and fix it. there are two different levels of equipment that is needed. protective equipment at the highest level needed when there is the highest degree of danger. for instance, when you are ventilating a patient. and then a different type of ppe protective equipment that is neededin of ppe protective equipment that is needed in other circumstances. we have got to make sure that those decisions are clinically led, the decisions are clinically led, the decisions about what equipment is needed and it is our task to make sure that the equipment is available so sure that the equipment is available so that it is there on the front line. and, of course, i have heard from people working on the front line, you know, they desperately wa nt to line, you know, they desperately want to make sure that they have the right equipment to keep them safe andi right equipment to keep them safe and i am working night and day to try and make sure that they get it. you have got to make sure that the protective equipment that people where is the right equipment that is clinically appropriate and, of course, taking into account the

clinical need, but what really matters is that, when they do need that equipment, we can get it to them and that means distributing it to the hospitals, to the ambulance services, to the gp practices and to the care homes that are needed across the country, as well as all the other settings, so we have a huge programme of work, making sure that millions of masks, of aprons, gloves, all the other equipment, hand sanitiser, that they are delivered and, at the same time, buying all the equipment, because while we have got stores now, we are working through them and we got to make sure we buy that equipment. it is all about doing everything we can to keep the front line nhs staff, social care staff, save while they do their duty for the country. the health secretary matt hancock. this is just health secretary matt hancock. this isjust in from our health secretary matt hancock. this is just in from our political editor laura kuenssberg and it is talking about, from a government point of view, the next steps today. the government scientific committee will meet today and it is understood

ministers and officials, she says, are considering how much the public was my behaviour has changed in response to restrictions brought in over recent days. some people following the guidance, others clearly are not. they will consider, says laura, whether or not to tighten the rules further and options include advising nonessential retail businesses to close or potentially considering policing the rules, so possibly introducing fines on those who break the government's advice against nonessential travel. that is the kind of thing they are doing in france, but no decisions have been taken yet, according to our political editor. norman smith, our assistant political editor, is at westminster. it feels like more restrictions are coming, norman.|j think that's right, i think it is probably only a matter of time now. we know the prime minister has said he is going to actively think about it over the next 2a hours, but the direction of travel, it seems to me, is remorselessly towards some

additional measures, possibly right the way up to a full—blown lockdown, because what we have learned through this crisis is, again and again, we have tended to follow what our neighbours and the rest of europe have done and that is the route they had had to go down. added to which, it seems to me the facts on the ground are changing. we know local authorities are already closing playgrounds, some parks, the national trust is shutting their gardens, some big high streets are already closing their stores, so it is already happening, to some extent. i mean, ithink the is already happening, to some extent. i mean, i think the reason mrjohnson didn't go for it yesterday was partly, i think, he is very, very reticent about taking the sorts of actions. he is, you know, at heart, a liberal tory and balks at heart, a liberal tory and balks at the idea of imposing these kind of restrictions. i think he is also waiting to get the green light from the scientists, who will say, look,

actually, now we do really need to do it. but, you know, just listening to other ministers, it was interesting listening to matt hancock this morning, he seemed to me to be much closer to the likes of sadiq khan, who, overthe me to be much closer to the likes of sadiq khan, who, over the weekend, as we know, came out and said pretty blu ntly to as we know, came out and said pretty bluntly to londoners, stay home, just stay home. matt hancock echoing that sort of language, whereas mr johnson, slightly more, shall we say, relaxed message yesterday, saying, look, i know it's good to get out, just make sure you are two metres apart but it's ok to go out. clearly, there is an active debate in government about whether that is any longer sustainable. my best guess, and it is only a guess, is within the next two days we will have moved to substantially more restrictive measures. and where are we with the emergency legislation? well, that will go through parliament at high speed. introduced into the commons today. and, importantly, the government has now

announced it will meet the concerns of the labour party and others who are saying the powers in this legislation are so extensive, so, for example, they enable the authorities to just detain people and quarantine them if they suspect they had coronavirus, you can ban in oi’ they had coronavirus, you can ban in or close down any meeting, any public premise, organisation you want, you can detain people under the mental health act, these are very, very extensive powers and a number of mps are saying they are so extensive, there has to be some sort of lock on them and the suggestion they came up with was i that they have to be renewed every year or every six months. what i am being told as the government had said, ok, we get your point, we will agree to this legislation being reviewed every six months, which i suspect means it will go through the commons and the lords in the next couple of days. the one interesting thing is when it goes to the commons, whether we then do see demands from the labour party and others for more firm action in terms of a lockdown,

because just looking at some of the quotes from some of the leading figures of the labour party, i think they are edging to push for much more firm and immediate action. added to which, interesting to see whether we get any direct criticism of the prime minister, because there isa of the prime minister, because there is a very, very brutal leader in the times today, which is frankly scathing about borisjohnson‘s handling of the crisis so far, saying, in effect, he has been behind the curve, he has dithered and delayed when he should have been out in front, so interesting to see, when that is debated in the commons, if any of that percolates up into any part of the debate. thank you, norman, for the moment. europe remains at the centre of the global pandemic of covid—i9. the majority of the global cases and two—thirds of the deaths from the disease have been confirmed in europe. many governments are introducing tougher new measures — as rich preston reports. across europe, the number of cases

and fatalities is rising ever more. in several countries, measures that we re in several countries, measures that were in place to limit people's movements have now been superseded by even stricter controls. germany has banned public gatherings of more than two people, with police monitoring the new rules and taking action against those who break them. translation: the overwhelming majority of people understand that it is now down to every individual, that everybody can and must do their bit to stop the virus. moments after that press conference, the announcement that chancellor merkel herself will be going into quarantine after it was revealed she met a doctor who has since tested positive for the virus. europe's largest economy has had over 24,500 cases and more than 90 deaths. the infection rate in spain has been one of the fastest in the world. the death toll has passed 1600. this

exhibition centre converted to an emergency hospital. lockdown measures have been tightened but the government still can't halt the spread of the disease. desperate times call for desperate measures. the military testing and adapted snow cannon to disinfect large areas quicker than they were able to before. and taking disinfectant sprays to pharmacies and health centres. italy's death rate has surpassed that which was seen in china. sunday saw 651 new depths alone, bringing the total to nearly 5,500. italy's hospital is pushed to the brink. this contingent of doctors from cuba arriving at the weekend to try to help ease the pressure. authorities have introduced even tighter restrictions on movement. now, only businesses deemed absolutely essential can stay open. all travel within the country is banned. switzerland may have only

just over 7,000 confirmed cases, but it is the second highest number of infections per capita after italy. it has called in its army reserves for the first time since the second world war. 8,000 personnel on standby to relieve hospitals under increasing pressure. authorities in greece are introducing severe new measures to extend the country's lockdown. it is in response to what officials say was people treating the lockdown like a holiday, crowding in open spaces and visiting families. now a total ban on nonessential movement. anyone moving about must carry id and be able to prove why they are travelling, or let the government know in advance, on line or by text message. translation: time is no longer measured in days, but in hours. bold and rapid initiatives are needed, the state is obliged to care for the health of its citizens and to

intervene when personal freedom threatens society. and when one's responsibility turns out to be defective, then the public interest must be safeguarded. the rates of death from coronavirus have been quicker in some european countries than were seen in china, where the virus began. one of the european union prospect principles is the freedom of people's movement, but, for the time being, that will have to pre—put to one side as countries struggle to deal with the much more pressing and very real threat. gavin lee is in brussels. tell us more about the picture across europe. it is interesting, one of the issues for france, for example, 16,000 people have got coronavirus there. in terms of the figures of deaths, we are looking at 676, including a 67—year—old doctor who was one of the first people to treat cases in the north,

confirmation that he is among those to have died. emmanuel macron is reporting in a number of french newspapers this morning to have been very stern with boris johnson, possibly instructive, on friday morning, before britain's measures of further closures, to say we will close the border with the british for all but permanent residence if you don't get your measures in line with the rest of europe. the difference at the moment, in france, you cannot move within two kilometres of your local area. you have to fill out a form if you are going to work, to the shops, for medical treatment, exactly where you are going. you can go at once a day to exercise or walk a pet but you have to specifically name your pet. that is where the french are with this. another brief mention, a bit more about spain. pedro sanchez, the prime minister, saying this is the worst disaster they are facing since the civil war in the 1930s in which half a million people died. they have opened this huge super hospital from scratch in the middle of

madrid, the conference centre which has been turned into a hospital. one in ten people would coronavirus in spain are health workers and what is happening now is they are trying to construct robots, they have them in prototype form, to carry out the first checks of people for coronavirus and they believe that might take testing up to 80,000 a day, four times more than they are doing now. gavin lee in brussels. follow the rules voluntarily, or face tougher measures. that was the message on social distancing from the prime minister boris johnson yesterday. let's just remind ourselves of the official advice. we should remain at least two metres apart to keep safe. that is about six foot, about the length of peter crouch, the footballer, or our health editor hugh pym. public transport should be avoided, unless it's essential.

those who can, should work from home. and employers should encourage it. don't attend public or family gatherings — and we shouldn't go to a gp surgery in person. instead, we're being asked to use the phone or online services to make first contact with our doctors. nhs workers have also been doing their bit to spread the "stay at home" message. it was a point made very powerfully by one team of respiratory specialists from belfast. i'm nick and we are the belfast respiratory team. we are now in the greatest medical crisis of our lifetime. stay at home. i'm angela, one of the respiratory consultants. this is the crucial time. this is not a rehearsal. you will only have one chance at this. stay at home. i'm claire. i'm a respiratory nurse. you can play your part to enable us to play ours.

please stay at home. i'mjulian, a respiratory consultant. we all have a choice. if you choose to stay at home, you will save lives. please, stay at home. i'm susie. i'm a respiratory consultant and i've been a doctor for 35 years. we are facing our greatest challenge and we are frightened. help us. please stay at home. i'm siobhan, i'm a respiratory physiotherapist. i know where my kids are. where are your kids? keep them at home, stay at home. i'm roisin, a respiratory nurse. doctors and nurses have died. we need to stay healthy, so we can help you. you can help save our lives.

stay at home. i'm anne—marie, a respiratory nurse consultant. thousands of people could die here. help us reduce that number, play your part, save a life. stay at home. my name is thelma. i am a respiratory consultant. you've heard my colleagues. this is a crisis. please stay at home, we beg you. some really sobering messages from medics there. we can't mess about with this, can we? let's get more now on those letters that some will start to get from tomorrow, if they are among the 1.5 million people who've been identified as belonging to one or more of the at—risk groups. they will be contacted by their gp practice, specialist or both, strongly advising them to stay at home for a period

of at least 12 weeks. so, what does that mean for those trying to ensure supplies still reach the most vulnerable? we can speak now to dr daisy fancourt — associate professor of epidemiology at ucl who've just lunched a study in to isolation. the results will be used real time to help people through the 12 weeks. and also i'm joined by dr onkar sahota — labour member of london assembly, chair of the health committee and practicing gp good morning, both of you. doctor fyne court, people will receive those letters over the next couple of days, what are the main concerns they might initially have —— fancourt. i think for most, this isolation will be scary and possibly affecting their mental health. this isa affecting their mental health. this is a scary time to people but it is critical that people follow this advice and stay at home, it will save lives. so the important question then turns to what can people be doing at home to protect

their mental health? so, go on, tell us. we have been launching a study to understand the psychological and social experiences of people so we are asking people to complete a ten minute online survey once a week about their experiences. and they can do this by going to covid19study.org and can do this by going to covid19study. org and this can do this by going to covid19study.org and this will help us covid19study.org and this will help us to offer more covid19study.org and this will help us to offer more new covid19study.org and this will help us to offer more new and stand specific advice to groups of people about what things they can be doing to help them. we already know some things that can help. for example, we know that people should be staying in touch with people via telephones and video calls to reduce feelings of isolation and we also know that, whilst we should be staying up to date, if we can limit intranet exposure and focus on things we know are good for our mental health, like hobbies, this could really help as well. doctor sahota, for these 1.5g are people with underlying health conditions, they might be worried about how they get their medication over the next 12 weeks —— 1.5 million. what will

be in place to help them get that if they don't have family or friends to help? community pharmacists already deliver medicine for patients and if these patients cannot get them, their chemist will have to deliver them and if chemists cannot deliver them, then, of course, there are support groups and volunteer groups, community groups, right across the country that can help but i think most community pharmacists will step in and deliver those medicines. how worrying a time will this be for patients? of course, this is a worrying time and it is a worrying time for all of their loved ones who wa nt time for all of their loved ones who want to protect the elderly and most vulnerable family members. the question is if we all stay at home and we are all very careful and we do what we are advised by the public health, we will be all right, and i think the question is how strongly do we isolate ourselves question mark that is the key and i think also people need to know there is help available. gps will talk to you

on the telephone, there will be other support groups and there are local authorities, other support groups and there are localauthorities, particularly london, who have set up voluntary groups on their website, so access to local government and gps, even if we can't see you face—to—face. to local government and gps, even if we can't see you face-to-face. you area we can't see you face-to-face. you are a practising gp, what is it like for you at the moment? are you doing home visits? we are doing home visits for our patients who need home visits and particularly patients with whom we have had consultation to make sure there are no symptoms and making sure that staff are protected and covered, so we are doing them when absolutely necessary but it is not something we will do without consulting the patient, see what their symptoms and conditions are. do you and your staff have protective equipment, if you have to go on a home visit and that potentially has covid—19 symptoms? we have got face masks and a prince, but it is a very limited supply of personal protective

equipment. we haven't got the shield is available to us, we have masks, some of which are out of date but we are told they are safe, and also we have some aprons. the other thing, we have gloves. that is what we have got. let's not forget that people with the main access to covid—19 patients are in the hospital at the moment. doctor fancourt, is an associate professor of epidemiology at ucl, this idea of isolating for 12 weeks, it stretches ahead of you, it seems an awfully long time. what isa it seems an awfully long time. what is a way of coping with the timeframe of that? well, we know that establishing a routine can really help people. so a day to day routine on a routine that will help to break up weekdays and weekends. this can help to add a bit of a sense of normality to things, but we also know that lots of people can benefit from feeling they have a sense of purpose in this time. already, staying at home is doing

your bit, so there is a real purpose to that. and doctor sahota, what you think of people going out at the weekend in the sunshine to beaches, to parks, and so on? well, i think that we all need to be sensible. if we are still having social isolation. short, sharp walks is fine. the professor is speaking that isolation is a problem, but if you are not in a very vulnerable group, getting out is good for you, short, sharp walks, make sure you are two metres away from everyone else and make sure that you are safe, and i think that is fine because we realise that being confined to your house for a long time can hurt you and impact you with a mental illness and impact you with a mental illness and can also be the downfall of the immunity levels, and also, this is a long run. thank you both, i'm sorry, wejust lost you for a moment there are darn

caught. but thank you both for coming on the programme. thanks so much. couple of messages from you. regarding whether we are going to see more restrictive measures in this country. to restrict our movements. this year it says it would appear inevitable, looking at some of the photos yesterday and today as i start a 12 week shielding because of severe asthma. i am absolutely gobsmacked. we are going to a nswer absolutely gobsmacked. we are going to answer some of your questions in the next 15 minutes. do get in touch, use the hashtag. we have experts coming in, so many questions from you every single day, we are overwhelmed with them and we will try and answer as many as we can. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood hello again. a weather front across the north—west of the uk, that will be with us for a few days. the day

producing heavy and persistent rain across the north west, that splash of getting across north—western parts of northern ireland. away from the weather front in the north—west of scotla nd the weather front in the north—west of scotland all of us are seeing some sunshine, albeit hazy at times. windy in scotland and northern ireland, breezy in england and wales, the breeze will take the edge off the temperatures which will be at best 14 degrees. this evening and overnight for england and wales the temperature will fall away, cold enough for frost. across scotland and northern ireland cloud and rain will help maintain temperature levels and low cloud coming in at times across devon and cornwall will do the same. for the rest of the week, tuesday and wednesday, this weather front with us in the north—west, producing some rain. weakening as it moves south during the course of wednesday. try in the south. hello. this is bbc news with me,

victoria derbyshire. the headlines... the health secretary promises more protective equipment for nhs staff — the army will help distribute it. "stay at home" — the message from the prime minister as he warns further measures could be brought in to enforce social distancing. mps will debate emergency legislation that would include giving police the power to force people with virus symptoms to isolate. meanwhile, in the rest of europe, germany bans public gatherings of more than two people, while italy remains the hardest—hit country — registering 651 deaths in the last day. sport and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here's sally nugent good morning. the japanese prime minister shinzo abe has admitted for the first time that this summer's olympics could be postponed. overnight, canada became the first major country to withdraw from the games,

while the australian olympic committee has said an australian team could not be assembled in the changing circumstances. they've told their athletes to prepare for a 2021 games. i think what's most important is it gives certainty, certainly to the athletes, to our sports and that's the most important thing and that's what they need. the feedback we received over the weekend, particularly after the new decisions by the government, plus also what's happening around the world, potential outbreaks in africa and other places. we need to give our athletes that certainty and that's what we've done. meanwhile world athletics president lord coe has sent a letter to his ioc counterpart thomas bach requesting the games be moved from july. coe said in a letter that an olympic games injuly this year is neither feasible nor desirable, well, earlier i asked our tokyo correspondent rupert anfield hayes what the mood was like injapan

opinion poll published this morning of japanese people said 69% think the games should be postponed by a year. most people obviously do not wa nt year. most people obviously do not want it to be cancelled completely. soa want it to be cancelled completely. so a postponement is the thing. i spoke to an athlete training, server training for the pics here last week. she said very much the same. she said the olympics is a dream for all of us but we want that dream to ta ke all of us but we want that dream to take place in an atmosphere that is fun and exciting, safe for everybody and at the moment that is not the case and she was also saying postponement is probably the best thing to do. the former footballers gary neville and ryan giggs were already pretty popular with one half of manchester. now they're going to be popular with the other half — and the rest of the country — after opening their two hotels in the city — for free — to nhs workers as they deal with the coronavirus crisis. earlier, i asked gary how nhs staff go about getting a room.

believe it or not, it's through group whatsapp so what happens is the manchester university and national health service foundation trust have got a contact point and any nhs worker who needs accommodation, whether it be added 2am or10am, it accommodation, whether it be added 2am or 10am, it doesn't really matter. they contact a number, that number at things through to our staff on the desk at hotel football who are working and that member of the nhs or medical professional will then be given access into the building and given a room. unlike ryan said it's up to usually ten days they would stay us. we got 35 checked in at the moment have been staying with us for three days. now, the coronavirus may have resulted in a number of sporting events being postponed, but that hasn't stopped kevin sinfield from completing a very special challenge. the former england and leeds rhinos captain completed a solo marathon yesterday, in support of ex—teammate rob burrow, who has

motor neurone disease. sinfield had been due to run the manchester marathon, before it was cancelled because of the virus. he managed to complete it in a personal best time. incredible performance from him. that's all the sport for now. victoria, back to you. good morning. for the next few moments we will do our best to a nswer moments we will do our best to answer some of your questions. thank you for these. everyday there are and thousands of them. we will get through as many as we can. with me is dr alex george, who's a junior doctor in a&e at lewisham hospital. and i'm alsojoined by drjennifer rohn, a cell biologist from ucl and an expert on pandemics and the factors that

affect their severity. thank you very much for talking to us. right, let's start with this question. from elizabeth. good morning, both of you and thank you for coming in the programme. let me put this to you jennifer. elizabeth asks how would you know if you have coronavirus or the normal flu ? asks how would you know if you have coronavirus or the normalflu? what are the different symptoms? first of all, elizabeth, it's really important to remember you can have coronavirus and be able to pass it on without having any symptoms at all, that's really important to keep in mind but the symptoms of covid 19 that the nhs want us to look out for area high that the nhs want us to look out for are a high temperature, if you touch your chest to your back it feels really hot or a new, continuous cough that means you are coughing repeatedly and you cannot stop. the world health organisation also says you can have tiredness, some people have a congested or runny nose, aches, sore throat, diarrhoea but the fever and cough, those are the main ones. alex, let me ask you this

from julia. my mum is 87, if she becomes ill is it ok for me to move in with her to look after her? i'm 56, no underlying health conditions. i think 56, no underlying health conditions. ithinka 56, no underlying health conditions. i think a lot of people can empathise with that situation, natural instinct to look after a loved one or family member but there's issues. firstly i guess we are talking about the potential for having coronavirus so being sure that the diagnosis is correct and your mother is unwell with coronavirus is really important because there's a chance that actually you could end up going to visitor with the best of intentions of looking after her and introducing coronavirus into the hassle. that's what really the measures we are looking at art to isolate those who are in vulnerable groups particularly those that are elderly. to reduce the chance of introducing coronavirus. what i would say is our advice is to try and essentially stay away. from the elderly. if your mother isn't well she should follow

the advice of ringing 111 and getting some advice about what to do next and whether she needs health ca re next and whether she needs health care input from us. best to err on the side of caution. jennifer, this is from tim, i hear ministers talking endlessly about staying two metres away from strangers, some pavements are less than two metres wide, what is the risk if you pass someone closer than two metres, even if they're not coughing? the risk is probably pretty small. at some recent scientific evidence suggests the virus can survive in breath and that could take half an hour to settle to the grounds of the person opposite you would have to be shedding a lot of virus and you would have to breathe it in but imagine, it might be helpful to imagine, it might be helpful to imagine the person opposite you is vaping or smoking, if the wind was on the right direction you could smell that? there would be a slight risk and maybe you want to avoid that. personally i would advise staying out of the way people as much as possible. consider crossing

the street to avoid passing people ona the street to avoid passing people on a narrow pavement if you must go out at all but the risks are fairly small. fair enough. alex, this is from derek, i have heart disease and diabetes, last week i took two days up diabetes, last week i took two days up to protect myself and my family. i'm an essential worker and i don't wa nt to ta ke i'm an essential worker and i don't want to take time off unnecessarily but i don't want to get the disease and take up nhs resources. please advise. firstly, thank you for your question and thank you for your hard work as an essential worker. what i would say is the at risk groups include those with underlying heart disease and even diabetes as well so i know the natural instinct, the situation we all want to help and do our bit but sometimes the most important thing to do is stay at home and protect yourselves, i would actually advise self isolating. reducing the risk of catching the disease because the outcomes of that could put yourself quite unwell and i guess put pressure on the nhs as well. best to stay at home and self

isolate. yes, it's likely that somebody like derek will be getting one of those letters in the next couple of days because he has underlying health conditions, asking him to stay inside for 12 weeks. before i go on to the next questions i want to ask you, do you see your own hospital getting busier and busier with suspected covid 19 patients? definitely, absolutely. we are seeing the major department is getting busier and the intensive ca re getting busier and the intensive care beds are being used up. yes, it's putting a lot of pressure on the department as it is i'm sure around the country. we are obviously working very hard, those in the hospital, doing their very best. we hope we will be able to cope with this but the most important thing the public can do is to follow the social distancing advice because ultimately, that's what will mean, that's what will reduce the pressure directly on our department. when you say you hope you will be able to cope with this, you will know the chairman of the doctors association

uk said yesterday doctors were telling him they feel like lambs to the slaughter because of a lack of personal protective equipment. do you feel safe at work?|j personal protective equipment. do you feel safe at work? i know at present we have the supply of protective equipment that we need but it's about maintaining that and making sure we don't enter the point of running out, we have enough staff on the front line, they are able to support and help and also we have enough ventilators and intensive ca re enough ventilators and intensive care beds. those are the main things in our mind at the moment and that's what we really need help with and support with from the government. to make sure we have what we need. jennifer, we've seen many people going out this weekend, not particularly keeping two metres apart from each other. why do you think enough people aren't taking it seriously? i know you're an epidemiologist not a behavioural scientist but what do you think? the temptation to get some fresh air when you've been cooped up is very human. we all want to get out there and feel like we are still allowed

to experience fresh air and sunshine and if you've got children, you will feel like you want to do that but honestly, it's ok as long as you're not close to people. i think the problem is in pressure points like a small park, there's lots and lots of people, a crowded supermarket, that's what's dangerous. if you're not in self isolation you can definitely go out, take a stroll, go in yourgarden, go definitely go out, take a stroll, go in your garden, go to the park but if there are a lot of people, you should avoid it, we shouldn't be any closer than six feet or two metres from anybody else and it's super important we do our bit to prevent the spread of this virus. this question from geraldine. would putting fresh items like fish and dairy etc in the fridge after they'd been delivered to the house kill the virus if it happened to be on the packaging? jennifer, that is for you. we are venturing into the unknown. we've seen some interesting studies coming out suggesting the virus can survive up to a day on

cardboard. and 2—3 days on plastic and steel. we don't really know, i'm not aware of any studies looking at refrigeration but i would not bank on it, i would say as possible these packages could still be contaminated. i think it's unlikely. and if you're not sure i would treat them as if they are, wipe them down with disinfectant after a couple of days it will be fine. but really, the golden rule is wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands before you cook, before you touch yourface. as long before you cook, before you touch your face. as long as you're doing that it doesn't matter if things are contaminated. alex, this fear says i'm 52, high hypertension, is this an underlying health condition and should i self isolate? if you have high blood pressure and particularly uncontrolled blood pressure it sounds like potentially your viewer, the blood pressure is running quite high and that be a cardiovascular

risk factor and we would ask people to look to self isolate. what we are really saying is air on the side of caution. it's about keeping yourself you possibly can. the second part of of the question i guess is about working in a space or environment with other people. the most important things are hand washing, using soap and water. and also having hand sanitiser that's not available and respecting social distancing, a minimum of two metres. workplaces i'm sure are looking at this, they should be thinking about what can we do to make sure our staff are spending as much time at home or not in environments where they are having multiple social interactions, that's the key, reducing social interactions. jennifer, this is from david. i work for the water company in the public sector and the public service. we use high pressure waterjetting to clear blockages. can we catch the virus from raw sewage as we have

been classed as key workers? should we be wearing masks? well, david, some studies have shown this virus is present in the stools of infected people, there's been several papers showing that. other viruses in the same family, the coronavirus family haven't been shown to be able to transmit through to, it's not entirely clear the virus that causes covid 19, we entirely clear the virus that causes covid19, wejust don't entirely clear the virus that causes covid19, we just don't know, entirely clear the virus that causes covid19, wejust don't know, i would have thought you should be careful in your situation, high pressure washing will produce droplets and that's how it virus is spread so in the absence of not knowing exactly whether this can happen or not i would be very very careful. i would ask that you ask your employers to give you protective equipment and the appropriate gear, that sounds like a potentially dangerous situation for you. 0k. potentially dangerous situation for you. ok. i'm going to thank you both, thank you so much. how are you both, thank you so much. how are you both feeling? are you all right in these times? yes, i think mentally

it's about staying strong, we are very lucky to have an incredible national health service that pulls together in times like these and rolls up its sleeves so it's getting a head down and thank you for the public for other support. jennifer? i'm working from home with my family. home—schooling my child for the first day. i think a lot of pa rents a re the first day. i think a lot of parents are in this situation, it's daunting, i think a lot of people are pulling together on social media and i've seen lots of great resources out there for people to keep their mental health up and keep their spirits high. i keep their mental health up and keep theirspirits high. i hope keep their mental health up and keep their spirits high. i hope we can just get through this together. so doi, just get through this together. so do i, thank you both for coming on the programme. on the subject of home—schooling we will talk about that and how you should try to go about it, it's a very daunting task for so many

pa rents very daunting task for so many parents who are trying that for the first time today. we'll talk about that before 10am. for patients critically ill with covid—19, access to a ventilator could be a matter of life or death. last week the government called on british engineering firms to switch to making the life saving devices. among those responding to the government's call are a number of high—tech engineering firms from the world of motorsport. theo leggett reports prodrive made its name building racing and rally cars and that is still the core of its business but now this oxfordshire firm wants to do something very different. it says it can help fight the coronavirus epidemic by building ventilators for the nhs. what we are very good at and the motorsport injury two industry as a whole uk, turning around projects very fast. we have got great engineers and technicians and we can turn our hand outside of building racing cars into almost anything and actually ventilators seems to be something we believe we could help with.

the government has been scouring the country to find businesses with the facilities and expertise to build a vital medical equipment and fast. experts believe the nhs simply won't have enough ventilators to meet demand at the height of the epidemic. health secretary matt hancock has urged manufacturers to help where they can. prodrive says the people and equipment here are ideally placed to help out. its a clean room because it is a positive pressure environment and we have got sticky mats outside of the isolated doors to pick up contaminants. and around us, we also have our own manufacturing facilities in terms of fabricating, welding, 3d printing, harness assembly, et cetera. as well as our own on—site design teams as well. and it isn'tjust prodrive — this part of the west midlands is full of high—tech engineering companies, mainly focused on motorsport. they're used to acting quickly, designing things, building them on site and they reckon those skills can be really useful in the current crisis. with motorsport events cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak,

companies like this one have 20 plenty of spare capacity. and they say they're willing to go full speed ahead to ensure the nhs has the equipment it needs. theo leggett, bbc news. schools across the uk closed on friday to the vast majority of pupils, possibly until september. but a small proportion of children — those who are vulnerable, and those whose parents are key workers "critical to the covid—19 response" — will still be able to attend from today. whilst schools have been trying to get systems and staffing in place to deal with the children they need to stay open for, the situation is very unclear for parents at home. many schools have been setting up online learning, or preparing homework packs for children, but this often depends on families having internet access and devices pupils can use. it may also depend on adults being able to supervise learning. talking to us about the realities of day one of the closures is samantha williamson, the head teacher at merchants academy in bristol. and i'm also

joined by kate shand, founder of enjoy education who help provide tutoring and home—schooling for children who be in school. welcome, both of you. samantha, help many pupils would you normally have in and how many do you have today? we would normally have in 1100, i've got 20 today. ok. that is doable. it is, absolutely. we could have up to 100 of the ones we identified but sensibly, quite a lot of families are making the choice to self isolate for safety. kate, many pa rents a re isolate for safety. kate, many parents are going to be trying to home—school from today. how should they try and go about it? well, first of all, we know this is not a situation that any of us wanted to find ourselves in but i am confident we can rise to the challenge of having our children at home and make agoat having our children at home and make a go at this. the first thing i would recommend to families is think about the routine and the work space and education space that the family

is taking up. i think so much of success over the coming weeks and months is thinking about how the household can coexist in a way we haven't had to before and that really means thinking clearly about how people take ownership of their own work spaces, how does the kitchen table become a work space and also in education space and obviously a meal time and space as well. i think setting ourselves up for success from the start will be a key factor to having a harmonious time over the coming weeks and months and there is so much opportunity that can come from this. we've actually been providing home schooling for our families for the past 14 years. we are acutely aware of the challenges and opportunities and it's a time where students can really ta ke and it's a time where students can really take ownership of their learning ina really take ownership of their learning in a way that wouldn't be possible at school and there are so many exciting ways of following passions and interests in getting involved as a household. making a go of this. i'm not sure there will be many five—year—olds delighted at the

prospect of taking ownership of their learning. samantha, what would you say to parents who are managing with up to four children, trying to home—school them? with up to four children, trying to home-school them? i with up to four children, trying to home-schoolthem? i think you need to be realistic and flexible, children learn in all sorts of different ways, trying to maintain a rigid timetable will work for some young people but you're right, probably not for a five—year—old so it's about being adaptable. a huge amount of resources out there on the web and we've given links to lots of ourfamilies web and we've given links to lots of our families about how you go about doing that and some generalised patterns, don't be rigid about the times of day you do that. flexibility is key. brakes, a bit of outdoor, fresh air as long as you keep two metres apart and don't go in groups, they are also key, aren't they? getting out and about as far as we are able to, it's key to this but it's quite interesting to think about the differences between having about the differences between having a secondary level students at home and primary. back to your point,

absolutely, five—year—old does not ta ke absolutely, five—year—old does not take ownership of their learning but for primary level there are amazing ways you can start to incorporate learning into the day. meal times, cooking, could be a great way of reinforcing numbers and words. really adapting our day to edges of our children at home. i know it's challenging. there are some wonderful ways you can get out, if you have outdoor space, do some gardening, think about how you incorporate projects into daily lives and it's a really fun way for children to work with their parents in that way. really thinking about how the family can potentially think about something that's been of interest to them. can there be a planned trip? project they can be based around that. i agree it's about being flexible, understanding how this can work for families and most importantly, really having that respect for different people 's space within the household. having routine as much as possible is important, it's what we are used to, generally we thrive from that. taking the time on day one to really

set that routine, set out this can work moving forward and knowing we will make mistakes. thank you both very much. good luck and thank you. all of our social lives have taken a hit in the last few days and that's particularly upsetting for young children who have had their birthday parties cancelled. but one party organiser — who dresses up as a disney princess — is using technology to keep the magic alive. david sillito reports. social distancing. a life indoors. it's not much fun, especially if you are three. if there is germs all around, you can't go outside so we have to stay indoors. are you ready, everyone? # do you want to build a snowman...

# come on let's go and play... but one thing hasn't been cancelled. jessica kingsley is today elsa from frozen, and she has found a way to give little harry his birthday party on time. harry started asking me in december to have a frozen party and we were looking forward to it, counting down the days since february. so the fact that we managed to have one was just unbelievable. # let it go, let it go... # i am one with the wind and sky... for many children who are now in isolation, this is one solution for some frazzled families. but there is another issue here — work. oh, wow, hans, you have a lovely voice! because sitting alongside her is josh, who is today playing prince hans. this is all useful work at a difficult moment. all actors are now in the same boat. artists, musicians, anyone in the arts and media, they can't be out there standing

on a stage and performing. so there has got to be some way i can still get the magic of our parties and our characters across to the kids. meanwhile, forjessica, this experiment with a virtual birthday party seemed to be working. show me yourfaces! # do you want to build a snowman... so how did that feel? really weird but really lovely. because remember, i could still give the children magic, and that is what it was about. because it is their special day, and... this crazy pandemic shouldn't take it away from them. # do you want to build a snowman...# i can still see their eyes on me and enjoying it, and that was amazing.

now it's time for a look at the weather carol kirkwood. hello again. weather front across the north—west of the uk, that will be with us for a few days. moving south during the week as a weeping feature but today it will produce heavy and persistent rain across the north west. splash of rain getting north—west northern ireland. windy — scotland and northern ireland. breezy — england and wales. and that breeze will take the edge off the temperature, which, at best, will be about 14 degrees. now, through this evening and overnight, for england and for wales, the temperature will fall away cold enough for a touch of frost, whereas, across scotland and northern ireland, the cloud and rain will help maintain the temperature level and some low cloud coming in at times across devon and cornwall will do the same thing. and, then, for the rest of the week for tuesday and wednesday, a weather front still with us in the north—west, still producing

some rain, weakening as it moves south during the course of wednesday, but dry in the south. hello. this is bbc news. welcome to viewers to around the world. i'm victoria derbyshire. the headlines: the uk government condemns what they call the selfish behaviour of people who ignore social distancing rules. ministers consider closing all non—essential shops. the uk's health secretary promises more protective equipment for nhs staff. the army will help distribute it. of course i've heard from people working on the front line. they desperately want to make sure that they have the right equipment to keep them safe and i am working night and day to try and make sure that they get it. mps in the uk will debate emergency legislation that would include giving police the power to force people with virus

symptoms to isolate. pressure grows on the international olympic committee to postpone the tokyo 2020 games. canada becomes the first major country to officialy withdraw. hong kong tightens its borders as authorities there suggest they're on the brink of another coronavirus outbreak. meanwhile, europe's hardest hit country, italy, announces new restrictions with all businesses deemed non—essential told to close. good morning. you're watching the bbc news channel with me, victoria derbyshire, and welcome to our audiences around the world.

our top story this morning: the uk's health secretary matt hancock has described people ignoring government advice on social distancing as very selfish. mr hancock also said the government was willing to take more action if needed to stop the virus from spreading. this could include advising non—essential retail businesses to close. later today, mps will debate emergency legislation that would grant powers aimed at tackling the spread of the virus. under the proposals, airports could shut and police would be able to force people with symptoms to isolate. parents have been told to keep their children at home unless absolutely necessary. schools are officially shut to most pupils because of the coronavirus outbreak but children who are vulnerable or whose parents are key workers can still attend. elsewhere, the japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, has told parliament that the tokyo olympic games may have to be postponed

because of the pandemic. it's the first time he's made such an acknowledgement. hong kong will ban non—residents from entering the city for 14 days from this wednesday. and despite strict restrictions being imposed in europe, the death toll in countries like italy and spain continues to rise at an alarming rate. speaking from a medical supplies warehouse in south london, the uk's health secretary says he is working day and night to get nhs workers the protective gear they need. we've been sending out equipment all through the last week and over the weekend, making sure that every hospital gets a delivery by the end of the weekend, so that is happening as we speak, but i want to make sure that every single person on the front line gets the equipment that they need. that means both the logistics of getting the protective equipment

to them, making sure that's the right equipment and it fits right, and of course buying the extra equipment that is needed to make sure that there is ample supply. as i say, we've been able to buy a million more masks. we've shipped 2.6 million over a 24—hour period, so very significant quantities. but of course it's all about keeping our nhs workers that are on the front line safe. absolutely. we follow the advice that the clinicians give based on the who advice, in particular the top mask, the so—called ffp3 mask, we have had a whole load of those that we are able to get right now out onto the front line. so the challenge of getting the right equipment to keep people safe is incredibly important and we are out there delivering the kit. i take very seriously my

responsibility as secretary of state to make sure that everybody working in the nhs across social care is safe and for that they need the right equipment and i'm listening very carefully when i hear that there is a problem on the front line and then trying to get in there and fix it. our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. because of people going out to beaches and parks and so on at the weekend, does it look like more restrictions on our movement is coming? i would say it is almost inevitable. i would say we are in the land of timing now as to when we move to that stage. borisjohnson said yesterday he was actively thinking of further measures over the next 24 hours. a guesstimate may be that we could have a decision today if not tomorrow. if you look around you all ready, high street stores are closing and local

authorities and play parks and organisations like the national trust closing gardens and parks. the fa cts o n trust closing gardens and parks. the facts on the ground are already changing and society is beginning to close up. whether we move to the full lockdown i think is a moot point. if you look at what has happened in the rest of europe, and by and large we have followed what other european countries have done, thenit other european countries have done, then it seems to me we are going to do the same. added to which, if you listen to the language of the politicians, certainly from... certainly from matt hancock this morning and the round of interviews he was doing, very similar language from him. saying stay home, don't be selfish, and you are putting lives at risk if you are necessarily go out in public. i think it is very likely that we will move to that

much more extensive lockdown that is being gradually rolled out over the past week. the prime minister has been accused by some of sending out mixed messages about going out and staying home. is that criticism fair? it is fair if that is what people think. people are confused, then clearly communications are not working. there needs to be a clear, specific, simple line for people to understand and act on. yesterday it must be said that mrjohnson appeared to be saying at one and the same time don't think you are safe in the fresh air that by the way it is good to get out, and let's be honest, that is a slightly contradictory message, particularly when compared to the likes of sadiq khan who are much more explicit, then for goodness' sake do not go out. i think the truth is mrjohnson isa out. i think the truth is mrjohnson is a reluctant authoritarian, if i can put it that way. he does not

wa nt to can put it that way. he does not want to be imposing those measures and he has resisted all along imposing these more draconian measures, whether it is closing schools for example. we are still at schools for example. we are still at school is closing ahead of mr johnson making the announcement. —— we saw schools closing. he is now waiting until scientists give him the green light but it is understandable that people may be thinking get ahead of the game and go for it now and i think he is actually under real pressure to go forward with more extensive measures now. thank you. there's reports that japan plans to inform the international olympic committee that it is ready to accept a delay to this year's olympic games in tokyo. pressure has been mounting to delay the games with canada announcing it

won't be sending a team and the australians saying the games cannot be held injuly. prime minister shinzo abe admitted earlier that the games may have to be postponed because of the pandemic. the president of world athletics sebastian coe has also called for the olympics to be postponed. bbc sports presenter sally nugent can tell us more. we have heard a little bit more overnight, for the first time from shinzo abe, who has been really vehement that the olympics will not be postponed. many people have been looking at this for weeks now and suggesting it simply can't go ahead but shinzo abe has been determined it should continue, and with athletes all over the world now saying they simply don't want to go, they may have no option but to postpone. sebastian coe had sent a letter requesting that the games be moved from july. he said in that letter that olympic games injuly this year is neither feasible nor desirable, and so far lots of

british athletes have been tweeting. we have this from adam peaty. saying hopefully the canadian athletes pulling out will put pressure on the ioc. dina asher—smith has been saying the four week delay will put athletes at risk, which is not something she would go for. between thejohnson—thompson something she would go for. between the johnson—thompson has said something she would go for. between thejohnson—thompson has said it is very ha rd thejohnson—thompson has said it is very hard for athletes to approach the season with so much uncertainty. she makes the really good point that ifjames, she makes the really good point that if james, restaurants, pubs, she makes the really good point that ifjames, restaurants, pubs, bars and public spaces are closed, where are they meant to train? —— gyms. 0k, are they meant to train? —— gyms. ok, you can train outside but that is not how athletes work at this level. she has been really vocal and is saying it is really uncomfortable and it is not safe to train. the first rumblings overnight from shinzo abe that they are looking at a postponement for now. thank you,

sally. we have some good news on covid—19 to report from germany. the head of the german public health institute has said that they are seeing the first signs that the exponential upward curve in coronavirus infections is flattening. germany has almost 25,000 cases in the country and has had 94 deaths. the country has employed social distancing measures, including closing schools and banning gatherings of more than two people in public spaces. earlier, the country's chancellor, angela merkel, announced she had put herself into quarantine after coming into contact with a doctor who has coronavirus. our correspondent in brussels gavin lee gave me an update on the situation in other european countries. it is interesting, actually. one of theissues it is interesting, actually. one of the issues for france for example, 16,000 people have coronavirus there, and in terms of the figures of deaths, 676, including a doctor who is one of the first people to

treat cases in the north of france. confirmation that he is among those to have died. emmanuel macron has reported in liberation and a number of french newspapers this morning that he has been very stern with borisjohnson, saying that he has been very stern with boris johnson, saying we that he has been very stern with borisjohnson, saying we will close the border with the british for all that permanent residence if you do not get your measures in line with the rest of europe. the difference at the moment is that in france you cannot move within two calamities of your own local area. you have got to fill out a form if you are going to work orfor medical fill out a form if you are going to work or for medical treatment for example. you can go out once a day to exercise and walk your pet and you have got to name that pet. that is where the french are with this. a bit more about spain. pedro sanchez saying this is the worst disaster since the civil war in the 30s when half a million people died. they

have had to open a huge super hospital from scratch in the middle of madrid. the conference centre turned into a hospital. one in ten people with coronavirus in spain are health workers. they are trying to construct robots, now in prototype form, to carry out the first checks form, to carry out the first checks for people of coronavirus, testing 80,000 a day, four times more than what they are doing now. let's look at how the outbreak is contnuing to affect the global economy. european financial markets have taken further hits over fears of a global recession due to the pandemic. they followed the lead of most stock markets across the asia—pacific region. the main indices in london and frankfurt have slipped about 4% in early trading. asia closed with big losses on most markets. tokyo was the only exception, closing 2% higher as a cheaper yen against the dollar boosted japanese markets. the overall outlook remains bleak, according to the organisation

for economic co—operation and development. its director general, angel gurria, has told the bbc that many countries could face the worst recession in living memory. if you don't get a worldwide recession, you're either going to get no growth or negative growth in many of the economies of the world, including some of the larger ones, and therefore you're going to get not only low growth for this year but also you will leave a sequel that will be affecting us for unfortunately a few years to come. the headlines on bbc news: the uk government condemns what they call the selfish behaviour of people who ignore social—distancing rules. ministers consider closing all non—essential shops. the uk health secretary admits there have been challenges but promises more protective

equipment for nhs staff which the army will help distribute. mps in the uk will debate emergency legislation that would include giving police the power to force people with virus symptoms to isolate. there are still no drugs that can kill covid—19 or vaccines to protect against it. but how far are we from developing them? tim muffett has been to a coronavirus testing lab to find out more. in this quarantine unit in east london, a doctor monitors people infected with a respiratory virus. they have got the virus through choice. they are paid volunteers on whom vaccines and drugs are being tested. the plan is for other volunteers here to soon be given a mild strain of coronavirus. we will take healthy volunteers and we will inoculate them with a version of the human coronavirus,

follow their disease time course and then return them to healthy. it is known as a controlled human infection model. it will deepen scientific understanding of the virus. volunteers will be paid around £3000 and will have to stay in a room like this for two weeks. so this is the room where our volunteers will be staying. this isn't a big room. how hard do some people find it to stay in a room this size for two weeks? for some people i would say it is challenging, hence we do a really watertight screening process to make sure that they are suitable. it is important to stress that volunteers here will not be infected with covid—19, the disease caused by a specific strain of the coronavirus. they will be given a much weaker strain with milder symptoms, but scientists here believe it will still provide crucial information. it helps fast track the development of antivirals and vaccines,

so it speeds up the effort of understanding if that potential product is going to be valuable or not. a vaccine seems to be the only answer to this global crisis. the search for one has united the world's scientific community. it is a race against the virus, not against each other, and there is a huge effort to produce new vaccines against this disease. and we are seeing a whole number of different platforms that have been in development over several years suddenly coming to fruition and being tested in clinical trials. at porton down research centre in wiltshire, vaccine trials on animals are due to start this week. initial safety trials in humans are expected to begin next month at oxford university. this it is a daunting, urgent challenge on which so many lives depend. method, bbc news. let's get more now on how

close scientists might be to developing a vaccine. let's talk live to san diego dr kate broderick who is working on trying find a vaccine. we are aiming to start testing it in humans, what we call clinical trials, next month in april. what might be the timeline from then onwards? that is the big question. here are aiming to have 1 million doses of a vaccine ready by the end of the year, so by the end of december 2020. but really in parallel to that effort, we are scaling it up to what we like to say our population level numbers of doses because that is what is going to be crucial here to stop the spread of the virus. yes. it was only the 9th of january that the chinese government published the genetic code for this virus online. it must have been a massive wake—up call for people like yourself. yes,

that was really fundamentally critical to us. without that piece of information we couldn't really move forward. when we got that genetic sequence, we immediately shut into action and had our vaccine designed in three hours and immediately started manufacturing after that. that was really the critical piece of the puzzle that we needed to move forward. you have been tackling viruses for about 20 yea rs, been tackling viruses for about 20 years, i think. been tackling viruses for about 20 years, ithink. you have been tackling viruses for about 20 years, i think. you have worked on vaccines for ebola and seek a virus. how has this scientific effort to find a vaccine for covid—19 compared? this has been the one really positive thing that has come out of the situation we are in today. it is the solidarity that i think i have seen across the whole of the scientific community. there has been a sharing of knowledge, tools, of reagents, ofjust

information. i personally have never experienced like that before in my career, so that is really something to be positive about and i hope it continues because that is what is going to really allow us to get to the end goalfirst going to really allow us to get to the end goal first and successfully. you said our vaccine a couple of times. are there other scientists coming up with their own vaccine? absolutely. and again i can only encourage that more and more. the company that i work for is developing hours and there are many more people also working on other vaccines and therapies and diagnostics, and that is so vital at the moment here. really in a situation like this you don't want to put all your eggs in one basket. you want all your options open to the general public as possible. who is funding the scientific work? is it governance or wealthy benefactors? well, we need all the

funding support we can get. we are extremely grateful to our funders, the coalition for academic preparedness and innovation, and also the gates foundation, both of whom have very generously supported our effort, but as you can probably imagine, this doesn't come cheap, not under normal situations but certainly quite expensive and the situation is like the one we are in at the moment when we are trying to do everything so quickly. i would really encourage support from all avenues to ensure that we can move together towards a solution for this outbreak. having worked on so many vaccines for other viruses, what worries you most about this one? gosh, can you imagine if i had been on the show a month ago and told you that we would be in full lockdown and there would be no more school

for the kids and no more public gatherings? it is almost hard to get your head around that, and the reason we are in a situation like thatis reason we are in a situation like that is because the virus spread so quickly. and i think that is what concerns me the most, as a scientist but also as a mother. i think the spread of this virus is really unprecedented and i do think people really need to take it seriously. which is why quarantining people for periods of time is such a good idea? absolutely. it is the only tool that we have at the moment to combat the spread of this virus and i can see why people are frustrated with not being able to get out and do their normal day—to—day business, but really you have got to think about other people here. you have got to think about the nhs staff, the ones who are actually fighting this on

the front lines. please stay at home. quarantine. self—isolate. at the moment we don't have a vaccine and we don't have any good therapeutics. the only way to protect yourself is to stay at home. how many hours of sleep are you getting each night as you work on this? not many. but that is ok. that is what we have to do to move this forward. i think i can speakfor the whole scientific community. i think we are all doing absolutely everything we can to move as fast as we can. thank you. we are grateful for your work. thank you for talking to us on bbc news. doctor kate roderick, a british vaccine expert who works with a team in san diego to develop a vaccine against coronavirus. follow the rules voluntarily or face tougher measures. that was the message on social distancing from the prime minister boris johnson yesterday.

let's just remind ourselves of the official advice. some people are confused. we should remain at least two metres apart to keep safe. that is just over six foot. public transport should be avoided, unless it's essential. those who can should work from home. and employers should encourage it. don't attend public orfamily gatherings, whether large or small. and we shouldn't go to a gp surgery in person. instead, we're being asked to use the phone or online services to make first contact with our doctors. nhs workers have also been doing their bit to spread the "stay at home" message. it was a point made very powerfully by one team of respiratory specialists from belfast. i'm nick and we are the belfast respiratory team. we are now in the greatest medical crisis of our lifetime. stay at home. i'm angela, one of the respiratory consultants. this is the crucial time.

this is not a rehearsal. you will only have one chance at this. stay at home. i'm claire. i'm a respiratory nurse. you can play your part to enable us to play ours. please stay at home. i'mjulian, a respiratory consultant. we all have a choice. if you choose to stay at home, you will save lives. please, stay at home. i'm susie. i'm a respiratory consultant and i've been a doctor for 35 years. we are facing our greatest challenge and we are frightened. help us. please stay at home. i'm siobhan. i'm a respiratory physiotherapist. i know where my kids are. where are your kids?

keep them at home. stay at home. i'm roisin, a respiratory nurse. doctors and nurses have died. we need to stay healthy so we can help you. you can help save our lives. stay at home. i'm anne—marie, a respiratory nurse consultant. thousands of people could die here. help us reduce that number. play your part. save a life. stay at home. my name is thelma. i am a respiratory consultant. you've heard my colleagues. this is a crisis. please stay at home, we beg you.

it couldn't be clearer, could it? hong kong could be on the brink of a renewed coronavirus outbreak as it reports an increase in the number of confirmed cases. the government plans to tighten its borders to almost all non—residents. visitors from the mainland, macau or taiwan will still be allowed in, as long as they haven't been anywhere else in the world in the past 14 days. hong kong's chief executive explained the reason behand the latest measures. we are basing our decisions on science, on facts and figures, on evidence, and also have the expert advice of the four professors on the expert advisory panel. the politics of pressure are not something that come into the formula because it would be very risky to base public health decisions just because certain people have demanded for it. our correspondent in shanghai — robin brant — explained more about concerns over

a renewed outbreak. big concern in the chinese mainland, particularly in hong kong, about the threat of a second wave, and that is a particularly acute concern in places which are essentially air transport hubs, singapore and hong kong. hong kong, a major travel hub, a major route into mainland china but also into other countries across asia and it looks like there is the beginnings of some empirical evidence that hong kong may be experiencing the onset of a second wave. the trend now is ticking up in terms of new confirmed cases so what we are seeing is an even further tightening of restrictions on the borders. this is as close as you can get really to cutting hong kong off from the rest of mainland china that remains politically acceptable to the bosses in beijing. so from midnight on wednesday, all non—hong kong residents will not

be allowed into the territory and i think of equal significance is the suspension of air transit passengers as well. as i said, hong kong is a significant route in and out to mainland china but also to a host of other asian countries and in the next 48 hours or so you will now no longer be able to transit through hong kong. you can't transit through singapore now either. that is hugely significant and will have a huge impact of course on the amount of air traffic going in or through hong kong. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. we've got a weather front

across the north west of the uk and that's going to be with us for a few days, moving south through the week as a weakening feature but today it is going to produce a heavy and persistent rain across the north west. the old splash of rain getting in across parts of northern ireland. to the east of northern ireland seeing brighter weather and away from the weather front in the north west of scotland, all seeing some sunshine, albeit a little bit hazy at times. windy in scotland and northern ireland and breezy in england and wales and that breeze will take the edge off the temperature which at best will be about 14 degrees. for this evening and overnight for england and for wales, the temperature will fall away. cold enough for a touch of frost whereas in scotland and northern ireland the cloud and rain help maintain the temperature level with low cloud coming in across devon and cornwall doing the same thing. for the rest of the week, for tuesday and wednesday, a weather front still with us in the north west, still producing some rain, weakening as it moves south during the course of wednesday but dry in the south. hello, this is bbc news with victoria derbyshire. the headlines... the uk government condemns what they call the "selfish" behaviour of people who ignore

social—distancing rules — ministers consider closing all non—essential shops the uk's health secretary promises more protective equipment for nhs staff — the army will help distribute it. mps in the uk will debate emergency legislation that would include giving police the power to force people with virus symptoms to isolate. pressure grows on the international olympic committee to postpone the tokyo 2020 games — canada becomes the first major country to officialy withdraw. meanwhile, europe's hardest hit country, italy, announces new restrictions with all businesses deemed non—essential told to close. it's monday morning but most children in the uk are staying at home today because of the coronavirus. some will be going to school — but only if their parents are key workers — and they won't be doing

the usual lessons. jayne mccubbin paid a visit to halewood academy in merseyside as the gates opened to see how teachers there were preparing. there has been, its fair to say, absolute scenes here this morning, one child he was came through the door, with his mum sharon. lewis was the first one in. one of only four macro kids to come into school today. how are you feeling? 0k. your mum is doing a very importantjob, isn't she? keeping us all fed. hello, sharon. you have taken this decision, one of the key front line workers, doing important work, you are allowed to bring lewis in. was not an easy decision for you, was it? no, certainly not. you don't have any other care, nobody you can't rely on? no, his dad is in a key worker as well. you are both in the food distribution system. how do you feel today bringing him in?|j think i feel more secure that he is

allowed to come to school. i'm not stuck in the house, wouldn't leave him on his own. as debt needs as much staff as they can. i'm pleased that lewis can come to school. —— asda. the us has reported the third highest national total of covid—19 infections globally. president trump has announced additional emergency medical help for new york, washington state and california but the us congress has failed so far to agree an economic stimulus package. negotiations are continuing on a deal worth at least a trillion dollars intended to help the american economy through the pandemic. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. "the worst is yet to come". a blunt warning from the mayor of new york city which is now the epicentre of the outbreak in the us with a third of the cases. medical supplies are running out. respirators, masks and protective gowns are all badly needed

in hospitals around the country. if the president doesn't act, people will die who could have lived otherwise. senior citizens, folks who are members of families, and we can't get action from the president of the united states. mr trump has responded, declaring a major disaster in new york and washington state, providing money to pay for urgently—needed facilities. field hospitals will be set up and a navy ship is being sent to los angeles to provide additional support. it will have 1000 beds and will become the city's biggest hospital. with equipment in short supply, the white house has hit out at people who are profiteering from the crisis, selling some items with an inflated pricetag. message to the hoarders, if you got any large quantities of material that this country needs right now, get them to market or get them to us, we will pay you a fair price, but if you don't do that, we're going to come for you and make sure that

doesn't happen in this country. as americans start another uncertain week, many with nojob go to, the us congress is struggling to agree on a stimulus package to help individuals and businesses affected by the global pandemic. the sticking point between republicans and democrats in the senate appears to be the emphasis given to corporate america over the needs of the country's workers. negotiations are still going on. there is great unhappiness with how they're trying to advance a proposal that would be great for giant corporations and leave everyone else behind. we're not to create a slush fund for donald trump and his family or a slush fund for the treasury department to be able to hand out to their friends, we're here to help workers, we're here to help hospitals. our goal is to get relief to americans as quickly as possible so that families can get by and small businesses can keep workers on the payroll. this will help our economy

and you will see our economy skyrocket. mr trump added that he thought that victory, as he put it, would happen much sooner than originally expected. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. medics on the frontline of the battle to tackle coronavirus have been speaking out about their concerns — from the protective equipment they need to wear — to not being able to buy food after their shift — and warning the public that the advice on social distancing matters. the bbc essex breakfast programme spoke to amanda — that's not her real name — she's a medic at an a&e department in essex.

which i think is going to decimate the workforce. how do you feel when you see pictures, you've seen it yourself. you've been out at the beach is, in parks. going for walks together. not two metres apart. how

does that make you feel when it seems some people aren't getting the message regarding social distancing? ifailto message regarding social distancing? i fail to understand how people can behave in this way. in my local area, the parks and public areas we re area, the parks and public areas were far, far busier than usual. people going to diy stores, they seem to be viewing this as an extended bank holiday weekend. this isa extended bank holiday weekend. this is a major problem. we are doing the very best we can to protect ourselves and to look after the people that are sick. please be responsible. this is not something that's going to go away quickly. this is not a jolly up for the weekend. this is something you need to listen to what the experts are telling you. to take their advice. please stay away from people. observe social distancing. have respect for other people. one medic atan a&e

respect for other people. one medic at an a&e department in essex. italy has seen another surge in deaths this weekend, the uk is said to be two weeks behind. are we better prepared, can we learn lessons from what's happening in italy? let's talk to a doctor on the front line of the coronavirus epidemic. from the university of milan. one of three professors who wrote a letter warning i see you doctors to get ready. and here in the uk, doctor ron daniels, intensive care co nsulta nt ron daniels, intensive care consultant in the west midlands acting as a covid—19 consultant at his hospital. i'd be really interested in hearing you speak to each other. there are definitely lessons we can learn in the uk from italy. why don't you tell us what the situation is like in italy? the situation is still really critical. ican situation is still really critical. i can talk about i see you beds. and

then the occupancy of i see you beds. to give you an idea from a number of 800 beds, i see you beds for the entire region of lombardy. we now have 1300 patients in the nicu. more than 2000 patients. those numbers give you the idea of the incredible stress on the health care system. and in particular on ict resources . system. and in particular on ict resources. can medics cope with that? with those numbers? we have to. if you ask me one month ago i would have told you it is absolutely impossible. lombardy, which is the region in milan, very rich, very well organised. normally one of the richest regions in europe. we have

been able to respond with these incredible amount of people, needing assistance. an increase of 70 — 75% i see you capacity. we've been able to reorganise the entire hospital network system here in lombardi. in order to concentrate. we need to free space for covid—19 patients. professor, can i bring in doctor ron daniels. in the west midlands. what do you want to ask the professor? we've had great communication with their italian colleagues over the la st their italian colleagues over the last couple of weeks. they've been warning us in personal communications and public communications and public communications that this is coming. we have ta ken communications that this is coming. we have taken great heat of that. we

are preparing as well as we can, we are preparing as well as we can, we are of skilling staff from other disciplines. we are increasing capacity as the professor advises. my main question and concern is about the resilience of our health ca re about the resilience of our health care workers. it's about access to pp and feeling confident about access to pp and feeling confident but how do we deal with the mental health burden on professions? that's a very good point and it's a huge problem. first of all, one point which might be too simplistic. to make sure we have enough personal protective equipment, for us in italy we are very day, almost out of equipment so we have to struggle. to grant health care workers adequate protection which is the first point. i know it's very simple to say that. it's not so simple. yes, to find the adequate equipment. working with

this is extremely heavy, from a physical point of view. from an emotional and psychological point of view. those people, they had to work harder than usual. more ships, taking care of more patients. a good number of those patients died and then they have the fear of contagion, getting infected, making the infection to their families. it's a huge problem. we are trying to establish a form of psychological support. for the people who worked in the covid—19i support. for the people who worked in the covid—19 i see you s, all of those in lombardi. it's a problem. one thingi those in lombardi. it's a problem. one thing i can say, i see them exhausted. i see them worried. but they still want to fight. i don't see anyone complaining. they know

it's a war. we have to win. in some way they are able to cope with it. some form of psychological support, to give assurance that you can grab them adequate protection should help. maybe also showing them that if you know that the problem is here, if you train them to properly use the equipment then contracting the infection, the risk is quite low. doctor daniels, what's it like at the moment for you and your staff? we are transitioning right now. in the west midlands and regions outside london, from that period are planning and we've had that luxury, lombardy did not have that, neither did london to a certain extent but outside london we had more time to plan and prepare. we are seeing cases, we are having confirmed cases, highly suspicious cases that we haven't had test results back from. this is beginning

to bite but at the moment, most intensive care units have approximately double their capacity. through the use of different staff, freeing up of available bed space. but we know we are very quickly going to get to the limit of the capacity of this phase and have to move into the next phase, we occupy other clinical areas and provide respiratory support to these patients. what do you think, i will ask both of you, of the people who aren't taking it seriously, this is aren't taking it seriously, this is a problem professor in britain at the moment. we have been advised to keep two metres apart, some people aren't following the advice, what do you think about behaviour? it's like a collective suicide. collective suicide, did you say? yes, yes. if you look at the forecast, if we let

this go, really, we can expect more deaths than during the second world war in italy, for example. here in lombardi we can expect something like 10,000, 20,000 deaths. people have to know. the only way to cope with this is to change our behaviour. it is to follow social distancing. to stay at home. to do the simple things that can easily stop the spread of this disease. otherwise, no matter how prepared you are, how important you are, how modern your health care system is, sooner or later it will be overwhelmed. because the number of patients is so high. the length of stay in the icy you are so long. always, every day, have a higher number of patients going into the system compared with the number of patients going out. at a certain point you will get to a point, the

number of icy you beds will not be enough. people started to die in the hospital. and then at home. i know there are people not taking this seriously. but they will see. i am sure you have seen what happened in bergamo. and again in lombardy, we have been a bit, as you say, lucky. here, it exploded like a bomb, i said this before, when a bomb explodes you have to deal with what happens but you have at least a couple of weeks of advantage here. and in those weeks you have to do every effort to try and contain the disease as soon as you identify some cases. and you have to teach the population that the most important thing to stop this, to avoid really a catastrophe, is people should change their behaviour and follow the rules. that's the only way. i am

going to push either. i'm really grateful for your time, both of you and thank you so much. a really sobering warning from the professor in milan. we are two weeks behind italy, we are told. light, we are leaving bbc one. goodbye to our viewers there. and switching to bbc two. the indian capital, delhi, has gone into into official lockdown as authorities try to contain the spread of the virus. the move, which will also impact the city's neighbouring states, will last until at least the end of march. so far, india has confirmed just 425 cases — but hundreds of millions of indians took part in a voluntary curfew as part of a nationwide exercise at the weekend. here's our correspondent zubair ahmed with the latest from delhi.

after the number of cases started to go after the number of cases started to 9° up after the number of cases started to go up in the last few days, the indian authorities have stepped up the restricted measures, at least 75 cities in 22 states have announced a com plete cities in 22 states have announced a complete lockdown, the indian ra i lwa ys complete lockdown, the indian railways have suspended passenger trains, interstate buses have stopped and all other metros in big cities have suspended their services until the end of march. and we hear that there are millions of migrant workers in cities such as mumbai and delhi and chennai and other areas are stranded and they cannot go back home. they are from the eastern part of india. they cannot go to work. now the people are saying the government needs to come up with the

programme. whereby these people at least ca n programme. whereby these people at least can be sent back home because everything has stopped so they are stranded now. the latest numbers breaking from spain, 2000 people have now died. 462 deaths reported in the last 24 hours. the death toll in spain is over 2000. 462 deaths reported in the last 24 hours. for patients critically ill with covid—19, access to a ventilator could be a matter of life or death. last week the government called on british engineering firms to switch to making the life saving devices. among those responding to the government's call

are a number of high—tech engineering firms from the world of motorsport. theo leggett reports prodrive made its name building racing and rally cars and that is still the core of its business but now this oxfordshire firm wants to do something very different. it says it can help fight the coronavirus epidemic by building ventilators for the nhs. what we are very good at and the motorsport injury two industry as a whole uk, turning around projects very fast. we have got great engineers and technicians and we can turn our hand outside of building racing cars into almost anything and actually ventilators seems to be something we believe we could help with. the government has been scouring the country to find businesses with the facilities and expertise to build a vital medical equipment and fast. experts believe the nhs simply won't have enough ventilators to meet demand at the height of the epidemic. health secretary matt hancock has urged manufacturers to help where they can. prodrive says the people and equipment here are ideally placed to help out.

its a clean room because it is a positive pressure environment and we have got sticky mats outside of the isolated doors to pick up contaminants. and around us, we also have our own manufacturing facilities in terms of fabricating, welding, 3d printing, harness assembly, et cetera. as well as our own on—site design teams as well. and it isn'tjust prodrive — this part of the west midlands is full of high—tech engineering companies, mainly focused on motorsport. they're used to acting quickly, designing things, building them on site and they reckon those skills can be really useful in the current crisis. with motorsport events cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak, companies like this one have 20 plenty of spare capacity. and they say they're willing to go full speed ahead to ensure the nhs has the equipment it needs. theo leggett, bbc news. the coronavirus is a new disease —

and that's meant our medical teams have had to learn about it in a very short period of time. the lack of knowledge has left a gap, which many people have tried to fill by searching online — only to find a lot of myths and speculation. so what can we trust? we've asked our chris morris from our reality check team to take a look. don't forget to keep washing your hand. beware of viral claims appearing online. myth number one. holding your breath. if you can hold your breath for more than ten seconds without discomfort, one widely shared claim asserts, there is no fibrosis or scarring in the lungs. and basically no infection. nope. holding your breath is not a test for fibrosis and fibrosis is not a symptom of covid—19. the main symptoms, don't forget, highfever

and a persistent, dry cough. beware internet solutions for home made sanitiser. anything based on disinfectant for cleaning services probably won't be suitable for use on the skin, as per suggestions that vodka could work, unfortunately, it doesn't contain enough alcohol to be effective. this is highly unlikely. take research on other strains of coronavirus like sars or mers. it shows the viruses can remain infectious on hard surfaces like metal, glass, plastic from about two hours up to a maximum of nine days. but the uk government says the risk of contamination is likely to be reduced significantly after 72 hours. some hindu groups in india

believe cow you're in has medicinal properties and can ward off coronavirus and other diseases. not so say the experts. it doesn't cure things like cancer and there is no evidence at all that it can prevent covid—19. you're better off simply washing your hands! and if you want the latest information on the virus you can head to our website. you can read this piece explaining the concept of ‘shielding' — which is when the most vulnerable people in society are asked to self isolate to protect themselves from the virus. and for the most up to date information from around the world you can follow our live page as well. that's all at bbc.co.uk/news — or bbc.com/news, depending where you are in the world — or you can download the bbc news app. train companies across the uk will operate a reduced service

from today. it comes after the government issued guidelines warning against all but essential travel. the department of transport says core services in england will still run, to allow vital goods to be moved around the country. similar measures have been agreed by the authorities in scotland, wales and northern ireland. now, time for a look at the weather. here's carol. hello again. chilly start to the day and it's going to bea start to the day and it's going to be a chilly day generally because of the wind or the breeze. mind you, the wind or the breeze. mind you, the breeze not as strong as it was at the weekend. for this week, we are looking at dry conditions for most, some sunshine, weatherfront in the north—west producing persistent rain and chilly by night, more frosts to come. high pressure clinging onto the weather across england and wales, things fairly settled. you can see the weather front coming into the north—west

introducing rain, ice bar is telling you across scotland and northern ireland it is going to be windy. a lot of dry weather, lots of sunshine, the cloud and rain coming in across the north—west of scotland, at times you will see splashes of the ring getting into the north—west of northern ireland as well. that aside, it's going to be dry. the wide circles indicate sustained wind speeds so you can see especially in the north—west, windy with higher gusts than that. temperature —wise, 7—14d but tempered by the wind and also the breeze. through this evening and overnight it remains windy and wet across the north—west of the uk. where the cloud remains broken, that's where we are going to have temperatures sliding, as low as —2 in some parts of england and here, we are looking at a frost. for the rest of us, too much cloud around. tomorrow almost a repeat performance, cloudy across northern ireland, much of scotland, with the ring, heaviest and most persistent across the north west, south, after

that rusty start, largely dry and write, some hazy sunshine. temperatures up to 16 degrees. perhaps claudia at times across cornwall. from tuesday into wednesday, weather fronts starting their descent slowly southwards, bumping into the high pressure, weakening so that means as it does so, it's not going to produce much more than a band of cloud and some patchy rain. improvement in the north—west of scotland, by then we could have had as much as 100 millimetres of rainfall, still lots of sunshine as we push further south. we could get up to 17 degrees for example on wednesday in england. that will be the last day, we lose this milder yellow, replaced by cold blue across the board as northerly winds come our way. even as we head towards the weekend, the weather remains settled, don't forget that week whether front coming south, producing plant patchy rain.

this is bbc news, i'm geeta guru—murthy. the headlines at 11. the uk government condemns what they call the "selfish" behaviour of people who ignore social—distancing rules. ministers consider closing all non—essential shops. it's very selfish. the nhs is doing everything it can and preparing for the spread of this virus. and if people go within two metres of others who they don't live with, then they are helping to spread the virus. the uk government promises more protective equipment for nhs staff. the army will help distribute it. the death toll in spain increases to more than 2000100 — 462 have died in the past 24 hours.