so, yeah, part of it is panic, i think. panic and a bit of common sense? yes, yes, yah. and you said she collapsed? is she conscious or unconscious? medical teams here are gearing up for a dramatic increase in coronavirus cases. this is a developed nation which has planned well for the pandemic, but still. my biggest worry at the moment is that if this spills over into our poorer communities where it's more difficult to identify patients, more difficult to contain, and in those poorer communities today, clear signs of trouble. the message about social distancing has not got through to some.

and millions of small businesses like this gym, fear the government won't help them survive this lockdown. no, they are not helping financially to support our businesses. so you're on your own here? yeah, we are on our own. but the immediate challenge here is overcrowding and hygiene. no running water here and a0 people sharing this toilet. if i have that virus and i'm using this toilet, then i'm going to affect 39 people. this is famously the world's most unequal society. the virus looks set to expose that cruel fault line, that chasm between the very rich and the rest in the harshest possible way. and so those who can, try to get out of town. this family hoping for a last—minute bus to the countryside. we are leaving, we are evacuating ourselves. before an entire nation locks down.

within the last few minutes, that lockdown has got under way here. the police and the army heading out onto the streets to try to enforce it. there is so much at stake for south africa, but not just there is so much at stake for south africa, but notjust for this country, this entire continent is looking to see whether africa's richest, most developed nation can beat this virus. if it fails, what for the rest of the continent? sophie. andrew harding, thank you. coronovirus causes the illness known as covid—19 and scientists say for most people who get it, the effects are mild. it's a new virus — so how much do we actually about it now, why it affects some far more severely than others? and if you get it do you become immune? our science editor david shukman investigates in the race to understand this new virus, we've learned a great deal from a massive international research effort.

but some critically important questions still need to be answered. the first of these is a real mystery, but something that's vital to get a handle on. we know that people with symptoms can pass on the virus, but what about people without symptoms? the question is, who really is spreading the virus right now? this is crucialfor working out the future of the outbreak. many adults may not even realise they are carrying the virus. and children often don't show many symptoms at all, but may have a role in passing it on. the scientists are struggling to work this out. most individuals who are infected with novel coronavirus will have very mild symptoms or no symptoms at all, and yet their potential to spread the virus is real. we have to get an understanding ofjust how much virus these people are transmitting, particularly if we're going to get a lid on this outbreak. next, there's something that's far from understood. can you become immune?

in other words, if you catch the virus, can you get it again? it is well known that the virus has the ability to invade different kinds of cells, and early studies have shown that antibodies can respond. but does that create immunity, and how long would that last? no one is sure. we know from other human coronaviruses that immunity can be fairly short—lived. that is why they re—infect us. but hopefully, it will last at least months if not several years, but these are important things to address. then there's a question that has been puzzling many experts — why does it seem that more men than women have been dying of the virus so far? a major study in china found that for infected men the death rate was 2.8%, while for women, it was 1.7%. and in italy, of everyone who has died of covid—19, about 70% were male, based on recent figures. one theory is that smoking is a key factor. a big proportion of

chinese men are smokers. another explanation is that women have more effective immune systems than men, but the research has only just started. so amid all the pressures of trying to cope with the virus, there's a rush to work out the full scale of its impact. david shukman, bbc news. and if you want to find out more about the virus and the steps you should be taking to protect yourself and others including handwashing and using a tissue, check out the bbc news website... and the bbc news app. we have never experienced the sort of restrictions we are living with now — being told to stay at home unless absolutely essential and for weeks on end. no—one knows how long this will last. a charity which supports people with anxiety issues says it has seen an unprecedented rise in calls to its helpline in the last few days, with concerns about the virus and about social distancing. here's our social affairs

correspondent, alison holt. these are difficult times. i just feel very panicked, short of breath. anxiety has very physical effects. the way ahead is hard. a changing world that's particularly troubling if you already have an issue with anxiety. if i don't have a plan or something to work towards, that's when i start cracking a little bit. she was literally in tears and sobbing her heart out because she was so worried. for someone like francesca, with a history of heart problems, watching each coronavirus development as she cares for her daughter, her stress levels i have been rising. it basically comes in waves. to begin with you just, kind of, take note of everything and then the more the news ramps up, being a new mum, suffering from health anxiety myself, it's just progressively got harder. not everyone's cup of tea, but i do love a creepy—crawly. lauren runs animal therapy sessions for schools and other groups.

business had been good but her worries have increased as bookings have disappeared. now, i've suffered with depression and anxiety all of my life and just as i seem to get on top of myself, something like this will smash me down and it's really, really hard. it's not just people who struggle with anxiety who are finding things tough. in a matter of days, all our lives have changed dramatically which makes it really important that we find our own way of dealing with that stress. panic attacks are a sudden spike of anxiety and adrenaline. dave smithson is from the charity anxiety uk. they've seen such a large increase in calls to their helpline, they've had to extend its hours. i've been with the charity over seven years and i can't recall anything on this scale. it's just simply unmatched and we are in uncharted territory.

for some of the more than 8 million people in the uk who have an anxiety disorder, help comes with an apple, or at least a technique the charity uses called apple. acknowledge you are worried. pause. push back against the thought. let go of the worry and explore the moment, because right now you are fine. francesca has found acknowledging the anxiety helps, as well as speaking to friends online. i was having a really panic day and i asked people to reassure me that everything would be ok. and i got so many replies off people saying, "things are going to be fine, we're going to help each other." "go to this website." and it really, really helped calm me. and lauren is now going to offer online classes teaching people about her animals. having a plan helps her. in this situation you cannot be in control of, personally i need to find something that i can be in control of and go forward with that. and hopefully it will work. and picking our own techniques

for coping in the coming weeks will be important. alison holt, bbc news. that's it. we'll leave you with some of the images from across the uk of this evening's "clap for carers" tribute, saluting nhs and care workers on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic. cheering and applause hello, i'm maz farookhi

with the latest sports news. planning for some key events at the postponed olympics may have to start all over again. the taskforce set up by tokyo 2020 organisers to plan for the delayed event met for the first time on thursday and hope to finalise a new schedule within a month. the international olympic committee is reportedly aiming for a july—august 2021 window for the rearranged games but say there are "many thousands of questions" to address before a new timeframe can be confirmed. eddiejones is one of the latest high—profile figures in sport to take a paycut because of the coronavirus outbreak. the england head coach hasjoined the rugby football union's highest—paid executives in accepting a reduction to help limit the financial impact of the pandemic. the cut is more than 25% — according to the rfu boss bill sweeney, jones agreed to the pay proposal immediately. all football in england below national league level in the men's game — and below the women's championship — has ended immediately

because of coronavirus, with all results this season declared null and void. it means there will be no promotion or relegation in these leagues. at a video conference call on tuesday, the national league board urged to end the season "as soon as possible for the purposes of player contracts" but not all clubs are happy with the decision. the chairman of south shields — who were 12 points clear at the top of the northern premier division — has described it as "appalling". you look at us for an example. they have spent a lot of money both in terms of infrastructure and building a squad in an attempt to get out of the northern premier league and get into the national league system and they looked well—placed and were well clear at the top of the table. so it looked with certainty that they would be promoted to the national league north and that as it stands is not going to happen. but further down the pyramid as well, even at the lower—level

levels, clubs spend money to reach minimum standards in order to get promoted into the leagues they are trying to get into and if they have not been promoted, they have effectively wasted their money. it is a difficult situation, we all appreciate that. but this exacerbates what is already a tough financial world out there knowing that you spent money to try and achieve something that ultimately has been proved that you could not have done anyway. and that is all the sport for now — there's more on the continued impact of coronavirus on the sporting calendar on our website, that's bbc.co.uk/sport, but from me and the rest of the team, bye for now.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sian griffiths, education editor at the sunday times and sebastian payne — the whitehall correspondent for the ft. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. .. the financial times leads on the £3 billion a month rescue deal for the self—employed unveiled today by the chancellor rishi sunak. the daily mirror goes with ‘your country loves you' — as millions around the country clapped nhs staff in tribute to their tireless work. the metro's front page describes the country as ‘checkpoint britain‘ — after roadblocks and drones have been used stop people leaving their homes. and the same story — and even the same headline — adorns the front page of the daily express. the i has more details on the chancellor's aid package for the self—employed. the daily mail says the housing market has been effectively frozen because of the coronavirus crisis.

the telegraph claims that delays in implementing help to the self—employed will cause unemployment to soar. and the times criticises the poice for using drones to spy on ramblers and people walking their dogs in beauty spots. so let's begin... it is great to see both of you. this is called the papers but really this subtitle is our nightly nose around the front room of various journalists across the country. you are doing your very best to disguise whatever you might have in your house. sebastian, we can reach you and your mantelpiece. —— we can read you. the daily mirror, the headline can bea you. the daily mirror, the headline can be a country loves you. italy had a sinking, sane began clapping that we started clapping as well. your response to the front page? —— had a sinking. very uplifting front page. it reflects what was happening early this evening when people across the uk came out and clapped

for nhs staff. i could hear it from the house here. i it is a movement that started elsewhere. we've had in spain and italy. and in turkey. in italy they have been doing it. i think we had what clapping and a lot of not make a lot of appreciation. for the nhs staff, who are soberly putting their lives on the line in some cases. they don't have the personal protective equipment in some cases that they need to protect them against the infection and they are being so brave and ijust think it was lovely that everybody came out and that way and show their appreciation. and also it is a bit ofa appreciation. and also it is a bit of a good to come together as a community come altogether in the evening saying we are all in this together and we do want to show our thanks to the people who are really on the front line.