this is outside source on bbc news for viewers in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. this us navy hospital ship is heading to dock in new york. the state's governor says the scale of coronavirus deaths is already ‘staggering'. and this conference centre in london has been transformed into a hospital in just one week. it will eventually accommodate up to 4,000 patients, expected to be of all ages.

we have been surprised by how many young people we are seeing, and people who don't have other health conditions, and i think the messages that are coming out from government to young people that they are not invincible are really, really important. a minute's silence is held in madrid, as spain becomes the third nation in the world to confirm more coronavirus cases than china. we'll also be live in brazil, as president bolsonaro continues to play down the crisis, and flout social distancing. welcome to outside source. let's start by bringing you up to date with the latest coronavirus developments around the world. globally, there are more than 766,000 confirmed cases of the virus. more than 36,000 people have lost their lives to it. 160,000 have recovered. italy remains the worst affected country in europe.

the number of those infected is now more than 100,000. but there's been a sharp fall in new coronavirus cases, with 1,648 new patients diagnosed in the latest daily tally — that's less than half of sunday's figure. however, more than 11,000 people have died. in spain, a memorial has been held for victims of covid—19. the number of people who have died in the country is now more than 7,300 — up by more than 800 in the past 2a hours, with more registered cases than china. but 16,000 people have recovered from the virus. and the us is the country with the most cases now — with 153,000 people infected. almost 3,000 people have died — more than 1,000 of those in new york state. more than 5000 people have recovered. we're starting in the us,

where there are more than 150,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, and the death toll has passed 2,800. more than a third of the deaths have been in new york state, which is now considered a global center of the pandemic. this is how the city is dealing with this crisis. this is a field hospital, which is being set up in the city's iconic central park to help take some of the strain. and this is one of the navy‘s hospital ships. it's being called on to deliver humanitarian aid. it sailed past the statue of liberty on its way into new york harbour, carrying 1,200 medical personnel and medical supplies. here's new york city mayor bill de blasio on that. coming here to save the lives of new yorkers in our hour of need. we have all been through a lot in these last three weeks, and we needed this boost, we needed this hope. here's our world affairs

correspondent, paul adams. with america's city streets deserted, the prospect to a return to normality are fading. 0fficials officials are now warning of as many as 200,000 american fatalities. if we could hold that down, as we are saying, to 100,000. it is a horrible number. maybe even less, but to 100,000, so we have between 100,000 and 200,000, we altogether have done a very good job. staggering figures. as a comparison, the uk is trying to keep its death toll below 20,000. and china's death toll is currently 3,300. well, president trump says he expects the us death toll will rise significantly, with the us infection rate tipped to peak in two weeks. the president has now extended social distancing restrictions until the end of april, after initially saying he hoped america could re—open for business at easter. here's gary 0'donoghue in washington.

of course, the president doesn't describe it as a u—turn, but he has absolutely changed his tune in the last 2a hours. there is no question about that. he was talking about reopening things in time for easter so that the pews in the churches were full on easter sunday. that's gone away, and what seems to have happened, what seems to have happened is that the scientists on that task force, the now well—known faces of anthony fauci and deborah burks, seem to have got to the president, and have found a way of talking to him so that he understands the scale of it. we are told they warned him that if there wasn't proper distancing for proper length of time that more than 2 million americans could die. more than two million americans could die. even with the measures in place, the scientists are warning the death toll could be over 100,000 and perhaps as much as 200,000, so the scale of these things i think has been taken on board to some degree by the president. he is talking about at least the end

of april for all of the measures currently in place and currently possibly the beginning ofjune. at this point in time, we have no idea how long these measures will be in place. new york governor andrew cuomo says new york is the canary in the coal mine, and the situation there will be replicated across the country. here's gary again. the idea that central park is an overspill for the whole health care system, and that you have to moor a 1,000—bed boat off of manhattan itself so the system can cope in the most developed country in the world gives you an idea of the scale of the challenge they are facing, particularly in new york, which has a quarter of all the country's cases, and they are not by any means at their worst point yet. certainly, the officials there are expecting things over the next two weeks to continue, cases will continue to rise, deaths will continue to rise.

they are bracing themselves and they are giving dire warnings that they simply don't have the equipment available to keep people alive, and that people will be dying, because there isn't enough ventilators, because there isn't enough protective equipment for the health care workers to use to keep themselves safe and to keep other people say. you'll recall, china went into lock down just ahead of its new year holiday, a time when millions of people would have been travelling around the country. it's a move that is credited with helping to limit a wider spread of the virus outside the worst affected areas. in the us, authorities declined to take similar measures before the spring break holiday. and here's why this matters. a company called tectonix geo mapped the locations of mobile devices on a beach in florida's fort lauderdale.

and here's where they ended up. as you can see, they're spread across the east coast and central us. that's the impact that gathering on just one beach could have on the spread of the virus throughout the country. for more, i spoke to donna shalala — the former secretary of health in the clinton administration, now the democratic congresswoman for the city of miami. too little, too late, but we're going to catch up. we just don't have a universal health care system. we've seen the gaps in that system, but more importantly we have some of the greatest scientific agencies in the world that were not allowed to do theirjob. now they are playing catch—up. they've convinced the president that this is serious and that it's not short—term, its long—term. not short—term, it's long—term. we don't have the hospital beds

for instance that your country has, because we've had a high—tech hospital system that has moved to outpatient care, so the number of hospital beds per person is very low here, and accounting for that for people that really have to be hospitalised is one of the great challenges, in addition to all the equipment that we need. so while we have the scientific expertise, we didn't have the distribution systems or the production systems to catch up with this virus, and we started late, but we will catch up and we will have the discipline to starve this virus. when you say you started late, why weren't the scientists talking to the president and getting their opinion across strongly enough to him? well, we have a president that has strong views on science and for years he has been cutting the budget of the scientific agencies, and i think he simply resisted, because he cared so much about the economy and sees his re—election tied to the economy.

but, you know, that is in the past now. it is important for us here in this country to look forward to, to do what we need to do, whether it is washing our hands or social distancing or staying at home. even though we don't have strong leadership necessarily from our national government, many of oui’ governors are stepping up. i wish my governor in florida was doing more than simply isolating parts of the state. but we will get there. because at the end of the day, those of us that have some influence keep repeating, "pay attention to the public health people, "pay attention to the scientists", and the medical people in ourcommunity are saying the same thing. so starving this virus is extremely important over the short run, and then we have to have a number of public health systems put

in place so that we can follow up on each case and make sure this is never recurring at this scale. we are always going to have some virus. the next one, i don't even know what its name is, but we better be prepared, not only in this country, but around the world, and that includes rethinking how we are organised, and making sure we have leaders that follow the science. congresswoman donna shalala in the city of miami. here in the uk, the number of deaths has fallen for the second day running. 180 people died over the past day, bringing the total death toll in britain to more than 1,400. the number of confirmed cases stands atjust over 22,000. here's our health

correspondent nick triggle. now, what is interesting is, if you look back at this time last week, the number of daily deaths were doubling every two days. over the last three days, we have seen 260 deaths announced on saturday, 209 on sunday, and then of course 180 today. so it is an early encouraging sign that maybe things are going in the right direction, but i would add in italy that have seen the most deaths across the world, they saw the numbers jump around a little bit before they have started to plateau. the prime minister borisjohnson is still in self—isolation, after testing positive for covid—19. his closest advisor dominic cummings is also in self—isolation now, after experiencing symptoms. but the prime minister is still holding meetings via video conference. this is a tweet of his from earlier today. "i've been working from home and continuing to lead the government's response to coronavirus. "stay at home, protect

the nhs, and save lives." it looks like people are generally listening to this. the uk is now in its second week of severe restrictions. here's the government's chief scientific advisor. actually, this has been successful, in terms of the behaviour changes andl in terms of the behaviour changes and i want to thank everybody for the way in which everyone is adhering to the measures that have been put in place. during today's daily briefing the government produced figures, showing just how much life has come to a standstill in britain. let me show you the graph. it shows the change in transport use over the past month. you can see a huge drop—off in the number of trips taken since the end of february. that dark blue line shows the use of all motor vehicles is down by nearly two thirds. the images our website. travel on the london tube has seen an even bigger fall. that aquamarine line shows its down by 95% compared to a month ago.

here's sir patrick vallance again. of the graph is on our website. so people are overall listening to those appeals not to travel, to stay at home if they can. so, the measures are in place, they are making a difference, they are decreasing the contact, which is so important, to spread the disease, and we are doing a good job at cutting that down. now, the reason that is important is because it then prevents the number of cases, you reduce the number of cases. the government says despite the reduction in contact, it still expects to see a spike in hospital admissions over the next 2—3 weeks. 20,000 former staff members have now returned to the national health service. and london's biggest convention centre has just been transformed into a temporary hospital. hugh pym has more. just a week ago, it was a giant conference hall, with room

for a dozen football pitches. now it's a hospital, with intensive care beds and ventilators, and ready in a few days' time to receive the first patients. the capacity, eventually, will be 4,000. and if those beds are used, it'll be the biggest hospital in the world. simon stevens, head of nhs england, toured the site at london's excel centre today and met some of those who are making things happen. today, there are over 9,000 positive coronavirus patients in hospitals across england. and we know that number is only going to increase. that's why what you see here is a mass mobilisation taking place right across the country, but also at these new nightingale hospitals. this has been an extraordinary team effort on the part of nurses and doctors and therapists and pharmacists across london, but also volunteers, paramedics and people returning to help. the first staff were applauded in today. volunteers from other hospitals and recently retired doctors and nurses will be caring here for seriously ill covid—19

patients at what's now called the nightingale hospital. there were artic lorries here, last tuesday and wednesday there were artic lorries here last tuesday, wednesday to take some patients. there is still a lot more work to be done. but huge progress, building a hospital in london, nightingale london, in just less than two weeks. it is unbelievable. it's in the heart of london's docklands, with business hotels all around. the fact that they've transformed this conference centre into a giant hospital so quickly shows how serious they think the pressure on the nhs could be. birmingham's national exhibition centre will house a nightingale hospital. so, too, the central convention centre in manchester. the sec in glasgow will also a become a temporary hospital in two weeks' time with space for up to 1000 patients. weeks' time with space for up to 1,000 patients.

the principality stadium in cardiff is set to be used as an nhs field hospital. northern ireland, too, is creating dedicated facilities for coronavirus patients. it's notjust a matter of getting enough beds, but having the right equipment as well. a breathing aid that can help keep coronavirus patients out of intensive care has been created in just a few days by engineers at university college london. they've been working with clinicians and the mercedes formula 1 team to develop the device, which delivers oxygen to the lungs without the need for a ventilator. if it passes clinical trials, it could be used in hospitals by next week. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh reports on how it might reduce the need for ventilators. for the very sickest covid—19 patients, as in this intensive care unit in italy, a mechanical ventilator offers the best chance of survival. it takes over the job of breathing, giving the lungs a chance to recover. patients on ventilators

need to be sedated, and they require expert staff. the nhs has around 8,000 of them. it's planning to acquire another 8,000 from suppliers in the coming weeks. but its estimated up to 30,000 could be needed at the peak of any outbreak here. i think it's encouraging from the government that they have said they were trying to find 30,000 ventilators. i think it looks as if less than a third of those might be available within the next few weeks, when i think the epidemic will peak in the uk. the government admitted a communication confusion after the uk failed tojoin a eu scheme to source extra ventilators, but denied the nhs had been disadvantaged. by contrast, this new device has been approved. known as continuous positive airway pressure, or cpap, they're already used by the nhs, but are in short supply. so a team at university college london, working

with mercedes formula one, devised a new one. normally, medical device development would take years. in this instance we have been able to do it in days. university college london hospital, which demonstrated the device, is now using it to treat patients with coronavirus. i sincerely think it may save many lives by preventing patients from needing to go on to a ventilator, and saving that vital resource for the very, very severely ill. this is a great example of how the nhs, universities and industry are working together at extraordinary pace to meet the challenge posed by coronavirus. if the trials of this device go well, then mercedes formula one says it can produce up to a thousand of these a day. in italy, around half of covid—19 patients on cpap did not need intensive care. so the new device could greatly ease pressure on the nhs.

fergus walsh, bbc news. stay with us on 0ustide source, still to come: we'll be live in brazil as president bolsonaro continues to play down the crisis — and flout social distancing. there's been a surge in new cases of coronavirus injapan, amid fears so, these new measures the japanese government has brought in are really, i think, in response to a significant pick—up in the number of confirmed coronavirus infections injapan over the last week or so. and we've seen a particular rise, a particularly large rise here in tokyo over the last few days. so, on saturday and sunday, we saw more than 60 new cases on both days. that's much higher than we've

seen in previous weeks. and really, japan looked like it had this epidemic well under control for most of the last month. the figures have been going up, but they've been going up very, very slowly. and then suddenly in the middle of last week, it started to look like there was an acceleration. and on saturday evening, prime minister shinzo abe came out this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. a us navy hospital ship has docked in new york as the city's mayor calls for more help to tackle the coronavirus. as countries around the world are closing their land and air borders to contain the spread of the coronavirus, thousands of people are also stuck out at sea on cruise ships, as vessels are denied permission to dock. this cruise ship, called the zaandam, has been carrying more than 1,800 people off the coast of panama.

it's begun moving healthy passengers onto another ship after four people died and two others tested positive for coronavirus. its owners, holland america, said that more than 130 people on board had reported suffering "flu—like symptoms" and respiratory issues. meanwhile, two flights bringing british tourists home from peru have arrived back in the uk. the uk government has chartered a further three british airways flights to rescue those still stuck in the country's lockdown. as concern grows around the world, in brazil president bolsonaro has been doing his best to play down the situation. here he is visiting a market on sunday on the outskirts of brasilia, ignoring social distancing measures. in a televised address last week, he blamed the media for creating hysteria and panic over covid—19. mr bolsonaro has been campaigning to ban lockdown measures, saying the country's

economy can't stop. translation: if this total isolation goes on like this, we'll have a serious problem with a brutal amount of unemployment. it'll take years to resolve. whyatt a couple of tweets by president bolsonaro, whyatt in which he questioned quarantine measures, were removed for violating the social network's rules. 0ur south america correspondent katy watson is in sao paulo. let's start with these particular tweets that were deemed to be so bad that they had to be removed. yesterday, sunday, he spent the morning as you mentioned walking around brasilia, talking to business owners. he is making clear that it is the economy that comes first. that it's very important part of the deal and it is true, we have seen these isolation measures, the big

concern is what happens to the economy, however he is using that as his main line and flouting public health recommendations and that is what is relieved —— micro believed to have brought down some of these tweets, the fact he flouted these rules. and you can see in these videos, there is no to me to distancing, there is no keeping any kind of distance. he is talking to people out there and continuing his message, really, that this coronavirus is a little bit of flu, it isa coronavirus is a little bit of flu, it is a bit of the sniffles, that is the best translation for it, really. he is really downplaying what the rest of the world is seeing as an increasingly urgent pandemic. katie, i mentioned earlier that cruise ship, it is not the only one in the region which is rather stuck. i know you've been speaking to passengers who are on board lots of other cruisers. bring us up—to—date on the situation. that's right. everyday i am contacted by people who say they are stuck at sea, to dock. i think

what has happened here in this region is that they have been watching what has happened in china, in south korea, closer to home in europe, and they have seen what has happened and they are like, right, we need to stop and put in some drastic measures to try and stop the spread of coronavirus. we have seen across the regions, in peru, argentina, uruguay, colombia, and actually in brazil they have closed the airport is too and some land borders, basically clamp down, not letting any foreigners in, and that includes ports. there are a lot of cruise ships going around south america and they have been unable to dock. i have spoken to a lot of passengers who thought they were coming down in buenos aires or rio right far south and have had to go right far south and have had to go right back up to fort lauderdale, hoping that they can get back in. but of course with the board is closing all the time they are still unsure whether they will be able to dock as they have been told. that is the big concern at the moment. thanks. bring us up—to—date as you

get more details but for the time being we will pause and will be back very shortly with much more news on this coronavirus pandemic. hello, there. lighter winds today, but it has not been as cold. it has been showery for some, with threatening—looking cloud across barnsley over the reservoir. we have also had some pretty stubborn cloud on the north and west, as you can see from this weather watcher in cumbria. generally speaking, there has been a lot of cloud around through the course of the day, particularly into the afternoon, and the showers have been through northern and eastern scotland, eastern england, stretching down into the midlands and a little bit further south as we went through the afternoon. now, one of the reasons that we've had lighter winds is the high pressure is sinking down to the south—west and the isobars are opening up, and so the winds are going to continue to slacken off through the evening and overnight, with the showers fading away as well

and clear skies developing, so we could see some breaks and a chilly night to follow. low single figures where we get some breaks in the cloud. so, it is going to be a chilly start to tuesday morning, but again, we will see plenty of cloud developing as we go through the day, and it will be a fairly overcast story. the winds will change direction in a subtle way, really. they're coming in from the north—west, and that will feed more cloud and a few showers into scotland and across to northern england. temperatures a little bit disappointing for the beginning of april, highs of 9—11 degrees. the high will continue to drift south—west, and eventually we will start to see a weather front starting to threaten into the far north. it's going to take its time in arriving on wednesday, but it will start to bring a change to the story for much of scotland. so, clouding over, outbreaks of rain to the north—west of the great glen and the winds will strengthen here. quite a cloudy day generally on wednesday, so the temperatures struggling a little again, 9—12 celsius the high. as that front pushes through, it is going to introduce colder air across scotland as the winds revert

back to a more northerly direction. we could see showers tied into that low pressure, turning wintry to the tops of the hills across the north and west. so, although we stay slightly milder across the south, with that northerly flow into scotland, it means a noticeable difference to the feel of the weather. so, turning increasingly windy, with gales to the north, but a little bit milder across the south and hopefully a little more sunshine coming through. that's it. take care.

this is 0utside source on bbc news for viewers in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. this us navy hospital ship is heading to dock in new york. the state's governor says the scale of coronavirus deaths is already ‘staggering'. and this conference centre in london has been transformed into a hospital in just one week. it will eventually accomodate up to 4,000 patients, expected to be of all ages.

we've been surprised by how many young people we are seeing, and people who don't have other health conditions. and i think the messages that are coming out from government to young people, that they're not invincible, are really, really important. a minute's silence is held in madrid as spain becomes the third nation in the world to confirm more virus cases than china. and hungary's parliament votes to give prime minister victor 0rban sweeping new powers to rule by decree to tackle the coronavirus. welcome to outside source. let's start by bringing you up to date with the latest coronavirus developments around the world. globally there are more than 770— thousand confirmed cases of the virus. more than 36 thousand people have lost their lives to it. 160 thousand have recovered. italy remains the worst affected country in europe. the number of those infected is now more than one hundred thousand

and more than 11 thousand people have died. but there's been a sharp fall in new coronavirus cases with 1,648 new patients diagnosed in the latest daily tally, that's less than half of sunday's figure. in spain, a memorial has been held for victims of covid—19. the number of people who have died in the country is now more than seven thousand three hundred — up by more than 800 in the past 24 hours, with more registered cases than china. but 16 thousand people have recovered from the virus. and the us is the country with the most cases now — with 156 thousand people infected. almost three thousand people have died — more than one thousand of those in new york state. more than five thousand people have recovered. we've been hearing about president trump's decision to extend social distancing restrictions until the end of april

after initially saying he hoped america could reopen for business at easter. let's get more from gary 0'donoghue in washington. yes, definitely a change of mind on behalf of the president last week talking about wanting to see the country reopening by easter sunday, wanting to see the church is packed with people. that seems to have all changed now and he seems to be listening much more closely to his scientists and looking towards the end of april at the earliest for any kind of relaxation. even said himself that he could be well into june before the relaxation takes place in the definitely change of tone and perhaps the realisation that in america, at least, worst is yet to come. we saw central park

become a field hospital, what more must be done to make sure america's ready? they were quite extraordinary, those pictures, you think 21st century new york city, iconic central park now effectively a field hospitalfor iconic central park now effectively a field hospital for the coronavirus, and not just a field hospital for the coronavirus, and notjust that hospital ship with the capacity for more off of manhattan, to take the overflow more off of manhattan, to take the ove rflow fro m more off of manhattan, to take the overflow from the hospitals as they struggle to cope with the virus in the centre which is an exhibition centre on the west side of manhattan, that no two and a half thousand again overflowing from new york hospitals in new york is the state that is taking it so hard so farand their state that is taking it so hard so far and their death toll is really taking around a quarter of a third of the deaths in the united states and the government even says that it

is the worst is yet to come. the apex of the curve will be in a couple of weeks' time. live from washington and extraordinary images of the field hospital be constructed in central park at the centre of new york let's turn to the uk not because social distancing is having an effect and it has reduced the number of contacts and just the last weeks. all in the last week. the chief scientific officer, sir patrick vallance, says he still expects the number of infections and deaths to rise over the next two to three weeks. but the number of infections is not accelerating at the moment. here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. we've got 0scar mayes, give me a wave. and then we've got sebby mayes. give me a wave. stretching into the distance. you're missing your friends, aren't you? yeah. but he'll be ok, won't you? this could last a lot longer than the mayes family's now daily 5k.

they're missing out on so much school, but they are young and i think it's just it's important to teach them to be resilient and deal with whatever situation they're faced with. so, we can cope. it's not normal life. even the prime minister's chief adviser is at home with symptoms, too. the new government routine, though — produce a progress report on how the country is coping with the limits on all our lives that have only been in place for a week. this is a united national effort. the spirit of selflessness shown by so many is an inspiration. the chief scientist's slides, capturing the changes we've made. the measures are in place, they are making a difference, they are decreasing the contact, which is so important to spread the disease. and we're doing a good job at cutting that down. the reason that's important is because it then prevents the number of cases. based on what you know now, are the restrictions working? what we know is that the measures

that have been taken are having a very big effect on contacts. i showed you the data on transport, you can see dramatic reductions in the amount of transport being used. you see dramatic reductions in footfall. we know that things like restaurants and pubs, places where people aggregate, have been closed. so, we are seeing a big change in contacts. that is predicted to have a very significant effect. foreign secretary, you're asking a huge amount of the public. is it the government's view that people need to be willing to follow these restrictions for as long as six months, if that's what it takes? the more members of the public, as they are doing increasingly, follow this guidance, the quicker we'll be able to get into a position where we review whether and how there is any easing of those restrictions. but any rollback is still likely to be at least three months away. we always understood that they potentially require to be in place for a very long period of time. this period of 13 weeks has always

been one we've understood, and clearly we keep that under review. whether it's easing limits on leaving home or schools reopening, when it eventually comes, the ease—off could be piece by piece. we may need significant restrictions for longer than the original three weeks. and beyond that period, there will be a time when we don't just go from everything being restricted to nothing being restricted. here's me, standing, walking around my garden. routine is the key to coping for 80—year—old hector woodhouse in linlithgow. he has some other advice as well. i think i can keep myself fairly busy with one thing or another. but for six months? you've got to try to keep up your sense of humour, i suppose. let's see how other european countries are coping with this crisis. this is the moment that

hungary's parliament voted to give prime minister victor 0rban sweeping new powers to rule by decree. this, in effect, allows the prime minister to bypass parliament. victor 0rban's supporters say they'll help him deal the coronavirus outbreak. but the law is controversial, it contains no time limit. the passing of the anti—coronavirus defence law means that from immediate effect, the hungarian parliament has suspended itself, with no plans for elections to be held. the law threatens jail terms of up to five years for anyone found to be spreading falsehoods about the coronavirus or the measures taken to control them. critics have said this could lead to the imprisonment ofjournalists who criticise the government. but according to a poll by a pro—government polling agency in hungary, 72% of the public support the bill. 0ur correspondent, nick thorpe, is in budapest.

these emergency powers seem to go further than in many, perhaps in the country of europe. and the opposition, human rights groups and some international organisations have raised their concerns. they are worried especially over the fact that these powers are for an indefinite period. the prime minister himself will decide when the emergency is actually over. they wa nted the emergency is actually over. they wanted the opposition and human rights groups wanted more controls, checks and balances, those are now seen as being far too weak and also we re seen as being far too weak and also were worrying for critical journalists, is the change to the criminal code. this new emergency power of the government under which those found guilty of spreading misleading orfalse those found guilty of spreading misleading or false information could be jailed for up to five yea rs. could be jailed for up to five years. that could have a chilling effect on the work of the independent media here in hungary.

well, as nick said there, the move's come under quiet a bit of criticism. the former italian prime minister matteo renzi has tweeted that the eu must force hungary to change its mind on the decision to rule by decree. well he says europe will simply drive hungary out of the union. whilst andrew stroehlein of human rights watch says that but hungary's government is not the only one to increase its powers during the outbreak of covid—19. we're seeing stronger measurers being implemented around the world. in thailand, new laws allow the media to be censored, curfews to be imposed, and the military to be deployed. whilst in israel, prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who was set to stand trial on corruption allegations, has shut down all courts.

he's also permitted the tracking of a israeli citizen's phones. the prime minister says the move will help track individuals who've come into contact with those who contract covid—19. but critics argue it could lead to a big brother style society. spains's infection rate continues to rise. 6,400 new cases were confirmed today. as this graph shows, spain is now has over 85,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus. making it the third nation to overtake china in terms of the number of individuals infected with covid—19. 0nly italy and the us have more cases. also both spain and italy now have more coronavirus related deaths than china. these are pictures from barcelona, the usually bustling streets now deserted. the near total lockdown across the whole of spain has just become even more severe, with the nation's prime minister announcing a lockdown of all 47 million spaniards. here's guy hedgecoe in madrid.

nonessential workers are not allowed to travel to the workplace, they also have the stay—at—home as well, so that is the main novelty and the government has done that because it wa nts to government has done that because it wants to really make sure that there is no resurgence, no increase in the spread of the virus. it believes that although the latest figures to make for rather harrowing reading, people have died over the virus, despite those figures, the virus is coming to the end of its upward curve in the figures are starting to flatten out. while the spanish government say the outbreak is slowing, there's been a worrying rise in cases among healthcare personnel. here's guy hedgecoe again.

0ne one of the big problems has been the lack of medical equipment, facemasks and respirators. a plane flew in from the czech republic that donated 10,000 medical suits and reflects the desperation for medical equipment and intensive care units that are under intensive pressure. and whilst medical staff continue to be infected, it's been announced today that spain's health emergency chief fernando simon has also tested positive for covid—19. stay with us on 0ustide source, still to come... is the latest market of its global economic downturn caused by coronavirus.

the uk is depending on an army of low—paid workers to get us through the crisis. shop workers, delivery drivers and care workers — many on minimum wage — continue to work despite the threat of the disease. richard bilton reports. they are a hidden army. low—paid workers risking the disease to keep the economy going. we've got a frozen veg at —22 and cauliflowers and there is also other stuff, peas and so on, a full load. marco is one of thousands of truck drivers restocking the nation's larder. it's been really busy, so we've been going back and forth from this place in belgium where we usually load five or six lorries a week. it's been 15, 20 so far. food is important. morning, driver. morning, you all right? ready for another chaos day? yeah, we are. those deliveries matter

in the nation's supermarkets. keeping lockdown uk fed. filling empty shelves, pat is a minimum wage hero. i do get concerned about being amongst the crowds that we are in amongst at the moment. in all the years i've worked in a supermarket, 30—odd years, i don't think i've known it this busy at christmas time. it really has been manic. panorama asked other minimum wage workers to get in touch and, across the country, people responded. i'm rhys, i'm a 25—year—old porter, i work at colchester general hospital. hi, i'm steph, i'm working a 15—hour shift today with natasha. it's been a busy morning, probably done about a 25 drops or so. millions fighting the disease on a minimum wage.

this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. a us navy hospital ship has docked in new york as the city's mayor calls for more help to tackle the coronavirus there's been a sharp increase in the number of deaths from coronavirus in france. the health authorities said more than three thousand people had now died in hospital. it comes as a crisis is emerging in care homes across the country. in paris — the regional health authority say that 148 care—homes are infected with covid—19. the bbc understands that deaths reaching into the double—figures are being reported at some care homes. with more than 80 residents testing positive for coronavirus in one building alone.

now — no nationalfigures forfatalities in care homes are being made public — and they're not included in the daily briefing figures. this allows france to keep its infection rate lower then it actually is. it's becoming a major concern for relatives of residents who've been forbidden from visiting for more than a week now — and say they aren't being told when a family member tests positive. lucy williamson reports. even when deaths are invisible, you can count the coffins. signs of a hidden crisis inside care homes across france. this home in paris has lost 16 residents to coronavirus — more than 80 more are infected. those delivering the coffins here told a waiting journalist it was non—stop. 21 people have died at this home in vosges, but while hospital deaths are recorded in the daily toll of coronavirus, deaths in care homes are not.

translation: there was a cluster of about 50 people with fever over five days, followed by symptoms of severe pneumonia, so we had to use oxygen. at the height of the epidemic here, there must have been 25 or 30 patients on oxygen. so far, more than a third of care homes in the paris region are thought to have been affected by coronavirus. the government is launching an app to monitor these cases, and add them to the national totals, but france's most senior health official has said that numbers could spiral as a result. at the beginning of march, president macron visited a care home to talk about protection — no masks then, no social distancing. a few days later, all visits to france's retirement homes were banned, and last week the government said all residents should be individually isolated in their rooms. but care workers say that they are now the biggest risk to residents, and that some homes were keeping

masks in reserve for an outbreak and not giving them to staff. translation: as soon as the coronavirus enters a care home, it's all over, there is nothing we can do. since we don't have enough staff, it will be dramatic. in several centres, there will be a huge number of deaths. space in hospital life support units in the paris region is now critically low, and there are shortages of some drugs. the health minister has said france will begin mass testing of its population and has ordered a billion facemasks to protect healthcare staff. but polls suggest that trust in the government has plummeted, even before the wave of this epidemic has peaked. it has become a common site over the last few weeks. iconic landmarks from new york to london to tokyo are empty as nations attempt to stop the spread of covid—19. but there is still one nation

for whom its business as ususual. take a look at this. this is the eastern european nation of belarus — and while football may be suspended in the uk and across the world, the ball keeps rolling. over the weekend there was six top—flight games. and the little known league has gone international — with broadcasters across the globe buying up the rights from russia and india. the bela rusian president alexander lu kashenko — seen here taking part in a ice hockey game sunday — has previously dismissed the threat of the coronavirus, which has infected 94 people in the country. earlier this month he said that the virus could be cured by driving on tractors and drinking vodka. yesterday, he was asked why the country wasn't

going into lockdown. the president defended his situation. translation: it's better to live your knees. you don't see the virus year, i do not see them too. this is a fridge, it is the best for health. this is better for sport is the best for health. this is betterfor sport and is the best for health. this is better for sport and this is the is the real antiviral cure. there's concern that india could become a coronavirus hot—spot. the indian government has been criticised for its lack of planning ahead of a three—week lockdown, which was introduced with less than four hours' notice. let me show you these pictures. millions of migrant workers fleeing the capital delhi in efforts to get home to their villages. the prime minister narendra modi has apologised for the shutdown, which he said had hurt millions of poorer people. but he said tough measures were needed to win this battle. here's a spokesperson for india's governing bjp party.

we need to bear in mind that the situation is unprecedented and no one can say that any country is capable of handling this kind of pandemic. for us it becomes doubly challenging because we are the second most populated country. zimbabwe is beginning a three—week lockdown in its fight against coronavirus. president emmerson mnangagwa has introduced measures which drastically restrict movement. a significant contributor to the economy. these stalls would be steaming with people selling everything under the sun. because the lock down, they have been forced to stay home for the next 21 days. many of them do not have savings and rely on daily earnings. police are also out in numbers, enforcing and making sure that everyone who was on the street has the right to be here.

another consequence of this virus pandemic is a dramatic fall in the price of oil. it's fallen to the lowest level in almost 20 years as the demand for crude oil drops. for more on the reasons behind it, here's the bbc‘s samira hussain in new york. the demand for oil. you do not have airlines that are using any crude oil. you do not have any manufacturers that are going on and all of that really signifies just how much of an economic slow is happening around the world when you see that demand really diminish but the other problem is the flood of crude oil onto royal markets and the big part of that has to deal with russia and saudi arabia, neither country have really been able to agree to cutting, so now you have this gluttony of oil on these root markets at a time in which no one is really buying the soil and that is a big reason why you're seeing these huge drops on the oil market.

thank you for watching and do stay safe. of the team on twitter — i'm @bbckasiamadera hello there. despite some spells around on sunday for most of us, it thought bitterly cold. disappointing for the end of march with temperatures struggling to get into double figures and i can offer you something a little warmer as you head towards next weekend and beyond. more on that and just a moment, this high—pressure was responsible for the court feel at the end with the northeasterly flow but it is starting to open up and the winds are easing just a touch but, there is still equal source but we have that blue air mass across the whole of the country which means it stays in the chilly side, a cold start to stay in the cloud bubbling up start to stay in the cloud bubbling up and it still is not going to feel very up and it still is not going to feel very warm up and it still is not going to feel very warm up there. some showers

across scotland in one or two down into the north of england and temperatures will peak between eight and 11 degrees. that is stilljust below where they should be for the beginning of april. high—pressure continuing to south and west, the isobars opening and to the far north of the country, we have weather fronts are to arrive slowly but surely as we going into wednesday. gradually, the winds will start in the gusts behind it. but ahead of that, it will stay largely cloudy but dry with temperatures again nine to 11 celsius and that by the front will continue steadily with the wind strengthening to gale force and we could see some showers turning wintry to the tops of the hills across the far northwest and some winter showers to come and when the affair here and elsewhere for northern ireland, england and wales it isa northern ireland, england and wales it is a cloudy affair the predominantly dry with temperatures six to eight in the north and ten to

13 in the south that area of low pressure pushing into scandinavia and by the time you get to the end of the week, things will quiet down just a touch agency on friday there will be some sunny spells around with high—pressure starting to build ita with high—pressure starting to build it a bit more cloud developing from the west by the end of the day with him just peeking between seven and 12 degrees. as we head to the start of the weekend, high—pressure is set to build in the winds will spin around ina to build in the winds will spin around in a clockwise direction and we will see a return to southerly winds that would drive some milder conditions ups around the country and at the start of the weekend, this is a beautiful spring blossoms and blue skies from our window and it does look as though things will be largely fine and dry. so for saturday, it is a dry affair, cloud will come and go but it'll still stay largely mild with temperatures back to where they should be for the time of year. peeking around 14 or 15 degrees. as we move into saturday

and sunday, there is a level of uncertainty as to whether or not that high—pressure will continue to drift east, but as it does so, potentially will see that southerly flow with the weather from toppling ina flow with the weather from toppling in a cross. so that does mean that sunday will be predominantly dry and settled and getting just that little bit warmer in the south was 17 degrees and that 63 fahrenheit. in the potential to next week that this milderairto the potential to next week that this milder air to stay with us for a few days and temperatures could climb and slightly above the average. so, thatis and slightly above the average. so, that is worth bearing in mind but u nfortu nately, that is worth bearing in mind but unfortunately, it gets a bit milder and it also there's a potential for it to get wetter as well. take care.

tonight — 9,000 patients are in hospital with coronavirus occupying one in ten nhs beds. built in a week — the new london hospital ready for 500 patients, rising eventually to 4,000. there were artic lorries here last tuesday and wednesday when i was last here, and now we're fully ready to take some patients. now there's still a lot more work yet to be done, but huge progress. the death toll continues to rise but the government's chief scientific advisor says the strict social distancing of the last week is having an effect. the government charters rescue flights for the tens of thousands of britons stranded abroad. exodus — hundreds of thousands of people, trapped by india's sudden lockdown, struggle to get back