this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a us navy floating hospital arrives in new york city, as donald trump tells americans that one million lives could be saved if they maintain social distancing for 30 days. this is our shared patriotic duty. challenging times are ahead for the next 30 days. and this is a very vital 30 days. a conference centre in london is transformed into a hospital injust one week. it will eventually accomodate up to 4,000 patients. exodus to the countryside — the plight of hundreds of thousands of migrant workers in india, after city lockdowns leave them withoutjobs or wages. and the tokyo 2020 olympics will go ahead, but in 2021. could they symbolise the world's recovery from the coronavirus tragedy?

hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. there are now more than 750,000 confirmed cases of the covid—19 virus arond the world. the us has now recorded more infections than any other country, with 153,000 people confirmed to have the disease. some positive news from italy, where the number of newly diagnosed infections has fallen sharply in the past 2a hours to less than half the numbers recorded on sunday. officials say it is an indication that, three weeks into its lockdown, the country is heading in the right direction. but france has registered its worst

daily mortality figures to date, with a18 new deaths in the past 2a hours. and in india hundreds of thousands of labourers have been forced travel across the country back to their hometowns, as the country's lockdown costs them their jobs and livelihoods. in manhattan, help is arriving by land and by sea, as nada tawfik reports. sailing into new york harbour, the naval hospital ship comfort is ready for battle. the city's deepening war against the coronavirus is just weeks from its peak, so it's all hands on deck on this floating hospital with 1000 beds and 12 operating rooms. non— coronavirus patients will be sent here to take the stress off overwhelmed hospitals. our nation has heard our plea for help here in new york city, and they could not be a better example of all of america pulling

for new york city and the arrival of the usn us comfort. —— usns comfort. it isa the usn us comfort. —— usns comfort. it is a major, major moment in this long battle we will be fighting against the coronavirus. in central park, construction is under way for another emergency hospital. in less than a month, new york state's death toll from the outbreak has surpassed 1000. please for help but be met by volunteers, and even the united nations has donated medical supplies that are in short supply. we are fighting for your lives but we are also fighting for our lives, too. we are also scared. doctor arabia m illett are also scared. doctor arabia millett is an emergency physician at two hospitals serving low income communities in the city. she took this video of a paediatric ward in brooklyn which has been turned into a makeshift isolation room to protect healthcare workers from covid—19. not only is she concerned about her patients and herself, but also several other family members who have contracted the virus.

i reached out to my therapist and i saidi i reached out to my therapist and i said i need you again, because this is hard, this is tough. i don't want to carry this burden on me. i'm not ashamed of that because this is part of mental health. the looming threat in urban and rural communities lead president trump to extend social distancing guidelines to april 30. this live footage published by earthcam from this live footage published by ea rthcam from around this live footage published by earthcam from around the country shows just how much everyday life has shifted from the streets to online. you are pulling out, all right? not up and over, up and out. it is forcing americans to get creative and go without life's luxuries like a haircut. last night i had luxuries like a haircut. last night ihad an luxuries like a haircut. last night i had an idea, i can cut hair. pop singer pink and others showed their experiences taking the scissors into their own hands. meanwhile, the president has delivered the starkest warning yet

that the us is yet to feel the full force of the coronavirus outbreak. here's what he said. the peak, the highest point of death rates, remember this, is likely to hit two weeks. nothing would be worse than declaring victory before the victory is w011. that would be the greatest loss of all. north america editor jon sopel is in washington. he says this extension of social distancing is a belated recognition from the president of the potential impact of coronavirus. i think that donald trump always likes to go with his gut rather than day, and you'd have to say it's served him pretty well until coronavirus arrived. he said there would only be a handful of cases, there have been many more, he said it would no doll might be no worse than the flu season, it is, and he hoped to reopen america by easter

and churches would be packed, he's walked back from that and you seem the intensification of the millions he has said have been tested for covid—19, so scientists reckon that's a success for them, that they persuaded donald trump, but there is a personal aspect to it, the epicentre of the epicentre of this crisis is in the borough new york city where he's grown up and he talked about the refrigerated lorries arriving at the back of hospital loading up the dead bodies andi hospital loading up the dead bodies and i think that moved him. he spoke about a friend of his who was overweight but strong and now in a coma thanks to that. that seems to have affected president trump's thinking. for a man have affected president trump's thinking. fora man who have affected president trump's thinking. for a man who always likes to declare big wins, i thought there was something very reflective in what he said last night when he said nothing would be worse than declaring victory before the victory is won.

here in britain an entirely new hospital, built from scratch in a conference centre injust a week, will be ready to take its first patients on wednesday. initially it's ready for 500 coronavirus patients, but eventually rising to 4,000. 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. sir 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, 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 when i was first here, and now we have it fully ready 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. this is what the hospital could look like with a mortuary. army staff are working with the nhs tea m army staff are working with the nhs team to make it a reality. it is in the heart of london's docklands with businesses all around. the fact they've transformed this

concert, 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 become a temporary hospital in two 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. and in belfast, a coronavirus assessment centre will open this week. there may be plenty of new hospital beds, but staffing is a problem with an estimate a quarter of doctors are off with a virus or because a member of their household is unwell. i've been off work for a week now because my partner had a temperature last monday. so i self—isolated like you're supposed to do, but i have been feeling fine. i had a very mild cough last week so i probably did catch it. and by the rules, had i been able

to be tested soon enough, i could have proved that and gone back to work after a week of isolation. freelance health workers known as locums are frustrated, because they feel they don't have adequate legal and financial protection. it is vital the government protect us and give us all the equipment. and that includes both sick pay and worker's protections, as well as the kit we need to be able to do ourjobs to the best of our ability. the lack of protective kit is said to be a problem by some doctors, nurses and care workers. most are anxious about what the next weeks will bring. they know this new hospital and many others could fill up very quickly with very sick patients, some of whom will not survive their stay. hugh pym, bbc news at the nightingale hospital in london's docklands. in india, the government imposed a strict lockdown across the country at four hours' notice to stop the spread of coronavirus. it meant hundreds of thousands of people lost theirjobs

and are now struggling for food. some are so desperate they're leaving the cities they work in to walk, sometimes hundreds of miles, back to their villages. divya arya reports from delhi. panic and chaos. these people, who have moved across this vast country for work, demand they be allowed to go home. a complete lockdown has meant they have no work and no money. in the country's capital, delhi, the desperate head for their far—away villages on foot. journeys so gruelling some won't make it home. at least six people have died en route. 0thers scramble onto buses, trying to get out however they can. to curb the movement of people, borders are sealed overnight. but some, like rajit khan and his wife, insist they will march to their village.

translation: what can the government do? my son is sick. if they really cared, they wouldn't have stopped people from coming out or stopped transport. now, if he dies by the time we reach, who will take responsibility? now the prime minister has apologised to the people, asking them to stay where they are, promising food and shelter. i'm outside a food distribution centre being run by the government, and most of the people queueing up here are families of daily—wage labourers who are out of work right now because of the lockdown. some of them could not leave the city to go back to their villages, and some chose to stay. but now, stuck here, they say they're totally dependent on government aid. it is a long wait, and mothers complain there is no milk for their children. translation: we are very worried. we have come here to get some food to eat. there are no jobs and money, our children are hungry. the ruling party admits

it's a huge challenge. in a population of 1.3 billion, hundreds of millions of people are currently observing the lockdown, are currently being able to meet all the requirements that have been put in place. yes, a few million stand affected, but that's what is the effort on to eliminate that problem too. for many, that is a difficult wait, and as the lockdown tightens, they have an uphilljourney ahead. divya arya, bbc news, delhi. some more on india's lockdown. migrant labourers in uttar pradash state have been filmed shielding themselves as fire officials hose them down with disinfectant designed to clean buses. the labourers had recently arrived in the town of barilly from nearby cities after the country's lockdown was imposed last week. the district magistrate has blamed the incident on over—zealous officials and added that those responsible will be punished. let's get some of

the day's other news. there has been a sharp fall in new coronavirus cases in italy, the country worst affected by the pandemic. 1,648 new patients were diagnosed in the latest daily tally — that's less than half of sunday's figure. officials say it's evidence the country is heading in the right direction. but the death rate remains stubbornly high. football fans missing the game due coronavirus lockdowns imposed across the globe should look to belarus to see a match. the belarusian premier league is the only place in europe where football is still being played. there have been fewer than 100 cases and no deaths from the virus in the former soviet republic. thieves in the netherlands have carried out an overnight raid and stolen a famous vincent van gogh painting. the parsonage garden at nuenen in spring dates from 1884 and was snatched from the singer laren museum. dutch museums have been closed because of the coronavirus outbreak since march the 12th. spain has passed a grim milestone in its battle with the coronavirus,

overtaking china in the number of infections. there are now more than 85,000 cases in spain. only the united states and italy have more. tough new restrictions have come into force, as the capital madrid held a moment of silence to remember those lost. guy hedgecoe reports. the new normal in spain. the country's once—buzzing capital is now a virtual ghost town. spain has been in lockdown for over two weeks. but now that's been tightened further, as non—essential workers have been told to stay at home. the spread of the virus through care homes has been one reason the death rate in spain has been so high. the vast majority of spaniards have been complying with the terms of the national lockdown, but the government hopes that these new reinforced measures will help bring the virus under control and that that in turn will take the pressure off

a health care service which is under enormous strain. an all too common sight, ambulance after ambulance speeding through the streets. over 12,000 health care workers have contracted the virus and many feel they lack the protection they need, even at this critical stage. translation: it's frightening when your suit rips or when somebody‘s saliva gets on yourface. that's when you are most afraid. the government says the measures it's been taking are starting to take off. we're seeing an improvement in the number of infected citizens, we're seeing an improvement in terms of the curve starting to show a different trend. i think it's a little bit unfair to point to spain as being an exceptional case in what i see is a general case around the world.

the lockdown has been a challenge for spaniards. a massive change of lifestyle for a society that loves to interact. all sing but like so many across mainland europe, singing seems to be cathartic. almost the new way to get through it. these young women, who live opposite a hospital, keep their spirits up by cheering the health workers who have suddenly become national heroes. clapping guy hedgecoe, bbc news, madrid. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the international olympic committee announces the start date for the tokyo games. what impact will a one—year delay have on the preparations? the accident that happened here was of the sort that can

at worst produce a meltdown. in this case the precautions worked, but they didn't work quite well enough to prevent some old fears about the safety features of these stations from resurfacing. the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace. from today, anyone lighting up in offices, businesses, pubs and restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton hotel, where he had been addressing a trade union conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant. it has become a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many parisians wished it had never been built. the eiffel tower's birthday is being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by gustave eiffel. this is bbc news,

the latest headlines: a us navy hospital ship has arrived in new york city, as donald trump tells americans that one million lives could be saved if they keep up social distancing for 30 days. a conference centre in london has been transformed into a hospital injust one week. it will eventually accomodate up to 4,000 patients. so, just how at risk are medical staff working directly with coronavirus patients of falling seriously ill or even dying from coronavirus? and how can the personal protective equipment they need keep them safe? health correspondent sophie hutchinson has been finding out. why are health workers more at risk? all doctors and nurses and other health care workers are at increased risk of covid—19 because of the high levels of exposure they get through their patients, and that's why protective equipment is so essential to them. particularly at risk are those who look after patients with breathing difficulties, because the virus is transmitted in minuscule droplets

in their breath, coughs and sneezes, so intensive care experts who have to insert tubes into patients' airways to connect them to ventilators, or those involved in resuscitation, carrying out chest compressions and ear, nose and throat specialists are all at exceptionally high risk of getting the virus. well, the risk isn'tjust about how often a person is exposed to the virus, it's also about how much virus is transmitted into them. and that quantity is known as viral load. it's believed that the sicker the patient, the more virus they expel from their bodies. so doctors and other health care workers treating the very sickest are at substantial risk of catching large volumes of the virus and getting a severe infection.

try, where possible, to keep a safe distance from them. so sleep in a separate room or use a separate bathroom if you can. wash your hands thoroughly and try not to touch your face. and anything that they have touched, make sure that it's cleaned. so, for example, door knobs and tv remote controllers. well, we don't know for sure, but it seems unlikely that you would get the virus again within a short space of time. and that's because, when you are fighting the virus, your blood produces antibodies to attack it. once you're better, those antibodies remain in your system, possibly for up to a year. and eventually it's hoped there will be an antibody test to tell you whether you have had the virus. sophie have had the virus. hutchinson. he is a day to

put sophie hutchinson. he is a day to put in your diaries: —— here's a date to put in your diaries: the international olympic committee has announced that the tokyo olympic games will go ahead, but one year later than planned. the postponed games will now begin on the 23july, 2021, and will still be officially called the tokyo 2020 games. japan says that it's budget for the games now exceeds us$25 billion. i'm joined now by tobias harris, a japan analyst at teneo intelligence. he's in washington, dc. tobias, july 2021 seems the most logical solution? shore, and i think both the japanese government and the ioc faced pressure in all directions that eventually it was an inevitable decision that had to happen. they we re decision that had to happen. they were strongly criticised, both the ioc and were strongly criticised, both the iocandjapan, were strongly criticised, both the ioc and japan, for appearing to delay a decision and eventually it was taken out of their hands by national federations. was taken out of their hands by nationalfederations. there's was taken out of their hands by national federations. there's a was taken out of their hands by nationalfederations. there's a lot of criticism of the ioc injapan, is it merited? probably not, once the

world health organization said this was a pandemic, looking at what's happening in europe and the united states, the idea you will bring athletes and spectators from all over the world to one place, even if japan somehow manages to keep its caseload fairly low, is japan really going to want to have visitors from all over the world bringing potentially new cases and creating new clusters of illness injapan? i don't think the japanese people wa nted don't think the japanese people wanted that and it became clear by the time the decision was made at a large majority of japanese supported delaying. talk us through some of the logistical problems of simply moving everything a year. there's all sorts of problems, because you have facilities in tokyo that were leased out assuming the games this year and you have to make sure those facilities or substitute facilities are available next year. some other real estate problems, the olympic village for athletes were meant to go to condos, so developers have to wait. there's all sorts of plans. the japanese hospitality industry

was assuming that they would have a bonanza year with all these hotels filled and waves of tourists coming, japan has been preparing for the better pa rt japan has been preparing for the better part of a decade for a surge in tourism, this was meant to be the big payoff and now all of that is off. that was been off anyway once you had a pandemic, but it's something the japanese government has to consider to make sure businesses stay afloat without the olympics this year. one fascinating point we have just learned, olympics this year. one fascinating point we havejust learned, it olympics this year. one fascinating point we have just learned, it will still be called the 2020 games even though it is in 2021. presumably that stops people having to go round with a can of paint rebranding from 2020 to 2021, does that decision makes sense? is an awful lot of merchandise and if you've gone to official events in tokyo, for the last several years, chances are you will get some 2020 swag. it will be ha rd to will get some 2020 swag. it will be hard to turn around and start putting 2021 on that. it makes sense

for symbolic reasons as well, this still was the tokyo 2020 games and we are all thinking 2020 is a really momentous yearfor we are all thinking 2020 is a really momentous year for everyone in the world and we're all going to be thinking about this year, so maybe there's some in that. 2020, the year so memorable we lived it twice. tobias harris, thank you so it twice. tobias harris, thank you so muchjoining prince charles, the heir to the british throne, positive for covid—19. a palace official said he was in good health and was following the government's advice. the prince, who is 71, had been displaying mild symptoms. and finally, the message to stay indoors has come from politicians and health officials, but how do you really make the message stick? well, maybe it takes a grouch... oscar the grouch, to be precise. the beloved seseme street staple has told us to, "scram, go home and stay there!!!" oscar has been entertaining children in the us, grumpily, for more than 50 years,

so, we should listen to him. do stay with bbc world news. hello there. despite some sunny spells around on sunday, for most of us spells around on sunday, for most of us it felt bitterly cold. disappointing for the end of march, with temperatures struggling to get into double figures. i can offer you something warmer into next weekend and beyond. more on that in a moment. this high pressure was responsible for the cold feel at the weekend with a north—easterly flow but isobars are starting to open up and the winds are easing a touch. they are still coming from a pretty cool source, so the blue air mass is sitting across the whole country, which means it stays chilly. a cold start to tuesday and with cloud bubbling up through the day and brief sunny spells, not feeling very

warm out there. a north—westerly will feed in showers across scotland and one or two in the north of england, and temperatures will peak between eight and 11 degrees. still just below where they should be for the beginning of april. that high pressure continues to drift south and west. the isobars open up and to the same time to the far north of the same time to the far north of the country, a weather front to arrive slowly but surely through wednesday. bringing rain to the north—west of the great glen and gradually the winds will strength and, gusting to gale force behind it. ahead of that, staying largely cloudy but dry with temperatures again nine to 11. that weather front will continue to slip steadily south, the winds will strength them to gale force and we could see showers turning wintry to the tops of the hills in the far north and west. wintry showers to come in scotland, the windier fair here. elsewhere in northern ireland, england and wales, a cloudy affair,

but again, predominantly dry, and six to eight in the north, ten to 13 in the south. that low pressure pushes into scandinavia so by the end of the week, things will quieten down a touch. by friday, they should be sunny spells around with high pressure starting to build. more cloud developing in the west by the end of the day, temperatures taking between seven and 12. into the start of the weekend, high pressure is set to build and as the winds swing round ina to build and as the winds swing round in a clockwise direction, we see a return to a southerly wind, dragging somewhat milder conditions up dragging somewhat milder conditions up across dragging somewhat milder conditions up across the country. for the start of the weekend, we might be able to look out at beautiful spring blossom and blue skies from our window and it does look as though things might largely fine and dry. for saturday, it's a dry affair. cloud will tend to come and go a little but it will stay largely mild with temperatures back to where they should be for the time of year, peaking at 14 or 15

degrees. as we move out of saturday into sunday, there's a level of uncertainty weather that high pressure is going to continue to drift east but as it does so, potentially we still keep that southerly flow with a weak weather front toppling in across. that does mean sunday will be predominantly dry and settled, and getting just that bit warmer in the south with 17 degrees, 63 fahrenheit. there is the potential into next week for this milderairto potential into next week for this milder air to stay with us for a few days and temperatures could climb up slightly above the average. that's certainly worth bearing in mind but u nfortu nately, if certainly worth bearing in mind but unfortunately, if it gets a bit milder, there's also the potential for it to get wetter as well. take care.

this is bbc world news. the headlines: a us navy hospital ship has docked in new york. the state's governor, andrew cuomo, has described the scale of coronavirus as "staggering" and warned that what's happening there will also happen in the rest of the country. president trump has said that the next 30 days are vital and that social distancing can save more than a million american lives. he said a million americans had been tested so far. in the uk, a brand new hospital has been built in a conference centre. the london nightingale hospital will be ready for up to 500 patients this week, rising eventually to 4,000 of all ages. there's been a sharp fall in new coronavirus cases in italy. 1,648 new patients were diagnosed in the latest daily tally. that's less than half of sunday's figure.