a us navy hospital ship has docked in new york to help the city cope with coronavirus. the governor of new york state has described the scale of crisis as staggering and warned that it will spread nationwide. president trump says social distancing can save more than a million american lives. the latest figures for the uk show another 180 people with coronavirus have died, taking the total to 1,408. however, one leading scientist has suggested that transmission of the virus in the community may be decreasing. a three—week nationwide lockdown in india has left hundreds of thousands of informal labourers withoutjobs or wages, triggering an exodus to home villages. this has put huge pressure on the transport system. on monday the country's supreme court said it was becoming a bigger problem than the pandemic.

now on bbc news, with more than a third of the global population confined to their homes, the world is going through an unprecedented social experiment. here's victoria derbyshire with stories of life in lockdown. fellow, and welcome to this bbc news special. i'm victoria derbyshire. stay with us, as we look at the world lockdown, is an estimated 3 billion us are quarantined and forced to stay put. we look at how life for tens of millions has come toa life for tens of millions has come to a standstill. plus, we will give you ideas on how to keep you and your loved ones safe. and a reminder there is further advice and information about covid—19 on the bbc news website. first, the bbc‘s

jim reed takes a look atjust how many people around the world are in lockdown. so it's a vital to slow the spread of the disease. stay at home. it will break the chain of transmission and it will save lives. a quarter of the world is now living under some form of lockdown. 3 billion people have been told to stay at home. in most of europe, day—to—day life has stopped. in the north of italy, hospitals are still struggling to cope. it is three weeks now since the start of the world's first full national lockdown. the street is com pletely national lockdown. the street is completely deserted. on a sunday afternoon, usually there would be certainly lots of people. it is as national emergency situation. everyone of us has a responsibility to our bit. so you mustn't approach each other. in northern europe,

similar measures are now in force. in the uk, any social gathering is now bound. the public has been ordered to stay at home, with only a few exceptions. so this is what i lockdown looks like in the south of london. you are allowed to go out for essential needs, so i've been in the house for a couple of days now, about to go out to the big supermarket. they are now restricting the number of people in the building at any one time, so the queue to get in goes around there and finishes there. there are differences, though. in sweden, schools, cafes and bars have stayed open, at least for the moment. in the us, meanwhile, some individual states are moving faster than others. the sooner we get back to normal be better, but obviously that is up to the experts. even the president has to listen to all those people and hopefully he'll do that. new york state still makes up around half of all cases nationally. broadway theatres and schools have been shut. residents have been

ordered to stay at home. in asia, 1.3 billion indians have been told to stay indoors for 21 days. the government is desperate to stop the virus spreading in its huge cities. no—one is helping us. people are scared to give us a ride because of the virus. the police are also asking for the identity cards. in other countries, though, rigourous infection tracking has allowed life to go on. in singapore, the streets are busy and the shops are open. it has closed its borders, but there is no lockdown. here, a heat sensitive camera takes your temperature before you are allowed into an apartment building or restaurant.” you are allowed into an apartment building or restaurant. i feel very fortu nate to building or restaurant. i feel very fortunate to be living in a place like this in this moment, because most of my friends and family members, they don't have the luxury to contemplate the idea of going out for a drink. in china, meanwhile, the number of new hospital infections in the city where the

outbreak gun has slowed to a trickle. and the residents of wuhan are now being allowed to walk the streets again. translation: for us, the news about lifting the lockdown is like the biggest recognition of staying at home for more than two months. it is a positive sign, then, a relaxation of restrictions in a well but elsewhere has been shutting itself down. and south korea, one of the first countries after china to be badly impacted by the spread of covid—19, people have been confined to their homes for weeks, people have been confined to their homes forweeks, including people have been confined to their homes for weeks, including one family who captured the world's attention back in 2017. academic professor robert kelly was working from home when his kids popped in to visit. during this bbc interview. the question is, how do democracies respond to those scandals. and what will it mean for the wider region? i think one of your children has just walked in. i mean, shifting sands in the region, do you think relations with the north may change?” the region, do you think relations with the north may change? i would be surprised if they do. the, um...

pardon me. that's quite all right. my pardon me. that's quite all right. my apologies! that clip has been seen more than 36 million times. the bbc‘s david eades caught up with the kelly family to see how they were getting on with life in lockdown. kelly family to see how they were getting on with life in lockdownlj think south koreans have actually dealt with it really well. i think social compliancy has been pretty high. you don't see the kind of stuff that you've seen in the us, people going to the beaches, people refusing to stay off subways and stuff like that. i mean, south koreans have actually responded really well. the cases are down now to anyone hundred a day. so it has actually been pretty successful. sorry, my kids... you must never, but is one thing you can never apologise for now. it is part of the scene, isn't it, it is what we expect. but in a sense, also, we are living in a world, robert, now,

where working from home, but tally working phenomenon is something we'll have to deal with. people see this, they might have laughed and love what they saw a couple of years ago, they can empathise now. this is ago, they can empathise now. this is a new way of working. and i guess it is transformational? yeah, i mean, as you can see it is very difficult. and i put this on twitter too, right, but employers who have employees with kids our age, it is very, very difficult. i get maybe two hours of work done in a day. they have got nothing to do, they are climbing the walls. it is just really, really tough. that is why i am glad restrictions have loosened up am glad restrictions have loosened upa bit am glad restrictions have loosened up a bit so at least we can take them outside so they can use up their energy. three weeks ago it was very difficult for them to go anywhere. there are only so many games you can plan puzzles you can do before they just games you can plan puzzles you can do before theyjust kind of, you know. meanwhile, people initially have been under quarantine measures for several weeks. one of those is

elisabetta ibrami, confined to her small apartment in rome. she has been keeping a video diary of the ups and downs of a week in lockdown.

many of the very strict measures countries have introduced, forcing tens of millions into their homes and daily life coming to a standstill, there are concerns some governments are using the covid—19 outbreak to consolidate power and

andi outbreak to consolidate power and and i that give certain leaders almost dictatorial powers. the bbc‘s christian frazier spoke to three academics and asked how they thought the downward change many of our lives. a lot depends on what choices are made in the next few i wouldn't wa nt to are made in the next few i wouldn't want to make any crystal ball predictions right now. one thing i do know from past epidemics in past crises like these is that people are much more willing when they are afraid to give enormous powers sometimes to the state, and they will exchange freedom and exchange all kinds of other things in exchange for safety. and we have already seen, for example, how governments in italy and france have actually carried out a strict lockdown measures that have been popular and have won a lot of popular and have won a lot of popular approval. we may also see some governments use this crisis in order to break or bend democracy. politicians keep turning to these warlike analogies. it is different

to or in some respects, because we're not destroying things. so one would presume that it would be easier to pick up the pieces. or has there been such a fundamental shock to the system, economic system, but things are going to change irrevocably? i think you're right, it is different from a war, both in terms of not having things destroyed but also in a war typically uc production re— orientated towards producing weapons and producing other things that military forces need. in this case, both the demand and the supply side of the economy has been shutdown dramatically because of the need for these extreme social distancing measures. i think when you look at the longer term impact, clearly the longer these measures have to go on, the greater it will be. i think what you will begin to see is all different parts of society will look for

greater economic resilience. so, for example, firms will be looking to reshape their supply chains to make sure they are more robust and more able to cope with shocks of this kind, but also other shocks as well. individuals will want more social protection, they will want lower debt, they may save more and also they may seek more insurance. one of they may seek more insurance. one of the lessons where learning is how will global politics change is the high degree of independence among 195 nation states and 7 billion people, so it's terribly important there be a global response to this crisis as well as of course the global no local response where the front lines are. there's lots of things world leaders have to work on and where politics will change globally is there's a second wave coming, the globe has to be prepared stop the we know there are future pandemics, we know climate change is an abiding concern of many country

and so the g20, the united nations, european union, whatever the multinational mechanism, this has to work at an international level as well as governmental level. while the majority under lockdown conditions across the globe are staying at home, many are having to shelter in places where they have become stranded because of flights being cancelled and orders being closed. i'm beth. i'm marcus. i'm ali, 26 and from the uk. iam i am with my friend claire, we're both from london, we are both stuck in sydney at the moment. we are self isolating at the moment, staying in someone's garage. not ideal but at least a comfy bed. we went to flight ce ntre least a comfy bed. we went to flight centre for more flights and the lady laughed and said it is £20,000, we said we don't have that money, she said we don't have that money, she said money shouldn't be an object.

we have a campervan at the moment but more campsites are closing, our current one closed to the public today so we've been told we are only allowed to stay until the 13th of march, which is when our booking ended. all of the kitchen and laundry are closed, so we have to do our cooking, cleaning, washing, all for three people in the van at the moment. we tried to ring the british consulate and we e—mailed but no reply yet. i am in ghana, i flew on the fifth of march hoping to return on the 315t. the president of the country did the national address and said no flights would be going in or out of the country for about two weeks to control the coronavirus pandemic. they tell you to go and rebook the flight but you can't because they're not taking into account the borders are closed, so we're stuck and we don't know what to do. we had to flights cancelled in the last week or so and basically we've had to rent an apartment in

auckland. it's very expensive. my partner has just retired from the nhs and is desperate to get back to help there in the uk. we're basically stranded and marooned and we could be here for a long time. we are literally trapped here in sydney, we have no idea what to do any more. no place tuesday and no money because no flights have been refunded to us. we're at our wits' end and all we want to do is home, please help us someone. we feel like we've been forgotten, so saying to fly back if we can, some countries have borders closed and they need to do more to help. the lockdown is also affecting millions who share accommodation. ella is in a flat share in north london and showed us around her flat and what they're doing to stay south. hi, my name is ella and i live in north london with four other people. one of my housemates is in the higher risk category and i'm going

to show you some of the measures we put in place to keep everybody safe. first things first, and no prizes for this one, we wash our hands as hoon as we get in. even though we've got a fair amount of space where we live, it's quite difficult to remember to keep the recommended government distance of two metres, which is about the length of a small elephant. thankfully, the hygiene measures we've put in place are a lot easier to keep up with. in the bathroom... we keep the bathroom as clean as possible. no more shared hand towels, we separate our toothbrushes and we even have our own personal supply of loo roll. in the kitchen... no more shared tea towels and each housemaid has their own cutlery and crockery. we keep the place clean and

antibacterial the dinner table after every use. one final rule, we make sure the doorknobs and light switches are cleaned once a day. it may seem like a lot of rules but having housemates certainly has its upsides. you can check in on each other and see how they're doing in these wild old times. cheers, powell! while people are stuck and home, loads of people are finding creative ways to fill the time, like rachel leary. a clip of her raving to the bbc news theme tune has spawned hundreds of capi social media. the bbc‘s severe spoke to rachel as well as david lowe, who composed the tune. spoke to rachel as well as david lowe, who composed the tunelj spoke to rachel as well as david lowe, who composed the tune. i am a big fan right now because here we have rachel, was responsible for one of the best videos on the internet right now. how funny is that to say? 0h right now. how funny is that to say? oh my goodness! and we have david, who is responsible for composing

that very bbc news theme tune. that's the one! david, are you aware that the internet right now is full of people raving to your theme tune? it's a very pleasant shock to see people doing that, especially rachel. i think it sounded really. don't know how you put it together, but it sounded fantastic. tech tick tock is a crazy place at the moment. there's been a video going round for a while now of people doing fake dj sets but it's to a completely different song. my mum will tell you always when the bbc news theme would come on, sat on the sofa putting my fists in the air, and she thought it was funny that i was going to combine these two. it's got the beat, it's got the... what would you call it in musical terms? it's not like the key change but the beach change that really, like, the drop, the dropping... crescendo, ithink that's what you're talking about.

0k! the that's what you're talking about. ok! the idea was the bips on the radio, when you hear the beats you know you're listening to the radio and it's time for the news, and know you're listening to the radio and it's time forthe news, and i thought maybe... i was thinking we could do there one with a dance beat because it's all about time and a ccu ra cy because it's all about time and accuracy and stuff. you could use the pip like this and then, which is a sound in itself that works, and then start adding drums to it like... a bit more drums like that and just building like... a bit more drums like that andjust building up like... a bit more drums like that and just building up the idea. so pips for the dance beat and then adding the baseline.” pips for the dance beat and then adding the baseline. i can hear this now. the baseline has a bit of a reggae feel to it. that sort of feel. then building it with big drums to add a bit of drama and

tension. just so many people have messaged me from the bbc saying, "thank you so much sharing that, this really boosted my morale today and some of those people who have messaged me our broadcast critical. we rely on them to keep the bbc news on the airand we rely on them to keep the bbc news on the air and ijust wanted to say thank you. finally to australia, where the control measures stopped a pub choirfrom where the control measures stopped a pub choir from being where the control measures stopped a pub choirfrom being able where the control measures stopped a pub choir from being able to perform at their local watering hole, so they went online and asked people to film themselves singing close to you by the carpenters stop in more than 1000 different people from 18 countries responded to their request. # why do stars fall down from the sky # every time you walk by # just like me, they long to be # close to

you # they want to be close # and on the day that you were born, the angels got together # that's it for now. you can keep up—to—date with all the latest information on the lockdown in yourarea and latest information on the lockdown in your area and your country on our website. you can contact me at any time on twitter. thanks for watching. hello. in more ways than one, a lot has changed over the last week, none more so than in the weather, where we saw on tuesday last week the feel of late spring in the north coast of wales — 19 celsius, 63 fahrenheit achieved. a week later, well, we're lucky if we reach nine celsius in the same spot, even with some sunshine continuing. that colder theme continues through this coming 2a hours,

but a little less chilly. high pressure's moved further west so the winds more westerly than northern, and notice the gaps in the isobars, starting to widen, indicating it won't be as windy as it has been. that said, a noticeable north—westerly breeze in parts of northern scotland bringing a few rain showers through the day. one or two rain showers in northern ireland and northern england but many will stay dry. sunshine coming and going through the day, the best of which will be in southern counties of england, east anglia channel islands, sunnier than in recent days, and the breeze won't be as strong as it has been, it will probably feel that little bit less chilly. elsewhere, light winds, continuing through tuesday night into wednesday away from the far north of scotland. cloud amounts often large in the night. a few showers in the north and west. where you see any cloud breaks, a bit of frost around, the greatest chance in clear skies in southern counties of england. this is where it'll be frostiest to begin wednesday morning. a chilly start, that ridge of high pressurejust in, but changes through

the day in the north. the isobars tightening up again, coming closer, breeze picking up and that weather front set to bring some more significant rain — orkney and shetland in the morning, and then through the day, the northern half of scotland. away from that, a few showers, plenty of cloud around for the vast majority, and the sunshine will come out later in the north of scotland. while we could see temperatures peaking at ten, it will drop because cold air is on its way. this quite significant area of low pressure pushes from iceland towards norway, introducing gales quite widely across the northern half of scotland, if not severe gales, and a shot of cold air to see the week out, pushing its way southwards. so, for thursday, cloudy to begin with in the safe. a few more showers pushing through the day. brightening up in the north but showers turn wintry, sleet and snow quite abundantly, and temperatures in lower single figures. whereas we've still got temperatures potentially around 12 or 13 in the south—east corner. but the cold snap, thursday into friday, is short—lived. just notice by saturday and the weekend, milder air returns from the safe.

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