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. the us has now overtaking china in the number of declared deaths from coronavirus. and as the death toll in new york state alone surpasses 1,500, the governor has this warning. this virus — it's more powerful, it's more dangerous than we expected. spain records its biggest daily rise in coronavirus deaths, the number there passes 8,000. the uk also records its highest

number of coronavirus deaths in a single day as the infection rate gathers pace — 381 people die. and we'll go to a refugee camp in greece to find out how people are dealing with the threat of coronavirus. good evening, welcome to the programme. let's start in the us where the death toll from the coronavirus has now passed china's. more than 3,400 people have died, and there are now almost 175,000 confirmed cases. three out of four americans are now, or about to be, under some form of lockdown, as more states tighten measures to fight the coronavirus. we're expecting an update from donald trump in the next few hours — about whether those guidelines will be toughened up. this is what he said yesterday. by very vigorously following these guidelines, we can save more than one million american lives. think of that, one million american lives.

0urfuture is in our own hands, and the choices and sacrifices we make will determine the fate of this virus and, really, the fate of our victory. we will have a great victory. we have no other choice. meanwhile, mr trump has been quarrelling with governors about the availability of testing kits — after he said this yesterday. today, we reached a historic milestone in the war against the coronavirus. over one million americans have now been tested — more than any other country by far. not even close. but we know it's not true to say the us is testing more than anywhere else. when we compare to italy, for example. per capita, it's doing three times more testing than the us. and a number of governors reportedly had a conference call

with mr trump yesterday, in which they told him their states didn't have enough testing kits. we know new york state has become a global centre for the pandemic. it's recorded almost half of the total us deaths. this is the latest from governor andrew cuomo. we underestimated this virus. it's more powerful, it's more dangerous than we expected. and today it was announced that andrew cuomo‘s brother, chris — a cnn anchor — has been diagnosed with covid—19. we wish him the best. now let's focus on another aspect of the situation in new york. manhattan's rikers island is home to one of the world's largest correctional institutions and mental institutions — described as new york's most famous jail.well the chief doctor at the facility has spoken out, tweeting that rikers is a "public health disaster unfolding before our eyes. " he goes on to say...

i cannot reassure you of something you only wish to be true." earlier — i spoke to our north american correspondent gary 0'donoghue who started by telling me about the situation in new york. they are continuing to appeal for more equipment, and for more federal help. they're getting increasingly angry, the governor in new york is getting increasingly angry about the lack of federal help as he sees it, that he's been getting. he is saying that effectively 50 states here in the us are fighting over these ventilators, trying to buy the same ones from china, bidding against one another as well as bidding against fema, the emergency management organisation for those same machines, bidding one another up, in other words. he's very cross about that. if you just think about the scale

here, the last week we had about 1,000 deaths a week ago, we are now at 3,500. so you can see the escalation has been absolutely enormous. new york really is taking pretty much 50% of the brunt of the effect on the country so far. definitely difficult figures there. gary, you mentioned the different states competing against each other for kits and perhaps bringing up the prices as well, when it comes to testing in the us, we heard the numbers that they are not doing as well as italy had been doing at this stage. how are they when it comes to testing? mr trump is talked about this a lot, and he talks in absolute numbers, let's be clear. he doesn't do per capita numbers. and ever since the absolute number overtook south korea, he's been saying "we've done more than south korea". but south korea has 60

million people, the us has 330 million. you have to do it per capita to make a proper comparison. some governors are suggesting they are not getting enough — one, steve bullock from montana, was saying yesterday that they didn't know if they were going to do testing the day after tomorrow. so you can see the strains, and that suggests to you that up until now, everyone was really focused on the coasts, like new york and california where the first cases were, washington state over in the west, you are starting to see much, much more concerned growing in other more central parts of the country. detroit in the midwest is starting to get very concerned about its numbers. if you draw a line south down to louisiana on the gulf coast, again, huge problems down there.

chicago too, starting to build temporary to build temporary 3,000—bed hospitals. this virus is moving across the nation bit by bit and it will touch everyone some point indeed. it is important to look at those figures per capita, as gary was saying. and we know there's an economic cost to all of this. here's business reporter, samira hussain, in new york. it is in fact grim, and now we are hearing that there are estimates coming from the united states that are also painting quite a grim picture. the federal reserve, america's central bank — one faction of the bank released a report in which they estimate that some 47 million americans will lose theirjobs in the coming months. now that would push the unemployment rate in this country to 32% — month here in the united states, when we saw that the unemployment

rate was about 3.5%, and for the last several years, we've seen that the unemployment rate in the united states has been at decades lows. so it is really unbelievable to see these kinds of projections coming from economists at the federal reserve. and while production may be resuming in china, getting back to normality in the west will be a slow process. here's samira again. we've seen that large parts of the united states are closed, and it's going to be for quite a while. i mean, if you look at the retail sector, for example, we've just heard that macy's, one of the biggest apartments in the united states — yes, granted they've been having lots of input, or economic trouble before the coronavirus — but they've said they'll be letting go of 13,000 staff. —— department stores. we've heard similar outlooks from different retails, and of course there's the restaurant industries. they are just so many industries

being impacted by this. so yes, we may be getting some of the raw materials from china there are just so many industries being impacted by this. and some of the finished goods from china, but the ability to actually put them out into the economy here — that is not really a possibility for the next little while. the united kingdom has recorded its biggest daily death toll so far. 381 people with coronavirus died over the past day, bringing overall deaths in the uk to almost 1,800. the total number of confirmed cases now stands at more than 25,000. here's the medical director of england's national health service. death numbers will vary from day—to—day. and i think what is important is to look over a number of days, rather than from one day to the next. for instance, over the last few days, we've seen a decrease. so i think it is important to look at a series of days rather than an individual day. the following chart shows the daily

rise in cases across england over the past two weeks. you can see it's flattened off somewhat over the past few days. there's no guarantee that trend will continue. the nhs says it's a positive sign but it is still very early days. here's stephen powis again. the sequence of progress that we will make here is that we will likely see a reduction in the number of infections first, followed by a reduction in the number of hospitalizations, probably a week or two later. then finally, a reduction in the number of deaths, because that clearly is a sequence — infection, hospitalization, and then unfortunately for some, death. so i expect we will still see unfortunately a rise in deaths, because that is the measure that unfortunately we will turn around last. let's go to germany now,

where the chief health adviser has warned that the rate of deaths from coronavirus is rising there, and will continue to do so. on monday, the country released figures showing a45 people with coronavirus had died. -- 455 —— 455 people. new figures released today show the total death toll has increased to 682. that's the biggest dailyjump so far. according to lotar veeler, early testing has helped to keep the rate relatively low until now. germany has the capacity to conduct half a million tests a week as our berlin correspondent, jenny hill reports. they're working day and night in germany's laboratories. this country tested early and it tested a lot. an approach which, it's believed, has saved lives.

there were many positive cases picked up early, so people were asked very early, a month ago, to remain isolated, contact people who were traced and were repeatedly isolated as well. but some say germany had luck on its side, too. many early german cases were skiers — young, fit, returning from their winter breaks. the average age of an infected person in germany is 47, but that is changing. this week, a care home made headlines. 17 people, elderly, vulnerable, died here. this morning, the government's health adviser acknowledged that the death rate is rising. translation: older and very old people did not appear in our tests, but now we see cases in care homes and old people's homes and unfortunately we have to expect that the death rate will rise. germany's relatively low death rate has intrigued experts and politicians alike around the world.

scientists here say the outbreak has yet to peak, and, whilst the suggestion is there, it's still far too soon to say whether the mass testing strategy will pay off. indeed, germany is being held up as an example of how testing for the coronavirus should be carried out. take a look at this graph from the financial times. you can see germany is one of the top countries for testing, with the uk lagging behind. those figures were from last week, and the gap has widened since. and this shows testing in the uk since the end of january. you can see it's increasing, but there are still constraints — here's the minister for the cabinet office michael gove on that. a critical constraint on the ability to rapidly increased testing capacity is the availability of the chemical reagents,

which are necessary in the testing. the prime minister and the health secretary are working with companies worldwide to ensure that we get all we need to increase tests of all kinds. germany, in contrast, is already home to a number of test manufacturers who have been able to quickly scale up production. here's chris morris from reality check. the numbers really are quite striking. we now know that the uk hope to carry out 25,000 tests a day before the end of april, hopefully the second half of april but certainly before the end of the month. at the same time, germany is hoping to do 200,000 tests a day by the end of april — eight times as many. and already, germany has done far more testing than the uk has. why is this happening? well, we know that germany has more spare capacity in its health system in general then the uk, and these numbers would appear to confirm that it also has far more spare capacity, including the availability of the relevant chemicals,

to carry out mass testing. and that really matters because if you want to find out where the coronavirus is, you need to test for it, you need to know who's got it. and we need to be a little careful about making sweeping generalisations. but certainly — you look at which country has done the most testing in europe, germany, it appears to have the most success in fighting off the coronavirus so far. similarly in east asia, the country that was really aggressive in testing from the very beginning was south korea. it too seems to have more success than other countries. as well as testing, of course, you then need to do what is called contact tracing. both germany and south korea have done that, which means once you test and find out who's got the virus, then you aggressively find out who they've been in contact with and you isolate them as well, and stop giving the virus the ability to keep spreading. so all of these things

are really important, and germany and south korea certainly are examples of countries that have done that early. we hear now of course from donald trump about the united states, the united states, saying, "isn't it great that we've done more tests than any other country in the world?" but of course, both south korea, germany, and italy as well have done far more tests still than the united states per head of population. and it is those countries — germany and south korea in particular — that have done well on testing and are really showing other countries like the uk, like france, the way to go. stay with us on 0ustide source. still to come: we'll be in spain as the country records its biggest daily rise in coronavirus deaths, the number there passes 8,000. with lockdowns being imposed around the world, the un has warned that

domestic violence is a problem just as urgent as medical care. we spoke to keith the. she's 27 yea rs old we spoke to keith the. she's 27 years old and from rural india. the first time her husband hit her was her wedding night when she was 15. she told us that since the coronavirus operate, her husband's income was reduced to £5 a day. schools have also closed across india and herfour schools have also closed across india and her four children schools have also closed across india and herfour children are home all day in their one—bedroom house. this angers her husband. india is 110w this angers her husband. india is now on a 21 day lockdown. we spoke to her the night before it was announced. we haven't been able to

reach her since. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. the coronavirus outbreak has now killed more people in america than in china, as the infections in the us keep on rising. in spain, 849 people died of coronavirus on monday. this is a new record for the country. take a look at this graph. the figure is the highest number of deaths in spain in one day. the situation had seemed a little better over the weekend with a slow down in covid—19 related deaths. officials hoped the trend would continue — these figures suggest otherwise. the total number of coronavirus deaths in spain currently stands at 8,189.

also disapointing is the rate of infection. over the weekend it had fallen dramatically, down 20% on saturday alone. but on monday the infection rate almost doubled, rising to 44% as 9,222 new confirmed cases were reported across spain. there are now a total of 94,000 confirmed cases across spain. so those are the figures, let look at where spain is in terms of its lockdown. that was put in place mid—march, and on sunday, the prime minister made the lockdown even more stringent, banning all but essential workers from leaving home. emergency units in six out of spain's 17 regions are now at full capacity, with more regions likely to reach that status in the coming days. and, in the past few hours spain has introduced new economic measures including financial and rental aid,

as the economy is set to have its worse month for unemployment in modern history. guy hedgecoe is in madrid. clearly these latest figures that have come out today are very disheartening. the highest daily death toll we've seen so far, 849 deaths. we've seen a jump in infections as well, which is disheartening news. but in the days leading up to these figures being released today, there have been suggestions that spain was starting to turn the corner. the number of deaths each day — it was building up, but it was seeming to stabilise at the same time. the numbers hadn't been increasing at an alarming rate over the last few days. the number of infections appeared to be coming under control. so there is concern with these latest figures, but the government has insisted all through this crisis that you can't read too much into one day's figures, you have

to look at the bigger picture. and it is hoping, as many people are in spain, and many other people are hoping, that this is not the beginning of a trend, but simply a glitch in the figures. melissa kitson is from the spanish newspaper el pais. she told me about the reaction in spain to the latest figures. there is lots of concern over figures from today, particularly what we are seeing in catalonia. the coronavirus here has not developed equally, and what we've seen is that there's been a spike not only in the overall cases, but in regions that hadn't had such a high number of cases. so in catalonia, there were more deaths than in madrid, which is really worrying for what they could mean for when that peak reaches. perhaps the national peak is reached sooner, and in other regions like catalonia, they will continue to feel the effects well into the future. and we are talking a lot about testing today.

when it comes to spain, how is spain doing on its testing of its health care workers of citizens? testing has been the big issue here. last week when they announced they had to sent back a shipment of around 9,000 tests because they were faulty, they only detected coronavirus in 30% when it should have been much higher. so that was a huge disappointment to the country, more tests have been announced and they should be on their way. in terms of what the country had promised and what it had aimed to do, it has fallen behind on its testing promises. we heard also that the country is bringing in even more strict lockdown measures. how are people coping at the moment? generally speaking, people welcomed the extra measures. i think everyone is looking at the situation and seeing that it is not improving.

and they support any move that could potentially curb the infection. speaking politically, one catalan politician said either we stop the country, or we end up with no country. but again, the response has been different within the region, so in the vast country, the industrial heartland of spain, there's been a lot more criticism of these measures, saying that perhaps it will be to economically damaging. scotland has unveiled sweeping emergency powers today. they range from protecting tenants to changes to the justice system. here's our scotland editor, sarah smith. the lockdown measures are being pretty well observed in scotland, but the virus continues to spread. there are more positive cases, and that's notjust because more tests are being done. the worrying thing is

that the proportion of tests that are coming back positive is increasing. in response, the scottish government announced a sweeping new emergency powers, covering rights for tenants who can't now be evicted, and making major changes to the criminaljustice system. are you concerned about being the first minister who brings in some of these emergency powers? and can you guarantee that they will all, every single one of them, be repealed as soon as possible, and when might that be? i don't underestimate the damage to the economy that's being done right now. i don't underestimate the impact of restricting people's liberties in the way that we are doing right now. all of these things, however difficult, we can repair and get back to normal. what we can't do is bring people back to life, and that's why the absolute focus here must be on reducing as far as we can the number of people who die from this virus. most controversial is a plan for scottish courts to hear serious cases without a jury. welcomed by the country's most seniorjudge, criminal lawyers think

it is an attack on the basic principles of justice. we are very concerned at the draconian measures that have been suggested. so are you worried that after this crisis is over, the government might not restore alljury trials? we are concerned that this bill is something of a trojan horse, and is really the thin end of the wedge. because once we are through this virus, what is to stop the government saying, "you know what? while covid—19 was getting on, the criminal justice system operated without a jury. my goodness, it was quicker. it was certainly cheaper, why don't we just go back to that?" that is our concern. small signs of optimism and glasgow windows, as people try and adjust to the new normal. prepared it seems for now to do what is deemed necessary, as we concentrate

on supporting the nhs. crucial to do that. i will be back inafew crucial to do that. i will be back in a few minutes' time. thanks for watching. hello there. the outlook through the weekend and into next week is going to bring a different look and feel to bring a different look and feel to the weather then what we've been used two of late. we are being dominated by high pressure recently, still close by as we move into wednesday. around it we feed a lot of clout in showers, that with a front will bring some rain down across scotland later arriving in northern ireland. a cold start with frost, early sunshine across southern england, a few showers around too. there's the weather front bringing the rain down around scotla nd front bringing the rain down around scotland towards northern ireland later, following that was sunshine in northern scotland, the pre—starts to pick up a bit. 0therwise in northern scotland, the pre—starts to pick up a bit. otherwise the wind is fairly light, wins like we had on tuesday at 9—10dc. that weather front will bring patchy rain and

drizzle, but that colder air and stronger winds behind it. a bit of patchy rain and drizzle moving away from northern ireland into northern england, perhaps the whales and the midlands. behind it, some sunny spells will stop the winds are picking up, the showers will turn wintry in scotland with no likely over the hills. for all of us the winds will be stronger on thursday, reaching gale force across parts of northern scotland where it will feel particularly cold. temperatures no better than six celsius or so. still decent temperatures across southern and eastern parts of england, 13-14dc. but and eastern parts of england, 13—14dc. but once that weather front booth de bie can move southwards, the colder air moves down across the whole of the country. we start to see that whole area of moving in from the southwest. what does that mean? it won't be as many on friday, there should be lots of dry weather around us well, increasing bouts of cloud. wintry showers across the northern half of scotland, otherwise normally dry. still 6—7dc in

northern scotland. the high—pressure centre will last a long across the uk, moving into continental europe but it is quite significant. the changes in our wind direction starts a draw from the south, so suddenly the breeze picks up a bit on saturday. we may find some rain not far away from the northwest of scotland. 0therwise far away from the northwest of scotland. otherwise it should be a dry day with sunshine. no snow this time in scotland, those temperatures perhaps making double figures and a high of around 15 celsius in the southeast of england. it starts to get a bit warmer. the peak of the heat will be as we move into sunday. we've got a weather front approaching western part of the uk, the winds will be stronger as well. but for many central and eastern areas, it will still be dry with sunshine too. rain coming into northern ireland and western scotland, perhaps not far away from western parts of england and wales later in the day. further east it is likely to be dry, those temperatures could get as high as 20 celsius in

the southeast of england on sunday. but that is the peak of the heat, because the weather front bringing the rain in the west tend to move that way eastwards, the air cools off just that way eastwards, the air cools offjust a that way eastwards, the air cools off just a little that way eastwards, the air cools offjust a little bit. we can see where all our weather is coming from the southwest, so we will see rain from time to time with dryer spells, brief ridges of high pressure. so this is the outlook, and you can see those temperatures dropping down from the heights of sunday, but still warmer than it has been as of late. but there will be some spells of cloud and rain in between with sunshine and clear nights. but generally speaking, whilst we get some cold airfrom time generally speaking, whilst we get some cold air from time to time, generally speaking, whilst we get some cold airfrom time to time, it is mostly mild to south the south winds that will dominate as we had to next week. —— south to westerly winds.

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. the coronavirus outbreak has now killed more people in america than in china, as the infections in the us keep on rising. the new york governor has this warning. this virus — it's more powerful, it's more dangerous than we expected. spain records its biggest daily rise in coronavirus deaths — the number there passes 8,000.

the uk also records its highest number of coronavirus deaths in a single day as the infection rate gathers pace — 381 people die. also on the programme: the heroes and heroines of coronavirus — we look at the huge physical and mental challenges, faced by nurses. and in russia, there are concerns president putin may have contracted coronavirus after this close encounter with an infected doctor. hello and welcome to the programme. nurses around the world are becoming overwhelmed by the pandemic. there was already a global shortage of around 6 million nurses before this crisis started. now, those on the frontlines are facing unprecedented physical and psychological challenges. our global health correspondent tulip mazumdar has this report. the women and the men on the front—line of this global battle.

all over the world, they are putting their lives at risk to protect ours. china was the first country to face the full force of covid—19. south korea followed soon after. health workers have been sending us videos from their clinics from all over the world. translation: when caring for patients, we must wear full body protection, two layers of overshoes, gloves, masks and goggles. in five minutes, the whole body is drenched in sweat. it becomes hard to care for patients. the us is the latest country to be hit hard by this pandemic, with more cases now than anywhere else in the world. europe has been at the epicentre of this outbreak for more than two weeks now. here in eastern france, the military have set up makeshift critical care facilities. the italian health system is overwhelmed.

patients now being admitted into massive tents. translation: we are at war with a totally invisible enemy. we are fighting for everyone and trying not to get hurt ourselves. we feel like we are the spearhead in this battle. our efforts are not awarded with a positive outcome sometimes. another issue is in connection with the family member. the contact is made by phone and often we receive calls asking for updates. they never can see their relatives and we can hear the voices on the other side of the phone. all this as the world faces a chronic shortage of crucial personal protective equipment for health workers. the world health organization estimates that globally the response requires around 89 million medical masks and 76 million gloves each month. as always, nurses are stepping up, they're saving lives,

but they're putting themselves, often sacrificing themselves ahead of other people. that is not possible to continue in the long—term. and if we don't properly look after our health workforce, after our nurses, if we exhaust them, my fear is that this will make the virus worse. there is no global tally of the number of infected health care workers. in china, the government says more than 3,000 have been infected and at least 22 medics have died. spanish officials say around 13% of all those infected are health care workers, which would mean more than 10,000 have caught the virus there. in italy, the infection rate is at around 9%. the death toll among doctors stands at at least 61. no—one can predict how long this pandemic will last. but it's the efforts of health care workers all around the world that all of us are relying on.

translation: it's really painstaking and energy—consuming work, but every day we are hoping for people's recovery. following in the footsteps of florence nightingale, we will fulfil our mission. tulip mazumdar, bbc news. extraordinary dedication there. here in the united kingdom, demand for protective equipment has been outstripping supply. but the government says the nhs supply chain is increasing its capacity. here's senior cabinet minister michael gove. yesterday, just yesterday, hundreds of thousands of aprons, eye protectors, respiratory masks, surgical masks and gloves reached the front line, and there is a 24—hour helpline if any front line nhs worker is concerned about not having the ppe equipment that they need, they can call in order to make sure that ppe equipment can be delivered. let's talk to a front line health

worker from bristol. joining me now from her home in bristol is dr claudia paoloni, president of the hospital consultants and specialist association, also known as the doctor's union. are you getting the kit that you need? we are getting repeated m essa 9 es need? we are getting repeated messages from oui’ need? we are getting repeated messages from our members that it is not coming through in a consistent way, so the answer is, it's inconsistent. yes, we understand the government is trying very hard but they clearly are distribution problems and that's before we have actually increased the need for the supplies. we are very concerned that the ppe is not getting to where it needs to be quick enough. so in very straight speaking terms, or your medical teams, are they going in unprotected? there is a variable amount of ppe. in some cases, we are getting reports of it being rationed forfear getting reports of it being rationed for fear of the need of it at a later stage when more cases have 50

hospitals, but what is also very clear is that everybody should be wearing ppe at all the time. it seems to be a nonsense that what we have the whole nation on a lockdown situation, because everyone is deemed to be a potential carrier, we are not applying the same rules within the hospitals. within the hospitals, don't have social distancing. it's impossible. if you're treating any patient, you should be protected, you should be wearing protective gear at all times for all interaction with patients. the same rules should be applied within the hospitals as outside the hospitals. how do your members cope with knowing that they are potentially exposing themselves, increasing the risk even more so? they are frightened. we have done a quick snapshot survey of our members, and 80% of our responders

we re members, and 80% of our responders were fearful, they don't feel prepared, they don't feel equipped to go forward. but they are nhs workers who will always just carry on and do what is the right thing, but it is not right. it is also very short—sighted. if we don't have the ppe, we won't have the workforce because we have already got a situation where one in four health ca re situation where one in four health care workers situation where one in four health ca re workers are situation where one in four health care workers are off the doctors are off, currently. either insult isolation or because they are in. we need to keep them safe —— either insult isolation or because they are ill. we need to reduce the rate for themselves. in practicalterms, how does it work? if a doctor shows any symptoms or a front line medical worker shows symptoms of coronavirus, how do they get themselves tested? at the moment, they are not testing. i know the plan is to test, but we are getting repeated messages that they are not

getting tested, and what is also concerning that we are getting messages, they are members of our association that are actually being requested to go back to work if they are self isolating for reasons of being with a family member who has the illness and they're actually being requested to go back to work if they don't have symptoms. the testing needs to be enhanced. straight message. thank you so much. dr paoloni, thank you so much for taking the time to speak to us and explain that. thank you. the financial impact of coronavirus will stop almost 24 million people from escaping poverty in east asia and the pacific, according to the world bank. economies particularly at risk are thailand, due to a loss of tourism, and countries like vietnam and cambodia, with a large anufacturing sector. here's the world bank's chief economist for the east asia and pacific region, to explain more.

this is an unprecedented shock. it needs an unprecedented response. especially in the down side, if it proves hard to contain the virus in the next few months, economic activity all over the world will be disrupted. it is unusual because it is a hit to both production and consumption. it is unusual also because it is simultaneously hitting some of the most important countries in the world, and that is likely to translate into mutual amplification of both trade, tourism, but also financial shocks. there is no doubt that these economies are heavily exposed, both on the real front, to contraction in trade, contraction in tourism, contraction in remittances, and precipitous declines in commodity prices. and at the same time, they are heavily indebted, and that makes them vulnerable

to financial shocks. many people in these sectors, many people in cambodia and thailand and the pacific islands, who depend on tourism for their livelihood, people in cambodia and vietnam, which are deeply integrated into global value chains, are going to suffer both because demand contracts and because their suppliers are disrupted. but most vulnerable are the people in the informal sectors. another asian country with a huge number of informal day labourers is india. millions of migrant workers there are fleeing major cities and trekking home to rural areas, after the government imposed a strict lockdown with just four hours' notice. yogita lamaye has more. people at a religious gathering in delhi being evacuated and sent to isolation centres. dozens who attended have tested positive for coronavirus. some have died. the congregation of worshipers

from different countries was held before india's shutdown was ordered. but for days after, a large number of people remained at the mosque. many are now showing symptoms of the disease. india is grappling with the spread of corona. but there's also anger about its treatment of its poor. a group of people were sprayed with chemicals in what appears to have been an attempt to sanitise them as they try to return to their villages from the cities they lived in. an investigation has now been launched into this incident. hundreds of thousands of daily wage earners have been left without money, food and shelter across indian cities. translation: we're labourers, but we have nothing now. they say it may be one or even two months without work. it's really hard. we can't even go back to our villages. around india now, the government and private organisations have been

trying to help them. but many are asking why there was no plan in place before the shutdown was announced. the attempt is to stop corona from spreading here — to india's rural areas. in one village in the southern state, traditional disinfectants — a combination of turmeric, medicinal leaves and water — are being used to sanitise roads and homes. translation: by grinding the leaves in turmeric, the villagers have sanitised the entire village. whoever enters the village from outside has to wash their hands and legs in it. this is a strict edict. in the cities, pavements and streets are all being cleaned. the number of coronavirus infections continues to rise, but not as rapidly as it is in many nations around the world. many ask if that is because india

is not testing enough. yogita lamaye, bbc news, mumbai. while the challenges of social distancing in poor communities in south africa, or as we saw in india, it can be even harder to do in a refugee camp. the un says there are more than 25 million people in refugee camps around the world, in bangladesh, in jordan, and in east africa. to find out the threats coronavirus poses in refugee camps and the challenges in avoiding them, stephanie hegarty has been looking at moria refugee camp in greece, a camp built for 3,000 people that is now home to 18,000. we can't travel to moria. greece has a quarantine in place for visitors and we don't want to risk bringing the virus there. but a group of young film—makers has sent us this footage.

some water taps. there is no water inside it. there is no water. yasser is 18. he's been here forfive months. the trash is right next to them, so it's disgusting! while the rest of europe is being told to stay home, people here have to crowd the truck to get a limited supply of drinking water every day. they have to queue for food. and like every else in europe, shops in the island of lesbos are running out of soap and cleaning products. that shortage will hit the camp hard. staggering. thanks to stephanie for that. stay with us on 0utside source. still to come: we'll go to russia, where there are concerns president putin may have contracted coronavirus after his hospital tour with an infected doctor.

let's have some good news, shall we? someone who tested positive for coronavirus and has recovered — bbc newsreader george alagiah, who has stage four cancer and has undergone more than 60 rounds of chemotherapy. he's still having treatment, putting him at much higher risk. he's been speaking to sophie raworth about his experience. and, actually, my first reaction was, "well, actually, if that was it, then i got away with it" — because i had a temperature but i didn't have all those other really nasty things that people talk about. right now, last couple of days, i feel not back to normal but certainly i feel well. but you are one of the people we we re but you are one of the people we were most worried about when all this began. you've got stage four cancer. i had numerous conversation with you in the newsroom and we are really worried about you. it seemed very anxious time. and my friends like you were actually more interest than i was because, to be honest, if you've been living as i have for six yea rs, you've been living as i have for six years, with scans every three

months, the whole uncertainty in a very life—threatening way, this did not seem so bad to me and there was almost a part of me that thought, maybe i could get it, and if i can get what chief medical officer talks of it being mild or moderate, i connection to get it out of the way. for all those people out there living with cancer, my message is, firstly, we all know what uncertainties about, we know it being ina uncertainties about, we know it being in a life—threatening situation is about, and this needed to be like that. —— this need not be like that. i don't want to trivialize it, but the very fact we are living with cancer i think gives us an are living with cancer i think gives us an edge. we have confronted those kind of difficult, dark moments in oui’ kind of difficult, dark moments in our life and kind of difficult, dark moments in ourlife and in kind of difficult, dark moments in our life and in some ways, i think that we come to those of us living with cancer, are stronger because we

kind of know what it is like to live with something where the outcomes are uncertain. you're watching outside source live from the bbc. the coronavirus outbreak has now killed more people in america than in china, as the infections in the us keep on rising. in russia, a full lockdown has been imposed in many regions with lawmakers granting the government powers to declare a national emergency. but just have butjust have a look at these images from last week. president putin was given a tour of moscow's main coronavirus hospital by dr denis protsenko — you can see them together close proximity, no two metres, no protective equipment. they even shook hands. the doctor's now confirmed with covid—19. so, of course, concerns about the president.

the number of coronavirus cases in russia hasjumped by 500 in 24 hours, according to officialfigures. the government's response has increased rapidly in a matter of days — as recently as last week, the kremlin claimed there was "de facto no epidemic" in russia. from moscow, steve rosenberg reports. moscow — they call it the city that never sleeps, but its quiet now. another capital where time has stopped. coronavirus has put moscow into lockdown. people ordered to stay home. but some are out. they seem confused and sceptical. "i don't get it", albina says. "the authorities say the number of sick people here is low, but they tell us all to self—isolate. we just want the truth." valieri says, "i don't believe them, ijust don't.

all the authorities do is wag their tongues." lockdown in another part of russia — chechnya. the message is clearer here — keep off the streets. but in moscow, officials hope the public will accept that quarantine is vital to fight the virus. to defeat a pandemic, a government needs the trust of the people. it needs the public to believe the official information it is putting out. the problem here is that, over the years, many russians have grown sceptical about what they are being told by those in power. this kind of thing doesn't help. police outside moscow announced a curfew this week when there wasn't one. misinformation, to add to all the disinformation about covid—19 flooding russian tv screens.

among the conspiracy theories is that coronavirus is a us biological weapon. biologist igor nikulin has made a string of claims in the russian media which we've checked and found to be false, including that america patented the virus before the outbreak. but conspiracy theories cannot change the reality that a deadly virus is spreading here and that russia is shutting down. the world's largest country now in quarantine.

let's end the programme on efforts that are continuing to bring back tens of thousands of britons stranded abroad. ba, easyjet and virgin atlantic are among airlines working with the government to fly britons back to the uk. the government has also pledged £75 million to charter special flights to bring home uk nationals from countries where commercial flights are unavailable. caroline hawley has more. i've left three children behind. two children are asthmatic. i should've been home, that's the bottom line. i should have been home. tabassum is one of hundreds of thousands of british people stuck around the world right now. pakistan is in lockdown. there've been no flights out for two weeks, and there are many others in this country alone desperate to get back to the uk, some with pressing medical needs. my mum is a diabetic so medication is low, it's hard to get hold of.

we just need some intervention, to be honest. but how to get people back when the world is closing down. this is orly airport in paris. today, it is shutting indefinitely to commercial flights, just one illustration of the vast logistical challenge of getting people home. this is tom on holiday in morocco. the foreign office says it's helped to get more than 8000 travellers home on commercial flights after travel restrictions came into force, but tom is still stranded. we were only booked here for four days, and now we have been here 17 and now we've got no idea when we are getting home. ourfamilies have got no idea. i don't know how i'm going to pay for it, and, yes, it's extremely stressful times. tyne's trip to south africa has also turned into a nightmare. she came to volunteer. now she can't get out and she says the british government has been slow to respond.

it's nerve—racking, it's very scary. i live next door to a supermarket, and for two days running, we've had riots. i can see on facebook there are people throwing bricks at the staff that work in the supermarket, so itjust kind of makes me feel unsafe. i don't know, being so close to it as well. safely back in the uk, a planeload of british travellers arrived at gatwick from peru this morning on a special charter. the government is urging people to take commercial flights where they can, and it's promised to organise more charters in the coming days and weeks to bring people home. caroline hawley, bbc news. on our website, we have many more details about the coronavirus, the spread, also the tips, ways of how to stay safe. above all, wash her hands. it's a simple message —

stay—at—home, wash her hands and stay—at—home, wash her hands and stay away from other people. —— wash your hands. as always, thanks for being with us on outside source. stay safe. hello there. the outlook through the weekend and into next week is going to bring a different look and feel to the weather than what we have been used to of late. we've been dominated by high pressure just recently, and it is still close by as we move into wednesday. around it, we are feeding in a lot of cloud and some showers, and that weather front will bring some rain down across scotland, later arriving in northern ireland. after a cold start with some frost, some early sunshine across southern england, it clouds over here, a few showers around, too. there is the weather front bringing the rain down across scotland, mainly for western scotland towards northern ireland later, then we follow that with some sunshine in northern scotland, where the breeze starts to pick up a bit. otherwise, the winds fairly light, and temperatures like we had on tuesday, around 9 or 10 degrees. now, that weather front will bring some patchy rain and drizzle, but more significantly, behind it, there's colder air, stronger winds, and a fair number of wintry showers

to arrive as well. so, a bit of patchy rain and drizzle heading away from southern scotland, northern ireland, into northern england, perhaps wales, maybe the midlands, as well — then, behind it, some sunny spells. the air is getting colder, the winds are picking up, and those showers will be turning wintry in scotland, with some snow likely over the hills. now, for all of us, the winds will be stronger on thursday, maybe touching gale force across northernmost parts of scotland, where it is going to feel particularly cold, because temperatures may be no better than 6 degrees or so. still decent temperatures, though, across some southern and eastern parts of england, 13 or 14, but once that weather front moves southwards, there may not be much rain on it, but the colder air moves down across the whole of the country, and then we start to see that area of high pressure moving in from the south—west. so, what does it mean? it means it won't be as windy on friday. there should be a lot of dry weather around, as well, increasing amounts of cloud. still some wintry showers left, though, across the northern half of scotland. otherwise, probably dry. those temperatures are back down to 11, maybe 12 degrees in the south—east of england,

and still 6 or 7 in northern scotland. that high pressure centre isn't going to last long across the uk, it moves into continental europe, but it is quite significant, that change, because it changes our wind direction. we start to draw air in from the south, so a southerly breeze beginning to pick up a bit on saturday, and we may well find some rain not far away from the north—west of scotland — but otherwise, it should be a dry day, some sunshine. no snow this time in scotland, those temperatures perhaps making double figures, and a high of around 15 or so in the south—east of england. so, it is starting to get a bit warmer. now, probably the peak of the heat will be as we move into sunday. we have got some weather fronts approaching western parts of the uk, the winds will be a bit stronger, as well, but, for many central and eastern areas, it is still going to be dry. there will be some sunshine, too. we have got the rain, though, coming into northern ireland, western scotland. perhaps not far away from western parts of england and wales later on in the day, but further east, it is likely to be dry, and those temperatures could actually get as high as 20 degrees in the south—east of england on sunday. but that is the peak of the heat,

as i say, because the weather fronts bringing the rain in the west tend to move their way eastwards and the air cools offjust a little bit, but you can see where all of our weather is coming from, it is coming up from the south—west, so we will see some rain from time to time, with some drier spells as well, brief ridges of high pressure. so, this is the outlook, really, and, you can see, those temperatures are dropping down from the highs of sunday, but still warmer than it has been of late, but there will be some spells of cloud and some spells of rain. in between, there will be some sunshine and some clearer nights, but generally speaking, whilst we will get some incursions of colder air from time to time, it's mostly mild south to south—westerly winds that will dominate as we head into next week. goodbye.

tonight at ten — the government admits it needs to go "further, faster" to ramp up coronavirus testing. around 8,000 tests are being carried out a day — well short of the 25,000 target. doctors say more tests are desperately needed. testing, even with the imperfect nature of those tests has got to become readily available for health care professionals. britain's death toll rose by 381 today — the biggest daily increase so far — a 13—year—old boy has become the youngest victim. checking why people are travelling — police across the uk are urged to be consistent in the use of new powers to curb the spread of coronavirus. a field hospital is set up in new york's central park as the number of deaths in the united states