the number of people who've died in the us from covid—19 is now more than those who have died in china. over 3,400 have died in the us. a 13—year—old boy has died with coronavirus at a london hospital. he is thought to be the youngest victim in the uk. it comes as the uk records its highest number of deaths in a single day. in russia, the number of coronavirus cases hasjumped by 500 in 2a hours. there are fears that president putin may have been exposed after he shook hands and spent time with a doctor who later tested positive. in other news, the authorities in the south—western chinese province of sichuan say a forest fire has killed 18 firefighters and a forest guide. 2,000 emergency workers are tackling the blaze.

hello and welcome to our look ahead at what the papers will be bringing us at what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are claire cohen, women's editorfor the daily telegraph and political strategist jo tanner. tomorrow's front pages. let's start with the daily mail, whose headline is "fix testing fiasco now". it calls on ministers to — in its words — "get a grip" on testing after britain faces its worst day of deaths so far. the times reports that borisjohnson has taken charge of efforts to speed up supply of tests after admitting the government has been slow delivering to frontline nhs staff. the metro leads on that figure, citing that deaths leapt by 381 injust one day. the i says that medics are still in need of safety kits, suggesting distribution problems mean protective clothing is still not reaching

front line nhs workers. the express leads on comments from the medical director of nhs england who says there are "green shoots" of hope in the coronavirus battle as the number of new cases seem to plateau. the mirror tells the tragic story of an otherwise healthy 13—year—old boy who has died at a london hospital after contracting covid—19. the financial times leads on an admission from michael gove that the government is having trouble acquiring coronavirus testing kits. the guardian says care home staff are warning that the virus is pushing them to breaking point. well, let's begin, we have claire cohen from the daily telegraph, on the left. you have promised that your cat may wander in the windowsill at any and joe tanner on the right, you have a drinks cabinet thatis the right, you have a drinks cabinet that is very impressive, you are

being very careful with that. we're going to have a look at the times newspaper. its headline is "pm takes control of driver for virus tests". this increasingly urgent story about a lack of testing. claire, why was borisjohnson not a lack of testing. claire, why was boris johnson not in a lack of testing. claire, why was borisjohnson not in control before, why does he have to take control now? boris johnson taking back control. this comes as the government is facing embarrassment today, having not hit tests a day target that it for itself and that michael gove had been hit over the weekend, it emergence only about 8200 being done, i think that was the total today. some embarrassment there. and michael gove, in the press c0 nfe re nce there. and michael gove, in the press conference today, becoming the first cabinet minister to acknowledge there is a hold—up and the chemicals that make these tests reliable, we're struggling to get hold of them. the question is why?

why are we struggling to get hold of them? there are other papers reporting, think it is the daily mail reporting, there is a company in britain making them and selling them to 80 countries. we have a 44 laps, we are told, around britain that could be doing this testing daily andi that could be doing this testing daily and i think they would only have to do about 400 tests a day each to reach the leveljoe mennie is doing, which is over 70,000 a day —— germany. yet our resources are not being utilised. you have to ask why. it is all very well the prime minister making a shell strength from his bay —— sickbed, but there isa from his bay —— sickbed, but there is a disconnect. jo, from his bay —— sickbed, but there is a disconnect. 10, it is fascinating that germany is carrying out 70,000 tests a day, but britain which is almost as big, is struggling to carry out a dozen. are we getting answers at the moment?” think it is very clear we are not. that is a very big problem. we are inevitably going to have public enquiry after public enquiry about this whole virus and the handling of

it further down the line. this will be one of the areas we look at very closely. it is very little comfort for those who are currently putting themselves in harm 's for those who are currently putting themselves in harm '5 way with this virus that they don't know when the tests are going to arrive, that they can then know if they have any antibodies. i think that is a huge problem which, it is right that the prime minister is involved, but i suspect this is more about dressing this up to suggest that the prime minister is taking personal charge of this. i'm sure he has been fully involved and knows what is going on. but it was very clear today that michael gove was starting to get a bit more of an understanding, or at least are starting to at least acknowledge there was a problem in the testing as it was going on. when we look at all this front pages, sometimes we notice that papers just report what's going on. they give an account of what's going on. sometimes we see their campaign. we see their campaign. it gives you a sense of immediately of some of the editors. the daily mail is one of the campaign is at the moment. it's headline" fixed testing fiasco now".

claire, is it fair to call it a fiasco, do you think? i think it is fast becoming one. in this small editorial on the front of the daily mail it's as a screening must be routine. and who could disagree with that? without it we are not going to be able to get nhs workers tested and back on the front line if they haven't had coronavirus or indeed if they have had it and develop some sort of immunity. therefore we will not be able to save as many lives and the economy could go into freefall. so it is really the key to everything to stop i'm not surprised to see the mail taking such a strong stance. is fiasco the right word? i think it is probably fair. i think the fact that people don't feel there is a clear answer on what is going on is a problem. i had symptoms last week. eye on day 11 since opus displayed symptoms. an they are an nhs responder. i have been accepted onto the system and am ready to go tomorrow. however, there

is only a limited number of things that i can do because if they do observe the full 14 days, which has been recommended by some doctors in the who, i would not be able to get out and about to help people for the next few days until they have observed the full 14 days. that's just me and i am pretty damn useless in this whole process compared to the dock was were on the frontline. you imagine their frustration that they can't get back and do the job they can't get back and do the job they need to be doing. we're going to stick with the subject, because talking about frustration among and medical staff, look at the headline of the i. it's a similar story. as of the i. it's a similar story. as of our of the i. it's a similar story. as of oui’ resources. of the i. it's a similar story. as of our resources. the headline" medics still need safety kit, distribution problems prevent it from getting to frontline nhs workers". claire, we have looked at frustration about lack of testing, we are looking at continuing frustration from frontline workers about a lack of basic kit. another

area we arejust about a lack of basic kit. another area we are just failing to serve those people working on the front line to help stem this crisis. they have been promised this kit. any of them were promised this last week by them were promised this last week by the end of this week. we're still seeing pictures on media of medics wearing makeshift kit. there has been talk of bean bags, makeshift masks, how this can be allowed to be going on still, i really, i don't understand. we need to be protecting those people who are saving lives. they can't imagine the frustration they must be feeling that their families must be feeling as well. it's very worrying. jo, families must be feeling as well. it's very worrying. 10, you said you are an nhs responder, briefly i would no —— would love to know what you do and we speak to colleagues, doctors and nurses, what are they saying about the lack of kit? well, i was one of the original call out for 250,000 people that was requested by the government and they got 750,000. i got almost a screen call la st

got 750,000. i got almost a screen call last week asking if i was ready to do it. they got the app downloaded and they had to push my toggle across to say i was ready for duty. they have been talking to a few other people who have been accepted onto the scheme and we are waiting for our first instructions. really, we don't know yet what exactly we're going to be doing. we have been given some and we will wait and see what the coming days have in front of us. but there is, you know, i can totally see the uncertainty that is ahead and, really, i think i have uncertainty that is ahead and, really, ithink i have had it, but i don't know until i've had that test and it doesn't look like they will be getting that test anytime soon. we're going to move onto a new subject, away from resources and on to the guardian talks about care homes. its main headline" coronavirus pushing care homes towards breaking point, want stuff". this is a really serious subject which i think the media is beginning to have time to look at.” which i think the media is beginning to have time to look at. i think

we re to have time to look at. i think were right. we will see many more stories about care homes of the coming days. this is another element of the crisis that has so far have not been on the front pages as much as other elements. we have got britain was my biggest provider of ca re britain was my biggest provider of care homes are quoted in the guardian saying that more than half their facilities have suspected or confirmed cases. they are terrified of staff and patients mingling with people who could be bringing it into the care homes. it sounds shambolic. and, again, they have not been sent the ppe equipment that they need. they were promised it again last week and we reported in the telegraph on the weekend that some of them had received boxes of 300 odd masks, many of which did not even have elastic. it is no wonder that, as the story says, care homes have been completely forgotten and overlooked in this. 10, let me read you a quote from the get the front clematis from a care assistant, they say "we are risking our lives, it makes us feel like cannon fodder". what you make of that? that is such

a terrible thing to hear. i had grandparents that were in care homes and seeing the work that those people do, they perform a really valuable service when we have got an ageing population. and i think it's heartbreaking, really. because there has been a lot of talk about the nhs and they get why we are so consumed and they get why we are so consumed and interested in what's going on on the frontline of the nhs, but there are also lots of other people continuing to make sure people are cared for and that the country continues to work and they are not necessarily getting, they're not getting the ppe, which is a huge concern, getting the ppe, which is a huge concern, but they're not the recognition either full we're going to look at the metro newspaper now. front—page talks about deaths leap 381 ina front—page talks about deaths leap 381 in a day. if you see there on the front page on the right—hand side there is a pick to of an nhs worker with blue gloves, putting her

hands to her face. worker with blue gloves, putting her hands to herface. it worker with blue gloves, putting her hands to her face. it turns out this is the third paper to have used this particular photo, living a snapshot, perhaps, of the mood of some in the nhs, putting their hands to their face. and the metro, as far as we can tell, is the only paper to go with that number, 381. it is hard for us to take in to know what that means. how do you come out the telegraph, try to individualise those stories? it is really hard. pictures like those on the front of the paper really help. tragic stories like the one i think we're going to onto about the 13—year—old who has tragically lost his life today really drive home how heartbreaking this is and actually remind people that every death is a personal story and there is a family involved and it is just so heartbreaking. it is notjust a statistic, which you may be thinking if you would just watching the press conferences day in, day out. why am glad that they highlighted the 381

figure because it is a sobering and stark reminder of why the lockdown measures we are currently experiencing are in place. we saw minor falls experiencing are in place. we saw minorfalls in the experiencing are in place. we saw minor falls in the death rate over the last couple of days. i did feel that there was some reporting that was bordering on irresponsible sort of suggesting there might be a glimmer of hope when, in fact, we know from the deputy chief medical officer and the chief medical officer and the chief medical officer that we are far from through the peak of this. we've got at least two weeks to go. things getting worse, as boris johnson two weeks to go. things getting worse, as borisjohnson says, before they get better. i think it is responsible for them to highlight it like that stop it is a fascinating you say that. some officials have been telling us, don't get carried away the figures of each day. there will be changes, delays based on lockouts, how we report deaths, whether they are in hospitals or ca re whether they are in hospitals or care homes. so, jo, do newspapers have a dilemma of going too strong on the numbers of each day, should they be not focusing on those numbers? what is your thought on

that? i think inevitably it is inevitable that the numbers will have to be focused on. i think that will happen over the weeks and months to come will actually be the individual stories where the information and the families of those people will start to, the stories will emerge more. i think it was very interesting and claire is actually right, the talk of glimmers of hope after the suggestion from the prime minister it is going to get a lot worse and the nhs medical director talking today about we are not out of the woods, we are very much in the words being the message. sol much in the words being the message. so i think we ultimately, there has been so much emphasis put on the curve and flattening the curve in the science behind why we are doing what we're doing, why we are staying indoors, that i don't think the media have any choice but to report on the numbers. but i think the challenge really is for people to think, firstly, not to think because the numbers are going up, well, it's not working, so what's the point?

the second thing is if the numbers aren't going up, it's working, what's the point? inevitably, everyone has to do their bit and thatis everyone has to do their bit and that is what the government is hammering home, that message, people have got to stay indoors and where they have got to ensure they observe social distancing rules that have been set out so clearly. all the daily mirror has decided to go with a single story. healthy boy of 13 dies of virus. within told this might affect older people morbid clear, seeing the headline with a boy of 13, that possibly hits home for people. you are right and we heard about a 19—year—old young man who also sadly lost his life today. those are the stories that really humanise it, i suppose, for people. and as the numbers grew bigger, it gets harder and harder to

find it tangible in any way and we need to be reminded these are real human lives. people are losing them and it's awful to have a 13—year—old lose his life to this. it really reminds us of the cruelty of this virus because his family won't have been with him, it makes a really difficult reading but it reminds us of course, asjenny harris pointed out, young people aren't immune to this. the majority with no underlying health conditions won't get it as severely but they are not immune. on the front page of the daily mirror it shows a picture of the new nightingale hospital, showing two soldiers soldering wires. i'm wondering if one of them isn't the same on the front page of ‘the sun'. their headline," a wall we can win". as green shoots emerge. is it right to call it a war, jo

tanner? the papers are trying to give a sense, aren't they, of the enormity of this and if you look at the effort on what's been done in such a short amount of time to turn the centre into the hms nightingale, the centre into the hms nightingale, the mobilisation of this huge army of people, nhs workers, retired workers, people like myself who have volunteered for the nhs responder keen —— scheme and bringing in the army, and retired police officers that have been called up. there is a sense of, this is about people stepping up to do their bit which does try and bring back what the country experienced in war days but this is hopefully a battle that can be one and the government continues to stress there will be an end to this and we will get to it. the problem for many people, going back

to the issue, the front page of the mirror, the 13—year—old boy that died. iwas mirror, the 13—year—old boy that died. i was discussing on social media with a friend, looking how to celebrate a 13—year—old's birthday. do you know what, they are alive, which is a really sobering thought. clea r, which is a really sobering thought. clear, a wall we can win? same question to you. i don't mind the war analogy. joe is right, in terms of mobilising people, we've all got our part to play. the analogy sort of works for me. we should keep going with it. we know it's a war, hopefully we will see an end. if we mobilise all resources, the labs, the chemicals, the nhs, the equipment, we should be able to win it. i don't want to leave us talking about war. i want to go back to the front page of the guardian for their main pick. i don't know if we can get it. herd immunity. goats want to

empty streets in north wales. while we are inside, there is one set of species rather enjoying themselves. this group of goats have decided to go and stroll around in wales is amazing. there is something that's been really special, actually. the media have done it well and individuals have done it extremely well, where people have been entertaining us. there is such a lot of sadness in what is going on but there are these amazing stories in this group of goats. you could almost imagine that picture being recreated with the kind of abbey road... abbey road goats. you could recreate that for tomorrow's paper. we had the question, why are they not two metres apart and where is the drone from derbyshire when you needed? i think that was the last word. claire cowan, women's editor

for the daily telegraph and jo tanner, political strategist, it for the daily telegraph and jo tanner, politicalstrategist, it was great to speak to you both. that is it for the papers this hour. coming up it for the papers this hour. coming up next, it's the sports news with gavin. this is your latest sports news. football clu bs this is your latest sports news. football clubs meeting tomorrow to discuss what wage sacrifices that top players should make. matches across the premier league and the efl had been postponed until it is the 30th of april, some teams have had their pay cut for nonpaying staff as they fight to protect jobs. it's the multi—billion pound industry that gets richer every year, but even premier league finances will be affected in a pandemic. the matches are off and supporters are at home, so now two top—flight

clubs have cut down their staff. at mike ashley's newcastle, those behind the scenes have been put on leave. now tottenham, too, say they have to adapt. in a statement, theirchairman said... spurs are the eighth—richest club in the world, but now non—playing employees could go on the government's furlough scheme. for now, the players are still paid in full. footballers tend to get paid those multimillion—pound—a—year contracts, so it's easier in some ways to furlough your non—playing staff because their monthly takehomes are going to be much more in line with what we might consider to be average salaries, which means those government schemes can meet those requirements of non—playing staff much more easily. i think what we're seeing from ashley and daniel levy is some really good business acumen — let's try and deal with the problem as and when they arise. and particularly in light of the fact that those footballing authorities

meeting to discuss how best to try and proceed with the season. right now, like all of us, the top players are at home. tomorrow, english clubs will discuss deferring wages to get clubs through the crisis. possible solutions have come from elsewhere. already one scottish premiership club's offered all staff a pay cut — and at some of europe's elite, the resources are being shared around. barcelona's players are making contributions so those behind the scenes get full pay. and juventus's squad will miss out on four months' wage. i think the most sensible way is to have a football—wide solution to this. the premier league as the governing body needs to take hold of the situation and lobby its member clubs to make sure that they do the right thing. you need a whole footballing system approach to this and it shouldn't be reliant on one or two wealthy clubs to support the rest. normally, this sport thrives on the inevitable. now, like so many other businesses, football, too, is working out how to survive. joe lynsky, bbc news.

the england and wales cricket board is making more than £60 million available to support all levels of the game. it includes £40 million being made available immediately to help with cash flow and more than £20 million being made available in interest—free loans and grants to help amateur clubs. all cricketers been postponed until may the 28. options to start the delayed season injune,july or options to start the delayed season in june, july or august are options to start the delayed season injune, july or august are being concision —— considered. the future of wimbledon this summer is on the balance, meetings being held. the all england club is discussing things. i think those who are coming toa things. i think those who are coming to a formal decision after a series of virtual emergency meetings today which may well continue into tomorrow have known for a while but it's just not feasible to stage the championships this year. i think

what is happening there are notjust people at wimbledon involved, the lta which runs events like the queens club, and eastbourne. in the men's atp tour and the w pga tour getting together and i expect what is most likely to happen is that sometime in the latter part of wednesday, will have a series of co—ordinated announcements saying there will be no grass court tennis in 2020 and that is likely to be no professional tennis anywhere in the world until the middle ofjuly. russell, looking at the us open, flushing meadows, the last major of the year. still on for now but there are plans for that site to be used right now. that is going to be use in this week but not unfortunately for tennis. they are going to try and convert part of the billiejean king national tennis centre into a temporary hospital with up to 350 bed. that will actually be for

patients who don't have covid—19, but trying to relieve some of the stress on health services in new york at the moment. the us are saying for the moment, we are planning the event to take place. they said publicly, they will have to consider playing later in the year. that is all the sport from us for now. none more so than whether, when we saw on tuesday. even with sunshine but a little less chilly. has moved a bit west. the wind, more

north—westerly. notice the gaps between the isobars, starting to widen stop a few rain showers through the day, wanted to the northern ireland or england. a bit of sunshine southern counties of england. sunnier than recent days. not as strong as it has been. it will probably be a little less chilly. light winds will continue tuesday to wednesday. cloud amounts ofa tuesday to wednesday. cloud amounts of a large. were you sick loud breaks, a bit of frost around, the greatest chance with clear skies across southern counties, frosty to begin. a chilly start her. that ridge of high pressurejust in but the isobars turning it up again. the breeze picking up. orkney, shetland

in the morning and through the day, across the northern half of scotland. still plenty around for the vast majority. temperatures peak at 10 degrees. cold air is on its way? from iceland into norway. introducing gales quite widely across the northern half of scotland. a shot of cold air to see the weekend, pushing its way southwards. thursday, cloudy in the south. a few more showers pushing through the showers turn wintry, sleet and snow abundantly and temperatures in low figures whereas we still have temperatures up to 12, 13 in the south—east corner. the cold snap, thursday into friday is short—lived. the weekend, milder air returns to the south.

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