tonight at six... a clear warning for the public to stay indoors this weekend, to beat the coronavirus. the number of dead continues to rise. it comes as two nurses have died, leaving behind three children. that advice is not a request, it is an instruction. stay at home, protect lives, and then you will be doing your part. the public is asked to please stay at home for the sake of nhs staff. also on the programme... in her first comments

on the outbreak, the queen will address the nation this weekend. teachers in england will be estimating gcse and a—level grades for pupils, because of cancelled exams. and keeping fit in the lockdown: how many are staying in shape while stuck indoors. and in the sport on bbc news — the premier league will ask players to take a 30% pay cut in order to protectjobs, and the season will not resume until it is safe and appropriate to do so. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. "stay at home and protect lives." that's the clear warning from the health secretary matt hancock, saying it's "not a request but an instruction" to the british people, to beat coronavirus. with warm weather expected this

weekend, he said any relaxation of social distancing rules, will mean more people will die. in the uk, the number of dead has risen by 684 in the last 2a hours alone. that brings the total number of deaths in hospitals from the disease to 3,605. this figure however doen‘t include deaths in the community or in care homes. today, two nurses lost their lives to the virus, with both leaving behind three children. here's our health editor, hugh pym. areema nasreen and aimee o'rourke, two nurses losing their lives after contracting covid—19. tributes were paid today for their bravery, including at the downing street press c0 nfe re nce including at the downing street press conference and there was this warning from the health secretary. we cannot relax or discipline now. if we do, people will die. so i end with the advice we all know. this

advice is not a request, it is an instruction. stay at home, protect lives and then you will be doing your part. earlier there was an unusual official opening of the newest nhs hospital, the key players keeping their distance on fixed marks, at the moment marked by a royal video contribution. perhaps i could invite nightingale's head of nursing, on my behalf to unveil the plaque to declare nhs nightingale hospital open. applause. prince charles was on the bow moral estate having recently come out of self isolation after contracting coronavirus. in less than two weeks, huge empty exhibition halls have been transformed into special hospital wards were covid—i9 patients. ajoint effort hospital wards were covid—i9 patients. a joint effort involving army planners working alongside nhs

staff. the hospital is ready for new patients. it thought the groove would have arrived today. the nightingale will not be needed until next week. nhs england announced new locations for further temporary hospitals, one in bristol, won in harrogate to add to those in manchester and birmingham. nhs scotla nd manchester and birmingham. nhs scotland has announced similar plans for the scc in glasgow and in wales, the principality stadium in cardiff is to house patients. getting things done is the message the government wa nts to done is the message the government wants to get across, but matt hancock, meeting staff and training at the nightingale has faced claims he hasn't done enough on testing for the virus. having set a target of 25,000 tests a date which slipped to later this month, he has come up with a hugely increased figure of 100,000 by the end of april, including many more done by academic

and industrial laboratories. where are the test going to come from, who is going to do them? it hasn't been explained and you haven't given any detail? i set out a five-point plan yesterday. the first stage is the expansion of the testing capacity within the nhs and within public health england, who are doing an amazing job. then, also the next stage is to bring in the private sector companies, the existing testing companies. one of the key aims of testing is to allow nhs staff who think they have symptoms to get back to work quickly. the scottish government says it is expanding testing facilities like this and moving slightly higher, proportionately than the rest of the uk. this expansion of testing capacity means, amongst other things, we will be able to test more key workers with every day that passes. in addition to increasing capacity within nhs scotland, we are working with the uk government and

other partners to further increase testing capacity beyond that. there was a virtual graduation ceremony for doctors at bristol university today. it happened early so they could move straight to the nhs front line where they will certainly be neededin line where they will certainly be needed in the months ahead. hugh pym, bbc news. borisjohnson has urged people to stay at home this weekend, as forecasters predict good weather. in a twitter video, the prime minister says he'll remain in self isolation because he still has a temperature, a week after testing positive for covid—19. and he said he had this "crucial message" for the public.. please, please stick with the guidance now. this country has made a huge effort, a huge sacrifice, done absolutely brilliantly well in delaying the spread of the virus. let's stick with it now. remember that incredible clapping again last night for our fantastic nhs. we're doing it to protect them and to save lives.

let's focus on doing everything we can. stay at home, folks. protect our nhs, save lives. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young is at westminster. borisjohnson was supposed to have come out of self isolation yesterday, how serious is his condition? yes, seven days is the recommended time to be in isolation. but in this case, borisjohnson saying he still has some symptoms, so saying he still has some symptoms, so you have to stay indoors until they go. downing street emphasising these are mild symptoms stop he still has a temperature but he is chairing meetings and speaking to collea g u es chairing meetings and speaking to colleagues as well. but clearly it is an issue with him leading this fight against coronavirus. the health secretary, until recently has beenin health secretary, until recently has been in isolation and the chief medical officer. but boris johnson still getting the message across and it is very striking today hearing the government and the chief nursing

0fficer brought into the daily press conference to get the message across about this weekend. do not consider breaking those rules. before you do so, think about the two nurses who have sadly lost their lives. vicki young at westminster, thank you. and here's a reminder of the government's coronavirus restrictions. everyone must stay at home, and you can only leave under the following circumstances... you can leave for one form of exercise a day. but there has been confusion, concerning whether you're allowed to drive to an area to take a walk. the health secretary matt hancock says a five—minute drive is permissable, but government advice is to stay as local as possible. to go shopping for basic necessities such as food and medicine, but as infrequently as possible. you're also allowed out of the house for any medical needs, including giving blood, and you can travel to work, but only if you can't work from home. as we heard tributes have been paid to the two nurses who've become

so as we heard the government has set itself a target of 100,000 tests a day by the end of the month. 0ur science editor david shukman looks at the two different types of test and what they may tell us about the virus. the government is under relentless pressure over why more testing isn't happening. so, why does that matter in the struggle against coronavirus, and what are the different tests involved? the first kind of testing is the most urgent, because it's to try to find out who actually has the infection. this is done with a swab inside the mouth and throat to look for clues about the virus. this is really important for patients in hospital, because if they're infected, that will determine the course of their treatment. it's also vital for healthcare workers and many others, because if they've got mild symptoms can that turn out to be negative, then they can go back to work. and longer term, relaxing measures like social distancing will all depend on working out whose

got the infection and who hasn't. testing for the virus is now being scaled up, and scientists say that without it, we simple can't tackle the pandemic. it's like trying to fight with almost both hands tied behind your back. it means you're always responding a little bit after the effect. we're not really able to work out the extent, we're not able to plan as well as we could do, if we had more information. the second type of testing is to look for evidence that you have the virus in the past. this involves a blood test, just a pinprick on the finger, to look for antibodies, a sign of your own response to infection. now, this should help answer the question about weather you have immunity having had the virus and then recovered, and that would allow you to return to work. but how long would that immunity last? months? years? at this moment, no one can be sure. the hope is that the public will eventually get tests to see

who's had the virus. but government scientists want to check the technology first. well, it's been recognised from the outset that testing is critical and a huge effort has gone in. taking complete tests, and the existing technology is difficult to scale up quickly. everything now hinges on a research effort on a scale that wasn't expected, a race to catch up with a dangerous threat. david shukman, bbc news. the queen will address the nation this weekend about the coronavirus outbreak. her statement will be broadcast at 8pm sunday evening. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell is here. this is unusual? broadcast like this only take place in a handful of times, on the eve of diana, princess of wales and when british troops went into action in the first gulf

war. downing street and buckingham palace have been consulting and this broadcast has been recorded and will go out at 8pm on sunday evening. it will embrace, i am sure, the teams from the queen in a written statement on the 18th of march. she talked about communities coming together to work as one. now more than any time at our recent past we have important role to play as individuals. cohesion and national solidarity, and i am sure the queen will wish to express her own profound gratitude to the national health service, to others, to the key workers for the heroic efforts to look after patients and keep the wheels of society turning. it will bea wheels of society turning. it will be a message at the start of the easter week from the head of state, the head of the nation to reassure the head of the nation to reassure the country and to rally the nation's resolve at a moment of particular difficulty. ok, nick

mitchell, thanks. schools and colleges in england have been given more details, about how gcse and a—level grades will be calculated for pupils, whose exams have been cancelled because of the pandemic. the exams regulator, 0fqual, says teachers will be asked to estimate a mark, when ranking students. the results will be published no later than august, but could be earlier. here's our education editor, bra nwen jeffreys. strange not to worry about revision and exams. but it is a weird feeling. exam time would be a time to smash the exam and do, in some cases, a lot better. i don't know if i will necessarily get the grades for my first choice now that i can't pull it up in my exam at all. every year until now, exams meant grades. but now in england and wales

teachers are asked to estimate instead and, rank students top to bottom. the results then adjusted across the nation. so i wanted to ask, will these gcses and a—levels be just as valued as any other year? the student certificates this year with their grades will be like any other certificates, they will use those grades to progress, they will use those grades in their lives just like any other set of students and thatis like any other set of students and that is hugely important. in chester today, two anxious students. for max, it is his gcse year and charlotte need to a—levels to get into uni. i want to make sure it is shown in our grades and the years we have spent learning having gone to waste. i do trust my teachers. for people who didn't get the grades they like to go into six form, couege they like to go into six form, college or an apprenticeship, they might consider retaking the exams. but for most, as long as they get a

suitable grade, it would be harder to get back and get the grades they wa nt to get back and get the grades they want than just continue with what they have been given already. the challenge will be to make the system feel fair for everyone. most of all, for those kids in the middle who have worked really hard in the last few months to try get above a grade for. our children now, they do assessments as they go. they get work they get feedback on, they have done mock exams. they already have a sense of what grades they are working at all where prior to the school closures. in northern ireland, students are still waiting for details. the real test everywhere, will be results today. branwen jeffreys, everywhere, will be results today. bra nwen jeffreys, bbc everywhere, will be results today. branwen jeffreys, bbc news, everywhere, will be results today. branwenjeffreys, bbc news, chester. there are now more than a million confirmed cases of coronavirus in 181 countries, with europe still the epicentre of the outbreak. italy with almost 1a,000 dead, is the worst affected, but the daily mortality rate

is coming down. spain comes next, but it does have the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases in europe. and in france, the number of dead continues to rise, with deaths in care homes now included. in paris, police are strictly enforcing the government's tough quarantine measures over the easter holidays. railways, airports and major roads will be monitored to prevent people leaving the city. 0ur correspondent lucy williamson is there for us this evening. well, there has beenjust a. of people through the stations here today. it has taken a while to enforce the confinement measures here in paris, and with the first anecdotal signs that it might be working, the government is determined not to let behaviour slip back. it is not only nations that thrive on liberty — epidemics, too. at stations across paris today, every

journey began with a police check. freedom of movement, a new national threat. do you have the piece of paper? of course. this person made it through. he is on his way home to brittany after it through. he is on his way home to britta ny after two it through. he is on his way home to brittany after two years abroad. but even the smallest mistake means being turned away. translation: i wrote the wrong date, not today's date, and they told me i need to go back home to prepare another form. i have to go to work but i can't. france carried out almost 6 million cheques during the first fortnight of confinement, far more than neighbouring italy, and it has issued more than 400,000 fines. but questions over when the confinement will end our growing. france's tough approach to the confinement runs the risk of losing public support if it becomes too harsh or too long. the interior minister has advised sensitivity in applying the rules, and says the police operate differently in the countryside compared to the big cities, in the

poorer suburbs, compared to the towns. but the paris police chief was forced to apologise today after taking a very different tone. translation: the ones who are hospitalised today, the ones on life support now, are the ones that didn't respect the quarantine when it began. this is not a video game, it's real. there are dead people. with few life—support beds left in the paris region, patients are being sent across the country for care. this is now the worst—hit region of france, but is there a light at the end of the tunnel? if you asked me this question two days ago, i should say no, but there is a reduction in the patients coming to the emergency wards, and also a reduction in severe patients with signs of covid—19. severe patients with signs of covid-19. he says there were no new admissions to intensive care in his hospital today — a first since the

epidemic began. the first glimpse of hope here after weeks of fear and frustration, the first sign that confinement might have worked. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. tributes have been paid to two nurses who have become the latest health workers to die from coronavirus. both had three children. sarah campbell reports. as each day passes, it is becoming ever more clear, the danger that carers themselves face. areema nasreen was 36 and according to colleagues, passionate about nursing. showers a mother to three children and died where she had worked, in walsall manor hospital. because of the infectious nature of the disease, herfamily could infectious nature of the disease, her family could not be with her. she started working for the hospital in 2003 as a housekeeper. she always

dreamt of being a nurse, we understand, and was inspired to do so understand, and was inspired to do so by looking after her grandmother many years ago. and she qualified as a nurse in january many years ago. and she qualified as a nurse injanuary 2019. when there we re a nurse injanuary 2019. when there were moments of crisis on the ward, 01’ were moments of crisis on the ward, or amongst the team, showers always the one who stepped forward to do catering and to get her arms around people and support them. late last night, a second nurse died after being confirmed with coronavirus. amy 0'rourke was 39 years old and died in the kent hospital in which she had worked. my sincere condolences to their families, their friends and their colleagues, because they were one of us, they we re because they were one of us, they were one of my profession, of the nhs family. i worry that there is going to be more, and i want to honour them today and recognise their service. today, friends and

family took to social media to remember both nurses. 0ne family took to social media to remember both nurses. one of amy 0'rourke's three daughters wrote, her mother is an angel, and will wear her nhs crown for ever. so, with temperatures across parts of the uk set to soar this weekend, the temptation to head outdoors will also increase. borisjohnson has called on people to stay at home and stick to the rules — even if they are in wales, farmers have called for some footpaths to be closed. here's hywel griffith. spring should signal the end of hibernation. but this year, it's blossoming just as we're meant to stay at home. for abbie in the vale of glamorgan, stopping the spread of covid—19 is vital for her dairy farm and its place in the food chain. but despite the lockdown, she's seen more people than ever taking country walks. several foot paths cross her land — one right through the yard. everybody is getting very nervous that they just won't be

able to do theirjob. and unfortunately with a farm, you can'tjust say, "that's it, we'll shut up shop for a fortnight. the animals have still got to be fed, milked. we are producing food for today, tomorrow, going on into the winter. two weeks ago, this was snowdonia, as people ignored government advice and flocked to national parks. the fear is that this weekend, despite the restrictions, with the sun will draw the walkers out again. taking daily exercise isn'tjust allowed — it's recommended. the official advice is to stay local and use open spaces near your home. driving somewhere hasn't been banned, but we're meant to avoid unnecessary travel, which leaves quite a bit of room for interpretation. driving somewhere to walk the dog is fine, according to the health secretary in england, but not ok, according to the government in wales. here, some forces are promising greater enforcement of social distancing. in the lake district, officers have used social media to tell tourists to stay away.

while in scotland, the police say this weekend will be the real test. as the weather gets better, people will be tempted to go out. people may be tempted to go out. i would say to them, "don't do that. "stay at home, think of the implications of your actions. "protect the nhs." and by doing that, we'll save lives. with google announcing it will release tracking data from people's mobile phones, there will be more checks than ever on where we all choose to roam. but here, theyjust want people to keep clear of the countryside until this lockdown is at an end. hywel griffith, bbc news, in the vale of glamorgan. key workers in all sectors are facing enormous difficulties, none more so facing enormous difficulties, none more so than frontline nhs staff. in dealing with the coronavirus outbreak, and none more so than front line nhs staff. 0ur health correspondent

catherine burns is keeping in touch with some of the men and women battling the pandemic, and asked an intensive care consultant to keep a video diary. this comes from the front line in the fight against coronavirus. joy halliday is an intensive care consultant looking after some of the very sickest patients. she started her video before a night shift. i've got three children, and they're all bathed, fed and watered, just waiting for my husband to arrive home, who is a gp. and obviously, he's very busy at work as well, at the moment. so we're a bit like ships in the night. good evening again. it is 9pm and we have finished our intensive care handover. my trainee is with me. so we've gotjohnny, who is our sho for the night. and stephen, our registrar. and then, another stephen who is restocking our intubation trolley as we speak. so we are now going to don our ppe so we can start a ward round, and we'll take you around for that. so here we are, outside of itu at the moment. johnny and myself are ready to go into ppe, and stephen is about to don his. joy and her team have to wear ppe —

personal protective equipment — that offers the fullest possible cover. all the patients they see on this night have coronavirus and are unconscious on breathing machines. they have to get very close to them. and that's us done, so we're going to start our ward run for the evening. i will leave this outside so we don't bring it in with us, and we will touch base with you again later. it is 5:20am in the morning, and we've had a really busy night here in intensive care. the nursing staff and doctors have worked nonstop, and it's really important that we look after ourselves as well as our patients. sadly, there are some battles that we're not going to win. the team try not to phone families overnight, but they have to call if they think a patient is about to die. but even then, relatives cannot come here, for their own safety. at these times, normally family would be present in intensive care all the time by their loved ones‘ sides. and with the visiting rules

being changed and the risk to relatives coming in and catching coronavirus themselves, we don't have visitors any more. we all know as nhs healthcare workers that these are unprecedented times. we also know that there may come a time when we start looking after people we know, colleagues that we work with. and we need to be prepared to manage this. joy realises that we're still at a relatively early stage in this, and that herjob is only going to get tougher. catherine burns, bbc news. some disability campaigners say they're deeply concerned about the latest ethical advice from the british medical association, which they fear could mean some won't get treated for covid—19. the bma's guidance says if resources are too scarce, doctors will have to prioritise the patients most able to benefit from treatment. 0ur disability news correspondent nikki fox reports.

i'mjohn, and 39 and i have muscular, and i gradually saw my muscles deteriorate, and now i use a ventilator to breathe. based on my current health, i could live another 15 years. john has multiple personal care assista nts john has multiple personal care assistants coming in and out of his home every day, so he still feels he is at risk. this is a resource issue, not an ethical one. i understand the rationale for doing this but i want to save as many lives as possible. but surely not at the cost of our humanity. many disabled people are so concerned that they are going to get covid—19 that they are going to get covid—19 that whether or not they've been told to shield, they're shielding anyway. there is concern that these guidelines have exacerbated that fear. they're based on the principles that everybody matters,

that everybody matters equally, and in making decisions about who should receive treatment, we have to focus on those who are most able to benefit, and most able to benefit quickly. but that's the problem for many disabled people who fear their chances of being treated will be influenced by their disability and how their lives are valued by society, including the medical profession. the number of decisions they will be making daily are going to be difficult, but it's about not just looking at whether someone has a disability or whether they are a wheelchair user and making assumptions that they have no value, it's about balancing that against all of the other decisions. it is difficult but disabled people are generally worried that this will be a way just to generally worried that this will be a wayjust to get rid of them. for john, he doesn't want to be favoured, he just wants the same opportunity to survive as everyone else. i've done everything i can to

give something back and everyone else is doing what they can right fiow else is doing what they can right now to shield vulnerable people. we're not statistics, we are real people. please don't write us off. for millions of families stuck indoors for almost a fortnight, it's been a bit of a challenge. the guidance is to get an hour's exercise a day, but health experts are concerned about the impact on the long term fitness of many, especially children. so, what can we all do to keep in shape? 0ur sports correspondent natalie pirks has been finding out. three, two, one... home workouts are nothing new, but as a nation, we're embracing them like never before. campaigns are urging us to stay in, work out, and youtube searches for home workouts in the uk are more than 400% up on this same time last year. let's get to it. at the elite

end, a postponed 0lympics has been no excuse to slack. how are you getting on with the like that we le nt getting on with the like that we lent you ? getting on with the like that we lent you? good, shame i can't keep it! dame sarah storey is usually in the saddle six hours a day but is now racing in a virtual world. training has had to be quite significantly adapted. technology is just so good, you can choose a group to ride with or you canjust just so good, you can choose a group to ride with or you can just go around the courses and do it by yourselves. but what about kids in all this? the recommendation is they need an hour of exercise daily, but that has just become a lot harder. we know staying active in childhood can help prevent diseases in the future, not to mention how good it is for our children's mental health. with school pe off the agenda and playgrounds closed, health experts are urging parents to keep their kids as active as they possibly can in anyway they can during this lockdown. we are the fattest nation in western europe, a third of all

children are overweight or have obesity by the time