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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. with good weather expected both here in the uk and europe, police are urging people to stick to the strict lockdown restrictions. in the uk, police say they will only use their authority if they have to. when we come to enforcement, that really is the last resort because, in a way, if we come to enforcement, then everybody has failed to understand the significance of this endeavour. the authorities in france say they will crack down on any holiday makers attempting to travel. emotional tributes are paid to two nhs nurses in england who died after contracting coronavirus, each leaving behind three children. china remembers — klaxons sound across the country for the thousands to have died from covid—19.

the us government issues clear advice — cover your faces in public to stop the spread of the coronavirus. president trump says he has no intention of doing so. the winner of the three month contest to become the next labour leader, and main opposition leader here in the uk, is set to be announced this morning. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world for all the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic. as the weather heats up across europe, police forces are ramping up efforts to keep people at home to help fight the spread of the disease. here in the uk, the association of police and crime commissioners has warned that forces are facing

a "big challenge" this weekend. there is also expected to be a much heavier police presence on the streets of switzerland over the next couple of days. france has stepped up checks to stop people leaving their homes at the start of spring school holidays. more than 8,000 officers have been deployed in paris to discourage residents from leaving for the provinces. meanwhile, the uk government's pledge to carry out 100,000 tests a day for coronavirus by the end of this month has been called into question by nhs scientists and laboratory staff who say they are short of key raw materials to carry out the work. the head of the international monetary fund has warned the impact of the pandemic is "way worse" than the global financial crisis. in the states, president trump has said he won't wear a face mask, even though health officials in the us are recommending them as a way of stopping the virus spreading. the president said the advice was voluntary and he couldn't see himself wearing one in the oval office. more on that soon, but first back

to the warm temperatures forecast and the message from police to stay at home. simonjones has this report from the uk. these were the scenes in snowdonia two weeks ago where many people ignored government advice. crowds flocked to the coast and parks were busy too. now, with even more stringent curbs on our movements in place, the health secretary says staying at home and protecting lives is not a request, but an instruction. we're set for a warm weekend in some parts of the country. but the disease is still spreading. and we absolutely cannot afford to relax the social distancing measures that we have in place. we cannot relax our discipline now. if we do, people will die. government regulations state everyone must stay at home, but you can leave under the following circumstances:

for one form of exercise a day — the advice is to say as local as possible. you can go out to shop for basic necessities, such as food and medicine, but as infrequently as possible. you're also allowed outside of the house for any medical needs or to provide care and assistance to someone vulnerable. and you can travel to work, but only if you cannot work from home. an increasing number of councils are instructing dog—owners to keep their pets on a lead in a parks to avoid any risk of dog—walkers coming into contact with each other. in the lake district, police are using social media to tell tourists stay away. in some areas, officers have set up roadblocks to question where drivers are going. the police are being told to engage with people and encourage them to return home. enforcement will be a last resort, with initial fines of up to £60. undoubtedly, this weekend will pull be one of the biggest challenges for

policing so far. things are fast moving. the legislation has only beenin moving. the legislation has only been in fora moving. the legislation has only been in for a week or so. it's a challenging time for families too, who have been couped up for almost a fortnight. usually we go to the park and the kids would run around and have fun. we can't do that now, so we're going to stay at home and just keep them busy at home. the death of this nurse, aimee o'rourke, and a second, areema nasreen, at the hospitals where they worked sends a clear message, according to the nhs. please, i ask you to remember aimeee and areema and please stay at home for them. the government and police are hoping this will be the norm this weekend in these least normal of times. simon jones, bbc news. in france, the number of dead continues to rise, with nearly 600 deaths recorded in just 2a hours. police are strictly enforcing the government's tough quarantine measures over the easter holidays. in paris, railway stations, airports and major roads are being monitored to prevent people leaving the city. across the uk, hospitals are pulling together rapid strategies to cope

with a surge in covid—i9 cases. the luton and dunstable university hospital in bedfordshire has turned operating theatres and recovery rooms into intensive care facilities to increase its capacity to treat critically ill patients, as jon 00:07:15,1000 --> 00:07:18,489 ironmonger reports. this is what an epidemic does to a hospital. there are no outpatients oi’ hospital. there are no outpatients or visitors and fewer staff members. the battle now is with covid—i9, managing symptoms, stopping the spread. to that end, a&e has become a hot zone, all patients are treated to silent carriers, while the real work takes care in intensive care. you need to be on full protection equipment and then want to go in, you will be staying there for about four, five, six hours, as long as your patients are steady, then you can takea your patients are steady, then you can take a step back. it is very daunting, very challenging, but so

far my staff is doing a wonderful job. with routine operations cancelled, resources can be diverted. this unit for treating heart attack patients has become a storage room to free up space. so that this ward for the elderly can become and i see you. we talk a lot about the front nine in the fight against coronavirus but this is about as close as you're going to get to it. beyond that is the hot soon, the infected area of this hospital where covid—i9 patients are being treated and isolated and anybody who goes beyond this line needs to be in full protective gear. capacity is key. more beds with ventilators. previously, the hospital could treat seven patients in intensive care. in this unit comes online, it will be 46. so have they done enough? we can get plenty of bets on ventilators, what we can get a skilled staff to look after those patients, that is

really the regimental —— regimental factor. those patients, that is really the regimental —— regimentalfactor. i don't think anybody could ever have imagined just what this would be like. iam imagined just what this would be like. i am fearfulfor the imagined just what this would be like. i am fearful for the future because i don't know what the future looks like and i don't know how long this will go on for. at current rates, we can do this. it increased rates, we can do this. it increased rates, we can do this. it increased rates, we could probably do this. it had vastly increased numbers of sick patients, and if supply chain fields oi’ patients, and if supply chain fields or stocks go down, then that is what iam fearful or stocks go down, then that is what i am fearful for. what is the single most important message you can give to people to try and relieve the pressure on you and your staff? there is no cure for this disease. this is not a virus that we can give antibiotics, medicines to ticket make it go away. we can keep you alive using the and equipment until your body gets over it, but we can fix the virus. at the general public, you can fix the virus. you can stay at home, stay indoors and don't spread it. if

nothing helps, don't spread it. if nothing helps, do not spread it. under mounting pressure, stuff you are coping, just about, but they continue to rely on people staying at home. about, but they continue to rely on people staying at home. let's go now to our correspondent lisa hampele, who is at the excel convention centre in east london where the uk's newest, and largest, hospital facility is preparing to open its doors to take in coronavirus patients. tell us about the work there and what their predictions are for the coming weeks. well, it is extraordinary to think that it was only a little over a month ago when we had the first death in uk, now the latest figures yesterday were 3650 deaths. yesterday was the biggest leap in a day. we had a leap of 684 deaths yesterday. this hospital behind me, when it will reach its capacity, it will be one of the biggest medical centres in the world. as matt hancock

said yesterday, just after this was open, this is the hospital that nobody wanted. it has taken nine days to build. it is an extraordinary feat. there are plumbers, military personnel, volunteers, stjohn‘s ambulance volunteers here, who have managed over nine days to get this up managed over nine days to get this up to managed over nine days to get this uptoa managed over nine days to get this up to a capacity, so that 500 people cannot be looked after in this medical centre. they will only come here if they are on ventilators and they will remain here on their ventilators until they finish their treatments. at the moment we have the staff all ready to take on 500 people. there are 42 boards here and they are building over time. we have been watching people arriving this morning, people are on 12,

i3 been watching people arriving this morning, people are on 12, 13 hours shifts. it is a relentless effort to get this going. there are going to be, this reaches capacity, 16,000 people. they will be using the bays that were used that used to pay for exhibitions. this was an exhibition centre, something like crofts was here. now we have the ventilators, the staff and we are getting prepared for, in the next few days, the first patients arriving here. this is the model for other medical centres which are being created in birmingham, in manchester, in bristol, in harrogate, in cardiff and in belfast. in the next few days, as i say, we will probably be seeing the grim reality of the first people arriving here. thank you.

china, where the coronavirus pandemic began, has come to a standstill for three minutes to remember those who have died of the illness. people across the country stopped and bowed their heads to mourn the victims as sirens and horns sounded. steve mcdonnel reports from beijing. horns blare. right across china, flags are at half mast. today is a special day for remembering those who have gone before us, traditional festival, poke twenty20's tomb sweeping day in china has taken on a special significance, being declared a national day of mourning to remember

those who died from the coronavirus. at ten o'clock local time, people stop what they were doing. cars stop driving and people were sounding their horns in their cars. sirens and other alarms also went off right across the country. this nation is where the global coronavirus emergency started and people here have been living it for months. officially, more than 3300 people in china have died from this highly contagious disease, but we don't know really how many more may have died from it because some analysts say it is possible that people have actually died from the virus but been instead recorded as having died from other causes, pneumonia and the like. from the country's top leaders down to the people walking on the street, it was a time to pause

and to remember those who died from this disease, and also, i suppose, to be thankful that this emergency hasn't been even worse in the country where it all began. the uk government is preparing to release up to 3,500 prisoners from jails in england and wales because of the coronavirus. inmates with two months or less to serve will be eligible for release on temporary licence. our home affairs correspondent danny shawjoins me now. danny, this will have been a difficult decision for the ministry ofjustice. difficult decision for the ministry of justice. what is their explanation? politically, very difficult decision for a conservative government to release up conservative government to release up to 4,000 offenders early, but it is one that they have reluctantly agreed to do because of concerns over the spread of coronavirus in prisons across england and wales. there are 88 prisoners that have tested positive so far. the number

side valve —— self isolating is about 1200. a quarter of staff are absent because they have symptoms or our self isolating. the prison service wants to get every prisoner into a single cell. they cannot do that with the number already in prison, around 84,000. what they are planning to do over the coming weeks, starting next week, is to release up to 4,000 offenders who are approaching the release date, within two months of release. there will be risk assessed to make sure no sex offenders are released, no one who has been sentenced to 12 months or more for a violent offence, no one here is a risk to children or poses a security risk will be released. that still leaves a considerable number that will be let out early. what about the practicalities of ensuring they continue, for the remainder of their charm, to meet the conditions that are imposed on them? will we talk

about more prisoners being electronically tagged, for example? yes, the government is saying that all those who are released early will be subject to electronic tagging. that will ensure that they stay at their home address. that is the intention. if they break the terms of their release they can be sent back to prison. the logistics and arranging this are considerable because clearly all of those who are released have to be symptom—free. nobody who has covid—19 will be let out. they need to have somewhere to go. accommodation for some of these prisoners will be a real issue. those without a fixed address one would presume will not be let out. this is not a measure that the government is taking by itself. in northern ireland, up to 200 inmates are being let out early. the scottish government is considering similar measures. earlier this week, the justice secretary said almost 70 prisoners who are pregnant

or who are in mother and baby units are also being let out. these are exceptional measures, but are necessary because the spread of the virus in prisons can happen very quickly, putting notjust prisoners at risk but also staff, health workers and people who go into prisons, as well. the headlines on bbc news: with good weather expected both here in the uk and europe, police are urging people to stick to the strict lockdown restrictions. the us government issues clear advice — cover your faces in public to stop the spread of the coronavirus. president trump says he has no intention of doing so. the winner of the race to become the next labour leader — and main opposition leader here in the uk — is set to be announced this morning. more now on the plea from police forces in the uk and across europe —

who are urging people to stay at home this weekend and stop the spread of coronavirus. let's speak to the police and crime commissioner for west yorkshire, mark burns—williamson. how is the weather looking in yorkshire? it is looking quite a nice day, yes. what is your police force doing in terms of preparations? they have been taking a really common—sense and proportionate approach. i have been in touch every day with the chief co nsta ble in touch every day with the chief constable and i am pleased to say that the vast majority of the public are complying with the government advice, the public health advice. of course, that is what we should all be doing. really, this is about staying at home, protecting our key workers and the nhs, police and elsewhere and ultimately saving lives to stop the spread of

this coronavirus. it is a strange situation that the police find themselves in. this is something normally the police would have no concern with, the worse they might worry about is people barking incorrectly in the areas of main roads, they wouldn't worry about people going out camping, going out for a walk or whatever. if its officers in a difficult position in terms of their relationship with normally law—abiding members of the public. yes, these are exceptional times. the fact that we might have a good footprint of neighbourhood policing is important in these times, so we have that community engagement and links. peoplejust need to take the advice if they are out and about in areas where they really shouldn't be. we know that people will need to go out and do some shopping and take some exercise, but it all needs to be within the guidance and

the police are there just to encourage and make sure that that is happening. derbyshire used to drones and got into a bit of trouble in terms of complaints over invasion of privacy and the rest of it. we haven't used those type of tactics. we police by consent in the uk, and that is really important. each police force and chief constable are locally accountable to police and crime commissioners, but we do need a consistency of approach. each individual chief constable and force will take those decisions, and that is right. as police and crime commissioner as we are working very closely with them to ensure we have that right approach to policing in very exceptional circumstances. the blunt messages, please stay at home.

absolutely. yes, we know that people do need to go out and do some shopping perhaps, or take some exercise, but do that within your own local area and don't go beyond is or travel further than you need to because the police are clearly busy and we all need to work together to get through this pandemic. thank you very much. millions of americans have been told they should now wear a face mask in public, following new medical guidance on coronavirus. however, president trump says he will not be wearing one himself, and we should be clear that here in the uk, the advice remains that people do not need to wear one. the us now has nearly a quarter—of—a—million confirmed cases. i don't think i'm

going to be doing it. sitting in the oval office, behind that beautiful resolute desk, the great resolute desk, i think wearing a face mask as i greet presidents, prime ministers, dictators, kings, queens, i don't know, somehow i don't see for myself. many nhs staff have been urging the government to increase the supply of protective equipment, such as face masks, with many front line healthcare workers sayin that their lives are being put at risk because of a lack of protective gear. engineers from all over the country are now responding to a national call to help the supply chain by printing 3d face shields. well, one of those engineers who is lending his own skills free of charge is self—employed electrical engineer tim cieslik. he has been making plastic facemasks from his home in lincoln using a 3d printer and is now making more than 100 masks a day for fontline staff in his local hospital. we can speak to him now via webcam. tell us about this. you were stuck at home without any work, presumably, because you are self—employed? presumably, because you are self-employed? correct. work seized for me a week last tuesday. work has

com pletely for me a week last tuesday. work has completely stopped, there is nothing ican be completely stopped, there is nothing i can be doing, everything is postponed. i was kicking my heels, trying to put out requests, offering my support locally, and also reducing the time with my kids. we set about 3d printing our robot arm at home, ordered everything. i thought it was great, i could teach them something. somebody picked to play out on facebook for a couple in lincoln called tom austin and erica coggins, who had family that work as paramedics elsewhere in the uk that we re paramedics elsewhere in the uk that were struggling to get basic ppe. tom decided to start 3d printing face shields from a free license pattern that is available for anybody to download and print, and

send them to family members. he then realised that the demand was far greater locally and put the play out for more help. i picked up the play, came on board. we had a 3d printer printing toys, but we decided there was a better use for that. we can see in the picture one of these face masks. it is a fairly simple design, wraparound acetate. how do you get an acetate? at the moment, the supply of acetate is really good due to the usual big—name online companies. supplies are coming thick and fast. we have had enormous support from the general public wanting to provide supplies or even monetary donations to help towards supplies. to show us what you are reaching for. this

is an demo of the masks we send out. it is a 3d printed frame. we then attach this acetate sheet, which comes with a protective layer on. it is very quick to deploy, nice and flexible and strong. very light, very co mforta ble and strong. very light, very comfortable and, doesn't get much simpler than that. the mask is not held in place under the chin. is there a problem? i believe not. the feedback we're getting is fantastic. we have been asking for feedback. feedback we're getting is fantastic. we have been asking forfeedback. it is not our design, is a free license. we have been tweaking the design slightly to make print times quicker, teach use less of the recycla ble quicker, teach use less of the recyclable plastics, but also to deploy them quicker. we will have to leave it there. thank you very much for joining leave it there. thank you very much forjoining us. it is a wonderfully

positive example of people pulling together to help health workers. the winner of the three month contest to become the next labour leader, and main opposition leader, will be announced in the next half—hour. sir keir starmer, lisa nandy or rebecca long—bailey will replace jeremy corbyn with immediate effect. our chief political correspondent, vicki young, is at westminster. vicki, this is a contest that it's had a rather surreal ending. it started with the big public events, the hustings, lots of debates, then inevitably petered away because of events. behind—the—scenes, the campaigning has continued. events. behind—the—scenes, the campaigning has continuedm events. behind—the—scenes, the campaigning has continued. it has gone on for a long time. after the extremely bad election defeat for

labour, jeremy corbyn said he would stand down. a contest of over three months. the backdrop to all of this is the coronavirus outbreak and it has changed the nature of it. today there will be an unveiling of the new leader, none of that will be happening now, they willjust be an announcement with pre—recorded m essa 9 es announcement with pre—recorded messages from the candidates. the winner will make contact and layout something, but it will not be what people expected. most people think that sir keir starmer and rebecca long—bailey are the two main contenders in all of this. the real question for whoever wins is the massive challenge that the labour party faces having had four election defeats, how do they plot a path back to the victory given how far behind they are? of course, the political landscape has changed in the coronavirus means that in terms of economic policy, all of that has been thrown up in the air. huge

public money going into every single section of the economy. that will make things slightly different. very interesting today that the prime minister has chosen today, the day whenjeremy minister has chosen today, the day when jeremy corbyn minister has chosen today, the day whenjeremy corbyn being later labour leader, to write to the opposition parties asking them to work together, inviting them to briefings next week with the scientists, the chief medical officer and others, saying that at this moment of national emergency, we all have a duty to work together. it'll be interesting to see whoever wins the day how they will approach this. will they be a critical friends, which is the approach they have been taken so far. others have been calling for a government of national unity. i don't expect any of the contenders to go that far. thank you. just about 15 or 20 minutes until we get that announcement of the new leader of the labour party. we will bring it to you here of course. now it's time for a look

at the weather with louise lear. it will be a warmer weekend across the uk, but will get increasingly windy as we go through to sunday. for the rest of the afternoon we have sunny spells in england and wales, thick cloud into scotland and northern ireland to produce a few light showers. here between nine and 11 degrees, with the highest value is likely to peak at 16 celsius, 61 fahrenheit. of strong southerly wind will develop through the night, driving mild air right across the country. it does mean a blustery day. i took the west we will see an area of low pressure that could bring more cloud into northern ireland and western fringes of scotland, but it is a dry, settle theme for many on sunday. gusty winds particularly unexposed west facing coasts, but temperatures are likely to climb. we could see highs between 16 and 20 degrees. whatever you are doing, take

care. this hello, this this is bbc news. the headlines. with good weather expected both here in the uk and europe — police are urging people to stick to the strict lockdown restrictions. in the uk, police say they will only use their authority if they have to. when we come to enforcement, that really is the last resort because if we come to enforcement then everybody has really failed to understand the significance of this endeavour. the authorities in france say they will crack down on any holiday makers attempting to travel... emotional tributes are paid to two nhs nurses in england who died after contracting coronavirus, each leaving behind three children. china remembers — klaxons sound across the country for the thousands to have died from

covid—19. the us government issues clear advice — cover your faces in public to stop the spread of the coronavirus. president trump says he has no intention of doing so. the winner of the three month contest to become the next labour leader — and main opposition leader here in the uk — is set to be announced this morning. you've been contacting us in your thousands with questions about covid—19. we're going to do our best now to answer some of them now — on the bbc‘s your questions answered. with me is dr lisa ackerley, who's a chartered environmental health practitioner and adviser to the royal society for public health. also i'm joined by dr hamed khan, who's a gp and clinical lecturer in

london. thank you for being with as. with new york being told to wear face masks, should other countries do the same? if we don't go out, we are not putting ourselves at risks and we won't need to wear a facemask. if we do go out, we should use social distancing which is two metres. in the absence of facemasks being easily available and for the desperate need for them for people who have to go up close to people without any choice because of their occupation, for example medics and enforcement officers, then we are taking the right stands

at the moment, particularly when people are often seen, i had seen them on television, who are saying if it does not fit properly what is the point of it? there are a lot of reasons why facemasks are not helpful so the best thing people can do is remain indoors because the virus were not come through a closed front door. # not. # not. does the fact that i and other members of my family have had the pneumonia vaccination protect us from the more severe symptoms of covid—19? the new vaccine that you are failing to prevent against fatal pneumonia infections which are caused by streptococcus pneumonia which is a different organism to covert 19th.

however, covid—19 causes along infection. it can cause a long infection, one of the complications people can suffer with is a secondary bacterial pneumonia. if you get covid—19, you can get along infection from covid—19 and then on top you can have a bacterial infection which could be from streptococcus pneumonia. that is why when patients get covid—19, depending on the severity of their symptoms, they are sometimes also given antibiotics to protect them from secondary bacterial infections. to answer your question, does the vaccination prevent covid—19, no it does not because it is a different infection but there may well be a role in protecting

people with covid—19 from getting the secondary bacterial pneumonia. thank you very much. thank you very much. if, as many do, you sneeze into your sleeve, should you then avoid folding your arms to avoid transferring the virus to your hands? that is a good point, anywhere that could be contaminated is potentially contaminated and we should treat it as such. we need to learn a lot of things at the moment, perhaps not to fold our arms after courting into elbow would be a good thing but we need to be sure we do not touch our face. —— after coughing into our elbow. after contracting covid—19, how long will a person remain contagious? the government guidelines on this are very clear, the answer is 70s

soul from the are very clear, the answer is 70s soulfrom the moment are very clear, the answer is 70s soul from the moment of acquisition, according to the government, you are infectious potentially for seven days. that is very clear guidelines. good. very simple and straightforward. very simple and straightforward. is it possible this virus can stay on surfaces for up to three days? studies so far and we are a new territory of course, have shown it is possible for it to survive for some days on surfaces, depending on the type of services so to rest assured, three days there will be a significant drop—off of dividers. i personally am suggesting people stick to that and it is also in some government guidance on dealing with known health care settings. for example, if you get a delivery and you do not need it, it might be a

book or something, you could just leave it three days before unpacking it. that is good practical advice. you automatically tend to unpack things. is there also an issue about the different kinds of surfaces? yes. it is thought to survive less on some services and longer on others but the researchers very new at the moment. initial government advice was to consider that it may be infectious for up to 72 hours. it has reduced to 20 for— 48. people do not need to worry about what sort of surface it is. i prefer to take a belt and braces approach, if you do not need the item and are concerned about it, leave it for 72 hours. of

course if it is a delivery of food, thatis course if it is a delivery of food, that is at elephant —— different matter. i would disinfect the outside surfaces. i would disinfect the outside surfaces. if a nurse is tested and is negative and returns to work, would s/he need constant retesting without the other test showing immunity? there are two mac aspects to this question, the same thing could apply to me asa question, the same thing could apply to me as a doctor. for example if i had symptoms, the first question i wa nt had symptoms, the first question i want to answer is to i have this and ami want to answer is to i have this and am i then at risk of infecting patients? the way to answer that is where the antigen test, that will tell me if i am positive or negative. if i am positive i

know i much risk of infecting patients. but the second aspect of this is where the second aspect of this is where the eye and at risk once i have got it of getting it again. —— whether i am at risk. do i have antibodies which will prevent me getting the infection again? that is where the antibody test is more important and i understand the government is working on that. if i had symptoms a few months ago, and if this antibody testis few months ago, and if this antibody test is ruled out, if i am positive, that will provide some degree of reassurance that the risk of me acquiring it again is less. however the research and this is limited. it is not established definitively that producing the antibody mitigates all risk. this is what happens in a lot of other infections. you know

if you get chickenpox, the thinking is you do not tend to get it again but there are the odd cases where you can get it again so you have to use a bit of nuance. we need a lot more research on this. i understand the motivation for the antibody testing but we do not yet have the data to conclusively know whether having the antibody prevents you from getting antibody prevents you from getting an infection ever again. as you are in the front line health workers, are you worried about testing and giving false confidence to people? to some extent, i think what really worries me is the importance of making sure that the test is sensitive and specific. i have heard of people who are trying to acquire test of an intranet and whatnot. i

worry about whether these tests are reliable and accurate and sensitive. the last thing you want to do is get a taste done which is a full snake for example which shows you are negative for covid—19 which gives a false reassurance. —— which is a full negative. we need to scrutinise these tests before confidently using them. this sounds like a simple question because it is so short. this sounds like a simple question because it is so short. is this virus airborne? it is airborne in that it is a droplet infection and can be passed from one person to another and has the potential to contaminate surfaces and hands. at the moment, lots of evidence coming from different directions about how it is passed from one person to another

through airborne transmission but the evidence is so far, if we keep a reasonable distance which is deemed to be two metres away from each other, that will help substantially. also, even if you had the virus and it is confirmed, you are still potentially able to pick it up on your hands from surfaces and pass it onto other people so it is still critical that you have really good hand hygiene, even after you have had the virus. we were told borisjohnson has a "mild version" of covid—19. how is a mild form of this virus diagnosed ? this from grant wilson. yes, the way it is tested by using swa bs yes, the way it is tested by using swabs at the back of the throat which are sent to the laboratory

and their laboratory tells you whether you are positive or negative. that is how testing is done. most people in the uk have mild symptoms and do not get tested, it is self—limiting, most people get better after 70s so the government guidelines stipulate testing is not required. —— after seven days. it is only if you had to be admitted to hospital overnight and had certain clinicalfeatures that you get tested for it otherwise the vast majority of people with a mild form on the illness do not have testing because they do not need it but it is with a swab, to answer your question at the back of the throat and nose and sent to the laboratory. this will be our last question for now. this will be our last question for now. when wearing thin disposable rubber gloves, can they hold the virus on their surface?

and should one throw them away afterjust one use? these gloves are single use. anything you pick up with appeared of gloves, if you pick the virus up on the gloves, it is a surface. i have seen people coughing into gloves which is ridiculous. i have seen people wearing gloves rubberised and nose and so on so gloves can be a distraction. —— rub their eyes. they still have to think about all the other hygiene measures. there we go, thank you both. the winner of the three month contest to become the next labour

leader will be announced shortly. sir keir starmer, lisa nandy or rebecca long—bailey will replace jeremy corbyn with immediate effect. our chief political correspondent vicki young is at westminster. the tension mounts. i keep refreshing my phone to wait for the e—mail. this is the labour leadership contest which is not ending in the way expected because of the coronavirus. we expected a special conference to unveil the new leader, although that has been scrapped because no gatherings are allowed at the moment. there will be allowed at the moment. there will be a simple e—mail coming out instead from the labour party to announce their new leader after what is five yea rs of their new leader after what is five years of a very turbulent time for the labour party under the leadership ofjeremy corbyn where he did not ever have the support of most of his mps. that proved to be a huge challenge for everybody and the

recriminations went on for a long time as the party, parliamentary party tried to depose him at times. people in the labour party will be hoping for a chance to... the labour party and proved to be a decent opposition and plot a decent path back to power but it is a huge challenge after the general election result where they had the lowest level of seats since 1935. whoever when we'll have to deal with that in the three candidates have all talked about dealing with the issue of anti—semitism which proved so problematic forjeremy corbyn and the labour party, something they have to deal with before the can move on to other things. this is very difficult in terms of that. did we get a distinctive picture of their different approaches or is it a message of unity in this campaign? it was a bit. because of what

has happened in the last few years, all three candidates you they had to put that message across that unity was the main thing. that meant the message was a little bit blurred but rebecca long bailey seemed like the person closest to jeremy corbyn rebecca long bailey seemed like the person closest tojeremy corbyn in all of this, seen as the person who would continue in that the sir keir starmer talked a lot about unity, said he wanted to take the best of the last few years which i suppose any leader would see but he did not wa nt to any leader would see but he did not want to turn his back on some of the thingsjeremy want to turn his back on some of the things jeremy corbyn want to turn his back on some of the thingsjeremy corbyn had done. these amounted are most critical of what had gone before and talked about reconnecting with the labour party's rates. that is the massive challenge for them. if you look at scotland in particular over the years, the country they could depend on for a huge number of seats has gone away. they have a massive problem

trying to when i general election without winning back scotland. notjust that, in their last election, the midlands, the north of england, heartlands disappearing. lisa nandy talking about not just heartlands disappearing. lisa nandy talking about notjust the big cities where labour still did relatively well but one the tyrants, the old industrial towns, how do you reconnect with those voters? —— but the hounds. of course everything has now changed because of the coronavirus. the political landscape has changed, look at the way this will be announced, with an e—mail but also huge sums of public money after yea rs but also huge sums of public money after years where the public purse was tightened and now being pumped into the economy to save people's businesses and jobs. that goes alongside the huge amount of

money going into public services. that will be a very different dynamic going on in the next few months and yea rs. going on in the next few months and years. i do not think anyone thinks this is something which will disappear quickly once the battle eve ryo ne disappear quickly once the battle everyone hopes to win against the virus itself has been won. then they have to think about the long—term impact of the upheaval in the economy so that will be a huge challenge. it was interesting that on the dayjeremy corbyn stops being the labour leader that boris johnson writes a letter to all the opposition leaders, inviting them to briefings with the chief medical officer and scientific officer and himself, saying we have a duty to work together. he wants to listen to their ideas. there is no coincidence he feels he could work with another labour leader better than he has done withjeremy corbyn. labour leader better than he has done with jeremy corbynlj understand the labour

party website has crashed with people trying to find out who has won the election. perhaps we should ask for a time prior to come out onto the streets to shout the result. in terms of that question beware greeks bearing guests, presumably in seriousness, it isa guests, presumably in seriousness, it is a challenge the new leader of the opposition will have to accept. in the days of national crisis, climate at play ended up sitting around the table with winston churchill. you probably have to see yes to an invitation like this in such times as these? yes, there is a line between being a constructive friend and the shadow health secretary has been taking on that role. there were times

when matthew hancock was seen on television, thank you for those ideas. we have worked together on some others. the duty of an opposition party is to do a bit of that but not be completely uncritical and joining a government of national unity is another step completely. i am not entirely sure any of those three labour candidates would go that far and i do not think thatis would go that far and i do not think that is what borisjohnson is suggesting, he is talking about briefings. that has already happened behind—the—scenes but he is making a point of this with this letter, it is worth pointing out that the prime minister himself is still in self isolation. we are hearing that sir keir starmer has won, he was the front runner in all of this from the beginning. he is the new labour party leader with a huge

challenge ahead of him. it will be incredibly interesting to see what part he ta kes. interesting to see what part he takes. some in the party saw him as a centrist tony blair —like figure. ido a centrist tony blair —like figure. i do not think that is where he's coming from, he is from the left of the party but not anything they as jeremy corbyn. he has been very careful about saying exactly what he is pledging to do in terms of renationalisation for example. he talked about backing common ownership for royal mail and the railways. will he go down that road or not? huge judgments railways. will he go down that road or not? hugejudgments for him to come in the coming years. who do you think the conservatives privately most feared getting the labour leadership. come the next

election, the conservatives will have been in government for over ten years, the point at which parties end up losing elections so they will have to take seriously whoever is an election now? is this the candidate they most feared? i think probably, yes. lots of people talked about then being afraid of emily thornberry. but she did not reach the later stages. having defeated jeremy corbyn so roundly in the election, another leader like rebecca long bailey would have helped them but it is so difficult to say now because of the economy and coronavirus. they will try and look at sir keir starmer as ed miliband mark two but has politics moved on? we hear about angela rayner as the deputy leader of the labour party. that

is also an elected position which gets them a lot of power. she is a very popular campaigner, someone who gets the message across, very campaigner, someone who gets the message across, very enthusiastic and charismatic and a lot of people in the labour party will see that as a very good combination of leader and deputy leader in the months ahead. thank you very much indeed. thank you very much indeed. david lammy is the labour mp for tottenham and part of sir keir starmer‘s campaign team. you are smiling, the result you hoped for? i am absolutely joyous, excited, ecstatic. this is fantastic news and what are very difficult times, over the moon. what about the combination of kier starmer and angela rayner? she is seen as being more to the left

in labour terms. is this like roy hattersley, neil kinnock combination? this is about the future and angela rayner will also make a fantastic deputy leader, both together represented a united party that now comes together to provide the opposition that this country dearly needs in these they, very difficult times. i think this is wonderful news, notjust for the labour party but for the country as a whole that we can get on with the business of working together with the government on this terrible crisis that we face but we can also look forward into the country and rebuild the party. these have been very difficult years for the labour party after losing back in 2010, fallen prospects, a surge in support

forjeremy corbyn at the first election and then a bitter election defeat for the party, heady with forward from that because it is a huge challenge for sir keir starmer? —— how do you move forward. he will have to start from the bottom up. no doubt about it. the loss of the election was devastating. we now have a very small number of members of parliament, the worst defeat since 1935, of course the task is huge but that is why so much was vested in this election contest and ionso vested in this election contest and i on so pleased that kier starmer has no good the huge mandate of labour members —— has now got. there isa labour members —— has now got. there is a big job to do of course but we

now have credible membership, we have a forensic leader with a fine mind and a lead —— and a leader that is able to reach beyond the labour party into the country. this is an exciting moment not just party into the country. this is an exciting moment notjust for the labour party but i think the country asa labour party but i think the country as a whole. the nature of our democracy means we need a quality opposition and are country and we are now many years of even the next general election. i believe that kier starmer offers us the possibility of delivering on that. thank you very much. that is return now to our chief classical correspondent. there will be a video statement from sir keir starmer soon but in terms of his approach to the coronavirus, he said it is a huge responsibility for the government and we rely on the government to get it right so the labour party

will play the full part. he wants to engage constructively with the government, not schooling party political points or making impossible demands. they will test the arguments put forward, shine the torch on critical issues, where they see mistakes or things not happening as quickly as they shoot, we will challenge that and call it out. talks about particularly nhs workers staying in the past they were put last and should be put first. talking about the peak given to public sector workers, something he will be pursuing in the coming weeks. thank you very much. now time for the weather with louise lear. now time for the weather hello there, it will be a warmer weekend. sunny spells across england and wales. they can close

it into northern ireland and scotland could produce showers. 9—11d. peaks of 16 celsius. a strong southerly windmill developed through the night which will drive mild air right across the country. it means a blustery day. at the west, this low pressure could bring low cloud into northern ireland on the west of scotland but it isa ireland on the west of scotland but it is a dry and set a theme for many on sunday. gusting whence on waste dating. temperatures will climb, highs of 16—20d. whatever you are ta ke highs of 16—20d. whatever you are take care.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. in the last few minutes, sir keir starmer has been elected as the new leader of the uk labour party — the main opposition party to the british government. with good weather expected both here in the uk and europe, police are urging people to stick to the strict lockdown restrictions. in the uk, police say they will only use their authority if they have to. when we came to enforcement, that really is the last resort, because if we come to enforcement, then everybody has failed to understand the significance of this endeavour. the authorities in france say they will crack down on any holiday—makers attempting to travel.