‘fear ‘ fear she has questions, they fear she has undermined the public health message. this is bbc news. she has apologised to the police and nhs colleagues for having made her job more difficult. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. scotland's chief medical officer apologises after she is warned by police for breaking her own advice and twice travelling to her holiday home: people have told me that i'm irresponsible, but i've behaved as if my advice does not apply to me. i want people to know that i have seen all of that and i have heard the comments. what i did was wrong. i'm very sorry. queen elizabeth is to make a rare television address to britain and the commonwealth — stressing the value of self—discipline and resolve. england's health secretary has warned the government will look again at allowing outdoor exercise if people flout social distancing rules. if you don't want us to have to take

the step to ban exercise of all forms outside of your own home, then you've got to follow the rules. one of the uk's top scientific advisors says there is currently no precise exit strategy from the lockdown. exit strategies from this were very problematic, challenging. there are a number of ideas in play. president trump warns americans to prepare for a big increase in the number of coronavirus deaths. new york state records its biggest one—dayjump in deaths so far. spain has reported a fall in its daily death toll for a third consecutive day. in the uk, the newly—elected labour leader, sir keir starmer, has accused the british government of making "serious mistakes" in its response to the pandemic.

welcome to bbc news. let's bring you a round up of all the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic. scotland's chief medical officer has been warned by police after breaking her own advice and travelling to her holiday home. she's now apologised. in the uk,another 555 people have died in england after testing positive for coronavirus. the queen will deliver what's described as a ‘deeply personal‘ television address today, stressing the value of self—discipline and resolve

during the coronavirus pandemic. the monarch‘s special address to the nation and the commonwealth will thank front line nhs staff and care workers, while recognising the "grief", "financial difficulties" and "enormous changes" the country is facing. meanwhile england's health secretary is warning the government could ban exercise outside the home if people ignore the lockdown rules on staying at home and social distancing. matt hancock said the lifting of restrictions would depend on how people behave. it comes after reports of groups of people gathering outside during this weekend's sunny weather. as we've heard scotland's chief medical officer has apologised unreservedly for visiting her second home in fife during the coronavirus lockdown. there have been calls for her to step down over the matter. in the united states, new york has recorded 630 more virus deaths taking its overall toll to more than three deaths taking its overall toll to more than 3500. president trump has warned americans to prepare for a big increase in the number of deaths.

in spain, the prime minister says the country is "close to passing the peak of infections" and there's also some hope in italy, which has seen its first drop in the number of patients in intensive care during the outbreak. the scottish first minister nicola sturgeon has said she will not be asking dr calderwood to resign. at her daily briefing, she condemned the chief medical officers actions in the face of strong criticism from members of the public. however she said the cmo was learning from her error, and her advice and expertise had been invaluable. dr calderwood herself spoke at the briefing and again apologised. i've already issued a statement this morning apologising unreservedly for travelling away from my home whilst restrictions were in place. it is important to be clear that i was also there last weekend with my husband. i did not follow the advice iam giving husband. i did not follow the advice i am giving to others. i am truly sorry for that. i have seen a lot of

comments on twitter today, people calling me a hypocrite, people telling me about the hardships they have injured while following my guidance. my all riddance has also received e—mails from members of the public who are making clear their disappointment and unhappiness at what i have done. p. i want people to know i have seen all of that and i have seen the comments. i am very sorry. it will not happen again. i know how important the advices that i have issued. i do not want mistake to distract from that. i don't want to distract from that. i don't want to make the jobs of the police or my nhs colleagues any harder and i apologise to them as well. i have a job to do was chief medical officer to provide advice to ministers on the path of this virus and to support the medical profession as they work night and day to save

lives. this was a mistake, human error, and there's no excuses. i should not have done what i did. i am very sorry about that. i have spoken to the police this morning about this and i am sorry for taking up about this and i am sorry for taking up theirtime on about this and i am sorry for taking up their time on this when it could have been avoided. having spoken with the first minister this morning, my intention is to continue to focus on myjob. well we're expecting a daily update from the scotland first minister nicola sturgeon but while we wait for that, i'm joined by our political correspondent chris mason of all the news conferences there have been whether in drowning street oi’ have been whether in drowning street or in edinburgh, this has to be the most dramatic. yes, it was excruciating quite frankly for the chief medical officer because this was her advice, the advice that she has been delivering on that platform day after day alongside the first minister acknowledging that she for the last two weekends ago has been to her holiday home in fife about a 50 mile drive from edinburgh and we

saw that again and again there have been questions going to have about why, the first minister acknowledging that yes, the chief medical officer had made a mistake, she was wrong and she knows that, she was wrong and she knows that, she has apologised unreservedly, but both of them saying that they believe it is in scotland's interests and the scottish government's interest for her to stay in post. imagine the day that she has had. so yesterday she goes for the second weekend in a row to her holiday home. last night she gets wind that the scottish sun on sunday has got wind of her weekend activities including pictures of her with her family near their home last weekend. she takes a call from the first minister, quite a call i suspect that must've been, and then this morning we learned that there was a knock on the door from police got the land because police scotland had put out a statement in the name of the apple chief constable in livingston saying that earlier today

office rs livingston saying that earlier today officers visited her and spoke to her about her actions reiterating crucial advice, but they don't say is that crucial advices from her and issuing a comment about her fruits to conduct, all of which she expected. and then offered a paragraph in which they explain the importance of social distancing, and igaina importance of social distancing, and i gain a concept that we have learnt rather a lot of from cold awards so she reigns in post despite the fact that scottish labour, the scottish liberal democrats, and the scottish conservatives have all called for her resignation. i understand it was put to the first minister whether or not the chief medical officer had offered to resign, and that was a question that was not... she wonder whether she needs to make

that offer again even if she hopes it wouldn't be x selected. —— accepted. i guess within the next 2a hours if the pressure on public anger is still the intent she may well have to step aside for a deputy. yes, we have been very used to her, haven't we, watching news conferences that frankly have been very grave , conferences that frankly have been very grave, and for most people grappling with the reality of the current situation it is one of a huge restriction of our liberty isn't it, and obvious concern about the health consequences for those around us, but absolutely key to all of the messages coming out of the different governments around the uk, has been the importance in the sunny weather of observing the rules and observing social distancing. and the people who have been regarded as having the most authority to deliver that message have not been politicians who are not medics and

also won't be universe lee liked inevitably, but medics who are seen to be able to rise above politics and, crucially, are imbued with that vast well of trust. and clearly for doctor catherine calderwood, she this does nothing to help that and i would assume that... newspapers from across the uk and scotland would have her image is plastered all over them and one assumes the questions about whether or not she is a tenable occupant of that vole won't end when this news conference ends. picking up on the point you're making about hancock in england and his warning that if people flout the rules that the government would consider going further, in other words a kind of mandating this and actually presumably having more prescriptions and possibly more punishment if you are caught outside, kind of this underlines why that may yet become necessary

because even the people who are giving the advice is so casual about it, andi giving the advice is so casual about it, and i was talking to somebody from the uk government's advisory panel on this he was ten days ago lamenting the poor behaviour of the prime minister, the health secretary and the scottish secretary in sitting next to each other on the government front during prime minister's questions and saying they clearly weren't following their own advice and they need to realise how damaging that is to public belief in their advice and if the public don't believe that they won't follow its either. absolutely, so matt hancock was in that very chair making the argument that if there are too many breaches of the current rules they will need to be ramped up, talking about across the channel where people need a piece of paper to justify why they have left the house, and also saying that they would be willing to move to a greater level of lockdown if there was a flouting of the current rules,

and clearly when one of the key uk voices in articulating the need for these rules now acknowledges that on two occasions she flouted them herself, clearly that is an issue because one of the concerns expressed to the government at westminster and i expressed to the government at westminsterand i am expressed to the government at westminster and i am sure expressed to the government at westminsterand i am sure it expressed to the government at westminster and i am sure it is one side in scotland is that it is one thing to impose these rules and hope that people stick to them for a week or two, we that people stick to them for a week ortwo, we are that people stick to them for a week or two, we are now two weeks into them, the weather is getting bad search and in all likelihood it is likely to get better as we go into the summer, we are all human, our patients will wear in, and inevitably our patients and sticking to these rules will be driven to the degree by the example set by those who are imposing them. as we hollered in a news conference as you have seen in england where you have seen these little nuggets between tv programmes achieve medical and offices looking very piously into a camera and talking about how important it is to stick to these rules, when they acknowledge that they have not been able to do that,

then clearly little wonder it is all awkward and definitely one of the ex most excruciating news conferences i have ever watched. the health secretary for england is warning the government could ban exercise outside the home if people ignore the lockdown rules on staying at home and social distancing. our political correspondent jessica parker reports. no sunbathing, say police in this london park and, here, the gates were locked after large groups were seen. now, it's empty. the government has said you can take one form of exercise a day, alone, or with members of your household, but basking in the sun like this? against the rules and a stark warning of what could happen if too many people break them. my message is really clear. if you don't want us to have to take this step to ban exercise of all forms outside of your own home, then you've got to follow the rules and the vast majority of people

are following the rules and let's not have a minority spoiling it for everybody. stepping into the debate, the new labour leader, sir keir starmer, hinting that nurses, doctors, coronavirus key workers, deserve a pay rise in future. but, for now, would his party support tighter controls? yes, we would. we do have to take whatever steps are necessary and social distancing, staying indoors, is really difficult for people. it's particularly difficult if you don't have a garden, if you are in a flat and i know there are many people in overcrowded accommodation, but we've got to get through this and every time people break the guidance from the government, they put other people at risk because, if the health service can't cope, people will die. he also said ministers should be clear about an exit strategy and a senior government scientific adviser said the way out is still being worked out. there are a number of ideas in play. they certainly will rely on scaled up testing,

so we have to put that in place but the precise strategy has not yet been formulated. it will be in the next week or two, it is the highest priority of, i would say, the whole scientific and medical community. meanwhile, an unreserved apology from scotland's as people discover they can't live like they used to, everyone is under pressure to lead by example. jessica parker, bbc news. there are many rumours circulating about how people can contract coronavirus. and a lot of them arejust plain wrong. let's speak to a gp who wants to dispel some of them now. dr gero baiarda is an nhs gp in windsor and he is also part of the new gp dq service which offers video appointments to let me ask you first of all, what is the one that you have heard most, what is the one that you think is

most prolific at the moment, in terms of suggestions about how you can avoid coronavirus that is just not true? well, i think a lot of us would wish that the alcohol reamer woods true, by that that drinking a lot of alcohol would somehow kill the virus, there is a place of alcohol but it is in sanitiser at 60% on your hands is a wash of a school but it does not improve on using soap and water. just on that 60%, you would be very and wise very very unwise to drink 60% proof alcohol anyway. what is this about hand sanitiser? well, the alcohol will strip away the layer outside the virus that without which they can't enter human cells and invent genetic information into human beings, so alcohol will do that, but

am actually not as well as soap and water, so simple soap and water, washing your hands for 20 seconds will do that there is effectively, and sanitiser if anything is a poor second,it and sanitiser if anything is a poor second, it is good to be doing used if you have no other option but soap and water wins out every time. when you're out and about and you have seen getting hand sanitiser, that is useful if they can't wash their hands somewhere, but it is an internal active and not as good an alternative. that is why, even with sanitise if it needs to be used correctly, the very small travel packs that people are taking around with them are very small and it probably only have three or four applications within them because you have to cover both surfaces of your wrist your wrist your fingers your problems and to do it any very thoroughly, and if there is any residue on your hands, though if you have sneezed or coughed into your hands and it is unlikely to work very well and you need to go wash

them before sanitiser will be any use again. good point about the risks there. we talked about the alcohol, he is one, if delivery drivers wear gloves, they once would coronavirus? well, i wonder what the gloves are far, i am certainly not having a go at delivery drivers, we are all very dependent on them at the moment, but they are probably wearing gloves more to protect themselves than to protect us, so they cough and sneeze into these gloves or if they don't change them between deliveries it is a line of infection between households and we should be aware of that and handle anything that has been given to us by delivery drivers with a degree of suspicion that it may have a virus and may be passed on to us. could i ask you to postjust and may be passed on to us. could i ask you to post just for a and may be passed on to us. could i ask you to postjust for a moment, we are going to look at some life pictures coming into us from london from primrose hill which apparently showed people police and dispersing people who have gathered to enjoy

the sunshine, just an aerial view, one of the number we believe are likely to be taking place around the uk as the police try to get people to play by the rules, to carry out social distancing and only go out for their bit of quick exercise and not just to hang for their bit of quick exercise and notjust to hang out and enjoy the sunshine and as you can see that you have london it is a glorious day in london, it is a glorious day in many parts of the uk although i am told it is bitterly cold in the bristol area was earlier this afternoon. we will pick up where we left off. myth two, the virus cannot be passed on by food? so, the virus can be passed on any service and clearly food is another service. we, ithink on any service and clearly food is another service. we, i think need to be not too paranoid about it but again wejust need be not too paranoid about it but again we just need to be careful about anything that we are handling and where it has been previously so we don't know who has handle our food, if it has been delivered to us asa food, if it has been delivered to us as a food delivery from a supermarket may have but i on it and

we can take simple precautions, we can handle food and delivery with gloves and discard those gloves and wash our hands with soap and water once we have done so, and heat cooking food at 65 degrees or more forfour cooking food at 65 degrees or more for four minutes cooking food at 65 degrees or more forfour minutes or cooking food at 65 degrees or more for four minutes or more will be enough to kill viruses, so with fruit and vegetables just get into the habit ofjust giving it a quick run under the tap or with everyday loot soapy water and making sure that there is no residue on that, we don't want to tarnish the food any more than it was when we got it, but i think there are very wise precautions and they certainly won't hurt. another myth, vinegar is good for keeping bathrooms and kitchens free of coronavirus? that is a very strong one, lots of people i think feel that vinegar is a sanctified cleaning product and it really isn't soi cleaning product and it really isn't so i was talking before about how soap and water can break down the lipid layer on viruses, vinegar really can't, but a daily solution

of bleach will, and i do delusion of hydrogen peroxide also will, but there is no —— ma die illusion of bleach, dilation of hydrogen peroxide. there is no region that we should change from an the things we have been using for hundreds of yea rs really. have been using for hundreds of years really. and it was not that effective. another one, moisturising hands after washing actually reduces their cleanliness. well actually moisturiser has got a good use at the moment because we are using a lot of soap and water in sanitiser and our hands are cracking and that cracking will act as a higher bid for the virus if we are not careful so moisturisation is very useful for keeping your hands supple and preserving the primary purpose of skin which is to keep the world out and to keep you in, so please do moisturise and do that after every time you wash your hands, every time

you think of it. thank you very much forjoining us from windsor, thank you very much for giving us some valuable information and thinking needs to helping us to bust a few myths, and just to say we'll be having another go to answer your questions and answer, we will be getting thousands and every time we have mentioned this, so getting some answer to some of those questions just as he did with miss we are going to answer some of your other health questions related to coronavirus in the course of the next two, 25 minutes or so here on bbc news. the queen is expected to give "a deeply personal message" when she makes a special address to the nation tonight, stressing the value of self—discipline and resolve during the coronavirus pandemic. she will thank front line nhs staff and care workers, while recognising the grief, financial difficulties and enormous changes the country is facing. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. recorded at windsor castle on thursday, the queen's broadcast

will, according to officials, be a deeply personal message, which will reflect her experience in other difficult times. broadcasts such as this by the queen are rare. they're reserved for moments of particular national significance. speaking about the situation facing the nation, the queen will say... she will pay tribute to all those on the nhs front line, to care workers, and those carrying out essential roles, and recognise the pain already felt by many families, as well as thanking those following the government guidelines by staying at home. she will say... it is a message intended both to reassure and to rally

the nation's resolve. it will be transmitted at 8:00pm tonight. nicholas witchell, bbc news. and you can watch the queen's message here at eight o'clock this evening. italy and spain —the two countries which have suffered the highest numbers of deaths have both reported progress in tackling the coronavirus outbreak. spain has released its latest figures, which show that the coronavirus death toll has risen to 12,418. that's an increase overnight of 674 deaths — but is actually part of a trend which shows that the number of people dying each day

continues to go down. the lockdown is likely to be extended if the spanish parliament approves it. we had some encouraging signs yesterday that italy has not only reach the peak of its epidemic but it is actually starting to turn around, so we had fewer deaths for the first time since this crisis began the number of patients in intensive care fail, hospitals finally starting to see some progress. he looked down at the moment is to take place until the 13th of april so that is after easter. now there was some suggestion from emergency response teams the other day that this could well be extended until may. i think it is too early to say yet how long this lockdown is going to go on for, it very much is going to depend on what happens to the infection rate over the coming weeks and the death rates, because the authorities are desperate to prevent the likelihood ofa desperate to prevent the likelihood

of a second outbreak are a resurgent or infections. they say it is too early to ease restrictions, in restrictions are tight today on palm sunday, bow blocks are being set up in police are urging people not to do what they would usually do on palm sunday which is visit friends and family is taking that traditional gift of an olive branch to each other. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello there. there's a lot of fine weather across the uk at the moment. high pressure is to thank for that. and it's been bringing a lot of sunshine to many gardens on sunday. this was cambridgeshire a little earlier. not to all, though — lanarkshire. hazier sunshine to the north and west of the uk in general because we have got a frontal system that is draping its way around the north—west of the high. notice how that cloud is kind of streaming its way northwards out of spain. a strong southerly air stream — that is what has been pulling in such warm air. and that strong southerly wind will continue through this

evening and overnight. it will, perhaps, ease back a little through the small hours. wet weather, though, courtesy of a weather front finally pushing its way into the west through the evening. some quite heavy bursts of rain for a while, the rain extends further east across scotland into northern england through the small hours, becomes patchier further south, but we keep that southerly airstream. so these are our overnight lows. they are figures more typical of our daytime highs at this point in april. so a very mild start to monday. by first thing, the front will be pulling across eastern england. it could take a while for some of the rain here to get out of the way and then, behind it, instead of a southerly wind, we are left with a westerly or south—westerly. so wet, i think, to start the day for parts of the south—east and east anglia, drier come the afternoon. some showers further west, but pretty well—scattered. the winds lighter than today, especially across the southern half

of the uk, but still quite gusty towards the north—west. but thanks to the changing wind direction, a fresher feel for monday — ii or 12 to the north of the uk, perhaps 17 or 18 further south. but let's see how the rest of the week is set to play out. i should mention behind that weather front for monday, we should have some clearer air in terms of pollen levels for england and wales so a relief for those who suffer with tree pollen. we look ahead into the rest of the week and the high pressure starts to bulge across us again from europe and what that, once again, will do is introduce much warmer air, aside from across the far north of scotland where a weather front mayjust come into play. so our outlook for the week ahead is one featuring a lot of settled weather, a lot of dry weather, a lot of sunshine and, if anything, our temperatures will start to rise, perhaps even higher than they have been through the weekend, for the second half of the week onwards.

hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines... scotland's chief medical officer apologises after she is warned by police for breaking her own advice and twice travelling to her holiday home. people have told me that i am irresponsible, that i have behaved as if my advice does not apply to me. i want people to know i have seen all of that

and i have heard the comments. what i did was wrong. i am very sorry. queen elizabeth is to make a rare television address to britain and the commonwealth — stressing the value of self—discipline and resolve. england's health secretary has warned the government will look again at allowing outdoor exercise if people flout social distancing rules. if you don't want us to have to take the step to ban exercise of all forms outside of your own home, then you've got to follow the rules. one of the uk's top scientific advisors says there is currently no precise exit strategy from the lockdown. exit strategies from this were very problematic, challenging. there are a number of ideas in play. president trump warns americans to prepare for a big increase in the number of coronavirus deaths.

new york state records its biggest one—dayjump in deaths so far. spain has reported a fall in its daily death toll for a third consecutive day. in the uk, the newly—elected labour leader, sir keir starmer, has accused the british government of making "serious mistakes" in its response to the pandemic. you've been contacting us in your thousands with questions about covid—i9. 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 catherine glass and dr brian mccloskey. tell and dr brian mccloskey. me what yourjob title was

was tell me what yourjob title was?|j was the director tell me what yourjob title was?” was the director of health for public health england and i now work for chatham house. thank you both for chatham house. thank you both for being here to answer your questions. catherine, can covid—i9 droplets infect ourselves through cuts on our hands if we are not wearing gloves? thank you for having me on. no, there is no evidence the virus is transmitted by blood. covid—19 is primarily a respiratory virus which can affect the digestive system. for a virus to attack the human body needs to locate and replicate itself in host cells. these cells are located in the respiratory tract in the lower part of the long and the digestive tract. it needs something called binding sites, type of protein. these binding sites do not exist in any

cells in the bloodstream so therefore the virus cannot invade via blood or any blood transfusion. brian, this is a question from janice. whilst queueing outside my local supermarket, the person in front of me exhaled large kinds of vapour from an e—cigarette. front of me exhaled large kinds of vapour from an e-cigarette. is this dangerous? it is quite rude, and people should not be vaping where they would not smoke. but i don't think it is any great risk. they are probably not exhaling any more particles than normal. providing you stay your six feet away from them, it won't increase your risk. but it isa it won't increase your risk. but it is a bit rude and selfish. we are having to learn a new etiquette, even though we are supposed to be experienced she was. i have read

reports 60% of the people who died from covid—i9 in china, had high blood pressure? you are not considered high risk if you suffer from high blood pressure alone. if you have associated heart disease then you are considered high risk. there have been unfounded media reports that taking certain blood pressure medications can change the shape of cells and make them more at risk from developing or being infected by coronavirus. this is unfounded and those drugs include ace inhibitors, also receptor blocker so this has been completely unfounded to patients with high blood pressure alone and not known to be at increased risk. but what i would say, if you are unfortunate enough to become unwell with coronavirus symptoms, or indeed any illness, the best practice is to

call your gp. any patient on blood pressure medications, or any other medications, becomes unwell they need to tweak the medications they ta ke need to tweak the medications they take for a few days until they recover. so it is worth touching base with your gp if that happens. david asks, why is there only a partial lockdown in the uk and not a full one? workers into manufacturing industries are still going to work on putting people's health at risk. what do you say to that? it is a question of balance, some things we need to keep open. no point in letting us to go shopping once a week if there is nothing on the shelf. we need some of the food manufacturing working, we need to manufacture ventilators. but the people who manufacture ventilators are after the people who manufacture the parts for ventilators. it is a balance between letting theirs go and managing the the risk as much as possible. what pertains to your

previous role in dealing with global health public health england, and thatis health public health england, and that is some people are surprised that is some people are surprised that flights are still coming in, even from countries and cities that are very directly in the front line of covid—i9. at heathrow, flights landing from new york, people not being tested or challenged as they leave and then going out into the community, potentially at least, risking carrying infection? there are some flights, but we need to recognise it is less than it was before. i think cathay pacific were saying last week, they flew a total of 582 people across the entire fleet in one day. so it has been significantly reduced. we do need to import things, we do need some people to move around. what is important is when people come in they become subject to the restrictions the rest of us in the uk are subjected. so they take one journey from the airport to where

they live and then they go into self isolation. they need to follow the same rules as we do. but not everybody coming in is a greater risk than we are. we have quite a lot of coronavirus in the country and people are flying in from countries with less coronavirus. indeed. maxine kelly asks, my children live nearby with their young children and one household has no outdoor space. meanwhile, young children and one household has no outdoorspace. meanwhile, my husband and i live in a relatively large, detached house with a self—contained one—bedroom to our necks and a large, fully enclosed garden. would it be sensible to consolidate some of our households together? good afternoon. i can understand why this is being asked because outdoor space is important at this time. particularly young children, i at this time. particularly young children, lam at this time. particularly young children, i am sure the parents can end up being stir crazy if they cannot go outdoors. this will depend if they have anyone in the vulnerable risk category or other

severely at risk category. if neither parties are in either category and all members of the family are happy to take on the risk that they potentially pose to each other then this is a decision for maxine and her family to make together. what i would say is having together. what i would say is having to separate annexe is ideal, and it sounds like it will be possible for the families to be able to practice social distancing whilst effectively living together and being able to use the outdoor space together. that sounds like a practical compromise. brian, this is from tim. what outdoor exercise is permitted ? clearly we are allowed to go out of the house to exercise once a day, does that mean walking down to the corner, cycling 50 miles, walking five miles in the park? there is no exact definition of what is permitted. it is difficult for the government to be too precise. if they say 30 minute exercise, and they say 30 minute exercise, and they say 30 minute exercise, and they say why is 25 minute safe and 35 minutes isn't. it is a

requirement to be reasonably sensible and think about why we have been asked to do this. and that is the physical distance between people. walking to the corner is fine, but don't do it at the same time as everybody else and if you meet somebody move apart so you can keep the distance. the same for walking in the park. we have seen this stuff about not driving to go exercising. that does add another dimension, stopping for petrol and all of those things are a little bit more risky and adds more contact than necessary, so that is not a good idea. cycling 50 miles is good because it doesn't involve a lot of social contact, but if you go 50 miles and you are 25 miles away from home and you get a puncture, you have got to get somebody else to bring you home. that adds more risk. so exercise where you get the most benefit but create the less risk for other people. thank you. holly says,

my gran is 87 and has been self isolating and going out for daily walks. she has pre—diabetes, heart failure, mitral valve disease and asthma. she isn't fast enough to move out of the way of people and they have bumped into her. but she hasn't received a letter telling her she is vulnerable and should quali teen, she allowed to go out for daily walk? given your grandma's e, daily walk? given your grandma's age, she is not in the severely at risk category. she therefore can't follow the stay at home and social distancing guidance. which means she can go out to exercise once a day. there will be lots of benefits for her going out for her daily walk, given her health history. i am amazed to hear people bumping into her, because this is a big shout out for anybody bumping into holly's grandmother to give her the space. how about stop looking at your phone and look what you are walking. have

and look what you are walking. have a chat with your grandmother and make sure she understands the potential risk of people bumping into her. it may be that she doesn't wa nt into her. it may be that she doesn't want to go for her daily walk, and if that isn't the case, there is a lot of benefit their to her getting out and about and other people sort themselves out, i am sure your grandmother can safely enjoy her daily exercise. it sounds like she going with all those health conditions sufficiently slowly for people to spot her and move aside if they are paying full attention. brian, this is from tessa. she asked, when it will we stop non—uk nationals coming into the country, picked up on the airline flights question. i understand there is still unrestricted access and more concerning, none of those arriving in the uk have been tested? as i said before, there isn't unrestricted access because most

airports are closing now and the airlines are closing down, the channel tunnel and ferries are open but much restricted. it is wrong to suggest that non—uk nationals somehow create more of a risk than uk people. some of them are coming from countries with less coronavirus than us. it is a balance, we should not just exclude people. than us. it is a balance, we should notjust exclude people. on the balance of testing, given where we are with testing in the uk, testing people at the port of entry is not a priority at the moment. but again, what happens, when people come in they then have to abide by the rules we have here, journey to home and stay at home. i wasjust going to raise the question because countries like singapore and australia, would it be possible, would it even be conceivable to do what those countries have done, new zealand as well, you come in but immediately go into quarantine for two weeks until they are sure you are clear and then you can go on with your normal

business? it would be possible, it is whether it adds a significant extra benefit on top of the current advice which is one journey to home and then stay at home. i'm sure somebody will look at it as this evolves, but at the moment i don't think it will add a huge amount of more protection to us. it is more important to stick the guidance that apply to everybody across the uk. catherine, this is a question from rachel and she says, my parents in law finished a 14 day period of self isolation after my mother—in—law had symptoms on returning from a holiday injamaica. symptoms on returning from a holiday in jamaica. however, symptoms on returning from a holiday injamaica. however, on dayi6 symptoms on returning from a holiday injamaica. however, on day 16 or i7, injamaica. however, on day 16 or 17, my father in law started to show symptoms. do they both need to start a new 14 day period or can hejust isolate for seven days? good afternoon, rachel. this is a commonly asked question. your parents in law have effectively completed their self isolation but given your father—in—law is now

symptomatic, he and only he needs to know self—isolate for seven days, assuming his symptoms, specifically his fever has finished by then. just to remind they both need to follow the government's stay at home and social distancing measures. can i clarify, even though he is showing symptoms, it isn't actually possible for him to be in the process of re—infecting his wife? for him to be in the process of re-infecting his wife? no, because they have both completed their two weeks of self isolation. that tends to start when the first person within the household starts to show symptoms. so other people within the household go on to show symptoms further on, you don't then restart the two weeks when that next person has developed symptoms. it starts from the point of the first person in the household developing symptoms. thank you. brian, i am not sure you can answer, but give it a go. this is from brian o'donoghue

who says, with hundreds of thousands of stranded brits being flown back to the uk from around the world, what measures are being taken to check them for coronavirus when they arrive? it's not something we've advised testing for because that's not the best use of the testing capacity we have. the best way we can make sure we look after people who are abroad and bring them home, which we should do as good citizens, the best way to protect ourselves, that one journey from the airport to home and make sure they stay at home and don't go out and follow the advice like everybody else. we are going to leave it there. brian mcclos key, going to leave it there. brian mccloskey, former director of global health at public health england and kathrin klaas, nhs gp. been a pleasure to talk to you, thank you for giving pleasure to talk to you, thank you forgiving up part pleasure to talk to you, thank you for giving up part of your sunday to speak to us and take questions from you at home. thank you so much for the question is, it is good to have them coming in. do keep them coming

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this is bbc news, i'm mishal husain. in a few minutes we'll bring you latest briefing from the government on coronavirus. but first, the headlines: scotland's chief medical officer apologises after she is warned by police for breaking her own advice and twice travelling to her holiday home. people have told me that i'm irresponsible, that i've behaved as if my advice does not apply to me. i want people to know that i have seen all of that, and i've heard the comments. what i did was wrong. i'm very sorry. in the next few hours the queen is to make a rare television address to britain and the commonwealth — stressing the value of self—discipline and resolve. england's health secretary has warned the government will look