hi, good morning. i hope you're doing 0k. i'm victoria derbyshire. welcome to bbc news. let's bring you the latest headlines. the prime minister has spent the night in hospital, ten days after being diagnosed with coronavirus. he's said to be undergoing tests "as a precaution". he will continue to be kept informed as to what is happening and to be in charge of the government. as i say, i hope, we all do, that he has a speedy recovery and he gets back to number 10 and can take charge in the way he would want to. i want to express our nation's well wishes to prime minister borisjohnson as he wages his own personal fight with the virus. all americans are praying for him, he's a friend of mine, he's a great gentleman. scotland's chief medical officer resigns after making two trips to her second home during the lockdown. she during the lockdown. made a serious mistake, and people she made a serious mistake, and people are right to be angry about it, she was right to apologise, it

was clear yesterday she could not continue to be the face of public health advice campaign. refuge says the national domestic abuse helpline has seen a 25% increase in calls and online requests for help since the lockdown began. "better days will return" — the queen's rallying message for the nation. she says the uk will suceed in its fight against the coronavirus. a tiger — and six other big cats — at the bronx zoo in new york test positive for the coronavirus. it's thought the animals were infected by a zoo keeper. good morning, and welcome to

bbc news. our top story this morning. the prime minister borisjohnson has spent the night in hospital, where he was admitted for tests, ten days after being diagnosed with coronavirus. downing street says it's a precautionary step as the prime minister continues to show persistent symptoms of the virus. he remains in charge of the government but the foreign secretary dominic raab will chair this morning's coronavirus meeting. scotland's chief medical officer has resigned after being criticised for visiting her second home twice, against her own lockdown advice. the first minister nicola sturgeon initially defended catherine calderwood before agreeing that the doctor's behaviour risked undermining confidence in the government's public health message. the queen has said the uk "will succeed" in its fight again the pandemic, if people remain united and resolute. in a rare address to the nation, the monarch thanked the public for following government rules to stay at home.

she acknowledged that self—isolating may be hard at times, but concluded on an optimistic note — echoing the words of dame vera lynn's second world war song, we'll meet again. reports from japan say the government is preparing to declare a state of emergency as coronavirus cases continue to increase. in tokyo, the number of cases has doubled over the past week to more than 1,000. and a tiger — at a zoo in new york — has tested positive for covid—19. it's thought the four—year—old animal contracted the virus from a keeper but she's expected to recover. our first report this morning comes from our political correspondent chris mason. the man charged with leading the country's response to this virus is experiencing the unpleasant reality of it. it was a week last friday that we heard the prime minister had coronavirus. hi, folks, i want to bring you up to speed with something that's happening today,

which is that i have developed mild symptoms of the coronavirus, that's to say a temperature and a persistent cough. and on the advice of the chief medical officer, i have taken a test, that has come out positive, so i am working from home. i'm self—isolating. number 10 made it clear borisjohnson would continue to work this remotely from his downing street flat, and he chaired what he described as the first ever digital cabinet meeting from self—isolation. last thursday night, he joined millions of others in expressing his gratitude to those working in the health service. thanks, nhs, thank you. thank you, thanks, all. thank you. but, it was clear in another post on twitter on friday, that he was still unwell. although i'm feeling better and i've done my seven days of isolation, alas, i still have one of the symptoms, a minor symptom, i still have a

temperature so in accordance with government advice, i must continue my self—isolation until that symptom itself goes. last night, downing street issued a statement. i want to express our nation's well wishes to prime minister borisjohnson as he wages his own personal fight with the virus. all americans are praying for him, he's a friend of mine, he's a great gentleman, and a great leader, and as you know, he was brought to the hospital today. but i'm hopeful and sure that he's going to be fine. he's a strong man, strong person. borisjohnson has spent the night

not here, but in hospital. his officials are adamant he is still leading the government's response to the pandemic. but this virus is crippling the economy, robbing us of our usual liberties and straining the personal capacity of the prime minister to respond to it on our behalf. chris mason, bbc news. let's get the latest from our assistant political editor norman smith who's at his home in north london. it must be hard for borisjohnson to run the government from his hospital bed. that is a statement of the obvious. while it is true you can hold video conferences, added to which, he is not a well man i am sorry, norman,

the sound is getting worse and we had every fourth word but we got the jest of it. —— the gist of it. maybe we will go back to norman. we will talk to a professor in a moment, from the university of east anglia about boris johnson's university of east anglia about borisjohnson‘s persistent university of east anglia about boris johnson's persistent symptoms. anybody who has had a coronavirus, people talked about being wiped out, potentially that could be what is happening with the prime minister. scotland's chief medical officer has resigned after being caught visiting her second home — in breach of her own social distancing guidance. dr catherine calderwood made a public apology and received a police warning after she travelled from edinburgh to her other home in fife, for two consecutive weekends. alexandra mackenzie reports. this is a vital update about coronavirus. to help save lives, stay at home.

dr catherine calderwood will no longer front the public campaign against coronavirus. after pictures were published in the scottish sun, she was forced to admit that she had travelled from edinburgh to her second home in fife the last two weekends. she initially apologised, then resigned, saying... during an uncomfortable media briefing yesterday, scotland's first minister stood by her chief medical officer. her advice and expertise has been invaluable to me, and it continues to be so. if i am to do what i need to do to steer the country through this crisis to the very best of my ability, i need her to be able to focus on the job that she is doing. but hours later, nicola

sturgeon agreed, she had to go. many have expressed their anger and disbelief at catherine calderwood's actions. police scotland say that they have spoken to her and emphasised that the stay—at—home rules apply to everyone. and as we enter a third week of lockdown, which has been observed by most, dr calderwood will step back. she said the people of scotland must have complete trust in those who give advice in the difficult months to come. alexandra mckenzie, bbc news, glasgow. well, in the last hour, scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has been giving her reaction to dr calderwood's resignation. she made a mistake, she made a serious mistake, and people are right to be angry about it. she was right to apologise. it was clear yesterday she couldn't continue to be the face of the public health advice campaign. but candidly, yes, i did hope i could continue to call on her expertise. because, to be frank,

in a situation like this at this particular moment in time it is far from ideal for me as first minister not to have that continuity of advice, but by last night it became clear that the bigger risk was the damage it could be doing to the important message the government is putting forward right now. so these are not easyjudgments. at this point in time the normal rules of politics or news management couldn't be further from my mind. i'm simply trying to do the best things and the right things to best equip us to get through this challenge as well as we can. let's try again with our assistant political editor norman smith, who's in north london. i will boris johnson i will borisjohnson funding is from hospital? with great difficulty. doctors won't say you have to ease off, at the very least, they will be asking for rest and recuperation. he will not

have the hands—on focus he would like never mind the fact he is clearly not well. as we know from oui’ clearly not well. as we know from our own clearly not well. as we know from oui’ own experience, clearly not well. as we know from our own experience, it is very hard to bring the necessary energy and focus and drive to work if you are feeling not too good never mind to one of the hardestjobs in the country and at a time of crisis. the question is how long is mrjohnson is likely to be in hospital. he was admitted on the advice of his doctors. not at his request. we are told it was precautionary to carry out tests, to see him face—to—face. it is possible he may have to stay m, it is possible he may have to stay in, albeit listening to robert jenrick who said they promised i was doing well although he did not rule out the possibility he would have to stay in longer and as long as medics deemed necessary. today he is in hospital having the test. but he will continue to be kept

informed as to what is happening and to be in charge of the government. and as i say, i hope, we all do, that he has a speedy recovery and he gets back to number 10 and can take charge in the way that he would want to as soon as possible. i'm sure this is very frustrating for him, somebody like boris who wants to be hands—on running the government from the front. but nonetheless, he is still very much in charge of the government. any prime minister wants to be seen to be in control, out and about, and ata time to be in control, out and about, and at a time like this there is a leadership issue to be seen to be publicly encouraging, helping people through this. you know borisjohnson will have been trying to work his way through this. nevertheless, he has been out of action, out of the front line for ten days now. i suspect that indicates how hard—hit he has been by this virus. it means if it continues and

the doctors say you do need a period of recuperation, then, the government will have to look at alternative procedures, dominic raab technically as first secretary of state steps in. but you could see a more prominent role, i guess, for michael gove and matt hancock who already have been pretty central to our response to coronavirus because we are facing huge decisions day by day in terms of the severity of the lockdown and in terms of our broader strategy about how we emerge from this. so, these are very nervous times. norman, thank you very much for the moment. professor hunter, tell us what kind of tests like boris johnson professor hunter, tell us what kind of tests like borisjohnson be having and what kind of persistent symptoms could

he be experiencing. i have no personal knowledge of the prime minister's record but at this stage of the illness i imagine he is still few brow, still coughing and possibly also having some degree of shortness of breath —— febrile. typically most people would get over the sentence in a week but it is not unusual to continue to have symptoms for longer. if his symptoms are actually getting worse than getting better, then, the sorts of things that would be happening in hospital, he would be having chest x—rays, possibly ct scans of his lungs, a range of blood tests, and people would be monitoring his vital observations, his pulse and breathing rate and also quite likely what is called the oxygen saturation which is a marker of how well the

lungs are functioning in terms of getting oxygen into your blood. is he any more particularly at risk than anyone else in their 50s without an underlying health condition? i don't know whether he smokes. i don't know whether he has any other health condition. people in their 505 are at a slightly increased risk of developing severe disease and indeed of developing fatal disease. but not that much more at risk than saying somebody in their 405. but it is clearly, and we have seen that people of all ages, whether or not they are suffering from a pre—existing disease, can actually develop severe illness. so, his doctors will indeed be monitoring him fora doctors will indeed be monitoring him for a few days. even when you talk to people who have had it or believe they have had

it all people who have tested positive for it, even when they get over the most high—profile symptoms like fever or persistent cough, actually, the effect on the body because your immune system has had to fight this, ms you are knackered. it could happen to borisjohnson. to fight this, ms you are knackered. it could happen to borisjohnsonm isa it could happen to borisjohnsonm is a fact. yes, absolutely. we've va ry is a fact. yes, absolutely. we've vary quite dramatically. a lot of people will the illness will actually have very mild symptoms and will actually get back to full health quite quickly. but many will not, particularly if you are in a more at risk group and a ticket if you have had more severe disease. people can be under the weather for days if not weeks after recovery from this infection. but it takes all of us in very different ways as we are learning. thank you very much. professor paul hunter. in the next few

minutes we will talk to the sister of a nurse who died after testing positive for covid—i9. and we will talk to her younger sister kazuma in the next few minutes. because he to come on airto pay few minutes. because he to come on air to pay tribute to her sister. —— because she wants to come on air. the national domestic abuse helpline has seen a 25% increase in calls and online requests for help over the past week — that's according to refuge, the country's largest domestic abuse charity. it says there was also a 150% rise in people visiting the helpline's website. these are the first statistics which give a picture of the potential consequences of social distancing for abuse victims. tomos morgan reports. it's been bad. i didn't care if i didn't wake up from the night before. i just knew what was going to happen. ijust wanted the days to go past,

but itjust got worse. tara told me she has been mentally and physically abused by her partner for six months. he deleted her social media account, stopped herfrom seeing herfamily, and controlled all aspects of her life, and, since having to isolate with him, things escalated. you must stay at home. it's been getting worse since the lockdown, as well. mentally abusive, verbally. erm, been hitting me, just causing an argument from nothing. if i fight back and say something wrong, he willjust hit me. new figures seen by the bbc give a picture of the potential consequence of lockdown for victims. the national domestic abuse helpline has seen a 25% increase in calls and online requests over the past week. refuge, the country's largest domestic abuse charity, who run the line, say there has been a daily rise of 150% in people visiting the website. tara has now fled her abuser and is being supported

by a charity in wales. but charities and campaigners have expressed concern that those in violent relationships could be at serious risk as the lockdown continues. the homicide rate will go through the roof. you can't stop the perpetrator unless he's visible. rachel williams suffered violence from her husband for 18 years. when she decided to leave he shot her with a sawn—off shotgun. she is now one of the country's main campaigners battling on behalf of those still suffering. we will never do enough until we eradicate domestic abuse and violence — end of. we have an epidemic in the uk with a pandemic on top. police chiefs and both governments in cardiff bay and westminster say help is available for anyone experiencing domestic abuse, and that people should contact if they need advice or feel they are at

risk. good morning. welcome to bbc news. last year, areema nasreen fulfilled a lifelong ambition of graduating from university to become a fully—qualified nurse at walsall manor hospital. last friday, it was announced that she and a fellow nurse aimee o'rourke had died. yesterday, the health secretary said three nurses have died so far duing this coronavirus outbreak. areema nasreen's colleagues described her as an "amazing nurse" who "put her patients first and herself last". her sister is kazeema and she wanted to come on air today to pay tribute to areema and we can also talk to another family relative dr samara afzal who is also a gp. i want to say to you we are so sorry for the loss of your sister. i know you want to pay tribute to her, so,

do tell us about her. she was just do tell us about her. she wasjust a do tell us about her. she was just a rare goal. notjust at work. she put herself last in the community —— girl. any time she found somebody suffering back home, she would send money. anybody who wa nted she would send money. anybody who wanted to go to pilgrimage, she would pay for the poor to go. you used to go with them coming every year, she would help out with eve ryo ne year, she would help out with everyone there. if you are to be ill and go to the hospital, she was with them all night. it was notjust work, she put herself last everywhere, in the community. she helped every body with everything. we have lost an amazing nurse and also an amazing person in life who has affected everybody by this. she was an

amazing sister, mum, my younger sister, we were so close with her. she said to me, sit down, andi with her. she said to me, sit down, and i was packing her stuff. i didn't know she wasn't going to come back. when did she first become ill? she had done her last shift before annual leave, she came home. i can't get the dates in my head. she said she had a slight leg ache. if you have had a 12 hour shift, that is why. she texted two hours later saying the pen was coming up. i never thought anything. you have to understand symptoms are different.

and when she found out this was all happening, the shortage of staff, she booked bank shift at walsall manor hospital. it was a monday. she woke me up and said, we are really short. i did a shift with her. i said she didn't look good. she said, let us do this shift together, we will go home together. i had been checking her temperature at work and it was getting higher. she'd never thought anything of it. we ate together. she handed over the night staff. that was the last handover. iam staff. that was the last handover. i am really sorry, i can hear that this is really, really emotionalfor you. what did it mean to your sister to bea

what did it mean to your sister to be a nurse? when she first looked after my nan, she was only a little girl herself but that inspired her more and more. her time at walsall manor hospital, she applied for the housekeeping job, she applied through the newspaper. a year later, she got me in there and our younger sister and we all helped. her passion started growing, looking after patients. then she went into health care and from that, she said, i want to do it but there is no one in the entire family who has graduated, she was quite worried. she asked my dad, my husband. she said, i am quite worried. she asked my dad, my husband. she said, iam married now, with kids. but my sisters were willing to help her, so, she went into nursing. that is when i said, don't worry about anything. that

is what she did for four years, she had no stress. he and my sister did everything for her. i was looking at your sister's to eat where she wrote how much she loved herjob as a nurse. “— how much she loved herjob as a nurse. —— tweets. last april, when she graduated, she said, thank you to walsall manor hospital for believing in me. countless people struggled to believe they have the right to dream. but please follow through, and with commitment, compassion and support, dreams do come true. the hospital has been amazing throughout her journey, my journey, and the support that we have had. you were clearly so supportive to her as she

was studying. the hospital, they believed in her. she wanted to believe in herself but they pushed her to do it. if it wasn't for them, she would have kept thinking, cani wasn't for them, she would have kept thinking, can i do it? she was asking for help, please teach me. it was amazing they supported her. i said to my mum, when this is all over, if you want to think about your daughter, go past her ward, her memories are a life there. she was forfour months memories are a life there. she was for four months and i see you —— memories are a life there. she was forfour months and i see you —— icu nurse. she went back there but she never came back. dr samara afzal is a relative of areema nasreen.

i wonder what tribute you would like to pay to areema nasreen. she was full of life every time you saw her, bursting with energy. one of the very few people you have to be around and she would be full of positive vibes, always motivating everybody. at a family event, she would be the one to come up to you to ask how you were, the first to help any elderly relative who needed any form of help. and she was absolutely passionate about nursing. she would have chat about medicine, sometimes, if there was something she was unsure about coming she would send a message. you could tell she was dedicated to herjob. but at the same time, she was very balanced with her family. a the same time, she was very balanced with herfamily. a fantastic the same time, she was very balanced with her family. a fantastic role model to asian women because very rarely do you see someone who has got family, three children to

look after, still working 12 hour shifts asa after, still working 12 hour shifts as a nurse. that is quite rare in the south asian community and i want her to be remembered as a fantastic role model for all the asian women. i wonder if the grieving process has been even more difficult because family and friends are not able to come togetherfor family and friends are not able to come together for obvious reasons, full social distancing reasons. absolutely. we have not been over to her house and normally with south asian families when there is a death, everyone on that day will reach the family house to support them, give them hugs, bring over food so the family don't have to do anything for a few days. that is what has made it so much more difficult. especially the children, i really feel for them. again, when you have a bereavement, the children get to have their cousins around, they get distracted. it is heartbreaking thinking, her mum,

her children have sat there together, they don't have the extended family, family friends, as they would, and in terms of the funeral, it is a sign of respect when hundreds of people get together. that almost gives a little bit of relief. but again, only five or six are allowed at the funeral which makes it very difficult for the family, not only are they grieving but organising the funeral by themselves. thank you, we appreciate your time. this can i say thank you to walsall manor hospital, the support we are still getting from them is truly amazing, from the managers. thank you so much to the nhs staff. and we are so grateful for the work your sister did and so sorry for the loss of your amazing sister.

thank you so much. the queen has given a message of reassurance to britain and the commonwealth, urging people to remain united and resolute in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. in a rare televised address from windsor castle, she paid tribute to the nhs and key workers and urged people to take comfort in the fact that better days would return. and though self—isolating may at times be hard, many people of all faiths, and of none, are discovering that it presents an opportunity to slow down, pause and reflect, in prayer or meditation. it reminds me of the very first broadcast i made, in 1940, helped by my sister. we, as children, spoke from here at windsor to children who had been evacuated from their homes and sent away for their own safety. today, once again, many will feel a painful sense of separation from their

loved ones. but now, as then, we know, deep down, that it is the right thing to do. while we have faced challenges before, this one is different. this time we join with all nations across the globe in a common endeavour, using the great advances of science and our instinctive compassion to heal. we will succeed, and that success will belong to every one of us. we should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return. we will be with our friends again,

we will be with our families again, we will meet again. but for now, i send my thanks and warmest good wishes to you all. with me is afua adom, freelance journalist. also, i'm joined by the lgbt activist and writer ejel khan. afua, how did hearing from the queen affect you personally? it's one of those momentous occasions. you know when the queen comes out, it is serious. the part when she talked about we will see our friends again, we will meet again, i have to admit i felt a we will meet again, i have to admit ifelt a bit we will meet again, i have to admit i felt a bit choked up when she said that at the end. i thought, gosh, we have had so many comparisons to the blitz spirit, to the war and that kind of war effort. when she said that, it really did hit me and i thought, wow. it was interesting how she talked about how we needed to have unity, how we needed to come together to approach this but we

needed to have unity in our separation, we need to have unity and come together to stay apart to stop this virus from spreading. so yes, definitely choked up at the end. i thought it was interesting though that she didn't reiterate the government's advice. she didn't reiterate the message that has been given out by government, by boris johnson and all the team at downing street, but she did talk about us staying in our homes, staying apart and coming together to stay apart so yes, i thought it was interesting, and likei yes, i thought it was interesting, and like i said i was choked up at the end. were you choked up, ejel? how did you find it? it was a positive message. ithought how did you find it? it was a positive message. i thought it was a very upbeat message, and she mentioned the postal and nhs workers. the public at large. she talked about prayer and meditation,

which i find useful. and she spoke of people of no faith too being united in these difficult times. a lot of people are finding social distancing hard. it was an upbeat message notjust of distancing hard. it was an upbeat message not just of this country but the larger commonwealth too. yes, you found it inspiring, then. she didn't use there was that famous reference to the second world war and vera lynn's we will meet again. she didn't talk about the battle against coronavirus and fighting it, instead she spoke about calm and disciplined, quiet, good resolve. absolutely, victoria. you are right. she didn't come out like the warrior queen like perhaps we have seen in the past in 1940 and obviously before the first gulf war in the 90s as well. she

talked about that great british keep calm and carry on spirit. it felt more like that. it felt like the calm implication. she said we need the country to be proud of ourselves when we come out of the other end of this. we need to be proud of the actions we have taken, we need to be proud of how we have kept of how we have kept indoors and carried on. it wasn't really a warrior queen but i think we needed that can, steely, class act queen which of course she really is. that was really quite upbeat. i agree she was really quite upbeat. i agree she was positive in her message, like i said ending with "we will meet again". i think, said ending with "we will meet again". ithink, especially said ending with "we will meet again". i think, especially after the weekend we have had where a lot of people have been struggling with the fact we had such good weather, she came in at a point when we

needed another boost and it was the nice "keep calm and carry on" message and i think we needed that. really briefly, ejel, afua was right, she did remind us that we have all got a part to play and this isa have all got a part to play and this is a collective effort. was that important to you? yes, because she wasn'tjust speaking important to you? yes, because she wasn't just speaking as our monarch, she was speaking as a human being, someone who is over 70 and having to self—isolate herself. her son, who is also over 70, just recovered from coronavirus so i felt she was speaking as a human being experiencing the same difficulties as we are so it was a positive and uplifting message for the whole country to take on board. thank you very much, both of you. really appreciate it. take care. a tiger at a zoo in new york has

tested positive for the coronavirus. the four—year—old female, named nadia, is thought to have contracted the virus from a keeper at the bronx zoo, who didn't have any symptoms. it's believed to be the first known case of an animal infected by a human with covid—19. now, it's time for a look at the weather with carole. hello, again. yesterday, we had the warmest day of the year so far. porthmadog in wales reached 22.2 celsius. this afternoon we are not expecting temperatures to be as high. we say goodbye to this morning's rain with a lot of dry weather around but still showers will be well scattered, some in scotland and northern ireland could be heavy with thunder and lightning. here, too, gusty winds, 55 miles an hour, slowly easing through the afternoon. a top temperature today likely to be 18 in london. under clear skies tonight, with a few showers, temperatures will fall away. the wind continues to ease in the north west. in towns and cities,

between two and six celsius. cool enough in sheltered pockets to see a touch of frost and any patchy mist and fog will quickly lift tomorrow leaving us with a dry day but take a cloud in the north west, lighter winds than today. we could see the odd shower with highs of 20. hello, this is bbc news. good morning, iam good morning, i am victoria derbyshire. the headlines: the prime minister has spent the night in hospital, ten days after being diagnosed with coronavirus. he's said to be undergoing tests as a precaution. scotland's chief medical officer resigns after making two trips to her second home during the lockdown. domestic violence charity refuge says the national domestic abuse helpline has seen a 25% increase in calls and online requests for help since the lockdown began.

"better days will return" — the queen's rallying message for the nation. she says the uk will suceed in its fight against the coronavirus. good morning. care homes in britain say they're at risk of becoming overwhelmed if covid—19 cases continue to spread through their homes. it comes after at least 13 residents at a care home in glasgow died after a suspected coronavirus outbreak. the country's biggest charitable care provider, mha, has confirmed suspected cases in over half of its facilities. let's talk now to sam monaghan, ceo of mha, who says in their 220 homes one in ten staff are now unable to work because of the virus. and edith monk, who has ms and typically relies on four care

workers a day to support her. but this weekend had to move in with her parents as she says staff were not provided with the proper protective equipment making the visits to her unsafe. good morning both of you. sam monaghan, how desperate is the situation becoming in care homes? very desperate indeed. there is in the pp equipment and the testing to make sure we don't have spread of coronavirus. it is a desperate situation where we are moving supplies around between homes to make sure they have sufficient supplies but we are increasingly finding there are critical pieces of equipment like gowns and long—sleeve aprons which we cannot get access to. have you wrung the government's hotline? we should

be ringing all of the providers and the government hotline, and we are in a constant dialogue with a range of suppliers to make sure that both from the government source but also other suppliers we are able to keep inadequate or try to keep inadequate supply, inadequate or try to keep inadequate supply, but we are being told some government supplies are being prioritised obviously for the nhs, but that then means we are not getting the supplies. our staff, who are on the second front line, are unable to do the job they are being asked to do in terms of caring for people with covid—19. asked to do in terms of caring for people with covid-19. that's interesting you describe it as the second front line. i wonder how many residents in your 220 homes have symptoms of covid—19 or have tested positive, if they have been able to get a test for covid—19? positive, if they have been able to get a test for covid-19? yes, we have had 13 residents who have sadly died and we have 80 people who have died and we have 80 people who have died but we haven't been able to confirm whether that has been

the result of the virus but there have been strong suspicions it has. we currently have 43 residents who have testing positive for covid—19 but we have another 346 who are not confirmed. so we have staff trying to manage the symptoms of that and avoid the risk of spread on an ongoing basis. and i would just add that i have had already 10% of my staff at the moment who are currently either sick or self isolating and they are going above and beyond but we need to give them the tools to be able to do that. they are amazing people but we need to equip them for the task. you spoke of those off, 750 staff i think is 10% of your staff. have any of your staff members died? sadly, last week we lost one of our staff members and we have another staff members and we have another staff member in hospital at the

moment. this it's hugely hard and it also causes real concern and fear amongst our staff generally, and we are seeking to reassure them, we are seeking to reassure them, we are seeking to reassure them, we are seeking to move the equipment that we have around to make sure they are safe but there are real difficulties and we cannot bring people into those environments who have the disease because it would just spread it further. we cannot take people u nless we it further. we cannot take people unless we are assured they don't present a contagion risk. of course. edith monk, good morning. how are you? i'm 0k, thank you. could you remind the audience of your condition and how carers would normally help you. i have ms. i am very physically disabled, i

use a wheelchair and hoisted to get in and out of bed in the morning which is why normally have two carers visit me in the morning to get up and dressed, and in the evening to get into bed. how has that been since the social distancing guidelines we re the social distancing guidelines were brought in, edith? well, i mean... there are a few changes, so my kind of regular care schedule was stretched and altered and different people coming because obviously some ca re rs we re people coming because obviously some carers were going into isolation and going off sick and couldn't risk coming. it also kind of i felt exposed because although i was staying in my flat and taking on the guidance because i am on the at risk list of people who should be

isolating, like you cannot stay two metres away from someone helping you get dressed. sol metres away from someone helping you get dressed. so i felt quite vulnerable because they carers didn't have any protective equipment, they were wearing gloves and washing their hands but beyond that they had nothing extra. they are obviously in the community going doorto are obviously in the community going door to door, however many calls they have, be it ten more going home to home. i felt more at risk with them thanl to home. i felt more at risk with them than i did just in my home. understood. did that make you feel pretty anxious? yes, it did. i felt like... yes, ijust felt like there was no point me social distancing and staying on lockdown when i had this big risk of front line workers coming into my home, and i think i found it quite anxious and i

think the carers were quite worried about it too because obviously they are putting themselves at risk. how do you feel about moving in with your pa rents ? you feel about moving in with your parents? obviously it is good you have that choice, your parents are there to help you, but it makes me think there must be so many people with disabilities who in normal times are living independently but actually it's really challenging right now. yes, so i am really grateful that my parents can still help me. they are in their 605 so it is going to be probably quite physically hard for them and we don't know how long it will last, but at least as a household now we canjust stay but at least as a household now we can just stay in but at least as a household now we canjust stay in isolation because otherwise i would not have a choice, i would still be in my flat and obviouslyjust i don't know when the ca re rs obviouslyjust i don't know when the carers would get protective equipment or even if they are going to. edith, thank

you for updating us. good to talk to you. stay well, and your parents. and sam monaghan, thank you for telling us about the situation in your care homes. clearly a n situation in your care homes. clearly an issue of personal protective equipment for people going into homes, and carers employed by the care provider mha. he says is the boss he has run all the suppliers and the government hotline and still cannot get personal protective equipment for people working in care homes with many elderly people. you may remember last week we spoke to ann andrew who runs four small care homes in derbyshire and stockport. she wasn't able to do her usual online supermarket shop for their 75 residents and was worried they could run out of food by the middle of this week. well, after she appeared on bbc news, ann says she's had an outpouring of help. tesco, their regular supplier, has been in touch and helped them to order more than 80 items in one go. they've also received free food and flowers for residents from other

national and local businesses. tesco said in a statement, "we understand the limit of three items per product makes it difficult for people like ann who normally buy in large quantities and are sorry for the experience she has had. our wholesale business booker is better set up to meet the needs of customers with larger orders for their businesses, and booker has been in touch with ann to set up accounts for her care homes." and lots of you on twitter offer to help her and her residents as well, so you are all amazing. thank you. now on bbc news, it's your questions answered. with me to answer some of the questions you've been sending in on coronavirus is dr bharat

pankhania. a senior clinical lecturer at the university of exeter medical school. and also i'm joined by nhs gp dr anwara ali. thank you both forjoining me. how cani how can i speak to a gp during this pandemic? my gp has given no instructions with how to establish contact. i am shielding my father, who has cancer, and i have questions about that. what am i meant to do? 111 could not help me either. i'm very sorry to hear that. i work in tower hamlets, and we are triage only and consulting patients by telephone, so in answer to the question, fiona has had no luck contacting her gp or 111. she can contacting her gp or 111. she can contact her ccg to find out why that is the case.

so that is the clinical commissioning group, and where should she get the number from that? that should be on the website, if she looks where she lives in her burrow. on the council website mud the gp surgery website? —— or the gp surgery website? both will have that. if the staff are unwell and unable to work in that case she should look up the council as well as the gp surgery website because that will give the information of who to call in that case. ok. there's also cancer charities like macmillan who may be able to offer some help. they have some really useful online forums with frequently asked questions answered. ok, thank you for that.

this is from john thunder. are people who use mobile phones at risk of getting coronavirus? when out shopping i see people wearing masks and gloves but then touching potentially contaminated surfaces and then holding phones to their heads. thank you. it's quite obvious, isn't it, that this poses a risk of transmission from dirty phones to the face, the mouth, the nose to infection and therefore i would advise, yes, please make sure that you frequently, not occasionally, frequently wipe your mobile phone down with ordinary wipes. keep it clean because clearly it is a conduit from picking up infection from somewhere onto the phone, onto your mouth. thank you. that is very clear. dr anwara ali, this is from denise. my mum has to isolate for 12 weeks because she has an underlying

medical condition. as i live with her, should i be doing the same?m isa her, should i be doing the same?m is a difficult question and there are different answers out there but i would say she should endeavour to isolate for 12 weeks, but that is probably not practical. however if she maintains social distance at home by keeping two to three metres between her and her mother, also if she has access to mask and gloves that would be great. also making sure she and her mother wash their hands frequently, if she has more than one room in her house may be perhaps her mum staying in one room and only coming out for meals, and just working out practically what would work. obviously 12 weeks is a long time to go without going shopping and so forth, but all the time washing hands and making sure she is keeping the two metres distance, and if she coughs

or sneezes disposing of the tissue she uses, so those are some of the things you can do to keep herself and her mum well. dr bharat pankhania, this is from janine roberts orjamie roberts. i will have to put my specs on. it is jamie roberts. my daughter is home from the royal navy, as they are finding social distancing difficult on the ship. my worry is i am in my 60s and she comes home for two weeks, then back on the ship for a couple of weeks and this will continue indefinitely. i'm worried about the amount of people she is in contact with so what can i do? the royal navy fulfil a very important function and these operations have to continue, so we have a conundrum. my to continue, so we have a conundrum. my advice would be that her daughter ta kes my advice would be that her daughter takes care when she returns home and there is a good ceremony about when she comes home she removes

all her outdoor garments. i'm not saying undress but all the accoutrements she carries with her, before she touches her mum are anything in the house wash her hands, then bring the accoutrements into the house, cleans them, washes her hands again and then she is free to see her mum. then once she is with her mum she must very carefully monitor her health. at the first sign of being u nwell health. at the first sign of being unwell or becoming ill with a temperature or any other suggestive signs, immediately withdraw from her mum. and also another piece of good advice would be try and just keep your distance away from your mum because you are bringing potential infection into the house. so it is a two pronged attack. one, maintain your hygiene as high as you can, secondly be aware if you become ill what to do,

and even then the —— to keep a distance between you and your mum. we have a few more questions. dr anwara ali my husband and i are self isolating. my husband has severe lung problems. how can i get tested for covid—19 so i know i can keep my husband safe? at the moment anyone without the symptoms would not be tested. that can change in the next few weeks as they will —— there will be widespread testing. the message again is for her to practice the social distancing, maintain two metres, washing hands frequently. at the moment she cannot get tested. however, each clinical commission is different and i would advise her to speak to her gp who can then take advice from the ccg to

see in her case if she could be tested. i know at the moment anyone with symptoms who is a healthcare workers will be tested, so she is a carer so she needs to specifically speak to her gp and get advice from her ccg. how far will viral droplets travel with a sneeze if the person sneezing is not wearing a mask? that is from michael. the question is how farand is from michael. the question is how far and also the added hidden and asked question is how far is my social distancing. so we feel that most of the virus laden heavier droplets fall within two metres. my advice is, listen, two metres is an absolute minimum and i have already started saying that if you are in a crowded place and it is unavoidable to have lots of people around you,

you may also wish to now consider wearing a mask. so droplets we feel usually land within two metres but to be truthful keep as long and wide a distance as you possibly can. very briefly, doctor ali, from sheila, if the illness developed into pneumonia why is that not cured with antibiotics? it will be cured by antibiotics? it will be cured by antibiotics but it will not cure the calf, the fever, headache, the body fatigue. —— the cough. in the case of pneumonia we are issuing antibiotics but they are not the treatment or a cure for covid—19 so we need to separate those. i have had lots of patients requesting antibiotics for covid—19 but there is no evidence it helps with covid—19. is no evidence it helps with covid-19. ok, thank you

very much. really appreciate your time. dr anwa ra really appreciate your time. dr anwara ali and dr bharat pankhania. we do that several times a day here on bbc news, answer your questions. send your question via e—mail or message on twitter. we know the police were dispersing crowds over the weekend and trying to enforce social distancing rules. now it seems they have some help. self—isolate, by order of the daleks... this video was posted on social media. it shows a solitary dalek — the mortal enemy of doctor who — telling people to stay inside. it's believed to have been filmed in robin hood bay, in north yorkshire. if that is you either inside the dalek or controlling it, well

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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the british prime minister has spent the night in hospital, ten days after being diagnosed with coronavirus. he's said to be undergoing tests "as a precaution". he will continue to be kept informed as to what is happening and to be in charge of the government. as i say, i hope, we all do, that he has a speedy recovery and he gets back to number 10 and can take charge in the way he would want to. scotland's chief medical officer resigns after making two trips to her second home during the lockdown. she made a serious mistake and people were right to be angry about it. she was right to apologise, it was clear yesterday she could not continue to be the face of the public health advice campaign. the us says it expects the rate of new infections to stabilise in the coming days but the us surgeon general warns the number

of dead will continue to rise. the next week is going to be our pearl harbor moment, our 9/11 moment. the hardest moment for many americans in their entire lives. but it's better news for south korea — as the number of newly—confirmed coronavirus cases falls to its lowest level since the peak of the outbreak. and a tiger — and six other big cats — at the bronx zoo in new york test positive for the coronavirus. it's thought the animals were infected by a zoo keeper. good morning, hello, victoria derbyshire with you this monday. you're welcome to send me your messages your stories — tweet @vicderbshire or email victoria@bbc.co.uk.

our top story this morning, the uk's prime minister borisjohnson has spent the night in hospital, where he was admitted for tests, ten days after being diagnosed with coronavirus. downing street says it's a precautionary step as borisjohnson continues to show persistent symptoms of the virus. he remains in charge of the government but the uk's foreign secretary dominic raab will chair this morning's coronavirus meeting. scotland's chief medical officer has resigned after being criticised for visiting her second home twice, against her own lockdown advice. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon initially defended catherine calderwood, before agreeing that the doctor's behaviour risked undermining confidence in the government's public health message. elsewhere in the world, the us has had more than 9,600 deaths confirmed. the country's surgeon—general warned people that the coming week will be their pearl harbor or ‘9/11' moment with deaths from covid—19 expected to

peak. in asia, reports from japan say the government is preparing to declare a state of emergency as coronavirus cases continue to increase. in tokyo, the number of cases has doubled over the past week to more than 1,000. good news from south korea, however, which has reported fewer than 50 new cases — its lowest daily total since the outbreak there peaked in february. the rate of infection has been dropping for weeks. our first report on the situation here in the uk — where the prime minister has been in hospital — comes from our political correspondent chris mason. the man charged with leading the country's response to this virus is experiencing the unpleasant reality of it. it was a week last friday that we heard the prime minister had coronavirus. hi, folks, i want to bring you up to speed with something that's happening today, which is that i have developed mild symptoms of the coronavirus, that's to say a temperature and a

persistent cough. and on the advice of the chief medical officer, i have taken a test, that has come out positive, so i am working from home. i'm self isolating. number 10 made it clear borisjohnson would continue to work remotely from his downing street flat, and he chaired what he described as the first ever digital cabinet meeting from self—isolation. last thursday night, he joined millions of others in expressing his gratitude to those working in the health service. thanks, nhs, thank you. thank you, thanks, all. thank you. but, it was clear in another post on twitter on friday, that he was still unwell. although i'm feeling better and i've done my seven days of isolation, alas, i still have one of the symptoms, a minor symptom, i still have a temperature so, in accordance with government advice, i must continue my self—isolation until that symptom

itself goes. last night, downing street issued a statement. i want to express our nation's well wishes to prime minister borisjohnson as he wages his own personal fight with the virus. all americans are praying for him, he's a friend of mine, he's a great gentleman, and a great leader, and as you know, he was brought to the hospital today. but i'm hopeful and sure that he's going to be fine. he's a strong man, strong person. borisjohnson has spent the night not here, but in hospital. his officials are adamant he is still leading the government's response to the pandemic.

but this virus is crippling the economy, robbing us of our usual liberties and straining the personal capacity of the prime minister to respond to it on our behalf. chris mason, bbc news. let's get the latest from our assistant political editor norman smith who's at his home in north london. why has he been taken to hospital and can he continue to lead the response to the pandemic? we are told he was taken to hospital not because there had been a deterioration in his condition, but because of the longevity of the symptoms. he was meant to be ending self—isolation on friday. that did not happen. he still seems to be suffering from a temperature and a cough. on the advice of doctors, he has gone into hospital, it was not borisjohnson requesting has gone into hospital, it was not boris johnson requesting this. has gone into hospital, it was not borisjohnson requesting this. the doctors wanted to run some tests to decide what to do next. what we do

not know is the outcome of those tests. we will get more information this morning. on that, i presume that will depend by the boris johnson returned to downing street or spend longer in hospital. if it is the latter, that raises questions about how does government function. although mrjohnson can phone from his hospital bed, he is at one remove from direct, hands—on control. so, today's cobra meeting will be chaired by dominic raab. people will have to turn their mind to what happened if the premise has to what happened if the premise has to spend if you days in hospital and if medics say he will still need to rest in downing street, it could be if you days when alternative structures have to be put in place, albeit the communities secretary said, so far, the promise that was looking ok.

today he is in hospital having the tests. but he will continue to be kept informed as to what is happening and to be in charge of the government. and as i say, i hope, we all do, that he has a speedy recovery and he gets back to number 10 and can take charge in the way that he would want to as soon as possible. i'm sure this is very frustrating for him, somebody like boris who wants to be hands—on running the government from the front. but nonetheless, he is still very much in charge of the government. the communities secretary robert jenrick. norman, presumably, there are the big brains of downing street and elsewhere in government now working on how we get out of partial lockdown. yes and no is the honest answer. it is the question everyone wants to know the answer, how we get out of lockdown, out of this crisis. the honest truth is we do not know yet. the reason we do not know

is we have not reached the plateau, this curve we keep talking about, new hospital emissions —— admissions every day. once it reaches that plateau, then, what the scientists will look at is whether we are getting a fast descent, it is dropping very dramatically, or we are into a shallow plateau. if it is the latter, i would suggest the early release of a lockdown recedes into the distance. as the thinking on the exit strategy goes, i think we are quite a long way off. professor niall ferguson, the chief modeller for the government, from imperial college, was acting candidly at the weekend we do not have a precise exit strategy at the moment and it depends on how far we managed to flatten the curve, and how far we can push it down before

we start thinking of ending the lockdown, and working out an exit strategy. everything is focused on bearing down on the death rate, on new infections, that is the immediate and total focus. in a curious way, politically, there aren't that many big decisions to be taken. the big decisions are about the scientists, front line staff, the struggle to keep those numbers down. the big decisions on lockdown and exit strategy are some way off and one would hope boris johnson strategy are some way off and one would hope borisjohnson would be fully recovered by then. thank you. earlier i spoke to professor paul hunter who is a professor of medicine at the university of east anglia. i asked him what kind of tests borisjohnson might be having — and what kind of persistent symptoms he might be experiencing. i have no personal knowledge of the prime minister's held record but

somebody at this stage of the illness i would imagine he is still probably afebrile, still coughing and possibly also having some degree of shortness of breath —— febrile. typically these are symptoms of most people would get over in a week but it is not unusual for people to continue to have symptoms for a bit longer. if his symptoms are getting worse than getting better, the sorts of things that would be happening in hospital, he would have chest x—rays, possibly a ct scan of his lungs, a range of blood tests, and people would be monitoring his vital observations, his pulse and breathing rate, and also, quite likely, what is called the oxygen saturation which is a marker how well the lungs are functioning in terms of getting oxygen into your blood. in the united states, donald trump said he hoped borisjohnson would make a swift

return to health — calling him a great gentleman and a great leader. the president also predicted that the us is nearing the peak of the outbreak, saying he could see light at the end of the tunnel. his comments go further than assessments by us health officials who have been more cautious. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. new york city, still the epicentre of the corona —— coronavirus outbreak in america. as the death toll rises and officials warn they are running out of equipment, the country braces for a major escalation of the pandemic. more than 3,000 military medical personnel have been deployed to hospitals around the country to ease the burden on doctors and nurses, stretched to the limit. americans have been warned to expect some of the nation's darkest days. the next week is going to be our pearl harbor moment, our 9/11 moment. it is going to be the hardest moment for many americans in their entire lives.

we really need to understand if we want it —— to flatten that curve and get to the other side, everyone needs to do their part. latest figures suggests the rate of new infections in new york is slowing down, although officials say it is too early to say whether the fall in cases is significant. at the daily white house briefing, president trump said he was encouraged by the better news. things are happening. we are starting to see light at the end of the tunnel and hopefully in the not too distant future, we will be very proud of the job we all did. and you can never be happy when so many people are dying, but we will be proud of the job we did to keep the death down to an absolute minimum, the least it could have happened, with this terrible, terrible virus. mr trump praised officials in california where the virus is spreading more slowly than the country's other hotspots. the state was one of the first to

introduce social distancing and stay at home orders. one of the president's senior advisors said data from italy and spain, where fewer people are dying, could be a sign of how the outbreak is going to progress in the us. we are very hopeful over the next week, although we will see a rising number of cases of people who lose their lives to this illness, we also hope to see a stablisation of cases across the large metro areas where the outbreak began several weeks ago. despite the glimmers of hope, americans remain hunkered down as the nation holds its breath for what is to come. scotland's chief medical officer has resigned after being caught visiting her second home, in breach of her own social distancing guidance. dr catherine calderwood made a public apology and received a police warning after she travelled from edinburgh to her other home in fife, for two consecutive weekends. alexandra mackenzie

reports. this is a vital update about coronavirus. to help save lives, stay at home. dr catherine calderwood will no longer front the public campaign against coronavirus. after pictures were published in the scottish sun, she was forced to admit that she had travelled from edinburgh to her second home in fife the last two weekends. she initially apologised, then resigned, saying... during an uncomfortable media briefing yesterday, scotland's first minister stood by her chief medical officer. her advice and expertise has been invaluable to me, and it continues to be so.

if i am to do what i need to do to steer the country through this crisis to the very best of my ability, i need her to be able to focus on the job that she is doing. but hours later, nicola sturgeon agreed, she had to go. many have expressed their anger and disbelief at catherine calderwood's actions. police scotland say that they have spoken to her and emphasised that the stay—at—home rules apply to everyone. and as we enter a third week of lockdown, which has been observed by most, dr calderwood will step back. she said the people of scotland must have complete trust in those who give advice in the difficult months to come. alexandra mckenzie, bbc news, glasgow. well, scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has been giving her reaction to dr calderwood's resignation. she made a mistake, she made a serious mistake, and people are right to be angry about it. she was right to apologise.

it was clear yesterday she couldn't continue to be the face of the public health advice campaign. but candidly, yes, i did hope i could continue to call on her expertise. because, to be frank, in a situation like this at this particular moment in time it is far from ideal for me as first minister not to have that continuity of advice, but by last night it became clear that the bigger risk was the damage it could be doing to the important message the government is putting forward right now. so these are not easyjudgments. at this point in time the normal rules of politics or news management couldn't be further from my mind. i'm simply trying to do the best things and the right things to best equip us to get through this challenge as well as we can. the austrian chancellor has said their restaurants and hotels will reopen step—by—step from mid may at the earliest. more specific decisions later on

this month. the chancellor says, from may the 1st, the aim is to reopen all shops and shopping malls, and the aim is to let smaller shops reopen mid april. so, the partial lockdown being lifted to some extent in austria. the headlines on bbc news: the prime minister has spent the night in hospital, ten days after being diagnosed with coronavirus. he's said to be undergoing tests "as a precaution". scotland's chief medical officer resigns after making two trips to her second home during the lockdown. the us says it expects the rate of new infections to stabilise in the coming days but the us surgeon—general warns the number of dead will continue to rise. the number of newly confirmed coronavirus cases in south korea has decreased to below 50,

its lowest daily number since the outbreak peaked in february. the number of newly confirmed coronavirus cases in south korea has decreased to below 50, its lowest daily number since the outbreak peaked in february. south korea has been widely praised for its approach to tracing and testing for cases of covid—19 but is warning against complacency. laura bicker in seoul has more. eight weeks on and here we are. we now have 47 newly—confirmed cases within the last 24 hours, 16 of whom are overseas arrivals, in fact, within the last two weeks, over half of all the cases that have been confirmed here in south korea are people returning home from the likes of europe, the us and canada. however, the vice health minister today has issued a warning. they are extremely worried about complacency. life here is slowly getting back to normal. you must remember, there has been no lockdown here in south korea. they advised people to work from home where possible which people have

been doing. they advised people to wear masks, to stay socially distanced, two metres apart, and most people have been doing that, however, there have been slight breaking of the rules over the weekend as the beautiful spring weather arrived. so, the government has advised people to maintain the social distancing measures for just another two weeks if they can. and that's because they are trying to get schools reopened. from today it will be compulsory for austrians to wear if they want to go food shopping, and it's the supermarkets who'll be footing the bill. this follows mixed advice from global authorities on the effectiveness of wearing a mask to limit the spread of covid—19. whilst popular in countries like south korea and japan, in the uk and other countries, people have consistently been told that — other than n95 medical grade masks — the use of face masks won't help. but, a us study has now found the distance that particles can spread through coughing and sneezing

is further than previously thought, and indicated that wearing a mask could be beneficial to protect others. let's talk now to one of the authors of that report, lydia bourouiba from the massachusetts institute of technology. and margaret harris from the world health organization, which does not advise wearing masks for the general public. margaret harris, the current who advice is what? it is not that we do not advise it, we say do not use medical masks because there is a severe shortage of medical mask and we need those for health care workers at high risk of exposure some because of the procedures you need to do to save lives will increase the amount of virus in the atmosphere. we do say if you wish to wear a mask that is fine, but do not use a

medical mask, use other kinds of face barriers. but combining it with the other things we know will protect you, hand washing, environmental hygiene, if you are coughing and sneezing, covered with your elbow to ensure you really limit the spread of anything. wearing a mask, is it to protect you or other people from you? it is to protect other people from you. we are getting increasing evidence people may have mild symptoms they may not even be aware they actually have the virus that they actually have the virus that they have a lot of virus in their throat and nose. they have no symptoms, they may not be coughing, but in the sunshine, we will sneeze with dust. the main reason for wearing a face covering of some kind whether it is one of those beautiful ones people are producing, there is a fantastic stuff out there, is

simply to protect others from you. lydia, you authored a study into how far coughs and sneezes can travel, very simply, what did you find? it focuses on developing technologies to reveal what we can see with the naked eye and in this case, we looked at violent exhalations from sneezing, coughing, the key finding was during those exhalations we are omitting the air we have inhaled and in doing so that air is omitted at a high momentum, and that cloud when coming out is trapping droplet sizes within it moving them forward than they could reach if we did not include the cloud physics in this description. how much further forward, how far cana cough

how much further forward, how far can a cough or sneeze travel? sneezing for example, the most extreme, can reach with that cloud come up to 27 feet. coughing, up to 19 feet. normal exhalations, seven feet. it is important to understand it is the continuum of the droplet sizes. particularly those invisible to the naked eye, they are enhanced and they wouldn't go critically far without the presence of this cloud. six feet is this two metres distance we are told to keep between each other. if coughs and sneezes are travelling further, it would sound like it is sensible to wear a mask. the major implication of the work is when we think about these coughs and sneezes and symptomatic subjects

in a health care setting, patients who are coughing and sneezing, there is no way to consider within that two metre distance health care workers will not be safe without that protection. and in everyday life, wearing a protective barrier that is not high—grade, for everyday life, there's barriers, thinking about the cloud, would be a way to remove energy from that cloud and deflect it to the side, reducing that horizontal range to reach others. but still have some emissions locally. it is important whoever is wearing this is conscious of the fa ct wearing this is conscious of the fact this is not full protection to others but a reduction of exposure

to others. particularly not full protection to the wearer because they are not high—grade and fully sealed. it is about protecting others. margaret, something else in the news, to do with the tiger in the bronx zoo in new york which has a p pa re ntly bronx zoo in new york which has apparently reportedly been infected bya apparently reportedly been infected by a zookeeper who was not showing symptoms. it is really surprising to me, how do you read that that a human can apparently infect an animal? we have seen that humans can infect their pets, people living closely with their pets in hong kong, and cats infected by their owners as well. what we have not seen and this is the good news is the animals do not seem to be infecting us. a lot of the anxiety was, what if my dog has got it? but you do not want your pet to be ill.

so, again, if you have any symptoms or if you are self—isolating because you have been exposed to someone else, remember to self—isolate from your pet. thank you very much. and the tiger by the way is expected to make a full recovery. the coronavirus pandemic is a huge blow to economies across the world. new research says low earners and younger employees in the uk are likely to be hardest hit financially by the lockdown. the institute for fiscal studies — an economic think—tank — says those on low incomes are seven times more likely to work in sectors which have effectively shut down, compared to those on higher incomes. joining me now is our business presenter ben thompson. why is this group so much more badly

affected than others? good morning. it is notjust those on low incomes but women and under 25s the ifs singles out stock it suggests those groups are most likely to be working in jobs that are shut down as a result of this virus. in hospitality, travel, tourism. not the sorts ofjobs you can do from home. because they are customer facing jobs can do from home. because they are customerfacing jobs and can do from home. because they are customer facing jobs and you need to be present to do them. the ifs points out it is a double whammy for many, those groups will be working injobs they many, those groups will be working in jobs they cannot do. question is whether they can go back to those jobs when this virus outbreak is over, whether business can just pick up. we have seen headlines about the number of businesses that might struggle to survive over the next couple of months given their business shut down overnight. there

isa business shut down overnight. there is a real concern about those coming to the end of college or university degrees looking to get into the job market in september but given the uncertainty about the jobs market right now, there are clearly no plans to take on people at the end of the year. those two groups, young people, women and those on low pay, most likely to be affected by this shutdown. cani shutdown. can i mention debenhams, this statement has just come in, debenhams had today filed a notice of intent to appoint an administrator in the uk. explain the significance of that and what it means. like all retailers now struggling, and once —— what the pandemic has underlined is those already on shaky foundations are finding it even tougher than they would have. this is nothing new for debenhams, it has

already sought administration and was bought out. it has asked its landlords for rate, rent reductions. they were renegotiating the rent they pay on some of their stores. debenhams traditionally being quite badly hit by the rise of online, if you are going into their stores on high streets, paying overheads, so clearly a number of problems. and what we are expecting to hear is they are trying to come to a deal where they can cut their rent further to safeguard their future. by further to safeguard their future. by no means is this guaranteed but if we look at last week with retailers going under, this could be the first of a long line finding it tough to be and a quick word about car sales, not a massive surprise there has

been a huge slump in them. no, and you might wonder why we are talking about car sales when there are more pressing issues, but carmaking is a huge industry in the uk so therefore sales will determine the future of the industry over the next few yea rs. the industry over the next few years. what we have heard from the organisation that represents car makers, they reported a 44% slump in new car registrations last month. that is significant because remember this is a lagging indicator, this is looking back. these restrictions on businesses only coming into force of the month so it suggests the start of the month wasn't great either, consumer confidence down, fewer of us consumer confidence down, fewer of us prepared to put our hands in our pockets. as it is a big industry under big employer, what happens now will determine the future. but there isa will determine the future. but there is a glimmer of hope. if you look at what has happened to car sales across europe, italy's

sales down 85%, and in spain down 69%, so whilst an awful figure, the worst since records began as far as sales are concerned, it suggests the uk is not faring as badly as some of our eu counterparts. thank you, and a couple of messages from you. i asked on twitter, are you keeping your head above water, and sam gillespie says as a sole director of a limited company i won't get any support and the same goes for my freelancer friends. kerry says, my husband is a self—employed bricklayer and i'm a carerfor my self—employed bricklayer and i'm a carer for my disabled son. u nfortu nately we carer for my disabled son. unfortunately we won't receive any payments untiljune orjuly. so they qualify for the help from the chancellor but those payments won't come until the summer. she says, therefore my husband has had to return to work. we have some

savings but not enough to carry us that far and we should be isolating. that because of her vulnerable son. thank you for those. in a televised address from windsor castle, the queen has paid tribute to the nhs and key workers, keeping goods and services going amid the coronavirus pandemic. the queen gave the message of reassurance to britain and the commonwealth, urging people to remain united and resolute. she also acknowledged the grief, pain and financial difficulties that many were facing but urged people to take comfort in the fact that better days will return. and though self—isolating may at times be hard, many people of all faiths, and of none, are discovering that it presents an opportunity to slow down, pause and reflect, in prayer or meditation. it reminds me of the very first broadcast i made, in 1940, helped by my sister. we, as children, spoke from here at windsor to children who had been evacuated

from their homes and sent away for their own safety. today, once again, many will feel a painful sense of separation from their loved ones. but now, as then, we know, deep down, that it is the right thing to do. while we have faced challenges before, this one is different. this time we join with all nations across the globe in a common endeavour, using the great advances of science and our instinctive compassion to heal. we will succeed, and that success will belong to every one of us. we should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return.

we will be with our friends again, we will be with our families again, we will meet again. but for now, i send my thanks and warmest good wishes to you all. hello, this is bbc news with victoria derbyshire. the headlines: the british prime minister has spent the night in hospital, ten days after being diagnosed with coronavirus. he's said to be undergoing tests "as a precaution". scotland's chief medical officer resigns after making two trips to her second home during the lockdown. the us says it expects the rate of new infections to stabilise in the coming days, but the us surgeon general warns the number of dead will continue to rise. it's better news for south korea as the number of newly confirmed coronavirus cases falls to its lowest level since the peak of the

outbreak. and a tiger and six other big cats at the bronx zoo in new york test positive for the coronavirus. it's thought the animals were infected by a zoo keeper. last year, areema nasreen fulfilled a lifelong ambition of graduating from university to become at walsall manor hospital. last friday, it was announced that she and a fellow nurse aimee o'rourke had died. yesterday the health secretary said three nurses have died so far duing this coronoavirus outbreak. areema nasreen's colleagues described her as an "amazing nurse" who "put her patients first and herself last". her sister, kazeema, said we've lost "an amazing person". a rare girl. not just at work. she put herself last in the community,

back home. any time she'd find someone's suffering back home she'll send money. someone wants to go to pilgrimage, it's like a muslim opportunity just to go, if you've got money, you go, but she used to pay for the poor to go. she used to go with them. we every year used to go to the pilgrimage, she'd help out with everyone there. a few people got ill. we took them to the hospital, she was with them all night. and it was notjust work. she put herself last in every way, in the community she helped everyone with everything. i just... we've lost an amazing nurse but we've lost also an amazing person in life that's affected everyone. everyone's affected by this. an amazing sister. mum. she lived with me and areema, my younger sister, lived together. so close. i spent five hours with her before she went on the ventilator. we just sat and talked. shejust looked at me and she said, "sit down.

i want to see you." and i said, "i'mjust packing your stuff." she said, "no, sit down." i didn't know she knew if she'd come back. when did she first become ill, kazeema ? she done the last shift, she came home. tell her every evening what's going on. she had a slight leg ache andi going on. she had a slight leg ache and i said, yeah, you have had a 12 hour shift, that's why. when she text two hours later again and said the pain is coming up, i never thought anything because you have got to understand the symptoms are different. everyone has totally different. everyone has totally different symptoms. then she found out this was happening and the shortage of staff, she booked a bank shift at the walsall manor hospital. it was a monday when she woke me up and said we are really short, come on down. because i'm a health care

assistant. so i did a shift, but when i saw her i said, you don't look good. she said let's do this shift together and go home together. i was checking her temperature while she was at work and it was going higher and higher. she never thought anything of it because it was totally different. then we ate together and she handed over with the night staff and that was the last time... i'm really sorry, kazeema. i can hear that this is really emotionalfor kazeema. i can hear that this is really emotional for you. what did it mean to your sister to be a nurse? oh my god, when she first looked after my nan tu was only a little girl herself but that inspired her more and more. —— she was. she applied for a health

care job and got that, then a year later she got me there because me and my sisters always did everything together. she worked in health care and from that she said i want to do it but there is no one in our entire family who had graduated. she was quite worried but i asked my dad, her husband, and they said if you wa nt to her husband, and they said if you want to do it do it. she said, look, i'm married now, i've got kids. then she went into nursing. that's when i said, look, go as a free woman, don't worry about anything and come back as a free woman. that's what she did forfour years, she had no stress, nothing. we did everything together. when she graduated, i said if it wasn't for my sister i wouldn't be standing here.

kazeema nasreen, paying tribute to her sister who died last week from coronavirus. turkey has one of the fastest growing outbreaks of covid—19, with a steeper rise in cases than italy, spain or the uk. more restrictions on movement have been introduced, but a full lockdown is not in place. over 27,000 cases have been confirmed, and 574 people have died. orla guerin reports from istanbul. police checkpoints at the edge of istanbul. the latest stage of turkey's fight against the virus. 31 cities now sealed off to all but essential traffic. still, president erdogan says, the wheels of the economy must keep turning. so many are still going to work. wearing masks is now compulsory. staying home is not, except for those under 20 or over 65.

istanbul's mayor, a key opposition figure, has a lot on his hands. his city has the highest number of cases. he told me there should be a general lockdown before it's too late. translation: when we counted, there were about 1.1 million people using public transport on a workday, and we've seen a lot of private cars out on the streets. 15% of the normal population is still on the move so between two and 2.5 million people — equal to the population of a european city. do you think it's crazy that this number of people are still being allowed to move around? absolutely. here, as elsewhere, the virus is killing those trying to save others... like dilek, whose relatives shared this video with us. she was a nurse and an only child.

turkey's death toll is still in the hundreds, not thousands, but its corona outbreak is one of the fastest growing in the world. i can not sleep well. i am so concerned. my grandparents are old — 89, 90. this turkish molecular biologist, based in the us, is tracking the virus in his homeland. the cases are increasing very rapidly — much more rapid than many countries, including italy, spain and the us and china — so this is very alarming. as the virus spreads, many of istanbul's storied streets have fallen silent. the blue mosque, a historicjewel, no longer open for communal worship. the message now — pray at home. orla guerin, bbc news,

istanbul. there is a warning of a global surge in domestic violence due to the covid—19 restrictions. the un secretary general is appealing for the prevention of violence against women, to be made a key part of the world's response to the pandemic. in britain, a national domestic abuse helpline has seen a 25% increase in calls and online requests over the past week as tomos morgan reports. it's been bad. i didn't care if i didn't wake up from the night before. i just knew what was going to happen. ijust wanted the days to go past, but itjust got worse. tara told me she has been mentally and physically abused by her partner for six months. he deleted her social media account, stopped herfrom seeing herfamily, and controlled all aspects of her life, and, since having to isolate with him, things escalated. you must stay at home. it's been getting worse since the lockdown, as well.

mentally abusive, verbally. erm, been hitting me, just causing an argument from nothing. if i fight back and say something wrong, he willjust hit me. new figures seen by the bbc give a picture of the potential consequence of lockdown for victims. the national domestic abuse helpline has seen a 25% increase in calls and online requests over the past week. refuge, the country's largest domestic abuse charity, who run the line, say there has been a daily rise of 150% in people visiting the website. tara has now fled her abuser and is being supported by a charity in wales. but charities and campaigners have expressed concern that those in violent relationships could be at serious risk as the lockdown continues. the homicide rate will go through the roof. you can't stop the perpetrator unless he's visible. rachel williams suffered violence

from her husband for 18 years. when she decided to leave, he shot her with a sawn—off shotgun. she is now one of the country's main campaigners battling on behalf of those still suffering. we will never do enough until we eradicate domestic abuse and violence — end of. we have an epidemic in the uk with a pandemic on top. police chiefs and both governments in cardiff bay and westminster say help is available for anyone experiencing domestic abuse, and that people should contact if they need advice or feel they are at risk. tomos morgan, bbc news. that number is...

08082000247. the rate of infection in italy may be showing promising signs of stabilising, but authorities are nervous about anything that could lead to a new outbreak. last week, they sealed off an entire villagejust outside rome — all its residents included — after a cluster of cases was discovered. jean mackenzie reports rome. jean mackenzie reports from rome. we are 1,900 people. we are in quarantine. once a sleepy hilltop village, now a militarised red zone. everything happened very quickly. army came and said nobody can enter, nobody can exit. the town was sealed off after 77 cases of coronavirus were discovered here last week. how do you feel about this? very upset. we are so

confused. people call me on the phone and say, are we sick? are we sick? what is up? the virus started in a care home and spread quickly, without doctors realising. two people died. the rest were taken to hospital. how are you feeling? trsanlation: "i'm feeling well, i don't have a fever." this doctor was also infected. she is recovering in the next—door village. translation: at first it didn't look like corona. it all started with some people getting sick, as they usually do because they are very old. we even have a 104—year—old woman. to quarantine an entire village is unusual. but given everything italy has gone through, authorities were just so nervous about having an area so contaminated and the thought it would be allowed to spread. now the village is being turned into a human coronavirus laboratory.

everyone is to be tested and this is day one. translation: it's an interesting place because it is a small village and quite contained with a population of more than 1,800 people who could be tested quickly. the researchers are trying to work out exactly how the virus spread through a community and how many people display symptoms, and then they will trial possible treatments. our sacrifice will be used for the entire scientific community. this tiny microcosm may well provide significant answers on how this virus lives and dies. the organisation for economic coordination and development, a group of countries brought together to stimulate economic progress and world trade, has revised down growth forecasts and warned countries will be dealing with the economic

fallout of coronavirus for years to come. we are joined by angel gurria who has been the oecd‘s secretary—general since 2006. so you were at the helm of the organisation in the last global crisis, so how does this compare? organisation in the last global crisis, so how does this compare7m is different but it is worse. it is going to affect the social, the human side, the health side, but it will leave very big wounds and eventually scars, on the economic side because of the perhaps hundreds and thousands of smes whose livelihoods will be at stake. then of course the very seriously hit

sectors like tourism, like the services sector, the hospitality sector, and all the businesses associated with that. right now i had a very serious conference and uc the explosion in the us, all these unemployment claims happening by millions over a few days. i will just show you how dramatic, how brutal the problem will be. just show you how dramatic, how brutalthe problem will be. sure. your organisation has revised down forecasts for global economic growth forecasts for global economic growth for this year, but you have revised it down to 1.5% and you now say that looks optimistic. do you think the economy will grow a little bit though in 2020? no, ithink economy will grow a little bit though in 2020? no, i think what is going to happen is that for every month of containment

efforts, there will be an impact of about two percentage points on the growth. if this lasts on average let's say three months, then we will have an impact of six percentage points of gdp. that means that practically every country... united states, europe,japan, every country... united states, europe, japan, all of the oecd countries and increasingly and very worrisome developing countries will be in the red. and the greatest problem is not just be in the red. and the greatest problem is notjust the numbers, but also the consequences. as i said, the human side, the unemployment and not all countries have the firepower in order to deal with the unemployed, the

smes, etc. even many countries don't have the firepower to deal with the health crisis itself and the immediate need to attend to the sick and the people who we want to keep away from dying. yes, so let me ask you. you have laid it out clearly what the economic impact could be, but also social and psychological and the rest of it. therefore do you think nations should be guided only by the epidemic curve or do we also have to ta ke epidemic curve or do we also have to take into account the damage of lockdown is doing? that is a false dilemma because the sooner we deal with the virus itself, the faster we can get out of the economic consequences and it will be less expensive. it will be very expensive

in any case, but it will be less expensive if it lasts less. therefore this discussion between economics and, if you will, the ethical side, the human side, the moral side, all of that is com pletely moral side, all of that is completely theoretical. you go and you deal with the suffering, with the people to save lives. you deal with the virus, you deal with the enemy, and then to the extent that you, because of confinement efforts, because of isolation efforts, you can reduce the time that it takes. then it will be easier to get out of the problem later, so this is a very closely related, it is really one single problem. then

you have the other problem which is the recovery going forward. thank you for your time today. we appreciate it. good health to your prime minister. that is very kind. he may well be watching from his hospital bed. thank you for talking to us. angel gurria, the oecd‘s secretary—general since 2006. clearly there is a lot to do, and best wishes to prime minister boris johnson who is in hospital having precautionary tests after he developed covid—19 symptom about ten days ago and then had a test which proved positive, but persistent symptoms hanging around so that's why he has been taken into

hospital. you are watching bbc news. japan's prime minister, shinzo abe, has proposed a stimulus package worth 1 trillion dollars. it comes as he is preparing to declare a state of emergency for the capital tokyo and a number of other large cities. the number of covid—19 cases injapan began to grow rapidly last week. in tokyo there are now over a thousand confirmed cases, more than double the number a week ago. the number deaths in france has topped the 8,000 mark, as previously undisclosed fatalities in care homes are ta ken into account. but the rate of infection is slowing. france posted the smallest increase for two weeks, with far more people now being tested. police forces across the country have been using a

variety of measures to keep people at home. this is from derbyshire police. # stay at home whenever you can, don't go out on the streets with yourfam... # one local council in derby praised police for using language that people in the area would understand. let's bring you a look at the weather now with carol kirkwood. hello again. yesterday was the warmest day of the year so far, 22.2 celsius in porthmadog in wales. as we go through the week, some of us could see something higher than that. today, it is cooler than yesterday, sunny spells but also a few scattered showers. the rain we had this morning continuing to push away leaving brighter skies behind. squeezing the isobars across the north west. still windy, 55 miles an hour. in the afternoon, slowly coming down a little bit. behind the rain this morning, a lot of sunshine.

a few showers, some in scotland and northern ireland could be heavy and thundery. in between, we will see some sunshine. a top temperature up to 18 degrees. heading on through this evening and overnight, under clear skies, the temperature will fall away quickly. a few showers around, the winds across the north west easing. we could see patchy mist and fog forming, that should not be problematic. these are the temperatures in towns and cities. in rural areas, lower, and some will see a touch of frost. a colder night than last night. tomorrow, there will be a lot of sunshine, some fairweather cloud building through the day. not as windy across the north west. this weather front will introduce thicker cloud and patchy rain. tomorrow's temperatures ranging from nine in lerwick, up to 20 in london. tuesday into wednesday, high pressure is still with us but look at the isobars turning to a southerly direction.

across the north west we have a weather front introducing some cloud and rain. slowly slipping southwards. that rain will be fairly patchy, some drizzle, brighter skies follow on. we hang on to a lot of sunshine especially across england and wales. temperatures could get up to 24 degrees. more likely around the london area. by thursday, still a lot of dry weather around. still our weather front as a weak feature producing cloud across scotland, northern ireland, northern england, highs of 23.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the british prime minister has spent the night in hospital, ten days after being diagnosed with coronavirus. he's said to be undergoing tests ‘as a precaution'. i'm sure this is very frustrating for him, someone like boris he wants to be and running from the front, but nonetheless he is very much still in charge. scotland's chief medical officer resigns after making two trips to her second home during the lockdown. she made a mistake, she made a serious mistake, and people are right to be angry about it. she was right to apologise. it was clear yesterday she couldn't continue to be the face of the public health advice campaign. the us says it expects the rate of new infections to stabilise in the coming days but the us surgeon general warns the number