this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. britain's prime minister has moved to intensive care ten days after testing positive for coronavirus. he's been receiving excellent care at st thomas' hospital and we'd like to take this opportunity as a government to thank nhs staff up and down the country for all of their dedication and hard work and commitment in treating everyone that's been affected by this awful virus. the coronavirus has killed more than 10,000 people in america as officials warned this could be ha rd est officials warned this could be hardest week yet. but there is hope the outbreak in spain might have peaked.

we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. first: the british prime minister boris johnson is tonight in intensive care at st thomas's hospital in london, suffering from the effects of coronavirus. mrjohnson was admitted last night, but his office says his condition worsened during the course of this afternoon — and on the advice of his medical team, he was moved to the intensive care unit. earlier today, the prime minister — who's 55 — was said to be in "good spirits", receiving treatment for persistent symptoms, including a temperature and a cough. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. less than a mile from downing street, borisjohnson is in intensive care tonight, in a personal fight against the virus that the government and the country is trying to beat.

who would have known on thursday night that the health workers he applauded would be caring for him like this? brief glimpses of borisjohnson on social media made it clear he was struggling to shake the virus of. now, after being admitted to hospital last night for tests, he is conscious but as a precaution, downing street says he has been moved to intensive care. and the foreign secretary has been asked to step up for now. during the course of this afternoon, the prime minister's condition worsened and on the advice of the medical team, he was moved into a critical care unit. with the prime minister now in intensive care, this is obviously an extremely serious situation. how worried should we be about his health and who is in charge of the government? the government's business will continue. the prime minister is in safe hands with a brilliant team at st thomas' hospital. the focus of the government

will continue to be on making sure at the prime minister's direction, all the plans for making sure that we can defeat coronavirus and pull the country through this challenge will be taken forward. are you confident, though, that the government is under control tonight? there is an incredibly strong team spirit behind the prime minister and making sure that we get all of the plans that the prime minister has instructed us to deliver implemented as soon as possible, and that is the way we will bring the whole country through the coronavirus challenge we face right now. just after 8pm, the official statement came from downing street, saying... good wishes from friends and rivals of boris johnson flooded online within minutes.

from the first minister of scotland, and the brand—new labour leader, and from someone who knows him and the unique job very well. the prime minister is now suffering seriously from a disease that does not pick and choose. downing street itself a place where the virus spread. power, no protection from harm. laura kuenssberg, bbc news. chris mason is in westminster. chris, we have a prime minister in intensive care, a deputy who has been asked to step up. i would imagine these are times that no one will forget. definitely right. it's a shocking turn of events, isn't it, when the person charged with coordinating the country's response toa coordinating the country's response to a national emergency is stricken by the very virus he has spent much of last month trying to ensure

impacts the uk in the most minimal way possible? while being well aware that the impact was always going to be very grave, both in health terms and in economic terms, and in terms of our liberty. we are not a fortnight on from his address to the country beginning the lockdown and social distancing measures we have been slowly adjusting to over the last couple of weeks. over and over again, this coronavirus crisis which has swept the world and swept the country has had the capacity to surprise us, to do the very thing that 24 surprise us, to do the very thing that 2a hours earlier would have seemed impossible, and here we are again with the prime minister in intensive care, with downing street having to point out that at 8pm this evening, borisjohnson was conscious but was moved to intensive care, having been given oxygen at around 6pm i understand. to ensure if he

required a ventilator to help with his breathing, he was in the right environment to have that help available to him. and we understand the prime minister had asked dominic raab to deputize. tell us a little bit about dominic raab. does he have the confidence of his cabinet colleagues? dominic raab was appointed foreign secretary by boris johnson when mrjohnson became prime minister. he was a prominent camping 01’ minister. he was a prominent camping or brexit during the referendum campaign and in the months and years that followed the referendum, leading up to the general election just before christmas. has been a minister in different departments around whitehall prior to his elevation to one of the great offices of state. appointed by boris johnson as first secretary of state, which in many ways is often an honourific title which means very little other than occasionally deputizing for the prime minister at prime minister's questions when the

prime minister's questions when the prime minister's questions when the prime minister is that a european summit oran event prime minister is that a european summit or an event overseas that prevents him being here at westminster on a wednesday lunchtime. i don't think mr raab could've possibly imagined when he accepted a job he could ask to be a potentially stand in prime minister foran potentially stand in prime minister for an unknown period of time if the prime minister, boris johnson, for an unknown period of time if the prime minister, borisjohnson, is not able to fulfil the range of obligations and duties that normally follow his way. i thought it was quite striking, james, this evening, that mrjohnson had asked mr raab to deputize where necessary, so it wasn't a wholesale exporting of his duties to mr raab, and the british constitutional system does not set out a clear path down which power is handed if i pray ministerfinds themselves incapacitated. —— is they prime ministerfinds. themselves incapacitated. —— is they prime minister finds. cabinet ministers are mainly equal. a big pa rt ministers are mainly equal. a big

part of the general election campaign in the autumn was built around boris johnson and campaign in the autumn was built around borisjohnson and his personality, known in the uk pretty much by his first name, such is his recognition value. and for a lot of people, frankly, they want to know a great deal about this man, nick rob who could quite conceivably be taking quite significant decisions on behalf of us all —— dominic raab. chris mason, thanks very much. m essa g es chris mason, thanks very much. messages pouring in from around the world. i also want to send best wishes to a very good friend to mind and a friend of our nation, prime minister borisjohnson. and a friend of our nation, prime minister boris johnson. we and a friend of our nation, prime minister borisjohnson. we are very saddened to hear that he was taken into intensive care this afternoon, a little while ago. americans are all praying for his recovery. he's been a really good friend. he's been something very special, strong, resolute, doesn't quit, doesn't give

up. other world leaders have posted on twitter. we have translated it. and the former prime minister david cameron posted this... dr carl waldmann is a consultant in intensive care medicine at the royal berkshire hospital. hejoins me from reading. dr waldmann, thank you so much for joining us. could you explain in general terms, and we know you are not treating boris johnson and general terms, and we know you are not treating borisjohnson and you have not had access to his conditions, in general terms what you would look for if patients would come to you with covid—19.|j

you would look for if patients would come to you with covid-19. i am in intensive care doctor and obviously, like many other people, my colleagues, we're treating patients all over the country. and what happens is they come to intensive ca re happens is they come to intensive care either because they are deteriorating, so we can put them under close observation in case we have to escalate to organ support, that means they are in the right place at the right time encase intervention is necessary. that's the first thing to say. if they do show signs of deterioration, we give them oxygen via what we call a cpap mask, continuous positive airway pressure. the mask very similar to what pilots use when they fly very high in an unpressurized cabin stop and if they don't improve, they would be sedated so if they can go toa would be sedated so if they can go to a ventilator. that would be the start of their treatment. what are the particular difficult as you found when facing covid—19? the particular difficult as you found when facing covid-19? there have been many because we have had

to change the way we work. the normal way of working in intensive ca re normal way of working in intensive care is have one nurse per patient. we have doctors where we may have one dr at eight patients, so we have a whole range of doctors. we also have allied health professionals, which include physiotherapists, which include physiotherapists, which help with our patients. we are dealing with larger and larger numbers. we have had to train a lot of people with a lot of specialities to come and help us and i have to say it's been very impressive the way these others have come and help on intensive care. it's a different way of working but i have to say, i'm very grateful to all the staff who have come and mocked in and were able to provide a much other service. we who are not doctors, who are not scientists, noted boris johnson, matt hancock, said they had symptoms at the same time. one recovered quickly, the other has had to go into intensive care. why has

this virus struck different people at different depths? we don't know. most people, they get better. he either get better when their home or either get better when their home or either after a short time in hospital, where they may have gotten better after a visit to i but a few of them do deteriorate quite rapidly —— a visit to icu. we're learning all the time how treat them. we don't know why it is some of them deteriorate and some get better very quickly, but we are learning, and the problem is when they do deteriorate very quickly, they do deteriorate very quickly, the conventional treatment we give with pneumonia don't seem to be effective in all the patients. so, it's something that all of us are learning. we have these webinars so we can work with other doctors and other countries so we can learn what is working what is not working. it is working what is not working. it isa is working what is not working. it is a fluid time. intensive care is one of this specialities where

every patient is different, but eve ryo ne every patient is different, but everyone can be assured everyone is doing their best. i would say intensive care in the united kingdom is one of the best training schemes, highly trained doctors, highly trained nurses and highly trained allied care professionals. dr carl waldmann, thank you very much. we are going to head from the health angle to the political situation. how does a government deal with this situation? one who might know is jonathan powell. jonathan powell, does the british system have written down anywhere what should happen if a prime minister is in intensive ca re a prime minister is in intensive care and may be conscious, may unconscious, how is the succession organised? it certainly did not when i was organised? it certainly did not when iwas in organised? it certainly did not when i was in government and i doubt it does now. tony blair had to go into a hospital twice for health

operations and both times we managed to carry on the government. luckily, each time he was only in hospital for 2h hours, but we had to think about things like the nuclear button, what happens when you don't have a prime minister in place. and there will be people in downing street, the private secretaries, advisers, worrying about that at the moment. can all of the prime minister's powers it simply be transferred to someone the prime minister nominates, in this case, dominic raab? yes, we don't have a presidential system so you don't have succession, the president, vice president, speaker of the house. instead, we have a system based on a georgie. ever commands a majority in the house is the prime minister. he... he can be prime and a surface about the way it works. jonathan powell, thank for joining about the way it works. jonathan powell, thank forjoining us —— he can be prime minister.

stay with us on bbc news. still to come: more than 10,000 people have now died in the us from the coronavirus. new york's governor says the pressure on hospitals there is unsustainable.

this is bbc news. the latest headlines: britain's prime minister has moved to intensive care ten days after testing positive for coronavirus. after his symptoms worsen. families across the us are in mourning tonight, as the coronavirus has now killed more than 10,300 people. only italy and spain have higher death tolls. as the president warns of a rough week ahead, new york's governor says the curve may be flattening here. but doctors and nurses are scrambling to cope with the huge influx of patients.

here's our north america editorjon sopel. this is life inside an intensive care unit in brooklyn, new york. our partner network in the us, cbs, were allowed in, and everything about it seems frantic and on the edge. right here is a patient who didn't have much underlying health conditions but has developed severe respiratory failure, as well as kidney damage, from the virus. though the administration says there is no shortage of personal protective equipment, the reality is otherwise. i would like a mask like yours, i would like all of us to have masks like yours. a white suit like yours. what do i have on? what is that? it looks like a garbage bag. it is a garbage bag. this patient needs to have his breathing tube changed over. and look how much equipment it takes to keep one patient alive. the critical care doctor puts on ski goggles to carry out the procedure. it's very, very difficult.

it's like something out of the twilight zone. i don't think any of us going through it will ever be the same. where new york is right now, other states and cities like washington, dc are forecast to follow in the coming days and weeks. donald trump says there is light at the end of the tunnel. there may be the worst hit areas but for much of america the darkness is yet to come. this is going to be the hardest and the saddest week of most americans lives, quite frankly. this is going to be our pearl harbor moment, our 9/11 moment. only, it's not going to be localised, it's going to be happening all over the country. meanwhile, in new york, they are struggling to manage the sheer number of deaths. refrigerated lorries have become makeshift morgues and a senior health official has warned that burials may have to start taking place in public parks. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. katty kay is in washington.

ican i canjust i can just see out of the corner of my eye a briefing is going on. i don't know if you've been able to catch any of it? yeah. it started, as you showed earlier, with the president setting his best wishes to borisjohnson president setting his best wishes to boris johnson and actually just president setting his best wishes to borisjohnson and actuallyjust in the last few minutes, james, he has also said that the fact that boris johnson is in intensive care now is going to change his own behaviour because he and possibly the vice president as well, he says, are going to get tested much more frequently. he also said that he had beenin frequently. he also said that he had been in touch with borisjohnson‘s doctors, he mentioned being in touch with drug companies as well. i am not entirely sure what he means by that, but sending his best wishes and staying now as a result of that, he is planning to get these tests more frequently and he of course has access to the rapid test that can come back with results within a few minutes. that is what he is going to do as minutes. that is what he is going to doasa minutes. that is what he is going to do as a result of borisjohnson now being in intensive care tonight. interesting. i didn't know that. is there any update on the federal

strategy by america, by president trump? i think we have relays and thus few days is a real clash between the federal government and all of the various states, and there justis all of the various states, and there just is not frankly a coordinated policy because you have states competing with each other, states like new york that we just heard about in jon sopel‘s like new york that we just heard about injon sopel‘s piece, competing with washington, dc, competing with washington, dc, competing with washington, dc, competing with detroit, up in michigan, to get access to the medical committee they need, the ventilators, the protective gear, the masks that people need. that is driving up the prices of those things and what you know have is governments saying to the white house, we need a coordinated strategy and it has to, from washington, dc, it has to come from the white house, to make sure we are not committing against each other. so far, that's been missing, but it's something that president has been repeating asked about. states competing against each other, does not select the system is designed to

be that way for so what is going on in new york —— does not seem to be designed to be that way for some what is happening in new york? governor andrew cuomo says we are facing the darkest week ending number of deaths, but actually andrew cuomo had some better news on that. he says it is too early to ta ke that. he says it is too early to take data from two or three days, but the last two or three days, the course of this weekend, seems to see some of those infection rates coming down and there is some hope new york might have reached this plateau, but it's such a big country, you know this, james, that even if new york gets out of the woods and reaches its plateau, it does not mean other places in the country are not about to enter it. i am in washington, dc. this has just been declared a hotspot and the numbers here are increasing rapidly of people being infected, and this isjust increasing rapidly of people being infected, and this is just one city across the country. so you have to wa nt to across the country. so you have to want to play that by dozens of cities run this country, dozens of

areas, yet to face their peaks. we have been told here in washington we might not reach the peak untiljuly! that is a long time for people to be thinking, what do for the three months? is that me locked down in this city for three months? three long months. katty kay, thanks so much. spain has registered its lowest number of deaths from coronavirus for two weeks, continuing a recent trend which suggests the virus's spread is stabilising. with over 130,000 infections, spain has more cases than any other country in the world except for the united states. guy hedgecoe reports from madrid. good news, as another patient is discharged from hospital, having recovered from covid—19. spain has reported just under 640 deaths from coronavirus were being reported daily. the number of new infections has

also been easing off in recent days, and the government says the virus' spread is now coming under control. translation: more than 40,000 people have already been discharged, and this already represents almost 30% of the reported cases. the government believes that measures that were introduced just over three weeks ago, tightly restricting spaniards movement, are paying off. this week, the prime minister, pedro sanchez, hopes to gain parliamentary backing to extend the national lockdown at least until late april. but although the figures are improving, there there is still enormous pressure on the health service. around 20,000 doctors and nurses have been infected, and tonnes of medical equipment has been shipped into spain since the crisis began. in madrid, the epicentre of spain's outbreak, the situation appears to be improving. but in the northeastern

region of catalonia, hospitals are struggling to keep up with demand. in this restaurant in barcelona, chefs prepare food not for customers waiting at tables, but to be delivered for free to health care workers who are still on the front line of the battle against coronavirus. guy hedgecoe, bbc news, madrid. let's get the latest now from around the world. in france, the number of people who died from coronavirus in hospitals increased. there's also been an increased. there's also been an increase in deaths in nursing homes. in both case, the rate has sped up after several days of slowing. italy's career of his death toll has shot up for the first time in two weeks. —— coronavirus death toll. the rise in new affections has

fallen to a record low. italy's lockdown has been extended till... angela merkel has said coronavirus is the "biggest test" the european union has everfaced. the german chancellor said it is not yet time to talk about easing restrictions in the country, where public gatherings of more than two people have been banned. she added that a key lesson from the pandemic should be that europe becomes self—sufficient in producing masks. the danish prime minister has announced plans to reopen nurseries and primary schools from next week as her government looks to ease coronavirus related restrictions, but she warned that it would only happen if people respected current restrictions and that the number of infections remains stable. and there is a lot more on the bbc news website, from the latest news updates to explaining the science and how to stay safe during the pandemic. you let me how you're getting on. you let me how you're getting on. you can reach me you let me how you're getting on. you can reach me on you let me how you're getting on. you can reach me on twitter. please

do stay with bbc news. hello. the warmth of the week and was replaced by sending a little bit fresher to the day on monday but many of us were able to enjoy a bit of blue sky and a bit of sunshine from our windows and our gardens too. a bit more of the same on tuesday and things are looking mostly dry after a chilly and a misty start, but high—pressure very much dominating our weather to the day on tuesday and into wednesday too. and things are going to turn a little bit warmer over the next few days but you can see the blue colours, the cold—weather with us pushed away. for the here and now, tuesday don's on quite a chilly note, touch of frost and some mist and pod patches. lots of dry weather with some long spells of sunshine. cloudier towards the northwest but the odd shower perhaps for the western aisles. also quite breezy,

particular for the northwest of scotland. elsewhere, after winds and the sunshine lasting through the day, but there will be more cloud pushing into southern counties of england as we head into the afternoon. temperatures likely to reach around 20 degrees in london. we are looking at a largely dry night tuesday night into wednesday, particularly across and then and wales. if you operates patchy rain moving in. if you have been doing some gardening recently, we are not expecting a frost overnight tuesday into wednesday, so it will not be as cold as it is tuesday morning. plenty of sunshine across england and wales. still a bit of cloud. thicker cloud for northern ireland and scotland. temperatures here 13 or 1a degrees, whereas further south, jeopardy screwed up to 23, 20 4 degrees. —— further south, temperatures could get up to. a bit of dry weather if you're able to

open a window, get into a garden, perhaps go for a walk if you can on thursday. temperatures up to around 21 celsius or a little bit cooler and fresher in the north. into good friday and it is all change for suisse urgency this waterfront moving its way in from the west. some patio bricks of rain heading west to east and things are turning cooler into the easter weekend. remember the rules of self isolation was rev you can, stay safe. goodbye.

this is bbc news. the headlines. britain's prime minister has moved to intensive care ten days after testing positive for coronavirus. the coronavirus has killed more than 10,000 people in america, as officials warn this could be the hardest week yet. but there is hope the outbreak in spain might have peaked. as the number of people who died falls for the fourth day in a row. good evening. and welcome to our continuing coverage of the prime minister's borisjohnson continuing coverage of the prime minister's boris johnson admission into intensive care tonight with coronavirus. dominic raab is deputizing for him as necessary, since downing street, and says the government remains focused on the fight against covid—10. well, we can get more now i'm what being admitted to intensive and critical care actually means, we can speak now to doctor and consultant and at university