this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. as borisjohnson faces a second night in intensive care, downing street says the prime minister is stable and in good spirits. i'm confident he will pull through because if there's one thing i know about this prime minister, he's a fighter. a further 786 people have died in the uk after testing positive for in the past 2a hours. in paris, outdoor daytime exercise is banned between the hours of 10 and 7 as france announces more restrictions. life gets back to normal in china as authorities report no new deaths.

hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the british prime minister boris johnson is to spend a second night in intensive care being treated for coronavirus. it's being reported that he's in a stable condition and in ‘good spirits. he's being given oxygen, but is not on a ventilator. meanwhile, the number of coronavirus deaths in uk hospitals rose by its highest daily total so far up 786 to more than six thousand, but experts say the growth in numbers is actually lower than the predicted long—term trend. elsewhere, in the us, the state of new york registered its highest single—day increase in deaths from coronavirus, with 731 fatalities.

in france, the lockdown is being tightened with new restrictions banning outdoor exercise during the day in the capital paris. while in china, officials claimed there were n0 coronavirus deaths today — for the first time since they began releasing daily figures three months ago. the figures three months ago. country's on pause not i how the country's on pause not knowing how deep this crisis will really cut. the prime minister himself will recover. after a night for boris johnson in intensive care, the foreign secretary and his —— took his place. he remains stable overnight. he's receiving box and in treatment and breathing without any assistance. he's not just treatment and breathing without any assistance. he's notjust a prime minister. he notjust our boss. he's

also a he's also our friend. so all of our thoughts and prayers are with the prime minister at this time, with carrie, and with his whole family, and i'm confident he will pull through because if there's one thing i know about this prime minister, he's a fighter. politicians and other parts of the globe have been laid low, but boris johnson is the only leader with this emergency care. the last public lives of the prime minister was on friday. obviously ill speaking from his flat. —— public glimpse. admitted to intensive care last night. behind whitehall all four closed doors, the government's machine still wears. cabinet committees are grappling with different challenges in the crisis. the civil service continues whatever happens, but many dilemmas are

ahead. with the prime minister absent at this vital time, if there isa absent at this vital time, if there is a genuine disagreement in the cabinet, who actually makes the decision? decision making by government is made by collective cabinet responsibility so it is the same as that was before. we have very clear instructions from the prime minister and we are focused with total unity and result on implementing it. of course any prime minister is actually the ultimate decision—maker. the chancellor reggie sunak —— rishi sunak would ta ke reggie sunak —— rishi sunak would take the foreign secretary boz mikesell place. a rare appearance from the former boss of this table sought to reassure. the infrastructure is their day by day. if the infrastructure of the cabinet, of ministers and of course junior ministers. and there is

always somebody who if the prime minister is not available is able to step in that place and lead that cabinet government. normal politics on hold. our thoughts are with the prime minister, his fiancee and his family. the labour party —— that's why i've offered to act constructively with the government and push the further. constructively with the government and push the furtherlj constructively with the government and push the further. i want to send every good wish to hand, his fiancee and his whole family. we are all rooting you on, boris. a stressful and strange moment of history. an impromptu poster tapes to mr johnson's own hero. get well m essa 9 es johnson's own hero. get well messages from the ward. the queen sending her own message of support to his family and his fiancee expecting her first child. to his family and his fiancee expecting herfirst child. boris johnson, politician, a partner, and father. laura kuenssberg, bbc news.

in a moment we'll go to political correspondent jonathan blake in westminster but we start with helena wilkinson who's outside st thomas's hospital in central london where the prime minister is being treated. 24 2a hours since the print all my prime minister was taken into intensive care. he is that one of the best hospital in the country and hospital which is very experienced in dealing with coronavirus patients. they admitted some of the first when the infection started to unravel in this country. we heard from dominic raab, the foreign secretary saying the prime minister tonight is in a stable condition. he is in good spirits. we also heard that mrjohnson is being treated with standard oxidant treatment but

he is breathing without help. i think crucially, mrjohnson has not needed to go on a ventilator of course, being the most invasive type of wave a patient is given auction and. it takes over the breathing of the patient and allows the body to recover from the virus. there's no getting away from the fact that intensive care is a place at hospital where only the sickest patients are taken. some of them needing very complex treatment. there will be monitored around the clock, their blood pressure, their oxygen, their heart rate. those will be watch incredibly closely. we know when mrjohnson was transferred to the icu, at around seven o'clock last night, downing street saying it was as a precaution in case he did need to be put on a ventilator but at this stage, he isn't needing a

ventilator. he is breathing without assistance. he is being treated with standard treatments and it is in good spirits. we are not expecting other updates from downing street until tomorrow. let's talk about some of the political and constitutional applications of this because dominic raab, who is carrying out some of borisjohnson's responsibilities at the moment was asked repeatedly during the news conference. to what extent he will be making the tough decisions if necessary and he kind of batted those questions away. he did. there we re those questions away. he did. there were repeated questions about what dominic raab's role is in the situation and exactly what authority he has. we know he is stepping in and deputizing for the prime minister whilst borisjohnson is in intensive care in st. thomas's hospital. but that's not a formal role. he is only effectively the

prime minister's deputy and the prime minister's deputy and the prime minister's deputy and the prime minister remains a prime minister, so lost everyone is hoping that borisjohnson minister, so lost everyone is hoping that boris johnson makes minister, so lost everyone is hoping that borisjohnson makes a speedy recovery and is able to return to work as soon as possible, nevertheless there remains the job of getting on with covering the country. dominic raab was suggesting that the government was entirely united in carrying out the plan. the impression that number ten and mr dominic raab himself are clear to give at this point is that he is only there in a temperature —— temporary capacity to facilitate the government's response and not tepid —— step in and make big decisions of his home. that would clearly be a different situation. that was a response from dominic raab. i think that will be held number ten wanted

to stay. as days go on, there may well be big decisions need to be made and that will be difficult time for the government and for dominic raab himself. his authority really lies on the fact that boris johnson has nominated him as the person to stand in whilst he's getting treatment. jonathan, many thanks indeed. thank you both. joining us now is former cabinet member and calling of the prime minister, justine greeting who we will be talking to in a moment or two. as we've heard, borisjohnson's been given oxygen in intensive care but has not been placed on a ventilator. into intensive care, what kind of treatment can they expect , and what are their prospects of a full recovery? our health editor

hugh pym explains more. therefore the sickest patients. intensive care units in hospitals have sophisticated equipment and highly trained staff are constantly checking those in their care. patients will normally require an oxygen supply sometimes with devices like this known as cpap. beyond that we sometimes use pressure max —— there's additional pressure to help with breathing. if their condition worsens, some patients will be put ona worsens, some patients will be put on a mechanical ventilator to help them breathe. this involves the tube inserted into the airway and the patient will be sedated. this woman was in hospitalfor patient will be sedated. this woman was in hospital for an patient will be sedated. this woman was in hospitalfor an operation and was in hospitalfor an operation and was diagnosed with covid—i9. she describes what it was like to be in intensive care. there was a point

where i wasn't sure if i would come out at the hospital. that was the truth. sorry. it was very hard, because i didn't even have the breath to ask the questions. they thought of everything i needed before i could think of it. i owed them before i could think of it. lowed them my life. my situation started to worsted. fez was another coronavirus patient who was moved to it and intensive care unit. he stayed there for five days. all the wires coming out of me were sort of scary. having this mask put on to me for about ten hours i think, that was really scary. each time i would call for a nurse or the nurse would come into her room, they would a lwa ys come into her room, they would always have to wear protective gear.

they were fantastic. the latest survey showed the average age was 60 for cove rt survey showed the average age was 60 for covert patients in intensive care. for covert patients in intensive ca re. 73% for covert patients in intensive care. 73% are men and 27% are women. those who had to be put on a ventilator within the first 2a hours accounted for 63%. coronavirus patients who are still very unwell after two weeks are most likely to need intensive care and that will require at least a week in hospital. doctor wrong daniels is a critical ca re doctor wrong daniels is a critical care consultant —— ron daniels. he says he could take a long time to make a full recovery. for particularly if it's for more than a few days. we shouldn't expect to see them return to their full level of function for several months after the illness. this is really going to hit people hard. it all depends,

patient and experiences vary a lot but they are all there because they are seriously ill. upm, bbc news. —— hugh pym. joining me now is former cabinet minister and colleague of the prime minister, justine greening what a terrifying experience it was for people with the experience that it must be indeed for the prime minister. it doesn't matter whether you're the prime minister or anybody else. it's a very scary time. yes. i think like many people in a sense, there's been an overwhelming public support and wishes for boris. i think we all hope he gets on the road to the recovery very soon. he was in good spirits when i got in touch with him so i think we all hope he recovers and gets back to his desk sooner rather than later. from what you know of his character, imean from what you know of his character, i mean dominic raab was saying he's

a fighter. from that point of view he was saying he was optimistic and he was saying he was optimistic and he will pull through. well, i think the facts are that he's not on a ventilator. he doesn't have pneumonia. he has been in a stable condition. i think we just have to ta ke condition. i think we just have to take that for what it is. this is debilitating and at times, fatal. terrible disease for people who have it, particularly with acute versions of this. you will have time to recover. i think the key thing is that our nhs is clearly providing the best care possible, notjust to him but for the many, many thousands of people who've been affected by this already. we should be hugely grateful to everyone working in our health care system for the work that they're doing to keep so many people taken care they're doing to keep so many people ta ken care of they're doing to keep so many people taken care of and alive. it is

debilitating and assuming he makes a full recovery and everyone hopes he will, he could be out in terms of being out of action for a number of weeks. he will obviously need to recover. that may take some time, but i think at the end of the day in terms of the coronavirus approach, there are at least three elements. one isa there are at least three elements. one is a strategy which is the most important piece to get by first. we are now on the implementation phase of that. the way that normally happens is normally through meetings and the prime minister holding secretaries of state to the fire to get along with delivering this being agreed, but in a way i think the secretary of state are clear about the need to deliver the plan. so they will absolutely be focused on that and dominic raab will be sharing those meetings but i have

note doubt they are utterly seized at the need to deliver what will need to be in place if we will be successful. the question dominic raab was asked repeatedly at the downing street briefing was in this disagreement and cabinet about a key decision whether to to lift the law down and he has to decide. will he be making that decision if the prime minister can't? well, i think there is no suggestion that the prime minister won't be able to make that kind of decision. i think asking, we're not in that phase where the pm would play a really pivotal role. in my experience in dealing with double love, these are data strategies a nyway love, these are data strategies anyway —— ebola. they are mainly less informed by political viewpoints. they're much more informed by the science and the

science is the science and i would expect around the cabinet table, people will want to reach a consensus on the right way forward based on that science. so i would expect that the decision—making would be very much a consensus of a decision that needs to be taken being brought to the prime minister rather than diverging points of view that he then has to decide between soido that he then has to decide between so i do think he can continue to steer the ship and take those decisions and i think anyhow the focus is surely and clearly on two things now. implementation of that strategy successfully and we've seen the government are facing these challenges to keep up with the fence and the inflammation patient challenges are severe —— implementation challenges. they not only know what rules to follow but

they also understand why they matter so much and how in a common—sense way they can follow them in what are very different situations that people find themselves and try to get through this crisis. justine, thank you very much for being with us. new york has registered its highest single day increase in deaths from coronavirus. 731 people have lost their lives. governor andrew cuomo has said there are signs the outbreak is peaking in the state. but he acknowledged the loss of life is very bad news. the bad news is 5400 89 new yorkers have lost their lives to this virus -- 5489. have lost their lives to this virus - - 5489. that have lost their lives to this virus -- 5489. that is have lost their lives to this virus —— 5489. that is up from 4758. that

is the largest single day increase. we talk about numbers, but that's 731 people who we lost behind every one of those numbers is an individual. if the family, a mother, father, sister, brother, so a of pain. our correspondent gary o'donoghue joins us from washington. gary, the latest figures from new york, very grim. but at the same time, a little tiny bit of optimism as well. yeah, i mean, you can't ta ke as well. yeah, i mean, you can't take away from that debt toll, that highest death toll so far. that is the number that grabs the headline. but there is a small hope. it's 11 laying off in particular of hospital

admissions that they're pointing two. —— a leveling off. the number of people getting sick enough to go to hospital is slowing down is the thing they're hoping that's assignment of the distancing rules working and people abiding by them. i think it's also worth pointing out that, i think there's been a bit of a change in tone and the governor. they said they had hospital beds available at the moment but if you go back ten days, he was absolutely adamant, vehemently demanding, appealing for more resources, for more ventilators. i think that was some hopeful indication they've got the kind of resources to cope with what they're dealing with at the moment, but still a long way to go.

gary, thank you very much indeed. on sunday, the queen made a special broadcast, one of a handful given. she said the united kingdom would succeed in the fight against the pandemic. the queen is of course head of the 54 countries which make up head of the 54 countries which make up the commonwealth and i'm joined now by patricia scotland, the commonwealth general. that broadcast from the queen, was that of great value? do you think not only for the people of britain, but also for commonwealth? absolutely. there are a lot of very worried, frightened people right across the commonwealth. most of us who are in this country know someone, a friend, a family member, who has been affected by the

coronavirus. our own prime minister is in icu. for her majesty, the queen, to have come out for only the fourth time in her 68 rain to stand in solidarity and sympathy with all the 2.4 billion people of her commonwealth was an immensely important and poignant moment. all of us need courage. we need to have fortitude, and here was her majesty saying, look, we've been there before. we've done this. we can do this. the united kingdom went through the world warm. i think it was so important that she remembered what had happened with her and her sister in 1940 when as children, they gave comfort to children across their world and i think her message

was a very important one because we now look back with such pride for those people who never gave up, who came together. and the commonwealth was together throughout that period. i think her majesty has never forgotten that in the darkest hour, the commonwealth has always stood together. as we are standing together. as we are standing together now. tonight, i'm asking at eight o'clock right across the commonwealth that all of us should put a light in our window. that light will say to us who are suffering and frightened, you're not alone. and just as we did it last time, we will do it again. this generation will be as proud in the future when we look back at these days to say we didn't buckle, we stuck it out and we did what was right and we helped each other.

because right now we know that every single one of us, our health depends on what everyone else does. the health of one of us is the health of all of us. so i think her majesty's courage and her real wonderful warmth was a real great comfort for the people of this country and millions. it was an enormous, warm hug to all the other members of the commonwealth. the whole 2.4 million people. i think they must have been cheering her and saying thank you and also, as our head, we're not in and also, as our head, we're not in a letter down. very grateful to you for talking to us. many thanks indeed for your time. you been watching bbc news and as we've heard

from the commonwealth secretary—general, 2.4 million people of the commonwealth, many of them are affected by the virus. you're watching bbc news. hello. our weather will be cooling down over the easter weekend but until then, warm to very warm for many of us. although whatever your weather view, or cloud compared to what we see today. more cloud overnight will keep temperatures up so not much in the way of frost. a few showers close to the south coast and rain covering more of northwest scotla nd and rain covering more of northwest scotland with a stiff breeze. still clearing up in parts of northern england and southern scotland with temperatures falling close to freezing. mist and fog patches developing as the night goes on, clearing in the morning. cloudy skies compared to today, but still

some sunny spells around. you may catch a shower. maybe a thundering one later in southeast england and northern scotland's still seeing some rain. still quite breezy elsewhere. wynn's reason to be light and even though there's more cloud around, there are sunny cells. a few spots into the low 20s. pollen levels high and that's why even if you stay inside, you may be suffering as a result. some fog patches around parts of southern england to start the day on thursday. still a lot of cloud in scotla nd thursday. still a lot of cloud in scotland may be squeezing out some patchy, light rain. you may catch a shower wales and midlands. most places will be dry. there are cloud breaks. sunshine coming through and still especially to england and wales, temperatures below 20s with chillier air lurking through

northern scotland. things start to change as we go into good friday. frontal system edging our way pushing east into saturday, taking some rain into it with areas of low pressure following. what does that mean? nowhere will be particularly wet but there will be a chance of catching a few showers. there will still be some sunny spells but really where it's been so warm, temperatures will be coming down quite considerably by the time we get to monday with developing northeasterly winds. turning cooler over the weekend. a chance of rain, yes, but certainly not a wash—out.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. as borisjohnson faces a second night in intensive care — downing street says the prime minister is stable and in good spirits. i'm confident he will pull through because if there is one thing i know about this prime minister, he is a fighter. a further 786 people have died in the uk after testing positive for in the past 24 hours. life get‘s back to normal in china as authorities report no new deaths.

hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. nhs staff they are having to deal with the stark challenge of coronavirus patients while struggling with limited resources. yesterday our medical correspondent fergus walsh and cameraman adam walker brought you the story of the doctors and nurses working in the intensive care unit at university college hospital in central london. his report today looks at how the hospital has to be completely reconfigured to help treat patients with the disease.

imran isjust 37 and has breathing difficulties due to the virus. you don't know how bad it is until it actually hits you and so i would absolutely urge everybody to listen to the government guidance and stay away from people. he has a wife and two children. everything to fight for. i have felt times where my body has been willing to just give up com pletely has been willing to just give up completely and i am not, i am a very young and fit individual. from the moment patients arrive at a&e, nurses and doctors risk infection. moment patients arrive at a&e, nurses and doctors risk infectionlj worry nurses and doctors risk infection.” worry about my staff. the man in charge of the hospital throughout

this crisis leads from the front. i ama this crisis leads from the front. i am a doctor myself, i work in ana with coronavirus patients. i am also anxious, but on the other hand we are all professionals. we know how to protect ourselves and we know the risk so we can deal with this. the biggest transformation has been in high dependency care where the number of beds has increased fivefold with plans for even more. but, will it be enough? can they cope with the surge? those things depend on three things, people, kit and oxygen. we have enough people. we have currently got enough oxygen, our current problem today is having enough it you grade ventilators. our current problem today is having enough it you grade ventilatorsm you are purple you are confirmed case, if you are orange you are suspected. the very sickest patients need a ventilator. if you look at

our intensive care, there are two non—coronavirus patients who are longer stay, weaning off ventilator slowly. the rest has been taken over by coronavirus. we have another hospital that is doing urgent cancer but this place is essentially becoming a huge coronavirus centre. everyone going into intensive care must work full protective clothing. beds have been created in every available space. so this is an anaesthetic room attached to an operating theatre. just look inside, here. this operating theatre has now been repurposed for two intensive ca re been repurposed for two intensive care beds. it is actually rather overwhelming because itjust reinforces the level of preparations that are going on here and just what we are facing. it is the same layout

in ten operating theatres, leaving just two for emergency surgery. all hospital visits have been stopped. only in exceptional circumstances mightafamily only in exceptional circumstances might a family member or a very sick patient be admitted. it is devastating sometimes. it is really ha rd devastating sometimes. it is really hard because we can't let all the relatives in to see their loved ones so while the patients may not be aware, the relatives are really feeling this. like all others, the doctors and nurses wonder when life will return to normal. in my family, we have a holiday booked in august, we have a holiday booked in august, we have a holiday booked in august, we have all got to that as a date, i don't know if that is a realistic hope. like everyone in the country, in some ways, i have a job, i'm getting an income, i know that i am not suffering like a lot of people are. the whole country is suffering

here. the whole country knows it owes a n here. the whole country knows it owes an immense debt to nhs front line staff were putting themselves at risk from coronavirus day after day. to save lives. let's go to china because, for the first time since it began monitoring the toll of the coronavirus back injanuary, officials there report no new deaths from the virus — although there is scrutiny of whether the government has been underreporting the figures. new infections in the country dropped on monday compared to the day before , and all 32 reported cases came from overseas travellers. steve mcdonell reports. zero coronavirus deaths in 24 hours. a symbolic turning point in china. many have questioned the veracity of the official figures in the country where the outbreak started. but even if the rate of deaths and infections has been underreported, the trend seems to match

real—life experience. and that trend would appear to offer hope to other nations. in wuhan, china's worst hit city, there are more people on the streets every day. after months of lockdown, residents are coming out to buy the city's traditional noodles. things are looking up. when china stopped for three minutes over the weekend to honour those who have died from the coronavirus, people were also thankful that the disease hasn't been even more deadly here, especially when compared to europe and north america. but maybe it has been worse than we know. officially, more than 3,300 people have died from the virus but we don't know how many more

there might be because some analysts say that it's possible people have actually died from the virus but been instead recorded as having died from other causes. the return to normality has been gradual here, yet scientists are still warning that the country must guard against a new wave of infections. especially as chinese citizens return from overseas. translation: overseas returnees, including people coming to beijing for the first time, or returning to the city, must all be quarantined. when wuhan city was locked down injanuary it was a signal to the whole world that a crisis had started. in the coming hours, it will finally be opened again to the outside world. this will be a big moment in china. stephen mcdonnell, bbc news, beijing.

iamjoined i am joined now by danny kruger. thank you for being with us. what is your latest information on the prime minister's condition just to clarify, i am minister's condition just to clarify, iam not minister's condition just to clarify, i am not part of the inner tea m clarify, i am not part of the inner team now so i know what you know, which is that the prime minister is cheerful and he is in intensive care but he is not on a ventilator or having any sort of invasive treatment. he is taking oxygen, but he is doing fine. from what you know of borisjohnson, he is doing fine. from what you know of boris johnson, we he is doing fine. from what you know of borisjohnson, we heard from dominic raab earlier on saying he is

a fighter, he was saying he was confident he would get through this, do you share that opinion, in terms of the prime minister's personality? yes, he is a fighter and he has a mighty heart and he is an optimist and he loves life and he will be fighting with everything he has got to shake this virus off and to return to work so, yes if personality matters, maybe it does in this, he has the right want to beat it. obviously obviously, it is frightening whether they were the prime minister or anyone else and to be facing a second night in intensive care. of course it is. i can't imagine what he is going through and what his family are going through. i am sad to say there are thousands of people across the country feeling this for their own loved ones and too many people in hospital in a very bad way. as i

say, borisjohnson hospital in a very bad way. as i say, boris johnson is hospital in a very bad way. as i say, borisjohnson is a very strong and optimistic man. i was with him all through brexit and when we were in serious political trouble and he never lost his sense that we would get through this and that he, through sheer will, would triumph andi through sheer will, would triumph and i am sure he is applying that same determination to his own health. there were a lot of questions to dominic raab about what is happening constitutionally, to what extent prime ministerial powers have been handed to mr rob —— dominic raab. if there is differences of opinion within cabinets, will it be dominic raab who makes the final decision? yeah, it will be the cabinet. we have a cabinet government where the prime ministers sitting around the table. it is the cabinet to make decisions

in this country. the prime minister leads them and seeks to get support from the cabinet on the decisions that they want to make and that is the way it works so dominic raab is now sitting in that chair, and in the coming days we hope it is only a few days before boris comes back. dominic raab will have to get support from the cabinet for any decisions he wants to make. we are ona decisions he wants to make. we are on a strategy here, a trajectory to beat this virus by delaying the spread of the infection by everybody doing brilliantly on social distancing so that we can build up capacity in the nhs and we heard today that the medics are now confident that we have the capacity if the infection doesn't speed up and it looks like it is not, it looks like it might be slowing down. so we are on a trajectory that was set by the prime minister and the job of the cabinet and all of the ministers is to implement that. it is thejob of ministers is to implement that. it is the job of all others to comply with the guidelines so that we can

beat this virus together. thank you very much indeed for your time. in france, coronavirus deaths have passed 10,000 — one of the highest tolls in the world. the authorities in paris have stepped up the lockdown, banning outside exercise during the day. the new rules will come into force between 10am and 7pm local time on wednesday. here's more from our paris correspondent hugh schofield. jogging, taking your daily exercise, that is something that is permitted under the french rules but you do have to take that piece of paper with you when you go jogging to show the police, but what the paris authorities have decided is that too many people are going outjogging at the wrong time, in other words in the middle part of the day and there have been pictures in the fine weather we have out of groups ofjoggers who are in keeping proper distance between themselves and jogging in popular places in the

parks and gardens along the riverfront etc. so what the paris town hall and the police authorities have decided together is that there will be no jogging between 10am and 7pm. you can go out in the morning and later in the evening, but not in the sort of central part of the day, so that people who are outjogging don't come across and intermingle with people who are out for other reasons, reasons like going to work or shopping. it is all part of the general picture in which the paris government is saying to local authorities, if you want, you can take the rules further than we have already taken them. that is what the paris authorities have done, they have said we want to push this further, we don't think people are being respectful enough of the rules. in other parts of the country, the city authorities are doing different things, there are towns are thinking about imposing the wearing of masks and i noticed that in biarritz on the atlantic coast, there is a rule there now which says you can't sit on a park bench or a bench looking out over

the sea for more than two minutes, in order to prevent people dawdling. journalist anne—elisabeth moutet is the paris columnist for the telegraph. what do you think of these latest lockdown measures?” what do you think of these latest lockdown measures? i think they are understandable even though they are a bit irksome, but the whole thing is necessary and irksome. the point is necessary and irksome. the point is that when you have people logging. is that when you have people jogging, first of all they sweat, they brief hard, sometimes they sneeze and they move at such a speed that the whole aerosol droplets remain in theirwake that the whole aerosol droplets remain in their wake forfar that the whole aerosol droplets remain in their wake for far too long, especially if they do not exactly respect the one metre, to meet a distance of security. that is one thing. the other is that it has been difficult and expensive for

people who are being stopped by the police to enforce complete confinement especially seeing as we have been having the most extraordinary weather. it has been like late june in extraordinary weather. it has been like latejune in the past two weeks except for one day of rain and it will be remembered as coronavirus weather, it is so extraordinary and people are cooped up in their apartments which may be big or small and that is what they are trying to do. you can still exercise until 10am and after 7pm, as we are going towards the summit will still be light for people to exercise but the rationale is that there would be fewer people in the streets and the hours that are now forbidden at the hours that are now forbidden at the hours when you have most people outside. i suppose one implication might be that everybody nowjogs at the same time, just outside those hours of restriction, but what has been the reaction of people, our people happy to accept these tightening restrictions?”

people happy to accept these tightening restrictions? i think people are now seriously scared and apart from some areas in which you have problems with people accepting the whole notion that it is dangerous to go out, in north paris where you have hospitals that are packed full of victims of the coronavirus and there are special trains and sometimes planes sending people to provincial hospitals because there are so many in the area around north paris, but apart from that i think the entire nation has now realised how serious the crisis is and i must say that what has been happening to borisjohnson is something that has really struck people. it is an extremely equality arya n people. it is an extremely equality aryan virus, it can hit anyone. many thanks forjoining us, thank you very much indeed. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news.

spain has seen a rise in the daily figure for coronavirus— related deaths after four consecutive falls. 743 deaths were registered in the latest tally, but the authorities say that some of this number can be attributed to deaths which took place over the weekend but had not been recorded. italy now has more than 16,500 deaths from coronavirus. to try and fight the pandemic, the country is receiving help from other european countries. the european commission says doctors and nurses from romania and norway are being deployed to badly hit areas of northern italy. according to an iranianjudicial official, more than 600 people have died from extreme alcohol consumption since the start of the coronavirus outbreak. some iranians had been drinking alcohol meant for industrial use in a mistaken belief that it could protect them from the virus. iran has more than 3,800 deaths from the virus. the international labour organisation says coronavirus is having a catastrophic effect on working hours and

earnings across the world. it said more than 4 in every 5 workers are living in a country two where partial or total lockdowns are in operation, threatening the livelihoods of more than a billion people. the united states now has more than 377,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus and more than 11,000 people have died. one area which has emerged as a coronavirus hotpsot is new orleans in louisiana. the city is famous for its mardi gras celebration, which likely added to the rapid increase in cases in the weeks after it was held, with more than a million people joining the party. dr rebekah gee who is the ceo of louisiana state university health care services. she also served as secretary of the louisiana department of health from 2016 to 2020 — she updated us on the situation in new orleans. we are not strangers to perfect

storms as you're aware, we had hurricane katrina in 2005 that decimated our city and inundated most of our medical infrastructure. we had a perfect storm again with mardi gras coinciding with local spread here in the united states and before we knew that this virus was circulating widely so it was two weeks after mardi gras that we saw our first death and the numbers started to spike. we have seen enormous bikes, we have here in louisiana, parishes, they are called counties and the rest of the country, but ten of the 20 highest number of cases per county in the us are in counties or parishes in louisiana so as a result of this, unfortunate circumstance, don't want you to think in britain that you can't come to mardi gras, it was unlucky and unfortunately it coincided with this and we had large numbers of cases, large numbers of deaths, we had some of the highest per capita death rates in the united states and new orleans is third highest per capita death because of

all of this but the good news is that things are starting to look a bit brighter here. that is good news. but what do you think are still needed in terms of equipment, what about ventilators and so on and protective equipment for medical staff as well? we have shut down our schools for several weeks including my seven—year—old who are at home, we have our cities have been shut down for more than two weeks, new orleans for two and a half, we are starting to see the impact of that. initially we thought there would not be enough ventilators and we thought, the governor thought that we would run out this week it looks now that we might be ok and the curve might be flattening in time to not have what new york has had, which is having to have our doctors on the front lines make decisions between life and death. like you have seen in spain, italy and new york, so, i am hopeful that the numbers we have seen for the last three days mean that we will be ok. personal protective gear, similar to what you've seen all over the world, we have had enormous difficulty with supply chain, having to get things on ebay, having to get things we

have sent in from people in other states and great difficulties with that but that also seems to be lessening in new orleans and people are starting to get these large orders are protective gear in place. in terms of events and protective gear, we are in better shape than we were last week and the week before. you talked about mardi gras being a contributing factor to all of this, what about poverty in the state of louisiana? the fact that a lot of people, because of poverty, are actually less healthy or have less healthy conditions, have more underlying conditions than the rest of the united states? if you look at maps of the american south you will see the disease rates are higher than the rest of the country, rates of hypertension, obesity, diabetes, in particular and we now know that those deaths in louisiana are, more than 68%, of people who had hypertension, more than one third had diabetes and this is

contributing to death rates but also in the south, the history of racial segregation, of an access to care, issues dealing with equity of people's, of people of different skin colours getting proper care has also led to historical problems and we are also seeing that. we have 70% of deaths are african—american deaths where the population in louisiana is only 32%. in new orleans it is around 60%, but still it is out of proportion. so, certainly there are considerations, making sure that individuals have access to care but the governor did expand medicaid which is our loan from health care programme four years ago and that has been a great help to us. the coronavirus infection rate among the religious ultra—orthodox community in israel is double the rest of the population. they've also shown resistance to government measures like social distancing. the community often trusts its religious leaders more

than the politicians — so, as tom bateman reports, the government has a difficultjob ahead. they are known as the god—fearing. in packed neighbourhoods, lives follow scripture, faith protects as much as science. but danger is visiting israel's most devout. the new virus of an interconnected world hitting the poor in crammed households, but also pitting police against the pious. the ultraorthodox community make up around 12% of israel's population. but they are accounting for a far greater proportion of coronavirus cases. we spoke to some of the major hospitals in israel who told us that of the virus patients they are treating, between 30% and 50% come from the ultra religious communities. avigail prepares herself to help. part of an army of volunteer

paramedics whose founder, herfather, has been seriously ill with coronavirus himself. how do you start to protect the sick when few have smartphones, even tvs? sometimes it is hard because they want to talk with their rabbis and we have to wait for an answer to know what is the next step. but the orthodox community wants to know more and wants to help with the disease. police hover as they try to break up crowds below. then officers go in. some in secularjewish israel accuse the ultra religious of not playing their part, failing to distance. here was a rabbi's funeral where hundreds gathered. in one jerusalem neighbourhood, religious fervour turns to rebellion.

"nazis", some shout at the police. the weather will be cooling down over the easter weekend but until then, once a very warm for us but whatever your where view there will be more cloud in the sky compared with what we have seen today. more cloud overnight will keep temperatures up, not much in the way of frost. close to the south coast, showers around and rein covering all of north—west scotland with a stiff breeze. still clear enough in parts of northern england and southern scotland. temperatures fall close enough to freezing for a touch of frost but where you are clear, you are best placed for a view of the super moon. cloudy skies for many of

us super moon. cloudy skies for many of us tomorrow compared with today but there will still be some sunny spells around, you may catch shower, southern england, the midlands, northern scotland still sees some outbreaks of rain, maybe a spot in northern ireland, you have the rain and still quite breezy words elsewhere when a reasonably light and even though there is more cloud around, there are sunny spells and it is still warm, temperatures in the high teens, a few spots in south—east england into the low 20s. pollen levels are high in england and wales. it is warm and out, the windows are open and perhaps that is why even if you are staying inside you may be suffering as a result. some fog patches around parts of southern england start the day on thursday, still have a lot of cloud in scotland, may be squeezing out some patchy light rain or drizzle. most some patchy light rain or drizzle. m ost pla ces some patchy light rain or drizzle. most places will be dry and our cloud breaks allow some sunshine to come through. in england and wales, temperatures in the low 20s but some

chilly air looking through northern scotla nd chilly air looking through northern scotland where we are into single figures. things start to change as we go into friday, the frontal system edging our way that pushes east into saturday taking some rain with it, another area of low pressure following as we go deeper on into the easter weekend. what does that mean, nowhere will be particularly wet, as you can see from a selection of places, there's the chance of catching a few showers but they will still be sunny spells but they will still be sunny spells but really wed has been so warm, temperatures will be coming out and quite considerably by the time we get to monday with a developing north—easterly wind. call over weekend, chance of rain but certainly not a wash—out.

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