this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a second night in intensive care for borisjohnson — his condition is said to be stable. well, i'm confident he will pull through, because if there is one thing i know about this prime minister, he is a fighter. we go inside a london hospital that's been completely reconfigured to deal with the coronavirus surge. the city where covid—i9 emerged — wuhan in china — ends two and a half months of total lockdown. solving america's facemask crisis — with supplies running short we meet the amateurs making them at home.

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. first... borisjohnson is said to be in a stable condition and "in good spirits", as he faces a second night in an intensive care unit. downing street said he was being given oxygen at st thomas‘s hospital in london , but was not on a ventilator. the queen — in a message to his family and his pregnant partner, carrie symonds — has wished him a "full and speedy recovery". the foreign secretary, dominic raab, is standing infor mrjohnson; ministers have been keen to stress that they're committed to following the prime minister's plan for dealing with the pandemic. our political editor laura kuenssberg has this report. nothing stops the spring. the country's on pause — not knowing how deep this crisis will really cut, if the prime minister

himself will recover. after a night for boris johnson in intensive care, the foreign secretary in his place at the lectern. he remained stable overnight. he's receiving standard oxygen treatment and breathing without any assistance. he's not required any mechanical ventilation or noninvasive respiratory support. he's not just the prime minister. to all of us in cabinet, he's notjust our boss. he's also a colleague, he's also a friend. so all of our thoughts and prayers are with the prime minister at this time, with carrie, and with his whole family. i'm confident he'll 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 borisjohnson‘s the only leader needing this kind of emergency care. stable for now, but in a fast—moving situation. hi, folks, quick update from me... the last public glimpse of the

prime minister was on friday. although i'm feeling better... obviously ill, speaking from his flat stop admitted to hospital on sunday, then into intensive care last night. behind whitehall‘s closed doors and empty spaces, the government's machine still whirrs. specific cabinet committees are grappling with different challenges from the crisis. the civil service continues whatever happens, but many dilemmas are ahead. with the prime minister absent at this vital time, if there is a genuine disagreement in the cabinet, who actually makes the decision? decision—making by a government is made by a collective cabinet responsibility, so that is the same as before. but we've got very clear directions, very clear instructions from the prime minister. and we are focused with total unity and great resolve on implementing them. of course, any prime minister is actually the ultimate decision—maker. good morning, everybody, it's great to see you all here... the chancellor rishi sunak —

on mrjohnson‘s left — would take the foreign secretary's place if he fell ill. michael gove, on the right of dominic raab, the latest, along with many downing street staff, stuck in isolation at home, but a rare appearance from the former boss of this table sought to reassure. the infrastructure is there day by day, it is the infrastructure of the civil service and the cabinet and ministers and of course junior ministers. and there is always somebody who, if the prime minister is not available, is able to step into 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 will act in the national interest, and that is why i have offered to act constructively with the government and support them where that is the right thing to do, and push them further where we need to do it. i want to send every good wish to him, to his fiancee and to his whole family. we are all willing you on,

boris, get well soon. a stressful and strange moment of history. an impromptu poster taped to mrjohnson‘s own hero. get well messages from the ward and from windsor, the queen sending her own message of support to the prime minister's family and his fiancee, expecting her first child. boris johnson, prime minister, politician, a partner and a father, too. laura kuenssberg, bbc news. across the uk, medical staff are dealing with rising numbers of coronavirus patients — while struggling with limited resources. our medical correspondent fergus walsh has been reporting from the university college hospital in central london. today he looks at how the hospital has to be completely reconfigured to help treat coronavirus patients. from the moment patients arrive at a&e, nurses and doctors face the risk of infection. i do worry about my staff because they're being exposed to patients who have a dangerous disease.

the man in charge at the hospital throughout this crisis leads from the front. i'm a doctor myself, i work in a&e with coronavirus patients. i'm 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 intensive and 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? all those questions are really critically dependent on three things — people, kit and oxygen. we have enough people, that's difficult because inevitably, staff have had to go off. we currently have enough oxygen, our current problem today is having enough itu—grade ventilators. if you're purple, you're a confirmed tempo pace. orange is suspected. the very sickest patients will need a ventilator to breathe for them.

if you look at our itu, there are two non—corona patients, both of them longer stay weaning off ventilators slowly, the rest has been taken over by corona. we have another hospital doing urgent cancer, but this place is essentially becoming a huge corona centre. everyone going into intensive care must wear full protective clothing. beds have been created in every available space. so, this is an anaesthetic room attached to an operating theatre. and just look inside here. this operating theatre has now been repurposed for two intensive care beds. it's actually rather overwhelming because itjust reinforces the level of threat, the level of preparations going on here. and just what we are facing.

it's the same layout in ten operating theatres, leaving just two for emergency surgery. you're getting stronger, yes? all hospital visits have been stopped. only in exceptional circumstances might a family member of a very sick patient be admitted. it's the personal cost of what is happening to patients, which is just devastating sometimes. it is really hard because we can't let all the relatives in to see their loved ones. while the patients may not be aware, the relatives are really feeling this. like all of us, the doctors and nurses wonder when life will return to normal. certainly in my family, we have a holiday booked in august. we have all got that as a date, i don't know if that's a hope. like everyone in the country, i mean, in some ways, i've got a job, i am getting an income, i know that i am not suffering like a lot of people are. the whole country's

suffering here. and the whole country knows it owes an immense debt to nhs front line staff. putting themselves at risk from coronavirus day after day to save lives. fergus walsh, bbc news. the chinese city of wuhan, where covid—i9 first emerged, has allowed people to leave the area for the first time since a lockdown went into effect injanuary. those with a "green" code on a smartphone health app now have permission to leave, as restrictions within the city have been gradually easing. our correspondent john sudworth reports. after 76 days of lockdown, the trains were lined up and ready to go, the barriers taken down from the highways and wuhan re—opened its links to the outside world. it is a long way from this. the outbreak which began in the city had by late january spiraled out of control.

so strict were the quarantine rules that only a select few were allowed to move around the city, including delivery drivers, providing a vital lifeline. translation: the roads were empty, it made me feel sad. as people couldn't leave their homes, people would ask us for help with things like delivering medicine to their elderly parents. president xi's walkabout in wuhan last month was the first sure sign that the infection rate was now under control, but questions remain. social media footage of the long lines outside funeral homes led to claims that deaths were far higher than officially reported. and there is still deep anger directed at local officials for covering up the outbreak early on. this man lost his 76—year—old

father to the virus. translation: it is because of the cover—up by a small group of wuhan officials that led to my father's death. i need an apology and i want compensation. but for the authorities the focus is on getting the country moving again. the reopening of wuhan is a hugely symbolic moment in china's efforts to declare victory over this virus. while its handling of the outbreak may raise many questions, it offers some hope as well. these roads in bejing were deserted just a few weeks ago, look at them now. officials admit new outbreaks could still occur but for now they are celebrating. wuhan‘s success was marked with a light show. john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. let's speak to robin brant who's live for us in shanghai. as we saw there, robin, after

months and months, a little bit of freedom, respite for the people of wuhan. yes, it's a very significant step, asjohn just said. we have seen reports over the last 12 hours or so, they opened the borders of wuhan at midnight there. people fishing on the banks of the yangtze again, people are out of the train station. there will be 100 flights leaving the airport today. 55,000 people travelling on high—speed trains as well to various parts of china. so to that extent, it is a beginning ora china. so to that extent, it is a beginning or a return to business. i wouldn't describe it as business. i wouldn't describe itasa business. i wouldn't describe it as a return to normal. many of the shops in wuhan, and this isa of the shops in wuhan, and this is a huge place, 11 million people live there, are still boarded up. and the advice for people in wuhan and the surrounding province of who bay, from the officials and government there is still to stay indoors if you can to wear a mask if you go out, and only

those with that screen code on that health app on their phone will be allowed to leave the city. there are still very tough restrictions though, particularly on going to beijing. no one from abroad or domestically can go there without having to endure 1a days of quarantine. asjohn said, still big questions about transparency. the veracity of the overall figures in terms of confirmed cases and confirmed deaths of cove a 19 year in china, we got that moment yesterday, just 2a hours before wuhan‘s yesterday, just 2a hours before wu han‘s lockdown ended, yesterday, just 2a hours before wuhan‘s lockdown ended, when china said in its official numbers, no new confirmed deaths from covid—19. that tallies as well with the period just before president chichi and ping went to her in a few weeks ago, when there were no new confirmed cases. in all of mainland china, with the exception of hubei. there is still a lot of suspicion about those official numbers, partly because of china's history and transparency, also because the criteria onjudging the confirmed cases here has changed over the course of the

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but has not been placed on a ventilator. our health editor hugh pym looks at what kind of treatment a patient can expect in intensive care. they're the sickest patients. intensive care units in hospitals have sophisticated monitoring equipment and highly trained staff who are constantly checking those in their care. patients will normally require an oxygen supply, sometimes with devices like this known as cpap — continuous positive airway pressure. there could be patients there who are simply on oxygen. beyond that, we sometimes apply a tight—fitting pressure mask, which if you are wearing it feels a little bit like putting your head out of a moving car window. there is additional pressure to help keep your lungs inflated and help with their work in breathing. if their condition worsens, some patients will be put on a mechanical ventilator to help them breathe. this involves a tube inserted into the airway and the patient will be sedated. ria was in hospital for an operation and then was diagnosed with covid—19.

she describes what it was like to be an intensive care patient. there was a point where i wasn't sure if i would come out of the hospital. that was the truth. sorry. it was very hard, because i didn't even have the breath to ask the questions. the nurses, the doctors were by my side. they thought of everything i needed before even i could think of it. i owe them my life. my situation started to worsen again. faiz from bradford was another coronavirus patient who was moved to an intensive care unit and stayed there for five days. the first thing was, all the wires coming out of me. that was so scary. and having this mask go on to me for about 12 hours, i think it was. that was really scary. and it was also really weird, each time i'd call for a nurse or a nurse would want to come

into the room, they have to put all this protective gear on. sometimes it takes 15 or 20 minutes to put on. but they were fantastic. the latest survey showed the average age was 60 for covid patients in intensive care. 73% are men and 27% are women. those with a bmi over 25 — defined as overweight or obese — made up 73% of the patients. and 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'll require at least a week in hospital. dr ron daniels, who heads the sepsis trust, is a critical care consultant. he says it can take a long time to make a full recovery. for those who have been critically unwell enough to need to be on a ventilator, particularly if it's for more than a few days, which is the majority of patients, 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 experiences in intensive care vary a lot but they are all there because they are seriously ill. hugh pym, bbc news. the us state of new york is on the cusp of overtaking italy for the confirmed number of covid—nineteen cases. it's recorded to have almost a hundred and thirty—two it's recorded to have almost 132,000 and has recorded it's highest single day increase in the number of deaths. 731 people have lost their lives. but there also signs the outbreak is peaking in the state. that is 731 people who we lost. behind every one of those numbers is an individual, is a family, is a mother, his father, is a sister, is a so a lot of pain again today. let's get some of the day's other news... the acting

secretary of the navy in the united states, thomas modly, has resigned after criticism of his handling of a crisis in which the commander of a ship stricken by coronavirus was removed from his post. on sunday, mr modly told the crew of the aircraft carrier that captain brett crozier was "too naive or too stupid" to remain in command. france has seen a steep rise in its daily number of coronavirus—related deaths registering 1,417. it's the country's worst figure to date. more than ten thousand people with the virus have died in france since the start of the pandemic. there's been somewhat better news from italy — the country that, so far, has recorded the highest number of fatalities worldwide. although another 600 people have died, the number of those currently with the virus has risen by less than one percent. the european commission says doctors and nurses from romania and norway are being deployed to badly hit areas of northern italy. 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. the co—founder of twitter jack dorsey says he's committing 1 billion dollars of his personal fortune to coronavirus relief through his philanthropic fund. mr dorsey says the needs are increasingly urgent and said he wanted to see the impact in his lifetime. other tech entrepreneurs have pledged funds to help those affected by the virus, including amazon'sjeff bezos and and facebook‘s mark zuckerberg. living through this era means hand washing, social isolation — and keeping up with the guidance on wearing masks. last friday the centers for disease control finally ——last friday the us centers

for disease control finally recommended that americans wear cloth masks in public. the president says he doesn't want to wear one. the mayor of los angeles told his residents to wear masks five days ago — sophie long reports on how that's working out. the sidewalks of hollywood boulevard, normally packed with people, are empty. they know it's safer to stay at home. healthy people had been told when they do venture out there is little point in wearing a mask but that advice has now changed. studies have now shown that the virus can be spread by those who are not showing any symptoms. so wearing a face mask or covering while making essential journeys to the pharmacy or grocery store could help slow the rate of infection. the owner of this hollywood market is keen to follow the new guidance, but getting a hold of masks has been tricky. i ordered some but they will not be here for at least a week. and another group will be in two weeks. but the ones that me and the staff are wearing, either the staff member have brought them in themselves and also a customer here in the neighborhood made us

all these masks. others are also rising to the challenge. chris's work as a camera assistant has come to an abrupt halt. he also makes camera bags but now he is making hundreds of facemasks every week. they are not medical grade but he says they are still wanted by hospital workers. hospitals themselves, as in administration, have been pretty resistant to taking donations. generally when i contacted them they said we cannot take anything that is not certified, however at some of those same hospitals, nurses or doctors are saying yeah, we need them. roller derby is a contact sport, impossible to practice while keeping a distance so members of this la team are making masks for people like essential workers at women's shelters. their new challenge is sourcing materials. a number of our skaters i think put a call out on social media and one of our friends in new york shipped her a bunch of elastic. with us it has just been

who has extra fabric lying around and ok i will take it. she feels the advice could and should have come earlier. we should have had the message at the same time as the stay at home order. it should have been stay—at—home, if you do need to leave for essential items, wear a mask when you're outside. but now here it most have been quick to cotton on and this creative community are doing it in their own style. sophie long, bbc news, los angeles. as cities in lockdown fall almost silent, the largest, brightest supermoon of 2020 has risen in the night sky. it's known as a pink moon and here it is rising above dubai in the middle east. and they were also able to glimpse it through the fast moving clouds in greece. if you're thinking well it's not actually very pink — it isn't meant to be. the name is actually a reference to a native american wildflower, which starts to pop up in the us and canada at the beginning of spring.

you at the beginning of spring. can see it in london as well, you can see it in london as well, actually. i sought on the way into work. —— saw it. and before we go tonight, let's look at the search for love in these troubled times. according to the west side rag website, a man in new york city has posted these flyers in central park, saying he's looking for a "coronavirus girlfriend". he's pitching himself as "healthy, attractive, "and well—employed," and he's seeking ‘germ free mon—ogamy'. the gentleman is apparently tired of ‘sheltering alone' and wants company. that's romance in the age of coronavirus for you. and — you can find out more about the coronavirus pandemic — on the bbc website, including the latest on the british prime minister — and how president trump plans to support coronavirus hot spots in the us.

check out our website. i'm on twitter, thank you so much for your company, bye—bye. hello. we have had clear skies across parts of north england in southern scotland. and some of our weather watchers have been taking pictures outside their windows were gardens of the super pink moon, such as this one from county durham. we have had clear skies, but cloud amounts have been increasing. and, really, through the day on wednesday, although there will be a bit of sunshine breaking through, it will feel quite warm. there will be more cloud in the skies then we've seen in recent days. so this is how we start wednesday morning, a weather front bringing thicker clouds across parts of northern ireland, north and western scotland, some outbreaks of light rain here. and further south across england and wales, a bit more cloud than we've seen recently. probably the best of the sunshine on wednesday in northern england in the southern scotland as well. temperatures doing well, up to around 23 celsius down towards the southeast, but quite widely in the high teens, a little bit cooler for parts of scotland and northern ireland. and if you are across england and wales and you suffer

from hay fever, you will notice we've got high levels of pollen out there. into wednesday evening, and overnight into thursday, this weather front in the north moves a bit further south. a few spots of drizzle but not much on it. further south, there will be a frost—free start to your thursday morning, and a bit of sunshine from the word go as well. so not a bad day on thursday, a lot of dry weather. but regardless of what the weather is doing, that doesn't change the rules on self—isolating and social distancing. stay at home and stay safe wherever you can. but in the sunnier spells in the south, we are likely to see temperatures up to 22 celsius on thursday. further north, a little cooler in scotland and northern ireland. looking ahead towards the easter weekend, it will be all change as we start to see weather fronts slowly moving in from the west, heading their way eastwards, bringing a bit of rain at times. equally, there will be some drier weather, if you're hoping to get a little bit of gardening done easter weekend. for good friday itself, we start off with dry weather, but more cloud and showers working in from the west. central and eastern england

probably staying dry and pretty warm here for a good part of the day, temperatures reaching up to 2a celsius. the cloud and showers further north and west will edge their way further east through the rest of easter weekend. so a bit of a mixed picture, 1—2 showers around, equally some spells of sunshine through into the easter weekend. but you will notice that things will start to turn a bit cooler. but don't forget, we've got high levels of pollen out there. stay at home and stay safe wherever you can. bye— bye.

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britain's prime minister, borisjohnson, is spending a second night in intensive care at a london hospital. his condition has been described as stable. across the entire country, 786 people with coronavirus died in hospital — the highest figure to date. however, officials say the number of new cases may be stabilising. the two—and—a—half—month lockdown on the chinese city of wuhan — where the pandemic started — has been lifted. transport connections have been re—established between the city of 11 million people and the rest of the country. china registered no new deaths in its official coronavirus figures on tuesday. the number of people in france who have died from the coronavirus has 110w have died from the coronavirus has now passed 10,000. it's risen by 5% despite a stringent lockdown in place for the last two weeks. paris has reposed a daytime exercise band is part of its lockdown.