' everyone fifiyr mfr. "nab air. all applause for everyone helping at the national effort to save lives and keep the country going during these extraordinary times. that is it from us for now, i will be back with the latest at 10pm. goodbye. you're watching outside source on bbc news. the uk prime minister borisjohnson has left intensive care after "positive steps" in his treatment for coronavirus. in a statement downing street said, ‘the prime minister has been moved this evening from intensive care back to the ward, where he will receive close monitoring during the early phase of his recovery. he is in extremely good spirits.‘ we will have the latest outside the hospital where the prime minister star has now been moved out of intensive care. we wish him all the

best. they confirm number of cases in uk arejust over 60,000. 881 deaths reported, this wasjust over the past 2a hours and this is the third day in a row with such high numbers here in the uk. 0n tuesday, there were nearly 800 deaths and on wednesday, 938 people died. it was the highest daily total so died. it was the highest daily total so far in the uk, pushing the total of people dying from the virus above 7000. let's go back to some positive news. the premise has been made from the icu. -- the the premise has been made from the icu. —— the prime minister. let's cross live to st thomas‘ hospital to speak to keith doyle. this news passing in the last hour

also. we have had a statement from downing street sing the prime minister has left the intensive care unit. these statements is the prime minister has been moved back this evening from intensive care, back to the ward where he will receive close monitoring during the early phase of his recovery. the statement went on to say that he is an extremely good spirits. the key word in that is the early phase of his recovery. clearly he is past that point of danger, that point we were worried about, that point we were worried about, that he was in intensive care for. he is out of intensive care and his recovery has begun. he was brought to the hospital here in central london last sunday and then he was brought into intensive care on monday night, so he spent three nights in intensive care. we did his throughout the various government playthings of the last few days, settling this morning and this afternoon, dominic rav deputising

for the prime minister, he said he was in good spirits and he was taking steps towards his recovery. —— dominic raab. the news coming that the prime minister has been moved out of intensive care and is backin moved out of intensive care and is back in the ward, a spokesperson said that he will receive close monitoring during the early phase of his recovery. we've had some reaction to that. president trump has tweeted that great news that borisjohnson is has tweeted that great news that boris johnson is out has tweeted that great news that borisjohnson is out of intensive care. he ends his tax by saying, his tweet saying get well, boris. it's really good, positive to hear that the premises and extremely good spirits, just a few moments ago we had the collapse of the key workers for the nhs, these are pictures —— we had the clap. the prime minister

took part in this last week when this happened. this is becoming a bit of a ritual every thursday evening at eight to 8pm uk time. this time, he was in the hands of the nhs, the government always very keen to stress that he is receiving excellent ca re keen to stress that he is receiving excellent care and we had that message on monday when he was first admitted into intensive care and now we know that he has been moved from intensive care, but he does remain on the ward at saint thomas ince. yes, it was last thursday night when the hull of the uk came out to clap for the nhs, for the national health service. we saw those pictures of borisjohnson on the steps in downing street, standing alone, clapping for the nhs. to most observers he did not look well in those pictures. he certainly looked like he was not making the type of recovery that everyone would have hoped for. of course, which is a few

days later that he was taking her to saint thomas' hospital. the statement coming from downing street, the kidneys in the last hour, the prime minister has been moved back this evening from intensive care, back into the ward where he will receive close monitoring during the early phase of his recovery. the recovery of the prime ministerfrom his recovery. the recovery of the prime minister from corona his recovery. the recovery of the prime ministerfrom corona has begun. good news. thank you. keith outside saint thomas' hospital in central london where the prime minister has been treated. the british public are again being urged to stay home, as the country heads into the easter holiday weekend with warm weather forecast. breaches of the lockdown continue to be reported. greater manchester police earlier released this showing all the places where it had received reports of people gathering in groups last weekend. the green dots are parties — there are more than 600 of them. most were in pepole's houses — some had djs, fireworks

and even bouncy castles. the message is very clear, stay at home. jessica parkerjoins us from westminster. these lockdown measures that we are in our third week of in the uk, we are assuming they will continue as said, as we have seen the past two weeks or so. continue as said, as we have seen the past two weeks or sol continue as said, as we have seen the past two weeks or so. i think thatis the past two weeks or so. i think that is the expectation, as he were reflecting their comedy downing street briefing today, we have them every day, some of the things that dominic rab said, he is deputising for borisjohnson, dominic rab said, he is deputising for boris johnson, he dominic rab said, he is deputising for borisjohnson, he said we are not done yet, we must keep going, we must stick to the plan. i think there a particular concern, as there was last weekend that the good weather tempt people outside, as you say now, ensuring that third week of the lockdown measures,

people being asked to stay at home u nless people being asked to stay at home unless they have specific reasons to go out, one daily form of exercise, only necessary trips to the shop. if they have to go to work, if they cannot work from home or to get medical supplies. the government really trying to get people to stay at home as much as possible in order to try and flatten that curve, try and suppress the number of coronavirus cases and suppress the number of coronavirus cases and make sure that the nhs, the national health service in the uk can cope with the number of coronavirus patients coming in. in terms of when we might specifically hear when the lockdown message will continue, how long for, dominic raab pointed to announcement of some sort towards the end of next week. the mood music very much seems to be as well from nations such as wales and scotland is that the lockdown measures will continue, but what dominic raab was then, they are going to get some key scientific data from the scientific advisory gi’oup data from the scientific advisory group known as sage next week and they would want to look at that

first before making the final announcement. there was a cobra meeting, an emergency cobra meeting today chaired by dominic raab again in the prime minister's absence, they were looking at the process they were looking at the process they would make that decision. certainly the expectation is that the government and the scientists advising the government think it would be too soon to lift those measures. meanwhile, calls for people such as the labour party, the new leader of the opposition here in the uk, saying the government must be clear about it exit strategy, it's plan for how it eventually intends to help lift these restrictions and try to get life back to normal. jessica, you are talking about the labour party, the main opposition party in the uk, dominic raab has been speaking, there have been talks. boris johnson initiated this idea of a cross—party call, he has not been working obviously over the last three days since been taken

into intensive care, now we have been reporting he is out of intensive care, back on the ward. good news there. leaders across the uk and further afield as well saying they are pleased to hear that, welcoming the news this morning, including the first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon. there was this because particle of opposition leaders in westminster today with the mac dominic raab and boris johnson's absence, the downing street saying it was a constructive session. the party leader sent their best wishes to the prime minister, that was just before news emerged that was just before news emerged that he had been moved out of intensive care. throughout this crisis, downing street said we have worked constructively across the political structure and to ensure a national united response. speaking to other sources who know about this meeting, i think concerns well raised by the opposition parties, among the concerns raised, personal

protective equipment for social care workers across the uk. that has been repeated concerned raised here and as well when this peak of the virus might be rich, whether that sort of variance and that in different parts of the uk, whether that is fixed into the common‘s modelling. and as well, thejob into the common‘s modelling. and as well, the job retention into the common‘s modelling. and as well, thejob retention scheme, whether that is working effectively to change ensure workers are kept on by the companies and are furloughed and paid a certain amount of their salary, concerns as and paid a certain amount of their salary, concerns as to whether that is working effectively. 0pposition party leaders, trying to stress they wa nt to party leaders, trying to stress they want to work constructively during this crisis with the government, raising their concerns as well. jessica, thank you so much. my colleague in westminster. let's turn away from the uk for a moment. let's look at the death toll in the us now — where the number of people who have now died from coronavirus has surpassed 15,000, this is highest number globally.

more than 360,000 people are infected across america. kattyjoins us. a grim day for the us, do we get a sense when they will reach their peak? is going to be at different stages, this is such a big country with so many this is such a big country with so ma ny states this is such a big country with so many states that went into lockdown is at different times that each of those states could hit a peak at a different moment. i am here in washington, dc, there is a big debate about when we are going to hit the peak. 0ne debate about when we are going to hit the peak. one of these covid sourcing model said that washington hit their peak at the beginning of april. another focusing hit their peak at the beginning of april. anotherfocusing model since we we re april. anotherfocusing model since we were not hit the peak untiljuly. that just gives you we were not hit the peak untiljuly. thatjust gives you some sense of the differences that are coming out of all of the different models and the data that people are looking at, which is why we are getting co nsta ntly which is why we are getting constantly these different assessments of how many deaths that are going to be in the us in total, we have been told perhaps 100 and

200,000. now it looks more like 60,000 anotherjust 200,000. now it looks more like 60 , 000 another just because 200,000. now it looks more like 60,000 anotherjust because the universities are studying this i getting more data from around the world. have a look at that in more detail, don't away because i want to analyse that little bit more. the health official leading the us scientific response to coronavirus, doctor anthony fauci has revised down the number of people that he predicts could die from coronavirus. in an interview with nbc, dr fauci said the death toll "looks more like the 60,000 than the 100 to 200,000" fatalities he initially predicted. as katty there mentioned. he added, "the real data are telling us it is highly likely we are having a definite positive effect by the mitigation things that we're doing, this physical separation." does that mean that there is social distancing and the lockdown is that we are seeing across the united states, a re we are seeing across the united states, are they in fact working?

yes, that is what he said in that interview, this is all because social distancing is working and those original numbers that we had been given a vote to 200,000 americans dying are told are based on most people not doing social distancing. now in the united states, all but eight states have mandatory social distancing, lockdown orders in place. millions of americans are staying at home and thatis of americans are staying at home and that is why we are seeing this revisions, the virus just does not have the chance to spread from people much as it was doing so. i did speak to a format trump administration officialjust did speak to a format trump administration official just this week a caution that we could see the second wave of this virus as early asjune. second wave of this virus as early as june. he did second wave of this virus as early asjune. he did not think it is going to come in september, october, he thinks it could come over the summer. i think what all the health officials are keen to stress is the numbers are coming down because we are social distancing. if we relax the social distancing, then the numbers of deaths could start to

rise again. the problem for health officials and for the white house is psychologically, once the bottle, the numbers are coming down, it is only going to be 60,000, we thought it might be 200,000, perhaps i do not need to stay home, perhaps it is not need to stay home, perhaps it is not as serious as we thought it was going to be and that is what health officials are worried about. that people get the wrong message from the revision of these numbers. deeply worrying, thank you, katty. stay with us on 0ustide source, still to come: the mission coronavirus couldn't stop a russian rocket and its crew blast off for the international space station. the world bank is projecting that sub—saharan africa will go into recession for the first time in 25 years as a result of coronavirus. it says economies could contract by between 2% and 5% this year.

the bbc deputy africa editor, anne soy, has more. by by and large, security is the big issue, there are fears because countries have closed borders, farmers are not able to import inputs like fertilisers, the production is going to be severely hampered, that would drive prices up. already the staples of wheat and rice, the global prices are going up and that is going to affect countries here in africa further. the world bank and imf have recommend to land us, to put a freeze on debt repayment on that will free about $35 billion to go into the economy. they also recommended cash transfers and the distributions to the poorest. —— and food distributions.

welcome, you are watching 0utside source from the bbc. 0ur welcome, you are watching 0utside source from the bbc. our main story. the british prime minister boris johnson has left intensive care as he continues his treatment for coronavirus. the italian prime minister has called the coronavirus pandemic the biggest—ever test for the european union. giuseppe conte warned that the bloc could fail if it didn't take decisive action to help member states hit by covid—19. here he is speaking to the bbc‘s mark lowen. this is a big appointment with history and we cannot miss it. myself and other european leaders need to rise to the challenge and there is no doubt that if our response is in strong and unified, if europe fails to come up with a monetary and financial policy adequate for the biggest challenge since the second world war, they shall not only italians but european citizens will be deeply disappointed. mr conte also told the bbc that italy may start

relaxing its virus lockdown at the end of april. italy has been under a nationwide lockdown for a month. italy is pushing for a coordinated economic response from europe. but there have been disagreements across europe over whether eu countries should jointly issue bonds, which would see them agreeing to share debts over the coronavirus. the idea has been suported by france, italy and spain, but opposed by countries including germany, the netherlands and austria. italy has also been angered by comments made in the german newspaper dee velt. it said the countries of the european union should certainly help it gather in the coronavirus, but they asked with no limit and without any control. they go on to add, in italy, the matter isjust any control. they go on to add, in italy, the matter is just waiting for a new range of money from brussels. italy are annoyed from that. here is michael owen in rome the italian government is up in arms, and scores on german

government to listen itself from the headline. there's a feeling that the eu has got its messaging wrong italy during this crisis. a survey that came out last month showed that scepticism towards the european union has risen from 47 to 67% here in a space of a month. there's a feeling this kind of wrangling that is going on is not doing anything for the energy of the european union here in italy, which is one of the founding members of the eu. thank you to mark far from rome. if you're looking for somewhere coronavirus—free, you may need a russian space rocket to get there. a new crew has blasted off to the international space station , and one of the russian cosmonauts on board says right now the space station is the safest place to be. from moscow, steve rosenberg reports. with a pandemic sweeping the world, he is an idea. elevate -- lift off.

we confirm the separation of stage two. strapped inside our cause amounts. nasa astronaut chris cassidy is also there. the new cree for the international space station. coronavirus had affected pre—flight preparations. the three men had been entitled: t than usual before lunch, with contacts kept to a bare minimum. and that meant no family members present for lift off. we would love to have our families present for lift off. we would love to have ourfamilies here present for lift off. we would love to have our families here with us, but it is we understand we have to do to be safe. you don't want to come down with covid—19 appear. but assuming they stay healthy, decree will be well away from the dramas back on earth. —— the crew. a translation: away from the dramas back on earth. -- the crew. a translation: of space flight -- the crew. a translation: of space flight carries a particular race, we

understand that for the next few months, the international space station will probably be the safest place on earth. of course, self isolation comes naturally to a spaceman. no popping to the shops orjogging in the park up to the shops orjogging in the park up here. 250 miles above the surface of the earth, decree will be setting an example to us all. on the international space station, they be staying home for the next six months. if you want to get out there, you need a russian rocket. 30 minutes ago, what is it came a moment for people to show their appreciation for the nhs has taken place. people have been coming together for this weekly clap and it is to show that thanks for everyone who is working to save lives on the front line. this is a new tradition

and it is a way of saying thank you to the doctors, nurses, all the other key workers who are helping during this lockdown. hello, there was a high of 21.4 celsius, the warmest day of the year so far in the uk. across north—east england and scotland, it has been colder and cloudier when the wind off the north sea and this frontal system generating much more cloud. overnight, it pushes its way north was bringing some patchy light rain to the far north of scotland and the northern isles, not amounting to much. some breaks in the cloud, clearer skies the further south and west are now focusing on the wellsford optometrist for many not much lower than 708 celsius. five or six across scotland. the good friday, mostly dry so much of the uk

and feliz sonny. showers across the far north of england, across scotland. maybe with a rumble of thunder. still warm, a large swathe of england and wales a much warmer day for eastern scotland with a bit more sunshine and a change in wind direction. on saturday, little change for england and wales, more sunshine, more one. more cloud developing across parts of northern ireland, northern and western scotland, may be patchy rain across the western isles later in the day. turning cool across scotland, northern ireland and northern england, they want continuing for much of england and wales could seek temperatures up to 26 celsius across south—east england on saturday afternoon. through easter sunday, changes are coming. a non—text system pushing in from the west, likely to generate some showers on easter sunday, this time across england and wales. such is the nature showers, not everyone will see them. they could bend quite a bit of rain in a short amount of time where we do get them. cloudy

across scotland, northern ireland and northern england, turning cooler here. a bit of once in the sunshine, pieces of east anglia where we mist the showers. easter monday, this area of high pressure is building from the north—west but notice what it does to the isobars. a squeeze on them, some stronger winds developing on easter monday. we lose the warmer airand on easter monday. we lose the warmer air and replace it with something much colder across the uk. initially some outbreaks of rain, across the far south of england on easter monday, the necklace, a day of sunny spells and a variable colour, but feeling much colder, especially in the wind. goodbye.

welcome you're watching bbc news, the spring of with our main stories. uk prime minister borisjohnson instead of intensive care, back to the ward at thomas hospital. the government says he's in extremely good spirits. uk please step up check the head of the easter weekend is the government says it's too early to lift the lockdown. meanwhile those warnings that the uk economy could shrink by around 14% between now and june. in the united states under 6.6 million workers have filed for unemployment in the past week. one in ten have now been laid off. concerns for the eu as the italian prime minister warrants it could fail unless the leaders better co—ordinate the response to this coronavirus pandemic.

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