the prime minister is moved out of intensive care as the uk's death toll rises sharply again another 881 people have lost their lives to coronavirus. borisjohnson is spending his 5th night in hospital after being moved to a ward doctors say they are monitoring him closely almost 8000 have now died among them tony wilkes who broke his arm and caught the virus in hospital. it was just so dreadful that no one was able to visit him for three weeks and no one was able to be with him in his final hours and minutes. police step up checks on social distancing as the government says it's too early to lift restrictions and urges everyone to stay at home over the easter weekend. let's not undo the gains we have made, let's not waste the sacrifices so many people have made we musn‘t

give the coronavirus a second chance to kill more people and to hurt our country. still at work just. warnings about the huge impact that virus could have on the uk economy. and hundreds of nhs workers, carers and key staffjoin in as the nation comes together to thank them for their hardword during this crisis. and coming up on bbc news: how premier league captains say they're uniting to help support the national health service. good evening. the prime minister has tonight been moved out of intensive care and is now on a ward where downing street says he will receive close monitoring during the early phase of his recovery.

he has been in hospital since sunday. this afternoon, the foreign secreatary, dominic raab, who's deputising for the prime minister, said the lockdown across the uk will remain in place for now. he said deaths are still rising and we haven't yet reached the peak of the virus. the government's chief scientific adviser, sir patrick vallance, warned that the number of deaths will continue to rise for a "few weeks". the latest figures today have shown that another 881 people have died in hospitals in the uk but that number does not include deaths in the community or care homes. it brings the total number of deaths in the uk so the total number of deaths in the uk so far to almost 8000. we will have the latest on the condition of the prime minister in a moment but first. here's our health editor, hugh pym. it was just so dreadful that no—one was able to visit him for three weeks and furthermore, no—one was able to be with him during his final hours and minutes. emily remembers her grandfather tony, who died yesterday. he'd gone into hospital with another health issue, and then contracted covid—19.

she told me visitors weren't allowed because of the virus risk, but she's reassured to know two nurses were with him in his final hours. for me and my relatives, it is really comforting, just to picture those two amazing people at his bedside, comforting him and saying all the right things at the right time, and we'll forever be in their debt. we are just so grateful for everything they did. i raised the issue at the downing street media briefing today. we've heard some harrowing stories of people dying alone because family can't be with them, for understandable reasons to do with the virus risk. what do you say to the british public about how things will develop from here? we don't know conclusively that we're beyond the point at which we could start considering whether the measures will be relaxed, so we must keep it up. the key thing is for people to understand how much of what they've already done has

helped contribute to avoiding an even worse situation, in terms of the spread of the virus and the number of deaths, and how important it is that we don't slow up or take our pressure off at this critical moment before we've come through the peak. there was a clearer prediction than before how long deaths would go on rising. in general, i'd expect the deaths to continue to keep going up for about two weeks after the intensive care picture improves, and so we're not there yet, in terms of knowing exactly when that will be. the latest analysis of data in england and wales suggests that death rates go up with age in both men and women, but men are ahead of women in all age groups. alex died in hospital with the coronavirus ten days ago. none of his family could be with him. but staff did set up a video call, and his son says that made all the difference. it felt like we were together. it was really rich, it was really real. he was weak.

but we also connected as a family, so often there'd be three or four of us on the telephone, a group video call, and we could speak with each other, comfort each other, make plans. we felt together, which is... i've not really explained that before. this is what patients will be aware of around them — staff like these in papworth hospital in masks, visors and gowns. it's confusing and communication is difficult. that's tough for doctors and nurses, as well as those who they care for. dr rachel clarke, who specialises in end—of—life care, says it can be an emotional drain. sometimes at the end of the day, you know, you take off your gown and mask, and you just cry your eyes out in the car on the way home, because you have seen things you don't want to see but, at the same time, you've tried your utmost to be there at a time when perhaps a loved one, a son or daughter or spouse, can't be there, and you're literally all the patient has and with every

fibre of your being all you want to do is support that patient. the upward trend in deaths appears to be slowing. but whatever the statistics say, there are life and death issues for thousands of families to confront every day, in every part of the country. hugh pym, bbc news. the prime minister is spending his fifth night in hospital. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young is outside st thomas‘ hospital this evening... what more do we know about the condition of the prime minister? as he prepared for that fit night, some positive news for the prime minister and his friends and colleagues. he has been moved back to the ward and downing street says he will receive close monitoring during the early phase of his recovery, early phase, the suggestion that this will not be a rapid process. what does that mean? it may mean he will have to have his blood pressure checked, his

oxygen levels given he has needed help with his breathing. there has been reaction to this news from around the world, president from one of the first to tweet saying great news, get well, boris, sir keir starmer saying, i hope this is the start of the speedy recovery and then there was this tweet from carrie symons, the fiancee of the prime minister, i think we could call that an enthusiastic round of applause for key workers including nhs staff and care workers who have been looking after her fiance here over these last few days. cabinet ministers say may have been extremely relieved by the news tonight although one i spoke to said it is very important that the prime minister takes his time getting back to work, that a full recovery is much more important than getting back behind the desk and no one at this stage knows how long that might take. thank you. police have told people to stay at home over the easter weekend, and warned they'll crack down on anyone found breaking the rules. warmer weather is forecast over

the coming days with temperatures set to reach 25 degrees in certain parts of the uk. danny savage reports from cumbria. the signs are clear, but, still, not everyone is getting the message. pc andy docker was guarding one of the main roads into the lake district today and there's a need to do so. i'm not running every vehicle plate through the box. we're not the sort of being big brother, but what i'm doing is using the policeman‘s sort of nose, if you like, and if a car's coming into the county and passed me and there's more than one person in it, and they're from out of county, they're going to get stopped. a car with a canoe on the roof then drifts past. andy runs a registration check... right, i'm going after that. ..and then heads off. he later tweets a picture of the stop. two men, from more than 80 miles away, are ordered to do a u—turn and go home. in nearby bowness, police were checking

with bed—and—breakfasts that nobody is trying to book in. we've closed down. we closed down till the end of may... well, june, end ofjune. negative. from bowness. .. airbnb today announced they are stopping all new uk bookings for non—key workers for at least the next ten days. but search online for somewhere to stay in the lakes, and you can still find availability. it's very frustrating. all accommodation providers must go and block out their availability, both on their own site and on third party online travel agents as well. it's very important that at this time we don't give the impression that we're open for visitors. this is why people want to come here, and on a perfect spring day, a bumper bank holiday weekend would be expected. but not in coronavirus britain. i can't tell you how cripplingly difficult it is for me to say to people to stay away from the national park when i've spent 12 years in this job

encouraging people to come here. but, right now, it's important that we concentrate on fighting this virus and people don't visit the national park but do stay at home. away from the tourist sites, cumbria's sports centres are being turned into makeshift hospitals. this county is one of the worst affected areas outside of london. checks are taking place nationwide, but the home secretary say these comments from one chief constable go too far. we will not, at this stage, be setting up roadblocks. be starting to marshall supermarkets and checking the items in baskets and trolleys to see whether it's a legitimate necessary item. but, again, be under no illusion — if people do not heed the warnings and the pleas that i am making today, we will start to do that. police are also warning people not to take the law into their own hands. that's after a district nurse, staying at a holiday home a few miles from here, woke up this morning to find all her car tyres had been slashed. now, she's not a tourist.

she was just a key worker isolating herself from her family whilst working in the community. there's concern again that a minority will disregard the government restrictions which have left so many places deserted. danny savage, bbc news, cumbria. so as the government made clear today lockdown is highly unlikely to be lifted in the uk anytime soon. spain, france and italy are all around a month or more into lockdowns already and those restrictions are expected to continue who knows for how long. 0ur science editor david shukman looks at what the government will have to take into account before easing the lockdown here. around the world there are many different ideas for fighting the virus. in the czech republic, they're relying on disinfectant and a lockdown, and the government there reckons the outbreak is now sufficiently under control to allow more shops to open. in denmark, schools and daycare centres have been told that they can start reopening.

but many other countries believe it is still far too early to relax any of the restrictions. the very first step is reducing the number of deaths. that's the whole point of any lockdown. so what does this mean for the uk? well, the strictest measures like closing nonessential shops happened on march the 23rd. and the hope is that by the middle of this month the numbers of deaths from covid—19 will start to fall. but even in the best case scenario it won't be until late may or even earlyjune that there is a really dramatic fall in the numbers dying down to really low levels. so lifting the lockdown is not going to happen quickly. and this evening the government's chief scientific adviser explained why the measures have to continue. the social distancing that we're all doing, is breaking transmission, it's stopping the hospital

admissions — we're beginning to see that flattening off. still unbelievably busy, but beginning to see that flatten off. it's preventing more people going into intensive care, and it will prevent deaths. it's incredibly important we continue to do what we're doing. the key way out of the crisis is testing keep track of the epidemic, to know who's been infected. at the public health laboratory at portadown in wiltshire scientists are trying to find out which areas of the country, and which age groups, have been most affected. some researchers believe that younger people, the least at risk, should be out sooner than others as a first move out of lockdown. we can't release people just yet but eventually we need to restart the economy, allowing young people — say, between 20 and 30 — to go back into life and the workplace, as long as they don't live with parents. that would help to boost our economy, boost our incomes, and they would be the safest amongst us.

all the time there's the risk of a second peak of infections, a resurgence of the outbreak. for the scientists trying to predict the course of the outbreak, the big fear is that people will get fed up with the restrictions and that politicians will relax them too soon, which would mean the virus getting out of control once again. even in singapore, which has been praised for its handling of the disease, tougher measures are now being imposed for the next four weeks. there is a pattern emerging in most countries that containing the outbreak is still a struggle. david shukman, bbc news. i'm joined by our medical correspondent fergus walsh. another big daily death toll here in the eight uk, 881 people have lost their lives and we are born to this death toll will continue rising? yes, devastating. we are going to see big numbers of deaths here for

at least the next couple of weeks, but it is clear that social distancing is beginning to work and the virus spread, it is beginning to be suppressed. now everything we're doing, the social distancing, staying at home, closing businesses, is all designed to take the pressure off the nhs and ensure that intensive care units can keep on working within capacity. if we look ata graph working within capacity. if we look at a graph showing patients in critical care, in different regions of the uk, the total has gone up by 596 in of the uk, the total has gone up by 5% in the past 24—hour is. but crucially, there are early signs that rise may be flattening. it is not taking off. if you look at the top line in orange, london, london is the worst affected region. intensive care units in the capital are intensive care units in the capital a re really intensive care units in the capital are really busy and they are getting busier but overall, the capital still has some capacity there. if we turn to look at the global death comparison of the uk and five other

countries, you can see the outbreak here is roughly on the same trajectory as italy, which has had over 18,000 deaths, the biggest in europe. the us also rising very, very steeply. but look at germany. the outbreak there has never quite taken off and part of that is due to their huge amount of daily testing that they do. with the easter weekend upon us, i think the key message here is that social distancing is working. the message to the public is, if they stick with it, it will eventually lead to a fall in daily deaths and ensure that the nhs can continue to cope. fergus, thank you. the coronavirus pandemic will cause the worst global economic fallout since the great depression almost a century ago. that was the warning today from the head of the international monetary fund. and as our economics editor faisal islam explains, the british economy could be affected just as badly.

this is what trying to keep the wheels of industry turning through a global pandemic looks like. a production line that is socially distanced at the same time as keeping this british export classic, the brompton foldable bike, being made. cycling is one of the industries where demand should eventually shoot up, but even here, and in the british economy generally, you can't escape the thumping impact of coronavirus and the shutdowns needed to slow its speed. in no time at all, it hit europe. so suddenly, europe just dropped down, 30% of our sales potential just went overnight, and then it started hitting our supply chain in the uk, because we started having lockdown in the uk, and then we had our staff... so, we've had our ability to sell, we've had our supply chain, and we've had our staff — the whole lot knocked for six. the first thing is protect cash. cash, cash, cash.

this is one of the companies that has away sat on its cash, avoiding debts but it can't be said for all other british businesses and the that effect on the economy inescapable and beyond imagination. the bbc contacted 17 of the top 20 economists surveyed by the treasury to forecast from april to june. have a look at the last ten years. outside of the 2008's financial crisis, the economy has grown and sometimes fallen by 0.3% or0.5%. in this quarter, the fall anticipated by these economists, on average, is over 14%. that ranges from a minimum forecast of down 7.5%, extraordinary enough, to as much as 24%, a temporary loss of a quarter of the economy. the only precedent for moves of this size and speed is what has happened

a century ago at the start of the 1920s depression. the treasury has been doing its own analysis of the hit to the economy from the virus and from the shutdown. my understanding is that it is in line with the bottom end of the range, extraordinary numbers in terms of decline of the economy in this quarter, and the great hope would be that companies such as this can be part of a rapid rebound, but that is far from certain. the impact right now being felt up and down the country. i was recently made unemployed and have spent today looking for jobs. matt, an it worker and father of three has computer skills ordinarily in high demand. i've been let go from myjob. we have some reserves but they are getting rapidly depleted, so we don't know what we're going to be able to do after the next couple of weeks. and you've got three boys? yes, that's correct. and how are they taking it? they're not taking it too well, they really don't understand what's going on with the potential that we might have to move house, and we are having

to really cut back. the rest of the industrial estate remains eerily idle under a lockdown, necessary to protect lives and the nhs, but for which the impact on the economy is only just being revealed. faisal islam, bbc news. there's been a spike in deaths at a number of care homes in the uk since the outbreak began. deaths in care homes are not included in the daily figures reported by the department for health, which only reports those who have died in hospital after testing positive. 0ur social affairs correspondent alison holt reports. at the castletroy residential home, in luton, they've now had 13 residents who've died from the coronavirus in recent days. for staff, a deeply distressing fight as they've tried to protect the older and disabled people they care for. castletroy staff have been working very hard to shield residents themselves and their own families, while continuing to provide the care and support needed by our residents. we send our condolences

to the family and friends at this very sad time, because they are our family. many care staff feel the vital role they are playing in this fight against the virus is being largely overlooked. in care homes like this one, the vulnerability of their residents means they are on the front line of dealing with the coronavirus. but for weeks now, up and down the country, they have been asking for more personal protective equipment and for testing. and many homes are struggling with the virus. at stanley park in county durham, four residents have died after displaying symptoms. this sheffield nursing home is one of three run by the same care provider. i've visited them in the past to talk about the staffing and funding pressures already faced by the care sector. now, across the homes, they have had six residents die of covid—19 and 30 people are showing symptoms. we need support, the ppe, additional... you know, we need extra funding to be able to pay staff more, agency rates.

at the minute, it's just so challenging. we're just reacting daily to more problems. 90—year—old ellen linley is a resident at one of their homes. her son says no one on her corridor has the virus but, understandably, he's worried. the public authorities are supposed to protect these people. what are they doing? it seems to me that the care homes are at the bottom of the pile again, and, basically, you're going to end up with these care homes being used as hospices. both councils and those representing care providers say getting the right equipment and testing for care staff needs to be a higher priority. we need greater recognition from all the system and also from the general public for the work that we do. there is a real need, as well, to make sure that when we see things like testing coming through for the nhs, that social care is not forgotten. the government says it's distributing more protective equipment and stepping up testing.

alison holt, bbc news. for the third week running, millions have taken part —— thousands have taken part in a round of applause for nhs staff and key workers during this crisis. and this time, many of the care workers joined in, as emma vardy reports. cheering and applause. standing together, while we're apart. tonight, another display of the enormous gratitude for those who care, who save and protect us during this most difficult time. the eight o'clock clap has become a unifying moment far and wide. cheering and applause. i'd like to say thank you to our amazing nhs, support staff and key workers at home looking after our families and loved ones. we'll keep doing what we're doing, you keep doing what you're doing. we are definitely all in this together.

from troops in estonia to an oil rig in the north sea, all in shared recognition and thanks for those on the front line. and for the unsung heroes, keeping essential services going.. stay indoors. so much has been accomplished so quickly. like this hotel. in just a few days, transformed into a facility for people recovering from the virus. only a simple joiner, being able to help out in these times and we are all very thankful of the nhs at the minute and the great work they are doing on the front line. we feel actually privileged to be able to help out. it's hard to quantify the admiration we now feel for those who risk their own safety to be beside loved ones when no one else can. we do see death quite a lot in thisjob. we are the last hand they've probably held, bar the nurses up on the ward.

we are the last person they see and i just want to reassure people that if we take your family out, we will love them like they are one of our own. for their dedication, a tribute from communities across the uk. we meet the emergency services teams of craigavon. these people in such an intense time is right now but pausing just briefly to share this moment. the real heroes are not used to the spotlight are curtain calls, they work behind—the—scenes. but tonight, once again, they have our applause. emma vardy, bbc news. jobless figures in the united states have surged for a third week as the country struggles to contain the coronavirus outbreak. the latest figures show another 6.5 million people filed unemployment claims last week, bringing the total new claims to almost 17 million.

three weeks ago that figure wasjust under 300,000. almost 16,000 people have now died in the united states. it's feared up to 60,000 americans could die, though that is lower than previous estimates. as nick bryant reports, the pandemic continues to hit hard in new york. sirens wail. the sound of these sirens has become the sound of new york. a ceaseless noise, for many a terrifying noise, that has placed this city and are a form of mental siege. people here have become scared of ambulances and scared of the hospitals they end up at. in the past 2a hours alone, new york has suffered almost 800 deaths. bereavement on a scale that's brought back awful memories. we lose 2753 lives on 9/11. we've lost over 7000 lives to this crisis.

that is so shocking and painful and breathtaking... i don't even have the words for it. this famous cityscape has some jolting new additions. the military hospital ship, the comfort, docked on the piers that used to welcome the great liners. this is central park in the coronavirus spring. a field hospital in an open space they call the lungs of new york. and those sirens again, where you'd normally hear the sound of children's laughter. america is not just facing its toughest public health crisis like the rest of the world, economically, it's being hammered. the fear is notjust of a recession but a depression. in the past three weeks alone, more than 16 million people have lost their jobs. that's a higher number than the unemployment recorded during two years of the great recession between 2007—2009. the federal reserve, the fed,

is ready to pump in trillions of dollars in emergency relief. it's new york's poorest districts, heavily populated with african—america ns and hispanics, that are being hardest hit by this health and economic crisis. these were food parcels being delivered in the bronx. when you're in one of the poorest communities in the country, it already was a challenge. small businesses, they can't wait weeks for the fed to help them, they need it in days. and so, what people are watching right now is what happens when you don't invest in addressing poverty for generations. as it confronts this invisible enemy, there is a marshall feel to life in much of the city. a war footing as america faces what could be its greatest ever peacetime challenge. nick bryant, bbc news, new york.

eu leaders have come to a deal to help with the crisis. the deal came after the italian prime minister told the bbc that the eu could fail asa told the bbc that the eu could fail as a project without decisive action. he was talking to our correspondence mark lowen. they are still battling it maybe starting to control it. while deaths here remain high, italy is slowing the infection rate. the intensive care wards are easing a touch. this country is glimpsing the light. but its prime minister told us italy feels alone in the fight, unsupported by a european union not sharing the burden of what he called "the most serious test since the second world war". translation: it's a big challenge to the existence of europe and to the history of europe. we're notjust writing pages in the books of economics,

we're writing pages in history books. this is a big appointment with history and we cannot miss it. if europe does not rise to this challenge, with the european union risk failing itself? translation: there is this risk. if we don't seize the opportunity to put new life into the european project, the risk is real. and tonight, they seem to be listening. italy and other eu members hit by the outbreak will now receive financial aid. the european union stressing european unity. today we agreed three safety nets and a plan for the recovery to ensure we grow together and not a part. 0nce ensure we grow together and not a part. once the virus is behind us. these emergency plans will shield oui’ these emergency plans will shield our economic and social fabric as we dive into a recession. but it is behind russia, who sensed a chance to outplay europe and sway italian public opinion, sending medics and supplies here. the italian government denies it came with return