this is bbc news of the latest headlines from viewers in the uk and around the world. a message to the british public after the uk hi highest death toll in the pandemic. and we all share responsibility to tackle this virus. first and foremost tackle this virus. first and fore m ost by tackle this virus. first and foremost by staying at home. after weeks of criticism of her shortage of personal protection equipment, the british government insists there is enough if used correctly. new york begins to bury their dead and massive grapes, more coronavirus cases than any other country outside the united states.

hello and welcome to bbc news. where covering all the latest coronavirus developments in britain and globally. the uk has another week of tragic news for families. today has been the third day in a row in which the british government has announced close to a thousand deaths in a single day. uk's daily briefing was led by the health secretary who confirmed their been 980 reported deaths from coronavirus in the last day. that is the biggest daily increase so far. that makes the total number to almost 9000. there have been nearly 1.6 million recorded cases of coronavirus with many people having died. that is according to the hopkins university of the united states. mass burials

are taking place as the death torments high with more cases reported in new york state than any other single country. back in uk, the prime minister is out of intensive care and continues to improve in hospital, according to downing street where he has to think the whole clinical team treating them for the incredible care he has been receiving. and his thoughts are with all of those have been affected by this terrible disease. the european union finance ministers say an emergency package worth e1 trillion for the economy were stated by the pandemic. 0urfirst report comes from our health editor. work on birmingham's new temporary hospital has progressed so fast it's ready to take patients today. that was the message from local health leaders at the latest nightingale hospital for coronavirus cases based at the national exhibition centre. it will be well—equipped, but it comes at a time when some health staff elsewhere are worried about their safety. they say they're still not able to get the right personal protective equipment and some feel anxious

what they do get is not adequate. we're getting a lot of messages from doctors on the front line that the current situation is, in many parts of the country, inadequate, that people are feeling unprotected, that they feel scared when they're a work, they feel unable, in some places, to use the kit that they're able to bring in from home because other members of the team haven't got it, and that they don't feel confident in what's being provided. staff at newcastle—upon—tyne hospitals trust say they've had confusing messages. 0ne e—mail this week said due to the current national issues with supply and demand of gowns, an apron instead of gown or a long—sleeved apron should be used for aerosol generating procedures — that means release of airborne particles. a few hours later, they were told that an apron instead of gown should be used in non—confirmed coronavirus patients. a doctor told us, i feel betrayed by those who are meant

to be our leaders, it is like we're being sent to war without armour to protect ourselves, serving as cannon fodder. in a statement, the newcastle hospitals trust says requirements from public health england had changed numerous times over recent weeks, that current advice was fully in line with those, and staff could be assured there were sufficient supplies of protective equipment. today, the government announced a new plan to get more equipment, known as ppe, to health and care workers. there will be a lot of scepticism, won't there, still about another plan being published. i mean, what guarantees can you give that people will be made to feel safe with the right equipment? what i'd say is that it is a constant effort to get the ppe to the front line, a huge logistical effort. we acknowledge the challenges, of course we do, we face them every day. and we are doing everything in our power to get that ppe to the front line.

and those with concerns about ppe at the front line, we're making sure they have a place that they can go in order to call for help. dr abdul mabud chowdhury posted a message to the prime minister on social media, warning about the lack of protective equipment for nhs workers. that was five days before he was admitted to hospital after contracting coronavirus. he died on wednesday and his son spoke to the bbc today. he was a courageous, brave man, and that's something he's passed on to us. he saw that nhs workers didn't have enough ppe, and he made a call for that, and maybe at the time it did not get the attention it deserved, but now, for sure, we're giving it the attention it deserves, and we are not going to stop, we are getting this everywhere, we are making sure we are heard, that my father's voice is heard, that my father's passing is not in vain. scotland's first minister, meanwhile, repeated the guidelines to the public on social distancing. the message remains exactly the same as it has been. people need to stay at home.

i know how difficult that is, and i know how difficult that will be, particularly over this easter weekend. ordinarily, that is a time to see friends and family, and a time to get out and about and even take a short break. none of that will be possible this year. today some were enjoying the sunshine, keeping their distance and exercising in line with official advice, but there's still a long bank holiday weekend ahead. let's stick with a bank holiday weekend because it's around 25 degrees and supports the uk over the weekend. the government has repeated again the need for people to stay at home apart from going out for exercise once a day, shopping for basic necessities or getting medical ca re basic necessities or getting medical care and help for vulnerable persons. people can also leave home for work if absolutely necessary.

a picture postcard, and that is because the crowds are missing. what would have been unusual is now the norm. you wouldn't be able to move down here, honest to god, you wouldn't, it'd be absolutely heaving, chock—a—block, beach, pathways, all the shops would be busy, everything. 0ur town and every town, certainly on the seaside, we need people to stay at home, keep away, keep themselves safe, to keep us, the nhs safe, so we can say people's lives. other coastal resorts were also deserted — from southend—on—sea to southwold. and skegness, where on a normal easter weekend it would be impossible to park. sir! no running! that's it. you can only walk on the river walk. in london, officials have been reminding people to keep a distance. sir, could you dismount, please? thank you. sitting on the beach — you're all right walking around, but staying stationary, are you from the same household or...?

in birmingham, rangers have been patrolling the parks. stay indoors because of covid—19. so you're saying i am not allowed on my front garden? you cannot come on yourfront garden. in rotherham, one householder thought the police were taking things a little too far. south yorkshire police have since apologised and described the incident as well—intentioned but ill—informed. messages like these in scotland have been seen across the uk's tourist spots, and they appear to have made a difference. there was also a reminder today that people can die one month after being infected, so staying apart and staying at home is vital. right now, you have to remember there's still a lot of virus circulating, and if we keep ourselves away from other people, the only way you're going to get it is from an infected person, so staying apart from other people is the key to breaking

the transmission chain. it doesn't get more isolated than this, and it's hoped the easter weekend will look exactly the same. pictures of emerged a mass grave in new york in the death toll continues to rise. many have died in there alone. burials are being ramped up at the site on an island off the bronx. it has long been used to bury people with no next of kin. new york state has more cases of coronavirus than anywhere else. it is somehow unimaginable, unbelievable, that in the most famous city of the richest country in the world they're digging mass graves for those who can't afford a funeral, and for those who died of coronavirus with no next of kin. this is hart island, just off the bronx in new york city. nearly 8000 people have died in this night alone,

and they're struggling to deal with all the burials. we are in total control of our destiny here. what we do will affect literally life and death for hundreds of people. the glimmer of good news is that the number of people on a normal weekend, a tourist venue like the lincoln memorial would be packed with visitors. donald trump is hoping to reopen the country on may 1st, but his medical experts are saying be very cautious indeed. the virus kind of decides whether or not it's going to be appropriate to open or not, so even though we're in a holiday season, now is no time to back off. as i say so often, now is the time to actually put your foot on the accelerator, because we're going in the right direction, let's keep in that direction. we want this plague to pass over, we want everyone in america to be safe, psalm 105 says... the president had originally wanted

america to reopen in time for easter, with churches packed. but in the oval office today this was the reality — no crowded of pews, just a blessing from a bishop. and for nearly all other christians, this unique easter will be online, virtual and socially distanced. 0ur correspondentjoins us from washington. we will get to the president's briefing at a moment but for everyone around the world, images of this crisis will stay with them for many years and now among those images will be the site of mass graves in new york. absolutely. it is putting a picture to go along with the number, the record numbers that we are seeing coming out of new york city of casualties. they predict that this could be the peak casualties today and going forward in the next couple of days but that is now a tangible look and what that

means to a city where a couple hundred people die every day and your talking about deaths over thousand. president trump has been giving white house briefings, any updates from that? well, one of the things they address in the surgeon general is that there is a disparity between african—america ns and general is that there is a disparity between african—americans and the rest of the population as far as the impact of this virus because that is one of the things that you are seeing right now is that black americans, their death rates are much higher than the rest of the country and part of that is because pre—existing medical conditions that may be affecting the black community more. and again, that makes it very clear that this virus, while it is

affecting everyone in this country, is hitting certain segments of the population harder than others. but donald trump wants to focus on getting past this, he says that there is light at the end of the tunnel and now he wants to start addressing the economic impact of this as well, because the attitude is the perhaps we are reaching a peak during the coming days and the number of cases are to go down after that, but the economic impact, the unemployment numbers which are record coming out this yesterday in the businesses that are closing and the businesses that are closing and the effect it has in the bottom line of the american economy, that is going to drag on even beyond just the health crisis here. do we still see any administration that has visible tension between those want to go back to normalfor visible tension between those want to go back to normal for those of the other the lockdown should continue? i think so what you're seeing it not just continue? i think so what you're seeing it notjust in the white house, reports and inside the white house, reports and inside the white house where donald trump is looking at his presidential reelection in november and has to be concerned

about the economy, but also among conservative commentators, republican officials were saying that we need to start dealing with the economic impact of this right now while there are public health officials were saying, do we listen to anthony in the previous section talking about lifting your foot off the pedal now, but to get off the accelerator, it's just the pedal now, but to get off the accelerator, it'sjust going the pedal now, but to get off the accelerator, it's just going to cause the pandemic to bounce back again is the worst possible thing to do. thank so much. still to come. we will get all the latest sports news as liverpool football test positive for coronavirus. —— player.

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of fatalities in hospital. new york sta rts of fatalities in hospital. new york starts to bury some of its dead in mass graves, the state now has more coronavirus cases than any other single country outside of the united states. spain will begin handing out masks at metro in train stations on monday as some companies reopen after two week hibernation periods. the news comes as spain reported its lowest daily death toll from the new coronavirus in 17 days of 605 fatalities reported over the past 2a hours. a virologist and research of the spanish national research council, shejoins the spanish national research council, she joins me the spanish national research council, shejoins me from madrid. the spanish prime minister says that the fire as he describes it is now coming under control. he is a politician and you are a virologist. and your point of view is it under control? if we pay attention to the number of deaths in the infected people in the number of people recovering from this, the numbers

are right direction. so we can say that the fires are already over, but you have to be very cautious because the numbers to see how they react next few weeks. staying at home and the number of infections have not stopped for the lease there is a lot people have seen the pictures and what kind of lessons can other countries learn from what spain has had to endure in recent weeks? well, the first, not only in spain but other countries, people spread the virus and it is very important to

the people of that before and after, having the disease, the virus spread. it is important to put people in quarantine. this very important. another thing is to be careful with elderly and also, these people, we should avoid, we know already that the disease is, this is important and it is also very important and it is also very important that the number of infected people is so high that we have to be prepared and we have to prepare our hospitals with many acu ventilators because all of this patient‘s, we know that there have been, they have spent about seven weeks in the hospital. the health system may collapse. italy, germany,

the united kingdom have talked about the united kingdom have talked about the possibility of immunities certificates for those who have caught the disease and recover from it. is that being talked about in spain as well? with, we do not know yet if people have already recovered from infection and are completely immunised, so have to check with all of these people. we are at the beginning and so we have a long way to learn about how these people can be infected or not. and would take a lot of effort and collaboration between researchers from very very important. and when we knew about it, maybe this will make sense. news on the virus elsewhere. in ireland, dave said that the current

restrictions on movement that was due to expire on monday will be in place for another three weeks but it was their hope to ease them afterwards. in italy, 570 people have been confirmed to have died from covid—19 in the past 2a hours. 40 from covid—19 in the past 2a hours. a0 fewer than the day before. the number of confirmed cases is also slowed for over a200 to just three hearts 951 italy is on the countries ha rd est hearts 951 italy is on the countries hardest hit by the pandemic more than 18,000 confirmed deaths. let us get some sports news. hi there. we start with because for the football season in england to only resume once all players have been tested for coronavirus and that is from the chief executive from the league managers association that is also criticised the english football league for not consulting them

before sending out a letter saying that it can be completed within 56 days of a restart. he does not think that timeframe is fair on players in the testing is key to getting back as soon as possible. all managers do not want to be back on the pitch. u nless not want to be back on the pitch. unless players have been tested. 0f the government must be confirming thatis the government must be confirming that is ok because the test must be made available there is a shortage to the care workers, the patients, the families of the nhs and also the nhs staff themselves. that is where the testing must go first. 0nce nhs staff themselves. that is where the testing must go first. once that happens, by all means, accesses and sport. many are wondering how they can complete the season ended in scotland, wonderful away from ending the season early in team seven voting on whether or not to resume the campaign that is safe to do so

and also finish it now, the majority of votes casted are in favour of the recommendation to in the season early and it would not impact the scottish premiership for now, but the outcome might not be known until may with the resolution resting on one championship cloud. it is a fairly complicated voting structure here. they lead 75% from each of the four leaks to here. they lead 75% from each of the four lea ks to vote here. they lead 75% from each of the four leaks to vote in favour and it looks as though, given the latest figures in the spf bell that the majority of the clubs are voting in favour of this resolution but one cloud in the championship is still standing and still to vote, they hold the balance of power as it stands at the moment and i am hearing that as it stands, there rated vote against this resolution. so, one cloud in the championship could stop the plans to make sure

the lower leagues in scotland, the current campaign, is called to a halt. the board members have resigned and told their president that they're resigned and told their president that they‘ re unhappy resigned and told their president that they're unhappy at how the cloud is being managed and in a joint letter, everyone is concerned of the financial implications of the cloud and criticised the handling of the scandal earlier this year when they are forced to deny hiring a firm to protect their own pleasant social media. calling for a new presidential elections. and it is for the vast majority of its factory staff in england unenforced absence until the end of may due to the impact of coronavirus and the fourth tea m impact of coronavirus and the fourth team to say that they're putting a significant number of staff on furlough following the part—time schedule earlier this week, saying

that it schedule earlier this week, saying thatitis schedule earlier this week, saying that it is considering all possibilities as it seeks to restart it season later in the summer, including race behind closed doors. nathan line will not be playing his cricket in england. his contract to play this part of the season has been cancelled by mutual agreement due to coronavirus and lying on the side, he has now become the third overseas player to miss out on that due to domestic cricket suffering from the pandemic. and that is all your support for now. sticking with the rota sport, liverpool sir kenny has tested positive for coronavirus. the former liverpool player manages family so that the 69—year—old remains asymptomatic, routinely tested for the virus while in

hospital where he is being treated foran hospital where he is being treated for an infection which required antibiotics. it is a good friday like no other. the churches have taken the like no other. the churches have ta ken the streaming like no other. the churches have taken the streaming services and this is part of the service from notre dame in paris. a reminder of our top story. being urged to stay indoors this weekend after the highest daily death tolls so far in the coronavirus pandemic. the number of deaths has surpassed 100,000. get in touch with me on

twitter i am at bbc news. please stay with us. with temperatures close to 25 degrees it has been the warmest day of the year so far but we have not been able to get out and enjoyed as we normally might on a good friday, not bad if you got a parasol in the garden, this is a satellite picture and you can see a lot of clear skies across the uk this type of cloud up towards the northwest of where two shower clouds that popped up in parts of most of the afternoon, the showers continuing to draft receipts words, maybe the odd thunderstorm and parts of northern england said in scotland through the night and some outbreaks of patchy rain, clear skies for the south with one or two places in the south and east of england may begin to run to around a degrees, and others having mild night ina degrees, and others having mild night in a mild start to tomorrow.

plenty of sunshine across england and wales in the sunshine returning hazy with high cloud and a cloudy start for scotla nd hazy with high cloud and a cloudy start for scotland and northern ireland but we do see some more cloud and the odd spot of rain into the northwestern aisles and also be seeing breezy rather cool to 9 degrees for the south though, very warm with 29 or 26 and with that warmth, we see the odd afternoon shower with thunderstorms through wells, admittance, missed anglia and now continue into the evening. and we could see one or two showers breaking up by the stage. some are entering from the west and northerly when developing and northern ireland and that is going to make it feel considerably cooler here and for the site you are seeing some more up to 23 degrees in london, but it turns cooler for all of us as we head out of sunday into monday. low pressure down to the south with high—pressure

squashing in from the north with the feet of fence on the low pressure in this clockwise direction and that will draw this much colder aired down to the uk in of fence on the low pressure in this clockwise direction and that will draw this much corridor aired down to the a letter cloud feeding into northeastern scotland and on the eastern side sunshine, the further west you are. for those of the average wind speeds in the love is stronger than a particularly blustery for some eastern coasts, single—digit temperatures of the highest temperature as we head out of sunday into monday. low pressure down to the south with high—pressure squashing in from the north with the feet of fence on the low pressure in this clockwise direction and that will draw this much corridor aired down to the uk and you feel particularly chilly given the strength of this note the northeasterly went with quite a letter cloud feeding into northeastern scotland and on the eastern side of england. the best of the sunshine, the further west you are. for those of the average wind speeds in the love is stronger than a particularly blustery for some eastern coasts, single—digit temperatures of the highest temperatures of the highest temperatures cardiff, plymouth and here only getting up to 13 degrees.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines. for viewers in the uk and around the world. the number of coronavirus related deaths worldwide has surpassed 100,000 according to johns hopkins university. the british public has been urged to stay indoors this weekend after the uk's highest daily death toll so far in the coronavirus pandemic. after weeks of criticism over a shortage of personal protection equipment cometh the british government has insisted that there is not enough equipment if it is used correctly by medical staff. the us state of new york started to bury some of its deadin york started to bury some of its dead in mass graves at a site near the bronx. the state now has more coronavirus cases than any other single country outside of the united states. hospitals in some neighbourhoods say that they have been overwhelmed with the number of cases they have received.

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