is bbc news 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.

you are watching bbc news. another 980 people with coronavirus have died in the uk and hospitals. more than any other sing a date. in spain and italy the two affected countries —— worse affected countries in europe. matt hancock chaired the daily press covers britain today. here is a replay. our plan is to protect life and protect the nhs buys by slowing the spread of the virus by flattening the curve and by ensuring the nhs all always has more capacity to provide the critical ca re capacity to provide the critical care for those in need. this is a national effort and every single person in this country can play their part in this plan. this easter will be another test of the nation's resolve. it is a time of year when people normally come together but however warm the weather, however

tempting your local beecher park, we need everyone to stay at home. because in hospitals across the country, nhs staff are battling day and night to keep desperately sick people breathing. and they need you to stay at home. i'm very happy to report that the prime minister's condition continues to improve. he wa nts to condition continues to improve. he wants to personally thank the whole clinical team at st thomas' for the incredible care he has received. his thoughts are with all of those who have been affected by this terrible disease. the nhs is there for all of us disease. the nhs is there for all of us in this country and i know are amazing nhs staff have given the prime minister the very best care possible. in the same way that they would give every single person in this country the very best care

possible. 0ne this country the very best care possible. one of the things that makes me proud of this country is that it doesn't matter who you are, the nhs is always there to care for you. before updating you on our plan, iwant you. before updating you on our plan, i want to share the latest data from the ongoing monitoring and testing programme. yesterday, iam glad to report that 19,116 tests we re glad to report that 19,116 tests were carried out across great britain. 5706 tested positive. the number of people currently in hospital with coronavirus symptoms is 19,304. of hospital with coronavirus symptoms is 19,3011. of those who've contracted the virus, 8958 have said we died. an increase of 980 since yesterday. we never forget that behind this number, behind each one

isa name, behind this number, behind each one is a name, a loss, and a family that will never be the same again. and we all share a responsibility to tackle this virus first and foremost by staying at home. earlier this month, i outlined rfi pillar testing strategy and i am glad to report a very positive response to setting out the goal of 100,000 tests a day by the end of the month. i can announce today that we have capacity for all key social care staff and nhs staff who need to be tested to get those tests. to deliver this in addition to the testing being done in nhs hospitals, we have now opened 15 drive—through testing centres including in glasgow, cardiff, belfast, nottingham, plymouth, leeds, and one didn't, and other places. the uk life sciences industry is also answering our call to arms. yesterday i opened our first of over three white house mega

la bs first of over three white house mega labs in milton keynes. two more on in cheshire and astrazeneca and gsk, two of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world are opening another in cambridge and i want to thank the team and all the volu nteers thank the team and all the volunteers who are working night and day to make this happen. i want to address what we are doing to make sure we have enough ppe, protective equipment and to make sure that it gets to the right people. the goal i have set is that everyone working in a critical role must get the ppe that they need. nhs and care staff protect us every day while we are safe at home, they go off to work to ca re safe at home, they go off to work to care for us. we owe it to the to get them to kit they need to protect themselves. i want to be frank about themselves. i want to be frank about the challenges our plan is designed to overcome. first, there is a huge international demand for ppe and a

global squeeze on supplies. compounding this some countries have placed export bans and other restrictions on ppe as they go to secure their domestic needs. next, there is high demand for ppe from within the uk. so everyone should use this equipment, use the equipment they clinically need in line with the guidelines no bore and os. line with the guidelines no bore and 0s. then of course there is the challenge of distribution, the share quantity and type ppe has dramatically changed because of the coronavirus. many parts of nhs and social care have never had to rely on weekly ppe deliveries before. in normal times the nhs supply chain for protective equipment supplies 233 hospital trusts. right now, 58,000 separate health and care providers need ppe. so we have had to create a whole new which is six network essentially from scratch.

all of these changes around supply and usage and distribution are being overcome. “— and usage and distribution are being overcome. —— a whole new which is sickle network. i want to detail how. today we are publishing our ppe plan. it has three strands. strand one is about guidance being clear, who needs ppe, when they need it, and who does not. there is enough ppe to go around but only if it is used in line with our guidance. we need everyone to treat ppe like the precious resource that it is. that means only using it when there is a critical need and not using more thanis critical need and not using more than is needed. last week following extensive consultation with the medical royal colleges, all four uk governments updated guidance on what ppd use in what circumstances. the new guidance included clinical and vice that many items of ppe can be used for a whole session, not be

changed after treating each individual patient. everyone still protected but there is enough ppe to go around. the guidance is also clear where ppe is not needed. because outside of health and social ca re because outside of health and social care in most circumstances, the best way to protect yourself and to protect others is to regularly wash her hands and wherever possible to keep at least two metres between you and other people when you leave your house. and of course the most important way to protect yourself is to stay at home. because a front door is better than any facemask. the second strand of her ppe plan is about distribution making sure that anyone who needs ppe can get it and at the right time. this is a herculean which is sickle effort. we brought together the nhs, private industry, and the army, in fact the

armed forces to create a giant ppe distribution network on an unprecedented scale. that network is not delivering daily to our front—line heroes quite literally. -- is front—line heroes quite literally. —— is now delivering. since the outbreak we have delivered over 742 million pieces of ppe to the front line. this includes 161 million masks, 127 million aprons, 1 million gallons, and 345 million pairs of clu bs. gallons, and 345 million pairs of clubs. these have reached hospitals, ambulance trusts, gp settings, social care, hospices, and community pharmacies. we have also set up a 20 47 hotline for any providers experiencing problems. crucially every nhs hospital has received the delivery of critical ppe once every 72 hours and over the next week we are making that daily. this week we have arranged a priority drop of 30 million items of ppe to the local

resilience forums. the lrs are in turn delivering social care according to local need. in the coming weeks we will be scheming up oui’ coming weeks we will be scheming up our ppe delivery system still further. i can announce that over the next three weeks we are rolling out an online portal allowing primary care and social care a system so that they can request ppe from a central inventory and that we contract demand in real—time and deliver according to need. this herculean effort of an norma's operational complexity to get the right piece of equipment to the right piece of equipment to the right person at the right moment. i have pay tribute to the enormous effo rts have pay tribute to the enormous efforts of all those who are making it happen. we would do everything we possibly can to keep improving this but i want to take a moment also to say thank you to all those involved. the third strand is about a future supply which is making sure we've

got enough ppe to see us through the crisis. we are using a ppe on an unprecedented scale. constantly buying more from abroad and now making it at home. our ppe sourcing unit is securing new supply lines from across the world ensuring what we buy meets rigorous standards and this includes teams from the foreign 0ffice, this includes teams from the foreign office, the department for international trade, out to the far east especially, buying directly from manufacturers and teams at whitehall focusing on rapid freight operations to get it here. we have published the standards that we are going by against our global shopping list and it is also about ramping up at domestic production as well going into the crisis, we did not have a major domestic ppe manufacturing industry. so like with ventilators and with testing, we created one. many businesses have generously come forward with offers to turn over their production lines as part of

this national effort. in particular i want to think of burberry with their offers of gallons, rolls—royce and mclaren who are creating visors, any us who is producing hand sanitiser. we are talking to many others and we watched many more to step up to the plate. if you have got production facilities and you can meet our published technical specifications, we want to hear from you so that we can make this kit here in britain that will keep people safe. this is ever comprehensive ppe plan to protect the people who protect us. to make sure they have the kit they need to do theirjob safely and with confidence but i want to finish by saying this. even if you are not directly involved in the nhs in the ppe supply —— eat —— ppe supply chain, testing or a key worker, there is something that everyone of us can there is something that everyone of us can do to play your part in the national effort. stay at home.

because spreading the virus today risks wives tomorrow and it increases pressure on those who work in the nhs. do it for them. do it for the people who you love. the more we all follow the rules, the faster we can lift these restrictions and get back towards normal life. thank you to all those of you who are already doing your bit as part of our national effort. stay well. stay at home. protect the nhs. and save lives. i am not going to hand over to chief nursing 0fficer. to hand over to chief nursing officer. thank you very much. i want to offer my personal wishes to the prime minister and his speedy recovery. for this bank holiday it is like no other that i can remember. at easter we are normally looking forward to catching up with friends, seeing our families from across our country. but at the

moment we are asking you to stay home. it is not possible to do that this year and i know that is difficult. staying at home is saving lives. the actions that you take this weekend will have consequences by saying at home, you will help us. i want you to remember the sacrifices that others are making. the nurses, the doctors, the physio— some of the acas, the countless many others. i am some of the acas, the countless many others. lam not some of the acas, the countless many others. i am not home this weekend because they are working in our hospital in a social care setting saving patients lives. i want to offer my sincere thanks to each and every one of our nhs and social care staff for what you are doing round—the—clock. and i also want to thank my things on the behalf of the nhs staff to all of those key workers who have allowed us to keep

working. teachers, childcare, supermarket workers and others. you are helping me stay at work and others stay at work like me. you may have seen some tv coverage this week about what is happening in our hospitals. dedicated, skilled, professional nhs staff calmly dealing with the mounting numbers of patients with coronavirus. they are frank about the toll it takes both physical and emotional. and of course nurses, health care assistance, midwives and other nhs staff are now among the victims of this coronavirus. some have lost their lives. the loss of our own however they have contracted the virus is heartbreaking. the nhs is a family and we feel there was deeply. i would like to offer my sincere

condolences to the family, the friends, and the collies of every memberof nhs friends, and the collies of every member of nhs staff who have died in the recent weeks was up —— the colleagues of every member. every person in this country can help our nurses and our nhs staff. you can keep your selves and others safe and out of our hospitals by staying home. we freed up more than 30,000 beds, equivalent to 50 general hospitals in the past few weeks and thatis hospitals in the past few weeks and that is before opening the extraordinary nhs nightingale hospital in east london. and i am pleased to announce today that alongside the new hospitals in birmingham, manchester, harrogate and bristol, i can confirm that sunderland and exeter will soon see nightingale hospitals in their communities too. these extra hospitals if we need them will be pa rt of hospitals if we need them will be part of the nhs's nationwide

response to coronavirus. the greatest health care challenge the nhs ever faced and i am proud to continue the tradition dating back to the founding of our nhs 72 years ago. nurses are at the heartbeat of this people's health service. these are difficult days but amid the stark news that each day brings, my colleagues are sustained by the extraordinary shows of support that the nhs has received from our public. the rainbows, the nhs signs in the window, they lift me and they with my colleagues. i never thought to see people across this country clapping and showing your thanks every thursday. it means a great deal to me and my colleagues, more thanl deal to me and my colleagues, more than i can say. but there is one thing. there is no doubt that the single greatest thing you can do to say thank you to our nhs and social

ca re staff say thank you to our nhs and social care staff is for people to follow the advice. this is a long weekend. we need you to stay at home and stay safe. thank you. i will now ask the professor to take us through the slides and the data that we publish every day. thank you secretary of state. may i have the next slide, please? you state. may i have the next slide, please ? you will state. may i have the next slide, please? you will recall that one week ago, i presented some data to you on transport use and how that had changed over time as the public had changed over time as the public ha d followe d had changed over time as the public had followed our social distancing advice and i'm pleased to report to you today, you can see on the side, that in the week that has passed since i last stood at this podium, the trend has continued. that use of various forms of public transport have all stayed at low levels. i

can't tell you how important it is that you just keep going with this. this is not over when i move onto the next slide, you will see it is not over. we have to keep pushing as a nation to maintain our social distancing. we have to take the pain now to make the gain in a few weeks' time. next slide, please. so, this isa time. next slide, please. so, this is a side which shows you from the 16th of march on the left through to the 10th of april on the right new uk cases and these are best based on the day on which the laboratory test was completed. so there is a little variation therebetween when the test was taken and when the test was completed. but nevertheless you can easily see the broad trend that we have been in an increase face and now we are at a point where we are

ata high now we are at a point where we are at a high level and the numbers are burying day by day, but they are at this high level. we are in a dangerous phase still and i need to reinforce that again to you that this is not over. next slide, please. if you look at people diagnosed with covid—19 who are now occupying hospital beds in great britain, you can see that again over the period of the site from 20th of march through to the 9th of april, there has been a studying increase but possibly you can see that the curve is bending. it's impossible to say that we have to eat. london has gone down in the last day but the northeast and yorkshire have gone up. however, isuggest northeast and yorkshire have gone up. however, i suggest to you that the curve is beginning to bend and that your hard work is beginning to

pay off. but again, i say this is just not over. it needs to continue. next slide, please. if you look at critical care, the side talks for itself of the extent to which london has been the epicentre of our wave, the first wave. and you can see that the first wave. and you can see that the other parts of britain are at a lower level. but the trend overall is pretty much the same, that there has been this sharp increase. there may be some signs that the curve is beginning to bend but it is premature absolutely to say that we are ata premature absolutely to say that we are at a peak and the push we are making with social distancing just has to continue. i would add a personal touch here and say my mother—in—law is a health care is assistant. two of my best friends,

one is a nurse, another is an operating department professional who has been repurposed to high dependency to work on this crisis. this really matters, and it really matters that we keep going with it. next slide, please. if you look at the global death comparison on this slide, again as last week, these are synchronised so that day not is a day at which each country reported 50 deaths. and you can see that again there is this brought a similar trajectory across many countries that purport data with one or two outliers, and the uk continues to be broadly in line with what is happening in other countries. it is still a dangerous situation. we have to keep taking measures to bring this under control. thank you, secretary stay.

if we now go to questions, the first question we have is from hugh penn bbc. thank you very much. secretary of state, you and other ministers have said repeatedly in recent weeks that you have plans to get protective equipment to the nhs and social care, health and care workers are saying to us that they are still struggling in some cases of getting that a claimant. they feel unsafe. are you now acknowledging that previous plans were not enough? thanks, what i am acknowledging is that this is an enormous challenge, a herculean which is sickle effort. we have so far delivered 742 million pieces of protective equipment. but it isa pieces of protective equipment. but it is a task that needs constant effort because of the 1.4 million people who work in the nhs and the over 2 million people who work in

social care using ppe has gone from something that happens in a relatively small way to right across the board. in the critical thing is that people use ppe like the precious resource that it is and that we get the ppe to them so that they can always have what is clinically needed. now, of course i listened to the concerns that are raised with me and what i can tell you is the team who are trying to deliver on this have themselves put in an enormous effort. we are catching the ppe out there, but there is clearly a huge task ahead to keep it flowing and to make sure that those who need it get it. 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 enjoy it as we normally might on a good friday. not bad if you have a parasol in the garden. this is the satellite picture you can see a lot of clear sky across the uk. this stripe of thought up to the north—west and wa nted thought up to the north—west and wanted to shower because that pops up wanted to shower because that pops up across prince of wales through the afternoon. those showers continuing to drip northeastwards, maybe some thunder storms across northing and southern scotland. marginally from scotland to northern ireland throughout the night... claris guys further south, one or two places in the south and east of england may be getting to around 4 degrees. most places having a mild night and start to tomorrow. plenty more sunshine across england and wales, the sunshine could turn hazy at times with areas of high cloud i caught his cart —— start for scotla nd caught his cart —— start for scotland and northern ireland... we will see more cloud and spot of rain into the western isles. it will also turn breezy and rather cool. 9 degrees, for the sub very warm, 25

426 degrees and with that warm we could see the afternoon on shower or thunderstorm. some through the midlands, lincolnshire, will continue into the evening. i think again across england and wales we would see showers. perhaps one or more showers. a northerly when developing across scotland and northern ireland and that is going to make it feel considerably cooler here. further south you are still some warm 23 degrees perhaps but it cools for all of us as we head out of sunday into monday for some low— pressure of sunday into monday for some low—pressure down to the south, high—pressure splashing in from the north. the feet of winds in this clockwise direction which will draw this much colder air down across the uk and will feel particularly chilly given the strength of this north or northeasterly wind quite a lot of cloud feeding into north and eastern scotla nd cloud feeding into north and eastern scotland and down the east of scotland, the best of sunshine the further west you are but those are

the average wind speeds, the costs are stronger than that, blustery for eastern coast. single digits, the highest capture card put a myth. but even here only getting up to 13 degrees. —— cardiff and plymouth.

temperatures cardiff, plymouth and here only getting up to 13 degrees. this is bbc news of the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a message to the british public after uk's highest death toll so far in coronavirus pandemic. and we all share responsibility to tackle this virus first and foremost by staying at home. after weeks of criticism over a shortage of personal protection equipment, the british government insisted that there is now enough if used correctly. new york starts to bury some of its debt in mass graves, more coronavirus cases than any single country outside the united states. we report on a migrant still hoping for a better life.