this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the number of people who've died from coronavirus in uk hospitals passes 10,000, as the country enters its fourth week of lockdown. the nhs has saved my life, no question. out of hospital and grateful to be alive. the uk prime minister recuperates at his country residence chequers, after praising nhs staff. he singled out two nurses, jenny mcgee from new zealand and luis pitarma from portugal, for caring for him at his bedside at the most critical time. china reports the highest daily rise in coronavirus cases in more than five weeks, most of them imported from overseas. the two worst hit european countries, italy and spain,

start to ease some of their lockdown restrictions. some construction and factory staff are returning to work in spain. and nearly 200 members of the armed forces are being deployed to support ambulance services in england and wales. good morning and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. i'm victoria derbyshire. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. as the uk enters its fourth week in lockdown, the government is reviewing the measures imposed to try to curb the spread of coronavirus. it comes as the two european countries worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic, italy and spain, are easing some of the restrictions announced last month.

but with the number of hospital deaths in the uk now standing at more than 10,000, restrictions here are likely to remain in place for some time yet. members of the armed forces are being deployed to support ambulance services in england and wales. 0ur correspondent leigh milner reports. the faces of those who have died from coronavirus, described by the health secretary as the "invisible killer," which has now taken more than 10,000 lives in the uk. among them, health care workers like dr edmond adedeji, who was based in swindon. questions are now being asked just how many on the front line have lost their lives to save others. i don't have an update on the figure of 19 nhs staff who have died, that i gave yesterday, but what i can tell you is that we are looking into each circumstance to understand how they caught the virus,

and making sure that we learn as much as we possibly can, and therefore of course protect our health workers as much as possible. according to public health england, the number of people in hospital with coronavirus in london is stabilising. but it's now increasing in places such as the north—west and north—east of england, as well as yorkshire. tannoy: can you all go home, please? it's not a holiday, it's a lockdown. today marks three weeks since lockdown began. it's understood ministers will meet later this week to review the social distancing measures. despite the warm bank holiday weekend, the streets of london were empty, and motorways almost abandoned, as people listened to the pleas to stay close to home. yesterday the sister of sara trollope, a matron on a psychiatric ward in north—west london who recently died after contracting the virus, gave this poignant message to the public. for me, stay at home, don't let my sister and all the other nhs

staff and all the people who have died from this virus, don't let their deaths be in vain. stay at home. with only one day left of the four—day bank holiday weekend, the message remains the same. stay at home, protect the nhs, and save lives. borisjohnson is recuperating at his country residence, chequers, after spending a week in hospital with covid—19. in a video message, the prime minister paid tribute to the nhs, singling out two nurses, jenny mcgee from new zealand and luis pitarma from portugal, who looked after him at his bedside. jenny's parents have been talking to tv nz about their daughter. we knew that he was in st thomas‘ hospital, it was all over the news, and that he had gone to itu. but our daughter is very professional, so we

don‘t ask things, or she does not speu don‘t ask things, or she does not spell things so it really wasn‘t until he was out of intensive care that she actually told us. well, she said she had just had a most surreal time in her life, something she will never forget, time in her life, something she will neverforget, and time in her life, something she will never forget, and that she time in her life, something she will neverforget, and that she had been taking care of boris. it makes us feel exceptionally proud, obviously. but she has told us these things over the years and it does not matter what patient she is looking after, this is what she does. ijust find it incredible that she, any nurses, can do this for 12 hours, sit and watch a patient and twiddle away with all the different knobs and things they do to keep their patients alive. it‘s absolutely amazing. i think over the years, she has always told us that herjob is one—on—one nursing with very critically ill people, and that

means she is there all the time, for the 12 hours. so once we had heard that borisjohnson had gone into intensive care, it was obvious that at some stage, jenny would possibly run into him and be giving him the same level of care that she would have given anybody else that week before next week. and we are really proud of her. the uk government is set to review by thursday whether social distancing measures can be relaxed. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent helen catt who explained why this review is taking place this week. when these were originally brought in, borisjohnson said in his television address that they would be kept under constant review and after three weeks, the government would look again. they then wrote into the law the legislation, the statutory instrument, as it is known, that was signed by the secretary of state, matt hancock, and in it, it says every 21 days, the secretary of state has to look at it and decide if it is necessary to keep them. it also said the first review had

to happen by the 16th of april which is on thursday. what it does not set out is what the review process has to be and what it has to include. we have heard from government in the last few days that it will be looking at the data that goes to its scientific advisory group, called sage, which will be available towards the beginning of the week. but nobody expects these things to be changed in any way, really, because the whole point of these, the government has always said, was to get us through the peak of the pandemic and to make sure the nhs was not overwhelmed. seeing as we still seem to be pretty much in the thick of it, i don‘t think anyone is expecting the rules to change this week. nearly 200 members of the armed forces are being deployed to support ambulance services in england and wales. personnel from all three strands of the armed forces will be sent to work at five ambulance trusts. they will carry out a range of tasks, including driving emergency response vehicles, moving critical care patients between intensive care units, and taking calls from the public. coronavirus restrictions

are easing in spain and some —— thousands of employees in manufacturing and construction allowed to go back to work as long as they obey strict safely guidelines. italy will let some businesses reopen from tomorrow, but the italian government has told the bbc others will not be allowed to fully reopen until a vaccine is found. restaurants and bars face the most uncertainty. some have already collapsed since lockdown began five weeks ago. 0ur europe correspondent jean mackenzie reports from rome. the tables still set for meals that were never served. chiara built this place for the people of rome to meet, eat, and play music. crowd sings. but it‘s been five weeks since every restaurant in italy was shut down and, as the lockdown drags on, she is preparing to close for good.

and this is the reality. when shops and businesses are reopened it will be gradual and the places where you can‘t keep your distance will be last. we can‘t have a concert, we can‘t have a cinema. what about bars and restaurants? now it is impossible to imagine that the restaurants can reopen. until the discovery of a vaccine, it‘s impossible to imagine that you can return to a normal life. in the meantime, the government is offering loans to keep them going. but these businesses are struggling to see their place in a socially distant future and fear that by the time they‘re allowed to reopen, the damage done

will be so great it will be irreversible. this barge bar now resembles a ghost ship. another business on the edge. how busy does it get? it's good, the last year. now nothing. and while this country waits to be reopened, its streets are silently being redrawn. the places which give it so much of its soul most at risk. jean mackenzie, bbc news. china has reported 108 new cases of the virus, the highest daily figure in more than five weeks. most of the latest infections are among chinese nationals returning from overseas. 0ur china correspondent

robin brant explained more. they are particularly worried about imported cases, international travellers coming into china and bringing coronavirus with them. at the moment as well, there‘s a real cluster emerging in a province in the north, near the border with russia, heilongjiang, and we are seeing in recent weeks that a number of chinese nationals are crossing that border, a bit of a game of cat and mouse going on up there, bringing covid—19 with them. there is evidence as well, even in today‘s figures, we are seeing seven new domestic cases in that province, so evidence people are bringing it in and then they appear to be spreading it. the numbers that have been revealed in the last 2a hours of 108 new, confirmed cases in china, that is relatively small, obviously. but it will be worrying because that is the largest number of confirmed new cases in the last five weeks. it continues a trend of these numbers ticking up and up. we may even see more stringent

measures on international travellers coming into china coming in. already, there are no direct flights to beijing. all international visitors face 1a days of quarantine. and now, the province i mentioned up north near the russian border, the capital there, harbin, anyone who wants to go into the capital if you are coming from abroad, from today, you face 28 days of mandatory quarantine. so if they want to bring these cases down again, does that mean chinese nationals flying back in may have to go into quarantine? well, they do have to go into quarantine now, everybody coming in internationally but i think another question that maybe you are alluding to is will they stop chinese nationals coming in? they are the bulk of the cases bringing coronavirus back to china, back to the country where it began and there is no way china is going to ban its own citizens from coming but it is trying to discourage them by limiting the number of flights and insisting

that they face varying levels of quarantine once they come in. but like i say, the obscure border up north, the land border with russia, there is a bit of cat and mouse going on, it is now closed but that is where we saw over recent weeks people coming in and a renewed spike in confirmed cases of coronavirus as people came into northern china from russia. the united states "could have saved lives" if it had introduced measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus earlier, according to one of the country‘s top health officials, anthony fauci. more than 21,000 people in the us have died with coronavirus. there were 758 coronavirus—related deaths recorded in the past 2a hours in the state of new york alone. the state‘s governor andrew cuomo described the figures as "horrific", but pointed to a stabilisation in the number of new deaths. you see also flattening in the numbers of lives lost. at a terribly high rate. but if you look back, the last several days sees a certain continuity to that number.

again, that is the one number that i look forward to seeing drop... ..as soon as i open my eyes in the morning and it has been flattening, but flattening at a terribly high level. south korea says it will send 600,000 coronavirus testing kits to the us on tuesday. an official says the request was made by donald trump to president moonjae—in during a telephone call late last month, making it the first bulk order from the american federal government. the headlines on bbc news. the number of deaths in the uk from coronavirus exceeds 10,000, as the uk faces its fourth week in lockdown. the prime minister recuperates at his country residence chequers, praising two nurses, jenny mcgee from new zealand

and luis pitarma from portugal, for caring for him at his bedside. some for caring for him at his bedside. construction work returned some construction workers in spain returned to work, as two of the worst hit european countries, italy and spain, start eating some lockdown restrictions. as the prime minister borisjohnson was discharged from hospital yesterday, he said there was "no question" the nhs saved his life "when things could have gone either way". two weeks ago, television writer and director dominic minghella was also released from hospital after being treated for covid—19. he says it felt like he was in a horror movie and now that he‘s out he feels traumatised but very grateful for his life and the work of the nhs staff who saved him. good morning to you. how are you? good morning to you. how are you? good morning. i‘m pretty well, very well, very happy to be alive, thank

you. i bet you are and i think initially, you were in denial about actually having the symptoms of the virus? i was. i think actually having the symptoms of the virus? iwas. ithink part actually having the symptoms of the virus? i was. i think part of that is my... perhaps overactive... subconscious. i am an imaginative fellow and i can push things away just as easily. but on a serious note, my symptoms were really mild and, you know, we heard that about the prime minister, mild symptoms, don‘t worry. but actually, i did not have a cough or a fever, really, for the first week and then of course, it turned on me and i think it is a salutary tale for others, just because you may be feeling fine, you might not even think you have got covid—19, and i didn‘t but you still need to be vigilant. how would you describe what it was like in hospital, being treated for it? humbling. when you see the intensity

of the work that people do on your behalf, and you are aware of the risks that they are taking for you, it is humbling. i understand completely, and borisjohnson‘s instinct to name and praise those who looked after him, and it does give you that kind of, when you come out, that kind of love that feeling towards the world. —— loved up feeling. but mostly, the thing you feeling. but mostly, the thing you feel is fear and terror, because you just don‘t know where you are in the stages and possible progression of this horrible disease and i don‘t think the medics know, either, so they can‘t give you comfort which is a sobering place to be, that he wouldn‘t wish on your worst enemy. —— you wouldn‘t wish. wouldn‘t wish on your worst enemy. -- you wouldn't wish. at one stage, you were convinced you were not going to make it, i think, so you began trying to write goodbye letters to your children and working out if you could marry your long—term partner? out if you could marry your long-term partner? i did, we have been together 35 years so it is

probably time. that was a fruitless investigation, but i did feel as though the medics may have been telling me, insofar as they were not telling me, insofar as they were not telling me, insofar as they were not telling me anything, they were not answering my sort of gentle questions about is this going to go... am questions about is this going to go...ami questions about is this going to go... am i going to be ok, is this going to go all right? they were conspicuously answering the questions. at one point —— not answering the questions. at one point my doctor asked me if i was related to anthony minghella, and i said it was my brother and he said now i have become the title of his film, and as the door closed, i realised he meant the english patient and i realised that was another good analogy for me because the english patient does not live and that is the moment where i put all the things i had had together and came to the conclusion that perhaps they were telling me this might go wrong for me. it was a

chilling moment. i do have a feed barley imagination but it was horrible —— afebrile imagination but it was a horrible moment and i pulled myself out of bed and found my laptop and began the task of writing from beyond the grave to my kids. that is still a difficult thing to have experienced. what has the experience done to you emotionally and physically?m the experience done to you emotionally and physically? it has done both, i think, the things that you would expect, in that i now see everything as being... i am as loved up everything as being... i am as loved up as the prime minister was in his brilliant address yesterday. i think everybody is marvellous, my family is marvellous, my neighbours are marvellous, i want to kiss everybody, have a cup of tea because ican, everybody, have a cup of tea because i can, because i am immune, right, a cup of tea is a gorgeous thing and a biscuit and the tulips in the garden are fantastic, and of course, all of those things are true. i am also

easily triggered and often to be found sobbing on the sofa when i see someone found sobbing on the sofa when i see someone going into hospital or hear about it, as we are all hearing now about it, as we are all hearing now about people going in and sometimes u nfortu nately not about people going in and sometimes unfortunately not coming out. i am to be found on the sofa in a bad state. my kids don‘t even take any notice any more, "it‘s just dad crying again". so just the trauma and thejoy crying again". so just the trauma and the joy of having been one of the lucky ones. do you have any anger? i do. i would the lucky ones. do you have any anger? i do. iwould say the lucky ones. do you have any anger? i do. i would say that my... experience does feel a little bit like grief. i couldn‘t quite believe this had happened to me. you know, i was pretty fit and not over 70, i did not have any comorbidities, as they call them. it was not really for me, this disease and suddenly, there i am, in a long line of people waiting to go in, a 50 something

year old guy is a classic candidate, it turns out, for this horrible disease. so once i began to process the fact it had happened to me, and feel a bit better, my mind was starting to work again, i have now become quite angry that we did not lockdown sooner and people like me might not have needed to be in danger of losing their lives and thousands of people who are dying might not have needed to die if we had only paid attention to italy and other countries. it is logarithmic. every day you waste not doing everything, thousands more people are going to get infected. yes, i am angry about that. i think it would be slightly irrational not to be. of course, the problem is, the issue is what do we do now? yes. but yes, i think i am angry that there are thousands more of us dying and i am afraid more of us will be and eve ryo ne afraid more of us will be and everyone is touched by and we will

all be angry and it is how to creatively and constructively use that anger that matters now. indeed, and you will know some people say, thatis and you will know some people say, that is just hindsight, some and you will know some people say, that isjust hindsight, some people will say now is not the time to criticise, to ask perfectly legitimate questions about the uk government strategy. what do you say to that? simply, now is the time. the time was... you know, if you had said that a few weeks ago, when it was not a case of hindsight, it was clear what was happening elsewhere in italy, and the italian medics and scientists were pleading with us to do something, they could not believe we we re do something, they could not believe we were doing nothing and talking about taking it on the chin and herd immunity and all of those things, and we didn‘t, we had a different policy then. you know, so then was the time for speaking up and public pressure arguably did shift the government position and now is the time for speaking up constructively

for effective lockdown and for a set of strategies for us to begin to be able to look at what relaxing lockdown might look like in the future. in the meantime, my personal opinion is, anyone who has been by near a&e, rhys us and the covid award will know that we should be locking down harder now and that is what they are doing in other countries come in italy, now, you can‘t go out except for exercise, except before 7am, you have to be home by 7am, and you have to have a piece of paper saying which shop you are going to, a certificate if you are going to, a certificate if you are going to the shops or the pharmacy. they are taking it very seriously. i think we are arguing... policemen and sunbathers are arguing in parks, we are not doing nearly enough at the moment. although i

think most people are doing what we are being asked to do, most people are being asked to do, most people are doing that. i wonder, has your experience changed the outlook on the rest of your life? i feel as though it has. ifeel as the rest of your life? i feel as though it has. i feel as though the rest of your life? i feel as though it has. ifeel as though i will be a more appreciative person and a kinder person. last night, my family andi and a kinder person. last night, my family and i watched groundhog day, which i think is an interesting analogy for where i am, you know, the bill murray character is a grumpy quy the bill murray character is a grumpy guy who gets trapped in a kind of living hell that he can‘t escape from and it is only by becoming a nicer person and appreciating the small town that he hated when he arrived and was trapped in, that he learns and is able to move on. and ifeel as though appreciating what we have got and appreciating those around you

does improve your life and it is an important reality check. ask me again ina important reality check. ask me again in a year, victoria.|j important reality check. ask me again in a year, victoria. i will. ifiama again in a year, victoria. i will. if i am a better man. again in a year, victoria. i will. ifi am a better man. i definitely will and are you going to get married now? i'm going to do my best, as soon as they lift the ban. iam not best, as soon as they lift the ban. i am not for lifting the ban too soon. but as soon as they do, and as soon as we can, yes, we soon. but as soon as they do, and as soon as we can, yes, we should go and do that thing and i‘m looking forward to a big party. 0h, and do that thing and i‘m looking forward to a big party. oh, my gosh, absolutely. thank you so much for talking to us, really appreciate it and continued success with your recovery and thank you for being so candid. thank you. thank you so much. dominic minghella, recovering, and as you had, has had quite an experience and it has changed the way he views life right now and he views his future as well. good luck to him and his family. one of the world‘s best known opera singers, andrea bocelli, has performed a live concert outside milan‘s deserted cathedral. # amazing grace.

# how sweet the sound...# the tenor‘s music for hope concert was streamed live around the world. he performed several hymns including ave maria and as you‘ve been hearing, amazing grace. a group of bikers from bodmin in cornwall have been helping vulnerable people by delivering essential shopping and medication to those who can‘t make it to the shops. the idea started with just one man and his motorbike, but as demand grew so did the number of willing volunteers. patrick clahane can tell us more. travelling on cornwall‘s now empty roads, these bikers are on a mission. i‘m guy, i work in the emergency services and iformed bodmin bikers. bodmin bikers is a delivery team for medication from doctors‘ surgeries to pharmacies.

we are also a food delivery, so if you need your essentials, bread, milk. do you know what? we haven‘t had any pasty deliveries yet. the group don‘t charge for delivery and were set up to help vulnerable people stuck at home unable to get essentials. we have been trying to self—isolate as much as possible and go out as little as possible, and sarah, my partner, she suffers quite badly with asthma as well. so, as a family, we havejust, yes, tried to keep ourselves to ourselves as much as possible and these gentlemen make it so much easier. just goes to show that in this community and, well, in cornwall in general, people do help each other as much as they can and do what they can for one another. since starting just a couple of weeks ago, 18 people have now volunteered, including a chef, plumber and supermarket worker. i am brandon, aka spider—man, part of bodmin bikers. people see us riding around, they wave at us and it was really nice to go out, make people happy, make them laugh and ijust thought, you know, giving people a bit

of happiness while we are in this pandemic at the moment. the gang are a mix of ages, including one who has onlyjust got his bike licence. lam dan, i'm 16, and i'm from the bodmin bikers. i think at this point i've probably done everything. medication, food, essentials. even though they didn‘t know each other until recently, it seems they will be riding together long after the lockdown. after this is all over, i think we are going to go out on a ride out. i think we are one big family and we will stick together, definitely. patrick clahane, bbc news, bodmin. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. hello. easter monday brings us a real change in weather type, after the woman dry weather we have seen recently, things are staying mainly dry but you will notice it is much colder right across the border, colder right across the border, colder air mass and some brisk northerly whence. —— are right

across the board. particular eastern coast of england and scotland, a brisk northerly went and a bit more clout. towards the west, like the wind and more sunshine on offer through the day. temperatures in the warmer spots towards the west, up to 14 but warmer spots towards the west, up to 1a but down the east coast, just 6-8. 1a but down the east coast, just 6—8. you will notice the breeze as well in the east. into this evening and overnight, the breeze tends to ease away, sky is clear and we are expecting a cold night with a touch of frost, in fact, temperatures in some towns and cities in the north getting below freezing. it will be colder than that in the countryside. expect a touch of frost first thing tuesday but another dry day with some sunshine around, i bit more cloud in the south—east and far north—west, temperatures are still on the cool side, about 10—14. goodbye.

hello, this is bbc news with victoria derbyshire. the headlines... the number of people who‘ve died from coronavirus in uk hospitals, passes ten thousand, as the country enters its fourth week of lockdown. the nhs has saved my life, no question. out of hospital and grateful to be alive. the uk prime minister recuperates at his country residence chequers, after praising nhs staff he singled out two nurses — jenny mcgee from new zealand and luis pitarma from portugal —

for caring for him at his bedside