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. boris johnson 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.

some construction workers in spain return to work as the country starts easing lockdown restrictions. and nearly 200 members of the armed forces are being deployed to support ambulance services in england and wales. and coming up later in the hour — we put your coronavirus questions to our experts — virologist dr elisabetta groppelli and nhs gp dr fiona kinnon. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. but first, 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 one of the european countries worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic, spain, relaxes 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's hospital. it was all over the news and that he had then gone into intensive care.

but, our daughter is very professional so we don't ask things or she doesn't spill things so, it really wasn't until he was out of intensive care that she actually told us. and what did she say to you? well, she said she had just had a most surreal time in her life, something she would never forget, 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 doesn't matter what patient she is looking after, this is what she does and ijust find it incredible that she, or any nurses can do that 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 is 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 giving him the same level of care that she would have given anybody else the week before or next week, and we are really proud of her. 0ur political correspondent, helen catt, is here. first of all, we are entering the fourth week of lockdown and the government is required by law to assess what happens next. talk is through what the criteria is and what the process will be. as he

said, they are required by law so when these restrictions were first put in place asjohnson said that in three weeks' time, they would look again at the restrictions and there would be kept under constant review because they are a big restriction on our way of life so it is fairly right that they are regularly reviewed. so, in a bit of legislation that then gave the police the powers to enforce them, it was written into it that every 21 days, the secretary of state has to look at them and decide if those restrictions are still necessary and that the first review had to happen before thursday, the 16th of april, so before thursday, the 16th of april, so that it is a requirement. reviewing doesn't mean changing though. itjust reviewing doesn't mean changing though. it just means reviewing doesn't mean changing though. itjust means they have to decide if they are still needed and so decide if they are still needed and so they will look at the medical data, the data they have been gathering, there is a group called sage, the scientific advisory group and it is the data that goes to them earlier this week that will be looked at to decide. it is important to stress that it is extremely, extremely unlikely that those restrictions will change this week

because the whole point of it, the government has consistently said, is making sure that the nhs isn't overwhelmed, i can show we are past the peak of the virus and at the moment, it doesn't seem that that is where we are so all the noises coming out of government is that we are unlikely to see that change this week. if you think about boris johnson's message released yesterday, he was talking about those social distancing measures starting to prove their worth, making progress, it wasn't the sort of noises that imply, that is it, great, we can lift them. will he be involved in the conversations at government level on this because obviously, he is recuperating having beenin obviously, he is recuperating having been in intensive care. on medical advice he is at chequers and he was told he wasn't to go straight back told he wasn't to go straight back to work. it is difficult to know how much or little he will be in contact. that is something we will have to ask over the course of the week and that will change in terms of the medical advice. of course,

dominic raab remains deputising for him at the moment and the cabinet are there to make these decisions and the legal obligation is on the secretary of state for health, matt hancock, to make the decision by the end of the week. thank you very much. 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. 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.

now to spain where there is a glimmer of hope as more businesses will be allowed to open after a month— long lockdown which has brought much of the economy to a standstill. spain is one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic but the infection rate is starting to slow. so now thousands of employees in construction and manufacturing will be allowed to go back to work but for the rest of the population — tough restrictions remain in place. elsewhere in europe, the italian government has told the bbc some businesses will not be allowed to fully reopen until a vaccine is found. 0ur europe correspondentjean 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.

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 country has recorded more deaths from the virus than any other country in the world — and 42 of its states have imposed strict stay—at—home orders. amid the lockdown, millions of people are working to keep essential services running. 0ur chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt, has been to sizewell b power station in suffolk, to see how britain's electricity companies are making sure the lights stay on. the routine checks chemist rochelle grimmer is making help ensure sizewell b nuclear power station continues to run smoothly. it provides electricity to more than 2 million british homes. day—to—day tasks are a bit more

laborious, says rochelle. 0bviously, washing hands multiple times a day is a big one. we work a lot with gloves in our chemistry section, so changing those frequently, and, obviously, complying with our social distancing at all times. here on the suffolk coast, sizewell says it started putting in place its pandemic plan over two months ago, before the first coronavirus cases were even reported in the uk. we have effectively got half of the normal staff complement here at the moment. we have split them into two teams. one is sat operating the power plant, as we are here today, the other is at home, safe and isolated. and in the eventuality we did see some sickness on site, the other team would be ready to come in and maintain operation. the nuclear reactor is below this dome. the overriding priority is to make sure nothing goes wrong in there. so what happens just if there is an issue with international shipping and the power station

can't get supplies? the early stages of our plan, which we enacted two months ago, is to build up our commodities and spare stock levels. so we are ready for this. we don't need to refuel this power station until 2021. so don't worry, your electricity dependent lockdown lifestyle isn't at threat any time soon. justin rowlatt, bbc news, suffolk. there are people all over the world who need extra support during this difficult time. 0ne charity based in the north of england, in lincolnshire, delivers free meals and supplies to the most vulnerable across britain. it's seen a sixfold increase in the number of deliveries it is having to make each week. with me now is richard humphrey, senior co—ordinator at his church charity. thank you forjoining us, i can see a well stocked warehouse behind you. tell us what you are doing in these times. well, his church provides

solutions for major manufacturers and supermarkets. by doing that, we have now a whole aircraft hangar full of provision for such a time as this so we are supporting now due to the covid—19 crisis a network of charities. we have started a network called his great british food left. this was inspired by the birmingham airlift where thousands of lives we re airlift where thousands of lives were saved from starvation and we are now restocking great britain during lockdown. what are you distributing as part of that and how are you doing it? there's two types of pallets, one is covid—19 food, this is for charities who are making food parcels up for those who are at risk of going hungry, may be because of the schools closing and children not getting free school meals or elderly people who are self isolating, maybe charities like age uk who are making up food, meals and can't do that any more. and also

ca re pallets, can't do that any more. and also care pallets, this is things like toilet roll, shampoo, shower gel, personal hygiene products, sanitary items and that is again to get people who are self isolating, they can't get to the shops and they are ina can't get to the shops and they are in a vulnerable situation and we are working directly with other charities to make sure they get them. how many people do you think you're helping? our aim in the next four weeks is to do 1.5 million meals. we are bang on target to do that, we have had a six fold increase so from doing in the region of 50,000 meals every week we are 110w of 50,000 meals every week we are now up to 300,000 meals every week. and what about your workers, do you have enough people to work with you in this distribution? we do here, we are self isolating is an organisation, it is absolutely crucial that the disease is come into here so the commitment from our staff, all self isolating together, to make sure that we can keep

running and keep redistributing and restocking great britain during lockdown. that is incredibly moving to hear that that is what you are doing there. explain how you are doing there. explain how you are doing that. everyone is on site, we doing that. everyone is on site, we do have lorries going out from here, we do all the logistics and transport ourselves, we have x nhs staff who are constantly checking us, we staff who are constantly checking us, we are staff who are constantly checking us, we are checked every dayjust to make sure that everyone is fit and healthy and we can get the food to where it is needed. sorry to interrupt, you are so upbeat, it is a real burden on you all there who are away from your families to do this vital work, what is the atmosphere? the atmosphere is great because we have been waiting for such a time to do it as this. it is a big response ability but we thank god for it and we are all in it together now, the operation is called his great british food left but the campaign is in it together 110w. but the campaign is in it together now. we are working with charities, food manufacturers, supermarkets,

principal foundation helped us food manufacturers, supermarkets, principalfoundation helped us put a website up, you can go and pledge food on there if you are a food manufacturer or you can apply for food if you are a charity that needs help, you can pledge finances to help, you can pledge finances to help us redistribute that as well. so, if we all do our bit and we are all in it together now, we can beat this thing. you are distributing through official channels, i know that you have all sorts of things there that go beyond food, toilet paper, clothing, everything that people in need might want and this isa time people in need might want and this is a time when obviously, some have more than others, a lot of people at home would be clearing out, you are appealing to people to send stuff your way if they are having a clear out and they have things that other people may need, because charity shops are closed at the moment. absolutely, the scale that we are out were working with redistribution centres, our local partners, if you

are local in lincolnshire that could bea are local in lincolnshire that could be a blessing to get stuff locally to clear out but essentially, we are sending by the lorry load, we have been doing events with football clu bs been doing events with football clubs at the football stadium in the grounds, lots of space we can keep oui’ grounds, lots of space we can keep our social distancing, we worked with leeds united, hull city, arsenal, in the first week of the operation, we fed 10,000 nhs front line workers with fresh fruit and vegeta bles line workers with fresh fruit and vegetables which we cleared out from the supply chain of major restau ra nts the supply chain of major restaurants like mcdonald's in pret a manger and costa and so yes it's a large thing and you may have heard this on radio four, some of the viewers will have seen this on radio four but we heard about a care home that were taking on 20 extra patients with alzheimer's and dementia and we were able to respond immediately and help them with bedding and food on the things they needed to stay safe. it is inspiring to hear you talk. thank you very much, very best wishes to you and

all of those self isolating with you to do that work. thank you. thank you so much. staying in the uk, the post office is to make it easier for those in self—isolation to allow a trusted friend to withdraw cash on their behalf. they'll be able to ask their bank for a single—use barcode, which can be exchanged for cash at a post office branch. the scheme, which is already in place for named carers, aims to stop the vulnerable from handing over a bank card and pin. the fire brigades union is urging the government to start testing firefighters in england, who are self—isolating, because they have symptoms. testing has either started — or been promised — in scotland, wales and northern ireland. here's our home affairs correspondent tom symonds. we are supposed to be in lockdown but firefighters still had to deal with this fire near bolton, thought to have been caused by a barbecue. and today the firefighters union is warning that the need for staff to isolate themselves is affecting the number of front line firefighters and controllers.

according to the union, bedfordshire is the worst affected with 12% fewer staff overall. the london fire brigade is down 10%. that is 472 firefighters and control room staff. the west midlands service is missing 7.5%, while the control room at west yorkshire fire service is coping with 16% fewer people. shake it out, make sure it is all opened out. firefighters are taking on new roles in the crisis so the union wants staff tested to get them back to work. it says in northern ireland 50 firefighters with symptoms have been tested. there are programmes planned in scotland and wales, but there are no firm commitments from the home office in england. i think we're increasingly frustrated at the approach of central government, particularly in westminster. we've got some progress in scotland, some testing of firefighters starting in scotland. some in northern ireland. but we've seen no progress from the westminster government so far.

and it seems to be just left to the fire and rescue service to get on with it or not and that is not acceptable. in a statement, a westminster government spokesman said fire services were doing incredible work helping with the crisis and it was working with fire chiefs to ensure they had the resources and support they needed. one of the world's best known opera singers, the italian tenor, andrea bocelli, has performed a live concert in the empty duomo cathedral in milan — the centre of the italian region that's been worst hit by the pandemic. his "music for hope" concert was streamed live worldwide and featured four hymns. reged ahmad reports. # ave maria...# andrea bocelli, one of the world's most famous

and enduring tenors. he sang alone in this iconic milan cathedral, save for an organist. bocelli's voice filling the cavernous, empty space. the tenor was invited to sing by the mayor of milan and the body that looks after the cathedral, streaming his performance live online for free on easter sunday. translation: first of all, i would like to specify that it is not a concert but a prayer. that is what it is. and that is what it is meant to be. bocelli is one of a long line of musicians performing on social media during the coronavirus lockdown. many other artists have been singing and playing from their homes at a time when they can't hold concerts in person,

posting their performances on social media as a way of reaching their fans. andrea bocelli's concert was aimed at uniting people during a time of social distancing. but it had a special meaning, too. milan cathedral is in the northern lombardy region, one of the hardest hit in italy. as the tenor sang, pictures of the area on lockdown were shown on the screen. italian officials do say they hope they're over the peak of covid—19 cases. # amazing grace. # how sweet the sound... the tenor ended his concert outside the cathedral,

singing amazing grace to an eerily empty piazza. as many in italy no doubt wait for the day it can again be filled with the sound of people. reged ahmad, bbc news. in the uk, over 10,000 people have now died from coronavirus in hospital. among the grieving families who've lost loved ones — and the anxious families fearing the worst as their relatives suffer in hospital — is wendy skett. her father, barry parker, who's 77, has been on a ventilator has been on a ventilator with covid—19 for two weeks now. she and her family have been told to brace themselves for bad news. earlier, wendy spoke to victoria derbyshire and gave us an update on her father's condition. they have taken off the ventilator.

he has just got nasal prongs for oxygen. they are giving him medication to keep him calm and relaxed and it is just a matter of waiting now for him to just fade away peacefully. so you are effectively waiting for a call from the hospital to say that he's died? yes, the nurses are with him, holding his hand, because, obviously, we can't be there. they have been absolutely marvellous. i'm so sorry, wendy. they let us speak to him on the telephone, they put the phone by his ear. so that he could hear our voices. right, you have been able to talk to him, have you? yes. we just talked to him about the albion, saying, "come on,

you've got to try to fight to get better to see the albion get promoted," because he was a big albion fan, he loves the albion, and just normal things, what we were doing in the day, and how many wishes and best wishes we have had from family and friends, and from the albion social media, which is where you picked the story up from. when did he become ill? when was he taken into hospital? he was taken in 16 days ago. he had been ill at home two weeks before that. he had not been out of the house, well before lockdown, a week before lockdown, him and my mum had decided to stay in and not go out, but obviously, it was too late, he'd already picked it up. and what has happened in the last 2a hours, then, in terms of the hospital staff looking after him? what did they say to you?

well, to yesterday morning, he was on a ventilator, they tried to reduce sedation to make him more alert so they could remove the ventilator, but he got very distressed. his body was distressed, his respiratory rate went up. so they put him back under sedation again. but he got worse, deteriorated quite quickly to the point where his bodyjust could not take the ventilator any more. they were trying to push so much oxygen through him because his lungs are in a state, what the covid has done to his lungs. so did they have a conversation with you, wendy, about whether you would want him resuscitated? yes, they spoke to my mum and asked us as a family to make a decision. they said that they did not think

resuscitation would work anyway, because he is so poorly. so we had to make that decision for the ventilator to be removed and for him tojust... pass away peacefully. i mean, it's unbearable, wendy. i am so sorry. i can't be with my mum, she's on her own, we can't be with her because of... we could pass it on to her, so we can only be by the front door, and she is a couple of rooms away, and we are just shouting to each other. it is an absolute nightmare. i don't want any of the family to have to go through this. people must adhere to the rules and stay in. it is just for a short time in their lives, they've got their rest of their lives to party, barbecue, socialise. just to stop other families from going through this, please, don't be complacent,

you must stay within the rules. how is your mum? um, she's... well, she's terrible. it's, it's just torture. it is torture. how long were your mum and dad married for, wendy? um, 56 years injune. wow. did your... i mean, your dad didn't have any underlying health conditions, clearly, he's in his 70s so considered to be vulnerable. yes. do you have any idea how he picked it up? well, he did have underlying conditions, some neurological problems, but it could have been from anywhere. he had been to several places beforehand. it was to the point where the government were saying for over—70s to stay in, and they did, they stayed in but he'd already got this.

and tell us about the commitment and the care that your dad has received. i know he's been in a number of hospitals but in particular from the staff at warwick hospital. yes, he started off at sandwell hospital, that is where he was first. and then as he was the most stable patient in the critical care, and there were so many waiting in casualty to come up to have the treatment, they moved him to warwick last week. but the care that he's had, i can't express how good they are, how compassionate they are. they are risking their own lives to help other people's families. and the doctors, they arejust also kind. as i said, we can't be there to hold his hand, so they are doing that for us. yes. and they are talking to him

as if he is theirfamily. i mean, that is one of the painful truths with this virus, that we can't be alongside our loved ones as they are dying. no, no. so we have to trust in the health care workers... yeah. ..to be... he was part of a charity at sandwell hospital, they were a charity for a cancer group, a cancer that my mum suffered from some years ago. they have raised thousands and thousands of pounds for charity to buy equipment and for research at sandwell hospital, so he is a well—known person at the hospital, and obviously at the albion, as well, everybody knows him. he was just such a lovely person, well, he is such a lovely person. when you hear that over 10,000 people have died in hospital in the uk from this virus, what do you think?

it is just awful. i knew it was going to be bad, but you don't realise just how bad it is. it's... to think that there's all these many families suffering just the way we are, and all many families, they are ill, they have not passed away yet, they are fighting for their lives, it has just affected so many people. and it's just... it's just awful. it's like a living nightmare. why was it important for you to speak to us today? if this saves one person, one person's family from going through what we are going through, then i feel like i've achieved something and i hope that my dad would be proud of me.

that is wendy whose father barry parkeris that is wendy whose father barry parker is in hospital, speaking to victoria derbyshire. now on bbc news, it's your questions answered. joining me is dr elisabetta groppelli, a virologist and lecturer in global health at st george's university london. and also with me is dr fiona kinnon, who is an nhs gp in glasgow. welcome both of you. we will start with steve hall from 0xfordshire who says he is a uk seafarer travelling home to his wife from a virus free ship. she has asthma, how long should i isolate from her, seven or 14 should i isolate from her, seven or 1a days? fiona. should i isolate from her, seven or 14 days? fiona. hello. there are a number of variables. we do not know

how severe her asthma is, and if it is severe and she is in the shielding category, he should minimise contact through the house for a period of 12 weeks. if it is less severe asthma, the advice is different. although steve has been ona different. although steve has been on a virus free ship, he may have come into contact with someone with the virus during his travels. the advice is not currently that he must com pletely advice is not currently that he must completely self—isolate from his wife for 14 days. the 14 days the period someone would most likely to be symptomatic, but that would only work if he was not leaving the house at all in that time to make sure, fairly sure he was virus free, but instead he should follow the appropriate hygiene and social distance measures. making sure he regularly washes his hands, and if his wife's asthma is pretty bad, he might consider separate bathroom,

bedroom, towels, crockery from her. if he becomes symptomatic he must maintain distance. they are tough measures and they are not alone. many people will live in environments where they cannot follow those procedures. yes. again the most vulnerable are those being asked to shield. for their household contact asked to shield. for their household co nta ct we asked to shield. for their household contact we ask every contact to minimise nonessential contact and that means trying to stay at least two metres away from that person at all times. even those not in the high risk shielding category can still be vulnerable, because of other underlying health conditions. philip from pembrokeshire says, what checks for coronavirus are made on visitors to the uk from abroad and is there any compulsion for quarantine? some countries do have measures in place where anybody

going to a country has to quarantine. what are the rules here? here, things have changed. earlier in the outbreak, some countries had been selected including italy. if you are travelling from those high risk countries, you had to self—isolate. most risk countries, you had to self— isolate. most recently, risk countries, you had to self—isolate. most recently, because the virus is circulating a lot in out owfi the virus is circulating a lot in our own community, the advice for travellers now is the same as for anybody already in the country, which is do not travel unless it is strictly necessary, which in the case of travellers means going straight home from the airport, avoiding public transport where possible. and then staying at home and going outside only under those circumstances where we are allowed. the idea is that unfortunately there

is quite a lot of transmission already within the community and we should all behave in the same way. another question. this is from tim in derbyshire. are the equipment and resources required for the mass production of vaccine already available so there is no delay once we have one? this is a fantastic question. it depends on which vaccine will be the one that is safe and the right one. when vaccines are developed, there are different phases but also different aspects and one is clinical and one is preclinical and another called manufacturing. all of these aspects are taken care of as the development of the vaccines occur and so the manufacturing aspect is something put in place quite early in the development, specifically because we need to know how to manufacture. and

so need to know how to manufacture. and so the individual groups developing the vaccines will have looked at that. 0bviously everything is fast tracked and so to make it safe and efficient, the manufacturing is looked at. peter from preston asks, how is it spain has 10 million masks to give out and we have a shortage here? fiona? i hear different stories and my understanding is there are plenty of ppe available but there have been issues getting it distributed. the issue also is it is not clear still when the people not working in the health service should wear them. the advice is... it seems mixed. at the moment the evidence for people wearing masks generally to prevent against

infection, spreading it or picking it up, is not great, if they are not advised to do it. there is no official advice for non—nhs workers to wear face masks. official advice for non—nhs workers to wearface masks. i do not think it would do any great harm if people use one but if you wear a cloth one, make sure you wash it properly when you get home. linda from merseyside asks, if i have isolated for weeks and my granddaughter and grandson, can we visit each other? that is something many people are wondering about. it comes down to if you are leaving the same household, yes, obviously you can be in contact but if you are not living in the same household, no, unless it is essential travel, you need to care for someone, in that case it is better just to for someone, in that case it is betterjust to stay at home. fiona you were shaking your head when i asked that question, why is it so clear—cut that people should not see

each other, if they have not seen anyone else out side their house? you can only leave your house for food, health care purposes, work where you cannot work at home, for exercise with other members of your household, or alone, and you should not meet others including friends and family. you have to travel to get there and back. there are risks everywhere. potential asymptomatic viral shedding everywhere and you should not take that risk. another asks if the greatest risk is being in contact with someone who does not have the virus and has not shown symptoms and hence is not isolating. what would you say to simon? my advice is for everybody to act as if they are vulnerable to picking up they are vulnerable to picking up the virus and everybody vulnerable is if they have the virus and we should follow social distancing because you could come into contact

with an asymptomatic carrier of the virus in your supermarket, walking past in the street, in your workplace. calin from stoke poges said she is unable to source official uk government advice on the effective cleaning of surfaces. official uk government advice on the effective cleaning of surfacesm bleach effective? effective cleaning of surfacesm bleach effective ? yes, effective cleaning of surfacesm bleach effective? yes, bleach absolutely. generally, the usual household cleaning products will absolutely kill the virus, because they will break it apart and break they will break it apart and break the fatty layer that is part of the virus. we do not need to find anything specific. so for hands, household cleaning products for surfaces and frequent hand washing. what regime should we be in if you say washing services frequently. how often? it depends how often they are touch. if someone is symptomatic or

not, within the household, and so if someone not, within the household, and so if someone had symptoms like cough, high temperature, then it is a good idea to white handles. 0r clean the bathroom especially, and you know a few times during the day after it has been used. linda from the east midlands says, do people who carry the virus with no symptoms usually succumb in the end or could they come out of isolation and start infecting? i think dr elisabetta groppelli might be better placed to a nswer groppelli might be better placed to answer that. i think the answer is we just answer that. i think the answer is wejust do not answer that. i think the answer is we just do not know. i would echo what doctor fiona said. asymptomatic does not mean the infection is not there but also it means once the infection is finished, we sort of can equate it to a symptomatic infection, one that gives us the

cough and nasty symptoms. the immunity, our ability to fight the virus, again it would be the same but again we need to have a little bit more data on how strong immunity is, regardless of the severity of the symptoms. the testing to see if we have antibodies potentially after an infection, it is some way off because the testing so far has not proved to be as efficient and effective as it needs to be. are we going to end up in a position where we never know if some of us have had it? what is the long—term when so many out there have no idea whether they have had it or not? there is a test we can use to check for antibodies in the blood of people. however, it is not a rapid test, not

something that can be scaled up to test all the people we need to do. potentially, we could fall back onto this a little bit of laborious method to do this. but we are working towards the validation of the rapid test and it looks like we will be able to have the product that will give us some answers, which are important. we need to rememberthe which are important. we need to remember the virus will stay with us most likely for future seasons. and for the near future. a few of us will develop antibodies all the time. time, again, is one of those important aspects we need to take into consideration. leslie from hertfordshire said her husband has had a sore throat, dry cough and felt fatigued but no fever or other symptoms. she asks if this isjust felt fatigued but no fever or other

symptoms. she asks if this is just a cold or covid—19. symptoms. she asks if this is just a cold or covid-19. the answer is it could be covid—19, because you can have the continuous coughing without the fever. i would advise that lesley and her husband, he should self—isolate seven days until at least 48 hours fever free and contacts should remain in isolation 14 days from the first day of symptoms. if you become more unwell, especially breathless, seek advice from the gp or 111. it is frightening, people like dominic minghella, he described how for a week he had mild symptoms and then things escalated to the point he was in hospital and intensive care. that isa in hospital and intensive care. that is a story we keep hearing. what is the point at which somebody needs to start thinking that this is becoming something that needs closer attention? if you have not got better after a week, seek advice from a health care professional, because we know those who become

more unwell tend to do so at the 7-10 more unwell tend to do so at the 7—10 days of illness, but especially if you are breathless, that would be a red flag symptom. and if you feel too well to look after yourself at home, there is a 24/7 so please call 111 . home, there is a 24/7 so please call 111. dale evans from wales said, is it ok 111. dale evans from wales said, is it 0kforfamily 111. dale evans from wales said, is it ok forfamily to 111. dale evans from wales said, is it ok for family to visit in 111. dale evans from wales said, is it ok forfamily to visit in our garden using social distancing? you are both your head! i think doctor fiona spelt out pretty well in answering the question before. do not go to another household. if you have a garden, absolutely enjoy it, but only with members of your household. what is the difference, if it is a front garden compared to going to your local park and having a socially distanced walk for exercise? i think because you have

more chances of encountering someone if you start travelling, move away from your household. and so we all come to the conclusion that it is a matter of trying to compromise, allowing us as human beings to have allowing us as human beings to have a breath of fresh air, especially if we do not have a garden, but only because it is for physical exercise and mental wellbeing. for anything else, stay at home. sally in surrey asks if volunteers handling covid—19 corpses, should they isolate from their household? volunteers handling corpses would fall into the same category as health care workers dealing with patients with coronavirus daily. the advice is ta ke coronavirus daily. the advice is take a separate change of clothes to work so before you leave work, shower ideally and change. there is advice for when you come home if you

can disinfect the services of the car you have touch, get someone else to a nswer car you have touch, get someone else to answer the door and wash your hands and you might choose to shower again and mechanisms for making sure your laundry is put straight into the machine without anyone else touching it. iwould the machine without anyone else touching it. i would follow the same processes as for nhs workers. jeff callaghan in sunderland asks why there are so many deaths in the uk compared with germany.|j there are so many deaths in the uk compared with germany. i think that is something to do with the data, how it has been handled and counted, but also one of the few things we know about the virus. germany seems to have had quite a lot of infections in younger age groups and we know that younger age groups might only have mild infections, or asymptomatic. some in germany were

saying this coronavirus was an infection of young skiers, because they had travelled to the alps, picked up infection and came home and were detected. this is a number of cases therefore in germany's high, but in a different age group, and this is different to italy, spain and the uk, for example, and we know if you are older, especially over 65, you are more vulnerable to the infection and severity of the infection and this is something we need to consider when we look at the total number. fiona, roy said he developed cough an isolated seven days and his partner 14 days. he said he has had no further symptoms and his partner has not shown symptoms. he does not know whether or not he has had covid—19, and he started with the same cough, do they restart quarantine or wait to see if

further symptoms develop? the advice would be you have to go back to day one. you should self—isolate. there area one. you should self—isolate. there are a lot of viruses out there that can cause cough and fever and maybe it was covid—19 and maybe it was not, but treat each individual isolated episode on its own merit and follow the advice. if you can a nswer and follow the advice. if you can answer hazel who says i got tested positive with covid—19 two weeks ago and still have the symptoms. how long does it last, i want to go back to work? most people will start to feel better by this stage but it can go on weeks, especially the coughing and fatigue. thank you both for sharing your expertise and knowledge. good to get through a lot of questions. still so many pertinent questions coming through every day. we will ask the experts

on your behalf to get answers for you. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. hello. we've seen a real change in the weather for easter monday. yesterday, easter sunday, we got up to 25 celsius in london for instance, but today, it is only going to be about 12 degrees in london. right across the board, a much colder day. again, mainly dry with some sunshine around as well. the reason things are so much colder is we have had this cold front sinking south over the past 24 hours or so, pushing the milder air away to the south and opening the doors for this chilly northerly airflow. particularly across eastern scotland and down the east coast of england, you really notice those brisk northerly winds. gusty winds also through the english channel as well. a bit more cloud in the east, the best of the sunshine for the west.

it is going to be about 13 or 14 degrees towards the warmest spots but along the east coast, just 6—8 celsius, much colder than recent days. into this evening and overnight, the winds tend to fall lighter and the skies are clear so it is dry, cold and frosty. you can see the blue colours on the map. temperatures even in some towns and cities getting down a little below freezing. it is going to be even colder than that in the countryside. certainly expect a touch of frost first thing tuesday but we are looking at another dry, settled day with a bit more cloud for the north—west of scotland and also for the far south—east of england as well. in between, long spells of sunshine, lighter winds tomorrow than out there today although temperatures still not great, only about 10—14 degrees, but not quite as chilly along the east coast as it is today. the dry, settled theme to the weather continues into the middle of the week because we have a big area of high pressure which is going to be dominating the weather, slowly slipping away to the continent in the middle of the week. but wednesday, another dry day which dawns on a chilly note.

could be a touch of frost and one or two misty patches. a little bit more cloud for the far north—west of scotland but clear skies elsewhere. sunshine to be enjoyed of course out of your window and from your gardens. whatever the weather is doing, that does not change the rules on social distancing and staying at home where you can. but temperatures into the middle to high teens on wednesday. if we cast our eye down towards the south—west, towards the bay of biscay, a developing area of low pressure as we head into thursday starts to push a bit closer towards the uk. that may bring a few showers to the south—west but most other places looking dry, and after a chilly start to the week, temperatures gradually rising so highs up to about 21 degrees by thursday. that is it for now. goodbye.

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