this is outside source on bbc news for viewers in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. in new york state, the number of people who have died has now passed 10,000. however the authorities are optimistic the worst of the outbreak is now over. the world health organization warns countries across the globe not to end the coronavirus lockdown too soon. while covid—19 accelerates very fast, it decelerates much more slowly.

the uk is told not to expect its lockdown to be relaxed yet, despite hopes that deaths from the virus are slowing. meanwhile in france, president macron announces schools will begin to reopen in mid may — and says people will gradually be able to return to work. and we'll tell you why the current restrictions are proving good news for the natural world at least. welcome. as countries around the world count the cost of the coronavirus pandemic in human lives and economic damage, there's increased pressure on governments to ease some of the restrictions in place. in the uk — the government is warning that the country is still not past the peak of the coronavirus emergency and the number of deaths is expected to increase further this week before they may start to plateau. we'll have more updates from the uk in a moment — but first lets go to the us. where the number of coronavirus deaths in the state of new york has

risen to more then 10,000. that's almost half of all deaths so far across the country. this is the latest from new york's governor, andrew cuomo. there is going to be no morning where the headline says "hallelujah, it is over." that is not going to happen. but, yes, i think you can say the worst is over because the worst here are people dying. that is the worst. the worst doesn't get any bad than this worst. and this worst is people dying. that is the worst. the new york governor giving a briefing update. anthony zurcher is in washington. so many come to him a lesson to his daily briefings. he is very straight talking when it comes to the situation in new york state. yes. i think he was trying to strike a balance air by saying that it does

look like the number of fatalities in new york state and new york city itself has peaked and it is starting to go down, the same with the number of hospitalizations. but the reality is that people are still dying. and a peak does not mean an end to the death. and to the serious medical conditions. itjust death. and to the serious medical conditions. it just means death. and to the serious medical conditions. itjust means they will start to decline and then attention will have to turn on how the director reopen some of these businesses and how to readjust, keeping in mind if you do it too quickly, you can see another peak in some point down the line in that pa rt some point down the line in that part of the reason why things have been plateauing across the country is because of the steps being taken. we have been hearing previously of how states have been competing against each other when it comes to buying things like ppe. now at the moment of a number of states in the west coast have come together in an agreement. tell us more about that. something that was just announced by

jay ensley, the governor washington. he will be working with california and oregon, the west coast states in order to not only agree on purchasing ppe and ventilators and things like that but also how and when to reopen their business as well and how to ease back on the shelter in place restrictions that keep people from leaving their homes and to closing all nonessential business of. you heard that from the new york governor as well. that is one of the interesting ways the us is responding to the crisis, governors, the heads of the local individual states come have been by a large taking a lead on closing down businesses and taking steps to address the spread of the virus and they also are planning on taking a lead and went to reopen businesses. you do hearfrom donald trump on the other hand and the federal government, he says it is the federal government power to say when businesses are going to reopen and can get back to normal across the united states. he is forming his own

commission that will be proposing ways to do that. almost as if they are competing voices right now on how to do that. don't go away. let's bring our viewers up—to—date on another development in the united states. bernie sanders has endorsed joe biden for president. he took to twitter to say "we must come together to defeat the most dangerous president in modern history" thenjoined biden‘s livecast and said this. so today, i am asking all americans, i'm asking every democrat and every independent, i'm asking a lot of republicans, to come together in this campaign to support your candidacy, which i endorse. bernie sanders theirjoining forces with the joe bernie sanders theirjoining forces with thejoe biden from attica support to there. when it comes to

whether we were expecting something like this, but the make of this? whether we were expecting something like this, but the make of thi57m is like this, but the make of this7m is interesting. electoral campaign politics is continuing on even during the time of this pandemic. and the reality is that four years ago, bernie sanders campaign against hillary clinton right up until the democratic convention. he did not endorse hillary clinton untiljuly of 2016. it is noteworthy to see that bernie sanders not only suspended his presidential campaign last week but that he came onto this live online event with joe last week but that he came onto this live online event withjoe biden and offered his support and said he was going to work hard to getjoe biden elected president. ithink going to work hard to getjoe biden elected president. i think there are some of the democratic party who four years ago believe that bernie sanders that into enough in a support to get support for hillary clinton and that was part of the region donald trump won that election. and there are many within the party who did not want something

like that to happen. —— was part of the reason. so i think this was an indication, at least from bernie sanders, to say we need to present the united front and he said he appreciated joe biden and considering some of his policy proposals, like on reaching out to young voters and dealing with the wealth inequality, and together they will come up with commissions and ideas thatjoe biden can nine against donald trump because the reality is the democrats this time around realise donald trump is going to try to divide them and they will need to stick together and get all the votes they can in order to beat him in the fall. yes. it will be fascinating to see what bernie sanders support is make of it. thank you so much for talking to stu that, anthony. —— bernie sanders supporters make of that. back to the coronavirus. for those frustrated by extended

lockdowns across the world — even a hint of a path back to normal life would be something to celebrate. but the world health organization has today issued this warning on lifting restrictions too soon. we know that in some countries, cases are doubling every three to four days. however, while covid—19 accelerates very fast, it decelerates much more slowly. in other words, the way down is much slower than the way up. a stark reminderfrom a stark reminder from the who. the british government says the uk is still going through the peak of the crisis. the official death toll rose by more than 700 today, taking the overall figure to more than 11,000. these graphs show the growth in the number of daily deaths. you can see that the uk's curve

is on a similar track to italy's. here's the uk government's chief scientific adviser. we are tracking behind italy, following the same sort of path, what do i expect to see happen, i think this week is difficult, i think this week we are going to see a further increase thereafter and we should see a plateau as the effects of the social distancing come through. that plateau may last for some time and then begin to decrease. it's worth remembering that the uk had more time to prepare than italy's government. italy recorded its 50th death on the 22nd of february. the uk reached the same point on march the 3rd, ten days later. some experts and journalists are starting to question what the uk could have done differently. here's one exchange from today's briefing. some of the countries that acted much sooner than the uk, south korea in particular, only had a fraction of the deaths we had in the uk. isn't it clear that if we acted sooner, days and weeks

earlier than we did, that it would've made a difference in terms of lives lost? i don't think it is clear. i don't think those comparisons are like for like because of a, where we are on on the curve as sir patrick has mentioned, but also the individual circumstances in those countries. we will continue to monitor and we do monitor what is going on in other countries and make sure we feed that into what we're doing here. patrick, i don't know if there's anything else you'd add to that? no, i think it is difficult to make those comparisons and as i said, we'll be able to look and see this in due course, i think there is a lot to learn from other countries in terms of what we need to do and we are definitely looking very closely at other countries in terms of how they think about the release of lockdown measures. the best counter—example might be germany. it's another european country with a diverse economy, a big population and clusters of high—density. the number of deaths there currently stands atjust over 3,000. it conducted lots of testing and contract tracing from the outset.

the latest figures show that germany has carried out 1.3 million tests in total, while the uk has conducted just 335,000. here's the uk's foreign secretary again. i know is difficult when you look at the death toll in those figures, but we are seeing signs of a flattening out and that was the original plan. that was the foreign secretary dominic raab. he delivered the daily press conference because the prime minister borisjohnson is still recovering from his case of covid—19. sangita myska has more. driven to the seclusion of his country residence, chequers, it's here that the prime minister will convalesce from coronavirus. borisjohnson says his illness could have gone either way and, in his first video statement since being discharged, said he owed his life to the nhs staff who had cared for him. i hope they won't mind if i mention

in particular two nurses who stood by my bedside for 48 hours when things could have gone either way. those nurses werejenny mcgee, who is originally from new zealand, and luis pitarma from portugal, who has lived in the uk for six years. miss mcgee's parents, who live on south island, said their daughter had described her experience as surreal. it makes us feel exceptionally proud, obviously, but she's told us these things over the years and it doesn't matter what patient she's looking after, this is what she does and ijust find it incredible. before leaving hospital, boris johnson testing negative for coronavirus, meaning he's cleared the infection, but what's not so clear is how long it's going to take him to fully recover. but it's probable that it's going to take him weeks, rather than days, before he's back to work full—time. we wish him all the best.

so lots of praise from borisjohnson for the doctors and nurses. but are they all getting the protection they need? the association of nhs providers has warned that the number of protective gowns available to front—line staff in parts of the country has become "critically low". the group's ceo says the supply from china is erratic at the moment. there's a range of personal protection equipment that needs to be delivered at the front line. aprons, gloves, masks, gowns, visors. nearly all of that material is flowing in the way that trusts would like. trusts are now telling us that they now have the vast majority of equipment. the bit where there is a particular problem which is what i was specifically talking about was gowns, where we know that over the last 72 hours, some trusts have run critically low on stocks. so what has happened, as always is the case in these cases, the nhs has mobilised. no trust, as far as i am aware, has actually run out. but some of the stocks are very, very low.

the government was asked about ppe shortages at today's press conference. this was the foreign secretary's response. cost hasn't been the major challenge for us, it is supply — because it's a very competitive market out there, because there's so much demand for it. we set up a hotline so when there are distribution challenges, and we recognise that there have been some, that they can be unblocked as quickly as possible. so we're doing everything we can — and i chaired a meeting on it this morning. it's something we're looking at on a daily basis. we're doing everything we can to try and get the ppe where it's most needed. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake was following that briefing. we heard from just now, the foreign secretary, deputizing for the prime minister, and the time being, filling those questions about the government response and he confirmed today what we had all been expecting for some time. that was that the restrictions in place here in the uk to slow the spread of coronavirus will be reviewed this week. they

legally have to be as a result of legislation passed by parliament. but that will not result in any lifting or easing of those lockdown measures. as i said, there have been expected to be the case for some time but it is now being confirmed in wass that review will take place it seems it will be nothing more than a formality and will be with those restrictions in the uk for quite some time. quite how long we don't know because the government has a said very little about the exit strategy from this is. also today during the briefing to him a bit of a discussion about facemask. still not clear what the uk being advised to do here. it is clear and that the government advices that not for people to wear a mask. 0bviously some do but that is purely a personal choice. but yes there were questions to the chief scientific adviser at that news conference. after the who envoy in the uk said that it may well soon become the norm for countries to be advising

citizens to where facemask routinely and that is been the case elsewhere. as we have seen particularly in the united states, he suggested that the advice might change depending on the evidence presented to him he gave a little bit of insight into the current thinking saying they were more effective for stopping people transmitting the disease and passing it on to someone else and they were for stopping you contracting in the first place. so potentially, some change in advice around mass care in the uk before the time being, it is not the advice for people to wear them. thank you to jonathan blake for monitoring the daily briefing for us. stay with us on 0ustide source, still to come: we will look at how competition for protective equipment is leaving the developing world without. the coronavirus has forced schools to shut around the world — moving the classroom online.

but how are pupils finding these new working conditions? john lives in nairobi and talks through his new school day. hi, my name's john. i'm 15 years old from nairobi, kenya, and i've been attending online school. we have registration as our first lesson, so i hope to take you through there and maybe through the rest of the day. any questions about it, please unmute your mic right now to ask a question. morning, miss! abrasion is when the bedload erodes the river... abrasion is when the bedload erodes the river. that's good. excellent... and then in terms of the capital, so we have the capital over here. so that's the capital. please mute. let's have everybody muting, please. so that's the capital...

this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. in new york state, the number of people who have died has now passed 10,000. however the authorities are optimistic the worst of the outbreak is now over. france has extended its lockdown until the 11th of may but after that schools will begin to reopen. president emanuel macron has delivered this televised address. translation: from 11 may, schools, nurseries and sixth—form schools will start to open because, for me, it is a priority. as the inequalities are being more and more brought out, children who are in poor areas or in the countryside that can't go to school, that don't have access to internet or telecommunication

are living this differently. within this period, inequalities between families are more marked. it's why these children need to find a journey to get to school. the government will put in special rules, time will be organised and space will be organised differently. children and teachers will be protected with the right equipment. here's our correspondent hugh schofield in paris. what i was slightly surprised by was the detail with which he then started sketching out the post—11 may world. i was kind of expecting him to say 11 may and then maybe more, but he does seem to be indicating that 11 may is going to be a key moment in which, at which, france begins its process of deconfinement. he said, for example, from 11 may, schools and universities will start to reopen,

which is going to be a big change because that will be two months. he said that other sectors of the economy should be allowed to start to reopen at the same time places people gather together — like cafes, bars, restaurants — will remain shut. so he's, without going to great detail, sort of indicating to the french that 11 may will be a key moment which is the beginning of a new phase in this whole saga, and that it's not going to be just another date which will be pushed back once again. as countries around the world struggle to get the coronavirus outbreak under control, world powers have entered a ruthless competition for medical supplies. some governments have been accused of medical piracy, hijacking shipments of crucial equipment intended for elsewhere. earlier this month, berlin accused the us of confiscating a shipment

of 200,000 protective masks. they were being sent to germany by a us company. officials in france also accused american buyers of using cash to purchase shipments of masks destined for france, paying three times the original price. the us government denies involvement in all three incidents. (biv)i asked prashant yadav — an expert in global health supply i asked prashant yadav — an expert in global health supply chains why these alleged events are taking place. while businesses and scientists are collaborating across borders thinking about how to develop and deliver the best science, governments across the globe are engaging in a zero—sum mentality where they are thinking if i can get the supplies for my own national needs and stockpiles, i will benefit the most and in doing so, what we are forgetting is that there isn't truly a zero—sum mentality.

if we try to get one supply and blcok it, we would then not be able to get other supplies that we need. and our endgame here is to try and get more supplies both for population within the country but also population globally including those who live in low income countries. as we see coronavirus affecting certain groups more than others, are we going to see developing countries being affected more by the specific situation and the fact that they will simply not be able to get the kit and the equipment that they need? i think it is worth thinking about in separate categories. first off, protective equipment which developing countries will start needing for their preparedness plans even before infection scenarios become more aggressive. that is an area where i think a lot of developing countries are struggling and the world health organisation and other global agencies are helping multiple countries to come together and say we will try and negotiate the supplies on your behalf. the key question is that even some

of the low income countries themselves are engaging in restricting exports so then it becomes harder for the global agencies to make the case to developed country governments and others that some portion of the supplies need to be reserved and allocated for low income countries. it is a very difficult dynamic. here in the uk, one unexpected upside to the current restrictions has been how native animals appear to be enjoying the quiet. there aren't any really dangerous predators left in the wild here, and so being able to see wildlife up close, even in our houses and gardens, has been a real boost for many of us. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill reports. while so many of us are stuck indoors, lockdown hasn't slowed down the flurry of springtime activity outside.

and as urban areas fall quiet and more people put out food in their yards and gardens, wild animals are showing up in some very domestic settings. so could nature be making the most out of lockdown? a lot more space now. we think a lot a species will respond to that. if thatis a species will respond to that. if that is the case, something like lockdown was much less traffic could have a real impact for the hedgehog. uk road traffic plummeted by almost three quarters in the first week of the stay—at—home order. while that might benefit some species, it could actually be bad news for scavengers like crows and buzzards. but conservationists point out that the other usually shy birds and mammals could be easier to spot. what sort of animals do you think people might see in urban environments? if you do go out exercising and you're on your own, then it's quite quiet which means you're likely to come across things

you've not seen before. i've had people reporting they've seen stoats for the very first time whilst they been out on runs because it's been very quiet. animals such as foxes, badgers, hedgehogs, animals that are usually quite sensitive to disturbance. here's my little foxy loxy. many people are sharing wildlife encounters on social media and conservation organisations like the people's trust for endangered species and the rspb asking people to spend some of their lockdown time on surveys that could help them study native wildlife. so just a view out of a window could help us stay connected with the natural world at a time when our own worlds have become so much smaller. victoria gill, bbc news. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @bbckasiamadera.

thank you for watching. i will be back shortly. hello. if you were briefly out on easter monday, i'm sure you will have taken in some of that fresh polar airfrom the northern climes. and this evening, the temperature will be dropping rapidly and tonight we are expecting a widespread air frost, north and south. so here is our temperature map. you can see the air frost developing across scotland and northern england into wales. and even the towns and cities that do not exactly fall to 0 willjust outside of town there was spot and it will be a frost. have a look at the weather map. we are right in the middle of high pressure and often in the middle of high pressure, the winds are very light. that means a windless day on the way for many of us with plenty of sunshine. here is the forecast.

a lot of sunshine right from the word go. noticeably lighter winds on the north sea coast. and hardly a breath of wind there across central parts of the uk. the temperatures will also recover a little bit. the sunshine is strong and warming of the air temperature is possibly getting up to around 13 degrees on the north sea coast. the same process continues through wednesday, the high pressure is right over us, very little wind, and that allows the air to warm up once more. temperatures could be as high as 17 or perhaps even 19 degrees on wednesday. on thursday there will be a subtle change in the weather pattern. we will see this area of low pressure developing for the southwest of us and whatever fronts will be travelling in our direction and that means the wind direction will change. it will start to come in from the south, and the southeast. pushing the cold air towards the north and it will be warming up. the weather front, just towards the southwest, not a lot of it.

if you are a gardener or farmer and want some rain you'll have to wait till friday. by thursday the temperature could get up to 20 or 21 degrees. still a nip in the air. and then friday, saturday and sunday, what we find is the weather front will be crossing the country but it will be a slow process because there is a high—pressure across scotland and high pressure tends to slow things down. once again, some rain but the chance of isn't until the end of the week. goodbye.

this is 0utside source on bbc news for viewers in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. in new york state, the number of people who have died has now passed 10,000. however the authorities are optimistic the worst of the outbreak is now over. the world health organisation warns countries across the globe not to end the coronavirus lockdown too soon. while covid—19 accelerates very fast, it decelerates much more slowly. but in france, president macron

announces schools will begin to reopen in mid—may — and says people will gradually be able to return to work and bernie sanders has endorsed joe biden for president. he tweeted "we must come together to defeat the most dangerous president in modern history". welcome. let's start in europe, where italy has become the second country to register more than 20,000 coronavirus deaths, after the united states. another 566 deaths were recorded in the most recent 2a hour period. this figure is just over half as many as two weeks ago. italy is now gradually lifting its lockdown restrictions, and will allow a few companies to resume operations on tuesday. in spain, the spanish health ministry says 517 people have died in the past 2a hours, which is 100 less than the day before. the total number of people to have died from covid—19 in spain is 17

and a half thousand. -- 17,500. some restrictions have started to be relaxed there too. damien mcguinness has more on the situation across europe. numbers here are still incredibly high because in italy and spain, which are the two countries worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic here in europe, we have confirmed cases of more than 100,000 in each country. and in italy, 20,000 deaths more or less, and spain, we're talking about 17,000 deaths. these are really high numbers. what is causing the beginning of hope, though, is that the daily death toll is starting to go down. so what that means is that the total numbers are still increasing, but that increase is less than it was just a week or two ago. so when you look at the daily death toll, now we are talking about numbers at some point less than 500 per day. just a week ago, we were over 900 deaths a day. so although the situation

is still very severe in both italy and spain, it is starting to improve. that is the hope anyway and that is why governments in both countries are really trying to get the economy going again because on the one hand, you have this health emergency. 0n the other, you have an economic emergency brewing because both countries are in a state of economic lockdown. so what we're seeing in spain today, as you said earlier, manufacturing and construction workers are going back to work. this is really to get the economy going. at the same time, the lockdown itself for most people is still in place so for most ordinary people, they will not see much of a difference because you are still not allowed to go out unless it is strictly necessary, and most shops will still be closed. and i think any return to normal is going to take a long time. it is about getting that balance between getting the economy going while not sparking another outbreak of the pandemic.

that crucial balance that so many countries are trying to maintain. russia has reported its biggest daily increase in coronavirus cases so far, with 2,500 new infections. the country has declared more than 18,000 cases and 148 fatalities. police checkpoints have been set up on roads around moscow to ensure that only residents enter the russian capital and for a valid reason. china has also stepped up controls around its north—eastern border with russia which has emerged as its new front line for coronavirus infections. here's our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg. these figures are still relatively low. i mean, in america, you've got 560,000 confirmed cases compared to russia's 80,000. but it's important to say that just a few days ago, the moscow mayor made it clear that the peak in russia was a long way away. he said that russia was basically in the foothills of this pandemic.

so there is a concern that the situation here is going to get far worse, and there are already reports the health system in moscow is feeling the pressure, under enormous strain. president putin's spokeman just a few days ago said the situation in moscow hospitals was extremely tense, talked about the heroism of russian doctors. and interestingly, yesterday, russian state tv, which normally paints quite a rosy picture of events of the situation in russia, they showed a russian doctor who said, basically, his hospital couldn't cope, that they only had 13,000 beds and 1,500 patients. -- 1300 —— 1300 beds. so there is a sense here that the situation is getting worse. from russia to neighbouring belarus where, despite the warnings, over 1,000 soccer fans attended a football game in brest.

here's the crowd at yesterday's game. the belarussian premier league is the only place in europe where football is still being played, and people from around the world have been tuning in. although there were fans at the game, many fans decided to fill the stands a much safer way. by buying virtual tickets online and in return, getting photos of their faces stuck on dummies sitting inside the stadium. almost as good as the real thing. countries in asia, where covid—19 first spread more than three months ago, have taken different approaches to controlling the pandemic. in singapore, which was successful in keeping cases down at the beginning, 386 new cases have just been confirmed — the highest number of cases in a single day so far. we're going to take you to our correspondent in singapore, and also in south korea and japan, but first let's go to china, where the outbreak began.

here's stephen mcdonnell in beijing. china's most strict lockdown has been in hubei province, however in most of the country, staying indoors has simply been a suggestion which people have followed. now it is a cautious road to normality. you need to pass green phone app health clearance to buy train tickets, neighbourhoods, apartment blocks are still only admitting residents, restaurants are capping diner numbers, you can't sit close to others. china is returning to work while guarding against a new wave of infections from citizens returning from overseas. here in south korea, there has been no lockdown, no mandatory restrictions despite over 10,000 people becoming infected. instead, the government urged common sense. stay apart where possible, work from home and avoid mass gatherings. and instead of controlling the movement of the population, it has aggressively traced and tested for the virus.

silent streets and empty offices. here in singapore, a partial lockdown has kicked in over the last few days because of a second wave of infections. we are not meant to leave our homes any more unless it is for one of 12 government mandated reasons. break those rules and you face fines. 0r worse, prison time. these measures are in place until the end of the month, but they could be extended if the virus is not contained. here injapan, most of us, at least in the biggest cities, are now living under a state of emergency. so it does that mean? it means the government is asking people to stay at home at the weekends and in the evenings. as you can see, most people are now complying with that. but this is not a lockdown. 0ffices remain open, so do pubs and restaurants until 8pm in the evening. you can even go and get a haircut if you wanted to. the japanese government appears determined to keep the economy going come what may. and japan is also not carrying out widespread testing. instead, the government is hoping

these limited measures will start to bend the curve of the epidemic downwards in the next two weeks or so. will it work? we are going to have to wait and see. as you have seen from my colleagues around the region, governments here in asia are using very different strategies to combat the covid—19 pandemic. but one thing is very striking, compared to america and europe — the number of people buying in asia from the coronavirus appears to be much, much lower. —— dying in asia. there is lots of speculation why that might be. is it because people in asia wear face masks much more? the truth is right now we simply don't know. 0ur our thanks to rupert for ending that report from our colleagues in asia. moving away from coronavirus forjust a moment, because nearly 20 people have been killed and dozens injured as tornadoes and severe thunderstorms swept across the southern united states over the weekend. buildings were flattened and power lines brought down as the storms moved across the south

and headed northwards. with millions under severe weather warnings, emergency officials have told people to find safe shelter, while maintaining social distancing due to the coronavirus lockdown. anne alling is a journalist based in nashville, tennessee — one of the states affected by the storms. as far as we know now, at least 19 people have been killed all the way from texas to the carolinas. dozens have been injured, and we see thousands of destructions, homes and businesses that have been damaged or even destroyed. the storm right now is moving all the way from florida along the east coast up to pennsylvania. it is tornado season and severe weather season here in the southeast, so in that way it was expected. but these storms come at a very difficult time

but no homes to stay in or no electricity in their homes. it's been the major issue of the past 2a hours, this question about whether or not to open up shelters. because obviously, the dangers of spreading the virus will increase by putting a lot of people together in these shelters. for instance down in alabama, the mayor started saying they did not want to open up shelters with the fear of spreading the virus. but last night, the governor of alabama came out and said they will, but all states are recommending their residents to wear masks and stay apart from each other as much as possible in these shelters. but it is definitely a very, very difficult situation to have to open up these shelters during the time of the coronavirus.

stay with us on 0ustide source. still to come: as the tv and film business grinds to a halt because of covid—19, we ask an industry insider how film—makers can navigate these challenging times. the coronovirus pandemic has forced doctors to make difficult decisions about whether to continue treatment for some cancer patients. in the uk, the clinical lead for cancer care in england admits there is a huge pressure on resources but says the nhs is finding new ways of delivering care for some. roisin has incurable breast cancer. but her chemotherapy is now suspended for three months because it puts her more at risk from the virus. it's terrifying. and then, the fact that they stopped treatment that i know is what's keeping me alive,

there's no doubt about that — to have that taken away from you is just unbearable. how do we know it's only going to be 12 weeks? but for dan, treatment is continuing in an unusual way. he has a tumour in his stomach, and his chemo pills are being sent through the post. one in the morning, one at night, it's very simple. so i don't have to breathe it in the outside world. balancing the risk of continuing treatment or delaying it is a tough choice facing oncologists. i think it is difficult for the patients, especially those patients who have been well on treatment up till now. nobody knows whether we can continue to deliver treatments over this week, next week. the advice from nhs england is that essential treatment should continue whenever possible. a cancer hub involving public and private hospitals has been set up in london, matching patients with surgeons to carry out urgent procedures away

from those with covid—19. louise is one of the first to be operated on. she was having chemotherapy for breast cancer, but because of the coronavirus, doctors decided that in her case, surgery would save her. —— surgery was safer. for louise, dan, and roisin, life is now on hold. they are among the most vulnerable and will spend months shielding at home to protect themselves. this is 0utside source, live from the bbc newsroom. in new york state, the number of people who have died has now passed 10,000. however the authorities are optimistic the worst of the outbreak is now over. lets turn to ecuador now. police have picked up hundreds of bodies that have been dumped in the streets of guayaquil, the epicture of the country's covid—19 outbreak.

a warning, these pictures are shocking. these images have been shared widely on social media in the past week and a half from the city. covid—19 deaths have overwhelmed emergency services, hospitals, and funeral parlours in guayaquil. many families are still waiting to bury their loved ones. there are more distressing images in matias zibell‘s report from ecuador. the authorities in ecuador have been overwhelmed by the number of coronavirus deaths. it took them over a week to collect the corpses. they started with 30 a day, and ended up with 150. now, people are struggling to get

bodies of their families back. even if they find their relatives, the problem is giving them a proper burial. ecuador has run out of wooden coffins. many are burying their dead in cardboard boxes. the tragedy does not finish with the burial. bertha is removing all traces of the coronavirus by burning the mattress on which her sister and brother—in—law died. latin america has traditionally invested very little in health care

and it is feared that many countries in the region will also struggle to deal with this pandemic. some extremely distressing images there in that report. ecuador is one of the countries hit hardest by covid—19 in latin america. so far 333 people have died. the government has apologised for the slow response to the pandemic. here's the health minister.(sot matias zibell joins me from cuenca in ecuador. the ecuadorian government apologising, but when you see those

kinds of images, the brutal, gruesome images we saw in that report, is an apology enough? know it is not. it is obvious that the people in guayaquil it will never forget what happened within the city from the beginning of march until now, to the first days of april. the government says there are not more bodies at home to collect or on the streets to collect. but the memories of people of what happened will go on. is their concern that what is going on in this one particular city that it will be repeated elsewhere in ecuador? it is different because ecuador is a really diverse country. the conditions are really different. guayaquil is one of the two

international airports. talking about the economic situation in ecuador, these are really well—connected with the rest of the world. but not all of the governance is in ecuador have these kinds of connections of. when it comes to the figures that the government ministers are giving, how confident are ecuadorians that the figures are correct? we had somebody in your report suggesting perhaps that they are not as accurate as the one —— as one would hope them to be? given the president three orfour one would hope them to be? given the president three or four days ago said the government must be more sincere with the figures, ecuador has tested more than 35,000 people. it is really more, considering that 60 million people live in this country. i see, that is difficult to comes to terms with. we know that the police and the military are now involved in removing the bodies from people cosmic homes. how is that

operation working out? they said they have already collected more than 770 bodies from homes, and more than 770 bodies from homes, and more than 670 from hospitals. they are burning these bodies in the cemeteries inside it guayaquil it, but now they are using cemeteries in local towns around the city because they need more places to bury this amount of deaths. it's a very difficult situation. thank you so much for your report. yes, very, very difficult to see some of the images in that report there. turning to brazil — and let's look at how rio dejaneiro has been paying tribute to health workers across the world. a doctor's coat was projected onto the famous christ the redeemer statue.

the light show also included the words "thank you" and "hope" being beamed on the statue in various languages as well as the flags of countries affected by the pandemic. and also faces of the hospital staff who have worked tirelessly to save people cosmic lives across brazil. so this is the way that brazil has been thinking it's hospital workers, its key workers. the coronavirus pandemic is devastating the tv and film industry worldwide. productions have ground to a halt and cinema releases have been postponed. around 120,000 people have lost theirjobs in hollywood. these are largely contract workers. hollywood could take a $20 billion hit from the pandemic, according to the hollywood reporter. here in the uk, the situation is grim. the union representing workers

in the entertaintment industry estimates that around 50,000 freelancers will have lost theirjobs as a result of the coronavirus. most freelancers will qualify for some government support. but the union tweeted this today... the film industry is finding new ways to support its members during lockdown. the raindance film festival, the largest independent film festival in the uk, is doing virtual screenings and online workshops. to tell us more, the festival's founder, elliot grove, joins me. so how are you supporting people within the film industry? what are you hearing from them? everyone is worried because all the productions have been cancelled. and everybody is stuck at home with only their resourcefulness and creative energy, trying to figure out how to innovate what could be seen as a tragedy, and

it isa what could be seen as a tragedy, and it is a tragedy. but how to maximise any benefits you could possibly get from that? so what is your advice to people who are stuck at home and feel like they're in a situation where they are not working and it could not get much bleaker?” where they are not working and it could not get much bleaker? i think it's a matter of whether you look —— work in the creative industry or not, you need to have structure to your day. brush her teeth, not, you need to have structure to your day. brush herteeth, get not, you need to have structure to your day. brush her teeth, get up and do something. and if you're not at work, you can learn something new. you can learn new language, a new. you can learn new language, a new skill, learn film—making or screenwriting, or write your novel. these things add structure to your day. in terms of the raindance film festival, we have an awkward situation here because we are at the end of october, and we are not sure yet whether cinemas will be open, and if they are, how will social distancing impact the physical presentation at the festival? but

we've been working for a long time on this. we did the first online festival in the world in 2006. we hadn't done in five years, and we are planning —— we were planning an online festival before the epidemic. we realised that a festival has to offer films, we realised that a festival has to offerfilms, which is relatively easy to do online, as we can see right now, and with netflix and amazon and so on. the second thing has is learning with panels and workshops, which we've kept going in the pandemic here in london. our stu d e nts the pandemic here in london. our students come from all over the world. but the really tricky thing that we are working hard on is how to get that skin on skin human contact that you and i both love when we go to a festival of any sort. that is something we are working very hard on. we won't be able to replicate that entirely, but

we think we have some new ways... elliott, we wish you the best of luck but we are out of time. founder of raindance, thank you so much for joining us on outside source. hello. let's see what's happening over the next few days on the weather front. easter monday saw a huge change, obviously much colder air coming in from the northern climes. but the indication is over the next few days, temperatures will actually be slightly rising, so it won't be quite as cold as it was on easter monday. here's a reminder of what happened. the cold front swept across the uk, opening up the doors to this colder air stream and almost the arctic regions. now early tuesday morning will be very nippy indeed. we are expecting a widespread air frost across the uk. many major towns and cities will be around zero celsius or below. even in central london, its five celsius, but outside of town it will probably be again around freezing. so a really nippy start to the day.

high—pressure dominating weather in the uk on tuesday, and through tuesday afternoon. it's clocked there all day sitting around. we are in the middle of the high—pressure, meaning there is very little wind around on tuesday, meaning it will not feel as cold. monday was really chilly, particularly on the north sea coast and across the southeast with strong wind. tuesday, lighter winds and as a result, temperatures will recover, back up to around 13 celsius on the coast of yorkshire. here's wednesday and a similar pattern, the high—pressure is still there, you can see hardly any wind arrows, with temperatures getting up to around 16—17 celsius, it may be a degree or so higher than that across the south of the country. now there are signs that things will be changing towards the end of the week. you see low pressure to the southwest of our neighbourhood and it weather front approaching. but with that also comes milder air. and the winds will be blowing up to the south or southeast,

pushing the cold air a bit further towards the north. so the indication is that yes, clouds will be increasing and there's a threshold of rain — some much—needed rain, farmers will be pleased, although there's not a lot of it there across the southwest on thursday. but temperatures will be rising, up to 19 celsius in merseyside by the time we get to thursday. and that process will continue through friday and into the weekend. the weather fronts very sluggishly move towards the north, also meeting some of that rain will be spreading across the uk. so here's friday, you can see bouts of more substantial rain moving through the midlands into parts of northern england. saturday now, affecting the eastern counties. as we head into sunday, bits and pieces of rain reaching northern areas and perhaps some showers also returning to the west of the uk. so it looks as though from friday onwards, the weather will turn a little bit more unsettled across the uk, as compared to what we've been used to as of late.

you can see on the trend here, the city forecast from wednesday onwards into the weekend how those icons show increasing amounts of cloud, but also a drop in the temperature. that also means that there will be a shift in the wind direction towards the end of the week, but also a dry weather will start to return once again because we see the winds shifting out of the northeast. this is quite often a dry direction, so that means once again, that sort of milder air, more damp weather will be pushed towards the south again and we will see the air stream coming from the north, meaning temperatures once again will take a bit of a dip next week. bye— bye.

as we enter week four of the lockdown, the government says we've not yet reached the peak. the lockdown has held over the easter bank holiday, but deaths are expected to rise still further. i think this week's difficult. i think this week we're going to see a further increase. thereafter, we should see a plateau, as the effects of the social distancing come through. that plateau may last for some time and then begin to decrease. the daughter of one of those who has died talks of the personal tragedy behind the statistics. it's heartbreaking because to everyone else, that's just a number. but that number was my mum. tonight, the government reveals coronavirus has spread in over 2000 care homes in england.