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. signs of normality as a number of european countries, including germany, start opening up for business. the british government is forced on to the backfoot over concerns about the supply of protective equipment for hospital workers. we work in the nhs because we want to help patients, we want to treat patients. and we never expected we'd be putting our own health at risk by doing that. and in the us — oil prices have slumped to levels not seen since the mid—1980s. welcome to outside source.

across the world, some countries are taking the first tentative steps towards lifting lockdown restrictions, as the rate of infection appears to slow. in germany some small shops have re—opened, while denmark and norway have started opening their schools. new zealand has today announced rules on local travel will be relaxed. what happens next is likely to be keenly watched by governments globally. here's our science editor david shukman. even when the worst seems to be over, the virus remains a threat. in china, the authorities are still on their guard — checking forfever, a common symptom of covid—19. every government is now trying to work out what to do next. new zealand is held up as an example of a country that's got it right so far. it cut itself off from the rest of the world. an extreme lockdown was introduced rapidly and cases of deaths have been kept unusually low. so, the prime minister

has announced the first cautious moves to open up. we believe that decisive action — going hard and going early — give us the very best chance of stamping out the virus. and it has. we have done what very few countries have been able to do. we have stopped a wave of devastation. in europe, germany is seen as a model for how to handle the virus. it's leading the way in testing. in munich, this team is checking a thousand people for antibodies, to discover who's been infected. right from the start, mass tests were seen as vital and now, like in new zealand, there is a first step to re—opening. julia runs a shop in heidelberg. closed for weeks, she's now got permission to start again, this time from behind the protective screen and with only one customer allowed in at a time. do you think it's the right time in germany for shops like yours

to re—open? yes, i think so, because if we couldn't do that it would be very, very difficult to exist. it is maybe more important for the small businesses. but what's happening injapan show it is risk of easing measures too soon. controls were introduced, but then relaxed, only for cases to rise sharply again. and the world health organization is warning countries against moving before they're fully prepared. please make sure you have got the defences in place at the community level. please make sure that everybody knows what their responsibility is. please make sure that older people are given special care and attention. please make sure that hospitals are got ready. japan's hospitals are now struggling. they're short of personal protective equipment. the government there is accused of assuming they had got the outbreak under control. david shukman, bbc news.

the largest lockdown in the world is india's — but there too, restrictions are being eased. millions of people have been allowed to go back to work today, as individual states are given the power to ease lockdown restrictions. here's yogita limaye. last week, when prime minister narendra modi had announced that the shutdown would be extended until the 3rd of may, he also said that his government would look at areas and sectors where perhaps some of these restrictions could be eased with a view to reduce the economic distress that the lockdown is causing. so, the areas that have seen that happening today are largely rural parts of the country, not very densely populated, and where there have so far not been any confirmed cases of coronavirus. farming, fishing, dairy activities have all been allowed to resume. work on plantations, any work for public utilities like the constructing of roads, laying of sewer lines, all of that,

in these green zones, what the government is calling them, so areas where there have been no confirmed cases of coronavirus so far, these activities are allowed to begin. also, up till now, transport between the different states in india was not allowed but now, lorries that are carrying produce, agricultural produce, from one state to the other, will be allowed to move and partly it is because india doesn't want to have food shortages but it is also partly to try and keep in employment at least some daily wage workers. of course, millions of them are stuck in coronavirus hotspots which are largely cities in india like mumbai and delhi and for them, each day is a struggle. in italy meanwhile, there's no sign that the country is ready to significantly ease the lockdown there. but there was a glimmer of hope today — there's been a one—day drop in the number of people currently infected for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak began. here's our rome correspondent mark

lowen on those figures. there are now 108,237 people who currently have coronavirus. that is 20 fewer than yesterday. it is a small drop but it is an important but it is an important psychological step in that respect. in terms of the total cases, which includes numbers of deaths and numbers of those who have recovered, that has risen by its smallest promotional increase since the outbreak began, justi.26% up on yesterday. so, the infection numbers are optimistic. they are encouraging. the authorities here called it incredibly encouraging today. however, on the number of deaths, that is slightly up on yesterday, a54 people have died in the last 2a hours. that is still significantly lower than we were seeing two or three weeks ago but really it is still stubbornly high and until that death toll comes well below 400, into the twos or 300s, italians are not going to feel really that they are reaching towards the latter stages of the

pandemic. to the uk now. officials say coronavirus infection rates are flattening out, as the death toll from the virus continues to fall. but the government is under sustained pressure about the lack of personal protective equipment — or ppe as it's known. a lack of gowns for health care workers is critical according to nhs providers. the latest figures for the uk show there were 419 deaths reported in the last 24—hour period, reflecting a steady drop over the last few days. it means the official number of deaths in the uk linked to coronavirus is 16,509. that number doesn't include deaths in care homes or in the community in england and northern ireland. it's also been reported today that at least 100 health and care workers have now died from coronavirus in the uk, according to the nursing website nursing notes. there are fears a shortage of protective equipment is putting health workers at risk. our health editor hugh pym has been finding out how important the right

protective equipment is to health workers. we've recently got these gowns made locally. 0ne care home's response to equipment shortages — get it made by local contacts. these are the supplies that we have up in head office. as you can see, they are very limited. we have ten litres of alcohol hand rub. while supplies are still coming in, they are hard to get and staff who look after residents with covid symptoms, fear they may run out. every single care worker, they genuinely care and these are some of the most selfless people i've met and we are putting notjust our residents at risk but also our staff and that makes us feel awful and it keeps us up at night and we are trying our best. first of all, we are putting our gowns on. for hospitals, specialist gowns and masks used in intensive care are in short supply. some, although not this one, say they are down to a day or so of stocks. usually staff put on new items every few hours, but the guidance has been

changed so they are allowed to wash and reuse the gowns. frontline staff, though, are concerned about the situation. we work in the nhs because we want to help patients, we want to treat patients and we never expected that we would be putting our own health at risk by doing that. and not knowing whether you are going to be able to protect yourself is a worry that we shouldn't have to have. not having enough protective gear puts health workers at risk, but it also affects the health care patients receive, as this a&e doctor explains. i am seeing about 80% of my patients are coronavirus positive so on a ward, if you're going on a ward of 30 people, you will see about 2k, 25 positive patients. and i think this comes into the whole issue with ppe because a lot of the ppe, as we know, is non—reusable and we do have some negative patients on the ward as well. so ensuring we care for ourselves and these

patients who are negative and patients who are pending, because we have a lot of patients whose swab haven't come back yet, we need to make sure that we are adopting ppe appropriately. and it obviously requires more usage from each of us and obviously that puts a strain on how much ppe the hospital can give us at one time and it means we have to make adjustments in who is seeing patients, how many patients they are seeing and where patients are put. these are precautions that we have taken from the very beginning. however, we have obviously seen a lot more coronavirus positive patients come in and as more coronavirus positive patients come in, it means that we need more ppe. more of us are required to see these patients. we also need to worry about ourselves testing positive for coronavirus as well. a supply of protective equipment from turkey was supposed to be flown into the uk over the weekend, but only on monday did an raf plane set off to collect it. the uk has blamed issues in turkey for the delay, something turkey has denied. at today's daily briefing,

hugh pym raised the lack of ppe with chancellor of the exchequer, rishi sunak. are you ashamed as a government that there are some nhs staff going into work who say they're worried about their safety, because they fear their hospitals might run out of ppe? absolutely everybody working incredibly hard on the front line deserves to have everything they need to do theirjob safely. and we are working round—the—clock to make sure we can deliver on that. obviously, a billion pieces of ppe have been delivered — i think 12 million yesterday. and as you heard from me, we're improving our sourcing internationally and domestically to make sure we can get the ppe we need in what has been a very challenging international context. let's speak to our uk political correspondent nick eardley. good to see you. the government saying they are working around the clock, but is that enough? no way should short answer. i expect the pressure on this issue is going to continue. it has really ramped up over the last few days with

opposition parties saying they want a clear plan set out for when these supply problems are going to end. i've got to say, i don't think they are going to end because the way that this has gone is, the uk is increasingly buying in ppe to last short periods of time and then having to buy more. that shipment you mentioned from turkey hasn't arrived yet, what has arrived is a set of 140,000 gowns from myanmar, which sounds like a welcome addition to ppe infrastructure in the country but in truth, the hospitals in the uk are using about 150,000 gallons a day according to some sources. this isa day according to some sources. this is a real hand to mouth situation. -- 100 is a real hand to mouth situation. --100 50,000 is a real hand to mouth situation. —— 100 50,000 gallons a day. is a real hand to mouth situation. -- 100 50,000 gallons a day. we have seen -- 100 50,000 gallons a day. we have seen across europe -- 100 50,000 gallons a day. we have seen across europe restrictions are being started to ease. no sign that is heading to the uk? no,

absolutely. messages coming from downing street to suggest that they are preparing us for a fairly lengthy lockdown or fairly lengthy extension. the big fear that the government here has, borisjohnson has it, and he has been telling other ministers, this is the key thing he wants to avoid, is that if you lift the restrictions too early, you lift the restrictions too early, you end up with a second spike. that kills far more people and is far more damaging to the economy. the next review in the uk is injust over two weeks. it is possible there could be some changes to the restrictions then but i wouldn't be holding your breath for any big changes in the uk, potentially for some weeks yet. thanks for that. stay with us on 0ustide source. still to come, us oil prices have dropped to negative values for the first time ever, with global demand drying up as a result of coronavirus.

britain's former prime minister tony blair says the uk government needs to do more planning to ensure there's a smooth transition out of the lockdown measures. the effect of taking this amount of economic activity out of the economy — every week that passes, we are losing billions and billions of pounds. now of course, the government, rightly again, has provided support for businesses — you've just been talking about that now — and support for people as they go through a difficult period. just imagine when you come out of the lockdown, you know, you've emerged from the tunnel and you look around you at the economic landscape, it's going to be very different. it's going to hit some sectors very severely — retail, hospitality, construction, manufacturing. so you take all of that demand out of the economy — yes, the government can step in and help. at some point, you've got to get economic activity moving again, because otherwise you're left with this bill that's going to take you a very long time to pay.

this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. a number of european countries, including germany, have relaxed some of their lockdown measures and started opening up for business. let's get some major business news for you now. the price of a barrel of oil has collapsed to below zero. this graph shows the price of a barrel of west texas intermediate grade oil, or wti, for delivery in may. you can see how it has fallen through the course of the day. crude oil had already been under pressure for weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic. here's michelle fleury to explain what's behind today's crash. it is a simple case of demand and supply. ever since the coronavirus outbreak, we have seen a sharp drop in demand. just to put it in context for you, before the outbreak, roughly, on average, the world consumed about 100 million barrels per day.

since then, it has dropped to 75 million barrels per day. what that means is that there is an excess capacity, too much oil in the world being produced right now of about 25 million barrels per day. that is starting to have a real, serious effect on the price of oil. at west texas intermediate oil in particular, as you say, essentially producers are paying customers to take the oil away because they can't afford to store it. so, where do we go from here, if these storage problems continue? so, it is worth explaining to viewers, there is a difference between west texas intermediate and brent crude oil. brent crude, typically, is nearer the sea, therefore the transportation costs are lower. if you look at the price of brent crude, it is still trading above $20 a barrel and for people going to the petrol pump, it is going to be supported more by that brent crude price so they can't expect to get fuel

for free but west texas intermediate is landlocked and so in other words the oil has to travel through pipelines and that makes it very expensive. many of those pipelines are already full, and that is why you are seeing what has happened to this contract for may. we expect the situation may ease as you start to see parts of the country reopen but again, that mismatch between demand and supply, until that is fully resolved, you are going to continue to see this pressure on the price of oil and ultimately on oil companies. and that pressure, in turn, translates to political pressure to try and ease restrictions and get countries and economies moving again? well, if you look here in the united states, one of the areas, parts of the country, that is moving first to reopen, texas, is a big oil producing state and a lot of its revenue and wealth comes from that industry. they will be feeling the pain from this, both in terms ofjobs and the ripple effect that that has

on the broader economy. that being said, if you look at the flip side, consumers do benefit. brent crude is still sharply down from if you look where we were a couple of months ago and so consumers can expect to pay less at the pump and can expect ultimately to see prices to come down. that will help offset some of the higher costs from elsewhere. when you look at the airline industry which is struggling, they will also have lower fuel costs so it can help, it isn't all negative, unless you are an energy producer. last week, we talked a lot about the growing pressure on china to be more open about what's happened with the virus. that pressure has continued today. let's bring in ros atkins to look at this. hi, ros. yes, last week, the trump administration repeatedly called on china to "come clean" in its words.

emmanuel macron said there's a lot that we don't know about what happened in wuhan. well, today, angela merkel called for more transparency from china. this was earlier in berlin. translation: i believe the more transparent china is about the origin of the virus, the better it is for everyone in the world in order to learn from it. this comment comes at the same time as china's national health commission has indicated that hundreds of people in wuhan were wrongly listed as having recovered from covid—19. in wuhan, the number of recovered cases was reported at 47,300 on friday. on monday, that figure was revised down by almost 1000 to 46,359. more astonishing, was the government in wuhan's decision on friday to revise the city's overall death toll upwards by 50%.

the total number of confirmed deaths across china currently stands at more than 4500, though those statistics are impossible to verify. this is kerry allen from bbc monitoring on change to the numbers. one of the things that we are seeing today coming out of the official statistics given by the national health commission in china is the number of cured cases and china has been giving daily statistics on the number of confirmed cases, suspected cases, number of deaths, the number of cured patients. we are suddenly seeing this figure of cured patients drop significantly and so, around... previously it was around, for the central city of wuhan, it was around the 47,000 mark, 47,000 people having been cured and this dropped by nearly 1000, by 941 people. now this was very quietly done and the government didn't make a lot of fanfare about this but what we do know, going back to last friday, is that the government said that around 1200 people had died that it had not reported at the time.

it said there were a number of reasons for this. it said that one of the reasons was that some people had died in their homes and they also said that there are some centres where people were being treated for covid—19 that weren't attached to the central network so people were being treated but the figures were not being passed on to the central government so they could report them in the daily statistics. also they said there were some errors in factual reporting problems but, you know, it is very significant today that the government has very quietly, i mean this 1200 death count, around 900 people potentially were reported as cured, even though they had died and that is very, very significant and there's not a lot of noise being made about this in the media but china does actively censor content on social media anyway and one of the things that is very common when something like this happens is you will see people, what are known as the 50 cent brigade in china, so people who will leave pro—government messages, in line with the government message, talking about how it is good that the government is giving a lot of

transparency. so, you will see comments more on that line rather than the fact that yeah, around 900 people might have been reported as having been cured who actually died. some interesting analysis, too, in this bbc article. our correspondent stephen mcdonell writes that some have suggested this was designed to distract because this was announced at the same time as new terrible data on the performance of the chinese economy. maybe, but both have been covered. and as stephen notes, this could simply have been a coincidence. as ever with china, lewis, we only make educated guesses on some parts of this story, something that is evidently frustrating leaders in the west. thanks for that, we will be back with you in ten minutes or so.

the coronavirus pandemic came late to latin america following asia, europe and north america. but now the region is feeling the full effect on its already stretched health care systems and economy. our correspondents have sent these updates, starting with camilla mota in brazil. brazil, the biggest country in latin america, has been hugely affected by the coronavirus pandemic. the health care system here is so close to collapse that they have been converting football stadiums into temporary hospitals. inside this one in sao paulo, there are more than 200 beds for patients with covid—19. as for lockdowns, cities and local authorities have been putting them in place in themselves, but the country's president, jair bolsonaro, is against the idea. he says he's worried about the economic impact of such measures. ecuador is at the moment the latin american country hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak. thousands of people have died in the province of guayas because of the virus

and because other conditions couldn't be treated when the health care system collapsed. mortuaries and morgues were also overwhelmed, and bodies had to wait for days be collected and buried. a nightmare no—one wants to see replicated in other countries in the region. many economies in latin america are already weak, and venezuela is the weakest of them all. it's been in a deep economic crisis for years. here, while there are not that many official deaths, the health care system is one of the most stretched and badly prepared in the region. medical centres like this one are trying to get ready for covid—19, but doctors i spoke with say that there are nowhere near enough intensive care units if the virus spreads. the government has put in place a shutdown, but many are worried that it could be a crisis on top of another crisis for venezuela.

many of these countries, most people live from the informal economy. they buy and sell goods for cash everything all day. this is normally full of street vendors, people selling a variety of things. but the lockdown has practically freeze that the informal economy and these people have no source of income. authorities say that the lockdown is the only way to avoid the health system collapse. not all parts of latin america have been closed. here, daily life continues. markets and shops are still open. sporting events like baseball are still going on. the government says the economic because of the shutdown will be too much but experts are warning that if the country doesn't take action now, it could see an uncontrolled spread of the virus and it could end in

disaster. that is it, this is outside source. today's higher temperatures were all in shelter and southern england did well with other areas which had temperatures in the warmer spots around 18 or 19 degrees. this clear, blue sunny skies were with us pretty much nationwide. there is the extent of the day's some time for that we did see this area of cloud in north—west france. as we go through this evening, there's a chance we could see an odd shower creeping into the channel islands and the isles of scilly overnight but otherwise it is a dry night. it stays quite breezy, so not desperately cold. temperatures four to

seven celsius overnight. perhaps cold enough for a nip of frost in some of the sharper scottish valleys. tuesday, any cloud on the isles of scilly and channel islands will move away pretty quickly and we will be left with again with those eastern winds, it is across the eastern side of scotland and eastern areas of england that will see the day's lower temperatures. not feeling bad in the sunshine but the warmest weather will be further west. we will see temperatures pushing up into the low 20s with hot spots again across southern wales, south west midlands, south—west england, north west england, south—west england, north—west england and northern ireland and western counties probably not doing too badly either. wednesday, as well as being a sunny day, should be a warmer date for many of us. temperatures in western scotland reaching around 1819 celsius. in a number of areas in england and wales,

we will see the temperatures approaching on into the low 20s. it will feel warm in the sunshine and warmer given those lighter winds. thursday looks like the warmest day of the week ahead. lots of sunshine, perhaps a few isolated mist and fog patches to start the day although not lasting very long at all. in the sunshine, we should see temperatures pushing on to around 23, 24 celsius in the warmest areas. another fine day on friday but heading into the weekend, generally things will cool off a little bit with a bit more cloud in the sky and a chance of a few showers moving in for some.

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. the british government is forced on to the backfoot — over concerns over the supply of protective equipment for hospital workers. we work in the nhs because we want to help patients, we want to treat patients. and we never expected we'd be putting our own health at risk by doing that. it's notjust the uk — the issue of ppe has become a concern worldwide — we'll take a look at the global situation.

signs of normality — as a number of european countries, including germany — start opening up for business. but in the us — oil prices have slumped to levels not seen since the mid—1980s. welcome. officials in the uk say coronavirus infection rates are flattening out, as the death toll from the virus continues to fall. but the government is under sustained pressure about the lack of personal protective equipment — or ppe as it's known — for health workers. a supply of protective equipment from turkey was supposed to be flown in to the uk over the weekend, but only on monday did an raf plane set off to collect it. the uk has blamed issues in turkey for the delay, something turkey has denied. at today's daily briefing, hugh pym raised the lack of ppe with chancellor of the exchequer, rishi sunak. are you ashamed as a government that there are some nhs staff going into work who say they're worried about their safety,

because they fear their hospitals might run out of ppe? absolutely everybody working incredibly hard on the front line deserves to have everything they need to do theirjob safely. and we are working round—the—clock to make sure we can deliver on that. obviously, a billion pieces of ppe have been delivered — i think 12 million yesterday. and as you heard from me, we're improving our sourcing internationally and domestically to make sure we can get the ppe we need in what has been a very challenging international context. ppe is becoming a central issue in this pandemic globally — healthcare workers are taking huge risks on our behalf — and of course we all want them to have the correct protection. however — as that clip might have suggested — delivering what they need is proving to be a huge logistical challenge. ros atkins has been looking at this. hi, ros. thanks lewis. the uk's health secretary matt hancock has called ppe a ‘precious resource' — and few would disagree.

let's look at how global demand for ppe is far outstripping supply and existing stockpiles — and why closing that gap is about practicalities and politics. when we talk about personal protective equipment, we mean this. mask, gowns, gloves and goggles. this is a graphic from the centre for diseases control and prevention in the us. now, before the pandemic, billions of pieces of equipment were produced each year — and half of the global production of masks was in china. since the outbreak began according to official figures, china has gone from making 10 million masks a day to 116 million masks a day. and it's done that in part getting 1000s of chinese companies to turn their attention to making ppe. we're seeing this elsewhere too.

the swedish clothing company h&m has already sent 100,000 masks to italy and spain. and clothing company canada goose is making disposable gowns. and at the moment, governments need all the help they can get. more came from the world health organisation today — it says it will sending 180 million masks to countries over april and may. that figure though is still a fraction of global demand. to get an idea of the scale of this demand, look at these us statistics. the us strategic national stockpile held 42 million masks — some medical grade, some surgical. that is only around 1% of the latest estimates of what the us will need through this pandemic. (biv)or through this pandemic. or consider that much—discussed delivery to the uk of 400,000 gowns manufactured in turkey. at the current rate the uk's national health service would use them all in three days. bearing all of that in mind, could any amount of preparation have guaranteed that we'd now have the amount of ppe that we need. we got in touch with paul hunter, who's a professor of medicine at university of east anglia.

everything as possible but i think it is unlikely. most governments will not have really expected to deliver this amount of ppe or anywhere near it really. so i think most governments would struggle to source enough ppe. we do have a reserve of ppe, part of the influe nza reserve of ppe, part of the influenza pandemic planning that is donein influenza pandemic planning that is done in the uk. but i think it is fairto done in the uk. but i think it is fair to say that very few people would've expected that by now we would've expected that by now we would be dealing with an issue quite as large as the one that we are. in some countries, fire and police services, vets, local councils and builders' merchants have handed their masks to local hospitals. there are suggestions that hospitals may need to work with lower grade ppe out of necessity. should that be considered? here's paul hunter again.

well, yes we are living in very difficult times at the moment and we, all of us will be wanting to treat patients as safely as we can without putting themselves or ourselves at risk. if we do not have enough ppe then we can either not treat them or actually we can make compromises that in normal circumstances we would not want to make. that the world health organisation has released guidelines on how you can make those compromises and what sort of things he can do and reuse to retreat certain aspects of ppe without damaging safety too much. two other things for us to be aware of. ppe has become a diplomatic currency — and we must watch how china

and others distribute the masks they make. it will tell us a great deal about which relationships matter the most to them. and then there's the geography of the ppe supply chain. at the moment asia and in particular china dominate. we know european and american manufacturers are urgently increasing their capacity. it would not be surprising if western countries seek to avoid a return to the current reliance on ppe manufacturing from asia — and seek to keep more of it close to home. we'll see. that issue though is for another day. right now, the need is simply to get healthcare workers the protection they need. and it's not proving at all easy. that is right. we will keep asking questions about it. but for now thank you. now — as we've covered many times on outside source — this coronavirus pandemic has spawned a huge amount of false news and misleading information. the bbc has a special team looking into this misinformation online. let's get a quick update on what they've been looking at recently. i'm joined by marianna spring.

what have you picked up this weekend? there is as usual an awful lot of staff speculating that is misleading. something we have noticed is that change in the pattern of misinformation. when it first began there were a lot of conspiracy theories on what the virus was and how it is because back injanuary and virus was and how it is because back in january and february then virus was and how it is because back injanuary and february then we notice it became more medical and then speculation about government lockdowns and what countries were doing. speculation about hospitals reaching capacity. then we have recently seen a reaching capacity. then we have recently seen a resurgence reaching capacity. then we have recently seen a resurgence of conspiracy theories, some linking 5g to coronavirus which is false. another one that has picked up steam in recent days, at the conspiracy theories about bill particularly after donald trump was asked if he was going to halt funding to the

world health organisation and bill gates was critical of that and there have been conspiracy theories online, many implying that bill gates and melinda gates, the foundation in their name actually owns the patent to coronavirus and therefore they are going to profit after it this virus and profit from the vaccine date create and they created coronavirus and all these claims are unsubstantiated and not true. they are picking up speed and even have come over here to the uk and saw them circulating in the us. how can we stop this kind of stuff spreading online? we have three top tips, number one is check your source. where is the person who shared it, there are instagram accounts that share it and there are people who notoriously did

not like bill gates and he is an advocate of vaccinations i really think about your source and as we a lwa ys think about your source and as we always say, if it came from a friend ofa always say, if it came from a friend of a friend or a friend's kaizen, thatis of a friend or a friend's kaizen, that is a rate to red flag. if it makes you feel angry, happy, excited or sad, we makes you feel angry, happy, excited orsad, we are makes you feel angry, happy, excited or sad, we are all looking for a nswe rs or sad, we are all looking for a nswers to or sad, we are all looking for answers to these conspiracy theories can quell the first and think about how a post is making you feel and the ultimate goal is to stop and think before you share and unless you are sure it is definitely true it is more harmful to share it then to not and for more on that, we have a documentary that just to not and for more on that, we have a documentary thatjust came out and you can find it on bbc trending's website. thank you. in new york the number of people who've died with coronavirus in a single day has fallen below five hundred for the first time since april 2nd. but andrew cuomo — the state's governor —

has warned that infection rates could spike for a second time if residents leave their homes more frequently as the weather gets warmer. the question for us, are we passed the apex. we have had a number of days and we have seen reductions across the board, and i would also say anecdotally that they have less patience in the emergency room. stay with us on 0ustide source, still to come.. sir richard branson says his airline virgin atlantic needs government support to survive. we return now to our top story, which is of course the coronavirus. here in the uk, the latest figures show there were 449 deaths reported in the last 24—hour period, reflecting a steady drop over the last few days. let's focus on england for a minute — across the country it's a varied picture, in terms of the rates of infection

and the number of people who've died from it. we've been speaking to our health correspondents across the regions — starting with sharon barbour in the north east, an area which has recorded more than 1,800 deaths. it was to newcastle about the first two confirmed cases of coronavirus in the uk were brought. since then hospitals and medical teams have dramatically transformed to cope with the crisis. there have been concerns over ppe so doctors turned to vets for visors. one and county durham reported 14 deaths in an organisation representing care homes theories coronavirus may be an up to half of them. the midlands was hit early and hard with a cluster of cases in wolverhampton. the hospital here in birmingham has been

converted into a giant care unit. the trust runs hospitals across the area and have seen more deaths than any other. in the east midlands there are fewer cases, centred mainly on derby. overall, admissions to our region are beginning to slow. here in the northwest doctors are worried that fear is about coronavirus may be stopping people from visiting the region's and knees. a drop of 30% from this time la st knees. a drop of 30% from this time last year. historically parts of the northwest have much worse health than normal outcomes and there are particular concerns that strokes and heart attacks are not being picked up heart attacks are not being picked up leading to further problems in the future. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom the lead story...

a number of european countries, including germany — have relaxed some of their lockdown measures and started opening up for business. across europe, supermarkets have had to make contingency plans to continue importing food produce in light of the extra demand during the coronavirus confinement. a large part of europe's fresh fruits and vegetables is produced in spain, but there are questions over how some spanish companies are treating their migrant workforce. our europe correspondent gavin lee reports from almeria. this is what the spanish call the sea of plastic, the highest concentration of greenhouses in the world. there are so many of them you can see them from space. fruit and vegetables from here are sent to europe's major supermarkets. almost all of the workers are migrants. they're supposed to be paid spain's legal minimum wage, 7.20 euros an hour, but in many cases that we've looked at, that's not happening. yousef, not his real name, has been in spain over ten years.

translation: if you are prepared to work like a slave then there's a lot of work but if you ask for your rights you are out. yousef decided to secretly film his bosses as he confronted them about his salary. after refusing to sign, this happened... after this incident, yousef reported his boss. when challenged by the bbc, the owner said he lost his temper but didn't respond to claims of underpayment. at a separate farm, run by a different company, we were told about a strike. translation: we are on strike because the boss wants to sack seven of us and the others can still work but for 5 euros an hour. but he should pay what the law says. it's clear the strike is causing tension between the workers and a neighbouring

farmer, who starts shouting at those striking. within seconds he threatens our camera man with a hammer. trying to stop us filming. he then quickly drives off. some workers don't need to protest to get their salary because their bosses respect the law. so these bosses are not above the law. the farm's boss says claims of exploitation are false. translation: we have always paid what the law says. we have documents and bank transfers to prove it. translation: no, he's got no proof. he never paid this, never. this man has worked for them for 16 years. translation: falsifying the payslips, that's his evidence. fake. he shows us a record of the hours he's worked. i work an average of 200 hours a month and i don't even get 1,000 euros.

we've heard similar claims from many other workers. we've also been sent evidence supporting their allegations. the owner continues to deny any wrongdoing and claims its a widespread attempt to discredit the company. the hope for those speaking out is that farms here will be better policed and more thoroughly scrutinised, so that workers aren't exploited for profit. gavin lee, bbc news, almeria. sir richard branson says his airline virgin atlantic needs government support to survive. the boss of the virgin group says he's not asking for a handout, but a commercial loan, believed to be more than $600 million. and he's pledged his luxury island resort as collateral. sir richard is the 286th richest person in the world with an estimated $5.8 billion fortune. in an open letter to staff, he writes: "i've seen lots of comments about my net worth — but that is calculated on the value of virgin businesses around

the world before this crisis, not sitting as cash in a bank account ready to withdraw". critics point out he's paid no uk income tax since moving to the tax—free british virgin islands 14 years ago. and on that he says: "joan and i did not leave britain for tax reasons but for our love of the beautiful british virgin islands." it follows decisions by denmark and poland which won't to give financial aid from their coronavirus bailout packages to companies registered in offshore tax havens. the danish finance ministry released a statement — saying "companies seeking compensation. must pay the tax to which they are liable under international agreements and national rules. this means that companies based in tax havens cannot receive compensation." poland has taken similar measures. prime minister said, "let's end tax havens, which are the bane of modern economies". the uk says it won't follow suit though — because that would penalise uk workers. a treasury spokesperson says: "we've

set up schemes designed to supportjobs in britain. sometimes that will involve foreign companies who employ people in the uk. but we are looking into the specific point on tax havens." dharshini david covers global trade for us. denmark employment as you have been saying if you are based in a tax haven we are extending help to other companies that we will not for you. if you look at what has been said by various institutions, the network has been saying, if you have not been for filling your obligations as they put it, socially did not come looking for a be out —— bailouts away is the uk saying it wanted the same thing. and dominic day are frankly saying these are scheme set up frankly saying these are scheme set up in frankly saying these are scheme set upina frankly saying these are scheme set up in a hurry and they have to simple as possible and they are there to help all uk based workers.

the point of these schemes is to get a lifeline so thatjobs can be preserved and limit the economic scarring after all of this is over. so the uk government is saying we will not be doing that for now but they say they are aware of the issue with tax haven sale in other words watch out if you have not been paying your bills or doing your part ina way paying your bills or doing your part in a way perhaps that someone thinks you said they could be coming after you said they could be coming after you particularly when it comes to finding the funds and plaguing the deficit in years to come. what about this issue with virgin airlines do you think they will get any help? talking to the uk treasury and finance minister, they say they are not into looking at specific sectors and saying they need a special deal because they have companies and factories queuing up saying we are special and need extra help here and airlines are going through a terrible time at the moment, we do

know that and we didn't know of christ because we have seen in previous downturns at some did not quite make it all the way through. and airlines at the moment i saying they have a strategic will role to play to make sure that we have all the goods we need still entering the country. to south africa now... in major south african cities, homeless people are being rounded up and taken off the streets and placed in makeshift shelters. three weeks into the country's now five—week long lockdown, many are concerned about how these vulnerable communities are coping, especially those addicted to drugs and alcohol. the bbc‘s pumza fihlani went to one of these makeshift camps in cape town to find out. south africa is scrambling to minimise the impact of the coronavirus on its economy and people and those people include the most vulnerable, the homeless. have you been in contact with someone who has coronavirus? now. across the

country, homeless people have been moved into temporary shelters like this one, rounded up from street corners, parks and underneath the country's highways. while many did not have to worry about where the next meal comes from, they are exposed to other risks. this is one of the big zs parts ofjohannesburg and these statements become beds for it homes in the evenings. experts warned that for those battling addiction, stopping only a few aids and alcohol can be life—threatening. so what is this solution? some centres a re so what is this solution? some centres are providing methadone, a replacement drug to help the body cope with withdrawals. will be is extremely uncomfortable and you need to manage the withdrawal and in order to stabilise the lockdown of

homeless people. people like this one. living on the streets for ten yea rs one. living on the streets for ten years and have been on heroin for nine of those years. i do not think there is going to be people living here, they will run away. homelessness is a long—established issue in south africa. because of the coronavirus the government has worked fast but what happens after the lockdown? is it back to the streets ? the lockdown? is it back to the streets? let's pool our resources to make sure it remains a high—quality agenda. —— remains a high priority on the agenda. ministers except the criticism but say covid—19 is a learning curve for everyone.

the hollywood star, idris elba, hasjoined forces with the united nations to warn about coming food shortages, unless farmers hit by coronavirus in the developing world get the support they need. speaking exclusively to the bbc, the actor warned wealthier nations that ‘food will run out‘ — unless a 200 hundred million dollar package can be put together to support rural farmers. if we understand that 50% of the world plus my calories are made by farmers and areas that are going to suffer the worse. so our shopping centres, our food banks are also going to suffer in the future if we do not help the agriculture business before they suffer. that is what we are asking. we are not asking individual zeal at the moment are also strapped but we are talking about governments to think about the future and help the agriculture industry survive because it is about food. it is about the basic

necessity for human beings and that will run out if farmers cannot farm. that was outside source, goodbye. hello there. for pretty much eve ryo ne hello there. for pretty much everyone it was a dry and sunny day on monday, blue skies overhead like these in the north yorkshire area and more to come over the next few days thanks to this large area of high pressure, low pressure in the mediterranean and between the two we are going to get quite strong easterly winds again across the uk. that will add to a cool feel on the eastern coast of scotland and england. the cloud and rain has been affecting northwest france will move further westwards through the day and for most of us it will be sunshine from dawn till dusk and you will have gusty easterly winds and

maybe even 40 and one or two areas and as the easterly winds come across the sea which are the cliffs at this time of year. that is across eastern areas of england and temperatures a little bit cooler around the coastal strip. in land and it will be a little bit warmer thanit and it will be a little bit warmer than it was on monday with tuesday's highs around 20—21d. as we go through tuesday evening overnight, the winds will begin to fall a little lighter overnight but temperatures by day have been a little bit hire and so they should bea little bit hire and so they should be a little higher overnight as well. these are the kind of lows around nine celsius. it will not be as windy and with more sunshine to come, the vast majority of us,

temperatures will go a few degrees higher. england and wales that means temperatures pushing more widely into the 20s and 22 degrees the top temperature but western areas of scotla nd temperature but western areas of scotland and northern areas of ireland we could be getting up to 18 or19 ireland we could be getting up to 18 or 19 degrees. area of high pressure in charge of our weather band this week will decline and we get towards thursday and the winds will get even lighter still. there could be at the nests and maybe some shallow fog patch is that they will clear quickly during the morning and again it is another sunny day on the cards. there is probably going to be the warmest day of the week with temperatures up to around 24 degrees and the warmest areas. really focusing across england and wales. temperature into the high teens there. it should be a dry day as well although we will start to see more in the way of cloud approaching the northwest of the country and

temperature wise, feeling warm in the sunshine here in 15 for belfast and in two 20s for much of england and in two 20s for much of england and wales. beyond that into the weekend and next week, the name patient the jet stream is where the most active weather systems will be and high pressure will be thereabouts across the uk and we could see some very weak weather systems trying to cross the country. what we are expecting then heading into the weekend as they will be a little more cloud in the sky and a general downward pressure and temperature we are looking at temperatures drifting and cloud could thicken enough to get some isolated showers over the course of the weekend. that is a for your weather, that by. —— goodbye.

tonight at ten, the battle to save patients with coronavirus, from the elderly to the new—born. a special report from lanarkshire on the range of patients affected and the pressures on the staff caring for them. you think we're getting to grips with this and then you get another onslaught of admissions again, so every day, you think, "today will be a better day," but it just never, ever comes. it's just constant. across the uk there are still urgent calls for supplies of protective equipment as ministers claim that every effort is being made. we are improving our sourcing internationally and domestically to make sure we can get the ppe we need but in what is a very challenging international context. we'll have the latest on the crisis as government experts say