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. a sobering warning from the world health organisation, for those hoping to see the back of the coronavirus pandemic anytime soon. may, no mistake, we have a long way to go. —— make no mistake. this virus will be with us for a long time. in the us, the secretary of state again accuses china of covering up the outbreak. spain's parliament has voted

to extend its lockdown — we'll be live in madrid. we'll have an update on the situation on protective year in the uk, which the government says is going through the peak of its outbreak. meanwhile germany says it will keep up its aggressive programme of testing and tracing, as its covid—19 restrictions, are partially relaxed. welcome. we start the programme with another grim milestone reached by the coronavirus pandemic. the latest figures show 180—000 people have now died from covid—19. as the numbers go up, the head of the world health organization warns this global pandemic will not be over soon. the director general also warns of a resurgence of the outbreak in some countries. here he is. most countries are still in the early stages of their epidemics. and some that were affected early in the pandemic are now starting to see a

resurgence in cases. make no mistake, we have a long way to go. this virus will be with us for a long time. moving to the us — where the secretary of state, mike pompeo has renewed his attacks on beijing, accusing it of a cover up in the early stages of the pandemic. here's what he said. china didn't share all of the information they had. instead it covered up how dangerous the diseases. it didn't report report sustained human—to—human transmission until a month later until it was in every province inside of china. it censored those who tried to warn the world, in order to halt the testing of new samples, and it has destroyed existing samples. the ccp still has not shared the virus sample from inside of china with the outside world, making it impossible to track the disease's evolution. strong words against

the chinese communist party. hours earlier, china fired back at previous us allegations blaming beijing for the pandemic, calling the accusations groundless. in a further development, on tuesday missouri became the first us state to sue the chinese government over its coronavirus handling, saying china's response to the outbreak had led to devastating economic losses. the lawsuit also accused the chinese government of making the pandemic worse by "hoarding" masks and other personal protective equipment. china has denounced the lawsuit as ‘frivolous'. our correspondent barbara plett usher is in washington. he really went after china. he said that china had not given information in a timely manner, especially that the virus can be transferred from human—to—human, he said that the chinese had not provided a sample of the virus, even suggested that their laboratories might not be safe although when he was pressed about that, he did

not give any details. critics have said that the administration probably has a case when it comes to issues like chinese disinformation or a cover up what they also say that for the administration to go after china so hard at this point it looks as if it is trying to blame china for the mistakes that the trump administration itself made in responding to the pandemic. we've also been hearing from a top us health official who had a stark warning about a second wave of infections. in an interview with the washington post — the cdc chief robert redfield said... putting unimaginable strain on the helath care system. he added protests calling for states to be ‘liberated' from lockdown orders — which the president

himself appeared to have encouraged on twitter — are "not helpful". the us has the most coronavirus cases and deaths than any other country — by far. putting unimaginable strain on the helath care system. in the past twenty—four hours the number of deaths passed 45,000. there are more now than 830,000 cases across the states. despite those figures — several southern us states are pushing ahead to ease lockdown restrictions. in georgia residents can visit gyms, hair salons, tattoo parlours and bowling alleys from friday. movie theatres and restaurants will follow on monday. south carolina has rescinded a ban on people going to the beach and retail outlets can reopen if social distancing measures are in place. and a stay at home order in tennessee will lapse by the end of april. there's been pressure to lift the lockdowns. protesters have been taking to the streets across america — calling for businesses to reopen.

these are the most recent rallies on tuesday. some of the protesters have come bearing firearms — and gun rights groups have been among the organisers. the state of illinois has seen one of the worst outbreaks of covid—i9. according to the latest figures — there have been more than 23,000 cases, and 1,000 deaths. dr emily landon is an infectious disease expert — and had this message for anti—lockdown protesters. it is clear to me that we are our medic at least as many patients that it is clear to me that we are ouradmitting at least as many patients that as we are discharging with covid every single day. we are not ready to get back outside and do our regular lives. not in the same way we use to anyway. this is unbelievable to me. they are putting themselves and many others in harm's way. the real problem with this illness is not... certainly we care a lot about those who are sick and we are worried

about them overburdening our health system but it is that people who are transmitting this disease before they even have symptoms and those that never develop symptoms but can still transmit the infection and that is exactly where we see spreads like that in these sorts of protest and crowded situations. those people are probably starting complicated transmission webs. katty kayjoins us from washington. it feels that it is a tale of two americas almost where you have the highest numbers of deaths and active cases of coronavirus and also you have all of these protesters out on the streets wanting lockdown to be easy. yes. we should put the numbers of protesters and some perspective though. it seems they are in their hundreds, and i and thousands or tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands. the relatively small groups in several states around the country in some cases they seem to have been backed by fairly

conservative groups who are urging them to get out there in protest. to some extent you can understand it. 22 million americans have lost their jobs and people are very anxious about the state of the economy. this our peoples livelihoods a stake not getting a paycheque or make their rent or their bills. they want to go back to work. it is an understandable instinct that people really wa nt understandable instinct that people really want this lockdown to be over. but when you dig into the opinion polls, and those states where we are seeing some of the lockdowns being released, actually people are nervous about this lockdown being ended too soon for some polls suggest that in states like georgia and florida, people are saying we will not be going back to these businesses if we are not convinced that those shops and tattoo parlors injim's rsa. they are getting some mixed messages from the white house as well. we the president as you said on twitter are talking about liberating virginia and minnesota and michigan, seeming to urge the protesters on. he was

asked about this in the press conference last night. he said there are those protesting to be fine and biden my social distancing rules. from the images i have seen, that is not always the case. you also have his top health officials, they were asked about the protest last night and she also pushed back saying you have to do things in social distancing manifesto also asked about reopening the country and said you can open tattoo parlors but you have to be able to social distance if you are creative and can find a way to do that. there are coming out of the white house on the opening up and towards the protesters themselves. it seems that an awful lot of america has changed one thing that has and is how political the coronavirus has become. it is a bit like climate change. an intensely political issue. as it is in so many countries. thank you for putting us into perspective the number of protested. another very interesting

line coming got if anybody thought that this coronavirus would be over anytime soon, there is a stark warning from a top health official saying it warning about a second possible resurgence of this virus. yes. this is what immunologists have been saying throughout this. there will likely be a second wave of the coronavirus comes the autumn. back in the 1918 flu pandemic it was that second wave from 1918 into 1919 that killed the most number of people. that is what scientists are concerned about. what the head of the cdc was pointing out is that if we do get a second wave and the 0ttoman going into the winter it will coincide with the regular flu season. will coincide with the regular flu season. and that is why he is saying that he feels it could be even more dangerous the second time around and the second way because the complex of things. we are coming out of the flu season so hospitals are having to treat people with covid—19 as

well as people with the regular flu. 0nce well as people with the regular flu. once we headed to the autumn, there will be another season of flu and so hospitals will have to put up above. the president pushing back against that reporting saying that the head of the cdc was misquoted and will be putting out a statement to clarify his comments. as always, great to get your clarity on the situation. thank you. the spanish parliament has decided to extend the country's lockdown. spain is one of the worst hit countries in the world with more than 21,000 deaths. it's been under severe restrictions for more than five weeks. this is the third time the prime minister, pedro sanchez, has requested that congress extend the national lockdown. this time it will last until may tenth. guy hedgecoe is in madrid. just talk us through this because the spanish parliament just just talk us through this because the spanish parliamentjust voting to extend their countries lockdown.

yes. that is right. this is the third time that the prime minister has requested a two—week extension of the lockdown, this will take us due to the middle of may. it was quite an overwhelming when in terms of the parliamentary numbers, 269 votes in favour, 60 against. that sounds very convincing, i suppose in terms of the arithmetic it is, but it was a very divisive session in parliament today. pedro sanchez and his government faced a lot of criticism from opposition groups, particularly on the political right, who were very critical of the way that he has handled the coronavirus crisis so far saying he's been unprepared and hasn't communicated well in the lockdown has been handled poorly, he defended his government had a link of the crisis, throughout, and said he is simply done the best that he can in very difficult circumstances. thank you for talking us to that.

here in the uk the british foreign secretary, dominic raab, has said the country is passing through the peak of the coronavirus outbreak. britain has reported another 759 coronavirus related deaths in hospital, bringing the total to more than18,000. this chart shows the trajectory of deaths from covid—10 in the uk. it goes along with the idea the peak may have been reached ten days or so ago, when hospital deaths were reaching almost 1,000 a day. the chief medical officer chris whitty however says it simply shows a flattening off of the deaths after a steep climb, and it will take some time for the deaths to come right down. he warned social distancing measures will be in place for a while, here he is. if people are hoping it is suddenly going to move from where we are now in lockdown, suddenly into

everything is gone, that is a unrealistic expectation but that will have to do a lot of things for really a quite a long period of time. the government has been criticised for the lack of available testing. it's promised 100,000 tests a day for covid—19 will be carried out by the end of the month. at the moment around 40,000 tests a day are available but only half that number, nearly 23,000 are being carried out. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth has been speaking to carers across the country. inside the country's closed—off care homes, it's a fight to keep the virus from the most vulnerable. testing is key, knowing who's got it to stop the spread, keep people safe. care workers can now get tested, but staff at this home in bath have been told they'd have to travel to worcester — a three—hour round trip. if you're suffering from signs of covid—19, you're basically going to be made to drive to halfway

up the country. many care workers, like anne, don't drive at all. it would be impossible for me. so, you couldn't get to worcester to be...? no, not at the moment, no. the manager here says he needs to know if staff can safely work. my staff are coming in, they are front—line staff, they need to be protected. yes, we can get staff tested, but to test them, we've got to drive 80 miles each way to get to the nearest test centre, which isn't practical. across the country, similar cases, carers directed to test sites miles away. 27 drive—through centres are open, with more due soon, but some seem quiet, hard to reach without a car. some days, less than half the number of tests on offer are actually being carried out. the health secretary was asked again today about more local provision. i'am really pleased that we've managed to roll out this testing to staff in care homes. he's absolutely right that that can helpfully be done through mobile units and through the home—testing kits that are increasingly available, especially for care homes that aren't close to one

of the drive—through centres. the government says it's working to make sure across the country, everyone who needs a test can get one. but so far, provision is patchy. carers welcome the fact more tests are available, but say they must be able to access to them. alex forsyth, bbc news. the situation here in the uk will also be looking at another issue in the uk. stay with us on 0ustide source, still to come: we'll take another look at the issue of protective gear in the uk — and delve into a row with the eu over procurement. preliminary figures suggest the number of people dying from coronavirus in care homes in england could have doubled in five days. but the foreign secretary said the government was doing all it could.

we are conscious there that challenge what care homes. i have said that in my early remarks was that we are doing everything we can in this situation is improving and we are getting the ppe to those places that need it and we are working with the military in relation to some of the mobile testing last because we know it is difficult for some people in care homes to access the testing, we have revised the guidance to make sure that on discharge that we are absolutely being very careful with those they going to care homes and we are doing everything we understand their concerns of anxiety i feel for those where living in ca re i feel for those where living in care homes and nervous about this or their loved ones and we are doing absolutely everything we can to protect them. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. the world health organisation says the coronavirus pandemic will not be over any time soon.

the issue of ppe is not going away this week, in part because of the shortages in many countries, in part because of a complex political row over it in the uk. ros atkins is going to take us through this. 0ver over to you. thank you. surely there can never have been a moment in human history where more personal protective equipment was needed. billions of items are required — and how to get them to the health care workers is both a practical and a political challenge. first, this is the head of the uk's armed forces speaking earlier. first and foremost this is been a logistic task. i would say that i think in all of my at more than a0 yea rs of think in all of my at more than a0 years of service, this is the single greatest logistic challenge that i have come across. it's notjust about delivery — the uk, like many countries,

simply has nowhere near enough ppe to distribute. here's one expert on this. we have relied on being able to buy all of these things from a countries, sourcing countries like china, on the assumption that they would always be available. so we have lost our domestic industry in many areas that are really important for government for different parts of the government. now — last month one way for the uk to try and fix the lack of ppe and other medical equipment was to join an eu procurement process in which the kit would be bought in bulk. back in march, downing street briefed that the uk wouldn't take part — though denied being motivated by anti—eu sentiment. then — downing street said the invitation to take part was sent to the wrong email address which had led to communication problems. fast forward to tuesday of this week and a senior civil servant in the foreign office said this.

it was a political decision. the mission brussels briefed ministers about what was available and on offer, and the decision is known. then, just hours after saying that, sir simon mcdonnell put out a statement saying it wasn't a political decision. and that in fact ministers hadn't been briefed on what was on offer. it was a quite a u—turn — and you'd imagine one that followed a conversation or two with the government. also yesterday the health secretary matt hancock said this. i have spoken to the foreign secretary and as far as i'm aware, there was no political decision not to participate in that scheme. when we did receive an invitation and the department for health, it came to the department of health, it was put up the department of health, it was put up to me to be asked and wejoined,

so we are now members of the scheme, however as far as i know, that scheme hasn't yet been delivered a single item of ppe. now apologies if you feel like i'm switching between parallel universes — but what mr hancock said appears to be news to the eu. it says the uk is not involved despite being "repeatedly invited". and that the uk hasn't asked to be involved. remember these two have to thrash out a new trade deal by the summer. anyway back to the ppe. we know the multi—phase eu procurement process began in late february — and closed in late march. we also know nothing has been delivered yet. and the uk says being outside the process won't impact its ability to get ppe. until more deliveries arrive, it's impossible to judge. let's get a german perspective on this. dr peter leezer is a german mep and a medical doctor who sits on the european parliament's public health committee.

thank you for your time. do you think that germany and other eu members will get a better deal on ppe in the uk? we have to be clear. everybody has different situations in this crisis. no government reacts perfectly because it is unprecedented. but on the other hand,it unprecedented. but on the other hand, it is quite clear that when we join forces, when we join together with neighbouring countries it was not only the uk that was involved in the discussion but also western countries, norway, if wejoin forces and givea countries, norway, if wejoin forces and give a call to china from it is easier to get the material as if everybody calls for themselves and there has been a success for procurement. it is not following on the problems. it is not sourced both for example. but we are

participating because we think we get a better deal if we join forces and on top of what the member states do, try best to produce it inside of europe and the joint procurement is a tool that can help. and as far as i'm aform, a tool that can help. and as far as i'm a form, there is a process of ventilation machines and protective material will be delivered. i'm also impatiently waiting for the figures and pictures but we are on the good way i think. we will see one just delivers coming. connection more broadly having seen the relationship between the eu in the uk play out over the last few weeks, are you concerned about their ability to co—operate on this fire is? concerned about their ability to co-operate on this fire is? for me asa co-operate on this fire is? for me as a dr, the most important thing is that we do the utmost to save lives and to help patients. and i'm convinced that we can do it better

together and when i see people suffering in the uk, ifeel more obligations to help whatever the relationship of the two countries are, that is why i talk to the german government and the european commission and we had a revolution in the european parliament. we want to co—operate. we want to show solidarity to the patients in the uk. whatever the brexit negotiations were. finally, i want uk. whatever the brexit negotiations were. finally, iwant to uk. whatever the brexit negotiations were. finally, i want to ask you about this app was the german government would like to use to track patients and who are coming to people who have the virus. these are any concerns about how people as they too will be used? yes. this is an important issue. everything needs to be in line with the european data protection. —— how peoples data. even though germany went to the crisis quite well, we have 5000 people who died, that is a lot, a

lot less tha n people who died, that is a lot, a lot less than the uk or spain, but still a lot. and if we want to get out of the lockdown, i am sure we need to the tracing app in line with data protection for businesses because no dr or nurse or public health official can be as fast and tracing context. that is what it is so important if we want to escape the lockdown and major economic problems. we need to use this app. doctor, we and project your time. thank you. —— we appreciate your time. this is complicated but also incredibly important. in accident reality check on the bbc news website at bbc icon. thank you. talking about that parallel universe and it certainly feels like it. a difficult topic. join both of us back very shortly,

but thank you for watching. goodbye. good evening. 22 degrees today in highland scotland, wes wales and the south coast and likely to be a little warmer tomorrow because we are losing the brisk use to that we've had. it hasn't been such a feature across scotland and we had an abundance of sunshine. some rather high at cloud making the same time hazy in the west but with clear skies and very little changing, temperatures will again fall away. asi temperatures will again fall away. as i mentioned the winds will continue to ease. that will allow some low cloud to drift back onto the pin nine south e scotland and west fog and low levels potentially. the temperatures are not as not as low as they were last night but still being a frost in the glen of scotla nd still being a frost in the glen of scotland and chilly first thing thursday morning. that mr low cloud from any patchy fog will clear it

straightaway. it looks as if there will be a lot of strong april sunshine. —— missed in low cloud. the winds are lighter and the likelihood is we will see temperatures a degree or two up on those today. we could see 25 degrees. another warm day for parts of wales in northern ireland and scotland. for the east coast where it has been chilly recently it will not feel as cold. but i levels of pollen are forecast once again. here are the pollen levels. as we headed into friday, our high pressure sta rts into friday, our high pressure starts to decline somewhat. it is giving an increased chance of a few showers developing for the subtle changes under way by the end of the week ina changes under way by the end of the week in a northerly wind for the northern isles. and a chance of the i shower coming across southwest england it was before the majority it is still warm and dry and temperatures probably will not be quite as high for many. but still on a degree or a the high—pressure declines further to the weekend and

a risk of a few showers coming up from the south and late from the north as well. the devil is in the detail. exactly where their showers will occur. again, most parts of the united kingdom will be dry and warm with hazy sunshine. temperature stealth to the high teens in the low 20s. stealth to the high teens in the low 205. it stealth to the high teens in the low 20s. it could be the odd sharp shower around. saturday and sunday and we start to pick up that northerly or northwesterly more widely across scotland and it will feel cooler. that will take temperatures down a few degrees as ever, plenty more on the website.

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the headlines... the head of the world health 0rganization has warned of worrying upward trends in coronavirus cases in africa, central and south america and eastern europe. he said that for many countries the disease was just getting started. new estimates suggest — the number of deaths in care homes in england — may have doubled in just five days. spain's parliament has approved a request from the prime minister to extend the coronavirus lockdown until the tenth of may. the country has been under severe restrictions for more than five weeks. the us secretary of state mike pompeo has again accused china of covering up the coronavirus outbreak in the early stages, and of censuring those who tried to warn the world. you are watching bbc news, now here's another chance to see