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 organization, for those hoping to see the back of the coronavirus pandemic anytime soon. make no mistake — we have a long way to go. 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 get the latest from madrid.

we'll have an update on the situation on protective gear 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 organisation 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 disease is. 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". 0ur correspondent barbara plett usher has more on mike pompeo‘s comments from 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... 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. in the past 2a 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 admitting at least as many patients 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 used 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 the 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. for more on the protests, here's katty kay in washington. we should put the numbers of protesters in some perspective though. it seems they are in their hundreds, not 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 and protest. to some extent you can understand it. 22 million americans have lost theirjobs and people are very anxious about the state of the economy. this our people's livelihoods at 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 want this lockdown to be over. but when you dig into the opinion polls, in those states where we are seeing some of the lockdowns being released, actually people are nervous about this lockdown being ended too soon and 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 are safe. they are getting some mixed messages from the white house as well. we had president as you said on twitter 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 abiding by 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 dr birx also pushed back saying

you have to do things in social distancing manner, and 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 mized messages coming out of the white house on the opening up and towards the protesters themselves. it seems that an awful lot in 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 protesters. 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 come 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 if we do get a second wave going into the winter it 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 not having to treat people with covid—19 as well as people with the regular flu. once we head to the autumn, there will be another season of flu and so hospitals will have to put up with both. 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. will bring you this statement when we get it. let's turn to the uk.

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 than 1800. than18,000. this chart shows the trajectory of deaths from covid—19 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 that it's suddenly going to move from where we are now in lockdown, suddenly into everything is gone, that is a wholly unrealistic expectation. we will have to do a lot

of things for really a quite a long period of time. i warning they're making it very obvious in the situation we will be infor obvious in the situation we will be in for quite some time. let me also bring up this chart. it shows how the uk compares internationally in terms of deaths due to covid—19. you can see there it's is a bit behind france, but on the same path, and ahead of sweden and germany. but these figures from the uk don't include deaths in care homes, the number of which is though to have doubled in the past five days — with a total 2,000 dying in england since the beginning of the outbreak. the foreign secretary said the government was doing all it could. look, we are conscious that there is a challenge with care homes. i said that in my early remarks. but we are doing everything we can, the situation is improving, we are getting the ppe to those

places that need it. we are working with the military in relation to some of the mobile testing labs, because we know that it is difficult for some people in care homes to access the testing. we've revised the guidance — or the nhs revised the guidance — to make sure in discharge, we are being very careful with those go into care homes. we're doing everything we can. we understand that there are concerns or anxiety. i feel for those who are living in care homes and are nervous about this or their loved ones. and we are doing absolutely everything we can to protect them. the foreign secretary they're reiterating the uk is on all the ca ns to reiterating the uk is on all the cans to protect the most vulnerable. i was at the daily briefing we have here. —— that was at the daily briefing. 0ur political correspondent jessica parker is in westminster. a lot of concern only when it comes to ppe which will be discussing later, but also when it comes to ca re later, but also when it comes to

care homes in the numbers and deaths in the care homes and the fact they could have been underestimated. yes. whilst nhs figures since a death in hospitals have been coming on a daily basis that has been a lag in terms of care homes now less of the government has said care homes it is more fragmented system or some care homes are run by local councils and some are run as businesses. the reporting isn't quite as centralised so therefore there is a lag. with the impression that there is as chris wood see the chief medical adviser put it today said that when we look back on this he thinks there will be a high mortality rate in quite stark words in those care homes. there certainly is concerned about that, dominic raab, the first secretary of state for missing the government is doing everything it can in this links back to all these issues as well around ppe and in those homes and testing as well. the ongoing issue that the government

has faced criticism for because it is upping the number of tests that are available. it is at capacity of around 40,000 now i david actually did numbers of tests being carried out hovering around a 20,000 mark so there is a gap between the numbers of tests that are available and the number of test actually being carried out. ministers have said there is an issue with the man and they are launching some mobile testing sites tomorrow to start trying to reach more people with those tests. but it has faced criticism from the labour leaders are keir starmer who stared at the dispatch truck at the labour leader for the first time today accusing the government having to slow on these issues. that's dispatch spot. when it comes to this dark when we have from their professor about social distancing and how this could be in place for a long time to come. —— stark warning. be in place for a long time to come. -- stark warning. when talking about testing and ppe, these are some of the immediate ongoing challenges the government undoubtedly faces. but looking ahead to the long—term, the chief medical adviser making it

clear that the virus is going to be with us for quite a long time. and he said that really there are two of long—term ways out of this. one, highly effective vaccines, and other highly effective vaccines, and other highly effective vaccines, and other highly effective drug, treatment to treat the disease. but he said realistically there's not much chance of either of those being available in the next calendar year. therefore this discussion going on about how long social distancing is going to last far, there are different grades of social distancing. you have a full lockdown to people trying to make sure they don't get too close to each other, so there are different grades of that and one of the things that is being discussed here tonight in westminster is some conservative mps who are in the party a government who are in the party a government who wanted to see a more open discussion about how restrictions may be eased over the coming months because aside from concerns about health risk of which of course there are deep concerns about the effect

of the economy and business if businesses do not start to see some light at the end of the tunnel, they need that hope in order to keep going and take out the loans to see them through this period. the economic impact of the virus huge. thank you, jessica. we touched on ppe. we will be taking another look at the issue. 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. turning to india, where there have been a number of violent attacks on health workers. doctors had called for a symbolic protest on thursday, but they cancelled after assurances from the country's home affairs minister that their concerns were being heard. the government has now announced severe punishments for violence against medical personnel, as yogita limaye reports from mumbai. attacking a doctor or a health care worker in india can now attract punishment of up to seven

years in prison. it is also now a non—bailable offence. these orders were passed by india's government after doctors threatened to wear black badges on thursday to protest against the series of attacks against health care workers. on sunday, a particularly grim incident was reported from the southern city of chennai, where a mob violently prevented the burial of dr simon hercules, who died of covid—19. they were worried that if the doctor was buried in their vicinity, that would spread coronavirus there. 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. 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 has been a logistic task. i would say that i think, in all of my at more than 40 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 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. you may well be aware of consignment of ppe coming from turkey to the uk — been the subject of a lot of discussion. well, these are pictures of it finally arriving — three days late, and we think with around half of the ppe that was expected. so some help, but the government admits it needs much more. here's a health worker speaking to the bbc‘s hugh pym about their experience. another added stress is the lack of, sort of, honesty and transparency. and i think it is very difficult to be going to work and being asked to see a patient without adequate ppe.

and then, to be hearing, you know, there is adequate ppe — i don't think that's the situation we want to be in. 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 in the department for health — cos it came to the department for health — it was put up to me to be asked, and wejoined. so we are now members of that scheme, however as far as i know, that scheme hasn't yet 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. i asked him if he thought eu members like germany would get a better deal on ppe than 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 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 we join forces and give if we join forces and give a call to china it is easier to get the material as if everybody calls for themselves and there has been a success for procurement. it is not solving all the problems. it is not the only source. 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 informed, 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 when those deliveries come in. can action more broadly having seen the relationship between the eu and the uk play out over the last few weeks, are you concerned about their ability to co—operate on this virus? for me as a doctor,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. we will be back very shortly for the next edition of outside source. that evening. 22 degrees today and heilan scotland, wes wales and the south coast. likely to be a little warmer tomorrow because we are losing the risk easterly wind that we had. it in such a feature across scotland. an abundance of sunshine here in the summer rather high cloud making the sunshine hazy in the west but was clear skies and very little changing, temperatures will again follow way. as i mentioned, the ones will continue to ease. that will allow some low cloud to drift back into the pennines, wes wales, but fog at low levels as well and the temperatures are not as low as they we re temperatures are not as low as they were last night but they will still bea were last night but they will still be a frost in the glens of scotland.

it will still be chilly first thing thursday morning. the mist and low cloud, any patchy fog will clear very clearly and it looks as if there will be lots of strong april sunshine to the course of the day. because the winds are lighter and the likelihood is we will see temperatures a degree or two up on those today. we could see 25 and a few localities west of london. another warm day for parts of wales in northern ireland. for the east coast, who will not feel as cold. but high levels of pollen our forecast. the problem of here for the day. as we head into friday, high pressure starts to decline somewhat. it is giving an increased chance of a few showers developing. some subtle changes are under way by the end of the week and we pick up a northerly wind. any chance of the shower coming across southwest england wales but for the majority it is still warm and dry interpreters probably will not be as high. --

interpreters probably will not be as high. —— and dry temperatures. still only a degree down. and the high—pressure decline further going through the weekend. along the risk ofa through the weekend. along the risk of a chance of a few showers coming up of a chance of a few showers coming up from the south in the west and later from the north. up from the south in the west and laterfrom the north. the up from the south in the west and later from the north. the double as any detail with the will occur. again, most parts of the united kingdom are dry, warm hazy sunshine, temperatures still into the high teens in the low 20s. there could be the odd sharp shower around both saturday and sunday and by sunday we start to pick up that northerly northwesterly more widely across scotla nd northwesterly more widely across scotland so it will feel colder here. that will take temperatures down a few degrees. as ever, plenty more information on the website.

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. 0ur headlines... a sobering warning from the world health organization, for those hoping to see the back of the coronavirus pandemic anytime soon. make no mistake — we have a long way to go. this virus will be with us for a long time. in the uk, the government has promised 100,000 tests a day for covid—19 will be carried out by the end of the month spain's parliament has voted

to extend its lockdown — we'll get the latest from madrid and across europe. newcastle united are the subject of a takeover bid by a consortium led by saudi arabia — and as you might imagine, it's proving controversial. we'll speak to our sports editor. welcome. here in the uk, 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. elsewhere in europe — 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. guy hedgecoe is in madrid. this is the third time that prime minister pedro sanchez has requested a two—week extension of the lockdown. this will take us through to the middle of may. it was quite an overwhelming win, in terms of the parliamentary numbers —

269 votes in favour, 60 against. now that sounds very convincing — i suppose in terms of the arithmetic, it is. but it was a very divisive session in parliament today, and 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 he has handled the coronavirus crisis so far, saying he's been unprepared, he hasn't communicated well, the lockdown has been handled poorly. he defended his government's handling of the crisis throughout and said he has simply done the best that he can in very difficult circumstances. now to italy, where the number of patients being treated for covid—19 has fallen for a third successive day. the daily number of deaths recorded has fallen by almost 100 to 437. it comes as the country's official death toll topped 25,000. take a look at these pictures of rotting crops.

millions of italians remain under lockdown — and there are concerns about the plight of farmers in the southern regions. over 350,000 foreign nationals work in the agricultural sector in italy. many of these are romanian, polish, bulgarian, or ukrainian who left italy at the start of the epidemic. italy's national agricultural organisation says 40% of all italian produce could be "left to rot" in the fields if 200,000 day labourers aren't found soon. here's laura gozzi. for farmers, for instance, it's ruled that crop owners will be able to enlist the help of family members or relatives to work in the fields without having to officially employ them. but to be honest, that will only go such a short way in filling the gap that's been left by the 300,000 seasonal workers that typically come to italy from romania and bulgaria who have either gone home

at the beginning of the pandemic before borders closed, or who will be unable to come to italy for the next harvest season. and in any case, even if borders were to reopen across europe tomorrow and people wanted to flock to italy to work the crops, farmers have warned that the agriculture industry will have to go through significant changes to ensure that it complies with government regulations that have to do with health and safety. for instance, the seasonal workers very often are put out to sleep in caravans or dorms where social distancing is essentially impossible. and obviously in the current climate, in a country that has been absolutely ravaged by the pandemic, this is just not a viable option. germany's handling of

the coronavirus pandemic, with its early large—scale testing, effective lockdown and low death rate, was the focus of international attention. now the world is watching again, as its restrictions are gradually lifted. jenny hill reports from berlin. slowly, cautiously, germany is feeling its way back to life. schools are reopening for exams. small shops back in business. at the same time, more testing and a focus on contact tracing. every time someone tests positive, public health officials must track down anyone they could have infected. translation: of course it is not always possible to find everyone. we depend on the support and the memory of the infected person. they have to work with us to try to remember who they have had contact with. it is why the army is helping to test a more high—tech solution. it is hoped a phone app could identify potential

chains of infection, but there are concerns about privacy and the technology is considered at least a month from being ready. in the meantime, germany is studying its own population. looking for antibodies. the aim, to establish the true rate of infection, but also to learn more about how immunity might develop. you also need to have a better idea clinically, if antibodies are detected, how is it reflected in terms of protection and if it is reflected in terms of protection how long does that last? and obviously it is very early in the stage of the pandemic we do not know for sure yet but the state it will be coming and. meanwhile oktoberfest has been cancelled. public gatherings are banned and pubs and restaurants still closed. germany may have

gotten its outbreak and a control but it is far too soon warned scientists to celebrate. romania has been issuing hefty fines for those caught breaking lockdown rules. anyone found outside without the proper documents can be fined between 400 and 4,000 dollars. alison mutler is a journalist in bucharest. in the past month, more than 200,000 romanians have been fined for breaking lockdown rules. now romanians, when they go out for something like buying food or taking exercise, or for some urgent medical attention, they need to fill out a form explaining why they've gone out, rather like they do in italy and spain. and they need to present a id card, if they are stopped by police. now if they break those rules, they're fined, and the fines range from anywhere between 2,000 or 20,000 leu. now in romania, the average three month salary is 3,000 leu, so that's quite a hefty sum. so it's notjust ordinary romanians who are breaking these rules, but we had this weekend a district mayor in bucharest, the capital,

who went cycling in the park. now he said — the parks are closed, and he said he was just inspecting the park. but he still got fined, and he agreed to pay the fine. h efty hefty fines in romania. the impact of the coronavirus emergency is showing up the fault lines of economic and social inequality across the world, especially in latin america. particularly vulnerable to the pandemic are those in the informal economy, who work odd jobs without formal contracts, and often without any labour protection. if we take colombia as an example, reports like this one in the new york times tell us that since the country shutdown, many have gone without food and have been forced onto the streets. venezuelans who've escaped their own country's economic collapse are particularly vulnerable. some workers have rebelled. these pictures were taken at a market in lima, the capital of peru. more than 21,000 workers have been detained in peru for not complying

with orders to stay home. in mexico, informal workers generate nearly a quarter of mexico's economic output. many of them are street vendors whose businesses have ground to a halt. we're already seeing the impact that's having. we spotted these pictures on facebook of a popular tourist town on mexico's east coast — restaurants and beaches which are usually packed are now empty. coronavirus restrictions have all but shut down these local economies, and people here are appealing for help. the bbc‘s mexico and central america correspondent will grant joins us from here in the uk. you are of course monitoring your patch very closely and when it comes to people who are in the informal economy, people doing odd jobs already in a difficult position. what happens when they work in fragile economies like latin

america? in mexico for example they are the lifeblood of the economy and are the lifeblood of the economy and a number of ways and the number of families sustained by the informal economy and you saw from the empty beaches, vendors a food or drink or trinkets keep towns alive and sustained so many families, they are stuck and on these and other issues facing mexico. it is a very difficult picture. so many people are faced with the any possible dilemma to take a risk of going outside and therefore exposing your self and family to a possible infection or do you remain indoors and in many cases cannot eat because you have not the moment to make money that they are that week. it is extremely difficult in a sort of dilemma facing a large suite of

mexico. how are the authorities or police forces they are trained to ensure that the beaches do remain empty? that order has come from quite close to the start of the pandemic, beaches had to shut down and the authorities are enforcing it. iam and the authorities are enforcing it. i am thinking of states like california and these places are being heavily impacted by the fact that tourism which is very important to those parts of the country simply is not taking place at the moment and of course the police are clamping down as well. it is an extremely difficult picture and if you combine what is going on in mexico city, a ban and steps are being take to clamp down on transport for example and key to the weight that people run their lives, and using their correct not only to

get to work but all the work itself. it is extremely complex and at the same time the government is doing what he can for the numbers that are shooting up all the time. they say they are in the third phase, the most dangerous days of infection at the moment. thank you for keeping across that. you stay with us here on outside source. still to come we will look at newcastle united plus make new or owner. and eight could prove controversial. despite the cornonavirus lockdown in russia, communists gathered on red square in moscow today to mark 150 years since the birth of lenin. the party says its flower—laying at lenin's mausoleum was held in accordance with the strict rules during the covid—19 epidemic. but muscovites have been banned from leaving home for anything other than essential trips since the end of march.

big birthday parties are banned here during the lockdown. but not this one. it's150 years since vladimir lenin was born and, pandemic or not, his loyal fans wouldn't let that pass unmarked. the communists were allowed to gather if they stuck to the social distancing. but there was little sign of that. and whilst the over—65s have been specifically ordered to stay at home, the party leader, in his mid—70s, didn't even bother with a facemask. he claimed the soviet health system had defeated plagues and cholera — crediting lenin for laying the foundations for that. for most russians, though, he's not someone to celebrate. the kremlin's not keen at all on revolutionaries. for others, lenin is a historic relic at best. the days of queuing at his mausoleum on red square are long gone. but an embalmed lenin — or what's left of him — still lies inside.

though, like most things, it's shut until the coronavirus is controlled. and whilst other soviet statues have been toppled, thousands of lenin still stand on the streets and squares across russia. his modern—day followers had planned major events to mark the anniversary. economists of all over the world uniting in moscow. in the end, this huddle on the cobblestones was the extent of their party — before they had to get back inside like the rest of us. ——communists of all over. sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. this is outside source, live from the bbc newsroom.

—— our main headline... the world health organisation says the coronavirus pandemic will not be over any time soon. sport is among many areas impacted by coronavirus. the main football league in the netherlands has in effect been cancelled for this season. and it's far from clear how the other main leagues in europe can be completed. ros atkins has been looking at this. hi, ros. hi, kasia. the dutch league ran out of options once the government banned all large gatherings until september. so, the season is over. it's the same for the national league in england. it's released this statement today, saying all remaining games are off. now the national league is several rungs below the premier league — but you can argue that sooner rather than later, all of europe's top leagues may have to follow suit. trouble is no—one — not the dutch nor the national league — has worked out what to do about who wins and who loses. remember this is a tough one for liverpool fans. this is the top half

of the premier league as it stands — they are 25 points clear at the top, and only need two wins to secure the title. it was theirs — now it's not so sure. bbc‘s sport editor dan roan. he is life with us here. what are the options available for the big leagues? no doubt that crunch time is rapidly winning for these weeks. up is rapidly winning for these weeks. up until recently uefa, the governing body, has fought hard to maintaina governing body, has fought hard to maintain a consistence across the continent by telling the big european leaks that if they abandon their seasons and that is one of the options at their disposal to answer your question, they mayjeopardise the places or qualifications in the european competitions like the europa league. they use that as a state to try to instill some discipline but in the last three days the first cracks began to

emerge. the dutch league has said that it cannot go on and said it willjust end that it cannot go on and said it will just end its that it cannot go on and said it willjust end its season and will not try to resume it. belgians, pro league at the top division has had the same. scotland and divisions below the premiership have also said that they want to bring a halt to preceding said this consensus is now being threatened. there are positive signs for example in germany, they say they intend to resume training and state this season again next month. sweden in june and state this season again next month. sweden injune and in fact sweden wants to play in front of a full stadium and not behind closed doors. when it comes to the premier league it is a very tricky period when the government by telling them to make new plans and there are all kinds of concepts being talked about. playing the remainder of this just 40 days in the match is almost every day and perhaps in a sealed or quality in you with extensive

testing to make sure that they are fitting well. but of course for a start testing is not as extensive as it needs to be but it is unthinkable that it would be diverted in with the players be happy to play. the reason why the premier league is so desperate to resume is because of the lucrative tv deal, which if they do not resume will be about £1 billion in cost. we've got to talk about newcastle united of the premier league — now the subject of a takeover bid by a consortium led by saudi arabia. remember there's an owners' test for this kind of thing — you can read it in the premier league's handbook — it says prospective owners may have problems if they have criminal convictions, involvement in match fixing, bans by other sports. that kind of thing. no mention if organising the murder

of a journalist is relevant. bearin bear in mind this is the un on the involvement... there is no indication, under international law, this crime couldn't be qualified under any other way but as a state killing. this week, amnesty detailed how saudi arabia uses execution as a political weapon against dissidents. its uk director has written to the premier league to say that, "it risks becoming a patsy of those who want to use the glamour and prestige of premier league football to cover up actions that are deeply immoral, in breach of international law and at odds with the values of the premier league and the global footballing community. " all of which i guess leads to premier league and newcastle united with interesting decisions to make. it does and it commands a mounting pressure as you mentioned but also

from sport, the cats base based tbt dry and that wednesday premier league urging clouds and leadership of the league to investigate very thoroughly and interrogate in they're worried this proposed deal that would cd public investment fund of saudi arabia, valued around 320 billion pounds worth of assets leading this cancer atm as you said. as they don't like you said they are angry they accused society based broadcaster of piracy of their tv rights. they have rights throughout the middle east and they want to be white this deal is blocked. will it be blocked? white this deal is blocked. will it be blocked ? looking white this deal is blocked. will it be blocked? looking at the owners and directors test there is nothing in there that rephrase the character or morality, it is quite strictly language involving qualification of

apprenticeships and whether or not you are in charge of a company that has failed. there is nothing in there which on the face of it will disqualify this consortium from taking over but there is pressure being mounted and it is interesting and may well be that allegation of piracy that is more of a problem perhaps for this proposed takeover than the human rights contained. as you consider already in the league you consider already in the league you have manchester city which is effectively owned by a member of the abu dhabi royal family and it will be very surprising i think if this deal was not allowed through. let me show this tweet... from paul hayward of the daily telegraph. "so, qatar tries to block saudi arabia buying newcastle,

citing tv rights piracy, but also escalating a diplomatic battle between gulf states over terrorism, cooperation with iran etc. how did football end up like this?" a reasonable question. we talk about saudi arabia and their involvement in football potentially and of course qatar hosting the world cup is. and last year they sent the italian league which they are a broadcast partner, if they played their supertype and saudi arabia that they would jeopardise their tb rates deal. it is not the first time of this diplomatic row between qatar and saudi arabia in the middle east has been played out in the football arena. it is fascinating. dan, thank you. and kasia, while everyone who follows the big football leagues wants their seasons to finish with outcomes decided on the pitch. the reality is that with every day that passes that looks harder to do. as always thank you for bringing us up—to—date on that. lots more as

a lwa ys up—to—date on that. lots more as always on our website. you can get on touch with me on social media. i'm @bbckasiamadera. thank you forjoining us on outside source. goodbye. hello, there. so far, this april has been dry, it's been sunny and it's been warm. at the moment standing around fourth or fifth warmest on record. and there will be more warmth and sunshine over the coming few days, but it does now look as it's all change as we approach the start of may. and whilst it's been dry here in the uk, it has been really quite wet for parts of france and that low pressure is now spreading its influence into italy, the central mediterranean, the balkans, whilst the high pressure continues to bring dry weather. we've had a keen east wind this week, as well, but that is also starting to ease off, allowing that high pressure, as well, to decline. so we may well start thursday on a chilly note again. some glens of scotland seeing some frost, some mist and some fog, and some hill fog elsewhere, soon clearing in the strong april sunshine. and there will be plenty

of sunshine on offer through the day on thursday, and because the wind is lighter, it will allow the temperatures to get a bit higher, perhaps by a degree or two. we could see 25 to the west of london, still warm for northern ireland, scotland, and for wales again. but with high levels of pollen once again forecast, and that will continue, too. so as we go through the night, thursday into friday, again under the clear skies with the lack of wind, we will see a little bit of patchy mist and fog. subtle change of wind direction to the north for the northern isles, pulling in more cloud here, so we will notice the chill. again, temperatures not as low by friday morning as they have been this week but still with a touch of frost in the glens of scotland, and a chilly start, but temperatures respond quite well to that sunshine at this time of year, so if there is any mist and fog, it clears quite quickly, and temperatures will leap up into the low 20s again. but just look at this subtle change. with that low pressure down to the south of us, it could just spark a few showers across the south—west of england and perhaps wales. so with a bit more cloud around,

and that northerly wind in the north, we may not see temperatures quite as high, so thursday perhaps the warmest day of the week but not far shy of that, friday. but then when we move in to the weekend, that high pressure starts to decline, which gives low pressure the opportunity to start bringing an increased chance of a few showers. now, the devil's in the detail for the weekend as to where those showers are going to be but for most it still looks dry. there will be more cloud around, so temperatures won't be quite as high but again higher than they should be for the time of year, so still feeling warm with the light winds and the sunshine butjust the chance of a sharp shower coming along, both saturday and sunday, when we start to see low pressure moving in from the south, and potentially on sunday low pressure moving down from the north, and with a bit of a chilly breeze as well, so that also will temper the feel, it will feel quite different, i think, if that takes place by the time we get in to sunday. so we're starting to see a subtle change through the weekend and that's because, as i say, there's more chance that low pressure will start to dominate. this is monday, as you can see, but it's a fairly flabby

area of low pressure, it doesn't have a good hold on our weather, so still even in to the beginning of next week, it looks as if we've got a good deal of dry weather around us. more cloud, so temperatures won't be as high, and there will be the increased chance of those showers developing here and there. and that's because that area of low pressure starts to become a more developed area of low pressure rushing in off the atlantic, and that's because of a strengthening jet stream. so it is all change, we think, for the end of the month, in to the end of next week. low pressure, a strong jet stream driving it in and a return to wind and to rain. but that's quite a while off at the moment. as ever, we'll keep you updated.

tonight at 10pm... the policy of social distancing will be needed until at least the end of the year, according to the government's chief medical advisor. the forthright message is that "highly disru ptive" social distancing will need to be in place for "really quite a long period of time". i think we have to be very realistic that if people are hoping that it suddenly going to move from where we are now, in lockdown, suddenly into everything is gone, that is a wholly unrealistic expectation. we'll have more on the impact of the pandemic in care homes, and the immense pressures on the staff involved. and the government's experts warn there is only an "incredibly small" chance of a vaccine or treatments being ready for use this year. also tonight...