no one in, one out atthe supermarket. many here believe wearing a mask will be enough to protect from the virus. medical experts say that is a huge mistake. we need a further concrete message to stay home, and don't go out, and keep a distance of two metres away if you have to go out. these messages are not very effectively delivered, and a lot of people believe that wearing a mask is the solution. which it is not. japan has been attempting to control the virus, while keeping the economy open. the result is a health system that is now struggling to cope. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, tokyo. buckingham palace has cancelled one of the major royal events of the year, the order of the garter ceremony at windsor. it's the latest public event, including big sporting occasions, to be cancelled because of the pandemic. there are now calls for an independent inquiry into the decision to allow some major events to go ahead before the lockdown, such as the match between liverpool and atletico madrid at anfield on march 11th, when thousands

of fans travelled from spain — a country badly affected by the pandemic. steve rotheram, the mayor of liverpool city region, says it went against the guidance of the world health organization, as our sports editor, dan roan, reports. despite celebrations, it's a day now viewed with controversy. with their city already a coronavirus hotspot and their country in partial lockdown, some 3000 atletico madrid fans arrived in liverpool last month. it is now thought the fixture may be linked to the surge of cases seen here. if people have contracted coronavirus is a direct result of a sporting event that took place that we believe shouldn't have taken place, well, that is scandalous and they should be some sort of inquiry into this to find out whether some of those infections are due directly to the atletico fans who came into the city

for the game at anfield. among the liverpool fans there that night was one who felt slightly unwell. without obvious symptoms he had medical advice to carry on as normal, but in the days that followed benjohnson is convinced he took the disease into anfield. i would be amazed if i hadn't passed it on to people, amazed. there is no way of knowing and it is not a nice feeling to be thinking about. i probably did pass it on. it was obvious it shouldn't have gone ahead and i think it was negligent it went ahead. just two days after that match at anfield the premier league season was suspended but the government‘ wisdom in allowing another major sports event that same week to take place has also come under intense scrutiny. 250,000 racing fans attended the cheltenham festival. there have been calls for an inquiry there into potential links

with rising cases locally, but today the government defended its stance. the advice we were given was to act consistently. it might be appropriate at a point in the progress of disease to ban all those sort of activities, and indeed that is what we did, but there wasn't a case for singling out mass gatherings from those other things. nobody yet knows what role such events played in the pandemic, but with no obvious sign of when sport might restart, the focus will continue on whether it was too slow to stop. dan roan, bbc news. that's it. newsnight is on bbc two in ten minutes with emily. have a very good night.

welcome to bbc news. in a moment, we'll be examining what newspapers around the world are saying. we are bringing all the developments on coronavirus here and around the world. and we'll bring you today's daily coronavirus briefing from the white house when that gets underway. that should be in about ten then it's time. and someone isjust walking into the shot. donald trump will be taking the lectern and ten minutes‘ time. of france we will be looking at the paper is in the uk

and around the world. welcome to the look at the first editions of the papers here and around the world. the former director of communications at the labour party and the deputy political editor of the press association. thank you both. let's get this as many papers as we can before donald trump takes the lectern and the white house. here in the uk, the i focuses on coronavirus and the news from today's government briefing that britain is thought to have reached the peak of infections. the telegraph also reports on that briefing, saying social disruption is likely to continue until the end of the year. the mirror leads on the comments

from the uk's first secretary of state, dominic raab, that there is "light at the end of the tunnel" in the country's battle against the pandemic. meanwhile, the mail's front page looks at pressure on britain's nhs — it says some heart attack victims are having to wait two hours for an ambulance. the international edition of the new york times leads with the eu's reaction to the virus, and the potential impact of plans for so—called "corona bonds" to distribute debt across member states. also talking on the oil as well. 0n the front page of the japan times is the italian cruise ship — the costa atlantica — which has become the latest cruise ship to see an outbreak of coronavirus. the ship is carrying 623 people, and confirmed 33 infections on wednesday.

and the business standard reports india's approval of a new law that could see people sentenced to seven years injail orfined the equivalent of more than £400,000 for attacking or harassing health workers treating covid—i9 patients. the new law comes after reports of assaults on health workers in several states in india. so let's begin... let's get there as many of these as we can. welcome to you both, let's start to the near. a glimmer of light piqued by disruption until the end of the year. the first secretary saying something which was then not slapped down but slightly contradicted. he was yes i can hear you. talk is through the front page of the mirror. we had a slightly

different message from the chief medical officer. that is white, great, the government was confidently were act to peak of this crisis not necessarily through the peak but at the peak and we heard from matt hancock the social distancing measures will need to continue and that was a message that was reiterated by the chief medical 0fficer was reiterated by the chief medical officer who was saying that some social distancing measures need to stay in place until a vaccine or drug has been found to reduce the severity of the coronavirus. he did not say what kind of measures they would be but they will likely be some form of social distancing measures. and the probability of having a probability of having a vaccine or a drug by the end of the year was incredibly small and there

was a lot of cold water being poured on the hopes. we heard so much from the government in recent weeks on how to keep the purity of the message not to actually allow people to misinterpret things to get it wrong and yet there is an element of that today. and i want to move on to the natural as well because it was the natural as well because it was the first appearance of the new labour leader party during prime ministers question and i want to hear what you thought of the performance. it was a unusual meeting of the house of commons and the first time ever and has been been using video links for the vast majority of the mp5 who took part. and of course it was a crucial occasion for the new leader of the labour party whose first prime minister his questions and anyway it was ideal territory for him because his history, his past career before

he became a member of parliament was asa he became a member of parliament was as a prosecuting lawyer and was director of public prosecutions and we saw all of that frantic skill i think in the way he presented himself today. in the house of commons because there were so few mps in there it felt more like a co nfe re nce mps in there it felt more like a conference than the normal ram but qs conference than the normal ram but 05-- conference than the normal ram but os —— rambunctious questions. he has had good reviews and most of the paper is on the way he conducted himself. listening to the answers that were given by raab and coming back on them. the main thing is that the government has been slow on testing and locked down and getting protective equipment to people and slow and the offer of free technical —— protective equipment being made

and in many cases as you say without the theatrics of the mass banks behind them cheering them on and shouting. i wonder if that reflects the seriousness of the crisis where we are as well and perhaps that fits the public view? yes i would... go ahead. yes i would agree. it was a difficult turn to strength today and it should be quite a celebratory moment and you would see gallons of mps behind them cheering him on on his first began to use as labour leader and you cannot have that because they were following the same social distancing measures we were all following and i think he struck the frantic town but he did have the rhetoric at the end where he said the government was slow. and i think that was summed up the education.

there has been a lot of criticism and the government's responses to testing and ppe. let's move on to the new york times. chaos worldwide and an extraordinary moment in the oil market which affected the brain created which is the oil that most of us are aware of rather than the texas oil that went into the negative territory about 48 hours ago. as with any national media we have to be careful not to be too focused on the situation as it pertains to our own country and the new york times has done a very good piece on the impact it is happening ona piece on the impact it is happening on a lot of largely poorer countries who are heavily dependent on exports of oil so it talks about iraq and it says it cannot afford to pay millions of their workers and ecuador and venezuela, nigeria all

of them and severe financial difficulties and of course the united states as well. and i think what this brings him to us all is that whereas we think that the economic impact has been about the loss of demand and people are not shopping and buying things and therefore the economy is there and in that way but some of these countries are still heavily dependent on a single commodity in this case oil that when the market for that and the price of that collapses to the extent it has done, the impact is massive compared to anything we can envision for the uk economy. and the christian for example, that patient is getting thinner is entered by the nanette? absolutely and i think this story as a reminder of the fact that there is a reminder of the fact that there is a direct human toll from the coronavirus and that actually there are many economic consequences that have impacts on lives and

livelihoods and in countries where there is not back condition it will be keenly felt. we have been hearing from consultants in the nhs and from the government there is capacity now despite the seriousness of this pandemic for other people to be treated in the male is saying that heart attack victims wait two hours foran heart attack victims wait two hours for an ambulance heart attack victims wait two hours foran ambulance and heart attack victims wait two hours for an ambulance and that is way beyond what the guidelines are. presumably and there is a mixture of fear is in it that some people did not want to go into the hospital, believing that name in covid—i9 patients will be treated and at the risk of contracting that is even greater? it is a really big issue for that health service and for all of us of non—covid—19 related health problems and potentially life—threatening problems. it is a combination of things and people are concerned about whether or not they wa nt concerned about whether or not they want to go into hospital at all but they are also concerned and it is

admiral doug admirable quality not travelling to the nhs service is as i they have done in past. they had mild heart attack and wondering whether or not they should call the ambulance and don't call it until they leader —— later than they might have done or cancer and whether people may have found something they are worried about and may have gone to the doctors but now they are not doing that and there is a real risk, i think through the number ten press co nfe re nce i think through the number ten press conference today showed an increase in deaths on what normally will be expected at this time and quite a significant proportion of that has nothing to do with coronavirus and covid—19. nothing to do with coronavirus and covid-19. different centres for different ailments and illnesses as well so if you ask if you think it isa well so if you ask if you think it is a stroke or heart attack you will

be taken somewhere completely different,