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. welcome. welcome to bbc outside source. it's just after 8 o'clock in the evening here in the uk. it's thursday which means that once again across the country people are at their windows and front doors, applauding all those key workers who are working tirelessly

to overcome covid 19. we have cameras across the country. to overcome covid 19. this to overcome covid 19. is this to overcome covid19. is currently the image from sunderland this is currently the image from sunderland where well, mums included the of our here every thursday evening during the lockdown period. the uk is in its fifth week of lockdown. it was introduced on the 23rd of march.people have been coming together at 8pm to show their support for and to celebrate health workers and all those

coming together at 8pm to show their support for and to celebrate health workers and all those who are doing their utmost to overcome this pandemic. this as the uk government reported another 616 coronavirus deaths in hospital, bringing the total to 18,738 — that does not include deaths in care homes or in the community. in the daily press conference the health secretary also announced an expansion of testing and tracing people with coronavirus. essential workers, and people who live with them, will now be able to be tested. let's hear from matt hancock.

we can make it easier, faster and simpler for any essential worker in england who needs a test to get a test. from today, employers of essential workers who will be able to go on gov.uk to get a test for any of their staff. the government had set a target of 100,000 tests a day by the end of the month, so let's take a look at how it's delivering. this graph shows the capacity to test has increased to 51—thousand per day. and mr hancock says it's on track to reach that 100—thousand target. but while the capacity is up, onlyjust over 23,500 tests took place yesterday, so there's some way to go. the government is also hiring 18,000 people and developing an app to help tracing infections, but matt hancock says that doesn't

mean there's a deadline for reducing social distancing measures. what i would say is that test track and trace done effectively can help to suppress the transmission in a way that allows you then to have lesser social distancing rules and critically, test track and trace works more effectively when the rate of new cases is lower. so the lower the rate of new cases, the more effectively you can keep it down using test track and trace rather than having to use heavier social distancing measures. that was matt hancock during the daily briefing. we had that every day. we had that every day. 0ur uk political correspondentjessica parker. the aim is to get those tests around 100,000 a day. one of the way is get

the eligibility to get those tested? yes there is two elements to this testing target and that seems to be they are pretty confident in terms of reaching capacity. so as you've been reflecting now at around 51,000 tests in terms of capacity that will be the ability, the availability to carry out around 50,000 tests a day. also mentioned the actual numbers of tests being carried out in reality, much lower than that. 23,000 505 60 that the latest figures i have. it seems they can get that 100 capacity figure but of course, they want to make sure that that capacity is being used and that is what's behind i think, trying to expand the eligibility of those who can take pa rt eligibility of those who can take part in jazz. although eligibility of those who can take part injazz. although i think ministers would say that it was intended to try and expand testing. the priority at first was patients in hospital then keep workers. and

110w in hospital then keep workers. and now they are making it easier to allow key workers or key workers themselves tomorrow to sign up and try and get a test. all to reach i think, this target of 100,000 by the end of this month. that was a target that matt hancock the health secretary said. when the government was coming under quite a lot of pressure over its strategy when it came to testing, you'll remember it's very it now went last month the who said test, test, test. it led to questions here and some criticism as to whether the government was doing enough. the government said that it's been led by science that it has taken the right steps at the right time. matt hancock did announce that target while she was under some pressure. now clearly under some pressure. now clearly under some pressure to me that within seven days. not just pressure to me that within seven days. notjust testing also tracing as well discussed today. a number of measures introduced to increase the effort of tracing. yes, recruiting

18,000 people to get a rigorous track and trace operation going. that matt hancock said it will be for when infections are falling. so it's something that is being worked on. but we've seen sort of, track and trace operations going on in other countries. it seems to have been deemed by some scientists and something of a successful dump so finding those people who have tested positive to coronavirus, alerting those that who may have come across asa those that who may have come across as a result, isolated cases and of course they've been developing an nhs app in order to communicate with people via their smartphones in order to alert them to theirs. so that's part of the operation as well. as i say, i think the government trying to respond to what seemed to become a kind of consensus among certain scientists that testing was a very important part of tackling this virus and is well an important part of trying to ensure there are ways to gradually lift the lockdown at some point. although of course, as we been hearing over the

last few days the uk government in west minister reluctant to spell out exactly how that might happen. jessica, as always thank you so much for talking us through that. just bring us up—to—date those from the uk. just bring us up—to—date those from the uk. also today, the first human trial of a coronavirus vaccine in europe got underway at the university of oxford. usually vaccines take years to develop but this one was fast tracked. here's one of the 500 participants, lydia guthrie. there are risks that any participant may have an allergic reaction to the vaccine. there is a risk that they don't exactly know how it will operate in human subjects. because of the urgency some of the usual animal testing steps have been skipped out. so that this vaccine can be made more quickly. so, these scientists and the whole team are really honest with us. that they don't quite know exactly what the impact is going to be. but they have

reassured us that this virus is built out of building blocks that are very well researched. so they don't have any reason to think that there will be particularly harmful side effects. lydia guthrie they are one of the first participants to have that vaccine tested. meanwhile, the new zealand nurse who cared for the prime minister borisjohnson while he was in intensive care has spoken to the media. jenny mcgee from invercargill said that at first she thought mrjohnson‘s television shout out to her was a joke. there was a lot of media interest about him being in hospital. probably was the toughest thing of the lot. he was just another patient, where it would trying to do our best for her. it was business as usual. so you weren't even a little bit nervous? no, i honestly don't think i was. when i got the car afterwards each night i can hear things about boris johnson afterwards each night i can hear things about borisjohnson on the news that was very surreal because i

thought wow, i've just been looking after him. but i really wasn't fazed by looking after boris johnson. and what about in terms of icu, do you think they lowered the barjust to because of who he is? know. we take it very seriously everyone who comes into intensive care. these patients who come into us, it's a very scary thing for them. so we don't take it lightly. and he absolutely needed to be there. talk to us about how he found out you were jenny from new zealand? wejust found out you were jenny from new zealand? we just chatted away and just naturally came out. he, was interested in where i came from, what my story was. and we spent eight lot of time together. yet we tucked away about new zealand. they certainly did spend a lot of time together. of coursejenny certainly did spend a lot of time together. of course jenny who certainly did spend a lot of time together. of coursejenny who looked after, cared for the prime minister while he was in intensive care.

the us house of representatives is meeting to vote on another tranche of bailout funds, as a further four—point—four million americans lost their jobs. latest unemployment numbers are stark. new applications for unemployment benefits mean the total number of people who've lost theirjobs since mid—march is 26.4 million, that's about 15% of the us workforce. this graph shows the huge spikes in unemployment which happened very quickly as lockdown measures brought the world's biggest economy to a standstill. and this graph is from the economic policy institute. this shows us the unemployment claims over the past 50 years. the areas in grey indicate a recession. what it tells us is that the jobless claims of the last five weeks are more than five times worse than the five—week period of the great recession. it's hard to comprehend

figures of this size, so lets get some context from the economist elise gould. she tweets "how do we even understand a number like 2a million? it's as if the entire adult population of texas and oklahoma combined, applied for unemployment insurance benefits in the last five weeks!" we can speak to heidi who is a former economist at the department of labour whojoins us former economist at the department of labour who joins us live from california. we are talking about such huge, huge figures. it's very important to remember that behind the stats are individuals, people who have families, who are really struggling. how does unemployment benefits, how do they work? how quickly will these individuals get the money that they need? that's going to vary a lot across different states in this country. this is our unemployment insurance programme, is actually administered at the state

level. so there's more than 50 of these programmes and they, have varying degrees of being ready to accommodate a crisis of this magnitude. so what were seeing in many cases is people are getting frozen out. they're having to face long delays. which is a real problem. i hope the us really learns the lesson that we need to invest more in these programmes so that we are ready when a crisis like this hits. because this is the lifeline for working people who have lost theirjobs. through for working people who have lost their jobs. through no for working people who have lost theirjobs. through no fault of theirjobs. through no fault of their own, through a global pandemic. it is a shame, i think that the fact that we've under invested in these systems in recent decades, it's working people who are paying the price. and it's working people especially people who work in the services industry, those people who serve food for example, people who serve food for example, people who earn such a large amount of their salary through tips that will be hugely affected. yes, so the

industries that were seeing being hit hardest in the beginning of this crisis are those front line service industries where there is a lot of social interaction. that have been really shut down. you're talking restau ra nt, really shut down. you're talking restaurant, hospitality industries, hotels, tourism anything related to events. brick and mortar retail has been hit really hard. so one of the underlying things about all those is, many of those jobs are very low wagejob. you're seeing people getting, seeing theirjobs disappear, who before that didn't have high enough wages in order to have high enough wages in order to have a question built up. so people really are in dire straits and desperately need government relief at this point. heidi, thank you for those figures. really difficult figures. stay with us on 0ustide source,

still to come: eu leaders discuss a massive coronavirus bailout, as the european central bank warns the bloc‘s gdp could fall by 15%. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has set out her strategy for exiting the lockdown. she warned that the social distancing measures to prevent the spread of cornoavirus may have to remain in place the rest of the year and possibly beyond that. ms sturgeon told a news conference in edinburgh that a return to the normal life was not on the cards in the near future. social distancing and limiting our contacts with others will be a fact of life for a long time to come, certainly until treatments and ultimately a vaccine offer different solutions. so that means possibly for the rest of this year and maybe even beyond. and that's why talk of lifting the lockdown, as if it's a flick of a switch

moment, is misguided. 0ur steps, when we take them, will need to be careful, gradual, incremental, and probably quite small to start with. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. the uk plans to step up a testing programme for coronavirus — by extending it to all essential workers. the us house of representatives is meeting to vote on another tranche of bailout funds, as a further four—point— four million americans lose theirjobs. important moment for the eu today, the leaders of its 27 members held a video summit and agreed a coronavirus emergeny fund. let's talk to ros atkins about what's been discussed, hi ros.

hi kasia. the eu is used to having its unity questioned — this coronavirus outbreak has been no different. and today's summit was the latest test. the focus was an emergency fund that emmanuel macron had said — perhaps a little dramatically, was essential to the survival of the eu. well the fund is in place and it's not come cheap. it's worth around 575 billion dollars, that's 540 billion euros. it's hard to get a handle on figures this big isn't it? this is more than the gdp of poland if that helps — it's substantial. you might remember, how the eu said it owed italy an apology for letting it down at the start of this crisis. well it seems it's saying sorry with an enormous cheque and it's a cheque that is largely being covered by northern european countries, especially germany and france. here's mark lowen in rome. in 1957 the treaty of rome was

signed right here inside this building establishing the european economic community. the forerunner of the european union by its extending members of one of which was italy. this country has always been proud of being the heart of the uofp been proud of being the heart of the u ofp now been proud of being the heart of the u of p now many here felt let down by the projects it helped to form. he crisis in relations has played into the hands of the extreme right. some of its members making a public display of hostility. feeding into european sentiment now at its highest ever here. and the book shops reopened this week, italy's historical ties with europe are on show. but is our its current battles to with a disease that has shaken the roots of european corroboration. i was pro—european and i have changed my mind. i don't believe in it anymore. i don't think there is solidarity. we feel betrayed. i feel european so i hope everything will change. we need europe and europe

needs us. and i believe that italy will break if will go out from europe. this country has fought many battles in its long history. but now one with its allies to help it emerge, recover, rise up again. next we wanted to understand exactly how this eu emergency fund will be used so we got in touch with the bbc‘s gavin lee in brussels. it's huge and split up and about three areas. hundreds for workers, employees do have loan so they don't lay them up straightaway. and quick access to those loans for businesses to try to kick—start the companies that might need it. and for government specifically, 240 billion available available. countries can borrow up to two point 2% of the gdp especially in health. so example

ca re especially in health. so example care homes or to help hospital infrastructure. then there is the bigger issue of how much more they will need. most rely on the president said today probably around e1 trillion. they can and need a longer term fund for this. the a nswer longer term fund for this. the answer was pretty cryptic. they said they be a mix of remote loans and gra nts they be a mix of remote loans and grants there are some countries in the north very opposed to loaning their money to the south. this will be decided after analysis the commission said. so basically roll on another few weeks but looking at another emergency summit. next on the eu's agenda is a multi—year, trillion euro package designed to reset the eu's single market and the economies within it. this will not be sorted easily, don't expect a deal til the end of the year at the earliest. the eu is also trying to co—ordinate the easing of lockdown restrictions. it's now agreed some guidelines on this. easing should only happen when,

deaths and infections have been reduced for a sustained period. health care systems are able cope with a new surge of cases. and there must be enough testing capacity. all of which some might say is all quite close to common sense. and raises the issue of why eu member states are being mroe ambitious in how they work together. member states are being mroe indeed, some argue a lack of co—ordination has already cost lives. there's some brilliant analysis on our website from katya adler on this. she says scientists say ‘yes', better co—ordination would have helped. but as katya points out, that hasn't even been possible among the states in the us, and it's going to be harder still among 27 independent countries. well today we've heard from angela merkel on germany's easing of the lockdown this week. these are pictures of a secondary school near dusseldorf. this isn't a full re—opening, just for students who are sitting exams

and strict social distancing rules are in place. many more schools will reopen in may. angela merkel has said today that germany will remain "clever and cautious" as it eases restrictions. she also emphasised that we remain at the beginning of this crisis. no one likes to hear it but it is the truth. we are not living in the final phase of the pandemic. but we are still at its beginning. we will have to live with this virus for a long time. i've several other important updates in europe for you. 0n care homes the who's dr hans kluge says "up to half of those who have died from covid—19 were resident in long—term care facilities.‘ he called this an ‘unimaginable human tragedy. in sweden, officials have recorded more than 2,000 deaths and say 26% of people

in stockholm are expected to be infected by the start of may. these are pictures from there three days ago. sweden has not imposed strict lockdown measures — instead its urged people to take responsibility. and in bosnia—herzegovina, a top court says measures restricting freedom of movement for children and pensioners are unconstitutional. authorities have five days to lift them. it's one of the few countries that has stopped children going outside. and for the first time in 6 weeks, children under 14 in spain will be allowed out for short walks near their homes. that starts on sunday. and kasia, i've been following all of these european stories via the bbc live page which i'd recommend to everyone watching. bbc.com/news. the website is worth really, really worth. thank you ross.

thank you ross. china is giving the world health organization an additional thirty million dollars, a week after president trump suspended us funds for the un agency. mr trump has accused the who of mishandling the pandemic and has repeatedly attacked beijing for the outbreak. beijing has already revised numbers of those it says have died in wuhan, and now researchers at the university of hong kong estimate china had four times more covid—19 cases than it first claimed. but china's ambassador to london has denied any cover up. the virus does not respect orders. 0r discriminate between races. in face of the crisis blaming and scapegoating are futile. arrogance and insolence will only poison the cooperation between countries. 0ur diplomatic correspondent

james landale has more on how the blame game over the virus has affected relations between china and the united states. when you've got american courts trying to sue the chinese republic for its handling of the crisis, when you have this issue becoming a key dividing line between the parties in this years presidential election in the united states, i think at the moment the idea that there are going to be positive and constructive relations between the united states and china is i think a long shot. certainly sounds like it doesn't have. shall we end the programme a slightly more positive note. lets end the programme in bristol in western england, where a famous work by the street artist banksy has been given a coronavirus makeover. a giant facemask has been added to "girl with a pierced eardrum", a mural on the side of a building in the artist's home city. the graffiti piece is banksy‘s take on vermeer‘s "girl

with a pearl earring", using an outdoor security alarm as the earring. it's not clear whether banksy himself added the mask. it's pretty cool actually, i have to say. it's pretty cool actually, i have to say. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @bbckasiamadera hello it's been yet another dry and sunny day. joe was a little bit apache hi claudia some lower cloud that plagues the northern isles for a good part of the day. 0therwise, plenty of good skies overhead. we keep long and clear spells as we had through tonight. but i think we will see some low cloud rolling its way into the half cd part of york shire, east anglia, perhaps into the midlands. could well turn misty and murky through the early hours of friday in these areas. temperature wise, generally between two and 9 degrees. some spots in scotland mightjust dip below freezing. allowing a touch of frost to

develop. into tomorrow we will see this area of cloud with some mist and murder across part of the midland and eastern eggeling. it'll tend break up further in ending this will tend to live. we will again see plenty of sunshine to take us through the day. potential for cloud close to shut lens and a little bit on the cool side across the far north and east of the uk. generally speaking, it's another warm day with temperatures getting up into the 20s. as we had through friday evening, because he wanted two showers in the hills and mountains of wales will stop most will remain dry. that chance for showers does tend to increase a little bit as we had through the weekend. it's going to feel a little bit cooler as well. a very slight pressure pattern. i mean not many white lines on the chart, not many isobars. so the winds are very light. nothing much to push the weather along for stop changes are going to be slow and subtle. still at lot of dry weather around on saturday. perhaps a bit more in the way of cloud. the art shower and for parts of wales and

southwest. another fairly warm shower and for parts of wales and southwest. anotherfairly warm day for this time of year. you can see this band of cloud up to the far northwest of scotland. a frontal system which is going to make some progress as we move through saturday night and into sunday. this area of low pressure starts to develop and sta rts low pressure starts to develop and starts to push its way south. that is going to turn the weatherjust a little more unsettled. we will see shari rain sinking into the northern parts of scotland. band of cloud will sink down into england and wales. could see the arch our breaking out ahead of it. there will still be a lot of fine weather, still be a lot of fine weather, still very warm in the south but turning noticeably cooler cross northern parts the uk.

this is bbc world news. the headlines... the first human trials of a coronavirus vaccine in europe have begun. hundreds of volunteers will get the vaccine — two of them were injected today in oxford. european union leaders have agreed to work together to establish a recovery fund for economies hit by the coronavirus pandemic. but the french president said differences remained over the size and shape of the rescue package. the who has warned that up to half of all covid 19 deaths in europe could have been among care home residents. its regional director called the fatalities an unimaginable human tragedy. another 4.4 million americans have filed for uneployment benefits in the past week. more than 26 million people have lost theirjob since mid—march.

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