this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. coronavirus has now claimed the lives of 200,000 people around the world. the number of deaths in uk hospitals passes 20,000. for the nation in particular, this is a deeply tragic and moving moment. all our thoughts and sympathies are with those individuals who have lost family members through this horrendous and absolutely appalling virus. the governor of new york — the us state worst hit by the coronovirus outbreak — authorises independent pharmacies to carry out tests for the disease. coronavirus tests for uk key workers through the government website

were booked up within an hour of it reopening today. the world health organization warns that people who have recovered from coronavirus may not be protected from reinfection. countries around europe pursue options to end the lockdown. belgium sets out a detailed plan to relax restrictions. the last time i saw gremlin, she came up to me and looked into my eyes. and the world—renowned jane goodall on coronavirus and the animal world. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally.

first, the number of people who have died from coronavirus around the globe tonight now stands at more than 200,000 - 2,697. that's according to the johns hopkins university, which tracks the number of cases worldwide. today, the number of people known to have died from coronavirus in the uk alone passed 20,000. the home secretary, priti patel, says the entire nation is grieving after passing a tragic and terrible milestone. new figures show a further 813 deaths have been registered across the united kingdom. but the figure doesn't include deaths in care homes or the community in england and northern ireland. the home secretary said the current restrictions were likely to remain in place for now and that it was essential people followed the guidelines on social distancing. britain is only one of five countries to have passed 20,000 deaths from the virus — behind the united states, italy, spain and france. it comes as the world health organization says people who have recovered may not be protected against reinfection and warned against so—called immunity passports

to allow people to travel or return to work. but while the government—imposed lockdowns continue around the world, some countries, particularly in europe, are considering easing the restrictions. our first report takes a closer look at the number of deaths in the uk, where the government was told last month by senior scientific and medical advisers that keeping the number below 20,000 would be a good outcome. here's our health correspondent, lauren moss. it is a devastating milestone no one wanted to reach. more than 20,000 people have now died with covid—i9. these are deaths recorded in hospitals. the number who have lost their lives in the community including care homes is not yet known. but it's likely to increase. as the deaths caused by this terrible virus pass another tragic and terrible milestone, the entire nation is grieving. my deepest sympathies and condolences go to those who have lost loved ones and i would like to pay tribute

to the selfless front line workers who have been struck down by this virus. 0n the 28th of march, professor powis, you said "we will have done very well if fewer than 20,000 people died during this epidemic. "we have sadly passed that number now. " does that mean the strategy should have been different? this, unfortunately, is not going to be something that we will get over in the next few weeks. this is something we are going to continue to have to work our way through over the months ahead. as i have said before, this is not a sprint, this is a marathon in dealing with this virus. test, track and trace are key strategies to tackle the virus. the drive to check key workers with symptoms continued today and there is a big demand. within a couple of hours of the government's booking website opening, slots had been quickly snapped up once again. when we looked earlier, home test kits were unavailable within 15 minutes and all drive—through sites

in england, wales and northern ireland were booked up by 10am. the cough is not as bad as it was. at one point, i was coughing nearly all the time. mandy works in a supermarket. she's been unwell since monday, she has got an appointment but the test centre she has been allocated is 19 miles away and she can't get there. ijust don't understand why, when i know there are test centres closer to me, why they are not on the list of options for me to go to? more than 28,000 tests were done in the last 2a hours. the government is committed to carrying out 100,000 a day by thursday. next week will be our fifth in lockdown but any possibility of it being relaxed has been dismissed. we know that people are frustrated but we are not out of danger yet. it is imperative that people continue to follow the rules, designed to protect their families, their friends and loved ones.

the uk will continue to find a way through this pandemic as a nation grieves those who have been lost. lauren moss, bbc news. let's talk to our political correspondent, ian watson. predictions made a month ago have not come to pass? that is right. very grim news than even the government's experts were expecting. but in the middle of march, the chief scientific adviser said it would be a good outcome if deaths we re would be a good outcome if deaths were kept below 20,000. and indeed that the other government advisers as well but in the end it was impossible to keep those deaths but leith 20,000, and for that reason and for all the grieving families, we have now got further advice from

the government that it is important that people continue the social distancing measures which were introduced last month. it is important, the government say, because although they are working to some extent, a second wave of infections has to be avoided. i think that message is notjust directed at the general public. some of it has also been directed at members of the conservative party because some of them have been expressing concerns privately about the effect of the lockdown, the social distancing measures on the economy, and we are beginning to see other countries in europe tentatively beginning to open up again, a detailed plan set out by belgium today, for example. there has also been pressure from the opposition here, the lead at the labour party has been pressing boris johnson to come out with a decent exit strategy, not to lift restrictions now, but a clearer plan

of how and when those restrictions may well be eased, and the former chancellor of the exchequer in the last parliament, philip hammond, said perhaps the economy could be the greatest casualty of this pandemic unless the government is willing to ease some of those restrictions before a vaccine is found. government—imposed lockdowns continue around the world as the pandemic shows few signs of slowing. tens of millions of people are having to stay at home and businesses have been told to shut their doors. some countries, however — particularly in europe — are considering easing the restrictions. from berlin, damien mcguinness reports. for the past six weeks, a quickjog in the park has been one of the few ways people in belgium could leave the house. apart from exercise and essential work and shopping, they have been confined to their homes. belgium has suffered the highest per capita death rate in the world from coronavirus — almost 7,000 deaths so far.

but infection and death rate appears to be slowing. so the government has now announced a three stage plan to ease the lockdown. in may, most shops will be open, then a week later children will start going back to school. but to minimise the risk of another wave of infections, new rules will be introduced. translation: wearing an item of protection that covers both the mouth and the nose will be compulsory when taking public transport starting may the 4th for travellers aged 12 and over. spain is also starting to ease restrictions. on sunday, children will be allowed to be out for the first time in more than a month, despite a death toll in spain of more than 22,000. there have been worries about the physical and psychological harm the children cooped up in small flats. so pressure has been growing to exit the lockdown. translation: despite these measures that will alleviate the current situation for the population,

we have to avoid excessive euphoria, because we must maintain collective responsibility in order to stop and control this epidemic. italians are also hoping that some of the toughest measures can be lifted. as the country celebrates the anniversary of the defeat of the nazis in world war ii, there are hopes that the government may announce a plan for lifting restrictions in may. and in germany, where small shops opened again this week, there are rows about which sectors are being allowed to go back to work. larger shops, cafe and restaurants say it is unfair, they can't reopen. in some ways, leaving the lockdown is proving harder and more divisive than implementing it was. and angela merkel has warned against easing restrictions too quickly. translation: nobody likes to hear it but it is the truth. we are not living in the final phase of the pandemic, we are still at its beginning. we will have to live with this

virus for a long time. that is the big dilemma facing all european countries. how to get the economy going again without sparking another wave of infections. damien mcguinness, bbc news, berlin. the world health organization has warned against countries trying to use what have become known as immunity passports to enable people who've recovered from the coronavirus to return to work or travel. the who says there's currently no evidence that antibodies protect survivors from a second infection. teams of scientists around the world are currently working on vaccines which it's hoped will produce coronavirus antibodies. imogen foulkes is in geneva. i think the world health organization has been murmuring about this for a while but today gave his official advice. countries thinking of issuing people with immunity passports or so—called risk—free certificates really need to think again.

because, while the current, and there is a wild variety of them, the tests show a bit on the breadth of the spread of the virus in the population, they are new test, not entirely reliable. sometimes, they come up with false negatives. sometimes, they show somebody has had a coronavirus, but not necessarily this one. the common cold is also a coronavirus. most important of all, and this is really key, there is no evidence so far that having had covid—i9 once means you are immune to it forever, or even temporarily. that means you could get it again, that means you can spread it again, and that means an immunity passports, really, at the moment anyway, wouldn't be worth the paper it was printed on. the governor of new york says independent pharmacies are to be allowed to carry out tests for the coronavirus.

andrew cuomo says he will sign an executive order to allow independent pharmacies to carry out diagnostic tests for covid—i9. samples taken in high street stores will be sent to laboratories to be analyzed. he also added that antibody screenings for the disease would also be expanded, starting with first responders and other essential workers. the low cost airline wizz air has announced plans to restart some flights from next month. the uk government is still advising against all but essential travel and some countries are insisting that travellers quarantine when they arrive. but the airline is introducing what it calls enhanced health and safety measures and will resume some journeys from luton airport next friday. people will be able to book flights to destinations including hungary, the canary islands and israel. it has had some of the most stringent lockdown restrictions in the world but, from next month, south africa will be easing some of its rules. some businesses and schools are set to reopen, but the country's borders will remain shut and public gatherings

will still be banned. our africa correspondent andrew harding reports. a month under lockdown now, one of the strictest in the world. and a country many feared would quickly be overwhelmed by the virus is proving to be astonishingly successful at holding it at bay. this is very effective and most of the people are wearing masks, most of them are sanitising and most of the people are staying at home. south africa's president hasn't got everything right. but as he tours new emergency facilities and prepares to nudge open the economy, you can feel the optimism growing here. i've been hugely impressed with the level of preparedness. but that confidence comes with a warning. we're going to be reaching a peak somewhere later in august and in september where we will need lots of hospital beds.

so how has south africa kept the nationwide death toll below 100 so far? these nurses hold the answer. tens of thousands of community workers are actively screening millions of people. the advantage of a system already primed to hunt down hiv and tb. send an army of people into the community and do house—to— house surveillance for symptoms, so what that did for us, it put an army on the ground and we went to the most socially vulnerable communities where this virus was going to most likely spread, that's where we went. so some extraordinary early successes here in south africa, but this is going to be a long battle, and there are new hotspots emerging all the time and, according to the world health organization, the wider continent of africa is still alarmingly ill—prepared for the virus. andrew harding, bbc news.

it's generally believed that coronavirus circulates in wildlife and jumped across the species barrier to humans. it's a concern shared by drjane goodall, founder of the jane goodall institute and a un messengerfor peace. she has devoted her life to protecting chimpanzees and inspiring people to conserve the natural world. and amidst the coronavirus pandemic, she has been speaking about how she hopes it will be a wake—up call for the world. we'll speak to dr goodall in a moment, but first let's take a quick look at a new documentary charting her life and work. jane goodall: the hope had its premier last week. out in the forest, i have this very strong feeling of great spiritual power out there. it was the kind of feeling that i sometimes have in one of the old cathedral square people have been to worship year after year after yea r.

have been to worship year after year after year. the chimpanzees i knew in the old days have almost all gone, but one of the ones who was my friend was gremlin. the last time i actually saw gremlin, she came right up actually saw gremlin, she came right up to mei actually saw gremlin, she came right up to me i looked into my eyes. of course they recognise us just as we recognise them. and i have always had a strange connection with animals. i connect with people with words, with animals, it's more mind to mind. so many things in my life seem to be coincidence, but i'm not sure i believe that any more because things happen for a reason.

jane goodall joins me from her home in bournemouth. that was a fascinating footage which we could have watched a bit more of, but in general what can you tell us about the way disease has jumped from wild animals to humans. the thing about this pandemic is that it has been predicted by people studying these diseases, and those are diseases that jumped studying these diseases, and those are diseases thatjumped from animals to people. and we are increasingly creating conditions and environments in which this can happen, and those include animal trafficking which brings animals together from different parts of the world, animals who are destined to be sold for food of for whatever

purpose, there are the wildlife markets in asia, in africa, and also the factory farms all over the world where we breed cows and pigs and chickens in these terrible conditions, and all of these conditions, and all of these conditions are creating environments which enable and encourage viruses tojump and which enable and encourage viruses to jump and other passengers which enable and encourage viruses tojump and other passengers —— macro pathogens to cross the species barrier into people. this has been known but we have chosen to ignore it. our leaders have chosen to ignore it. you must have given these warnings yourself with the many yea rs. warnings yourself with the many years. did anyone in power ever listen to you? people have, yes. but i have not been talking about

pandemics, and, yes, a lot of people have listened, and we now have a youth programme in 65 countries and growing, and the message is we have a choice as to what sort of impact we will make. and so, yes, there are people in high places, in government, in industry who listen, who get it, and our programme with young people, they are influencing their parents and grandparents many of whom may actually be the heads of big corporations or people in government. so how should countries stop the wildlife trade, trafficking in these dangerous wildlife markets? i don't know how they should. i know they should but i don't know how.

but it really needs governments coming and play an important role here and say we know that these conditions are conducive to another pandemic. just imagine, this covid—i9 is incredibly contagious, but there are not that many people who are infected to die. now imagine another pandemic where it is equally contagious but the percentage of people who die is greater. so we really need to have people understand and governments understand and governments understand that this will happen if we don't stop this and stop treating animals... we are treating animals today as commodities, things that

are there for us to eat, things without feelings and personalities and emotions, it's not true, and if we wa nt and emotions, it's not true, and if we want to live in a way of harmony with the natural world, then stop invading nature's last remaining habitats and start respecting the wild animals who are part of this amazing tapestry. that is what we need to do. i don't know, but i fight for it. normally travel to do your work. what of work and you do under these conditions, not being able to travel? i thought i could do more than i did. i now and that's not now i am grounded in the house i grew up in in the uk, i'm more exhausted by what i'm doing to reach

out into the virtual reality world now. it's more exhausting than actually being on a tour. so it is video messaging, podcasts, interviews, sending out messages to people all over the world, it's extremely exhausting! i think the message is getting further than it went before. do you think that this isa went before. do you think that this is a punctuation point for the world that, once this pandemic is under control, the message of preserving wildlife habitats, if not for the protection of animals then simply for the protection of humans, will now get across to everyone? this is what i pray, this is where my fingers are crossed, and it's not just wild animals, let's make it clear, it's not just just wild animals, let's make it clear, it's notjust the wildlife markets of asia and africa but also

the factory farming that we do. many epidemics of the gun from these crossovers fro m epidemics of the gun from these crossovers from domestic animals to people. what i pray is that we come out of this understanding. think of many millions of people have never before breathed fresh air in the big cities, have never seen the stars in the night sky, will there be enough millions to pressure the corporations and the government so that we do not go back, so that we understand that for a better world which we now seek, we need to have different legislation? please let the big corporations and governments around the world understand that we need to have a different way, we

cannot have unlimited economic development in a finite network of resources . development in a finite network of resources. animals have feelings and emotions and personalityjust like us, let's respect them in nature. did the world learning from previous epidemics you have studied in the 19805 and 19905? epidemics you have studied in the 1980s and 1990s? we have not learned from it, have we? we know their hiv and aids came from people eating chimpanzees and monkeys in africa, we know the origin of covid—19 and sars from the animal markets in china, we know about mercer starting from camels in the middle east, we know about swine flu and bird flu. we know all this but we have chosen or at least governments and big businesses have chosen to ignore it because they want to carry on with

business as usual so the rich can get richer, and they don't care about the poor getting poorer, and let's tie it into the climate crisis because as we destroy the natural world we increase the likelihood of viruses leaping from animals to people, we also are creating conditions that warm up the surface of the planet, leading to the climate crisis. of course. thank you so much for speaking to us. let's take a look at all the sport with katharine downes. good evening. the government plans to set up the first of a series of regular

meetings involving the senior medical directors of major sports this week to try and get back to action as soon as possible. that would include premier league matches being played behind closed doors. but there are lots of caveats to any possible return. firstly, it won't happen before the next review of the lockdown, due on 7th may. the go—ahead would depend on the government meeting its key five tests for easing restrictions. those include seeing death and infection rates fall consistentently. clubs would then have to meet additional criteria, including the regular testing of players and ensuring the safety of staff. a government source said watching live sport on tv would give the country a huge lift. here are the thoughts of the shadow health secretary. if it can be done in a safe way, of course, but we need to understand what the thinking and medical evidence is behind it. if these games can go ahead behind closed doors in safe way then of course we will support it. meanwhile, as the financial

situation around football continues to cause concern, chelsea's men's first team won't be taking a pay cut to contribute to the club but will focus on further supporting other charitable causes. it had been reported that the men's team would take a 10% pay cut this month, but a statement on the club's website earlier today said that extensive talks had been held to discuss how the team could contribute, and the the chelsea board had told the players to continue to support charities and the nhs. meanwhile, aston villa's players' first team coaches and senior management have agreed to defer 25% of their salaries for four months. the premier league strugglers have struck a deal with the squad and won't furlough any staff. so, while there's the potential of a return for football in england, in the netherlands, they've decided to end the season. with major events in the country banned until the start of september, the decision has been taken to declare the season null and void, so no champions, promotion or relegation. that means there will be no repeat of last season's champions party for ajax, and they were top on goal difference again. however, if uefa ratify the decision, they would still

qualify for next season's champions league. there's no suggestion this could happen in england yet, but the head of the dutch fa thinks it'll be difficult to conclude the premier league season. to be honest, seeing what is happening and seen things getting postponed week by week, how realistic is it that within the next three orfour realistic is it that within the next three or four weeks we will come to a different conclusion? not so much. and also the premier league will need a number of weeks to conclude its conditions, will they be enough time for that? doubtful. more than 40,000 runners should have been making their final preparations for the london marathon, which was due to take place tomorrow. with the race now postponed until october due to the coronavirus pandemic, organisers are encouraging people to take part in their own charity fundraising efforts at home with the marathon raising over £66 million last year.

one of those taking part in her own back garden is britain's european 1500m champion, laura muir. this weekend was meant to be the london marathon. it's such a shame for everybody involved, notjust the athletes but all the people going along to support the charities as well stop the challenge is trying to do something, whether it is 2.6, 26, 260, all something to help raise money for those charities who are benefiting from this weekend. that's all the sport for now. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. for the week ahead, the last few days of april, more in the way of wet weather spreading up in the south. windier from wednesday onwards.