this is bbc news — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk — and around the world. new figures show — a third of all coronavirus deaths in england and wales — now take place in care homes. the uk's health secretary announces testing will soon be rolled out — to all residents and staff. anybody that is working in a care home will be able to get access to a test whether they have symptoms or not. the scottish government recommends, people should use ‘face coverings' in confined public spaces, to help slow the spread of covid—19. british airways announce 12,000 redundancies — after the collapse in passenger numbers, caused by the pandemic. france announces plans to ease the lockdown from the 11th of may. but, the prime minister says, the country will have to learn

to live with the virus. and in germany, as lockdown restrictions are eased — infection rates rise — we'll have the latest. millions of people across the uk — take part in a minute's silence — to mark, more than a hundred front line workers, who've lost their lives during the outbreak. 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, care homes in the uk — have seen a huge increase in the number of coronavirus related deaths — which now account for a third of all deaths from covid—19, in england and wales.

the uk government has announced, it's significantly expanding ‘access' to testing — and that all care home residents and staff could now be tested for the virus, whether they display symptoms or not. the scottish government has recommended that people should use ‘face coverings' in confined public spaces — to help slow the spread of coronavirus. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon said, it was not however a ‘substitute' for the restrictions already in place. iag, the parent company of british airways, has warned — that the airline could make up to 12,000 workers redundant following an enormous drop in passenger numbers due to the outbreak. france will start easing its coronavirus lockdown, from the 11th of may. all food shops, and most markets, will be able to reopen but bars, restaurants and cinemas will remain closed. but in germany, where some shops were allowed to re—open last week, people have been urged to stay at home as much as possible after new data showed a slight increase in infection rates.

according to the robert koch institute the so—called reproduction rate of the virus has risen to a value of one meaning that, statistically, every person with the virus infects one other person. and millions of people across the uk, have taken part in a minute's silence, to commemorate front line workers who've lost their lives during the last few weeks. more than a hundred nhs and care staff — have died from the virus so far. we'll have much more on all of those stories but our first report this evening on deaths in care homes from alison holt. at saint cecilia is nursing home in scarborough as in many homes across the country they believe the fight that they'd been waging against coronavirus for weeks is only now being reflected in officialfigures. this is the area for anyone being nursed.

they lock down early and they have areas set aside for coronavirus residents. people stick to the rooms but still across three homes in the group that had 11 deaths and four of those confirmed as covid—19. i was called and i did see here on the last day that she died. one of the residents who died was the wife of reginald kemp, liz. they were married for 50 years and she loved to spend time with her grandchildren. he says that staff did all they could for her. ijust hope the ministers do recognise the wonderful work that has gone on and that goes on up and down the country in nursing homes just like where liz was. they're doing a job equal to anyone in the national health service. latest official figures from england and wales combined with numbers from scotland show that in the week ending april the 17th, there were almost 8000

deaths in care homes, an increase of almost 2500 from the week before. almost one third of those linked to covid—19 — the equivalent figure is not available for northern ireland. the information collected by the care regulator up until last friday suggest that deaths in care homes are still rising. even so homes like this one continue to struggle to get the testing and protective equipment that they need. there are far more people being cared for outside the nhs than inside and they all need looking after and deserve better than they've got. the government says it is ramping up testing with mobile units visiting places like scarborough and that it is providing billions and that it is providing millions of pieces of protective equipment. but that offers no comfort for some. isha is struggling to explain to her two—year—old granddaughter why her mother, a care worker, is not coming home. 26—year—old sonya died of coronavirus and her family say that she loved herjob looking after others but they want people to understand the anguish and the questions that they are left with.

they showed us the mask that she had bought online to protect herself. i believe what my sister has confirmed that they arrived when she was in hospital. so too late for her. sonya was one of the kind hearted people who cared for others and she loved to live for others. there are many questions that this family and others will in time need answering about the impact of the virus on care homes. there's been much discussion in recent days, about whether we should be wearing face masks. now the scottish government has taken a step further than the rest of the uk, and is recommending people wear a ‘face covering‘ in enclosed public spaces, first minister nicola sturgeon said people should continue to follow social distancing guidelines, but that covering the mouth and nose, with a scarf or cloth would provide extra protection to others. this afternoon, the uk government

said, they don‘t think the advice on masks should change. here‘s our scotland editor — sarah smith. some do and some do not, face masks are becoming more common and now you are advised and in fact expected to wear one in scotland in busy places. a move that may help protect others but will not necessarily stop you getting the virus. i have been thinking about it especially in supermarkets, i do not like how close people are so probably i will start wearing them in the supermarket but not out here. i do not feel comfortable wearing it but i would. nicola sturgeon sees the same scientific advice as the uk government. she is happy to reach her own conclusions and make different recommendations. there may be some benefit in wearing a face covering if you leave the house and enter an enclosed space where you would come into contact with multiple people and safe social distancing is difficult.

would you say it is our duty to do that if we are in crowded spaces? right now i believe we all want to do all we can to protect each other from this virus and this is an additional way that we can do that. 0n public transport or anywhere it is hard to keep distance the hope 0n public transport or anywhere it is hard to keep distance, the hope is that face covering. people who are infected but do not yet know it from spreading coronavirus. the advice from the scottish government is to wear a face covering and definitely not a medical mask so you could just pull a scarf of your face or make one yourself with any piece of fabric, some kitchen towels and a couple of elastic bands. it is not compulsory to wear a face covering in scotland but the government say that it could become so. the scottish government say that to cover your face in addition to staying at home and social distancing. is it a concern that people wearing masks might think that they‘re better protected than they really are and start to take risks? there is no study that shows that that happens and it is a bit

like arguing if you wear a seat belt you will drive dangerously. the uk government is considering the scientific advice on face coverings and would prefer all the devolved nations to follow the same script but the scottish government are confidently moving in a different direction. our health correspondent hugh pym is here. huge hugh pym is here. focus today on what is going on and huge focus today on what is going on and a care home sector. in the picture is becoming clearer and a really whirring picture too. yes, matthew. and actually it is interesting to compare the uk in this sense with other countries and their health systems. —— worrying. what the figure including deaths in ca re what the figure including deaths in care homes. and actually the slide showing that was resented at the downing street media briefing today. we can take a look at this. this is the international comparison. that is the trajectory of death from the

first 50 in each country. when they got to 50 that is when each line sta rts got to 50 that is when each line starts somewhere ahead of others in terms of where the pandemic was. you see the two red lines, one of them from the uk is uk hospital. that is probably allied with france and italy. that is the data that is been presented each day in the uk. but as we have been hearing come it does not include care homes or other community settings, one or two from france and scotland and wales, but broadly it doesn‘t include that. the other line is uk all settings. that isa other line is uk all settings. that is a couple of weeks behind each time because it takes more time to gather the data and you can see that asa gather the data and you can see that as a steeper line than france or italy. france does include care home deaths. it‘s really just italy. france does include care home deaths. it‘s reallyjust not. it is not directly comparable but i think the sickness of that line is a stark reminder that this about a black billy in hospitals and communities both from those statistics, the government are grappling with some of those basic issues. protective

equipment also testing. what is the government saying now as we get to the end of the month and that target they laid out about when they can guarantee those basic things? the health secretary covering england, matt hancock, announced that 43,000 tests have been carried out yesterday, having greatly increase the eligibility to a whole range of key workers. he is now announced he wa nts to key workers. he is now announced he wants to extend that even further so that everybody in a care home and residents and staff whether or not they have symptoms and not can be tested and he is saying to anybody over 65 and the household and anybody who has to leave home to go to work what symptoms can be tested as well. and that is his way of saying we have the capacity, we want to actually to increase the number of people tested but he has got this target of 100,000 in a couple of days at the end of the month still below 50,000, quite how he will get there remains to be seen. that

number announced earlier today just over 43,000 tests actually carried out. thank you, hugh, for going to all of that. a break in development after talking, the numbers in america have now passed the 1 numbers in america have now passed the1 million numbers in america have now passed the 1 million cases of coronavirus infections. hovering around the 1 million mark throughout the course of the date and john‘s hopkins university tracking that information come it is now gone past that point of1 million cases are coronavirus in the us. more from the us and the next few minutes. let‘s turn to france. the french prime minister, has set out details for easing the coronavirus lockdown, warning that the country is going to have to learn to live with the disease. among the measures, which will be brought in gradually, after the 11th of may... it will be compulsory to wear face masks on public transport and in secondary schools. shops and markets can re—open — but not bars and restaurants. gatherings of up to ten people will be allowed —

and people will no longer require a permission slip to go outside. france has suffered one of the highest covid—19 death rates in europe — with more than 23,000 deaths. this was the prime minister earlier. translation: our entire strategy is based on advice. first, medical. i will use simple language so everyone can understand. while no vaccine is available and no treatment has been shown to be effective, we are a long way from the famous herd immunity. the virus will continue to spread. it‘s not very cheerful, but it‘s a fact. let‘s move to germany now — which has been fighting to keep its rate of transmission below one — which means every person who has the virus, infects only one other person. it‘s the point at which the virus could break out again, and germany has been watching this

figure very closely. here‘s our berlin correspondentjenny hill. the reproduction rate is based on data that has been gathered at least three days ago, so it doesn‘t necessarily give you an up to date picture exactly what the scenario is right now. and the german authorities look at the so—called r value. they also look at hospital capacity and at the moment they say there are intensive beds to spare. they are not concerned about that. the third important factor is the daily rate of new infections. and that methods of course first of all because broadly speaking that number has been following but secondly when you combine that with the reproduction rate, that gives you a bit more of an indication. so even if the r value is one, for every one person who has the virus, they are infecting, statistically speaking of course, one other person, that makes a big difference, how many current infections you have.

at the moment, germany is getting around about 1100 new infections confirmed every day. that is a very different picture when you have an r rate of one perhaps against the country where you say 5000 a day. so you can see the big sums the scientist or having to do. the point is still of course that they are being very cautious here. angela merkel and her experts say germany is not out of the woods and as they use these restrictions, they are watching all of those figures very carefully indeed. now back to the us. now — the mission statement for the us centres for disease control and prevention, couldn‘t be clearer — theirjob is to "‘save lives and protect people from health threats‘. so — how has the cdc done during this coronavirus crisis. they‘re ever present with donald trump at the daily briefings — but that hasn‘t stopped the president tweeting his criticsims of the agency for their lack of preparedness — or shield them from individual states — angered by the failures over testing.

dr anthony fauci — the scientist we‘ve also seen at those briefings, testified with the head of the cdc in march — admitting — the system is not geared to what we need right now — that is a failing. it is a failing — let‘s admit it. i‘m joined now by dr tom freeden, former director of the us cdc. welcome her to the programme. 55,000 deaths in the us so far. in terms of how the cdc has done and that basic function of keeping americans safe, what is your view? while we are saying all over the world is a sidelining of public health in this greatest public health challenge of oui’ greatest public health challenge of our lifetime. in public health can help us move forward as soon safely, and as smart as possible. we need to reopen gradually and we need to respond to this terrible pandemic effectively as possible and that

will take an all hands on deck and public health can help guide the way. for whatever reason in the us, the cdc has been generally sidelined and that is been a problem. how whirring is that because in terms of his failures, probably the biggest failure was to develop a diagnostic test could be mass produced distributed across the country stuff that has been a massive problem because in terms of tracking covid—19 that is left the americans almost blind. what actually went wrong in your view? there are three things that went wrong care. the cdc stumbled in its initial roll—out of the test. and actually for the past two months, the cdc test has worked fine. it was only designed to work for a public health laboratories, and that is been going well. the other two legs of the school or hospital laboratories and u nfortu nately hospital laboratories and unfortunately come part of the federal government, the fda come away to well over a month before allowing hospital laboratories to

begin developing their own test after the cdc said this is a pandemic. in the commercial sector has only gradually been scaling up. so there are now a quarter of the million tested a being done which is a big increase from the past, but nothing like what would be needed to test everyone who ideally we would like to test. exactly on that point, let me ask you, the president keeps posting that anyone who wants a test can actually get one and get we had that report on nbc only if you days ago of a health care worker who died after being denied a coronavirus test four times. as we speak now. can those who get it get a test come who wanted ? can those who get it get a test come who wanted? right now, there are not enough test for everyone who would be highest priority. that is why we in my organisation to resolve save lives and our prevent effort to make website released a prioritisation if you cannot test everyone, test those who you are most likely to save

their lives or reduce the spread of this virus. and keep in mind, testing is crucially important but it is just testing is crucially important but it isjust one testing is crucially important but it is just one part of the puzzle. we also need to isolate and contact trace in quarantine must i wash hands. cover faces. i trace in quarantine must i wash hands. coverfaces. i like that we can do to reduce this pandemic. think of it this way. —— there is a lot we can do. there is a blunt tool. everybody stay home. it works but it destroys the economy and it has many negative health consequences as well. 0r position tools that are much weaker that include testing, contact racing, facemask, handwashing, physical distance thing out in public, these are weaker tools but if we apply them altogether, we want to have to apply the blu nter told them altogether, we want to have to apply the blunter told again. you are mapping out a coordinated strategy. —— the blunt tool. he was warning us as early as the end of january about the risk of covid—19, the current director fourth of how problematic was it that president who simultaneously was talking about it miraculously disappearing going

down to zero, and actually talking about in relation to the flu? down to zero, and actually talking about in relation to the flu7m down to zero, and actually talking about in relation to the flu? if you look at what the cdc said in january, february, it was right on. they said we have to behave as this isa they said we have to behave as this is a pandemic. in february, we have to be humble because the numbers may come up again. we cannot say they are lower. by february 25, this is going to cause severe disruption and everyday life. but fundamentally we need to look forward. we are still sadly only at the beginning of a very bad pandemic. even in very hard hit places like new york city where iam hit places like new york city where i am today, most people are still vulnerable. we have to be extraordinarily careful with the next stages of this response. and save as many lives as possible and reduce infection and regain our lives in economy as safely and intelligently as we can. running out of time, let mejust intelligently as we can. running out of time, let me just a intelligently as we can. running out of time, let mejust a quick intelligently as we can. running out of time, let me just a quick fire tour through final questions. the cdc headquarters is in atlanta,

georgia. 0pening cdc headquarters is in atlanta, georgia. opening up, how dangerous 01’ georgia. opening up, how dangerous or problematic is that going to soon? you have to be careful how you reopen. you have to shield and shelter the older and medically vulnerable people and you don‘t want to do things like opening movie theatres where people can congregate and you can have a lot of spread. in terms of mask come here in the uk, there‘s a lot of different advice still consideration. what is your view in terms of wearing facial coverings? we have learned more. it might help, can‘t hurt, when other people wear a they protect you, when you wear a mask, you protect them because you cannot know if you have it and because you cannot know if you have itand are because you cannot know if you have it and are spreading it. we have learned a systematic spread is more common than anticipated so it is quite sensible or cobit is spreading widely for everybody to wear a mask if they are inside and within six feet of others. final thought, if they are inside and within six feet of others. finalthought, in terms of the president, has there been a lack of leadership? he‘s also pulled the plug or talked about in terms of world organisation at this time in the middle of a pandemic, is

that a sensible approach? we need to increase our support for the world health organisation, not decrease. they are an essential part of the global response. we can look in the longer term or what could have been done differently but more importantly, what needs to be done differently in the gap for epidemic preparedness all over the world. thank you so much for your time and joining us on bbc news. once you‘ve had the coronavirus a key question is can you get it again. or does your body develop immunity meaning that you can‘t? there‘s evidence that those who have had coronavirus have some of the antibodies to protect them, but it‘s not clear whether anyone is immune. 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle explains. it‘s the virus that has mobilised the world‘s scientists. and a majorfocus now is how the immune system responds to it, because understanding this could help us to stop covid—19 spread. and the big question is, if you‘ve had the virus, are you immune 01’ can

you catch it again? how does immunity work? the coronavirus is covered in spikes which allow it to dock onto a structure on the surface of our cells. it is like a key opening up a lock, so the virus can enter and affect the cell. to fight this off, we produce antibodies. these block the spike. it is like a cap covering the key. it means the virus cannot get in and replicate, so eventually it is killed off. the antibodies, though, stick around. the idea is if the virus comes back, they can rally an immediate response. a small study revealed that monkeys who had the virus didn‘t catch it again a month later. for humans, though, there‘s still much we need to learn. early data‘s showing that there are antibodies being generated, but it is really important to follow up with more in—depth studies where there were these are the right kind of neutralising antibodies, because those are the ones that can then give protection

if there is enough of them and they last long enough. building up antibodies is just the first step. what scientists want to find out is how long any immunity last. because covid—19 is so new, scientists are having to look at the viruses it is related to. from everything we know so far, it would be very hard for me to reassure you with any certainty that if you‘ve been exposed to the virus you will definitely have protective antibodies in one or two or three or four years‘ time. so that makes it very hard to know how we would mitigate against a second wave if it comes along. coronavirus affect people in different ways. but does the severity of symptoms alter immunity? some people with covid—19 are so ill they end up in intensive care. but others have very mild or even no symptoms. scientists are trying to understand what difference this makes. people who‘ve got severely ill make

a lot of antibody in general and people who haven‘t got so ill make a lot less. what that means may be that people who‘ve only had a mild infection might lose their immunity faster than others and might not be protected if the virus comes back. scientists say we need answers on immunity urgently to determine the next steps to take in the fight against covid—19. rebecca morelle, bbc news. it will take a a break in a moment 01’ it will take a a break in a moment or two. i have a look at this picture first. now — if you needed any encouragement to remain at home — have a look at this. this is what one family faced whilst in lockdown at their home in south carolina. this alligator in their garden was a great reason to stay indoors. you‘ll want to know of course, that the alligator — nicknamed ‘big george‘ by locals — was safely captured and then released into nearby lake. stay with us here on the programme. the latest on those announcements of

va redundancies with a transport correspondent and also talking to managing director over a care home. hello again. it‘s been the sun april on record. up until today, it was also unusually warm and dry. —— sunniest april. i love that change today. this was yesterday, and although the heat was more limited, still up to 19 degrees. a significant drop in the cloud and rain today and in coventry, only 7 degrees this afternoon. still some wet weather around at the moment come overnight the worst of that rain pushing away eastwards but it stays cloudy and misty and health fog and some drizzle around as well. where we have the clearing skies across northern and eastern scotland as the showers reduce them so they could be a touch of frost with elsewhere temperatures remain six or 7 degrees. i walked at is turning drier overnight, there is more rain to come tomorrow. this weather front bringing some rain from the south up

to around the area of low pressure. i had to around the area of low pressure. ihada to around the area of low pressure. i had a bit, some sunshine in scotla nd i had a bit, some sunshine in scotland and a few showers too. great and cloudy and damp elsewhere and we see this ban are more persistent rain and heavy rain pushing northwards and eastwards. 0nce pushing northwards and eastwards. once that clears you have a good few hours of dry and sunny weather before it turns wet and windy again in the southwest later on. although there is more rain to come on wednesday, it will not be as cold for england and wales as it was day. but all of this rain means that the pollen levels have dropped and date remaina pollen levels have dropped and date remain a low to moderate across the country tomorrow. what rain to come overnight as well on those two weather friends there, and as we had it if at the centre of low pressure gets closer, we have more wet weather to come as well. a bit patchy rain to start with on thursday in scotland and a ban of rainfor thursday in scotland and a ban of rain for northern england and northern ireland but it is south of that that will see some sunshine but also some heavy and potentially tend to be downpours developing and some strong and gusty winds through the english channel as well. those

temperatures still disappointing for the time of the year typically 12 or 13 degrees. now as we close out april and move into may four that we still have an area of low pressure close by. only moving away very slowly. it will not be completely dry. around that when the front in northern scotland, more rain loss we see some sunshine elsewhere the showers likely to develop push their way eastwards and those could turn heavy and thin before it turns brighter and drier in the southwest of england and wales later. temperatures at the sunshine in the south up to 15 or 16 celsius.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. new figures show — a third of all coronavirus deaths in england and wales — now take place in care homes. the uk‘s health secretary announces testing will soon be rolled out — to all residents and staff. anyone who is working or living in a ca re anyone who is working or living in a care home will be able to get access toa care home will be able to get access to a test, whether they have symptoms or not. the scottish government recommends, people should use ‘face coverings‘ in confined public spaces, to help slow the spread of covid 19. british airways announce up to 12 thousand redundancies — after the collapse in passenger numbers, caused by the pandemic. france announces plans to ease the lockdown from the 11th of may. but, the prime minister says, the country will have to learn to live with the virus.

and in germany, as lockdown restrictions are eased — infection rates rise — we‘ll have the latest. millions of people across the uk — take part in a minute‘s silence — to mark, more than a hundred frontline workers, who‘ve lost their lives during the outbreak. hello and welcome to bbc world news. british airways could make up to 12,000 workers redundant. it‘s parent company iag announced job cuts as it revealed that revenues had plunged 13 percent in the first quarter of the year. british airways has currently furloughed its 22 and half thousand employees. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge is here.

tell me more. this is come as a come out of the blue. 12,000 employees, if that number is a consultation that begins now with the tricky negotiation and if they make 12,000 people redundant, that equates to 20% of the entire workforce and it gives you a sense of how the aviation sector as a whole is suffering and we know that. plans on the ground, airlines are playing huge sums of money to be parked up to maintain them in the revenue has been slashed right down to very small numbers of their haemorrhaging cash and the parent group of british airways and looked, compared to other online groups, they are in a relatively 0k position financially

but a relatively 0k position financially butas relatively 0k position financially but a s gone out to the employees effectively saying that this is so dire for aviation for us that we do not know when passengers will return to pre—pandemic levels. we do not think that will happen for years and the british airways are saying that they‘re going to take this decision and put out this consultation to reduce staffing levels because we wa nt to reduce staffing levels because we want to protect our financial position in the long term, notjust in the pandemic but afterwards. and a lot of people believe that this will not be a quick recovery. where the unions involved, tell me in terms of the response there has been. they say that over the last few weeks that british airways has indicated that it is in a pretty, relatively speaking, a key financial position. look, they are haemorrhaging money, the cost remains high and they are operating a very small number of flights. some

repatriation flights, cargo is a source of income but look, this is the first big british carrier to make a decision like this and not think it will be the last. 0thers have made similar decisions and make decisions about reducing staffing levels and itjust gives you a sense of how hard and fast aviation was headed and how slow the government will recover, will not travel as soon as the restrictions are lifted and no one knows when it will be lifted. thank you for taking us through all of that. all care home residents and staff in england are to be eligible for coronavirus testing, regardless of whether they have symptoms, the health secretary matt hancock has said. it comes as as figures show a third of all coronavirus deaths in england and wales are now happening in care homes. office for national statistics data showed there were 2,000 coronavirus care home deaths in the week ending 17 april, double the previous week.

anita astle is managing director of wren hall nursing home — a specialist dementia care nursing home in selston near nottingham. at least 13 people have died from coronavirus at the nursing home. let‘s start with the figures that we have learned. we have seen a tripling of the number of deaths. confirming what you were seeing first—hand. confirming what you were seeing first-hand. good evening. tragic figures that we are hearing about and yes, we were aware of in our ca re and yes, we were aware of in our care homes and nationally around the number of deaths that are taking place. figures from our care planning software firm that we use

in centres and software is identified that there is three times the number of deaths this april and last april and we can only put that down to coronavirus. there may be other reasons, but what those reasons are, we do not know. it seems to be coronavirus that is the problem. and is there anything currently in place they can stop that rapid acceleration?” currently in place they can stop that rapid acceleration? i think we have got to go with what we are being told in so, we‘ve got to hand up being told in so, we‘ve got to hand up with good social distance and we‘ve got to wear appropriate ppe. and in terms of that ppe and the testing, where are you in terms of your ca re testing, where are you in terms of your care home and the basic gear that you need, how difficult it has been to actually access? we've had real challenges accessing masks because they are the ppe that we do

not usually use it in terms of gloves and aprons, we are able to access those and they have been times or it is been really challenging that when our suppliers have not been able to supply either the quantity that we have ordered or they have just not known when their stocks are arriving, we have had to rely on local businesses and local people to support us and bolster our supplies and we are really grateful for the help that we have received. you heard matt hancock announcing that everyone in the care home will be entitled to be tested. how much potentially the difference could that make it in terms of the testing, how difficult has been for staffing to get it? a welcome now but didn‘t we hear that matt hancock said exactly that on the 16th of

april so, we are now 12 days on and it still has not happened. i tried to get our residents tested last week and we have heard that those that are asymptomatic can be carrying this virus and i wanted to get his residence that are asymptomatic tested and we could get them tested. and so when is it going to happen, we did receive some testing kits, self testing kits through c0 see last week and we tested ten people and one of them came back positive. none of the skies showed symptoms and so itjust shows that we do need the testing

and it cannot come soon enough. we have gone through so many details in terms of tests and equipment, can you tell me on the human level how frightening is it for the residents and the staff left to go into that environment every single day given everything you‘ve just described? environment every single day given everything you've just described ?|j everything you've just described?” think everyone is frightened. we are all frightened and for staff we are finding that the emotionally on edge andi finding that the emotionally on edge and i do worry about the emotional support of where we are going to access it and how we are going to support them, equally residents are worried and more so because many of our residents living with the dementia, so they are cognitively impaired and may not understand what is happening. certainly for the

family who is unable to visit them, they are absolutely petrified of us to, is their loved one likely to come in contact with the virus and they are frightened and worry if they are frightened and worry if they will take it home or bring it in to the people that they love so dearly and care for so attentively. thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us. thank you so much. uk police are hunting for a group of masked attackers who stabbed an nhs worker to death near his home in east london. they say there was no known motive for the killing of david gomoh on sunday evening. his family were already in mourning for the 24 year—old‘s father who died of a covid—19 related illness. hospices providing vital ‘end—of—life care‘ to thousands of people every day, are having to radically transform how they deliver that care —

often meaning stringent restrictions on visiting relatives. the government says, it‘s working around the clock to ensure hospices have the equipment and support they need. this report from our special correspondent ed thomas — starts with the story of 57—year—old dina, who was a patient at east cheshire hospice. every meal time they would bring the beautiful food. they are just so kind, so consider it in every way. being in the hospice for eight days. a much loved grandmother and mother and sister. coronavirus restrictions me and her family cannot visit. these people have replaced my family andi these people have replaced my family and i am very at peace in my family little bit devastated that they cannot come. i have for this and sisters and i thought i would never

see them ever again and so these quys see them ever again and so these guys here have kept me going. 96. she is a great, great, grandmother. and thousands forced every bit of whiskey and a t. because to family members are allowed inside the hospice. so only now can chris and nigel be with their mum, even though she does not have the virus. we were told that nobody until a few days before the end. but we have not had as an opportunity because we were order now and she is not able to talk to us in that way but just listen to us. it is cruel in many ways. and eventually will of to say goodbye to her mum and that is a

different level of coolness. nobody left for my brother. —— cruel. i just want to let her know that we are therefore her and just holding her hand really. that's it. coronavirus has prevented some families from reaching their loved ones. started with the patient a couple of weeks ago and they said it was quite safe and the family send love to them and her not to be frightened and we held his hand and he actually passed away. stop by the hospice told us that five patients

died from suspected symptoms and now all died from suspected symptoms and now a ll stuffer died from suspected symptoms and now all stuffer ppe. especially hard for us all stuffer ppe. especially hard for us because we all love to hug. she was upset and i couldn‘t hug or an exit i was in your kiss and she said content. eight staff members have tested positive for coronavirus. five more have suspected symptoms. are you worried about coronavirus? yes. absolutely. we cannotjust walk out. many believe moore should've been done to help hospices during this crisis. during the last to get tested were a blast on the list for the ppe, but we used it in the hospice movement. and we hide it in a somewhere in the peaceful setting so we a somewhere in the peaceful setting so we don't want to take the body. but you know what, coronavirus is made us all think about they are angels. trust me. the guard didn't

angels. trust me. the guard didn't angels skating over me and will do everything they can in their power to make me comfortable and very happy. they will always be there for me, right to the end. i know they will. that report from our special correspondent ed thomas. china has insisted, it should not be blamed for the covid—19 outbreak — and has suffered along with the rest of the world during the pandemic. president trump has indicated he feels beijing should have done more when the virus first emerged. but speaking to stephen sackur on our hardtalk programme, china‘s ambassador to the uk said, it was the virus, rather than his country, which the us should be targetting.

since the outbreak, i think president trump keeps a very close contact. the compare notes and i just want to let america know that china is not the enemy of the united states. it is the virus that is the enemy of the united states. they need to find the right target. nigeria is extending its lockdown in the capital abuja and main commercial centre, lagos, for another week. but president buhari has said, it will then be gradually eased. however, new measures are being brought in nationwide, including a night curfew. people will also have to wear face masks in public. 0ur nigeria correspondent chi chi izundu reports. from these graves, whispers of rumours started. gravediggers who said they‘d noticed a higher—than—normal number of burials. translation: no, we have never seen anything like this, not since the major cholera outbreak that our parents have told us

about — that was 60 years ago. they told us, at that time, they used to run away from the dead bodies, but they will still called to bury the dead. kanu has been in lockdown due to coronavirus for almost two weeks. private healthcare centres, which provide more than half of all healthcare in the state, have closed. testing for covid—19 started in mid april, but it‘s now been suspended for almost a week after the contamination of a laboratory. 0nce fumigated, officials hope to have it up and running. the rumoured deaths of around 640 people over the last week has shocked the medical community. deaths aren‘t registered here, so it‘s not easy to find out why people are dying. but nigeria‘s centre for disease control has sent a 17—strong enhanced support team to start taking verbal autopsies, contact trace those who‘ve been around positive cases and implement steps to contain the spread of covid—19, all to try and stop

kanu becoming the next epicentre. authorities say early reports show the deaths could have been caused by complications around diabetes, acute malaria, meningitis or hypertension. but it‘s not coronavirus. the count of the deaths is alarming, and the number are not unconnected to the coronavirus pandemic, and it might likely be due to the shutdown of private hospitals. there are a lot of hypertensive patients, diabetic patients, asthmatic patients, cancer patients, and they have not much access to the hospitals because the lockdown affects everybody. preparations are under way to treat the rising number of cases. officials, however, are asking for time — time to investigate and time

to contain the spread of the virus. but as cases across nigeria continue to increase, time is a luxury few can afford. in lebanon, one man was killed and dozens more injured when clashes erupted between protesters and security forces in the northern city of tripoli. in spite of a coronavirus lockdown in place, people gathered in their hundreds to protest against the deterioration of the economy. the pandemic has put further strain on lebanon, which was already teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. coarine torby reports. in lebanon, captains are still banned due to coronavirus. but for these angry protesters, the threat for their livelihoods is worse than the pandemic posing to their health.

the main drive peoples anger is the huge fall and the value of the local currency which lost around 170% of its value in a matter ofjust months. the lockdown has compounded the crisis, especially for the large number of workers. but for lebanon see economic woes they go back well before coronavirus. after 15 years of civil war, and economic model was adopted that the space on services, rather than production. it kept it working for decades was us dollars coming into the systems from the boom in real estate and tourism. but things are not to last and soon cracks appeared after the start of the war in neighbouring syria and the war in neighbouring syria and the political and economic

consequences that ensued. dollars we re consequences that ensued. dollars were not coming into the country any to finance the exorbitant well of imports from staples to luxury products. the banks see this as an example of the private sector, effectively confiscating the dollars. lebanon on the edge of bankruptcy, saw the collapse of its financial system and place for three decades. a new government is in place, but it has inherited a very heavy legacy interfaces anger and despair of many who have realised they have nothing to lose any more. the corona has not become a chant in

lebanon. for many, it is corruption deeply rooted in the system but it is the real pandemic of the country. the turkish military says, at least forty civilians have been killed in a bomb attack in the northern syrian city of afrin. a spokesman said, 11 children were among the casualties. the area has been under turkish control since local kurdish forces were driven out in 2018. turkey says, it holds the kurdish militia, the ypg responsible. a minute‘s silence was held across the uk this morning to commemorate the essential workers keeping the nation going but paying with their lives. more than a hundred nhs and care staff have died with coronavirus, as have many transport and other key workers. daniela relph reports. it is the familiar

marker of remembrance. in unfamiliar times. they paused for those dying now working to protect and look after us.

political leaders from all four nations also stopped to reflect on lives lost. at derby and burton nhs trust three members of staff have now died. consultant amged el—hawrani, fellow consultant manjeet singh riyat and at the weekend, hospital cleaner eileen landers. she had been with us a long time and was well loved and described as someone with a heart of gold who always went the extra mile.

the silence today was for each and every health worker who has died, a tribute to their bravery. the fact that they come to work every day despite that fear and do the very best that they can for someone in a vulnerable position who‘s depending on them, it is just a wonderful thing. after one minute the silence was broken. applause. today it was about remembering but also another chance to say thank you. in the us the number of coronavirus cases has past 1 in the us the number of coronavirus cases has past1 million in the past hours. the health secretary extending testing to all residents and staff. thank you so much for watching, see you next time and it

is time for outside source. hello again. that‘s been the sunniest april on record and up until today, it is also unusually warm and unusually dry but all of that changed across england and wales and this was yesterday and although the heat was more than limited to, still up to 19 degrees, significant drop in rain and in coventry it was only seven. and the rain pushed his way eastwards and he‘ll fog and some drizzle around as well. we have a clearing sky and as the shows reduce, elsewhere temperatures remain six or 7 degrees. about turning a bit drier, there‘s more rain coming with the riverfront bringing some rain to the

southwest represented area of low pressure. the area could have substantial evidence, in scotland with a few showers too and cloudy and damp elsewhere in the can sue the spread of more persistent and perhaps have your ring pushing northwards and eastwards. with the clear sky may have a few good hours of sunny weather before it turns wet and windy again in the southwest later on. and although there is more rain to come it will not be as cold for england and wales as it was today. but for all of this rain, it means the pollen levels have dropped and may remain low to moderate across the country and tomorrow. more rain to come for the next two nights in this window thursday that blood pressure gets it with more wet weather to come as well and to be patchy rain in scotland, a bandit of rain in northern ireland but saw that that was the some sunshine but also heavier and potentially thunder downpours and some strong and gusty winds through the english channel as well. this temperatures disappointing for this time of year,

typically 12 or 13 degrees. as we close out april and moved into may, we still have an area of low pressure close by and moving away slowly. and again, it would not be com pletely slowly. and again, it would not be completely dry. in the northern scotland, some more rain and also some sunshine elsewhere in the show is likely to develop and push away eastwards and again, this could turn heavy infantry before turns brighter and drier in the southwest of england and wales later. temperatures in the south up to 15 or16 temperatures in the south up to 15 or 16 celsius.

this is 0utside source on bbc news, for viewers in the uk and around the world. i‘m babita sharma. we‘re covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. new figures show a third of all coronavirus deaths in england and wales now take place in care homes. the uk‘s health secretary announces testing will soon be rolled out to all residents and staff. anyone who is working or living in a care home will be able to get access to a test, whether they have symptoms or not. france announces plans to ease its lockdown, but the prime minister says the country will have to learn