i said he was quite safe and that his family sent their love. and just told him not to be frightened. and just, like i say, held his hand and stroked his hand as he actually passed away. the hospice told us that five patients have died with suspected coronavirus symptoms. now all medical staff wear ppe. it's really hard, especially as most of us are huggers, aren't we? we are huggers, yeah. and the other day a patient said to me, she was upset and i couldn't hug her, and i said, "i'll send you a kiss." and she went, "caught it." eight staff members here have tested positive for coronavirus, five more have suspected symptoms. are you worried about coronavirus? yeah, of course. absolutely, yes. you've got to get on with it, really. it's something we do,

we can't just walk out. we're not able to have visitors... some here believe more should have been done to help hospices during this crisis. we were the last to get tested and we were the last on the list for the ppe. but we're used to it in the hospice movement. we package up death and we hide it in a box somewhere in a peaceful setting. so we don't want to have to think about it. well, you know what? coronavirus has made us all think about it. they are angels. trust me. they're god's guardian angels. they're guarding over me. i know they're doing everything they can in their power to make me comfortable. i'm very happy. they will always be there, right to the end. i know they will. the experience of dina's family

ending that report on the hospice sector by our special correspondent ed thomas. until now, the virus has largely been concentrated in europe, the united states and china, where health systems are well established. developing countries, so far, have been less affected, but they are particularly vulnerable should the virus take hold. and the dangers are amplified in those parts of the world affected by conflict, as our middle east editor jeremy bowen tells us now. welcome home. syrians crossing back from turkey face 14 days' quarantine in regularly disinfected dormitories. this is idlib, the last syrian province holding out against the assad regime, with almosti million people displaced by war. social distancing and washing hands are not easy if you live in a tent with little or no clean water. jannah knows all about the coronavirus but much

more about sudden death. she is ten, her brother mohammed is 13. they've been bombed and shelled for most of their lives. jannah fears chemical weapons more than the virus. but she is still scared. translation: yes, i am, because it would spread rapidly. people gather to get bread even here in the camp. lots of people in a small place. 300 people share four toilets, even more than 300. if someone catches it the whole camp would be infected in a day. even before the pandemic, yemen was locked in the world's worst humanitarian crisis. across the middle east, at least 60% of people are under 30. that's a plus in the fight against the virus but it could be cancelled out by illness, poverty, malnutrition and war. the us aid organisation international rescue committee works

in 3a fragile countries and sees disaster looming. we think between 500 million and i billion people could become infected in those 3a countries. and between 1.5 million and 3 million people are at risk of dying. how confident are you about the numbers? if you are in south sudan there are only four ventilators. if you are in north—west syria, 85 health facilities have been bombed by the government in the last six months. so i fear that, if anything, this will be an underestimate, not an overestimate. back in afghanistan this doctor treats war casualties. and now he's in another fight. we are like the soldiers, those who are in the front line. but without weapons and ammunition. we don't have enough number of ppe kits to save ourselves. the challenge is huge. rich nations that might have helped are struggling.

even though they have individual hospitals with more ventilators than entire countries. and time is short. jeremy bowen, bbc news. the chair of fifa's medical committee — part of world football's government body — says he doesn't think the professional game should resume until after the end of the summer. some european countries have abandoned their leagues, including france today. but the premier league is still considering whether to restart playing next month, as our sports editor dan roan reports. some premier league footballers were back at work this week. arsenal are one of a number of clubs to partially reopen their training ground for the first time since the season was suspended last month as hopes of a resumption gathered pace. but today came a stark warning from the most senior medic in world football. there is a risk and it is not a risk that has small consequences. it can have consequences of life and death. avoid playing competitive football in the coming weeks and try to be

prepared for the start of a good competition next season. as part of a plan dubbed project restart, the premier league remains hopeful of a return behind closed doors by earlyjune, with sealed, neutral venues, extensive player testing and the numbers present at matches limited to around 300 people. but with clubs desperate to honour commercial contracts, many in the game are willing to be flexible. whether it means staying in hotels to isolate and just play the matches on the screens for people who are isolating at home, i think it would be a great morale boost. and something positive in such difficult times. premier league clubs will meet later this week to discuss possible health protocols but ultimately they will take the lead from government. and there are major concerns about the resumption of a contact sport, the availability of testing, and whether a return would place unnecessary extra pressure on public services and elsewhere, the game is already up.

today, the french prime minister announced there will be no sports events in the country until at least september, effectively meaning the football season there is over. the government here has expressed its support for a resumption, believing it could provide some welcome relief to many. but significant challenges must be overcome before we see a return to action. in rowan, bbc news. that's it. emily has newsnight on bbc two in about ten minutes but now it's time for the news where you are. have a good night.

welcome to bbc viewers in the uk. you've joined us just in time for a first look at tomorrow's papers. let's ta ke let's take you through those papers ina let's take you through those papers in a moment. with me are caroline wheeler, deputy political editor at the sunday times, and political commentator kevin schofield. welcome to you both. let's have a quick look at tomorrow's front pages, starting with... the times says deaths from coronavirus in care homes in the uk could soon exceed those in hospitals as campaigners warn care home residents are being

treated as second—class citizens. the metro says new figures reveal more people have died of coronavirus in london than were killed by hitler's luftwaffe in the capital at the height of the blitz. the figaro from france reports on an easing of lockdown restrictions there from may 11th. the paper says the government's strategy is "deconfinement to the minimum" as france takes a cautious phased approach to reopening. in singapore, the straits times reports that the country is preparing for a possible second wave of coronavirus by doubling bed capacity in hospitals to accomodate covid—i9 victims. the financial times goes with an announcement from british airways that they could cut 12,000 jobs amid fears an airline industry recovery is "several years away". and the international edition

of the new york times reports on the laboratory at oxford university, which the paper says is winning the race to find a coronavirus vaccine. so, let's begin. good to see you. let's start with the times. this was in the press conference with matt hancock today about the number of deaths in care homes and pretty graphic morning here according to the modelling and the times that they could overtake the times that they could overtake the hospital —— which certainly seem to have gone through that first speak. that is right. this is been a concern for some time now especially because those figures and care homes have not been collected in the same way that we've been seeing the figures on hospital deaths which are reported on a daily basis. that will change now and we are now going to see the full death toll including

those care home deaths recording daily. the story of the times has picked up is they have looked at some of the data which shows that deaths in care homes of all causes have actually tripled in the months running up to april the 17th compared to the end of last month, indicating that perhaps the virus is much more rampant in care homes than even the official statistics are shelving us. and of course the worry there is that if we include both ca re there is that if we include both care home deaths and hospital deaths and potentially eventually community deaths which we don't register either, actually the uk will be tracking above any other country in europe and potentially any other country in the world outside the us in terms of the number of deaths. which government does not agree with the analysis of the moment and gavin the analysis of the moment and gavin the other problem is do we know or will we ever know which people in ca re will we ever know which people in care homes have died because of

coronavirus? because gps who would normally go into these homes at the time of death or to sign a death certificate are not physically doing that in many cases now. they are talking to care workers and then signing the death certificate. talking to care workers and then signing the death certificatelj think signing the death certificate.” think could be a very long time, well after the pandemic has ended that we finally no precise numbers of how many people in the uk and indeed around the world have died. you're right that there are truly problems especially with care homes and being able to get a handle on the scale of the problem. as caroline says some of the government will always be publishing hospital and non—hospital deaths at the same time and that is a big advance i think in terms of transparency. however, it is opening up them to quite a lot of criticism because obviously the daily figures are not

going to be much higher. and —— are i'iow going to be much higher. and —— are now going to be much higher. and the accusations of failing to take the situation seriously enough and delivering ppe to care home workers in protecting residents by testing people moving from hospital into ca re people moving from hospital into care homes may be too late. you know, the recommendations of this pandemic... that testing phase kicks in today for those front line care workers. and their family. in today for those front line care workers. and theirfamily. 0nly in today for those front line care workers. and theirfamily. only if they are showing symptoms. let's on to the metro, caroline. the worst death toll than the blitz. this comparison was made because this was treated as a war against the virus but honestly very different circumstances. but the figures speak for themselves. they do although it is worth pointing out this is not the blitz overall in london which killed about 32,000 people. what i have compared this to is the worst of four weeks of the coronavirus

crisis as well as the worst four weeks of bombing in london and basically have found that in the coronavirus, it has killed 20 times more than were killed and those worst four months of those bombing. he could get the figures and put them in context in terms of other national disasters and as you rightly said, there has been lots of language about this being a war against this virus. so they have had against this virus. so they have had a bit of licence with vista kind of expose to us really where the figures sit in terms of that picture, that historic picture. and the picture there a borisjohnson at number ten and of course a moment of silence at 11am british time today in memory of the front line workers who had lost their lives but there isa who had lost their lives but there is a sense that something is moving in terms of an easing of the lock down in the uk. but nothing confirmed as yet. no, there are

hints here in there from ministers but i think it was interesting is if you look at the opinion polls, they are still strongly supported among the public for the lot dead to continue so clearly politically ill be difficult for the government to try and eat a lot down and even if they do persuade people to actually come out and maybe spend a bit of money in the shops which might be allowed to open, it will be a long timel allowed to open, it will be a long time i think before any sort of confidence returns to the country in therefore to the economy. and obviously the government will come undera lot of obviously the government will come under a lot of pressure from the conservative backbenchers and the business sector is well saying the economy is tanking and you have to in the lock apples a bit different —— difficult point for the government is if that happens and then another peak is a big fear. difficult for the government and matt hancock to meet the 100,000 target a day for testing. but that number ramped up in that press

conference today with the new groups of people involved. that's right. the front pages of a number of papers this extension now to the over 65 and those people that have to leave home for work but obviously only if they are displaying symptoms and of course it is all about trying to meet the magic number. this 100,000 that was promised by matt hancock has been a sort of real toll around his neck to carry around with him and we would know we were nowhere near that kind of testing level only up to a couple of days ago and it is going to be a really mean feat to get there so they have got to increase the number of people that are going to be given those tests as quickly as it possibly can because they've only got two or three days in order to meet that end of month target. let's move on to the straight time so what singapore is doing is they have not got a devastating number at all at the moment but they are taking no chances and are preparing for the

covid—19 capacity to more than double doing similar things we saw in new york and what we have seen in various conference centres in the uk well. talk us through where these new hospitals are going be built. what they are going to do is increase capacity and build more hospitals because up until now singapore has been held up as a bit ofan singapore has been held up as a bit of an example of how to deal with the pandemic. clearly there is growing concern that if you ease the lockdown measures as we are seeing now in the uk, the second wave could result. we have seen in germany today as well with suggestions that the r rate is increasing to one which means it is dipping into potentially a financial growth again and we have seen this all across the world rather and the uk in a way is

in an advantageous position because he could see how these things are playing out in other countries before deciding what to do itself. look at the number of beds, this is quite an extraordinary endeavour by singapore. 41,000 beds for isolation and care. an enormous number although some of those are going to come on stream although some of those are going to come on stream very although some of those are going to come on stream very quickly, i think about 80,000 in another 23,000 after that but it is worth bearing in mind that but it is worth bearing in mind that even in the uk, we expanded our back capacity by about 33000 and some of those included in those nightingale hospitals we have seen up nightingale hospitals we have seen up in the country so expanding capacity really has been seen as kind of the real way to stop with the health care service in this country and around the world from falling over. those hospitals barely entered but when you look at the figures. to the new york times because of course the faxing come of the test, everyone in the world searching for those particular

things. —— the vaccine. and the new york times say the race for a vaccine in a uk lab it leaps ahead. this seems to be based on the fact they have already done quite a lot of research into the meat similar in the past 12 months. yes, monkeys apparently had been injected with this vaccine and have been exposed to the virus and have not shown any symptoms which is clearly good news and also university have been optimistic. they have talked about even septemberas being optimistic. they have talked about even september as being a time when the vaccine could become available and obviously them is a question of ramping up production and we'll imagine to make millions of doses to go around the world. but clearly academics and the scientists are very optimistic. and in the start times, i think you read about any positive news that you can find.” suppose caroline, caveats with

everything. immunity in monkeys is no guarantee that a vaccine will provide the same degree of protection in humans even if the regulation framework is dismantled to allow this to be fast tracked. exactly. there are so many u na nswered exactly. there are so many unanswered questions in terms of this and every day we see a different story about the vaccine being ever further away as different story about the vaccine being everfurther away as i think the twists and turns of this kind of scientific development have moved forward. it is important to stress that there have been incidents before monkeys have proven to be very useful in terms of the infectivity rates and looking at how a vaccine might work so it is and this is really something to be pooh—poohed but it is something to not necessarily give us the absolute certainty that we are any closer to a vaccine certainly this year. everybody that has talked about vaccines and sagacity could still be 18 months away. and that would mean the world really is some form of

lockdown. as i say, right around the globe and the ft picking up on the consequences of that. and indeed how life is going to change for all of us life is going to change for all of us after this pandemic. british airways to slash 12,000 jobs as skies darken for aviation. kevin, what, 30% i think it is of the workforce. yes, an extraordinary amount of people and the point that they are making is they have taken advantage of the government's for low scheme but that only runs until the end ofjune. and they say we cannot expect the government to subsidize our wage bill. this is going to be a long time before the aviation industry gets back to anything approaching normality. therefore there is a look at trying to cut costs as much as possible. 12,000 people being made redundant

isjust astronomical and 12,000 people being made redundant is just astronomical and that is only one airline. so you can imagine what it will be light for other airlines who are in the same boat. very few people are flying now in that port has been made as well with the amount of flights with a handful, much smaller than normal. so they have got to look to reduce their overheads and sadly that means thousands of people are going to looks like loserjobs. and the chancellor has made it clear to the airlines that he would think of something this boat only as a moment of last resort. —— the spoke. cover with the whole leasing of aircraft now and other smaller companies going bust and handing now and other smaller companies going bustand handing in our not being able to pay for the lease on this craft so there will be a glut of cheap aircraft as well. he will be an almost impossible situation for the aviation industry. yes, i

think the chancellor was saying they would have to be only in the event they have exhausted all commercial alternatives if he would consider a bailout and in that letter the chief executive would be sent today, he was very pessimistic about the idea that there was any kind of bail on standby so it does look like the aviation industry is going to be one of the worst and first hit by the pandemic and of course british airways is by far not the only company this is affecting. with sas, luther anza and most of the airlines across the world all reporting similar problems and similar solutions in terms of cutting staff. let's just go back to the times and just talk about ba and hollow —— holidays and banks book but he is in lost holiday repayments we will not able to get the conversation and are relu cta nt to able to get the conversation and are reluctant to have it in credit notes. there is a picture really as

some of the papers and got this similar picture of the moment of silence today. this picture by steven davis in. always worth pointing out the byline on these pictures because while the print journalist in the get their bylines in quite some sized photographers don't. this is true and it is a very poignant picture and a very poignant moment at 11am this morning right across the country. he will stopping for two minutes to mark the passing, the very sad passing of front—line workers who have essentially laid down their lives in the service of their country and put themselves in harm's way they end, day out and sadly have paid for it with their lives. i have to stop you and your lie because that is it for this particular look at the papers. caroline...

caroline and kevin will be back at 11.30pm for another look at the papers. goodbye for now. hello again. it's been the sunniest april on record, and up until today, it was also unusually warm and unusually dry. but all that changed across england and wales 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 it was only seven degrees this afternoon. still some wet weather around at the moment. 0vernight, the worst of that rain pushes away eastwards. but it stays cloudy and misty, some hill fog and some drizzle around as well. where we have the clearing skies across northern and eastern scotland as the showers reduce, so there could be a touch of frost, but elsewhere temperatures remain at six or seven degrees. and whilst it's turning a bit drier overnight, there's more rain to come tomorrow. this weather front bringing some rain up from the south—west wrapped around that area of low pressure.

ahead of it, there could be some sunshine in scotland, a few showers, too. pretty grey and cloudy and damp elsewhere. and then we'll see this band of more persistent and perhaps heavier rain pushing northwards and eastwards. once that clears, you've got a good few hours of dry and sunny weather before it turns wet and windy again in the south west later on. and although there's more rain to come on wednesday, it won't be as cold for england and wales as it was today. but all this rain means that the pollen levels have dropped, and they remain low to moderate across the country tomorrow. more rain to come overnight, as well, on those two weather fronts there. and as we head into thursday, as that centre of low pressure gets closer, so we've got more wet weather to come as well. so, a bit of patchy rain to start with on thursday in scotland, a band of rain for northern england and northern ireland, but south of that, we'll see some sunshine but also some heavy and potentially thundery downpours developing and some strong and gusty winds through the english channel as well. those temperatures still disappointing for the time of year. typically 12 or 13 degrees. now, as we close out

april and move into may, we've still got an area of low pressure close by. it's only moving away very, very slowly, so again, it's not going to be completely dry. around that weather front in northern scotland, some more rain. whilst we see some sunshine elsewhere, the showers are likely to develop, push their way eastwards and again those could turn heavy and thundery before it turns brighter and drier in the south west of england and wales later. temperatures in the sunshine in the south up to 15 or 16 celsius.

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