we had to pay upfront, is blatant profiteering. completely unacceptable. as we are required with all suppliers at the moment, i'm just going to pop the hood on now. and the stock's never come. but back at the home care company, staff are still being fitted and this isn't small change. for ppe while stocks last. no. £60,000. 00:00:11,358 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 do you think you will run out? tonight at ten — the government all the way round the edges. achieves its target of 100,000 daily but they worry that when lockdown eventually eases, the demand tests for coronavirus. for face masks will surge, making them even its aim — to hit that number harder to get hold of. across the uk by yesterday. the health secretary judith moritz, bbc news, crewe. said testing was crucial to tackling the outbreak. more than half of america's states it helps remove the worry, have begun reopening it helps keep people safe and it businesses and easing will help us to unlock the lockdown. social distancing restrictions. after weeks of mandatory lockdowns, leading to millions of americans but there are questions losing theirjobs, many governors about how the government has are keen to get their reached its target — and what its overall strategy is. economies moving again. also tonight... 0ur north america editorjon sopel the risk of death from coronavirus is twice as likely if you're from a poorer urban area, is in the state of west virginia. according to new figures. it's a covid positive. it seems somehow appropriate that a day in the life of a paramedic — todayis the first responder to any seriously it seems somehow appropriate that today is may day, a day that ill coronavirus patient. signifies growth and things blossoming, but the word may day is empty beaches and a slump also a warning and in america today

in air passenger numbers — how will europe's tourist hotspots it is both, of the country wanting it is both, of the country wanting cope? it to open up, to grow again and the other half saying it is too soon. and applause for a military veteran who's spent five weeks in intensive care — after six brutal weeks, and is now over the worst: west virginians have been given the all clear to resume normal life. that is the scariest thing richard will open his restaurant i've done in my life. next week and is taking out i've been shot at, been blown up, a number of the tables all sorts of things, but that — to maintain social distancing. this popular spot is called when you don't know what's the rabbit hole, but he fears that in opening too soon, on the end of it, that's scary. west virginia may be going down one. we desperately need to reopen. and in sport, premier league clubs and we need the income. hold a meeting to discuss possible steps towards resuming the season we need people to get back to work, we need society back when it's safe to do so. to where it had been, but i just am very fearful that this thing is going to come back and bite us even harder, and that is scientifically what it looks like it is capable of doing, it is not going away, it is here, it is all around us right now. in republican texas, despite having its worst day of deaths from coronavirus good evening. yesterday, the shutters the health secretary has announced are coming off today. the government has reached its goal of 100,000 tests per and no one can doubt the economic hardships. day for coronavirus — this is a queue for food a target it set itself hand—outs, stretching miles. for the end of april. thejourney from prosperity

matt hancock said that yesterday to poverty has been lightning quick. i've got my grandson with me over 122,347 tests were provided. here and he asked me that includes nearly 40,000 what we are going to eat test kits posted out, for breakfast and i said, which may not yet have been used i don't know what to tell you, or returned to laboratories. whatever i can find. some people don't even, some front line medical staff have you know, they are shocked said they are still struggling that they are in this line, to get access to tests, they never thought they would be and critics have called in a line of needing anything. the government target a distraction. 739 deaths in the uk have been reported in the past 2a hours — that's those who have tested positive for coronavirus and died in hospitals, and in states that remain closed, care homes and the community. anger and resentment is growing among some groups. the total number of uk these people stormed the democratic run state house in michigan armed to the tape. deaths stands at 27,510. an ominous sign that some may be willing to take the law mr hancock said the government into their own hands. would now move to increase contact tracing — that's tracking everyone who comes into contact but the president is chief adviser, with a person who tests positive, so that they can self—isolate. again, cancelling is caution. 0ur health editor hugh pym reports. the concern i have is that there are some states or cities that are a very quiet stansted airport, looking at that and kind of leapfrogging over the first especially for a friday, checkpoint. 0bviously, leapfrogging over the first checkpoint. obviously, you could get away with that, but you are making a

but there was activity in a car park, with virus testing continuing. really significant risk. one of the drive—through centres set up in the last month to greatly increase capacity, harpers ferry 160 years ago with an overall target of 100,000 was at the heart of the most tests per day by this week. divisive moment in america's history, the civil war. today to america seems to be dividing, between those the health secretary said that was who increasingly see a stark choice facing the nation, co mforta bly the health secretary said that was between health or wealth. comfortably achieved. this jon sopel, bbc news, west virginia. unprecedented expansion in british testing capability is an incredible well, here in the uk we will soon be entering achievement but it's not my the seventh week of lockdown, in the greatest restriction on daily achievement, it is a national life since world war two. achievement. how do you intend to further develop and expand the most people are obeying testing network as part of moves to the lockdown rules — to the extent that new research combat the virus? suggests many would feel by testing, you can uncomfortable leaving home, help to treat patients better. even if the government allows we have always been testing patients. an easing of the rules it will help get people back in a months time. our home editor mark easton reports. to work, and there has been a big expansion of the eligibility to get a test to get back to work. the scottish government says testing capacity, which is included in the overall has anyone had any symptoms shed? total announced today, is set to rise from just over in a warehouse in north london, 8,000 to 12,000 per day a group of 20 young people have been in a few weeks' time. documenting their lives on lockdown. this mobile unit in elgin, staffed this whole crisis right now is by military personnel, opened today. stressful. surveys show young people

the daily uk total includes home are struggling with the restrictions much more than older people. testing kits sent to people who booked them online i have been trying to self—isolate. but not actually completed. government sources argue 42% of 18 — 2a—year—olds say they aren't coping, it is the only way they can be counted, as it is harder to track more than twice the proportion of the over—65s. them when swabs are younger people are less likely to have secure sent back to the labs. employment or accommodation, many have been furloughed or made unemployed, busy social are quite stressful. lives are put on hold. there's confusion about some aspects of the new system. i don't have any money. the owner of this care home in cumbria said he was sent a letter the warehouse community tell me they feel lucky to have each other, telling him only to book home but there is still a sense testing kits if residents of lost opportunities. and staff had symptoms, whereas days before, i am, like, 23 and trying to, the government had said tests like, plan my next steps, feeling for a moment that i can could be booked online regardless literally choose anything, there are so many different paths you can take, then those all sort of whether they were unwell. it's terrible, really. of being closed in. these people, they're are being treated as throwaway. i think. lam i am worried about what happens when the following stops. they are no longer productive, so they are not that important and it's we have assembled a cross—section of 18—24—year—olds around britain, an awful shame. to get a sense of how younger people are coping. 0ne nurse told us there me and my partner have isolated separately, because we are both still living at home. was no nhs priority system it puts such a massive strain on your mental well— being. and she was stuck in a long queue. it sounds horrible, but you kind

of run out of things to talk about. without a routine, i don't have that drive to do things that other people do and that is what i am finding it after two hours of waiting a quite hard, just having something policeman told us they'd run out of to get up for every day. how hard has it been, tests a nd policeman told us they'd run out of tests and we should try again having been furloughed or having lost yourjobs, tomorrow. the frustrating thing was just thinking about money i'd accessed the test of the and indeed your careers? priority of a prioritised key the pay i get now is like nothing compared worker. testing is one thing but to what i have been getting. i don't like being stuck at home. you don't know if you're going to get a job, you don't know contacts need tracing. public health if you're going to be able to afford accommodation. officials will phone or contact at the moment, ijust have people the patient has met recently. got really bad anxiety. can i ask, have any of you been the government says it's recruiting tempted to break the rules, 18,000 staff to use it. and up will to think, oh, to hell with this? quite a few of you. be used alerting people someone sometimes when they say, don't go and meet your they've been with has tested friends, i stilljust go. positive. they are then told to because sometimes when you are stuck in the house, you just feel like, self—isolate and report any not necessarily trapped, symptoms. the testing is not a but that you want to go and do certain stuff. across the wider population, strategy, we need a contact tracing many people would be uncomfortable leaving home, strategy. that's what will be even if the restrictions crucial in breaking the chain of ended in the next month. transmissions. there was a novel vote of thanks to the nhs today, in more than 60% say they would be nervous about going to bars and restaurants or using public major cities including edinburgh transport and over 40% would be

they painted the postboxes blue uncomfortable about going shopping or sending children to school and more than 30% would be close to hospitals in honour of the worried about going to work work done by front line staff. hugh or meeting friends. pym, bbc news. coming out of lockdown people living in more deprived areas will bring its own pressures, of england and wales are more especially if partial relaxation undermines the sense of collective effort. than twice as likely to die if they become infected with coronavirus than those living the next weeks and months will be in more affluent areas, a test of our nation's according to new figures. character and resolve. the government said mark easton, bbc news, north london. it was worried by the findings and was looking into them. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. fertility services in england will be allowed to reopen east london this evening and clear after treatment was stopped due signs that some people are to coronavirus, the health secretary struggling with the lockdown. the area has the highest level of has confirmed. covid—19 related deaths in england clinics can apply to reopen and is also home to some of the from the 11th of may — poorest people in the country. it's if they ensure the safety and protection of all staff and patients. a lwa ys poorest people in the country. it's always the situation, isn't it? the it's been a grim week poor suffer and the rich are safer. for the airline industry, and an anxious one for tourism. money. a large population living ryanair says it could lose up to 3,000 jobs closer together, including having because of the pandemic — among the highest levels of and it could be six months before passengers get refunds overcrowded homes makes social for cancelled flights. distancing harder. there's a lot of it came as heathrow airport, usually the busiest in europe, people overcrowded, in these said it expected passenger numbers

marketplaces and everything. everyone is like, you know, quite to be down 97% in april. close to each other and stuff. the airline industry overall today's figures starkly lighthouse is estimated to lose up coronavirus has not affected to £250 billion this year. eve ryo ne coronavirus has not affected everyone equally. mortality rates in for countries heavily dependent poorer areas are higher anyway this on international travel and tourism, it's very sobering news. graph demonstrates that. it shows 0ur europe correspondent damian grammaticas reports from the spanish resort of benidorm. all deaths in england in england since the 1st of march and you'll see on the right—hand side the most deprived communities have the spain — the second most highest levels of deaths. when you visited country on earth, add in the covid—19 related deaths, now as quiet as a desert island. however, you will see the dramatic difference, the huge extent to which this is high season, but in benidorm the only footprints people in poorer communities are in the sand are those left dying because of the virus. by the seagulls. ministers say they will examine why death rates are higher but benidorm is a place built anti—poverty campaigners say a range entirely on tourism. of factors are likely to matter. it has 65,000 hotel beds. people on low incomes are more likely to be injobs no people. people on low incomes are more likely to be in jobs where they have zero. to go out and work and where they so the mayor presides over a wasteland — have to put themselves at risk and like a chemical agent has been then come back to overcrowded homes, so you end up with whole families dropped here, he says.

being put at risk because people are spain says it may allow hotels in thosejobs being put at risk because people are in those jobs that you can't do from to re—open from mid may, but safety will be key. home. in prosperous richmond in south—west london, death rates from translation: this will come back. humanity will beat the virus. covid—19 are three times lower than the poorest parts of the country. there will be a vaccine and hopefully, before long, normality. until then, we have to adapt. more space, fewer underlying health problems, helping to protect locals. being in central london, my friends adapting means hotels will have to keep their restaurants shut, have said going to the supermarket guests eat in their rooms isa have said going to the supermarket is a very different experience and they queue for much longer and are and no swimming. all public areas closed. around people for longer periods of time. i think it's very efficient so, it's hard to imagine how spain here. data from wales has shown a can get back to the way things were. similarlink they should be here and there should here. data from wales has shown a similar link between death and be people literally everywhere. paige dawson's family have had deprivation. healthily qualities we re deprivation. healthily qualities were rising in britain before the a bar here for 25 years. pandemic, with life expectancy they'll only be allowed to serve one actually falling in some poorer third as many customers as before. towns. we didn't all go into this we've just got to weigh everything crisis equally and it doesn't look up — if it's worth us opening as if we'll emerge from it equally and we're going to be able to earn either. michael buchanan, bbc news. enough to keep going and make some profit. there've been tributes paid to two members of the yorkshire ambulance service, but we need the tourists to do that. who've died after contracting coronavirus. the role of paramedics also weighing up how it can has become increasingly dangerous in recent months. function, terra mitica theme park.

they're the first point of contact for patients who've become meanwhile of its nearly 400 staff, seriously ill with the virus. just four are working. 0ur correspondent emma vardy has spent a day with paramedics all the rest have been furloughed. in northern ireland, where many are now living in hotels and even if these places can reopen, to keep their families safe. what might keep people away is fear. covid positive. fear of coming here, farfrom home, it's a covid positive. away from the sanctuaries they've in the battle against the virus, been in, travelling long distances these are the emergency responders when symptoms become too much. with all the uncertainties that might bring. they never know quite what they're to try to keep travellers safe, heading towards and saving lives now carries its own risk. soldiers disinfect the terminal the first call is to a care home. at valencia airport. just one flight is leaving today. it's a rush to put on protective but the building is sterilised equipment when every second counts. before and after the passengers go through. we know it's a 93—year—old male who has taken unwell. he is covid positive. that's really, unfortunately, all it makes you wonder whether mass tourism can really exist we know right now until we go in. in the time of the virus. every day, paramedics have damian grammaticas, to make difficult decisions about who they take to hospital. bbc news, in spain. this time, the patient the duchess of sussex has lost remains at the home. the first round in her high court battle with the mail on sunday over he's nine days positive. the publication of a letter with dementia, it's hard, as well, she wrote to her father.

because they don't understand. in a preliminary hearing, what's covid to a 93—year—old? mrjustice warby struck out parts of the duchess's claim that paramedics now carry a heavier burden than ever. associated newspapers deliberately because of the pandemic, stirred up issues between they're often the last people her and thomas markle. families see when loved ones her lawyers said the ruling are taken away. did not change "the core elements of this case". a sad situation. no matter what you go into hospital with, you're going in on your own. rugby league is to receive an emergency loan of sixteen million it may be covid, it may be pounds from the government a heart attack, a stroke, because of the coronavirus outbreak. ministers say they're intervening it may be an accident. to protect an entire sport, you're going in on your own. and the communities who play it. meanwhile, options for restarting the football season are being discussed by premier league clubs, as our sports editor dan roan reports. in northern ireland alone, how to return to action the ambulance service is receiving swiftly but safely? that was the dilemma confronting up to 300 covid related senior sports medics when they held calls each day. initial talks today. your chest and your breathing. the government must decide yeah. and says it's cautiously stepping up planning, your heart might be going a wee the premier league hopeful of matches next month. bit faster than normal. but one former club doctor a lady with covid symptoms, issued this warning. managing at home. just felt this morning maybe a wee close contact of footballers bit short of breath. during the game, during meal times,

while our health services attempt during the training, to weather the storm of coronavirus, and the proximity between fixtures, other hazards in life continue too. all of that makes footballers much more prone to developing infection. we're going to a 25—year—old it only takes one case rtc down a ditch. for this to blow up. amid talk of facemasks it makes it a wee bit different. at training and a spitting ban, you're actually happy premier league clubs were told today to see a different type that 40,000 tests and ten neutral of call, compared to... stadia could be used if the season resumes. bear with me, we're there'd be no fans. so what do they think round here somewhere. here we go, we're right on it. of project restart? play the season, that is what i would like to happen. wow. obviously, it's got to be i was slamming on the horn done in a safe manner and a different way. and shouting and nobody can hear me. darling, you're very lucky to have got out of there. she somehow managed to crawl out through the front windscreen and got i think it would give herself to the verge. the country a big morale boost. with all sports suspended she's very settled, honestly she is. since march, clubs and leagues face yeah, yeah, yeah. a mounting financial crisis. normally, family would today, the government handing travel in the ambulance. rugby league a £16 million but, despite the ordeal, emergency cash injection. they must go home. no matches have been played here at champions st helens for almost two months, unfortunately, you cannot and the owner told me go to the hospital. it's hard. the bailout is a huge relief. i appreciate it's hard.

0k? listen, take care, all right? her phone is in that car, so even she is anxious. she is down here on her own. being strapped up, it gets scary. the virus is an ever present fear. 27 front line ambulance staff in northern ireland have tested positive for coronavirus and hundreds more off work with suspected cases across the uk. i think they're absolutely amazing. i don't know how they do it. especially now more than ever, putting their own health at risk and their family's health at risk. for today, the pa ramedics‘ work is over. it's draining, a 12—hour shift. what's striking is the personal sacrifices many are making to keep going. to protect her family, tina has moved into a hotel. i miss my daughter.

and i miss my parents who live across the street. i miss home. yeah. that was emma vardy reporting. the vast majority of victims of covid—19 have been people who are elderly. so far, it seems that children are generally spared the worst effects of the illness. scientists are trying to work out why this is — and whether children can spread the virus, even if they don't have any symptoms. 0ur science editor david shukman has more. a mystery about the virus is the role of children. a small number suffer, some have lost their lives, but the vast majority aren't affected. so, how easily can they spread it to others? to try to find out, 3,500 children are being tested in a project led by the university of oxford. we know not many children are being admitted to hospital or becoming unwell with this illness, and that's fantastic,

but it's important to understand how many children are getting the infection, albeit in a mild form, because they may potentially be transmitting it onto others and therefore become a source of spread within the community. so far, there's been very little research into this. one of the largest studies, of 2,000 infected children in china, found 51% had mild symptoms, 39% were moderate, and just over 4% had no symptoms at all. but in iceland, a different kind of study found that of 8118 children under the age of ten, none of them had any sign of infection. so, what does this confusing research mean for schools? in denmark, where they've reopened, the children are kept apart in classes. but once outside, they of course crowd together. the risk to them might be low, but it's greater for the teachers. when we think about opening schools

and having large gatherings of kids, although we don't know how well and how fast this virus might spread in the group, we do know that the adults working with these kids — the teachers, the administrators — are more susceptible to this severe covid—19. when it comes to reopening schools, there are no easy options. hours maybe can be staggered, class sizes kept smaller, but the central question remains — how easily do children spread the disease, especially if they're not showing any symptoms? and scientists, for the moment, do not have the answer. time and time again, you'll hear our political leadership saying that we are guided by best evidence. there has to be an understanding that sometimes that evidence, even though it's the best evidence, is pretty thin. despite that, switzerland reckons it's safe for under—tens to hug their grandparents. many scientists disagree,

warning that with this new virus, there's still so much we don't know. david shukman, bbc news. the government has scrapped vat on purchases of protective clothing for the next three months — in a bid to help care homes, charities and businesses which rely on it. but buying and sourcing ppe still remains a huge challenge, with some companies paying thousands of pounds for orders the government has scrapped vat on purchases of protective clothing for the next three months — in a bid to help care homes, charities and businesses which rely on it. but buying and sourcing ppe still remains a huge challenge, with some companies paying thousands of pounds for orders that never arrive. 00:16:42,318 --> 2147483051:45:05,874 0ur north of england correspondent 2147483051:45:05,874 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 judith moritz has more.