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and frosty to the north of that, but we will hold onto that mild air tomorrow morning across the southern half of the uk. this cold front pushing cloud and patchy rain south there are many areas. cold and wintry showers returning to northern and eastern parts of scotland. strong gusty winds down the east coast attempted here in single figures, warmest weather towards the south—west. hello this is bbc news with carerie gracie. the headlines: british—based airlines say they've been told to bring in a 14—day quarantine for passengers arriving in the uk — the new restriction is expected to take effect at the end of this month. russia has marked the 75th anniversary of the end of world war ii, known to russians as the great patriotic war — but without the planned parade of soldiers and veterans. people who need to travel into a workplace in england will be urged to consider to walk and cycle more
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in a move to protect the public transport network. china's president has expressed concern about the coronavirus situation in north korea — and has offered to help. with coronavirus outbreaks at different stages around the world we explore what might happen as restrictions change and people adjust to a new reality — in coronavirus — what next? hello and welcome to the latest in our special programmes, as coronavirus continues to upend billions of lives around the world. i'm annita mcveigh. on today's programme, how testing for the virus differs around the world.
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how will working wives change because of coronavirus chris marker simonjack looks at how one manufacturer is planning to return a strict social distancing measures in place. we'll also hear from young people across the globe as they try to spread some corona kindness. in the amazon region of brazil, the fear is that the virus could devastate the indigenous population as the bbc‘s south america correspondent katy watson reports. in the middle of the rainforest, the virus has taken hold, this is the biggest city in the amazon, manaus kamara they are digging mass graves known as trenches. how else could authorities cope with the numbers of people dying? manaus is at breaking
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point. it has one of the highest infection rates in the country and one of the most underfunded health systems. this video, shot inside one of the hospitals, shows body bags lying next to those gravely ill. manaus is home to many indigenous communities, where poverty, malnutrition and displacement make tackling the virus an even bigger challenge. wanda is an indigenous health assistant supporting people who are sick. history has taught people here that viruses from outside bring devastation. one of their few defences now home—made masks, but much more is needed to protect them. translation: we have lots of people in the community with symptoms, but you don't have a doctor, you don't have a nurse who looks after us. indigenous communities in the city struggle to access health services, and they are struggling to work, too. those living deep in the
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ra i nfo rest too. those living deep in the ra i nforest face even too. those living deep in the rainforest face even bigger challenges. the closest medical help is often days away by boat. some communities have shut themselves away, fearful of contagion. protection agencies are no longer on the ground, and that has huge consequences in a country where illegal loggers and miners have been emboldened by a government set on developing the amazon. translation: we cannot forget the attacks that keep happening and another revolt. covid—19 kills. here, people are killed either through abandonment or contamination. invaders are coming in and taking advantage. they are not in current time, they are using this time to explore and they are the potential vectors. this time to explore and they are the potentialvectors. thousands this time to explore and they are the potential vectors. thousands of miles from the capital this remote pa rt miles from the capital this remote part of brazil was forgotten. the mayor of manaus has called on the young environmental activist greta thornburg to help them. we are needing help. we have to do is save
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the lives of the protectors of the forest from coronavirus. we are in front of a disaster from, like barbarism, and all of your influence, i know your capacity of the feeling —— feeling the feelings of other people. my people are suffering much. iappeal directly of other people. my people are suffering much. i appeal directly to you to use your voice. help amazonas. amazonas and the forest must be saved. but the country's leader is oblivious. he spent sunday meeting hundreds of supporters, notes up —— no masks, no social distancing, instead just that in for
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those who want a return to military rule. this is a man who says that the virus is just a little cold. i wa nt the virus is just a little cold. i want a government with no interference he told me, angry at local authorities who have imposed strict measures to curb the spread of the virus. he says he wants a government that works for the future of brazil. but what will that future look like? as the amazon keeps bearing instead, brazil's most vulnerable communities and their land are in danger and there is little support from the top. katy watson reporting. there are still many unanswered questions about covid—i9. one aspect medics are trying to understand is why it affects people so differently. for many, the symptoms are mild, but for others, the virus is much more serious, and some people struggle to shake off the symptoms for many weeks — leaving them exhausted and anxious. the bbc‘s health correspondent dominic hughes reports. i have suspected coronavirus.
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what i was not prepared for wasjust excruciating leg pains. it has been seven weeks now. that feeling of being so diminished and so weak. it came back on week four. in the fifth week of being ill, my partner had to call out a&e. week seven, i relapsed again and had my third wave. for six weeks now, felicity, aged 49 and from london, has been living with suspected coronavirus. david, 42, and living in bristol, has also spent almost two months suffering relapses. this is where i have all my stuff. i make sure i'm keeping cutlery and bowls separate. david's world has shrunk to this room, self—isolating to protect his wife and baby daughter. eating and sleeping here, separate from my wife for the last seven weeks. it's hard work. butjust when he thought he was getting better, he'd relapse — and he's not alone. just knowing that people like me,
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i guess, who have experienced these waves on and off, because when i first relapsed, when it first got worse, it was quite a scary experience, because i thought that you don't know whether that means you are going down, down, down, so it is quite scary to get worse after you thought you were getting better. when i was really ill, i was going on my hands and knees, up and down the stairs. felicity has also struggled to shake off covid—type symptoms and the weeks of illness have taken their toll. this entire experience of being sick and trying to recover has been mentally overwhelming. the hardest part was, having got through the first ten days of being very sick and thinking i was getting better, things later getting much, much worse. i was experiencing such horrific abdominal pains that i wasjust calling out injust extreme agony.
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neither felicity nor david have been tested, but both were told by doctors they probably had the virus. they've also been reassured they are no longer infectious, but recovery has been slow. even the slightest uphill slope is a real struggle since being ill. so much about the coronavirus is unknown, including why some experience relatively mild symptoms, lasting a few days, while otherwise healthy people are left struggling for weeks. in many patients with other diseases who are recovering from an acute illness, you do tend to see this kind of waxing and waning effect as you are slowly getting better and you have good days and bad days. there's some evidence to suggest that the prolonged features are the body's response to infection rather than the infection itself persisting in their bodies. the first week, i started to keep a diary of the symptoms i was experiencing. david and felicity hope they are now finally recovering. a return to normalfamily life.
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my wife would bring my daughter to the window. it was lovely. i'm going to give you squidgies soon! some of the people there who have been living with suspected coronavirus. but countries across the world are approaching testing for the virus differently. reality check‘s chris morris breaks down what testing is and why it matters. to beat the coronavirus, we have to know how many people are becoming infected — where, when and how. that's what testing for the virus is one of the most important things we can do. it can tell us who might be infected with the virus, who might have been infected in the past and who might need to be in stricter isolation to stop the virus spreading. there are two types of tests. the first type — usually a nasal swab — tests for the presence of the virus, to find out if you're infected right now, even if you're not displaying any symptoms and you're feeling perfectly well. if you are infected, you can be isolated and treated if necessary, and people you've been in contact
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with can be traced and tested as well. that way, we can stop covid—i9 from spreading so fast. countries like south korea and germany tested lots of people early on in the pandemic and they seem to have been the most successful in keeping their death rates relatively low. other countries, including the uk, are scrambling to catch up. but you need to be able to get hold of the right chemicals, have the right expertise and make sure you have enough laboratories to be able to process tens of thousands of tests every day. the second type of test looks at whether you've been infected in the past and whether you might now have some immunity. it does this by searching for antibodies in the blood, which your immune system uses to fight off bacteria and viruses. sadly, reliable antibody tests are not yet widely available. while they are being trialled in various places and there are some pretty ineffective products on the market, scientists are cautious. not having a test is better than having a bad test
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that gives false results. it will be a huge help if a reliable antibody test that can be mass—produced can be developed soon. if we know someone has some immunity, it should be easier for them to get back to work. if we know that lots of people have some immunity, it should be easier for us to start lifting lockdowns in safer and more sustainable ways. but there is a problem. the presence of antibodies may provide some immunity but not necessarily complete immunity. and it's still unclear how long any immunity might last. so testing can help us put other data, like the number of confirmed cases or the number of deaths, into context. but we are going to have to wait some time before a vaccine for covid—i9 provides immunity. until scientists crack that, testing is key to help us deal with this pandemic. across the world, governments are beginning to ease restrictions and reopen society in the wake of the virus. the decision is based
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on something called an r number. but what is it? laura foster explains. our lives right now are pretty much controlled by something called r nought, also known as the r number. it tells us how many people will be infected for every one person who gets ill with the virus. if the reproductive number is two, one person will make probably two people sick, so it will spread. if it is three, it is around three. without a cure or vaccine, this r number guides every decision governments make. before changes were brought in to reduce the spread, the r number was between two and three. that is why it spread so quickly. the aim is for it to be less than one. and to keep it there, so that health services can cope. but r nought is less than one,
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we can't switch back to how things used to be. each restrictions that is lifted makes the r number rise. some more than others. but it is not clear how much — and how restrictions are lifted will affect the r number too. what happens if schools re—open? what if only some pupils go back? these decisions have to be made for everything and the answers aren't clear. governments need to carefully balance this need to get countries moving while still keeping the public safe. millions are returning to work as restrictions are lifted but it will be different to how people were working before the lock downs, with one—way systems, barriers and temperature checks. our business editor simonjack has temperature checks. our business editor simon jack has more. temperature checks. our business editor simonjack has more. making the workplace work. at the bentley factory in crewe, workers are returning after a seven—week lay—off, and with 250 new safety
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measures the boss is convinced they can do it safely. protective masks will be compulsory. it is life and death if we don't get it right, so we are passionate about this. even with the two metres, by halving production but if we can come down to one metre, that would be almost business as usual for us. factories have their own specific challenges. but in offices, the maximum number of people in the lift, one—way traffic signals throughout the workplace. in total, there are seven sector guideline for seven different working environments, but there are some common dominators, chief among them, if you don't need your employees at work then let them work from home. other common themes include hand washing at entry and exit points. limit or stop sharing a desk and equipment and minimise face—to—face meetings. desk and equipment and minimise face-to-face meetings. so this is our office. there are 28 members of
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staff that need to sit in here. government guidelines recommend social distancing where possible. tricky in office environments like this sheffield finance company. tricky in office environments like this sheffield finance companym we are able to return but have to adhere to social distancing laws, thatis adhere to social distancing laws, that is going to be quite challenging. we also work in a shared office environments although we have a run office we share kitchens and bathrooms with a number of other businesses in the building so that is going to throw up more challenges as well. as we saw with health, the issue of protective equipment could prove a major problem with millions of returning employees needing it at work on while travelling to and from work. where will employers get it, and though they compete with the nhs for vital supplies because much of a government, employers and many workers want to restart but health warnings have made us cautious and going back is not that simple according to claire conrad, who works in publishing. i'm desperate to get back to work, as is my husband but i don't see any of these plans happening. i got childcare
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issues if my husband goes back to work for me i'd have to stay home and look after our trial full—time, our six—year—old. i'm certainly not getting on public transport soon. simonjack reporting. getting on public transport soon. simon jack reporting. the getting on public transport soon. simonjack reporting. the pandemic has created immense difficulties for people with special needs, especially those with vulnerable immune systems who are forced to self—isolate. but in oxford, music is being used to ease the challenges of the lockdown. the sound about inclusive choir has harness technology to for its members, as fergal keane reports. # amazing grace # how sweet the sound. a voice, from a deep confinement. music has made isolation bearable for sam, who has
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a vulnerable immune system, and who cannot leave home. # was lost but now i'm found... # was lost but now i'm found... # was lost but now i'm found... # was blind, but now... when you are singing together, what is that feeling? i feel more powerful than singing together, what is that feeling? i feel more powerfulthan i am singing. —— when i am singing. i include my own voice, with the power of music. this is very difficult for him. samples mcmahon keeps a video diary of his daily exercise. —— sam's mother keeps a video diary. she is in her 70s, but a husband in her 805, both she is in her 705, but a husband in her 805, both with severe underlying health conditions. the carer5 who visited sam every day cannot come any more. we are sort of struggling on with it. and the carer used to do
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it through the phone for him, come on, sam, you have got to get in the bath, you've got to get washed, things like that. it means no more face—to—face 5e55ions things like that. it means no more face—to—face sessions with his beloved choir, founded last year by the charity soundabout for special needs people in oxford. four different families, different challenges. the choir drummer matthew nicholl5 wa5 challenges. the choir drummer matthew nicholl5 was born blind and unable to speak. he cherishes the human touch of his brother, cj, and his parents, but matthew lives in supported accommodation, and because of the virus, you cannot have visits. his mum, sophia, and father nigel, bring freshly baked bread which they leave at the entrance for their child. he likes to give you a big hug and a squeeze in a kiss. i miss him quite a lot. i must be hone5t miss him quite a lot. i must be honest and say that i do miss him. i
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don't know how long this lockdown i5 going to be for. if it is only a few weeks which is what i thought originally, then we would be able to 5ee originally, then we would be able to see him, but now, we don't know how long it is going to be. in a time of general anxiety, what is striking about the quire familie5 general anxiety, what is striking about the quire families is their optimism and good humour. 14 years ago, edward was too weak to cry. listen to him now. he sings. what doe5 listen to him now. he sings. what does the choir mean to you?m listen to him now. he sings. what does the choir mean to you? it has changed my life. iam ju5t does the choir mean to you? it has changed my life. iam just lost does the choir mean to you? it has changed my life. i am just lost for word5. changed my life. i am just lost for words. what does he mean to you? are you mean everything, don't you, aird? that was at the right time, thank you! he drives me insane! point there is another reason for
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laughter. using video the choir ove rco m e5 laughter. using video the choir overcomes isolation and reunite5. and matthew hear5 overcomes isolation and reunite5. and matthew hears the sound of his mother's laughter. lily bartlett, blind with special educational needs taught herself piano, and leads in the choir version of an anthem for our time. # lights will guide you home... # lights will guide you home... # i will try to fix you. #
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applause finally, with school cancelled for millions around the globe, some students have decided to use their time to help people, from cooking meals for the homeless and making friendly phone calls to producing personal protective equipment with 3d printers. the bbc has heard from three teenagers about what they're doing to help. it's very important that the young people take part to fight the coronavirus. as a demographic, we are the least vulnerable. i feel the need to do something to help them as much as i can. i'm danish, i'm13 years old and i'm from malaysia. during the pandemic, i have been helping unfortunate families who lost their income
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during the restrictions. most of them ran out of money to buy essential food supplies and milk for their babies. i also hope the homeless by cooking food for them and asking my contact to help me distribute the food to the homeless, because i can't go there myself. i have been doing charity work since i was seven years old. i feel the need to do something to help them as much as i can. as a kid, it is the least i can do for now. hi, i'm izzy. i have been helping to co—ordinate a mutual aid response to support vulnerable people who may not have family or friends who are able to do shopping for them. we get a lot of requests, and it is my responsibility to make
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sure we get a volunteer a55igned as fast as possible. i started doing this because i didn't have school, my exams were cancelled and i knew i had the free time, and i knew it was important for young people to be getting involved, because as a demographic, we are the least vulnerable — and we need to be supporting people who are more vulnerable. i'm a climate justice activist normally, and so because coronavirus means we can't be on the streets prote5ting and striking, i wanted to use those skills to help people in my community in the same way. it is important for climate justice activi5t5 that we treat all cri5e5 a5 cri5e5. hi, i'm diego, i'm17 years old, and i'm from chile. i have my bb printers and i make
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face shields and other products. in chile, many people are taking lockdown and wearing masks. i started to make face shields one month ago and i made 150. with another friend, together, we made 1,000 face shields and 2,000 masks. it is very important that young people take part to fight the coronavirus. because we have the time, the energy and the information, so there is no excuse. guys, please get motivate, let's get creative and we can fight the pandemic and fight this virus. that's it for now. a reminder — you can follow me on twitter. @annita—mcveigh or head to the bbc website for the latest information. thanks for watching.
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hello. for many of us, saturday has been another largely fine, warm and dry day. there have been some 5hrap showers around, particularly acro55 pa rt5 of northern england, wales, northern ireland and scotland, but further south, across england, most places 5taying dry and seeing seems a bit like this one. but, over the next few days, we are all going to notice that things are turning a lot colder than they have been. we've had temperatures in the mid —205 during yesterday and today out there, the south of england doing pretty well, but colder for the north of scotland. that colder air is going to be filtering its way further south. as we head through the course of tonight, and into tomorrow, you can see those blue colour5 returning across the british isles and these cold northerly wind arrows as well so, you will notice the wind chill through the day tomorrow. for the rest of the evening, we are going to see some of those
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heavy showers acro55 northern england, wales and northern ireland and southern scotland, and then overnight tonight, this band of rain sinks its way south acro55 northern ireland, 5outhern scotland, into northern england too, introducing that colder air towards the north, so 5ingle figures, with a frost across central and northern scotland. further south, to start off your sunday morning, still holding onto that mild air at first. but the cloud will increase from the north, with some outbreaks of patchy, showery rain, too. in the colder air across scotland, we are likely to see some snow showers, even down to pretty low levels. temperatures in the cold 5ide, certainly, but feeling even colder when you add on the strength of these wind5. we could see some gusts up to 40, even 50 mph, particularly through the english channel and along the east coast as well. single figures for many of us, only about 6—9 celsius down the east coast. the warmest weather probably holding on down towards the south—west. if we look at first thing on monday morning, many of us are likely to see a cold, frosty start to the day, particularly acro55 pa rt5 of scotland, northern ireland, northern england as well. during the day on monday, a lot of dry weather as high pressure holds on but, again, we have these biting
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northerly wind5 so it will feel a lot colder than it has been. cloudy in the east, with brighter skies towards the south—west, where we will see the warmest of the weather. up to about 13 degrees or so, but many of us, typically, only round about 9—11 c on monday. so, after that chilly start to the week, gradually things are going to turn a little bit warmer over the next five days so, as high pressure builds, and holds on, a lot of dry weather but with a chance of some frosty nights to start this week. the winds will then ease and it becomes a little less chilly through the week. bye— bye.
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this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. uk—ba5ed airlines say they've been told the british government is planning a 14—day quarantine for air pa55enger5 arriving in the country. the new restriction is expected to take effect at the end of this month. a lot of airport5 now are closed for passenger traffic. this will have a significant impact on our sector, and nobody is going to wa nt on our sector, and nobody is going to want to travel if they have to go into quarantine for 11! days. a close aide to the american vice—president, mike pence, has tested positive for covid—i9. she's the second white house worker to test positive this week. russia marks the 75th anniversary of the end of world war ii but without the planned red square parade of soldiers and veterans.
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