this is outside source on bbc news for viewers in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. our headlines... the eu sets out plans for a phased return of travel across europe, as it tries to kickstart a tourism industry that has been decimated by the pandemic. hotels, restaurants, beaches, other tourist sites — they need to be run in a way that minimizes the risk of passing on the coronavirus. after seven weeks of lockdown, many people in england return to work —

amidst warnings the uk economy faces a significant recession it is now yes, very likely that the uk economy will face a significant recession this year and we are in the middle of that as we speak. president trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort has been released from prison and is under house arrest — because of coronavirus concerns. and we'll look at how the coronavirus is hitting bali — as the pandemic empties the island's crowded streets of visitors. welcome. i'm kasia madera. the european union has been setting out proposals for a gradual resumption of travel and tourism, as the industry tries to survive following the coronavirus lockdowns. here's the eu commissioner margrethe vestage outlining the measures. first, we need to carefully reopen borders within europe. so we have adopted guidance for member states on a gradual, coordinated lifting of restrictions of the free movements in europe.

second, people need, of course, to be able to travel between european countries. so we are giving guidance on how to gradually reopen transport links without risking the health of travellers or transport workers. third, travellers and workers need to know that the places that tourists visit that they are safe. hotels, restaurants, beaches, other tourist sites — they need to be run in a way that minimizes the risk of passing on the coronavirus. tourism normally accounts for ten percent of the eu's economic output. and these plans involve countries working together to gradually remove travel bans and then border checks. germany has announced there will be a gradual easing of its border controls, starting from the 16th of may when its border crossings with france, switzerland and austria will be opened. for more on the german government's position, here'sjenny hill in berlin.

we heard from angela merkel today who i think it and her love of the european project and the internal market is very keen to start reopening borders butt germany's position is that it is not simply a matter of what the infection rates are like in neighbouring states but what measures are in place. so she says there is no point in opening a german border with a neighbouring company, country if the restrictions are not symmetrical across the borders. germany has had come the middle ofjune it will left border restrictions as a number of those caveats are met and of course chief among them is how well the neighbouring countries are doing in keeping the outbreak under control. another country that has a huge interest in reopening its doors to tourists is greece. here's the greek minister for tourism. we will safeguard the health of both our population and our visitors by ensuring that,

depending on the agreements that we made with other countries and on a european level, that we can use either tests or other means to limit the risk of spreading the virus. so their strategy is testing, and on a grand scale. before the pandemic greece used to receive around 30 million foreign visitors a year. it's going to be a huge underaking to ensure tourism there this year does not spread the virus. for more on how the new eu travel guidelines will actually work in practice, here's our europe editor katya adler. public health and national borders in time of crisis — that is up to eu members to decide for themselves what happens. and it will be the same when it comes to tourism. each eu country will decide for itself when to open its beaches and its borders to european tourists. brussels can only advise, and the advice today was — slowly, slowly, yes, european economies like the uk's have been hard hit by covid—19,

and tourism is an important part of the economy. especially for mediterranean countries like spain and france. but the commission advises that nobody should open for tourism unless they've got very good testing and tracing capacity for covid—19, and unless there are strict controls on transport, accommodation, and leisure activities. and like with all of the lifting of lockdown measures, if there a new spike in infections, then travel restrictions can be reintroduced pretty quickly. so basically, don't pack your summer swimsuit just yet. i want to put that point to tom hall the vice president of experience at the vice president of experience at the lonely planet. our europe editors are saying do not pack your swimsuit just yet. how will this work out in reality? i think most

holiday—makers can be optimistic but cautious... i think key points in all of this is it is going to be slow process and country by country oi’ slow process and country by country or region by region because we hear some countries are not there yet and others there is a large amount of questions. are we going to look at these border bubbles like the baltic bubble with estonia and lithuania and easing restrictions or germany, austria and france easing travel restrictions between those countries, are countries going to creep up in that case?|j countries, are countries going to creep up in that case? i think those are definite early steps we are going to see and clearly we spoke on some of those and travel possibly between uk, ireland and france a possibility earlier before you can go to other destinations in the very first thing is domestic travel,

people may be taking a holiday a little bit closer to home and i think one of the most areas and demand at the moment is for domestic travel and we do not really know what is happening with a lot of hotels and hands at home and further afield so people are looking for... when it comes to testing being at the forefront of enabling people to travel, when you hearfigures the forefront of enabling people to travel, when you hear figures like 30 million people crossing into greece over the holiday periods that is an awful lot of testing and is that really realistic? tourists, anyone travelling over the next few months is going to prompt a series of new experiences and the question ona of new experiences and the question on a scale like that and what it might be like and how it might work

in conjunction with tracing apps. we have had the idea of tracing apps and needing to be a pan—european initiative and ryan air announced they are planning to renew 40% of flights... you will need to wear a mask and you will need to have a process flowing to the airport as possible. in some cases result for people moving through airports lower than they have done in the past and then when people get there, possibly enforce distancing and and other leisure facilities are quite a few u na nswered leisure facilities are quite a few unanswered questions but certainly the future state of travel will mean a few more hurdles to get through and quitea a few more hurdles to get through and quite a few sacrifices for people to get somewhere and enjoy it but in all of that having people been through in the last few months,

the idea of a holiday i think is still going to be a very strong one. apologies for the dropout and tom's line but we have forjust apologies for the dropout and tom's line but we have for just that it will not be business as usual anytime soon. the uk has been told it is facing a significant recession by the chancellor of the exchequer, rishi sunak. according to the office for national statistics, the economy shrank by two per cent in the first three months of this year, and that only includes the first few weeks of the coronavirus lockdown. here's our economics editor, faisal islam. at denroy plastics in bangor, northern ireland, they are happy to help the national efforts on personal protective equipment. but what they really want to be making is aeroplanes. and with empty industry order books, they now face further pressure from the threat of a travel quarantine. i think the aerospace supply chain in general are all looking at their strategies, they are reviewing how that will be in the future. they are trying to estimate what that might mean,

in terms of the capacity they have to provide. i think it would be naive to suggest that everyone will get through this. unfortunately, there will be casualties. it is the extreme situation in industries like this that have led to this economy—wide number — the british economy shrinking by 2% in the first three months of this year. the last time the economy performed that badly was the financial crash at the end of 2008. in fact, since modern records began, there have only been four other occasions where we've seen a worse economic decline over three months. and economists forecast that the current quarter will see a hit much, much worse — off the historical scale, all but confirmed by the chancellor. as you know, recession is defined technically as two quarters of decline in gdp. we've one here with, you know, only a few days of impact from the virus.

so it is now, yes, very likely that the uk economy will face a significant recession this year, and we are in the middle of that as we speak. when you get across the country, empty streets, empty offices, empty skies, and empty shopping centres. you get a shrinking economy, the start of a recession that is down to the pandemic and the shutdowns. but the economy was already stagnant when the virus hit. and the idea that coming out of this, all the lights that were switched off in the economy to protect our health will suddenly be turned back on — that is looking rather hopeful now. some people in england returned to work today, after the government relaxed lockdown restrictions. workers who cant do theirjobs from home were allowed to go back to work, but were advised to avoid public transport if they could. in london the number of people riding the underground before 10am wasjust over 83,000, about 7% higher than the same time last wednesday. but to put that in context,

on the same day a year ago there had been nearly 1.2 million journeys by 10am. not all public transport was quiet. these pictures are from stratford in east london. people spilling off a bus on the way to work, far too many to allow for social distancing. the transport workers union, the rmt, says the government has not done enough to prepare england's transport system. there is a balance to be struck and thatis there is a balance to be struck and that is why you would expect there would be a phased incremental return to work under control and notjust an announcement from a politician, i wa nt an announcement from a politician, i want you to go back to work tomorrow and pretty much if you are a blue collar worker that if you are in management grade and financial industries and the media, you can stay at home but the blue—collar workers have been exulted to go back to work but the protections have not been put in place for them on the

transport system. during prime minister's questions, borisjohnson addressed the concerns that london's transport network would become unsafe. ido i do not want to see crowding on public transport in our capital or anywhere else and we are working very actively with pfl to ensure that what we do is we have more capacity and discourage people from going to work during the peak and that operators in particular, lay on particularly more tube trains when those are necessary throughout the day. and a huge amount of work is being done. we want to see proper marshalling at stations to prevent crowding of trains. and another question, from the leader of the oposition, sir keir starmer, accused the government of failing to protect people in carehomes from covid—i9. from sunday, the prime minister said that we need to rapidly reverse the awful epidemic in our care homes.

but earlier this year, and until the 12th of march, the government's own advice was, and i'm quoting from it, "it remains very unlikely that people receiving care in a care home will become infected." yesterday's 0ns figures showed that at least 40% of all deaths from covid—19 were in care homes. does the prime minister accept that the government was too slow to protect people in care homes? prime minister. no, mr speaker, and it wasn't true that the advice said that. and actually, we brought the lockdown in care homes ahead of the general lockdown. sir kir starmer took issue with that response. in fact he wrote a formal letter to the prime minister, quoting the advice he was referencing — saying ministers need to be accurate with the information they give. and asking borisjohnson to return to parliament to correct the record. i asked our politcal correspondent rob watson what the government had to say in response.

the prime minister roback basically saying look, so far so good, we have been working constructively with the opposition but we feel that this was taken out of context because a sentence was missed that said that was essentially the advice for the time being and there will be updates but i think it is an interesting one andi but i think it is an interesting one and i think it has a great deal of sensitivity on behalf of the government for obvious reasons, from monday some sense of the issue, an awful lot of people are and care homes in the uk, i think it is about half a million and i think because more people are dying and care homes than in hospitals this has become a big focus of debate and the other reason this matter is for the government is that by and large an opinion poll for the ratings for the defendant and the prime minister are holding up pretty well and people wa nt to holding up pretty well and people want to get than the benefit of the doubt and want to get than the benefit of the doubtand a want to get than the benefit of the doubt and a time of crisis. but opinion polling also suggest there was concern on how other issues have been handled such as testing,

protective equipment and also pulls suggesting some concern so if there is another area where people might think the government was not handling things so well, that would start potentially to tape into the confidence that so far people have shown in the government. i think thatis shown in the government. i think that is one reason why it is such a sensitive issue. and of course there needs to be confidence in the government when people not able to work from home are being encouraged back to work. how was the uptake on that especially with public transport? i think it was a mixed picture and we have obviously seen on the bbc some of those pictures of people going around on buses and thieves in london. nothing like what it is normally, as we all know but of course it is a mixed picture across the uk because of course outside of london something like two thirds of people do not use public transport that they go by car so it isa

transport that they go by car so it is a pretty mixed picture on the return to work. it certainly is. stay with us on 0ustide source, still to come... we all know birds and bees spread pollen but what about moths? we explain the vital role they play at night. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has disputed data which suggests care homes are the setting for a much higher proportion of deaths from covid—19 in scotland, than they are in england. i want to challenge this, that the death toll in care homes is double in scotland what is elsewhere in the uk. i do not believe that is the case, and i would point again to the study that has been published this morning that actually suggests that the disparity is down to underreporting in the rest of the uk, and that scotland's figures, which i think are more in line with the international examples, are accurate whereas, according to this study, the numbers dying in care homes in england and wales is double what the official figures are showing.

so i would reallyjust caution people against the conclusion that, twice now in the chamber, it has been articulated. because i really don't believe that is true, i think if there is a disparity here, it comes from a problem in reporting elsewhere. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur our main story... the eu sets out plans for a phased return of travel across europe, as it tries to kickstart a tourism industry that has been decimated by the pandemic. let's move to the us, where donald trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort, has been released from prison due to coronavirus concerns. manafort is serving a seven—and—a—half—year term for tax and bank fraud offences. he will now complete his sentence under house arrest. here's katty kay from washington.

so in soinjune so injune of 2018 he went to prison and he was one of the high—profile people caught up in the robert mueller investigation into the potential links with russia during the campaign. paul manafort eventually pled guilty due to fraud because of undisclosed lobbying he had done for a pro—russian entity in the ukraine. he was sent to prison for seven and a half years and he has now been released and he will be back home and just outside washington, dc and north of western virginia. this is causing controversy because the us bureau of prisons guidelines is that prisoners are eligible for release because of covid—19 because they have served half of their sentence or only have 18 months left. no one else from his present had been released and there is some criticism this is politics at play here and of course this is

someone at play here and of course this is someone donald trump would have liked to have released early. someone donald trump would have liked to have released earlym comes liked to have released earlym co m es after liked to have released earlym comes after the last department of justice move to remove the case against michael flynn that also, you remember got criticism that it political and the attorney general through those charges out and that has now been challenged by us districtjudge who is saying and raising the prospect that it could bea raising the prospect that it could be a counter to the attorney general‘s attempts to try to get flynn out but president 0bama is the one who weighed in on this most noticeably and there are questions about justice and independence noticeably and there are questions aboutjustice and independence at the justice department and aboutjustice and independence at thejustice department and america because of the dismissal of the michael flynn case and he has not weighed in on paul manafort‘s case but they are putting it in the same

sort of bracket. staying in the us — because we want to show you some pictures out of california, where lockdown restrictions have begun easing. this is manhattan beach in la county, which re opened a few hours ago with new social distancing rules, after a six—week closure. running, walking, swimming and surfing are all permitted but sunbathing or having a picnic is still banned in america's most populous state. here's katty kay again. it looks like nearly a million stu d e nts it looks like nearly a million students in california will not be going back in university as the state moves to shut down for a lot longer than anticipated and california has been an interesting case because it has not had a high number of deaths since it is such a populous state because of the coronavirus but it is plateauing for a very long time. in other words it is not coming down from the peak as quickly as california's state officials would like so today the announcement that california universities will not be resuming in

couege universities will not be resuming in college classes, people will have to be online, students will have to be online in the fall is a big blow to the students of course and los angeles county which is the county of los angeles, and says it will extend its lockdown until the end of august so summer and california and los angeles county at least will be restricted, with residents having to stay home. that will be some relaxation of the jurisdictions and be governor laid out how some restau ra nts be governor laid out how some restaurants or businesses might start again but overall this week not a great news for the number of people this week who have died for the coronavirus has not actually been very high. i want to show you some pictures that have just been sent to us from bali which give you an idea of life under lockdown on the indonesian island. at this time of year it's usually teeming with tourists. but all non—residents have been banned from entering since virus restrictions were imposed.

this video was sent to us from josh simon, an australian who's been living in bali for 15 years. he's among a number of people behind project nasi, a charity to support those struggling because of the lockdown. bali thrives on tourism. bali is tourism. now you cut off that main supply straightaway, there is nothing left of bali besides rice patties and local farms. they are thriving, the workers aren't. and that is the main issue here that we are seeing at the moment. from all races or religions, from inter—islands, from java to longboat, any workers that have come to work on bali are now no longer working. so the guys who own restaurants here, coffee shops, myself had a thinktank and thought about getting a project together, project nasi, to try to give back. we formulated a little life pack, what the family packs, where you get four kilos of rice,

a few bags of noodles, sugar, salt, oil, spices like garlic, chilli and onion. all put together in a small take away bag that we call the family pack. it should last a family of four roughly 3—4 days. of for roughly 3—4 days. we like to give something back, and our project is that, giving back to the people who have given us a home and a shelter for the past — for my past 15 years, for others 8—15. but it is just nice to give back. we are all out of work, so let's give something back to the islands. joe simon, much more on facebook if you want to check that out. while butterflies and bees are seen as vital parts of our global ecosystem, moths have long had a bad press. they're seen by many as annoying creatures that can leave holes in our clothes. but new research in the uk suggests moths play a critical role in distributing pollen. 0ur environment correspondent matt mcgrath has written about the study. there are not too many moths around

this evening but the role of moths is increasingly being seen as actually crucial in terms of pollination. we know about bees and butterflies but moths work at night and are out of sight and did not get much attention but according to scientists they are doing an incredible job. i thought they would mainly focus on your jumper incredible job. i thought they would mainly focus on yourjumper because we know them for the damage they do to our clothes but in fact they have a huge complex network and travel for miles, how does it work? you are absolutely right, some of them would be interested and jumpers that the vast majority do not do that, they travel at night and as you say they picked up pollen on their sticky bellies and transport it from flower to flower and pollinate things like brambles, so we get wild fruits and vegeta bles brambles, so we get wild fruits and vegetables and plans like that and they do it and some respects more

efficiently than bees and butterflies do. i will be back shortly with much more on outside source. hello again. the next few days and nights will turn a little bit warmer. but tonight will be a cold one, and there was a chill in the air today, especially in the breeze and when the cloud came over. a lot of this cloud that we've seen developing earlier on will be melting away. this ridge of high pressure extending across the uk. there is cloudier weather that weatherfront, and behind it to move around the top of that area of high pressure. and that's where we will see cloud and some showers coming in across the northern parts of scotland. elsewhere, though, it is generally clear skies, the winds are dropping so temperatures will fall quickly. and there will be a frost leader in the night, particularly for rural parts of the uk. the exception is across northern scotland, where we've got the cloud in the showers to start the day. and gradually that cloud will push the showers southwards across scotland, eventually into northern ireland. for england and wales, it's a cold,

bright, and sunny start. even here, the cloud amounts will tend to increase. there will still be some sunshine around, but that chilly wind will pick up again across southern parts of england and through the english channel, taking the edge off the temperatures. but on the whole, temperatures should be higher than they were today. that cloud will continue to push down around the uk, around the outside of that area of high pressure. again, it will be dry for the most part thursday into friday morning, but a bit more cloud will be around, so it won't be quite as cold so widely. probably the lowest temperatures first thing will be across southern parts of england and wales, where we are likely to have the best of the sunshine on friday. it does cloud over more widely across the uk, a few showers mainly for the north and west of scotland. but further south, those temperatures continue to rise — southern parts of england and wales, 17—18 degrees. and there is warmer air to head our way as the winds change direction to more of a south—westerly during this weekend. there's still a tuck of colder air in the north of scotland, and where those two masses collide, so you get these weather fronts

developing that are more likely to bring rain to northern areas during the second half of the weekend. now even though there will be more cloud coming into the northern half of the uk, temperatures are likely to be a little bit higher. most of the rain affecting northern parts of scotland, but it could well develop more widely during sunday. further south, the pressure was always going to be higher. again, we've got these fairly light west—to—southwesterly winds, and with some sunshine around, temperatures are climbing possibly as high as 20 celsius on sunday in the southeast.

this is 0utside source on bbc news, for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm kasia madera. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. the eu sets out plans for a phased return of travel across europe, as it tries to kickstart a tourism industry that has been decimated by the pandemic. hotels, restaurants, beaches, other tourist sites — they need to be run in a way that minimizes the risk of passing on the coronavirus. after seven weeks of lockdown, many people in england have

had their first day back at work — amidst warnings the uk economy is going into reverse. it is now, yes, very likely that the uk economy will face a significant recession this year, and we are in the middle of that as we speak. donald trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort, has been released from prison and is under house arrest — because of coronavirus concerns. and we'll look at lebanon, which has reimposed its lockdown because of a surge in cases. welcome. this virus is affecting countries in quite different ways, and of course governments are responding in this virus is affecting countries in quite different ways, different ways too. it's why every day on 0utside source we try and bring you updates from as many places as possible. let's bring in ros atkins to do that. hi ros. hi there, thank you very much. in the past two weeks, the biggest single issue in this crisis has been how countries ease their lockdowns

without causing a spike in cases. and i'm going to start in lebanon to illustrate how hard this is going to be. the government there has now re—imposed its lockdown because of a new rise in cases. as you can see, shops, restaurants and hair—salons had been allowed to re—open. now they're being told to close again. i should say the lebanese government's approach through this crisis has been effective — the country's death toll is below 30. but as with many other countries — the government is trying to both save lives and the economy. and this is even more pressing in lebanon where the economy was already in a perilous state. carine torbey is in beirut. lebanon has started a four—day shutdown that would expire by sam on monday. this is a setback for the country that was, just days ago, celebrating zero new infections and was easing the lockdown,

and preparing for a gradual return to normal. now things have worsened, and there are renewed fears that things might go out of control again in case of an outbreak. there is also sort of a blame game happening here. on one side, the government is saying that many in society are not being as vigilant as they should, and they are not observing the necessary safety measures. 0n the other side, there is anger towards some of the lebanese who have recently returned from abroad, who have tested positive. and a group among home have not respected the requirements of isolation. next to saudi arabia, where a lockdown has been announced for the eid holiday in a couple of weeks. already ramadan's been heavily disrupted. this was the grand mosque in mecca holding night prayers

for the first night of ramadan. that was in april — and normally you'd see hundreds of thousands of people gathered for this. but not in 2020. now these new restrictions on the eid holiday will run from may 23—27. and of course these are normally times of great celebration at the end of ramadan. those celebrations will still happen, but not as they normally would. it's another example of how mindful governments are being of the virus surging back. china next — and of course, it was first to tackle this virus. and first to try and ease restrictions while controlling the number of cases. and already in china, we're seeing the kind lockdowns that are likely to become a feature of life in many countries. jilin is a city in the east of china — it's shutting down its transport links after a new cluster of coronavirus cases that's connected to one man. no—one in the city's population of 4 million can leave unless they have tested negative.

here's more from our china correspondent stephen mcdonell. it's been traced back to a cleaner in a large police station — a police station with special weapons police, with traffic police, hundreds of officers. and you can imagine why the authorities would be worried about the virus getting into a population like that. now it is unclear how the clean—up was originally infected, but one theory is that it possibly came from the clothing of police officers who have been at the front line, in terms of doing coronavirus testing. either way, what this shows you is that the chinese government now has an attitude that, if there is a cluster in this country — no matter how small it is — they'll crush it, or at least try to with very strict measures as a way of trying to prevent a second wave of this virus passing through the country where this

global emergency first started. russia now — and it's having far less success. it's reported more than 10,000 cases for the 11th consecutive day, bringing its total to over 2a0,000. earlier this week, president putin announced that businesses will go back to work — and cities have been noticeably busier. but the government's under pressure. the health ministry has had to deny that it is under—reporting the number of fatalities. the official statistic is 2,200. butjust as we discussed yesterday with reference to the uk, many statisticians feel the most accurate measure is to compare how many deaths we'd expect per week at this time of year. and then compare it with what's happening now. do that in russia, and it looks like the death toll could be over three times higher. for the moment though, the government is continuing with its plans for russian society to reopen.

and as we continue to try and understand the easing of lockdowns, denmark is very useful. while many countries are just beginning to ease restrictions, children have already been back at school for a month. the bbc‘sjean mackenzie has been looking at how its working. the school's been cleverly redrawn so each child only comes into contact with a very small number of children. normally they sit two—and—two. you have the class of 20 that's been cut down to two groups of ten. that's why you have the plastic. because those two groups aren't allowed to mix? no, exactly. when they are going outside in the breaks, we have to divide those groups into even smaller groups. so the kids just have four other children that they are allowed to play with, and they are only given one part of the playground that they're are allowed to be in. and there is a lot of this.

how many times do you wash your hands a day now? 5-6. denmark reopened primary schools very early on. it was feared the infection rate would rise — and initially, it did, but it's back down again and, with so many parents in work here, this was a targeted risk. if we have to get the economy moving again, then we need to get the kids back into not only schools, but also daycare, to try to enhance productivity for those forced still to work at home. it was a challenge to do yourjob while having him home. it's much more easy for me to concentrate. i have a row of hours where i canjust work. this, they said, was impossible — children social distancing. now it might not be school as they know it, but they are making it work. and i want to finish with some good news from taiwan. it's reported zero new cases for a sixth day in a row. it's evidence this virus

can be contained — but the challenge of course is to keep it that way, while allowing some elements of normal life to resume. and that challenge is one being faced by many countries around the world. it certainly is. ros atkins, many thanks for that. doctors across the world are concerned by a rise in cases of a rare inflammatory disease affecting children, which is believed to be linked to the covid—19 virus. this condition is relatively rare, fewer than 100 cases in the uk, and now 15 us states are investigating cases of their own. new york governor andrew cuomo described the disease as "a parent's worst nightmare". 102 cases where children who may have been infected with the covid virus show symptoms

of an inflammatory disease, like the kawasaki disease or toxic shock—like syndrome. we have lost three children in new york because of this — a five—year—old boy, seven—year—old boy, and an 18—year—old girl. dr sean 0'leary, a peadiatrician at the children's hospital colorado, specialises in infectious diseases. what are we looking at here? this appears to be a very rare condition because it is similar to other uncommon syndromes like kawasaki syndrome and toxic shock syndrome. but there are a few distinction figures. the children often have significant abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhoea. when you test their blood, they have evidence of very high levels of inflammation, often involving their heart. so are you

saying that this is related to covid—19? because initially we were told that covid—19 is age disease affecting only older people, whereas now it is specifically targeting youngsters as well? that's a great question. it is still true that covid—19 is more severe in adults, particularly the elderly. and children tend to do much, much better, tending to be a mild, asymptomatic cases. remember, there may be a couple hundred cases of this are around the world at this point, so by any measure, it is a rare condition. but yes, this is something that can affect you. thank you for stressing that it is far fewer than the adult figures we are hearing. what should parents be looking out for was yellow? you know, the usual things you worry about with children still apply. all

of those things would be a reason to call your child's paediatrician or family doctor. is there anything, if it's paracetamol, anything that pa rents it's paracetamol, anything that pa re nts ca n it's paracetamol, anything that parents can start administering to the child if they are in this kind of condition? yes, there's nothing at this point that we would say that you would take as a medication to treat it. now certainly if kids are feeling uncomfortable, it is not a cu re feeling uncomfortable, it is not a cure to make you feel better. in terms of things that parents can do, honestly i wouldn't have them be doing anything specific enough, because again, it is very rare. if the child is looking ill... thank you so much for talking to us and for all your advice. stay with us on 0ustide source.

still to come: we'll have an update from mexico, where there are concerns hundreds or possibly thousands of covid—19 deaths haven't been officially reported. the government has insisted its decision to approve a phased re—opening of schools from 1june in england is the right one. education unions have expressed concerns over capacity and the ability to maintain social distancing among young children. but speaking in the commons this afternoon the education secretary, gavin williamson, insisted the government had taken appropiate scientific advice — and he rejected a call from his labour opposite number, rebecca long—bailey, to rethink the date. i have always been clear that we would give the sector as much notice as possible. and we have said that, you know, if we are allowed — which it seems likely that we will be able to — we would like to see schools opening from 1june. giving schools is much forward notice as possible in order

for them to get ready. we think this is a responsible an dsensible approach, in terms of a phased return. i slightly fear that the honourable lady — if we're asking her to pin her down to what would be the date — it would end up being as to what would be the year as against what would be the actual start date. but we do want to work with her, we do want to work with the whole sector to make sure that this is a phased, sensible, and controlled return to schools because of people who suffer the most from schools not being open, and those children who are so desperate to attend. the number of coronavirus deaths in scotland has fallen for the second week in a row. the national records of scotland says 415 people, confirmed or suspected to have the virus, died last week. that's compared to 525 the week before. there has also been a drop in the number of people dying in care homes. but the figures suggested that

people living in the most deprived areas were more than twice as likely to die than those in wealthier areas. this is 0utside source, live from the bbc newsroom. the eu sets out plans for a phased return of travel across europe, as it tries to kickstart a tourism industry that has been decimated by the pandemic. last night on 0utside source, we told you about coronavirus in the americas, which the who believes is the now at the centre of the pandemic. and tonight, we're looking at mexico. mexico's government says it's now reached the peak of the pandemic — with 38,000 cases, and close to 4,000 deaths. but there is evidence which suggest the figures are much higher.

according to the new york times hundreds or possibly thousands of deaths are going unreported in mexico city. its own analysis found deaths in the capital were three times higher than the federal figures. it has startling evidence. experts have told us that undercounting of deaths is a worldwide problem. but the wall streetjournal explains why it's particularly acute in mexico. this article reviewed 105 death certificates in april — with some suprising results. of them, only four were confirmed covid—19. while 64 death certificates were labelled "atypical pneumonia". some experts are critical of mexico's low testing. it ranks last in covid—19 testing in the 0ecd, the organisation for economic cooperation and development, withjust 0.4

tests per 1,000 people. despite cases going up, mexico's president wants to re—start the slumping economy and has announced plans to gradually easing lockdown from 1june. there's been resistance to nationwide restrictions. these pictures were taken outside of mexico city. residents destroyed a police car in opposition to the lockdown. restrictions are hurting the poor. 0ne autonomous public agency in mexico estimates more than half of the population aren't earning enough money to cover basic needs. david luhnow is the latin america editor for the wall streetjournal and joins me from mexico city. talk us through what your team found on the death certificates that you reviewed? well as you said, this seems to be happening in countries around the world. the problem in mexico is that one way around this is to see above

average deaths in a particular location over time. so you can see, for example in the uk and the us, a certain area had 10—20,000 deaths during a particular time that suggest that many of those might be related to covid—19. the problem in mexico is those figures don't come out for a year. so we won't be able to use that as a proxy to tell how accurate the government count is. so we went to actual civil registries and saw 105 death certificates filed over two days. and what we found was pretty alarming. in 64 of the cases, there was some kind of severe respiratory infection that caused the death. but they were registered as first or having covid—19 because they did a test. in 52 of those, the doctor had written probable or likely covert mek, but those didn't make it to government count. so

suddenly for every four official covid—19 cases, there could be many more that are suspected covid—19 that aren't getting tested by the government because of its limited testing capability, and are being included in the main death count. so it is all about the testing, but compared to other 0ecd member nations who have around 23 tests per thousand, mexico is not even half a person per thousand, it won't help the situation. that's right, mexico relies on what is called a sentinel system of epidemiological surveillance. they try to get a sample around the country, then they multiply that number by a certain factor. so the deputy health minister has said that mexico's 40,000 or so confirmed cases should be multiplied by at least eight to get more of a realistic figure on how many cases there are. and he's also admitted after our story came out that cases are coming out by the

time they co—out. he says there's no time they co—out. he says there's no time to test them before they die, and it is only rare where they take and it is only rare where they take a postmortem sample to confirm that that person had covid—19. it all points of the fact that mexico has a far higher death rate then what is initially said. this idea that the health minister was saying that the curve has been flattened, the evidence in the hospital disputes that totally? yes, and i think even the government's on figures don't really suggest that. part of the problem is that it takes as long as three weeks to actually count a —— the dead from a day and enter them into the system. so mexico's official count is not how many people who died yesterday, but how many people who died in the last three weeks. so that system, they are looking back 10—15 days, so they don't even have an accurate count themselves. meanwhile we have more and more hospitals reporting their very close to capacity or at

capacity, and the government is looking to reopen. now there is obviously, like everywhere in the world, a lot of pressure to reopen. mexico lost more than half a million jobs in april, it was the worstjobs number on record for mexico. as you pointed out in your introduction, a lot of people here depend on day—to—day money to eat. so there's an enormous political pressure to get things back open, even if that risks allowing a pandemic to take hold again. thank you so much for bringing this to our attention. now to neighbouring venezuela. president nicolas maduro has extended his country's lockdown measures against coronavirus for a further 30 days. restrictions are having a huge impact on venezuela's already struggling economy, with food prices soaring and gas shortages stopping doctors from reaching hospitals. here's guillermo 0lmo. one of hundreds of queues for fuel across the country.

venezuelans desperate for petrol must camp out in their cars. halfway along this highway in the capital, i find dr barrios. this is his sixth attempt to fill up in the last few weeks. during quarantine, queues are some of the only places where people can socialise — a rare opportunity for human warmth. a woman recognises the doctor. he saved her husband's life. for venezuelans, gratitude is more important than any social distancing advice. the prize everyone covets is 30 l of fuel. dr barrios tells me he has a good reason not to leave empty—handed.

dr barrios settles in for the night. a long wait lies ahead. the doctor's patience has been rewarded. but after very little sleep, he must now be prepared to perform life—saving surgery. hospitals are already short of medicines and basic supplies. in many of them, there's not even water.

turning to brazil, which is marking another grim milestone. on tuesday, it recorded 881 deaths — its highest daily rise in deaths. experts are expecting cases to rise in the next few weeks before reaching a peak. despite that, presidentjair bolsonaro has been pushing to re—open the economy, and has said that the spread of the virus is inevitable. here's katy watson in sao paulo. brazil has passed yet another grim milestone. here in sao paulo, for example, the worst affected state in terms of numbers, less than half of the residents here are continuing to isolate at home. trafficjams are returning, authorities are trying to counter that with more restrictive measures, banning cars from circulating on certain days, blocking major roads. but it feels like a desperate attempt to reverse an inevitable course of spiralling deaths. with a federal government thatis deaths. with a federal government that is not a strong leader at the

moment, there is an increasingly fragmented approach to trying to tackle the crisis in brazil. i'll see you again tomorrow, bye— bye. hello. there's certainly been a chill in the air recently, and some unusually cold nights for the time of year, but gradually, over the next few days and nights, it will become a little bit warmer. temperatures are slowly going to rise, and again, for many places, it will be dry as well. dry weather, because we've got high pressure dominating at the moment. it's building across the uk. underneath the clearer skies, it's going to be a cold start to thursday, but a bright and sunny one across england and wales. we'll see this cloud coming down across scotland and northern ireland. that's going to bring with it some showers. elsewhere, it's probably going to be dry. there will be more cloud around come the afternoon, but still some sunshine too. chilly breeze blowing across some southern parts of england and the english channel. temperatures probably a little bit higher on thursday than what we saw on wednesday. that cloud continues

to drift its way a little bit further south during thursday evening, so it's not melting away like it will do earlier on in the week. that cloud is just rolling around the top of that area of high pressure, moving its way southwards as well. a little bit more tenuous, the cloud, perhaps, across southern parts of england and wales, so quite chilly here first thing, probably the best of the sunshine here as well. cloud will fill in a bit through the day as well, i suspect, on friday, and there'll be a few showers, mainly, i think, for the north and west of scotland. further south, those temperatures will continue to rise — up to 17—18 degrees across southern england and south wales. as we head into the weekend, we start to see some changes. we've still got high pressure close by, but we're starting to draw in some milder airfrom off the atlantic, and a weather front stuck across northern scotland will bring some outbreaks of rain. we could see some patchy rain coming into other parts of scotland and perhaps into northern ireland, and more cloud further south, but still some sunshine at times. temperatures will be a bit higher on saturday. even where we've got the cloud

across northern areas — 14—15 degrees, 18—19 in the southeast. during the second half of the weekend, we'll see these more active weather fronts beginning to arrive slowly in from the atlantic, higher pressure further south, so it's likely to remain dry. as you head further north across the uk, there will be thicker cloud, we're more likely to get some rain on sunday than perhaps on saturday, although northern scotland should be drier and a bit colder here. elsewhere, though, those temperatures typically 14, 15 degrees in scotland and northern ireland, higher temperatures further south, probably getting up to 20 or so in the southeast of england with some sunshine. that wetter weather moves very slowly eastwards overnight and into monday, and at the same time, most of the rain moves away into the north sea. we're probably left with a fair bit of cloud, but still some quite warm airaround, particularly in the south, where temperatures will be up to around 19—21 degrees. that rain is petering out, because high pressure is building back in. this one is coming all the way from the azores. it may contain a fair bit of cloud

until we start to bring the winds off continental europe, but the winds will come more from the south, and later the southeast. that will mean temperatures will continue to rise into next week, through much of next week, in actual fact, but there's a big area of low pressure here that does threaten to bring some heavy showers, perhaps thundery, up from the southwest. a lot of the computer models have a tendency to push areas of high pressure away more quickly, so it could be that any breakdown is going to be a bit later than this. those temperatures probably slightly on the high side, but it should be warmer next week than it's been this week, and for much of it, it should be fine and dry with some sunshine.

tonight at ten, the uk is already in the depths of a significant recession, according to the chancellor. there was a record fall in economic output in march because of the lockdown, according to the office for national statistics. and the impact of the pandemic on economic activity is likely to be even more damaging in the coming months. it is now, yes, very likely that the uk economy will face a significant recession this year, and we are in the middle of that as we speak. we'll be looking at the state of the economy, as some experts are predicting the "recession to end all recessions". also tonight... care homes — the government is accused of being ‘too slow slow to protect people', as boris johnson is challenged by labour.