good morning, welcome to bbc news, i'm victoria derbyshire. here are the latest headlines. new measures on trains and at stations as people return to work in england. security guards with crowd management training are on hand. it is quiet here this morning, but preparations are being made for when more passengers do return. with two weeks to go until some primary school pupils in england return to the classroom, the government says plans are in place to protect teachers and pupils. for the first time since covid—19 hit italy ten weeks ago, italians are able to visit shops, some restaurants and hairdressers.

the mayor of brazil's largest city, sao paulo, warns its health system could collapse as demand grows for emergency beds to deal with coronavirus cases. and the remarkable story of omar taylor. how the 31—year—old dad—of—two walked out of hospital after surviving coronavirus, double pneumonia, sepsis, heart failure and two strokes. good morning, you're welcome to get in touch as always.

i can't wait for you to meet omar, thatis i can't wait for you to meet omar, that is at 9:45am. new measures have been deployed on trains and at stations in case more people use public transport to return to work in england this week. security guards with crowd management training are on hand, and you could be prevented from getting on a train or going out onto a platform if there are already too many people. also this morning, with two weeks to go until some primary school pupils in england return to the classroom, the government says plans are in place to ensure the safety of teachers and pupils. but unions and some parents say they're concerned about the spread of coronavirus. northern ireland is taking steps towards lifting its restrictions, garden centres and recycling facilities are reopening, and the health minister at stormont has also announced that all care home staff and residents will be offered coronavirus tests. ten weeks after imposing the world's first national lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, italy is re—opening shops,

restaurants and hairdressers. church services are also restarting. in brazil, the mayor of the country's largest city, sao paulo, says its health system is near collapse as demand grows for emergency beds to deal with coronavirus cases. brazil has now overtaken spain and italy to become the nation with the fourth largest number of infections. with more on how train passengers will be managed on the uk's rail network, this report from our transport correspondent, tom burridge. social distancing really isn't a problem a lot of the time, but there is concern as more people commute again. worried, but needs must, gotta go to work. busier than i thought it was gonna be. yeah, there was only about two people in each carriage so...it's fine. announcer: good morning. welcome aboard the 8:30 service. new messages...

please follow social distancing advice and spread out throughout the train. ..and more staff directing you around. please keep to your left. they will also limit passenger numbers. if they judge that there is already enough people on board a particular train, then they might block the gates off here and other people will have to wait for the next service. and when numbers rise, you might have to queue to get into a station. we have done the calculations and analysis to ensure that we can have a certain amount of people on the concourse at any one time, and, yes, there will be closures to entrances and exits should those numbers increase and grow. on intercity services, it's reserved seats only to control numbers. train companies say they're doing all they can, but they're worried about how they'll manage if many more people travel. so the main advice is don't use

public transport if you can. tom burridge, bbc news. we will talk to tom at houston in the next three minutes. —— at houston. with two weeks to go until some primary school pupils in england return to the classroom, the government has again insisted plans are in place to ensure the safety of teachers and pupils. ministers want children in reception, year one and year six to go back to school, as part of the next step to ease the lockdown. but unions and some parents fear the move may cause a second spike in coronavirus cases, as john mcmanus reports. when is the right time to send children back to school? and how will the safety of them and theirfamilies be guaranteed? in england, some younger pupils will be back at their desks onjune ist. but no date has yet been set for schools in wales, scotland or northern ireland. ministers say measures including

staggered breaks and class sizes of 15 will reduce the chances of pupils transmitting coronavirus. but labour says guarantees need to be in place. everyone wants pupils to be back but we want a safe environment as well. the government needs to have its test, track and trace strategy all up and running as soon as it can. the government has acknowledged it can't eradicate all risk, but the evidence shows children with the virus rarely develop serious symptoms, though their transmission rate isn't yet known. we have already indicated the direction of travel, we are aiming for the beginning ofjune, we are aiming for year one and year six. those parents of children in those age groups should be looking ahead to that potentially happening from the beginning ofjune. other european countries are facing the same dilemma.

germany and denmark are slowly reopening classrooms using social distancing, but italian pupils will stay at home until september. meanwhile, the latest daily death toll was 170, the lowest figure since the day after the lockdown began on march 24. however, numbers are typically lower at weekends. the total number of people who have died in the uk after testing positive for the virus is now 3a,636. the only permanent solution of course is a vaccine. some scientists believe one may not come for at least a year or perhaps never. but the pharmaceutical company astrazeneca has signed an agreement to make 30 million doses available in the uk by september if it can find a vaccine that works. john macmanus, bbc news. we will talk more about schools at

9:15am, we will talk to the executive principal of a multi—academy trust who runs five schools, who believes that schools are effectively being used as guinea pigs. we will also talk to a professor in paediatric diseases from the university of southampton who says that it is time for governments to send children back to school. let's go to euston station first. our transport correspondent tom burridge is at london's euston station. not very busy at all? really quite as you can see. it's been quite through the morning and that is good news, exactly what rail managers wa nt news, exactly what rail managers want its what they are hoping will happen, at least for the coming days, if not weeks. the story this morning as the preparations being put in place at stations like this. you might be able to make out the hand sanitiser in the centre of the concourse, and there are probably more passengers than staff at this

moment. early this morning staff outnumbered passengers, we have got security guards trained in crowd control, officers from british transport police as well. if passenger numbers do arise, they know they have to be ready and they wa nt to know they have to be ready and they want to be able to manage the flow of passengers as best they can. we will move around a little bit as now, keep social distance of course. it's also worth mentioning that people should cover their face on a train, ona people should cover their face on a train, on a tube, on a bus, when they travel. that is the official advice. in a station, you should have something, if it's not so busy, you don't necessarily have to use it but he should have just in case. that's the kind of advice that people like joe hendry from that's the kind of advice that people likejoe hendry from network rail, the station manager here at london euston, are ramming home at the moment, so how difficult is it managing social distancing at a train station like this? let's be honest, it's not a particularly

well—designed station, it is very old. it is52 well—designed station, it is very old. it is 52 years old, it's not really designed for social distancing measures. it's very strange to not our customers here, to tell people to stay well, normally we encourage people to come. the advice is very simple, where a face mask, we recommend that, check before you travel and make sure you don't travel if you really don't need to. it must be very strange for you being a manager of the station, and being happy that there are not many people here. quite a strange concept. talk is to some of the measures you have in place now. the planning —— talk us through some of the measures, the planning has been working in getting these measures in place? we have been working two weeks solidly making the station ready for customers, notjust this making the station ready for customers, not just this station making the station ready for customers, notjust this station but across the country, adding signage and one—way systems, things like the sanitisation stations. we have

refurbished our toilets to make them more hygienic in easton. at some point you will see some more passengers coming back. the forecast by train companies is that that will not happen for several weeks, they hope. when it does happen, because the situation change again, will you have to bring in more measures? we are prepared for all measures, we have looked at three options, like it is now, and when it gets really busy. we will be introducing one—way systems and controlling the number of people who travel. good luck, thank you having us this morning. good work. it is very different to this money, notjust the number of passengers but the thing is like for example, dotted around the station, you cannot see any, there are big metal gates folded away. they have them ready because they are prepared to close entrances and exits to train stations if they need to. they are monitoring the number of people inside the station in real time and

they will potentially block the wa lkwa ys they will potentially block the walkways down towards the platforms if they think they're are too many people heading towards a particular service. -- if they think there are too many people. your guests recommended the wearing of face coverings. the westminster government says that is voluntary. it is definitely up to people, ultimately, to make that decision themselves, victoria. rail bosses have very much been saying this weekend to me, we are not going to police this, we don't want our staff to police this, we will not put them in that position. they have been saying that the government. it is down to the goodwill of people. not only to bring something to cover theirface when only to bring something to cover their face when they get on a train, and if the station gets crowded, but also the goodwill of people not to travel unless there journey is really essential and only to use public transport if there is no other option at all. we are in a

word face where you have got ministers telling people to use their cars rather than public transport, and that is not a message we normally hear. thank you, tom, at euston station. a man has been interviewed by detectives for allegedly spitting at a railway worker who later died of coronavirus. belly mujinga fell ill shortly after the alleged incident at london's victoria station in march. british transport police say a 57—year—old man was interviewed under caution and the investigation is ongoing. software to help trace those who may have been in contact with someone who has coronavirus will be rolled out in three areas of scotland from today. it's the first step towards an extended "test, trace and isolate" system, which the scottish government hopes to have in place by the end of the month. the tracing software is different to the mobile phone app which is being tested on the isle of wight. northern ireland is taking some steps towards easing its lockdown today with garden centres and recycling facilities re—opening.

the health minister at stormont has also announced that all care home staff and residents will be offered coronavirus tests. our ireland correspondent chris page is in belfast. tell us more about the easing today, chris. hello, victoria. the major step that has been taken this morning is a reopening garden centre like this one, on the outskirts of south belfast. people who have been arriving here have said that coming here looks like some semblance of normality is returning, but the reality is there is a long way to go in terms of easing restrictions that have been in place for the better pa rt have been in place for the better part of two months now. you can see here it's all about social distancing, there is a one—way system in operation to help people keep the two metre distance, staff are wearing personal protective equipment as well. it is a cautious reopening but business owners, particularly owners of garden centres like this, say they are

delighted to be back. otherwise, recycling facilities are reopening as well. there have been long queues i have been told outside belfast today, people waiting to off—load recycling that has built up over the last number of weeks. some other measures that the government has been brought in here, marriage ceremonies are able to go ahead if one partner is terminally ill, and anglers can go back to river banks in public fishing areas. ministers are meeting this lunchtime to decide what further restrictions will be lifted, for example, driving cinemas area lifted, for example, driving cinemas are a possibility, reopening churches for private prayer, and perhaps allowing groups of up to six people to meet outdoors, which could meana people to meet outdoors, which could mean a lot to people, the chance to see their loved ones and family member is again after such a long time. ministers here and in the irish republic, where they are in the first stage of the exit

strategy, saying that cautious is the watchword, adhering to social distancing is important, the virus is still there and still dangerous. if restrictions will be east, it is a 5—step plan in northern ireland, people will have to be bearing in mind social distancing and bearing in mind that everyone has to work together to keep everyone around them safer. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news. security guards trained in crowd control are on duty at some major railway stations in england, as some people return to work, following the easing of restrictions. with two weeks to go until some primary school children in england return to class, the government says plans are in place to protect teachers and pupils. ten weeks after it became the first country to impose a nationwide lockdown, italy reopens its shops, restaurants, bars and hairdressers.

the executive principal of a multi academy education trust has told us she feels as though schools are being used as "guinea pigs" to see if there will be another spike in covid—19 cases. mary ellen mccarthy is responsible for five schools in surrey and says she will only re—open their doors to year six pupils onjune1st. the government wants children in reception and year one in england also to return to school that day. meanwhile, new research from the institue for fiscal studies suggests better—off children will have studied for around seven more days than children from disadvantaged backgrounds by next month. let's talk to mary ellen mccarthy, from the lumen learning trust. lee south, who wants his child to go back injune. jon richards from the union unison, they represent teaching assistants, cleaners and caretakers. and in a moment we'll talk to professor saul faust, a specialist in paediatric infectious diseases at the university of southampton

who says that it is time for governments to send all children back to school. we're going to ask him about the risk of transmissiosn from children to adults. miss mccarthy festival, good morning. tell us, with yourfive schools, why are you going to only reopen for year six children? my concern focuses on two key risks. one is for the children in early yea rs one is for the children in early years and one is the star. the challenge with early years settings is that the way those very young children learn is with a raft of experiential resources, they touch and they build and get involved, they get their faces down and close to one another. it's very difficult then to strip away all of those learning resources and also adhere to social distancing expectations with the adults, and still deliver what they require interns of a

learning environment. think that will be very alien environment for them to come back too and it would be quite distressing. so i am not confident we can do it in a way which will mitigate the upset in a way that it would be caused to them. we also have are concerned about how we protect our staff in those settings. we are looking closely at the infection—control aspect of managing these environments, and some of that is predicated on our own behaviour. early years children, by the very nature that they are young, their capacity to process the expectation and extractions and changing behaviour, even if they understand what we want them to do, they are at the mercy of their emotions and that drives their behaviour. to get them to understand... cani behaviour. to get them to understand... can i pause you there, sorry. i'm taking it, you are not

saying that even wait until there is a vaccine? no, no. when will it be, and what is the difference between whenever that month will be and june? whenever that month will be and june? the difference it is, we will have got our heads round about how we will mitigate the risks concerns —— regarding our concerns. i think we need to have some experience with our older children, gaining the confidence of our staff, the that they may be fearing, some of them, it could be a fear a fear of itself, and i'm not talking about a very long time, it could be only a week or two before we bring the next charge of children in. that is interesting, i know you say that you feel that schools are being used as guinea pigs, but you are saying, we

will have them back but we just need more time to put things in place for reception and year one? more time to put things in place for reception and year one ?|j more time to put things in place for reception and year one? i still have anxieties about reception because in terms of the pedagogy in terms of the early years learning, it will be compromised with soft furnishings being removed, hard to clean resources , being removed, hard to clean resources, most of the things that children use in reception of very tactile so they are hard to clean. you have to throw away play—doh after an hour. when you hear the institute for fiscal studies saying that children from the poorest fifth of families are getting a third less educational time from those in better off households, you read the letter in the times... i read it. 22 of the biggest academy trusts across england saying, for any children prolonged absence from school is

disconcerting but for vulnerable children it is calamitous, what do you say to that? the letter from those academy trusts, everyone has to do what is right for their communities, let's be clear about that. i think the impact of that letter ca n that. i think the impact of that letter can be a little overstated, they are talking about 300,000 children in their trust, we have 9 million in the uk so let's keep it in context. i have a concern about disadvantaged children, and i understand aspects of the government have a concern and that is being articulated by gavin williamson most recently. but if that is the case, why haven't we been given the chance to identify those children who are most disadvantaged and bring them back first? for targeted group work? and build up capacity that way? if the concern is that great, give us the concern is that great, give us the chance to do it the way we would wa nt to the chance to do it the way we would want to do it. i certainly would

love the opportunity to bring them back from all the different year groups and give them some targeted time to enable learning to accelerate. as you are an academy trusts, you are outside of local authority control so you could do that, i think. authority control so you could do that, ithink. let authority control so you could do that, i think. let me bring in lee, good morning, thank you for your patience. you have a daughter in year six, patience. you have a daughter in yearsix, are patience. you have a daughter in year six, are you sending her in for june one if her school is open? year six, are you sending her in for june one if her school is open? yes, the school opening, i will gladly put my daughter in. we underestimate young people's intelligence, we have to remember, they are mini —— there are many adults who are more immature than children today, with all due respect. we live in a time where adults at work have to adapt to social distancing and the new norm. if adults can do it, children can do it easily. my daughter is a very smart young lady, her classmate a very smart people and they will

understand social distancing. year six will definitely be able to understand it but miss mccarthy was talking about reception and, who are for one half, five, six. do you have any —— they are four, five, six. do you have any concerns about your children going back? no, we have seen the statistics are most people dying of the coronavirus are not young people. when you look at the stats, it's less than 1%. sol young people. when you look at the stats, it's less than 1%. so i know that once our daughter, hopefully on the way to school and back will have a mask on, and i believe that social distancing will happen in the school, i believe she will be safe. sorry, lee. sorry, the schoolwhere our daughter goes, it's still open because we have children from care workers and nhs staff still going to school. the founder of one of

england's biggest academy trusts, steve chalk from the way charitable trust, has suggested that opposition to children going back to primary schools on june one, to children going back to primary schools onjune one, is rather middle—class, do you agree? schools onjune one, is rather middle-class, do you agree? yeah! yes, it is. to put it nicely. we have to understand, a lot of people have to understand, a lot of people have lost theirjobs, a lot of people need to go back to work, 0k? and we have to understand, with all due respect, many of my friends are teachers, they are still getting paid, they are ok to say, i don't need to go back to work. but many of my friends have been made redundant, lost theirjobs, they need to go and find a newjob, they need to get back to work. and they cannot get someone, the next—door neighbour to babysit their young people. so the only viable option is to bring those kids to school, with social distancing and certain measures in place. 0k. teachers are still

getting paid, they would say, because they are still working, maybe not necessarily in the classroom, conventionally, how we know they normally work, but they are definitely still working. there's nothing wrong with that, i don't want load beef with no teachers! i know —— i don't want no beef with no teachers!” teachers! i know —— i don't want no beef with no teachers! i know, i was just that i would articulate the thought! let me bring injohn from unison who represents teaching assistants, cleaners and caretakers in school. you were involved if i understand in this zoom call on friday with the government's chief scientist which was designed to reassure people about going back and in fact, were you reassured? partially, it was very useful to meet the scientist and hear about transmission rates but for the people i represent, school support staff, the statistics were not

there. we were told there was a low risk of transmission from peoples to teachers, and they had lots of statistics about the transmission rates with teachers. the thing is that there were three or four areas where we understand there are higher risks, and they are related to gender, age, ethnicity and economic disadvantage. the school support staff, in general overall, they tend to be older, they tend to be poorer, some of the poorest paid in the public sector workforce are school support staff. and there are higher numbers of black workers among school support staff. they were not able to reduce any statistics to show transmission rates for those workers. until we have seen that safety of pupils and staff is paramount, and there is a real roll—out of testing and tracing, a system, although i still think we

need reassurance. the business secretary during the briefing yesterday was asked specifically by the bbc‘s political correspondent, will contact, test, trace system be in place byjune one, and he did not a nswer in place byjune one, and he did not answer the question. and i asked that question on the permanent secretary, we had a meeting afterwards of officials and i asked that and he said, more or less, he hoped so, he acknowledged it was vital, we are planning as if we are going ahead but we don't know. i also asked whether the secretary of state would meet with the unions to plan and they did not answer that question. do you think some of your members, the caretakers and cleaners, the catering staff, they might need ppe? the department for education guidance released late last monday night suggests that going back to school, staff will not

need ppe. it to say that, and again we have two it does say that and again we have raised questions and concerns about ppe. we need to have risk assessments done and who has ppe will be based on that risk assessment. some of our ppe will be based on that risk assessment. some of our members are in quite invasive technical places, you cannot get over social distancing if you are working with children who are very ill and have got very special educational needs or who are vulnerable, they need catheterisation, teaching assistants do that work. there are certain needs for ppe. government has said a blanket, people don't need it. we say we should have a risk assessment first which will say if people need ppe. let me bring in professor saul faust, who is a paediatric doctor in infection and diseases. he has co—authored a paper which has been

peer—reviewed and published, called, children are not super spread is, it is time to go back to school. children are not super spread is, it is time to go back to schoolm children are not super spread is, it is time to go back to school. it was actually in the archives of disease and childhood, a paediatricjournal. not quite as good as the british medicaljournal. not quite as good as the british medicaljournal. i beg your pardon. but it has been peer—reviewed, correct? it is, but i find myself agreeing with all three of your speakers who have all made some really important points. and although we know that children get less severe coronavirus disease, and transmit less between themselves, and are very unlikely to be a risk to teachers, our paper was written in the context of lockdown and talking about how society should begin to reopen, from a place of low infection. and it absolutely the case that schools have to work out

have to operate. i have young children myself, it's not possible for children to social distance. miss mccarthy was absolutely right. even the year five and six pupils will inevitably end up touching each other. that's ok, if there is low disease in society, and if we are watching and tracking and tracing a testing and quarantining, using apps to make sure we clamp—down on infections as they arise. hospitals have gone through two huge transformational changes in the last three months. we had to turn the whole hospital into covert hospitals, and now we have to change again into covid and non—name—macro areas in every hospital to manage normal business. —— and non—covid. it has broken my heart this weekend,

every doctor in the country is saying, why are we politicising children and arguing between unions when we should be concentrating on getting test and track and trace on one hand and letting the educationalists sort out notjust in schools but how they get children to and from school. cani can i ask you the question i get asked most on social media from people who want to ask you. we know from the analysis last week that children are as likely as adults to contract covid—19. it is also true that they're much more likely to have no symptoms or very mild symptoms. but what is the risk of transmission from a child to an adult? that is the thing that is worrying parents and teachers. adult? that is the thing that is worrying parents and teacherslj worrying parents and teachers.” think the ons data is the ons data based on symptoms. there was also a study published last week from spain based on antibody testing. 70,000 people. it showed only one to 3% of

children had covid. well over 5% of adults added. i think it is very variable. the ons data is surprising. and not necessarily backed up by antibody testing, which is coming. and there are studies in the uk to look at antibody test in children. lots of people have looked back at what is available as the pandemic started. and in places that are reopened. and in both cases it looks are reopened. and in both cases it loo ks m ostly are reopened. and in both cases it looks mostly as a where children are infected they are getting infected from adults, and they are not inviting the adults in the school environment. that even the case with a case from austria at the weekend... sorry, italked a case from austria at the weekend... sorry, i talked all year. no, you carry on with the austria study. there was a news report of a kindergarten that got closed and it was because of a case. if you read

the article and translated from german, it turns out to be a kindergarten teacher was infected and no mention of the children whatsoever. i think the risk is to adults and that is a real risk and i agree with the speaker from the unions who says we need risk assessment, as we do in hospitals. i agree with ms mccarthy who says teachers and schools need time to undergo transformational change and remember children are children, and we won't be able to social distance. and of course as parents everybody is desperate to go back to work. but until we have effective testing, tracking and tracing and quarantine, we arejust going tracking and tracing and quarantine, we are just going to go tracking and tracing and quarantine, we arejust going to go in and out of these arguments, blaming each other for things of these arguments, blaming each otherfor things going of these arguments, blaming each other for things going wrong, instead of focusing on what the country used to be brilliant at, public health adverts. and stopping infectious disease. what level of infections, new cases, would have to

fall for the track and test system to be effective? i looked at the new cases for the last week and we're about 3500 new cases a day. what would it have defaulted?” about 3500 new cases a day. what would it have defaulted? i don't think i am going to speak out of my area of expertise. fair enough. have you seen the australian study? a p pa re ntly you seen the australian study? apparently it is the only major study of the transmission of covid—19 in primary and secondary schools. it looked at transmission from 18 infected students and staff in15 from 18 infected students and staff in 15 schools. they came into contact with 843 students and staff, only two children were found to have contracted the virus from those 18 who tested positive. those numbers sound slightly different from a similar australian study we quoted in our paper. i think we know, and the who paediatrician has spoken again this weekend, that children are not seeming to transmit this infection between themselves and to

adults in a way that they do, with all the other respiratory infections, or influenza or any other cold. we don't really understand this and we need to work out what is going on. the only thing that we can say pretty much for certain is that if we are in a low transmission environment, with low disease in society, the schools would be a good place to start to open up, because that spread to adults will be much less than getting everybody back to work, and public transport, and in offices. and the risk to all our families, the older people in our families, will be less by starting with the schools than it will by letting everybody back to work and didn't everybody back to work and didn't everybody coming home infecting older people. it is incredibly complicated. somehow we need to step out of the politics and actually do what people are good at, which is operational. how to move forward, once we have got the testing,

tracking, tracing and quarantining in place. unless that is in trace we are going to go in and out of lockdown until we have got a vaccine. can i ask you one more thing, if! vaccine. can i ask you one more thing, if i may? many of us want a certainty. scientists can never guarantee 100% certainty. there is guarantee 10096 certainty. there is none. exactly! but journalists like myself still ask for 100% guarantee added must be frustrating for you. can you give us insight into how we should rationalise the fact that we are going to have to live with some level of risk, that there isn't going to be 100% safety when we leave the front door? that's exactly it. we all live in a society where we have the risk of sepsis. i send my kids off to school in the morning of the two older ones have to cross a busy road. we all accept risking lives, many people spoke —— smoke, many people drink. having coronavirus in society, until we have a vaccine, until it is

eradicated, is exactly as you just said, we have to somehow come to terms with that risk. it is really ha rd terms with that risk. it is really hard because the media messaging makes everybody scared because that's the way to keep people at home. suddenly it's a case of, it's 0k home. suddenly it's a case of, it's okfor home. suddenly it's a case of, it's ok for some of you to go back to work now. we need the information. we need to study what we are doing and we need to be open with people and we need to be open with people and explain it without this incessa nt and explain it without this incessant thing that has happened this weekend, which —— were people ta ke this weekend, which —— were people take small quotes and sensationalise it. that is the way the world works and remedial works. that is not helping us get kids back to school. thank you very much, really interesting. and insightful. thank you to all of you. professor, john richards, many thanks for your time, mary ellen mccarthy, executive

principal of the human learning trust, and lee south, dad of two, who is sending his year six daughter back. thank you very much. really appreciated. a couple of messages from you. this is from jennifer. my husband and i work in construction i have been trying to work from home. not quite sure how that work. we have a four year who can't be at nursery is all that we are encouraged to work, we are not key workers. we are doing 18 hour days trying to educate and entertain our son, as well as fulfilling our work response abilities. we are exhausted. grandparents can't help. we are at the end of our tether. i am sorry to hear that. if you want to get in touch, message me on twitter or e—mail me. ten weeks after imposing the world's first national lockdown of the coronavirus pandemic, italy is reopening shops, restaurants, hairdressers and is restarting church services. it marks the country's next stage of recovery. almost 32,000 people have died in italy but the daily death toll and rise in cases is now the lowest since the lockdown was imposed. from milan, mark lowen reports.

milan is dressing up for its reopening. its chic shops have been closed for ten weeks in the world's first national lockdown. with a final touch, comes strict hygiene controls. a screen at the till, a reminder of the new rules. customers here will be by appointment to limit numbers. the sparkle has been dulled by the virus but they are raring to go. it has been hard actually, very hard, because nothing was sure. so we kept on listening to the news and we didn't know what to expect, when we would open again and we really hoped and were looking forward to coming back in our store. was there ever a moment where you thought are we ever going to be ever able to come back to work? no, never. italy's capital of fashion, industry and finance was at the centre of the outbreak. the first cases in february nearby, it was overwhelmed.

with sites closed, tourists cancelling and business suffering, there was talk of it... we were in the city as the corona storm hit. ten weeks on, we are here again and milan is still struggling to comprehend what has happened during that time. more than 15,000 people killed in this region, almost half of all of the italian deaths, and economic pain is intense. one in three businesses here don't plan to reopen today. so, milan is coming back to life but the wounds run deep. now we're getting better, we feel better. we can take a walk, take walks out home. he was born two months ago so this is one of his first walks. we're very happy. this too is helping italy's recovery, a hotel used to quarantine less serious cases as they wait to test negative. with the outbreak more under control, it is now also admitting people through contact tracing, those in touch with victims, further

halting the spread. after 20 days here, jacqueline is ready to be discharged. a step closer to this country healing. mark lowen, bbc news, milan. brazil's coronavirus death toll has risen to 16,118, with more than 240,000 cases, making it the fourth

worst—affected country in terms of confirmed infections. on sunday the mayor of brazil's biggest city, sao paulo, warned that the health system was close to collapse. our south america correspondent katy watson now reports from sao paulo. the death toll is still climbing and the president is still in denial. jair bolsonaro remains intent on putting politics before the pandemic, once again flouting global health guidelines at a protest on sunday, even if he was finally wearing a mask. translation: it is priceless for politicians to have a spontaneous demonstration like this one, coming from the heart, from the soul of the brazilian people who want freedom, democracy and respect above all. amid growing criticism over his handling of the coronavirus crisis, mr bolsonaro is sticking closely to the minority of brazilians who still think he's doing a good job. he and his fan base are convinced brazilians

need to get back to work despite the science proving otherwise. translation: it is not the right way to do isolation. this has never happened before in the world, just closing everything down and seeing what happens. not even scenes like this can convince jair bolsonaro to change tact. people are dying and health systems across the country are collapsing, and these next few weeks are only expected to get worse. the state with the highest number of cases is sao paulo. the business capital already has a death toll bigger than that of china, and authorities have warned the health system is struggling. sao paulo residents have been quarantine with nearly two months now, with businesses, schools and public spaces ordered shut. but as the weeks have gone on, social distancing has slowed. statistics show that fewer than 50% of residents are still respecting the rules. in some parts of sao paulo city,

shops are reopening. authorities, they say, are turning a blind eye. the mayor on sunday called on residents to do their bit to improve brazil's chances. translation: it is difficult to believe that some prefer to subject the population to a game of russian roulette. the indifference to death is unseemly. it is a crime of responsibility. traffic jams have returned despite authorities' efforts to dissuade people from commuting. many brazilians argue they have to work. millions of people who work in the informal economy and depend on daily wages are struggling. the country is running out of options to tell people to stay at home at the time when it is needed the most. katy watson, bbc news, in sao paolo. rya nair's chief executive, michael o'leary, has described the proposed quarantine of incoming passengers to the uk as "idiotic" and accused the british government of mismanaging its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

the government says it's still in talks with france about whether its citizens would be exempt from the restrictions, expected to come in and the end of the month. mr o'leary has been speaking to bbc radio 4's today programme. it's laughable that this government can come up with any plan for a quarantine that will be strictly enforced, when already there adopting the irish and french house rules... that is currently the policy. like it is idiotic. it is not implementable. you don't have enough police in the uk to police a two—week lockdown. what is really worrying is a two—week lockdown has no medical or scientific basis to it in any event. if you want to do something that is effective, wear masks. what worries us is the uk government are there talking about an unmanageable 14 day lockdown,

instead of talking about allowing people to travel on the underground and trains and planes but wearing masks. the headlines on bbc news... security guards trained in crowd control are on duty at some major railway stations in england, as some people return to work, following the easing of restrictions. with two weeks to go until some primary school children in england return to class, the government says plans are in place to protect teachers and pupils. ten weeks after it became the first country to impose a nationwide lockdown, italy reopens its shops, restaurants, bars and hairdressers. next, a story of survival. omar taylor is 31 years old, a dad of two, and he has survived coronavirus, double pneumonia, sepsis, heart failure and two strokes. doctors warned omar he may not be able to walk again, but he did, he walked himself out of hospital

into the arms of his familyjust in time to celebrate his son's second birthday. that was yesterday. let's talk to omar, along with kaitlyn his wife, daughter vivienne and son harrison. good morning all of you. hello. good morning. so nice to talk to you. omar, i know you are still recovering. please do take your time. what a recovery you have made! how are you feeling right now? yeah, i'm... fine, how are you feeling right now? yeah, i'm. .. fine, absolutely how are you feeling right now? yeah, i'm... fine, absolutely fine? yeah. that seems incredible considering what you have been through. what was it like when you left hospital?m was actually really scary. we didn't know if he would ever come home. he is home now, so we are really happy. let's go back a little. when did

omar start showing symptoms? about the 11th of march he started showing symptoms. and when he got to hospital, what happened then? they put him on an isolation ward and then he fought for about three to four days, that they put into the intensive care unit, where he fought ina few intensive care unit, where he fought in a few more days. then they put him intoa in a few more days. then they put him into a medically induced coma.” wonder if you can list for us the things that your husband had to be treated for? he was treated to start with for double pneumonia. sepsis. right—sided heart failure. and obviously covert. and while he was ina obviously covert. and while he was in a medically induced, he suffered a double stroke. were you told that he might not make it? we were told many times to prepare for the worst because it was not looking good. and

how did you cope with that? because it was not looking good. and how did you cope with that7m because it was not looking good. and how did you cope with that? it was really hard. i have three kids and i was worried about my husband as well. it was really hard. how long was omarona well. it was really hard. how long was omar on a ventilator? he was on a ventilator for 19 days in the intensive care unit for 30 days. what was going through your mind when he was being treated for this and effectively fighting for his life? i was just and effectively fighting for his life? i wasjust hoping he was going to make it because i didn't know how i would ever live without him. it wasjust really i would ever live without him. it was just really scary. i would ever live without him. it wasjust really scary. we i would ever live without him. it was just really scary. we were playing every day and hoping for the best. vivian, can you hear me? yes. how is it to have your dad back? good. what about you, harrison? are you happy to have daddy back? say it's really good! happy birthday

harrison. say thank you. how would you say your recovery is going, omar? yeah, good. he is really working hard. we have all the therapy coming in. it is the speech at the minute that is the most difficult. you know, we are really grateful. we have set up a gofundme page, which will help so much with recovery, because it will be another year or two before he recovers. so in terms of recovery we are talking about physio and rehab and stuff like that, i assume? occupational therapy, speech therapy, all of that. i wonder how this experience might change both of how you view the rest of your life? oh,

definitely. it has brought us a lot closer. we are just so grateful for both of us and, you know, it has brought us closer together. which hospital where you treat it at, omar? colchester. colchester general. what do you think of the staff there? they're absolutely fabulous, he said. they're just so wonderful. i still can't get my head around the fact they are risking their lives, their own lives and their lives, their own lives and their family's lives. they saved my husbands life and i am so thankful for that. we have got the footage of you walking out. here it is. this is so emotional. am i right in thinking that you were told, omar, that doctors actually said he wouldn't walk again? yeah. that's right.

yeah, they said he wouldn't walk again and we were expecting him to come out in a wheelchair, and when he walked around the corner we just could not believe it. what did you do? i cried. i was could not believe it. what did you do? i cried. iwas so could not believe it. what did you do? i cried. i was so nervous to pick him up. he is a changed person. he isa pick him up. he is a changed person. he is a different person do when he we nt he is a different person do when he went into the hospital. he suffered a double stroke. he isjust a different person. he is not the same omar. he is but he is different. and physically i think the stroke has affected omar‘s right side, is that correct? yes, that's right. his right side. he has gained movement backin right side. he has gained movement back in his right leg and his left arm is doing a lot better, but it is his right hand and obviously his speech. i am so happy for you, i really am. it is absolutely amazing, a credit obviouslyjulie medics and a credit obviouslyjulie medics and a credit obviouslyjulie medics and a credit to you omar. it is astonishing that you survived. yeah.

it really is. we can't still believe it. well thank you so much. caitlin, harrison. would buy vivian! harrison is not that bothered about being on telly, i don't blame him. he is happy to be saying goodbye. and omar, thank you so much. continued success with your recovery. we appreciate you talking to us. thank you so much. thank you! goodbye. new york state governor andrew cuomo has undergone a covid—19 test live on tv. mr cuomo said he wanted to show how quick and easy the process is. a doctor dressed in full ppe conducted the nasal swab test. the governor said he didn't experience pain or discomfort. he told new yorkers there's no reason why you should not get tested. you may well remember president trump's decision to start the united states space force.

the youngest branch of the american military officially launched last december. now it has begun one of its first ever missions — sending a top secret space plane into orbit. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. mission control: seven, six, five, four... this is no ordinary rocket launch. it is something just a little bit historic. ..and lift off. taking off from cape canaveral, in florida, this is a mission for space force. ..a mission dedicated to america strong. there was plenty of symbolism about this launch, one of the first to take place since the new agency was established by president trump, and it is happening in the middle of a global pandemic. with challenging times, it has never been more clear the importance of first responders in our whole society, and i would also like to add a thanks to the women and men in uniform, because our us defence posture has not changed and they have not backed off a bit it either.

on board the rocket is the x—37b, a top—secret space plane that, up till now, the pentagon has kept mostly under wraps. we have been told this much — it will carry out a number of experiments, including a test on the impact of radiation on seeds. mysterious yet versatile. x—37b is a really interesting machine. it is a reusable spacecraft. it is autonomous, it flies without crew. it can be rapidly reconfigured to coast a wide variety of experiments. previous missions have lasted up to two years, and officials say more experiments will take place this time than ever before. the ongoing mission of space force has well and truly begun. tim allman, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello there. some of the warmest weather of the year on the way this

week. temperatures on wednesday will peak somewhere at 27, 20 8 degrees in eastern england, 22, 23 parts of northern scotland. warmth does not mean sunshine and dry weather all the some parts of the south... later we could see some more wet weather come with a spell of cold and windy conditions. that will be dictated by what is happening across the western atlantic. tropical storm issac are swirling away. that will make up the atmosphere and potentially bring us the windy weather. for the time being a lot of cloud across the country so far today. that will stay the same across parts of central and southern scotland, northern ireland and north wales this afternoon. some rain or drizzle at times. rain in shetland, sunshine in southern counties of england. with winds from the south, south—west, temperatures close to if not a little bit above where they should be at the time of the year. most of all, south—east

corner, 23 to 24 degrees. this evening and overnight still cloud and rain in the same sort of spots, pa rt and rain in the same sort of spots, part of northern ireland, northern scotland, northern wales. we will see the lowest temperatures here. seven to 8 degrees in some spots. most starting tomorrow with temperatures in double digits. i'd today, a fairly cloudy start. some brea ks today, a fairly cloudy start. some breaks in the cloud. cloudy in the morning across scotland, northern ireland, northern england, bringing outbreaks of rain and drizzle. dry and bright weather in the afternoon. temperatures will creep up a little bit more. 20 degrees on eastern coast, 25 in south—east england. then the warm air comes as high—pressure makes an appearance on wednesday. clearer conditions. the morning cloud will break up readily. lots more sunshine for scotland and

northern ireland. temperatures above 20 degrees more widely. 27 to 28 around london. a change towards the end of the week. we have to watch what happens with this low. the potential for windy weather.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. for the first time since italy locked down ten weeks ago, people are able to visit shops, some restaurants and hairdressers. we've a special report from milan. more than 15,000 people killed in this region, almost half of all the italian deaths. and economic pain is intense, one in three businesses here don't plan to reopen today. so milan is coming back to life, but the wounds run deep. new measures on trains and at stations as people return to work in england. security guards with crowd management training are on hand. with two weeks to go until some primary school pupils in england return to the classroom, the government says plans are in place to protect teachers and pupils.