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. the us renews its attack on the world health organization and china over their response to the coronavirus pandemic. there was a failure by this organisation to obtain the information that the world needed, and that failure cost many lives. all along, we have acted with openness, transparency and responsibility. new symptoms to look for if you think you may have coronavirus in the uk —

a loss of smell or taste. and ten weeks on from one of the world's most stringent lockdowns — bars, restaurants and hairdressers begin to open again in italy. welcome. the us has launched a scathing attack on the world health organization — at its annual meeting of the member states. us health secretary alex azhar said the who had failed to obtain the information that the world needed — which cost lives in the pandemic. have a listen. in an apparent attempt to conceal this outbreak, at least one member state made a mockery of their transparency obligations with tremendous cost for the entire world. we saw that who failed at its core mission of information sharing and transparency when member states did not act in good faith. this cannot ever happen again. the status quo is intolerable. who must change, and it must become far more transparent and far more accountable.

the who hasn't yet responded to those allegations. and although the us health secretary didn't name the country explicitly — previous comments give us a clue. throughout the pandemic, the us has called on china — where the outbreak began — to be more transparent. it's a message we've heard again, and again. today president xi jinping had this to say to critics. translation: all along, we have acted with openness, transparency and responsibility. we have provided the information to the who and the relevant countries in the most timely fashion. we have released the genome sequence at the earliest possible time. we have shared control and treatment experience with the world without reservation. we have done everything in our power to support and assist countries in need. let's get the analysis of our china correspondent stephen mcdonell. he saying china has been completely transparent, he has said that his country

supplied the genome sequence as soon as it possibly could to the rest of the world, but then went on and said that china was going to pledge $2 billion in support of developing countries trying to tackle this emergency. chinese hospitals are going to pair with 30 african countries. he is going to set up a sort of global response base in china for emergencies like this in future, and also he said that pushing again into the future, that when the emergency calms down, there needs to be a sort of good luck at the global response with its inefficiencies, what went wrong and what went right, with a view to completely overhauling the way all countries have handled this, and the message was that really we have to be able to do better than this, because of course they could be more disease emergencies like this coming in the nearfuture. the who's 194 member states met virtually —

as leaders push for an independent review of the global handling of the pandemic. who chief dr tedros was first to speak, urging countries to be open to scrutiny. he made this announcement: i will initiate an independent evaluation at the earliest appropriate moment to review experience gained and lessons learned and to make recommendations to improve national and global pandemic preparedness and response. south korea's president moon jae—in also weighed in. he called for the who to be given more legal powers to ensure countries report outbreaks and share data. translation: we must update the who international health regulations and strengthen them with binding legal force. a new infectious disease could emerge at any time, and we must be able to respond more quickly and effectively. infection—related data should be shared among countries

in a more transparent manner, and an earlier warning system and a cooperation mechanism must be established. so were the world's leaders united during the meeting? here's global health correspondent tulip mazumar. certainly, for the first four hours or so, countries came online, and most of them were really supportive of the who, talked about global solidarity at the time of this pandemic, and what we do know is that as we have been hearing, there are calls international calls, led by the eu and australia, for this independent enquiry into the who's handling of the crisis, but all of this sort of goodwill kind of stopped when it came to the us‘s turn, and you heard us representative speaking there, they were very, very critical of the world health organization. they didn't name china, as you mention, specifically, but talked about a member state that hasn't been completely

transparent, so this is really the world health organization stuck in the middle of a bigger geopolitical fight between china and the us. now, the us isn't by far the only country that has criticised china for not being transparent enough at the beginning, and also has criticised the who for being too praising of china, and also potentially declaring a pandemic too late and not handling it as well as it should have done, but really this has become sort of clouded conversations today. like i said, other countries were very supportive of the who, but this will be the headline, i think, coming out of this meeting. and moving forward, obviously now there has to be some kind of cohesive action between the member states, the willingness to be transparent and share data when it comes to virus infections and deaths. is that likely to happen? so, south korea, as you heard, there, is calling for the who to be given more teeth, more powers to actually get countries to give information, make sure

countries give information. remember, the world health organization is an advisory body only, it can't enforce its advice, it can't force its way into countries to do independent investigations, and that is what south korea and also australia have been pointing towards. they are saying that the who's mandate needs to be widened in order to do that. there will be discussion around whether that will be included going forward for the world health organization. it is important to say that the who did actually get into china injanuary and february of this year, but it was invited by china and it was alongside chinese officials. what other countries are saying now is that the who should go completely independently so it can find out the source of outbreaks, notjust in china for this outbreak, although that is what is needed more pressingly, according to a number of countries, but also for future outbreaks, and i do not think china is going to go for that. other countries will also have to agree that if outbreaks happen in their countries

that they will allow an independent team in, and i think that there is a sensitive issue. so, i don't think anything is going to move on that very quickly, but it could be that they do make some sort of commitment to looking into that when the pandemic is over. before the who meeting got under way more than 140 world leaders and experts submitted this open letter calling for a ‘people‘s vaccine‘ that is free and equally available to all nations. its main message is this: one of the signatories to the letter is professor mariana mazzucato — from university college london. there are basically three demands in the letter. the first is to ensure mandatory worldwide sharing of all covid—i9 related knowledge, in other words, in an era where we talk about big data and collective intelligence, this is the moment to walk that talk, and that does have to do with,

for example, creating pattern pools and really making sure that any knowledge is enforced in terms of the licensing capabilities, so it doesn't remain secret. the second is to establish a global and equitable rapid manufacturing and distribution plan so that we can actually make it for everybody around the world, and that really has to be funded fully by rich nations. third, we have to guarantee that the vaccines, diagnostics and the tests are provided free of charge to everyone. scientists around the world are working at record—speed to develop a vaccine for covid—i9 — though most experts tell us that it's unlikely one will be ready in the next year. however we have had a positive development... today we heard the first us company to carry out human trials into a covid—i9 vaccine has reported positive results. moderna is a biotech firm based in cambridge in massachusetts. it says its vaccine produced antibodies that could neutralise coronavirus.

scientists say early results showed the levels of antibodies were similar to those in blood samples of people who had recovered from covid—i9. the company says the vaccine, "was generally safe and well tolerated, with a safety profile consistent with that seen in prior moderna infectious disease vaccine clinical studies." the bbc‘s health and science correspondent james gallagher cautions this is only phase i, and the next stage of the trial — which begins injuly — will determine whether people are protected against the virus. so there are still many challenges ahead. here's moderna president, doctor stephen hoge. our goal is to have a vaccine available for broad distribution by year end or early next year. now, the question, of course, that is out there is, as we start to build data over time, and if we and others build data that shows the vaccine has the potential for benefits, that it is safe and has the potentialfor efficacy, then, of course, there are circumstances where the vaccine can be deployed to high—risk populations earlier

under something called emergency use authorisation. really, though, that is a decision that regulators, in particular the fda, have to make. here in the uk, the health secretary matt hancock has announced that anyone in the uk over the age of five who is showing covid—i9 symptoms is now eligible for a coronavirus test. the new pledge comes despite the government frequently failing to reach its current target of a 100,000 tests a day. here's mr hancock addressing parliament. today i can announce to the house that everyone aged five or over with symptoms is now eligible for a test. that applies right across the uk in all four nations from now. a loss of smell or taste have been added to the uk's list of coronavirus symptoms that people should look out for and self—isolate. until today, the list only included a high temperature and a new, continuous cough.

the new guidance was set out by the chief medical officers of england, scotland, wales and northern ireland , although some doctors say that new symptoms should have been added weeks ago. our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. we would spray some pepper spray into this hood, and if we could smell it, then the mask will have fitted properly. this person realised he had lost his sense of smell when he was being fitted with personal protective equipment. he kept on working and it was only days later when he had developed a fever that he was swabbed and found to have coronavirus. i couldn't smell it, after 20 or 25 sprays. clearly if you're walking around unaware that you are covid positive, then you are a potential source of spread of the virus. so, i could have infected colleagues, i could have infected patients without knowing it. until today, the only coronavirus symptoms people in the

uk were told to self—isolate with were a high temperature or a new and continuous cough. now, loss of taste or smell have been added, but that comes weeks after the world health organization included them as symptoms. the who also lists tiredness, aches and pains, sore throat, diarrhoea, conjunctivitis, headache and skin rash as other possible warning signs. on the ist of april, this symptoms app from king's college london found that six in ten users who had tested positive for covid—i9 had reported a loss of smell or taste. researchers say the nhs has been slow to act and so has missed a huge number of cases. we're talking in excess of 100,000, maybe 200,000 cases, would have been missed, would have been out there infecting other people, increasingly r value, and i think this hasjust made the problem worse, because problems in care homes and hospitals, that we will regret we

didn't act earlier. loss of smell was added only after government scientists were sure it would help improve detection. how many cases of covid—i9 do you think have been missed as a result of not including this earlier on? the important thing was to work out if this would add any sensitivity to the diagnostic cluster we were using, and the answer is, it makes a small, very small difference, and we have therefore decided to do it. this former love island star was another who is loss of taste and smell was her main symptom. a nurse, she later tested positive for covid—i9. it was very difficult for me at the time because i didn't have anything to refer to, i didn't realise it was a symptom, and it was so severe, i could have literally drunk a cup of vinegar, the loss of taste and smell was so strong.

adding loss of sense of smell as a key symptom should ensure fewer positive cases fall through the net — crucial if the epidemic is to be brought under control. fergus walsh, bbc news. stay with us on outside source — still to come... the nurses and doctors in mexico who've been attacked, just for doing theirjob, on the coronavirus front line. scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has said the scottish government will publish a "route map" on thursday that will detail the order in which scotland will carefully and gradually seek to lift current restrictions. she gave more details earlier. assuming that we see progress in suppressing the virus, the first phase will start from the next formal review date of the 28th of may. within a few days of that, we will aim to allow, for example, more outdoor activities,

such as being able to sit in the park, meet up outdoors with someone from another household, as long as you stay socially distanced, some limited outdoor sporting activities, like golf and fishing, the opening of garden centres and recycling facilities, and the resumption of some outdoor work. this first phase will coincide with with our ability to start, on a phased basis, a substantial test, trace and isolate operation to help us keep the virus under control as we start to ease up these restrictions, and that part is absolutely crucial. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom the united states has renewed its attack on the world health organization for its response to coronavirus. we're going to spend the next few minutes looking at europe — starting in spain which plans to launch a monthly basic

income scheme for the most vulnerable households hit by the coronavirus crisis. our correspondent katya adler explains: guy hedgecoe has more from madrid. the possibility of introducing some kind of universal basic income in spain has been talked about this some time, but that debate has certainly been accelerated by the coronavirus crisis, which has already had a massive impact on the economy, destroying hundreds of thousands ofjobs. the way that this scheme would work as it would be a monthly hand—out of around 460 euros to those who most need it, whether it is single—parent families or others who are marginalised from the mainstream economy.

it will be paid out, at first, to around 100,000 homes in spain, and then, if that is successful, the policy would be expanded to up to a million households across the country. this has very much been a pet project of the podemos party, a party on the left, which is the junior partner in the governing coalition, and podemos has frequently been accused by parties on the right of being heavily influenced by venezuelan style populism, and certainly this proposal for universal basic income has faced those kind of charges, as well, but it does seem as if the government as a whole is very determined to implement this and certainly the socialist party of prime minister pedro sanchez is very much behind it, and if all goes to plan, this proposal will be improved by a cabinet meeting next week, and universal basic income could be introduced in spain as early as next month.

to italy, which has also begun to open up after a ten week strict national lockdown. the gondolas of venice are welcoming tourists... albeit looking a little different with social distancing and precautions in place. and this is st peter's basilica. it's reopened to the public... but as you can see, not many people lined up to go in. and in rome, people have been able to attend mass for the first time in more than two months. almost 32,000 people have died in italy but the daily death toll and rise in cases are now the lowest since restrictions were imposed. mark lowen is in milan. as of today, shops, restaurants, bars, hairdressers, beauty salons, museums have all reopened. church services, too, have restarted, and i'm speaking to you now from italy's oldest department store, it's called rinascente, appropriately, rebirth, and let me just show you what they are doing here to ensure other people have safety. so, everybody who comes

in as there are temperature checked, you can see, here, temperature held up to the forehead, the staff have an app to check how many customers are in at any one time. when you come in, there are these hand sanitising units dotted all around the store. you can't use testers, make—up testers. if you want to try on clothes then any clothes that are tried on stay in a separate room up on the fourth floor. they are not replaced the shelves. so, it is almost like the clothes are in quarantine even though italy is no longer, and if you try on shoes, you are given specific disposable socks, if you try on anything else, you are given disposable gloves. so, they are taking it very, very seriously here, of course, with reason, because this is a region that has accounted for almost half of all the italian deaths, more than 15,000 people have died here in lombardy for the last three months alone, so ten weeks

on from the lockdown, they are not taking anything for granted. as promised, we can take you to pictures in other parts of europe, denmark has relaxed restrictions significantly — allowing some students return to school and shops to reopen. greece has re—opened the acropolis to the public... these tourists took advantage of the small crowds to get the perfect picture. and in germany, beer gardens and beaches have reopened. these pictures are from munich. and as many of us turn our thoughts to summer holidays, this was the message from germany's foreign minister after talks with his counterparts in the european nations most visited by german tourists — including croatia, italy, greece and spain. translation: we are hoping that on the 15th ofjune, we'll be able to replace our global travel warning with travel advice for everybody, to explain where can one travel, what should one expect and maybe where should one rather not go. we shouldn't give the illusion that there can be a quick return to business — we want to create the conditions so that summer holidays will be possible but only under responsible circumstances and therefore it

will be necessary to tell people very clearly that this is everywhere, and this has become very clear today — there will be restrictions everywhere — on the beaches, in the restaurants in the city centres. all around the world, health workers have found themselves on the first line of defence against the coronavirus pandemic. in most places they have been praised as heroes, but in mexico, dozens of nurses, doctors and hospital staff have been attacked by people who accuse them of spreading the virus. marcos gonzalez reports from the city of guadalajara. last month this doctor, an ear, nose and throat specialist, was walking her dogs. someone came from behind and threw liquid over her. it was bleach. her eyes and skin were left swollen. she didn't know why she was targeted.

at least 47 health workers have been attacked in mexico since the start of the pandemic. many here fear they could spread the virus outside hospitals. this woman is an emergency nurse who treated coronavirus patients. but on her way back home from hospital she was stopped by residents her village. she was intimidated and told to leave. in the end, she took her belongings and left the village.

these are just two examples of the dozens of attacks registered here in mexico so far. that's why the government decided to send the national guard to hospitals like this one, to protect nurses and doctors working against coronavirus. the mexican president has urged people to stop stigmatising health workers. authorities have now had to provide special buses for health workers in some places, as well as hotel rooms. but attacks are still happening. this man is not a doctor or a nurse. authorities have now had to provide special buses for health workers in some places, as well as hotel rooms.

the police suspect his assault is related to his uniform. despite the attack, this doctor is now back at work. she has a message for people who think health care workers are the enemy. as mexico faces the peak of coronavirus cases, ensuring the safety of those at the front line will be even more important. marcos gonzales, bbc news, mexico. if you have the opportunity, have a read of his report on the website, it goes into even more in from macean about the attacks in mexico. it's an interesting read. you can get in touch of the team on twitter —

i'm @babitatv hello there. so far, this month of may has been exceptionally dry, with a rain deficit for many areas. doesn't look like there's much rain in the forecast either, certainly over the next few days, it will be turning warmer, particularly around the middle part of the week, after we've had some rain across northern areas to start the week. by the end of the week, low—pressure moves in, so it's cooler, windier, and for some of us, we will see a little bit of rain. now, the pressure chart for the latter part of monday shows these weather fronts across the northern half of the country, higher pressure towards the south. but it means that through tonight, it will stay cloudy and damp across northern ireland, north wales, northern england, much of central and southern scotland, with outbreaks of rain here. dry to the far north of scotland, and also dry across the south,

where we will see variable cloud and clear spells, and a mild night to come for premature areas, temperatures 10—11 degrees being the lowest value. for tuesday it starts off mild, rather cloudy, still quite damp across northern ireland, scotland, northern england, but the rain should gradually peter out and become confined to the far north of scotland into the northern isles. elsewhere, a dry story with increasing amounts of sunshine. so, again, another warm day in the south—southeast, 25 degrees — high teens further north. high pressure really starts to build in for wednesday. this is where we start to see the heat building. it pushes that weather front north and draws up the air from spain and france. so it looks like it will be a dry story for most. the rain becomes confined to shetland, lots of sunshine around. that warm southerly breeze will lift those temperatures, this is where we will probably see the peak of the warm weather, 27—28 degrees in the southeast, even in the low 20s celsius across parts of scotland. thursday's another warm day in the south, increasing chance of a heavy shower and thunderstorms. some slightly cooler air will gradually push

in from the west through the day, and then as we end the week, we see this. quite a different story moving in there, low—pressure, quite a deep feature as well, you can see lots of isobars on the chart, and also whether front which will sweep northwards to bring some areas outbreaks of rain. so we end the week on a cooler and a windier notes, thanks to that area of low pressure. and some of us, particularly in the north and the west, will see the rain. so it's probably scotland, northern ireland, perhaps northwest england, western wales, which will see outbreaks of rain. signs that some southern and eastern areas could stay dry altogether.

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. the us renews its attack on the world health organisation and china — over their response to the coronavirus pandemic. there was a failure by this organisation to obtain the information that the world needed, and that failure cost many lives. translation: all along, we've acted with openness, transparency and with responsibility.

and ten weeks on from one of the world's most stringent lockdowns — bars, restaurants and hairdressers begin to open again in italy. as more and more countries ease their lockdown restrictions like this, we examine how public transport is becoming a key issue. biggest city says hospitals are on the brink of collapse. welcome. just an update on our top story — in the past half hour the us president has again criticised the who over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. that's after the us health secretary addressed an annual meeting of who member states saying the organisation had failed to obtain the information that the world needed. here's what president trump said just ten minutes ago. i think they have done very sad job in this last period of time, and again, the united states pays them $450 million

a year, china pays them $38 million a year, china pays them $38 million a year, china pays them $38 million a year, and they are a puppet of china. we still haven't had any response from the who. as soon as we get them, we will bring them to you. let's move on now to the countries that are using their lockdown restrictions, because there are a few. namely, what is coming to light is what to do about public transport becoming a central issue. to avoid a second wave of cases, countries need to find a way of making it safe to use. ros atkins is looking at this for us today. hi, ros. hi, good to see you. the dual challenges of keeping people safe on public transport — and keeping public transport financially viable both look formidable. the uk government's advice is to only use public transport when there's no alternative — but the number of passengers is rising — all be it slowly. we'll hear what travellers are experiencing in france and hong kong in a moment. but let's start here in the uk.

numbers may be up but footfall last week in the busiest stations was still 10% of pre—pandemic levels. the bbc‘s transport correspondent, tom burridge has more. tannoy: please check before you travel. more services this morning, but not many passengers. nobody here, i don't know, it's packed every day, every time. now, you can see, nobody. since the covid—19 started, right? it used to be very busy, this train station. but now, you can see, there is less than about 20 people now travelling. it does stress you out. i mean, i don't sit worrying about it, there's not much you can do except try and be careful. but, i mean, if you think about it too much, you know, it is worrying. small stations like this one near nottingham, deserted. but measures are in place to manage larger numbers at major stations and on trains. welcome aboard the 8:30 service to norwich... new messages...

please follow social distancing advice and spread out throughout the train. ..and more staff directing you around. london underground, please keep to your left. they will also limit passenger numbers. if they judge that there's 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. tom burridge, bbc news, at euston station. as well as that, some long distance trains are ticket only. and in the future people may be required to book time slots for when they can arrive at a station. next to france which too has eased restrictions. hugh schofield is in paris. a week after the end of the lockdown here in paris, the metro as well as the tram and the bus services are operating at around 3/4%. the metro system, there is still 60 out of 300 stations that are closed, and on several lines, there are fewer trains than normal, but the big change on the metro as well as the tram and the bus

service is that capacity has been reduced at a blow by 50%, by the fact that every second seat now, there is a sticker saying please do not sit here because of the coronavirus. masks are compulsory everywhere on the public transport system, and there is also a rule saying that "if you travel in rush—hour, "at peak times in the morning and the evening, you have "to have a form, an authorisation from your employer saying that "you have no choice but to travel at peak time." many people were predicting chaos, overcrowding, impossible to observe social distancing and so on. in fact, it hasn't been like that at all. in fact, the numbers of the people travelling on the public transport system here are way, way down i did pre—virus levels, system here are way, way down on pre—virus levels, suggesting that many people, most people, may be, are heating the government's advice and continuing where they can to work from home.

from hugh in paris, to natalia zotova from bbc russian in moscow. public transport in moscow has not been affectd by the epidemic. buses, trams and suburban trains still depart regularly tough they are nearly empty. there are considerably fewer passengers on the moscow metro too, though it it moscow's main public transport system. everyone in the carriage is able to sit down even during rush hour. two months ago it would have been impossible. it is compulsory to wear a face mask and gloves while travelling. you can buy these at all stations. the moscow metro was accused of selling the protective gear at inflated prices, which it denies. ourfinal stop is hong kong. it's been relatively successful in containing the virus — but public transport remains a challenge. laura westbrook from the south china morning post is there. here in hong kong, many have returned to work and the daly commute. the first thing you'll notice is that everyone wears a mask.

in fact, the hong kong government has promised to distribute free reusable masks to all hong kong residents. on trains, there's not a lot of social distancing, and they can get quite packed, especially during peak hours. however, train stations, handrails, ticket machines and even lift buttons are disinfected with bleach every two hours. on the trains themselves, when they reach the end of the line, staff quickly disinfect the carriages, and they are cleaned more thoroughly overnight. there's also a robot that sprays vaporized disinfectant throughout the carriages. now, people here are pretty strict about their personal hygiene. at most public places, there's free hand sanitiser that people can use. however, the first thing i do when i get to work is wash my hands. to state the obvious — this is not an issue that is easily resolved. many of the biggest urban public transport systems are built around the idea that people can

be crammed in. and the current easing of lockdowns still leaves us a long, long way from being able to do that. this washington post cuts to it — "subways, trains and buses "are sitting empty around the world. "it's not clear whether riders will return." and as that article highlights — there are a couple of pretty major issues here. first and foremost, how to keep passengers and staff safe. but by doing that, inevitably passenger numbers have to be far lower. if that happens, revenues collapse — and public transport systems are reliant on huge and regular income streams. which means in the medium—term either national or regional governments provide extra cash — or the whole thing doesn't add up and services have to stop. and even if funding is found, that's to assume that in the end the people and the revenue will return. but that's not a safe assumption. many of the biggest public transit systems in the world have lost over 80% of passengers. some of those people are at home.

others though are travelling but they're avoiding public transport. and for understandable reasons. one widely quoted study from southeast university in nanjing looked at outbreaks of covid—19 in china. it found one—third of outbreaks involved exposure on public transport. and it concluded that being inside is a huge factor in most outbreaks. there's also this from a us software company. it's one of many studies urgently investigating how covid—19 can be spread in confined spaces. but we already know enough to understand that a packed train carriage isn't going to be good. all of this will have significant consequences for notjust how often we use public transport — but also how instead we use cars, bikes, scooters and so on. that in turn may will influence how we design how we all move around. there are lots of unknowns here — however, one thing we can be sure of though is while some elements

of normal life may be returning soon, squeezing onto a train, bus or subway is not going to be one of them. much more detail in terms of the different approaches to public transport in different countries via the bbc news website. ross, thank you very much for the update. let's go to brazil next. on sunday, the mayor of its biggest city, sao paulo, warned that the health system there is close to collapse. here's our south america correspondent katy watson. sao paulo residents have been in quarantine for nearly two months now, with businesses, schools and public spaces ordered shocked. 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's difficult to believe that some prefer to subject the population to a game of russian roulette. the indifference to death is unseemly. it's 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's running out of options to tell people to stay at home at a time when it's needed the most. katie watson, bbc news, sao paulo. brazil's coronavirus deathtoll has risen to over 16,000, with more than 244,000 cases, making it the fourth worst—affected country in terms of confirmed infections. i'm joined from sao paulo by bbc brasil‘s camilla mota.

camilla, firstly, let's talk about what's happening in sao paulo, because the mayor there is very much at odds with the official word from the president. how dire is the situation there now? well, sao paulo has been the epicentre for covid—19 in brazil since the beginning. but 110w in brazil since the beginning. but now concentrates one third of all debts registered in the country around 5000 as the wealthiest state in the country, local authorities have been using their resources to try to enhance the health care system capacity, but the situation here is not as chaotic as other parts of the country. so it's worrying when we hear that the mayor of sao paulo, the city —— biggest city in the state saying that the next two weeks are vital, that may be the health care system will collapse. until then, even be the health care system will collapse. untilthen, even with be the health care system will collapse. until then, even with all measures taken. so then when we look

at how the president is dealing with the situation, what is your assessment of the criticism that's being leveled at him at the moment? brazil is going through a political crisis on top of the health crisis. president also narrow keeps clashing with state governors over the health and social distancing measures taken to try to flatten the curve of infection. —— president bolson arles. he said he's more worried about the economic follow than the pandemic itself, so he wants to —— people to go back to her, he keeps attending these rallies against social distancing measures, where he greets supporters he keeps calling state governors dictators for saying people, for telling people to stay inside the house, and hejust lost his second health minister, he resigned last week, because he couldn't agree with the president's view on how to attack the pandemic care. and we look at brazil as a

whole, it's how is it dealing with the increase in infections? because this is not just the increase in infections? because this is notjust centred around rio dejaneiro this is notjust centred around rio de janeiro and sao this is notjust centred around rio dejaneiro and sao paulo, is it? definitely. the number of infections is growing quickly, all over the country. in different states, we already see health care systems collapsing, waiting lines for ic you beds. now we are seeing the number of infections grow, not only in capital big cities, but those are moving towards medium—sized and small cities, and with that we have all sorts of new and different problems, for example, in the southern part of brazil, we are seeing outbreaks in meat factories. so it all adds to the challenge. camilla, thank you very much for that update. stay with us on oustide source, still to come:. indian and bangladesh are on high alert as cyclone amphan is due

to make landfall along the east coast. since the second world war. instead, it has gone online, as daniela relph reports. today should have been the start of the chelsea flower show, but the pandemic means it's been cancelled for the first time since the second world war. instead, it has gone online, as daniela relph reports. hello, i'm alan titchmarsh. not everyone has a garden... hello, i'm rosie hardy. some of the faces are familiar but everything else about this year's chelsea is different. show gardens have become home gardens, as the whole chelsea moves online. have you had to think about how the garden looks virtually? trying to think about the right shots to capture the right plants, how to tell the story of this kind of space, and transforming it into a chelsea style garden. we receded the orchard last autumn. others have given virtual chelsea a two of their own private garden. many have found solace in the outdoors.

gardening of any kind is really helpful. it reduces anxiety. it helps depression. and it is that do with nurturing something. this is just absolutely wonderful. for those denied their chelsea fix this year there was a positive response to the virtual version. i think it is an absolute wonderful asset to have that we have got it here at our fingertips, virtually, and still we will get the inspiration although we cannot actually visit. now the queen arrives. the queen has visited the show almost every year of her reign. in a statement of support to the royal horticultural society today she said... for me, one of the most rewarding things they grow is something i can eat. the timing of lockdown was devastating for horticulture, with almost £500 million of stock lost. virtual chelsea is a reminder of

the best the industry has to offer. daniela ralph, bbc news. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom the united states has renewed its attack on the world health organization for its response to coronavirus. in the last few minutes — president trump has told reporters that he is taking hydroxy—chloro—quine a malaria drug that he has touted despite medical warnings about its use, as a preventive medicine against the coronavirus. let's have a listen to what he had to say. a lot of good things have come out about it. a lot of good things have come out. you would be surprised about how many people were taking it, the front—line workers,

before you catch up. the front—line workers, many, many are taking it. i happen to be taking it. i happen be taking it. i'm taking it, hydroxy, right now, yeah. a couple of weeks ago, i started taking it. because i think it's good. i've heard a lot of good stories. if it's not good, i will tell you right, i'm not going to get hurt by it. it's been around for 40 yea rs hurt by it. it's been around for 40 years for malaria, for lupus, for other things, i take it. years for malaria, for lupus, for other things, itake it. front line workers take it. a lot of doctors ta ke workers take it. a lot of doctors take it. excuse me, a lot of doctors ta ke take it. excuse me, a lot of doctors take it. excuse me, a lot of doctors take it. i take it. i hope to not be able to take it soon, because you know come i hope they come up with some answer. that was president from speaking within the last few minutes or so. let's speak to katty kay in washington. ca tty , catty, we are just hearing this come along other lines of information we are hearing about, just ring us up to date with your reaction to the. that is the one that's got everybody

scratching their heads, of course, coming out of the white house. the president was at the end of a meeting that he had had with restau ra nt meeting that he had had with restaurant workers. he was there with the vice president, he took questions from the press, suddenly, the end of this press availability, drop this news that he says he is taking hydroxy come he said he asked his doctor about it commend his doctor said would you like to, which seems like kind of a curious medical advice in and of itself, the president said yes, he would like to, and as you heard that, he says that as of a couple of weeks, he has been taking this drug. now, this is the drug come of course, you will remember that president trump was pushing quite hard as a possible cure for the coronavirus, but since then medical studies came out showing that it doesn't tell people that have the coronavirus, in fact, it can hurt them and lead to heart attacks. what is even more out about the president saying that he is taking it is that he himself never spoke about it as a prophylactic is something that will prevent you catching the virus, and he said in

the same way he is tested repeatedly negative for coronavirus, so it begs a whole host of questions, wisely taking if it's not a prophylactic, wisely taken it if his own devices it doesn't work and could potentially be harmful. interestingly, just off of the back of asked him if you listen to fox news here, which is generally supportive of the president in the white house, the anchor on fox news came straight out of that press briefing saying "this can kill you, we warn you , briefing saying "this can kill you, we warn you, it." it was one he gave very frankly, "this can kill you, you should be taking it." it is curious that fox news is reporting it like that. he onlyjust watch? 3/2 weeks ago now made those comments about injecting with disinfectants, caddie, that those comments, obviously they went viral. they were condemned, and they got out of it by saying he didn't say what he said and meant something different, how do you think this is going to be received now? i'm sort

of scratching my head quite honestly, because these dropped this at the end of this press availability and said "the only reason you don't know that i've been taking it is because nobody has ever asked me. " no one is ever really thought to ask him from are you taking a drug that your own medical advisers are now saying is a bad idea to take if you have the coronavirus? well, i guess he may argue, i don't have the coronavirus, this drug has been around for a long time, it's usually there to treat malaria and so why not take it if i feel good? that malaria and so why not take it if i feel good ? that he malaria and so why not take it if i feel good? that he had a slightly strange story about a doctor from u pstate n ew strange story about a doctor from upstate new york who had written to him saying that he had found great things with it that is the reason he is taking it at the moment. i think there is quite a lot of skepticism that i've just been looking at in a few minutes that whether the president is really taking it. we may never know. i mean, we haven't seen a picture of him actually swallowing a hyd roxy seen a picture of him actually swallowing a hydroxy pelt amanda could be that this is a way to just say" look, i'm taking it, it's mine,

this drug that i've been pushing for a long time, don't believe those negative stories." i think it will cause a certain amount of the wilderness, frankie. in the queue are right there, kathy. i'm a bit bewildered, frankly. at to see you there caddie ky from washington. like the rest of the world, india and bangladesh are currently battling the coronavirus outbreak. but both countries are also on the approach of a cyclone. forecasters say cyclone amphan could reach winds of up to 200 kmh before hitting the coast on wednesday. here's yogita limaye with more. india's prime minister held a meeting with the national disaster management disaster response teams are already on the ground preparing for evacuation from the indian states of west bengal. in bangladesh, we are told that the first batch of people will be evacuated from that region, which is just north of the delta. both of these countries are very experienced when it comes to dealing with cyclones. every year, from april to november, we have storms developing in the bay of bengal will stop of course,

this year commits an even more difficult process, because we are also dealing with the coronavirus outbreak. last year, cyclone fanny, which hit orissa, was a massive cyclone, but the loss of life was quite small compared to the devastation that was reaped across it. 16 people were killed, but a million people were evacuated, but imagine trying to evacuate that many people when you are also trying to maintain social distancing, trying to make sure that this doesn't cause a massive coronavirus outbreak. india's national disaster response chief has talked about this as a difficulty, saying that this is a dual challenge that his teams on the ground are facing. bangladesh as well, what we are being told is that apart from the existing cyclone shelters, they are trying to convert schools

once they are evacuated, so that not everyone is crammed into small places. of course, a massive evacuation is expected to happen on tuesday. the cyclone is expected to make landfall on wednesday. according to india's weather departments, they are expecting that the wind speeds was slightly reduced by the time it makes landfall. but even then, we are talking but very strong, very gusty winds. we are talking about heavy rainfall in coastal areas, and of course, storm surges as well. just to bring you an update that has come to us from the afp news agency regarding the death toll in the united states from coronavirus, the latest death toll, according to the john hopkins university, is that it has exceeded 90,000 deaths in the united states, with 1.5 million infections. the tracker also registered 10,000 additional deaths injust the registered 10,000 additional deaths in just the last seven deaths, so that's the latest coming to us at

90,000 deaths have been exceeded in the united states of america. you have been watching altered source. thank you very much forjoining us. stay with us here in bbc news. we'll see you soon. hello there. this sunny, dry spring is continuing — after what was an exceptionally warm dry and sunny april, it looks like may is following that trend. so far this may, we have had a rainfall deficit come here is a selection of places behind me which have only seen a couple of percent of their average rainfall of the month so far. so regardless from a really will be keen to know if there is any rain in the forecast. now, some of us might be in luck, christmas and prince of the country, we have started this week with a little bit of rain at times. the middle part of the week in terms

very warm and sunny for many of us, before cooley or windy or whether moves and later in the week as low—pressure arrives, which could will bring some useful ranges some areas. no, this area of high pressures will swing to be responsible around the middle part of the week to drop this warm airfrom spain and from france, where we could be looking at some of the highest temperatures of the year so far. for tuesday though, we will get into rather cloudy mild start to the table top it damp weather across the north begins to become confined to the northern isles, so increasing amounts of sunshine, particularly england and wales, where we could see 25 degrees here. high teens in ireland and northern scone. this is the area of high pressure which is going to bring the very warm weather as we move out to tuesday into wednesday. it will push that weather front northwards and draw this air up from the near continent. so we will start off with variable cloud across the north. wet whether in the northern aisles, slowly pushing northwards, increasing amounts of sunshine across much of the so with the sunshine increasing, than the temperatures are going to respond with the low 20s, perhaps across scotland and highs of 27, maybe 28 degrees across the southeast. so it looks like wednesday will be the peak of the warm weather. thursday, again, another warmish day across eastern areas,

but we will start to see a weather front moving in which could bring increasing chances of showers and thunderstorms potentially central and southern and eastern areas. again, we could see 26 degrees in the south, and that's what could spark off the thunderstorms. further north and west though, as our weather front moves through, it starts to introduce some fresher aironce again. then quite a different looking pressure picture as we end the week with a very deep area of low pressure moving up to the west of the uk, lots of isobars on the chart, so it's going to be windy for all of us, particularly into the north and the west, and there will be frequent showers here and longer spells of rain. very little rain perhaps getting into the south and the east, so gardeners and farmers not so lucky there with the rainfall we think for friday. a cooler day across the board, mid teens in the north, 20—21d in the southeast. mid teens in the north, as mid teens in the north, we move out of fright into weekend, as we move out of fright into the weekend, then we are continuing with the run of west— south—westerly winds moving off the atlantic, so it's going to feel a bit fresher still. a breezy day across the board, still. a breezy day across the boa rd, lots of still. a breezy day across the board, lots of chars pushing into scotla nd board, lots of chars pushing into scotland and northern ireland, perhaps her view across western parts of england and wales. again,

little in the way of rain reaching southern and eastern england. there could be quite a bit of sunshine around once again, but a fresher feeling day. 18—19d in the southeast from a low to mid teens further north. but as we move into sunday andindeed north. but as we move into sunday and indeed into the following week and indeed into the following week and it looks like i pressure wants to build back in to bring us lights winds and plenty of sunshine, but all the while, we could see some weather systems just skirting with the far northwest of the country to bring some showery bursts of rain there. really, the theme is, as we move through the weekend and into the following week, high pressure wa nts to the following week, high pressure wants to build back in, it will turn dryer and settled again with light winds, and increasing amounts of sunshine. it will become quite warm once again across the south. stay tuned to the forecast for details where the rain will fall during this week.

if you've lost your sense of taste and smell, you may have coronavirus — it's added to the official list of symptoms. that's if you also have a high temperature or a cough — doctors say the new symptoms should have been included weeks ago. in excess of 100,000, maybe 200,000 cases, would have been missed, would have been out there infecting other people. england's deputy chief medical officer warns that without a vaccine, we may have to live with the virus for several years. also tonight... anyone aged five and over can have a coronavirus test — but nhs leaders say the testing system is still falling short. in northern ireland groups of up to six people not in the same