after the death of george floyd — a black man in police custody. a former police officer is charged with murder. anger has spread across america with demonstrators clashing with security forces in several cities including new york, atlanta and la. four scientists advising the uk government warn relaxing the lockdown is still ‘too risky‘, amdist fears the warm weather this weekend could lead people to ditch social distancing. and — us business magazine forbes removes reality tv star and entrepreneur kylie jenner from its list of billionaires, accusing her family of inflating the value of her cosmetics business. with coronavirus outbreaks at different stages around the world, we explore what might happen as restrictions change and people adjust to a new reality.

welcome to the latest in our special programmes on the coronavirus pandemic. i am victoria derbyshire. today we hear from front line health workers on the fears of a second wave of covid—19 infections. plus, how a team of scientists are trying to work out how coronavirus affects different people in such extreme ways. and you can always keep up—to—date with the latest information about the pandemic on our website. first, the world health organization has warned of a second peak of coronavirus cases if lockdown restrictions around the world and lifted too soon. the threat of a possible second wave pits front line health care workers underfurther

pits front line health care workers under further pressure in pits front line health care workers underfurther pressure in many countries. the bbc has been given unprecedented access to one hospital ina unprecedented access to one hospital in a community in the heart of london who have been coping with the pandemic. to their fears about the possibility of a second way. the bbc‘s reporter reports from tower hamlets in east london. it is in times of crisis we find out who we really are. i've felt broken on many occasions and i think a lot of my collea g u es occasions and i think a lot of my colleagues have. when cells are laid bare. —— souls. in this time of coronavirus one hospital and one community reflect in these troubled times. coming up forairto in these troubled times. coming up for air to reveal their souls to ours. we saw the fragility of life.

we are going to take out your tube now. we sought strength. and all the while, one for heirlooms. another peak of infections to rival the first. we are 20 beds away from being overrun. don't be fooled by the gentle pace. time is twisted here. on the royal london hospital's coronavirus wards, while many patients inhabit ventilated world of slow motion dreams and hallucinations, the doctors and nurses charged with bringing them back to life in the real world where time moves too quickly as this cruel disease eats away at human lungs with frightening speed. can we do a couple more sections?

but the medical staff including this co nsulta nt but the medical staff including this consultant have their own nightmares. are you expecting a second wave? yes, i would have to say yes because i think once the lockdown is relaxed people of course are going to have more contact with each other so that is the way this is going to spread. but if the lockdown completely disappears then i suspect that the case will rapidly rise again., you know, we have learned a lot during this last few weeks and couple of months. we are not perfect but, you know, i think we are better placed. then, as our interview ends, he is called away. his two minutes turn into several agonising hours. we had permission from all the patients or their families to film. and this person's vital signs have

worsened. he isjust 55. the professionalism of the team is stunning. years of experience had gathered around this bed. as the duality of time, the drifting oblivious patient and the rush to save his life merge into a tableau for our times. so, there is a final roll of the dice. you guys lift him up and i'll push the pillows down. this is a last resort. maybe by turning him onto his front they can force air into his front they can force air into his lungs, oxygen into his body. it is all they can do.

ready, steady, go. his lungs are just getting worse, more inflamed again. you have been preparing to talk to his family? yes, that is right. sister becky smith has a presence on the covid—i9 ward for absent relatives, their eyes and ears. imagine the stress for the team multiplied. every day for weeks. imagine the stress for the team multiplied. every day forweeks. now you understand what the peak of the pandemic was like. are you all right? sister kelly bore witness to those dark days. i thought broken on many occasions and i think many of my colleagues have. it consumes you. it is what you think about when you go to bed, it is what you wake up,

preparing for your next shift. you are relieved that the previous shift is over. you are sad. it is huge, it is over. you are sad. it is huge, it isa is over. you are sad. it is huge, it is a huge emotional burden. it is a time of our lives that we will never, ever forget. the peak almost break minds and according to this co nsulta nt break minds and according to this consultant almost broke the royal london. in normal times consultant almost broke the royal london. in normaltimes you manage about 44 patients and at the peak we we re about 44 patients and at the peak we were managing just short of 90 patients. almost double. we were 20 beds away from being overrun. we we re beds away from being overrun. we were keeping people alive. that is what our goal of care was. keep as many people alive for as long as we can until we many people alive for as long as we can untilwe can many people alive for as long as we can until we can get back to being able to deliver the quality of care that we always aspire to deliver. sometimes it is hard to find light in the darkness. you are about to

witness what medicine can do. i'm going to take out your tube now. this is one of the defining moments ina this is one of the defining moments in a defensive care unit. when a patient‘s ventilator tube is removed. it is a procedure full of expectation and dread. i'm going to pull at the cheap as we do that. will it work? he is grimacing as the tube inches up his throat. and finally leaves his chest. everything is ok. you're at the royal london hospital. the heavy breathing of a man given a second chance.

but there are other defeats. sadly, that evening, this man died. another soul lost. as countries around the world consider how and when to use restrictions, attention has been focused on the best ways to avoid a second or even third wave of covid i9 infections. chris morris has more. will there be a second wave of covid—i9 infections? well, history certainly warns us infections? well, history certainly warns us to be on infections? well, history certainly warns us to be on our infections? well, history certainly warns us to be on our guard. as far back as the middle ages, the black death came in waves. so too did later outbreaks of bubonic plague. a century ago, it was spanish flu that devastated populations and while exact numbers are hard to come by, it is generally agreed that the second wave of the pandemic killed substantially more people than the first. health care systems work of

course, not nearly as good as they are now. nor was medical and information technology. more recently, second outbreaks of dangerous viruses like sars have by and large been avoided. partly because they were less infectious than covid i9. because they were less infectious than covid 19. but other big flu pandemic the swine flu have had second waves. so, what does that mean for us now? starters, no two viruses are exactly the same and no epidemics of infectious diseases behave in precisely the same way but we know infectious diseases spread when people who have the infection come into contact with people who don't. and now debate will continue to grow as long as the average number of people infected by a person with the virus is greater than one. that is what is known as the reproductive or are a number, and keeping it below one is critically important which is why measures such critically important which is why measures such as critically important which is why measures such as social distancing

and contact tracing will be part of all our lives for some time to come. need to know more about how long any immunity to covid—i9 might last a among people who have already had it won so many defined at whether there is any significant seasonal variation in the way the virus spreads. experts have warned of the danger of coronavirus emerging in the flu season in europe and the united states when health systems are already under huge pressure. they are watching closely to see if the virus mutates and becomes more or less lethal. so there are a host of factors to take into account when trying to plan for a potential second way. it is not certain that one will happen, and the early development of a reliable vaccine would be a game changing but, until then, if mistakes are made when changing control measures, the virus could spread rapidly all over again. scientists and governments race to find ways to prevent a second

outbreak one of the key questions being asked by medics is why some people have more severe symptoms than others. it is hoped some of the a nswe rs than others. it is hoped some of the answers might lie in research being carried out by a team of scientists, clinicians and volunteers in cambridge. richard westcott has this. what is kevin 19 but some people like george here in hospital, yet others get new symptoms at all? he has volunteered to help find out. because part of the answer might lie in his blood. once it is sealed up the blood is passed to a volunteer. his medical research had to go on hold because of the viva so he has set upa hold because of the viva so he has set up a team that, every day, carries covid—i9 samples to be analysed. it is quite a long way to interview someone. how did you get involved in this? i would normally be working in the lab on pulmonary

hypertension of lung disease and it is quite frustrating because i can't do that so i just e—mailed is quite frustrating because i can't do that so ijust e—mailed my collea g u es do that so ijust e—mailed my colleagues and asked, how can i get involved? how colleagues and asked, how can i get involved ? how can colleagues and asked, how can i get involved? how can i help? and it has been excellent, to be honest, because you do feel you are making a difference in these difficult times. samples are taken to a brand—new lab just around the corner on the cambridge biomedical campus. your blood contain cells that play a key role in fighting off the coronavirus. some of them make antibodies. others directly kill infected cells. but to analyse them first you have to separate them. at the very bottom heavy red blood cells, they are the heaviest and go to the bottom. at the top the yellow pa rt to the bottom. at the top the yellow part is that plasma and it is the solution your blood flows in normally. and then we are looking at this white smile banned here and this white smile banned here and this is the weight blood cells fighting off infection. but it gets more complex. there are lots of different types of white blood cells all playing different roles. so, next door, uses lasers to count how many you have got of each key type.

it can then separate millions of them off for more tests. incredibly, each plop peer as a droplet of salty water with one cell inside. each plop peer as a droplet of salty water with one cell insidelj each plop peer as a droplet of salty water with one cell inside. i think we will find that the pattern of white blood cell numbers is going to give us an white blood cell numbers is going to give us an answer white blood cell numbers is going to give us an answer to why some people re cover give us an answer to why some people recover and some people dead. basically the very old people might have different cell structures or cells to people who don't get very ill? very ill people might start off with a different balance of white blood cells or they may end up with a different pattern that doesn't help the recovery. 260 patients and staff are giving their blood for this research. some got very sick, some didn't. the key question for scientists, can you see the difference in their blood? we found a number of severe abnormalities in

patients with advanced covid—i9 disease and some of those point very clearly to potential therapeutics that might impact on that disease. we are also finding that a lot of those abnormalities are visible early on in the disease and perhaps much earlier than we expected. that's interesting. you might be able to tell much sooner who is going to get very, very sick. exactly. what we are hoping is that when people who have symptoms that make them suspect they might have covid and get their very first test when test become more readily available at that point we might be able to predict who is going to go on to get severely sick and allow us to intervene earlier. by understanding the science of the disease it is easier to find drugs to fight it. next, in britain, the locked and restrictions were introduced on the 23rd of march to try to slow the spread of the virus. some of these measures have started to be lifted but others remain in place. though the impact has been felt by everyone, young people are one of the demographics hit hardest. with traditionally small their incomes and living spaces. the bbc asked a group of young across the uk

to document a day in their life. asked a group of young across the uk to document a day in their lifelj just saw someone taking their pavitt for a walk. just keep going. just keep swimming. i'mjust for a walk. just keep going. just keep swimming. i'm just longing to be with friends again. at the start was very scary. it is important to be kind to yourself. i did not know how to cope with it. having my brea kfast. how to cope with it. having my breakfast. i'm still going to work because i am a teacher. we are looking after children who are vulnerable and who are key worker children. i'm staying two metres and it is really difficult to stay two metres from the children. it doesn't feel natural. i'm about to go to work. it is quite nice to have a few extra minutes in bed in the morning because there is absolutely no traffic on the way to work. here we

go. in the past i have struggled with depression and anxiety and anxiety now is something that is definitely still presenting its challenges in many ways. it is definitely draining and i'm finding myself way more tired nowadays than before. i'm on my way back from the post office. to wait ten minutes and the longest queue ever. it was very scary, the idea of being in lockdown. in doing university courses online and the aspect of graduating. it only has a day, and i understand that, however it is a closing chapter. yesterday was my last exa m closing chapter. yesterday was my last exam but it is just weird that you are stuck in this weird limbo. last exam but it is just weird that you are stuck in this weird limbolj have checked my work e—mails and send a few e—mails out. it isjust before lunchtime is that is where i tried to get my run in. something i

saw yesterday was someone saying running is like life. you're the only person knowing you're doing it and you're the only person knowing if you're going to stop cheat yourself out of it. at times like this it is so important tojust keep going. just keep swimming. i'm just longing to be with friends again. chilling, playing football, basketball, just in the usual things back outside. i usually work in hospital but i'm currently isolating because i'm testing positive. there we re because i'm testing positive. there were so many symptoms i got them confused with hay fever, sleeping pattern. so this is where i spent a lot of my time, in my bed. it is moments like this that i am sad i don't get to share this experience with friends because this is, as i

would like to collect beer garden weather. what i find difficult about being on furlough during lockdown is not having a sense of purpose of contributing to anything, which i would normally get from myjob.|j did not know how to cope with it. socially distanced from family and friends are something i've never done. i was not prepared for it. we've just come for a walk. the rules in wales have a little bit different so we don't try to leave the house too much but on a day like today, it hasjust been so hot, is really nice just to get out for a bit. not being able to go outside and with the weather being as good as it had the last few weeks we decided to put a lot of effort into making ourgardena decided to put a lot of effort into making our garden a nice place to be. hello. i am in making our garden a nice place to be. hello. iam in my making our garden a nice place to be. hello. i am in my daily government sanction walk. i am the least vulnerable out of my mum and my brother and people living with at the moment. hi. what are you missing at the moment? friends. so, myjob

is the daily dog walk which i love. getting outside has definitely been a morale boost and made me feel a lot better. you know what time it is. it is 8pm. we've formatted our final play this year to be a zoom addition and today was the last day of filming that. i would shout. it is not nearly as good, it is not nearly as fun. you don't get that ivy nearly as fun. you don't get that joy of it. and that is something i miss very, very much. i think i've come to appreciate lockdown for the readings. we are making sourdough

right now that i'm sure everybody else is doing right now. i'm lucky enough to have a support network around me. i can't taste anything yet. i think mental health is so important for everyone. every single day. i'm just going to finish watching this episode of breaking bad, i think, watching this episode of breaking bad, ithink, and watching this episode of breaking bad, i think, and then head to bed. good night. 14 million tourists visited thailand —— but because of the coronavirus pandemic the industry there has collapsed. among those affected are elephant keepers who rely on the income they get from elephant experience camps and shows. keepers and their elephants are now migrating across thailand from the country's tourist centres to the remote villages where they grew up. the bbc‘s respondentjoined one group making the journey home.

hundreds of elephants are on the move in thailand. translation: we are taking the elephants back home because of covid—i9. there are no more tourists. we have been waiting for several months to see if it would get better. but it is not. so she's taking her elephants to have village where she can feed them. it is more than 100 miles away. in the mountains of this province. it will bea mountains of this province. it will be a difficult journey. translation: we expected to take three days and two nights but we have a young elephant and an old one. the baby elephant is four months old. if they are tired they can rest. elephants are synonymous

with tourism in thailand but it is an industry accused of cruelty. 3000 elephants rely on tourist and are at risk of starvation. for some elephants the pandemic has meant more suffering. translation: if it does not get better in three months i will contact people i know along the border. i will take my elephant to work in the logging business there. after two days of travel the convoys chased out of the village. locals think the keepers may have coronavirus. tired, the team starts to rest. translation: the elephants got very thirsty and the little one had no energy to walk. theirjourney home has been funded by local charity

order. she thinks this is a chance to transform the industry. translation: if there was no pandemic today elephants will still be in the same state. but after covid—i9, we will think and torres will have time to think, too. after three days travelling, the keepers and their elephants have arrived safely. and they are having a meal that the villagers prepared for them to welcome them home. that is it for now. you can follow me on twitter or head to bbc news the latest information. thank you so much for watching.

good afternoon. it is another sunny weekend out there to close out the month of may. we've still got this area of high pressure across scandinavia which is influencing the way the story across western europe. a good feel of dry weather and warm weather. the yellow and orange tones denoting where we have seen temperatures above the average for the time of year. so, yes, wherever you are, whatever you are doing, i can guarantee that you are seeing schemes like this from cornwall all the way up to the north—east of scotla nd the way up to the north—east of scotland as blue sky and sunshine. a bit of a difference with the feel of the weather, particularly on the east with that breeze coming in off the north sea. you can see from the satellite picture, hardly a cloud in the sky. there is aberdeenshire, down into cornwall where we saw those weather watchers. a little bit fair weather cloud into the north—west but really, it is a set of story. we keep that quiet theme

through the evening. that easterly breeze just driving on a little more cloud across eastern scotland and north—east england but it is going to allow those tempted to fall back to allow those tempted to fall back to comfortable weather. 8—i3d. any murkiness will melt quickly away tomorrow and we are back to doing it all again. what's a blue sky and sunshine around there. temperatures again, promising. that easterly breeze always keeping it back to a more comfortable level. i7—i9d. not as warm into western scotland as well as a few days ago. but the warmest and best of the weather, a few like that sunshine and heat, is likely to be for the midlands, south wales where we could see 26 or 27 degrees. that is 80 fahrenheit. and so tomorrow is the final day of may of what is now going to be the sunniest spring on so, at the beginning ofjune, the beginning a meteorological summer. the beginning ofa meteorological summer. the beginning of a change as well as is where the front will introduce potential for some showers to the middle part of

the week and something a little bit cool there. we could pick up some showers coming from the near continent as well. the yellow and orange tones push back the near continent. there is a northerly wind picking up and dragging cooler air across the country. all that basically translates into the beginning of the week which will be warm, settled and sunny. somewhat cooler with the risk of some welcome showers towards the end of the week. that is it. take care.

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