sarah rainsford reporting in moscow. tv at the moment. and thanks to the internet, people can make it a much more sociable activity than it used to be. emily cook from the uk is a big fan of doctor who and she's been bringing together people from as many as 75 countries to watch their favourite episodes together. jon hunt has more. it's a show that has always united fans, but now the doctor is helping people around the world cope with the coronavirus lockdown. this is my humble doctor who collection. people like david ang, in manila, in the philippines. definitely not being able to go out is a bit intoxicating, i'd say, and that's why i really like these watch—alongs. .. g'day, my name is rachel wyld, and i am from sydney, australia, and this is part of my doctor who collection. wherever they are, regardless of time zone, the fans have been watching past episodes of doctor who at precisely the same time, and while watching, they communicate with each other online. these viewing sessions go for about an hour, and then aft

sarah rainsford reports from moscow.y ca kes coronavirus. now it's takeaway cakes only and just a handful of staff. this business is barely scraping by but its owner says the state is offering no lifeline. transmack so when ——so when anastasia came face—to—face with her president, she didn't hold back. transmack president, she didn't hold back. tra nsmack i president, she didn't hold back. transmack i don't know if ican back. transmack i don't know if i can beg for your help without crying, business told vladimir putin. but it's a tragedy, she said. she wasn't the only emotional one. a 12 minute takedown went viral. a couple of weeks on, she says nothing ‘s changed. of weeks on, she says nothing 's changed. translation: at that moment, ijust needed him to hear me. there have been no results. in the government has taken measures that are not enough. we willjust have to do what we can ourselves. it's not only small business owners who are in trouble, it's their staff as well. in siberia, social distancing is hard. how long

sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow.ny areas impacted by coronavirus. the main football league in the netherlands has in effect been cancelled for this season. and it's far from clear how the other main leagues in europe can be completed. ros atkins has been looking at this. hi, ros. hi, kasia. the dutch league ran out of options once the government banned all large gatherings until september. so, the season is over. it's the same for the national league in england. it's released this statement today, saying all remaining games are off. now the national league is several rungs below the premier league — but you can argue that sooner rather than later, all of europe's top leagues may have to follow suit. trouble is no—one — not the dutch nor the national league — has worked out what to do about who wins and who loses. remember this is a tough one for liverpool fans. this is the top half of the premier league as it stands — they are 25 points clear at the top, and only need two wins to secure the title. it was theirs — now

we're joined now by moscow correspondent sarah rainsford. lay on the line. sarah, how badly affected has russia been? well, the numbers here are still rising and certainly president putin said yesterday the worst is yet to come for russia, he said scientists are telling him the peak year in terms of the infection rate has not yet been reached. so while russians are starting to get restless under lockdown, certainly indicators are suggesting there are more people on the streets across the country now. the message from president putin very clearly yesterday evening was that russians must remain patient, they must remain in their houses as far as possible because the situation here is still serious. the numbers around 93,000 people with coronavirus at the current moment, some 867 people have died so far, according to official numbers. as you mentioned, two admitted yesterday what many doctors have been complaining about for some time —— president putin admitted yesterday, here in russia as in many countries, there is a problem in getting protect

our moscow correspondent is sarah rainsford. to come up with an exit strategy, how to get out of this lockdown, the steps that will eventually need to be taken very gradually to return to some kind of normallity. but at the same time, he was making it clear that the worst is yet to come. he said that scientists are telling him that the peak in terms of infection rate had not yet been reached and therefore it would be premature, he was saying, to end any kind of lockdown. so certainly warning of pressure on the health service and warning people that this is and still remains a deadly virus. there was also some interesting information that we have heard in the past day, which is, for example, a military theme park is one of the facilities that is being converted into a temporary hospital to provide hundreds of extra beds, as well as an expo centre. so another 3,000 beds there and more hospitals being repurposed as the mayor here in moscow, which is the centre of this pandemic in russia itself, is saying that the hospitals here are

our correspondent sarah rainsford is in moscow for us this morning. t had the bells ringing for the morning easter mass here in moscow, and we've just seen one person go inside the church. otherwise the street outside this particular church is very, very quiet. you may be able to see there's a police car parked outside there's a police car parked outside the front entrance. that is of course to dissuade people from going m, course to dissuade people from going in, although the lady inside this church told us that 50 people gathered for the easter vigil last night. now, that is against the rules — there is a sign on the door saying the churches in moscow have been closed because of the epidemic and the only people allowed in our priests and those holding the service itself. those have been streamed online to try precisely to enforce this idea of an easter without parishioners in the churches. in fact the main cathedral here, which is where president putin would normally spend easter night and celebrate easter — it was empty, apart from priests and those