among the dead, aimee o'rourke, one of two nurses today to lose their lives. this advice is not a request. it is an instruction. stay at home. protect lives. and then you will be doing your part. (pres) social distancing remains key to the government's strategy to beat the pandemic. also tonight.... so, here we are ready to start our ward round. we are outside of itu you at the moment. stories from the frontline, the video diary of intensive care doctors. teachers in england will have to estimate gcse and a—level grades, because of cancelled exams. battling the virus in asia's biggest slum, where social distancing is virtually impossible. and premier league clubs are to ask players to take a 30% pay cut to protectjobs, because of the pandemic. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, england's cricketers are donating £500,000 to the england and wales cricket board and also to some good causes amid the coronavirus crisis. good evening. "stay at home and protect lives." that's the clear warning from the health secretary matt hancock, who says it's "not a request

among the dead, aimee o'rourke, one of two nurses today to lose their lives. an instruction. stay at home. protect lives. and then you will be doing your part. (pres) social distancing remains key to the government's strategy to beat the pandemic. also tonight.... so, here we are ready to start our ward round.

we have lost today areema nasreen and aimee o'rourke.their families, their friends and their colleagues. because they were one of us. they were one of my profession of the nhs family. i worry that there is going to be more. and i want to honour them today and recognise their service. so as the secretary of state said, we were with his royal highness, the prince of wales, joining by video camera as he opened the first nhs nightingale hospital in london. it was an extraordinary feat. people have worked so hard from all sorts of walks of life. all sorts of backgrounds, and they have come together as one team to build an nhs hospital, an enormous piece of work of absolutely huge proportions. as the secretary of state said, he has announced two further facilities harrogate for the people of the north—east, in bristol for the people of the south—west. and that is alongside birmingham and manchester. so thank you to all of our nhs staff, all of our staff and social care, nurses, midwives, doctors, all of them pulling together to make sure that

aimee o'rourke, one of two nurses who have lost their lives after contracting covid—19. paid today for their bravery, including at the downing street press conference. and there was this warning to the public from the health secretary. we cannot relax our discipline now. if we do, people will die. so i end with the advice we all know. this advice is not a request, it is an instruction. stay at home, protect lives, and then you will be doing your part. earlier, there was an unusual official opening of the newest nhs hospital, the key players keeping their distance on fixed marks, the moment marked by a royal video contribution. perhaps i could invite nightingale‘s head of nursing, natalie grey, on my behalf, to unveil the plaque to declare nhs nightingale hospital open. applause. prince charles was on the balmoral estate having recently come out of self—isolation after contracting coronavirus. in less than two weeks, huge empty exhibition halls have been transformed into special hospital wards for covid—19 patients — a joint effort involving army planners working alongsid

last friday, it was announced that she and a fellow nurse, aimee o'rourke, had died.colleagues described her as an "amazing nurse" who "put her patients first and herself last". earlier we heard from her sister, kazeema, who described what happened when areema first learnt she was ill. she done the last shift, she came home. tell her every evening what's going on. she had a slight leg ache and i said, yeah, you have had a 12 hour shift, that's why. when she text two hours later again and said the pain is coming up, i never thought anything because you have got to understand the symptoms are different. everyone has totally different symptoms. then she found out this was happening and the shortage of staff, she booked a bank shift at the walsall manor hospital. it was a monday when she woke me up and said we are really short, come on down. because i'm a health care assistant. so i did a shift, but when i saw her, i said, you don't look good. she said let's do this shift together and go home together. i was checking her temperature while she was at work and it was going

aimee o'rourke, one of two nurses who've lost their lives to covid—i9. their bravery, including at the downing street press conference, and there was this morning to the public from the health secretary. we cannot relax our discipline now. if we do — people will die. so, i end with the advice that we all know. this advice is not a request, it is an instruction. stay at home, protect lives, and then you will be doing your part. it was the same message from borisjohnson, still in self—isolation. in my own case, although i'm feeling better and i've done my seven days of isolation, alas i still have one of the symptoms, a minor symptom, i still have a temperature. everybody may be getting a bit stir crazy and there may be just a temptation to get out there, hang out and start to break the regulations and ijust urge you not to do that. earlier, there was an unusual official opening of the newest nhs hospital. the key players keeping their distance at fixed points, the moment marked by a royal video contribution. perhaps i could invite nightingale‘s head of nu

the death of this nurse, aimee o'rourke, and a second, areema nasreen, sends a clear message, accordingk you to remember them. please, i ask you to remember them. please stay at home for them. the government and the police are hoping this will be the norm this weekend in these least normal of times. simonjones, bbc in these least normal of times. simon jones, bbc news. in france, the number of dead from coronavirus continues to rise, with nearly 600 deaths recorded in just 2a hours. police are strictly enforcing the government's tough quarantine measures over the easter holidays. in paris, railway stations, airports and major roads will be monitored to prevent people leaving the city. lucy williamson reports. it is not only nations that thrive on liberty. epidemics too. at stations across paris today, every journey began with a police check. freedom of movement, a new national threat. do you have your piece of paper? of course. johann made it through. he is on his way home to brittany after through. he is on his way home to britta ny after two through. he is on his way home to brittany

the death of this nurse, aimee o'rourke and a second, areema nasreen, at the hospitals where they worked message according to the nhs. please, i ask you to remember aimee and areema. please stay at home for them. the government and police are hoping this will be the norm this weekend in these least normal of times. simon jones, bbc news. the uk government is preparing to release up to 4,000 prisoners from jails in england and wales because of the coronavirus. inmates with two months or less to serve will be eligible for release on temporary licence. the prison service says sex offenders and those convicted of violent crimes will be excluded from the early release scheme. in france, the number of dead continues to rise, with nearly 600 deaths recorded in just 2a hours. police are strictly enforcing the government's tough quarantine measures over the easter holidays. in paris, railway stations, airports and major roads are being monitored to prevent people leaving the city. spain has recorded its lowest number of coronavirus deaths in a week. it's the second day in a row that the daily dea

areema nasreen and aimee o'rourke, two nurses losing their lives after contracting covid—19.s were paid today for their bravery, including at the downing street press c0 nfe re nce including at the downing street press conference and there was this warning from the health secretary. we cannot relax or discipline now. if we do, people will die. so i end with the advice we all know. this advice is not a request, it is an instruction. stay at home, protect lives and then you will be doing your part. earlier there was an unusual official opening of the newest nhs hospital, the key players keeping their distance on fixed marks, at the moment marked by a royal video contribution. perhaps i could invite nightingale's head of nursing, on my behalf to unveil the plaque to declare nhs nightingale hospital open. applause. prince charles was on the bow moral estate having recently come out of self isolation after contracting coronavirus. in less than two weeks, huge empty exhibition halls have been transformed into special hospital wards were covid—i9 patients. ajoint effort hospital war

last friday, it was announced that she and a fellow nurse aimee o'rourke had died.is coronavirus outbreak. areema nasreen's colleagues described her as an "amazing nurse" who "put her patients first and herself last". her sister is kazeema and she wanted to come on air today to pay tribute to areema and we can also talk to another family relative dr samara afzal who is also a gp. i want to say to you we are so sorry for the loss of your sister. i know you want to pay tribute to her, so, do tell us about her. she was just do tell us about her. she wasjust a do tell us about her. she was just a rare goal. notjust at work. she put herself last in the community —— girl. any time she found somebody suffering back home, she would send money. anybody who wa nted she would send money. anybody who wanted to go to pilgrimage, she would pay for the poor to go. you used to go with them coming every year, she would help out with eve ryo ne year, she would help out with everyone there. if you are to be ill and go to the hospital, she was with them all night. it was notjust work,

the death of this nurse, aimee o'rourke, and a second, areema nasreen, at the hospitals where they workedr message, according to the nhs. please, i ask you to remember aimeee and areema and please stay at home for them. the government and police are hoping this will be the norm this weekend in these least normal of times. simon jones, bbc news. in france, the number of dead continues to rise, with nearly 600 deaths recorded in just 2a hours. police are strictly enforcing the government's tough quarantine measures over the easter holidays. in paris, railway stations, airports and major roads are being monitored to prevent people leaving the city. across the uk, hospitals are pulling together rapid strategies to cope with a surge in covid—i9 cases. the luton and dunstable university hospital in bedfordshire has turned operating theatres and recovery rooms into intensive care facilities to increase its capacity to treat critically ill patients, as jon 00:07:15,1000 --> 00:07:18,489 ironmonger reports. this is what an epidemic does to a hospital. there are no outpatients oi’ hospital. there a

remember those nhs nurses who died after contracting covid—19, areema nasreen who was 36 and aimee o'rourked the suffering. we can all based on them by playing our pa rt can all based on them by playing our part in fighting the disease by staying at home and slowing the spread. several health care professionals have now lost their lives to covid—19 and we offer our heartfelt condolences to their grieving families, and to the many others mourning the loss of loved ones. they include the family of ishmail her mohammed who died in king's college in london. his mother and siblings are showing symptoms of the virus and they were unable to say theirfinal the virus and they were unable to say their final goodbyes at his funeral. in their despair the levelling dignified tributes from ishmail‘s parents are truly haunting. 0ur ishmail‘s parents are truly haunting. our thoughts are with the five—year—old child with underlying health conditions who has tragically died. so again, you must stay at home to protect the nhs and to save lives. whatever the temptations this weekend, please don't go outside to

the death of this nurse, aimee o'rourke and a second, areema nasreen, at the hospitals where they worked message according to the nhs. please, i ask you to remember aimee and areema. please stay at home for them. the government and police are hoping this will be the norm this weekend in these least normal of times. simon jones, bbc news. millions of americans have been told they should now wear a face mask in public, following new medical guidance on coronavirus. however, president trump says he will not be wearing one himself, and here in the uk the advice remains that masks do not stop the virus from spreading. the us now has nearly a 250,000 confirmed cases. david willis reports. this president trump has long downplayed the severity of the coronavirus and, once again, made plain he doesn't always take the recommendations of his medical staff seriously. the cdc is advising the use of non—medical cloth face covering as an additional voluntary public health measure. so was volu nta ry. public health measure. so was voluntary. you don't have to do it. they suggest it for a period of time.

last friday, it was announced that she and a fellow nurse aimee o‘rourke had died. nurse‘ who "‘put her patients first and herself last‘. her sister, kazeema, told victoria derbyshire that they‘d lost "an amazing person". she was just she wasjust a she was just a rear girl. notjust at work, —— rail. she picked herself last in the community. rare. if someone needed money, or if someone needed to go to pilgrimage, she used to pay for the period to go. she used to go with them. —— the poor. it was notjust used to go with them. —— the poor. it was not just work, used to go with them. —— the poor. it was notjust work, she picked herself last in every way, in the community... she helped everyone with everything. we have lost an amazing nurse but also an amazing person in life, which has affected everyone. she was an amazing sister. she was an amazing mum. she went with her sisters, we were so close. we just sat and talked to her before she went on the ventilator, she told me to sit down because she wanted to see me. i think she knew she wasn‘t going to survive. when she f

but please, i ask you to remember aimee o'rourke and areema nasreen. please stay at home for them.i want to show you is a survey which shows the behavioural change is of march 29th in relation to the social distancing advice government has given. as you can see on the side, if you begin on the left, there is a small increase in mobility within residential settings. this actually is good because it shows people are staying at home. if you then contrast that with the bars further to the right, which move progressively through grocery and pharmacy and public parks and workplaces and transit stations and finally to retail and recreation, you can see progressively larger declines in mobility across the uk. this is very encouraging indeed and shows the british public are following advice that was given to them but it needs to continue. next slide, please. if you move on and look at the change in transport use between the 5th of march and just a few days ago, you can see dramatic declines across the piece. in total motor vehicles and use of national rail, buses and the tube in london. thi

mother of three, aimee o'rourke, was a nurse working on an acute medical unit. to hospital after he began to show symptoms, but said that dr saadu "did not want to take up a hospital bed because others would need it". some beautiful tributes paid there. we can speak now to ben wood, whose grandmother, margaret tapley died in the early hours of yesterday morning. she was a dedicated nurse, who was still working at the age of 84. benjoins us from telford this morning. a very good morning to you, thank you so much forjoining us. what an incredible lady, still working. tell us what she was up to. she worked in a community hospital. she'd been working for the nhs for over years. she was one of a kind, really. she had such a drive and energy that was beyond anyone i've ever met and ever known. she always put others before herself and wanted to do the best for herfamily, herself and wanted to do the best for her family, her friends, herself and wanted to do the best for herfamily, herfriends, her collea g u es for herfamily, herfriends, her colleagues and her patients,