chris morris. exclusive access to two filmmakers inside the chinese city of wuhan. our world tells the story of life under lockdown. wuhan, central china, with a population of 11 million, it's bigger than greater london. this is where the coronavirus outbreak began last december. injanuary, as it started spreading across china, the government took an unprecedented step, to lockdown wuhan. two residents began to film. police barricades ring the city. all roads out are shut. lin wenhua, a travel logger, heads out with his camera. lin has lived in wuhan his whole life and knows the bustling city like the back of his hand, but today it is empty. many factories, offices and shops are closed. the lockdown is a huge gamble to stop the spread of the virus to the rest of china by shutting off wuhan. residents do not know what it will do to infections within the city and there is no word on when it will end. two dozen people have already died. wuhan central hospital is the epicentre of the outbreak. it is un

chris morris has been fact—checking some of the most prominent examples.e all, wash your hands frequently to try to limit the coronavirus spread, but there have also been a variety of myth circulating on social media and elsewhere which are to health advice. here are a few to ignore. eat garlic to avoid infection. there is no question that garlic is a healthy food. the same goes for other fruit and vegetables, but the world health organization says there is no evidence eating garlic or anything else has protected people from coronavirus. drink water every 15 minutes. again, staying hydrated is good for you but that does not mean it can stop coronavirus. you get a virus like this when you breathe then. a there is no biological mechanism to suggest you can flush it out of your system by constantly drinking water. myth number three, don't eat ice cream. the idea of avoiding ice cream or other cold foods can prevent the virus taking hold is totally untrue. trying to heat your body to make an inhospitable environment for the virus will not work. we know the flo

chris morris. this week's travel show rajan datar is joined by global guru simon calder to take a look at the impact of cancelled flights and lockdowns around the world. this week on the show: our look at the impact the global pandemic is having on international travel. i'm stranded. virgin cancelled my flight yesterday. we're trapped in our hotel for what seems like 15 days. i would love to get home, yeah. what are your rights if you've had trips cancelled? how do you cope if you're stuck in a country in lockdown and just what does the future hold for all our travels? just a year ago and the headlines from places like paris and venice were very different. we all learned the word ‘overtourism' as we saw that cafes and attractions of some of our most loved places heaving with holidaymakers. it's a very different picture now. many destinations are in lockdown as people are being asked to stay at home to protect their health and that of others. it means that tourists are being left stranded, holidays

chris morris and our reality check team.est developments, and latest announcements. and what the latest announcements for you, on the bbc news channel, on our app and on our website. iam back i am back in the next few minutes with the very latest from the uk. the us, italy, spain and taiwan. all of the headlines from around the world here injust a moment or two after the weather. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. good evening. monday, for most, is being dominated by a dry settled story. good evening. monday, for most, is being dominated by a dry settled story. in fact, the weather watcher picture here is essex, but it's fairly indicative of many areas across the country, allowing for some spring blossom to flourish now. different story though further north and west. across the western aisles, thicker cloud, thick enough for some rain at times, from a weather front that's going to stubbornly sit with you for the next couple of days. so it will bring some relentless rain for a time and some strong gusty

my name is chris morris i miss. panic mom was pregnant with me and the nurse. and i don't know my route. if you think. i can kind of relate to how you feel because i know like i love my family more than anything like my mom my best. one. so i don't know. what i would do. just. my dad. those are like all those years of your life that you're never going to get back. you have the wisdom of. a 40 year old with 50. that's crazy i just respect. i don't think i would ever be able to. even. i was your age you know when the war broke out there for things. and to see. witnessing things what i have seen. it is like i say i don't care who you hate. i cannot this have to come from a higher. i am not the want to forgive what i see. no buck. i will not hate because the hate. will destroy me and now be i hate their like them. your ability to say that you're not ever going to hate. when you're fighting with their siblings will be like oh i hate you or whatever but you don't hate them obviously but even just to say that is just wrong considering the fact that he will actually ha

chris morris with some good advice.taff are to ta ke maker, then that its staff are to take a 25% pay cut. a20 5% reduction in hours as well, due to a 75% cut off from sales. this is the result obviously the coronavirus crisis and that so many people are working from home and not coming into work places and binds damages. the move is also to affect staff at the head office. they are trying, they say, to avoid job losses and that is why they have done that. they expect these measures to last at least three months. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. it is the spring equinox today and although it was a pretty chilly start to the morning with some frost around, particularly in the north, many others are seeing a dry day with some sunshine. this is the picture in cumbria. through the rest of today, we will keep the sunny spells and quite a chilly wind blowing as well, but they won't be sunshine everywhere. we have got quite a stubborn, slow—moving weather front across parts of england and it has

chris morris there speaking earlier. stay with us on oustide source.l exact a heavy price across asia, leaving millions in poverty. with lockdowns being imposed around the world, the un has warned that domestic violence is a problem just as urgent as medical care. domestic abuse hotlines in the us and france say they have had more calls since the coronavirus outbreak, but the un are warning that poorer women have fewer ways to report abuse. we spoke to geetha. she is 27—years—old and from rural india. the first time her husband hit her was her wedding night, when she was 15. she told us that, since the coronavirus outbreak, her husband's income has reduced to £5 a day. schools have also closed across india, and herfour children are home all day in their one—room house. this angers her husband. india is now on a 21—day lockdown. we spoke to geetha the night before it was announced. we haven't been able to reach her since. this is outside source, live from the bbc newsroom. in new york state, the death toll from the coronavirus surpasses 1,500 — as the u

chris morris now. we know what the experts say.t the spread of coronavirus but there have also been myths circulating on social media and elsewhere which amount to fake health advice. so here are a few things to ignore. myth number one — eat garlic to avoid infection. there is no question that garlic is a healthy food. the same goes for other fruit and vegetables, but the world health organization says there is no evidence that eating garlic or anything else has protected people from covid—i9. myth number two — drink water every 15 minutes. again, drinking water and staying hydrated is good for you but that doesn't mean it can stop coronavirus. you get a virus like this when you breathe in. there's no biological mechanism to suggest you can flush it out of your system by constantly drinking water. myth number three — don't eat ice cream. the idea of avoiding ice cream or other cold foods can prevent the virus taking hold is totally untrue. and trying to heat your body to make it inhospitable for the virus just won't work. we know t

chris morris from our reality check team. we know what the experts say.ve also been myths circulating on social media and elsewhere which amount to fake health advice. so here are a few things to ignore. myth number one — eat garlic to avoid infection. there is no question that garlic is a healthy food. the same goes for other fruit and vegetables, but the world health organization says there is no evidence that eating garlic or anything else has protected people from covid—19. myth number two — drink water every 15 minutes. again, drinking water and staying hydrated is good for you, but that doesn't mean it can stop coronavirus. you get a virus like this when you breathe in. there's no biological mechanism to suggest you can flush it out of your system by constantly drinking water. myth number three — don't eat ice cream. the idea of avoiding ice cream or other cold foods can prevent the virus taking hold is totally untrue. and trying to heat your body to make it inhospitable for the virus just won't work. we know the flu virus does not survive well outs

0ur reality check correspondent chris morris explains.etty tough talk before these negotiations have even started — that's not surprising, there's a lot at stake. in fact, things could well get worse over the next few weeks. there are plenty of gloomy predictions. both sides would like to end up with a free trade deal with no tariffs, or taxes, and no quotas on goods crossing borders. but how do you prevent unfair competition between businesses in the uk and the eu, which could allow one side to undercut the other? that's what's known as the level playing field, and some version of it appears in most trade deals. but the eu's demands in this negotiation are particularly strict. it wants the uk to follow eu rules in the future on state aid — that's things like the amount of subsidies governments are allowed to give to businesses. and it wants the uk to stick close to current eu rules on issues such as workers' rights and the environmental regulations that businesses have to follow. but the uk rejects all of that. leaving the eu, the govern

our correspondent, chris morris, is here. quite a lot of confusion about what is being said online.s now clear, as a first choice take paracetamol to trim —— to treat the symptoms of coronavirus but if you are already on ib prison, to deal with other reasons, other conditions, do not stop taking that without talking to your doctor. ibuprofen is an anti—inflammatory drug and there are those for whom it can have the unfortunate side—effects, people with heart disease or asthma for example. the problem is we do not really know how covid—19 reacts to ibuprofen so i think now we are going for a safety first regime at the nhs advice has changed. until a couple of days ago it said take either paracetamol or ibuprofen and now it concentrate on paracetamol and that advice was summed up this morning on bbc brea kfast summed up this morning on bbc breakfast from the university of liverpool. the story around ibuprofen has actually got very weak evidence and although we are taking a cautious approach, it's very hard to find any hard evidence that ibuprofen is causing harm. so if people are alrea

here is chris morris from the bbc‘s reality check team.s say, wash your hands frequently to limit the virus ‘s red. but they have been missed circulating on social media and elsewhere which amount to fake health advice. here are a few things that you can ignore. myth number one, eat garlic to avoid infection. there is no question that gaelic is a healthy food, and the same goes for other fruit and vegetables. at the world health organization says that there is no evidence that eating gaelic or anything else has protected people from covid—i9. myth number two, protected people from covid—i9. myth numbertwo, drink protected people from covid—i9. myth number two, drink water every 15 minutes. again, drinking waterand staying hydrated is good to you. but that does not mean that it can stop coronavirus. you get a virus like this when you breathe in. there is no biological mechanism to suggest that you can flush it out of your system by constantly drinking water. myth number three, don't eat ice cream. the idea that avoiding ice cream. the idea

bbc reality check‘s chris morris takes a look at some of them. even helping prevent the virus spread. but beware of the viral claims that keep appearing online. myth number one, holding your breath. if you can hold your breath. if you can hold your breath for more than ten seconds without discomfort, one widely shared claim asserts, there is no fibrosis or scarring in the lungs, and basically no infection. note, holding your breath is not a test for fibrosis, and fibrosis is not a symptom of covid—19. the main symptoms, don't forget, a high fever and a persistent, dry cough. myth number two: hollow made hands sanitiser recipes. where internet solutions for home—made sanitiser. anything based on disinfectants for cleaning surfaces probably won't suitable for use on the skin. as the suggestions that vodka could work, unfortunately it doesn't contain enough alcohol to be effective. myth number three: the virus can survive on surfaces for up to a month. this is highly unlikely. take research in other strains of coronavirus like sars or mers. it shows

we asked chris morris from our reality check team to take a look.g your hands. nothing is more effective in helping prevent the narrow spread. but beware of the bible claims that keep on appearing online. myth number one, holding your breath. if you can hold your breath for more than ten seconds without discomfort, one widely shared claim assets, there is no fibrosis or scarring in the lungs and basically no infection. no. holding your breath is not a test forfibrosis and holding your breath is not a test for fibrosis and fibrosis is not a symptom of covid—19. the main symptoms, don't forget, a high fever and a persistent, dry cough. myth number two, home—made hand sanitiser west recipes. beware internet solutions for home made hand sanitiser. anything based on disinfectants or cleaning services probably won't be suitable for use on the skin. as for suggestions that lord could go work, unfortunately it contain enough alcohol to be effective. myth number three, the there is survive on surfaces for up toa there is survive on surfaces for up to a month

here's chris morris from reality check. the numbers really are quite striking.s a day before the end of april, hopefully the second half of april but certainly before the end of the month. at the same time, germany is hoping to do 200,000 tests a day by the end of april — eight times as many. and already, germany has done far more testing than the uk has. why is this happening? well, we know that germany has more spare capacity in its health system in general then the uk, and these numbers would appear to confirm that it also has far more spare capacity, including the availability of the relevant chemicals, to carry out mass testing. and that really matters because if you want to find out where the coronavirus is, you need to test for it, you need to know who's got it. and we need to be a little careful about making sweeping generalisations. but certainly — you look at which country has done the most testing in europe, germany, it appears to have the most success in fighting off the coronavirus so far. similarly in east asia, the country that was really aggressi

chris morris with some good advice. situation that you can't control? we can talk to michelle mould — a psychotherapist from anxiety uk — and i'm alsojoined by phoebe brown — phoebe is a pr manager in london who wrote an article about her anxieties around coronavirus earlier this month. welcome to both of you. thank you for joining welcome to both of you. thank you forjoining us today. i am going to begin with you phoebe, tell us about your health anxiety, when did it start and how are you feeling specifically about this pandemic?” have had it for as long as i can remember. i remember my first ever panic attack when i was about 11. i had the same kind of worries when swine flu was going on in the same with ebola. during this time it has been quite hard for me and other people suffering similar later rationalise how not to worry about a pandemic like this. what are the symptoms? as well as your mental well—being, the stress on your mental well—being, do you experience physical symptoms? yeah, physical symptoms can involv

here is chris morris from the bbc reality check team.ths circulating on social media and elsewhere which amount to fake health advice. so here are a few things to ignore. myth number one, eat garlic to avoid infection. there is no question that garlic is a healthy food in the same goes for other fruit and vegetables. but the world health organization says there is no evidence that eating garlic or anything else is protecting people from covid—19 team. number two, drink water every 15 minutes. again, drinking water and staying hydrated is good for you but that doesn't mean you can stop coronavirus. you get a virus like this when you breathe in. there is no biological mechanism to suggest you can flush it out of your system by constantly drinking water. number three, it out of your system by constantly drinking water. numberthree, don't eatice drinking water. numberthree, don't eat ice cream. the idea that avoiding ice cream or other cold foods can prevent the virus taking hold is totally untrue. i'm trying to heat your body to make it in

our reality check correspondent chris morris is here with me. trictions in other countries in europe different to what we now have in the uk? i think there is a perception that italy and spain in particular are being much tougher than we are, but if you look at what people can do in italy, what exemptions there, they can leave to go out to work if they have to, they can go out for medical reasons or to buy food or to go to the family, so, not dissimilar to what we have here. the big difference i think is in the way the measures are being enforced. so, in italy, you to carry a piece of four paper which specifies why you are out, and police are stocking people regularly to look at those forms. —— a piece of paper. in spain as of last night there had been 926 arrests for disobeying the rules. as of last night there had been more than 80,000 fines, and in both of those countries, people are being told, if it is people who are supposed to be under quarantine, who are sick, who are found to have gone out, we could be talking about potential prison sent

0ur reality check correspondent chris morris is here: there's been some pretty tough talk before thesengs could well get worse over the next few weeks — there are plenty of gloomy predictions. both sides would like to end up with a free trade deal with no tariffs (or taxes) and no quotas on goods crossing borders. but how do you prevent unfair competition between businesses in the uk and the eu, which could allow one side to undercut the other? this is what's known as the level playing field. and some version of it appears in most trade deals. but the eu's demands in this negotiation are particularly strict. it wants the uk to follow eu rules in the future on state aid — that's things like the amount of subsidies governments are allowed to give to businesses. and it wants the uk to stick close to current eu rules, on issues such as workers' rights and the environmental regulations that businesses have to follow. but the uk rejects all of that. leaving the eu, the government says, means no alignment with eu rules. we will maintain high standards, ministers argue, but they will be our st

our reality check correspondent chris morris is here. od or go to the pharmacy. it doesn‘t sound thatis go to the pharmacy. it doesn‘t sound that is similar to what we have here. the key difference is the enforcement of the rules. for example, if you go out in italy you need to be carrying a piece of paper to specify why you out. police are stopping people there regularly. and then of course there are signs being issued. so for example in spain, as of last night there have been 926 arrests, 122,000 police reports filed for disobeying the rules and roughly 81,000 fines have been issued. and of course, if people who are under quarantine are found to have gone out then there is the potential for jail sentences. have gone out then there is the potential forjail sentences. that level of the enforcement is something the police here are really relu cta nt to something the police here are really reluctant to get into, so i think one the key issues here over the next few days is how well does the encouraging language if you like,, work? the govern

0ur reality check correspondent chris morris explains.t few weeks. there are plenty of gloomy predictions. both sides would like to end up with a free trade deal with no tariffs, or taxes, and no quotas on goods crossing borders. but how do you prevent unfair competition between businesses in the uk and the eu, which could allow one side to undercut the other? that's what's known as the level playing field, and some version of it appears in most trade deals. but the eu's demands in this negotiation are particularly strict. it wants the uk to follow eu rules in the future on state aid — that's things like the amount of subsidies governments are allowed to give to businesses. and it wants the uk to stick close to current eu rules on issues such as workers' rights and the environmental regulations that businesses have to follow. but the uk rejects all of that. leaving the eu, the government says, means no alignment with eu rules. we will maintain high standards, ministers argue, but they will be our standards, not yours. the uk says we just

we've asked our chris morris from our reality check team to take a look.ur breath. if you can hold your breath for more than 10 seconds without discomfort, one widely shared claim asserts, there is no fibrosis or scarring in the lungs, and basically no infection. nope — holding your breath is not a test forfibrosis, and fibrosis is not a symptom of covid—19. the main symptoms, don't forget, are a high fever and a persistent, dry cough. myth number two: home—made hand sanitiser recipes. beware internet solutions for home—made sanitiser. anything based on disinfectants for cleaning surfaces probably won't be suitable for use on the skin. as for suggestions that vodka could work, unfortunately it doesn't contain enough alcohol to be effective. myth number three: the virus can survive on surfaces for up to a month. this is highly unlikely. take research in other strains of coronavirus like sars or mers. it shows that viruses can remain infectious on hard services like metal, glass or plastic from about two hours up to a maximum of nine days. but the uk governm

we've asked our chris morris from our reality check team to take a look.ection. nope. holding your breath is not a test for fibrosis and fibrosis is not a symptom of covid—19. the main symptoms, don't forget, highfever and a persistent, dry cough. beware internet solutions for home made sanitiser. anything based on disinfectant for cleaning services probably won't be suitable for use on the skin, as per suggestions that vodka could work, unfortunately, it doesn't contain enough alcohol to be effective. this is highly unlikely. take research on other strains of coronavirus like sars or mers. it shows the viruses can remain infectious on hard surfaces like metal, glass, plastic from about two hours up to a maximum of nine days. but the uk government says the risk of contamination is likely to be reduced significantly after 72 hours. some hindu groups in india believe cow you're in has medicinal properties and can ward off coronavirus and other diseases. not so say the experts. it doesn't cure things like cancer and there is no evidence at all that it can pre

here to hopefully answer this question is our reality check correspondent chris morris. the medical advice is pretty clear. as a first choice, take paracetamol to treat the symptoms of coronavirus, high fever and so on. we know that in normal times if you have a high fever, you might choose paracetamol or ibuprofen. there is a really key caveat here in that first choice of paracetamol. if you are already on ibuprofen for other reasons, don't stop taking it at least until you have consulted your doctor. the thing about ibuprofen is it is an anti—inflammatory drug, so it is used to treat other things. if you need it you should keep taking it. but it is not suitable for everyone. there is research which suggests there are side effects potentially for people with heart problems or asthma. what we don't really know yet and as this coronavirus crisis deepens, we have to acknowledge the things we don't know, and we don't really know how covid—19 reacts to ibuprofen because there has not been research into it. we do know there has been research which suggests there may be some c

chris morris now. we know whether experts say.unt to fake health advice. so here are a few things to ignore. myth number one — eat garlic to avoid infection. there is no question that garlic is a healthy food. the same goes for other fruit and vegetables, but the world health organization says there is no evidence that eating garlic or anything else has protected people from covid—19. myth number two — drink water every 15 minutes. again, drinking water and staying hydrated is good for you but that doesn't mean it can stop coronavirus. you get a virus like this when you breathe in. there's no biological mechanism to suggest you can flush it out of your system by constantly drinking water. myth number three — don't eat ice cream. the idea of avoiding ice cream or other cold foods can prevent the virus taking hold is totally untrue. and trying to heat your body to make it inhospitable for the virus just won't work. we know the flu virus does not survive well outside the body during summer heat, but we don't yet know enough about how

. >> reporter: and, chris, i can confirm that katie morris did vote right here today.or joe biden. her top concern is that rhetoric coming out of the white house. she thinks joe biden is the guy who can bring some civility back into politics. and i got to say we visited grand rapids a lot. i've been hearing a lot of similar sentiment from other moderate republicans in this area, chris. >> that's what a lot of democrats were exactly hoping for. dasha burns, thank you for that report. much appreciated. >>> also out tracking voters today, msnbc correspondent garrett haake west of me in grand rapids and nbc news correspondent steve patterson in renton, washington state at the election headquarters for king county that accounts for one-third of all the votes in washington state. garrett, what are you seeing there today? >> chris, turnout here has been steady. it's a faster moving process than what we saw in texas last week. it's a short ballot. just the presidential primary on the ballot here today. so folks who have been able to get in and out. this county in the 2016 prim