plus, chris morris from the bbc‘s reality check team will bust more of the myths about coronavirus.eminder that there is further advice, news and information about coronavirus in your area on the bbc news website. but first, the dramatic spread of the pandemic has put health services in some countries under immense pressure through the sheer scale of people requiring specialist treatment. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh and cameraman adam walker got exclusive access to one intensive care ward at university college hospital in central london to give us this rare insight into what health professionals are having to face on a daily basis. it is completely unimaginable and we are not at the peak yet. this is the front line in a war. apart from two patients, every patient we are looking after has covid. we can't cope, we just can't. every day, some battles are won... this is one of the doctors here. ..and some are lost. all the patients here are critically ill. we are planning for many more patients, so all our theatres to be full of covid patients and possibly beyond. it is, you

retro serious who been hearing from chris morris and the bbc reality check tea m morris and the bbc realityusting some of the fake stories, treatments and cu res you of the fake stories, treatments and cures you may have heard about never went 19. we are all going to be in this a long call it separating fact from fiction is really important. here are some more myths you should be aware of. myth number one, the images protect you from covid—19. there have been plenty of claims about things you should eat and drink to thwart coronavirus. the lemonjuice mythjust will drink to thwart coronavirus. the lemon juice myth just will not go away. it started with a viral social media post containing advice from a fa ke media post containing advice from a fake chinese scientist. to be clear, lemonjuice is obviously fake chinese scientist. to be clear, lemon juice is obviously not bad for you, in fact all fruit and vegeta bles you, in fact all fruit and vegetables are essential in nearly all of us have to stay at home. they had help keep you healthy but they don't stop you getting a virus like this. we a

plus, chris morris of the bbc‘s reality check tea m morris of the bbc‘s reality check team bust moreat have sprung up around the virus. and a reminder that there is further advice, news and information about coronavirus in your area on the bbc news website. but first, the dramatic spread of the pandemic has put health services under immense pressure through the sheer scale of people requiring specialist treatment. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh and cameraman adam walker got exclusive access to one intensive care ward in university couegein intensive care ward in university college in central london to give us this rare insight into what health professionals a re this rare insight into what health professionals are having to face on a daily basis. it is completely unimaginable. this is the front—line. unimaginable. this is the front-line. apart from two patients, every patient we are looking after has covert. we can't cope with a big spike, wejust has covert. we can't cope with a big spike, we just cannot. has covert. we can't cope with a big spike, wejust cannot. every has co

chris morris from our reality check team.ut during the coronavirus lockdown two women from new orleans have combined their talents to help lift spirits. 0ur reporter freya cole takes a look at their creation. through the streets of new orleans on a custom—made set of wheels, a violinist and her friend are spreading musical cheer. and it's working. i mean, i heard before i saw it. i thought it was out neighbours blasting music. i'm like, you play instruments now? what is this? and then i saw and i'm like, oh, breathtaking. this is definitely what i need. sarah grant has a pedicab operator and anna roznowska is a street violinist. together the duo created the mobile music box when theirjobs were impacted by the stay—at—home orders. i love playing music and i really believe in music. and at a time like this, yeah, we definitely need music, more than anything else. they're happily accepting small tips, but they say their main aim is to bring the community together. it's amazing and uplifting, and, you know, live music is what we

chris morris there.s said about potential easing of the lockdown black nicola sturgeon. we will have more on that. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good afternoon. changes in our weather over the next few days will tend to be very slow, very subtle and certainly today has turned into yet another dry and largely sunny one. you can see from the earlier satellite picture some clumps of cloud, there's been some high cloud turning the sunshine hazy in places, and some quite low cloud lurking close to the northern isles, and i think as we go through this evening and into tonight we will develop some low cloud close to some of these north sea coasts, which will roll in across parts of yorkshire, lincolnshire, east anglia and maybe getting down into the midlands as well, could be some mist and fog around in these areas. temperatures typically overnight 3—9d, some parts of eastern scotland maybe getting just a bit colder than that. could be a touch of frost for some. so a fairly cool start f

chris morris.plause this evening, at eight o'clock, to show support for nhs staff and other key workers. last thursday, millions of people across the uk stood on doorsteps, balconies, orat theirwindow. this week, people are being asked to clap for other critical workers as well, such as pharmacists and supermarket staff. john maguire reports. applause. when under attack by an invisible foe, determined to drive us apart, we come together. applause car horns honk we're constantly told that these are unprecedented times but, day after day, nhs staff are prepared to step up. our role, a job for each and every one of us, is to support them. # too many broken hearts in the world. # too many dreams can be broken in two.# bagpipes play when this is all over and done with, i'm coming to kiss each one of you on the lips, so pucker up! for the vast majority of us, coronavirus will mean mild symptoms, feeling out of sorts. for others, it can pose a mortal threat. but some who've recovered are keen to give than

plus chris morris from the reality check team will bust more myths that have up about coronavirus andeminder that there further advice, news and information about coronavirus in your area on the news website. first, the dramatic spread of the pandemic has put health services in some countries under immense pressure. through the sheer scale of people requiring specialist treatment. our medical correspondent fergus walsh and cameraman adam walker got exclusive access to an intensive care ward at university couege intensive care ward at university college hospital in central london to give us this rare insight into what health professionals are having to face on a daily basis. it is com pletely to face on a daily basis. it is completely unimaginable and we are not at the peak yet. this is the front line. every patient we are looking after has covered. we can't cope, wejust looking after has covered. we can't cope, we just can't. looking after has covered. we can't cope, wejust can't. every looking after has covered. we can't cope, we just can't. every day, looking after has covered. we c

he's like a british comedy legend >> seth: yeah, chris morris. >> yeah, chris morris. like a dark satire about the criminal justice system. and it really devolves into a farce. like, a full shakespearean comedy of errors where everybody is misunderstanding everybody. and it's a really serious subject matter because it's about the way that law enforcement kind of uses entrapment and kind of disproportionately targets minorities but it's so funny, which is not because we take it lightly but because chris morris is so good at using satire to kind of talk about these subjects. so a lot of the details in our movie are trying to be as absurd as, like, hundreds of these true cases. >> seth: because you're basically an fbi agent who's trying to set somebody up so you can get the credit for taking them down. >> exactly like, i'm -- you know, everybody's motivated by ego and i think that some people - >> seth: yeah, yeah, yeah. yeah, yeah >> spend their life thinking that law enforcement has our best interest at heart >> seth: yeah. [ light laughter ] >> you know? and it's reall

finally, throughout our series, we've been hearing from chris morris and the reality check team who havee of the big stories, treatments and cures you may have heard about covid—i9. —— fake stories. we are all going to be in this for the long haul and separating fact from fiction is really important. so here are some myths you should be aware of. number one. lemonjuice protects you from covid—i9. there have been plenty of claims about things you should eat or drink to thwart coronavirus. and the lemonjuice myth just won't go away. it started with a viral social media post containing advice from a fake chinese scientist. to be clear, lemonjuice is obviously not bad view, in fact, all fruit and vegetables are essential while nearly all of us have to stay at home. —— not bad for you. they can help keep you healthy. but they don't stop you getting a virus like this. myth number two. mosquito bites can infect you with the virus. we know you can get diseases from mosquito bites but there is no evidence at all that the little brutes can infect you with coronavirus. again, remember, this is a re

chris morris from our reality check team.has been keeping players busy at home, with a ‘virtual competition' to raise money for the uk's national health service. some of the biggest names in football have been taking part. 0ur sports correspondent natalie pirks reports. i'm decent, yeah. i can hold my own. they are unable to showcase their talents on the pitch right now, but in a virtual world, there is no such barrier. it's in! some of the premier league's biggest names are representing theirclub in a knockout tournament from their homes and clearly, players are taking this seriously. raheem! great build up play. goal! vamos! in the us, video game sales have soared by one third since lockdown began and for football starved fans here this could be the next best thing. i think it's really important especially at a time like this for people notjust in esport and gaming but people who are fans of sport and entertainment to still be given something they can watch and get involved in. when you see your favourite footballer kind of

finally, throughout our series, we've been hearing from chris morris and the reality check team who have may have heard about covid—i9. we are all going to be in this for the long haul and separating fact from fiction is really important. so here are some myths you should be aware of. number one. lemonjuice protects you from covid—i9. there have been plenty of claims about things you should eat or drink to thwart coronavirus. and the lemonjuice myth just won't go away. it started with a viral social media post containing advice from a fake chinese scientist. to be clear, lemonjuice is obviously not bad view, in fact, all fruit and vegetables are essential while nearly all of us have to stay at home. they can help keep you healthy. but they don't stop you getting a virus like this. myth number two. mosquito bites can infect you with the virus. we know you can get diseases from mosquito bites but there is no evidence at all that the little brutes can infect you with coronavirus. again, remember, this is a respiratory virus, spread mainly when someone who is ill coughs or sneezes. and the b

here's our reality check correspondent chris morris with the latest health claims that you should ignoree world lockdown but dodgy claims are still spreading fast across the internet. here are a few more that are worth checking. claim sg 5g was a favourite target of conspiracy theorists, long before the new coronavirus appeared. and of the new coronavirus appeared. and of the myths of just the new coronavirus appeared. and of the myths ofjust been tweaked a bit. for the avoidance of this, they have told them both claims are absolute rubbish. 5g radio waves are nearly not strong enough to affect immunity and the disease can tra nsfer immunity and the disease can transfer that's is impossible. a social media posted by the doctor who allegedly recovered from covid—19 after inhaling steam has been widely shared. people do inhale stea m been widely shared. people do inhale steam to deal with things like a blocked nose, but there's no evidence that it works for treatment of coronavirus. high—temperatu re stea m of coronavirus. high—temperatu re steam cleaning of services is used to kill viruse

reality check‘s chris morris has been taking a close look.s, and some of them have come from leading politicalfigures. here's a few that might raise eyebrows. let's start with the world's most powerful man. within a few weeks, president trump went from playing down coronavirus to calling it a pandemic. he's also implied that surgical masks have been stolen in huge numbers from hospitals in new york as a way of explaining the rise in their demand. where are the masks going? are they going out of the back door? but there is no evidence of widespread theft and if patients are flooding in and intensive care units are full because of a new infectious disease with no vaccine, then you are going to need a lot more protective equipment to have any chance of being able to cope. various chinese officials have been keen to spread the idea that the virus didn't originate in china. the foreign ministry spokesman zhao lijian has done so repeatedly. chinese state media have amplified all sorts of false claims that covid—19 might have been created by the us

data is incomplete, but there is some facts we can give you and our reality check correspondent chris morrisous. there are a lot of caveats involved in this but there are studies worth looking at. the uk doesn't issue daily information on how many people have fully recovered but other countries do. according to the latest french public health statistics, of 82,000 confirmed cases 21,000 people have fully recovered so far after leaving hospital and many others are on the mend. but that doesn't capture the whole picture. take a large—scale study from wuhan in china, in february, which covered 44,000 people. it showed that 80% of diagnosed cases had only mild or moderate symptoms, which didn't require hospital treatment. now the who thinks overall hospitalisation might be higher than that, but it still makes survival rates seem more positive. and there is more. we also know that many people infected with the virus show no symptoms at all. until we have reliable antibody tests, we don't know how many, but on the cruise ship the diamond princess injapan, for example, nearly 20% of all positive ca

our reality check correspondent, chris morris joins me now to look in more detail at these figures. than average in a single week but you've been looking into the regional figures. what have you found? yes, these are sobering statistics, we are setting new and unwanted records. when you dig down the numbers look even worse, in london in particular where the virus first spread rapidly. until the latest figures came out the highest numbers of registered deaths per week in london since the ons started keeping record in 2005 was 1549. but this year you see the weekly death registrations in london and the latest figures we have for the week ending the 3rd of april 2511, not just a new record high but 62% higher than the previous record high. it is worth saying that this is well before the pandemic reached its current levels and we are not yet at the peak. we are talking about death registered in the week up about death registered in the week up to the 3rd of april and the ons says that means probably most of those deaths were a few days earlier, so in effect we are talking about 2500 dea

here's our reality check correspondent chris morris with the latest health claims that you should ignorespreading fast across the internet. so here are a few more that are worth checking. claim number one: 5g mobile networks transmit coronavirus. well, 5g was a favourite target of conspiracy theorists long before the new coronavirus appeared. now the myths have just been tweaked a bit. some claim 5g can suppress the immune system. others, that the mobile technology somehow transmits the virus. for the avoidance of doubt, scientists have told the bbc that both claims are absolute rubbish. 5g radio waves are nowhere near strong enough to affect immunity. the idea that technology can transmit the virus is biologically impossible. claim number two: steam inhalation can cure coronavirus. a social media post about a doctor who allegedly recovered from covid—19 after inhaling steam has been widely shared. now, people do inhale steam to deal with things like a blocked nose. but there is no evidence that it works as a treatment for coronavirus. high—temperature steam cleaning of surfaces is used

chris morris there. let me just tell you the latest figures on coronavirus from iran.a look at the weather. here's matt taylor. hello. we are set to experience both sides of spring over the next few days. after a bit ofa spring over the next few days. after a bit of a chill in the next 36 hours, most notably across northern and eastern areas, sudden warm up on the weight this weekend, feeling like late spring by the time we had sunday. let's put numbers on to that, in the northerly winds on friday temperatures for many in single figures, added when chilled to the north and east but by sunday we flipped the wind direction from south, most mid to high teens if not low 20s. at the moment sunny spells to come across central and eastern areas, more cloud in the west, still sunny moments, chance of a few rain showers. showers turning wintry over at the north of scotland, we see the strongest winds on a fairly blustery day across the country, touching gale force if not 60 miles an hour, maybe more. making it feel sub—0 with air temperatures around five or 6 degrees. further s

crisis is obviously that once people get ill, their chances of dying are higher than the 1% that chris morrisnd livelihoods, and so we are warning of real carnage in the poorest countries of the world at the time where we recognise that people are focused on their own health in western industrialised countries, but because this disease is a threat to us all and can only be fully beaten if beaten everywhere, we are calling for a much greater action globally, especially in the poorest countries, as well as treating the cases in our own countries. when you look at the map of the world at the moment showing the different numbers of covid—19 cases, many of these countries don't seem to be reporting many cases at all. what is going on? is it because they don't have them yet or is itjust not being reported? a good point, and there is partly a lack of testing, but also the case that whether by fluke or the case that whether by fluke or the demographics that many of these countries have much younger populations, there is a window of time our staff populations, there is a window of time ourstaff in pop

our reality check correspondent chris morris has been tackling three myths about coronavirus that arent. so, here are some more myths you should be aware of. myth number one, lemon juice protects you from covid—19. there have been plenty of claims about things you should eat or drink to thwart coronavirus, and the lemonjuice myth just won't go away. it started with a viral social media post containing advice from a fake chinese scientist. to be clear — lemonjuice is obviously not bad for you. in fact, all fruit and vegetables are essential while nearly all of us have to stay at home. they can help keep you healthy, but they don't stop you getting a virus like this. myth number two, mosquito bites can infect you with the virus. we all know you can get other diseases from mosquito bites, but there's no evidence at all that the little brutes can infect you with coronavirus. again, remember, this is a respiratory virus spread mainly when someone who is ill coughs or sneezes. the best way to protect yourself is to avoid close contact with anyone who is sick and keep washing your hands. myt

people dying hit a record weekly high at the start of april. 0ur reality check correspondent, chris morrisand unwanted records are being set and when you dig down into the regional numbers, they suggest that things are going to get worse than they are now before they get better, that is for sure. particularly, if you look at london. it is slightly further ahead of the curve in regions and the country,... happened in the week ending the 3rd of april. the furthest past week of figures came out, the highest number of registered deaths in london since the ons registered deaths in london since the 0ns began keeping weekly figures was 1549. in the week ending 3rd of april this year, it was 2511. that is 62% more than the previous record high. what normally happens is that the highest figures come injanuary. you can see the 10th of january, the week there, and the previous highest weeks have been injanuary 2015 and injanuary weeks have been injanuary 2015 and in january 2018 when, weeks have been injanuary 2015 and injanuary 2018 when, in 2015, probably the worst influenza outbreak of recent year

that is our reality check correspondent chris morris. warned that the future of the european union is at risk unless it acts decisively to help countries worst hit by the pandemic. he's pushing for a coordinated economic response from brussels, by allowing countries to share debt — an idea opposed by germany and the netherlands. giuseppe conte has been speaking to our correspondent, mark lowen. translation: experts are confirming that the curve is starting to decline and stabilise. the number of infections is decreasing. we are confident that if we continue this way we will overcome the worst phase. but we cannot lower our guard. we cannot go from a lockdown to liberalising all economic activity. we need to do it gradually. when will the easing of restrictions begin? translation: gradually. when will the easing of restrictions begin? translatiosz is likely that if scientists confirm it, we might begin to relax some measures already by the end of this month. does italy feel let down by the eu? translation: it is a big challenge to the exi

plus, chris morris from the bbc‘s reality check team will bust more of the myths about coronavirus.t health services in some countries under immense pressure through the sheer scale of people requiring specialist treatment. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh and cameraman adam walker got exclusive access to one intensive care ward at university college hospital in central london to give us this rare insight into what health professionals are having to face on a daily basis. it is completely unimaginable and we are not at the peak yet. this is the front line in a war. apart from two patients, every patient we are looking after has covid. we can't cope, we just can't. every day, some battles are won... this is one of the doctors here. ..and some are lost. all the patients here are critically ill. we are planning for many more patients, so all our theatres to be full of covid patients and possibly beyond. it is, you know, we — none of us have ever seen anything like this. this used to be a recovery area for patients after surgery. now it's an intensive care unit for covid—19 patien

catch covid—19, no matter how sunny or hot the weather is. 0ur bbc reality check team — led by chris morris which have sprung up around the coronavirus outbreak. just log on to our bbc news website or download the app. our global health correspondent naomi grimleyjoins us now. these comments by president trump are these comments by president trump a re really, these comments by president trump are really, truly extraordinary. and as we are hearing from the medical experts, downright dangerous, in fa ct, experts, downright dangerous, in fact, this notion of injecting disinfectant. tell us more about the reaction to what he said? yes, these are the words of a leading lung specialist in california, professor john barnes. he says the airways and lungs are not meant to be exposed to even an aerosol of disinfectant. it's a totally ridiculous concept. he's from the zuckerberg san francisco general hospital. and you could really see inside the briefing room that there was horror on the faces of the scientists that surround mr trump. some broadcasters have been running footage of doctor deborah blix

chris morris has been going through what facts and figures there are and can tell us a little more. other countries key. according to the latest french public health statistics of 82,000 confirmed cases, 21,000 people have fully recovered so far after leaving hospital. many others are on the mend. that does not capture the whole picture. take a large—scale study from wuhan, covering 44,000 people. 80% of diagnosed cases had mild or moderate symptoms which did not require hospital treatment. the who thinks overall hospitalisation might be higher than that but it still makes survival rate see more positive and there is more. we also know that many people infected with the virus show no symptoms at all. until we have a reliable antibody tests, we do not know how many. on the cruise ship the diamond princess, nearly 20% of all positive cases showed no symptoms at will. a fairly small sample but it is reasonable to assume that in the uk and other countries, potentially tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands of people will similarly be infected that show no symptoms. scientists are looking a

largest population, it is dragging the overall uk numbers down. 0ur reality check correspodnent chris morrisures. explain more about what you have found in the data. these figures. explain more about what you have found in the datam we wa nt what you have found in the datam we want to flatten the curve of those cases and deaths, testing is key. what we have looked at is the number of tests that have been done per 100,000 of population. you can see the uk average is that so far 321 people have been tested. for wales, scotland and northern ireland, that figure is well above 400. for england, it is lagging at 299. england has a far the largest population. that is dragging down the uk average. what it means is that roughly england has about 84% of the you keep ‘s population. so far, it has had 83% of confirmed coronavirus cases and slightly over 90% of the confirmed deaths in hospital. it has only been doing 70% of the testing. it is slightly slower and we have heard criticism from medical professionals and private sector and universities saying why aren't you involving us more? these figures do

largest population it is dragging the overall uk numbers down. 0ur reality check correspondent chris morrish me now. what have you found in the data? we put together the data from the four nations and we know testing is one of the routes out of this. we have seen we have an average per 100,000 people in the uk, 321 people have been tested. the graph speaks for itself. in wales, scotland and northern ireland, the number well over 100. in england northern ireland, the number well over100. in england it northern ireland, the number well over 100. in england it is still 299. --1/400. over 100. in england it is still 299. ——1/400. england has the largest population so it is dragging the other countries down. even though england has 84% of the whole population of the uk, it is only doing 78% of the testing even though 90% of the deaths have been in england. it is something that needs to be speeded up and the government is determined to do that as is public health england. it has been lagging in england. we have spoken to scientists who say the system is too rigid, they could have been ways too ri

well, for more on those figures i'm joined by our reality check correspondent, chris morris.once in a century pandemic and it is something debts on a scale we have not seen for some time, i think the numbers are starting to show that. we have got the number of registered deaths in london attributed to kofi i9 deaths in london attributed to kofi 19 in the four weeks to the 17th of april, a697. the ons has gone through all the deaths and these are debts that are put on death certificates. we have also looked at the national archive, looking back to the 19a0s and figures which have been put together by the ministry of home security during the second world war and compiled by the commonwealth war grace commission. what they have shown us is that the number of civilian deaths in the blitz in london in the four weeks to the ath of october 19a0, in that four week period, was the highest four week period, was the highest four week period during the blitz is slightly below what we have seen in the last four weeks so i think it is a reminder that, as i say, very different situations bu

chris morris, our reality check correspondent, is here.in london right back to the 1960s and the figures for the weekend in april, the 10th of april at the worst since 1976. this chart gives you a view of weekly deaths in london this year. normally at this time of year, deaths go down, the peakis time of year, deaths go down, the peak is normally what looks like quite small in january peak is normally what looks like quite small injanuary there, during the flu season, but the last two weeks that we have records for from the ons are the two highest for more than 40 years. you can see the box we have marked their which is the range we would expect the deaths to be in. it is way above that, so for example, the numbers ending 10th of aprilfor london, 2832 registered deaths which is nearly three times as much as the average for the same week over the previous five years. so, an indication that london really has borne the brunt and on that weekend ending the 10th of april, the friday, as you talked about, was a bank holiday. so, it slightly unde

the bbc‘s reality check correspondent chris morris is here. chris tell us more.ou have to make sure the numbers are the same, comparing like with like and then the epidemiology, or the other factors surrounding the disease have to be taken into account. if we look at the numbers first, the numbers dying. if you ta ke first, the numbers dying. if you take the united states, for example. it has by far the largest number of deaths in the world. its population is 330 million. the number of deaths as of april 20 was just over 40 million. so it is an awful lot of people. if you then take the five biggest countries in western europe, the uk, france, spain, italy and germany, their population is more or less at the same as the united states to stop 320 million. but the number of deaths if you put them together from those five countries, more than 85 million... more than 85,000, twice as much as the united states. it's a reminder, number one when we compare countries, the virus doesn't respect international borders. then you need to think about death rates, where are more

the bbc‘s reality check correspondent chris morris is here. the numbers. there are numbers flying in every direction and you have to consider, are we comparing the same thing? is this a comparison of like with like. if you take an example of counting the number of deaths. if you look at the united states, for example, a continental site country. we know its population is 330 million and it has had that... that number is actually wrong unfortunately, that graphic has been made wrong, that should really over 40,000 deaths is of the of april. 40,000. yes, with europe, correct number now, you put together the uk, germany, france italy and spain combined, roughly the same population as the united states but the number of deaths combined is more than 85,000 to more than double that of the united states. in other words, for starters, the virus doesn't respect national borders and thatis doesn't respect national borders and that is important to remember. then you gone something like death rates and we have a copy of the graph which becomes familiar, w

reality check‘s chris morris has been taking a close look. hospitals in new york as a way of explaining the rise in their demand. where are the masks going? are they going out of the back door? but there is no evidence of widespread theft and if patients are flooding in and intensive care units are full because of a new infectious disease with no vaccine, then you are going to need a lot more protective equipment to have any chance of being able to cope. various chinese officials have been keen to spread the idea that the virus didn‘t originate in china. the foreign ministry spokesman zhao lijian has done so repeatedly. chinese state media have amplified all sorts of false claims that covid—19 might have been created by the us military, or that it was present in italy long before it appeared in china. there is nothing to suggest that any of this is true. the scientific consensus is clear — the virus firstjumped from animals to humans in wuhan in china, towards the end of 2019. at the other end of the spectrum, the italian nationalist leader m