and that was graham keeley reporting from madrid.ry sad news to bring you about the death of a surgeon, an nhs consultant who tested positive for coronavirus. we have more details. he was 55 and he has died at leicester royal infirmary. this information is coming from university hospitals of derby and burton. we have more information with nhs england saying he is the first front line worker to have died from coronavirus. he was working at burton's queens hospital before contracting covid—19 and he held the position of associate clinical director and ear, nose and throat consultant, and he died yesterday at glenfield hospital in leicester. colleagues have, as you would expect, paid tribute to him. the chief executive of university hospitals of derby and burton said that amged el—hawrani was an extremely hard—working that amged el—hawrani was an extremely ha rd—working consultant and trainer. he was well liked at the trust and particularly at queens hospital, burton, where he worked. he played a leading role in the merger of the hospit

that was graham keeley speaking earlierfrom madrid.ed its first death from coronavirus. the united nations has said all parties in the wartorn country must stop fighting "to avoid further catastrophe" — calling coronavirus a "deadly threat". the world health organization says syria's health system has been acutely weakened by years of conflict in the country. us president donald trump has backed away from imposing a quarantine on new york and two adjoining states, despite saying yesterday that he was considering the move. instead, residents are being "strongly advised" against non—essential travel. freya cole has more. new york city. home to more than 8.5 million people, now a dangerous hotspot for the spread of disease. there are more than 53,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the city alone. across the entire state, more than 700 people have died. president trump told reporters he was considering a two—week quarantine to stop the spread in new york and two other states, but just hours later, he backed away from the idea, sayin

graham keeley is a journalist based in madrid and the correspondent for the independent newspaper.atest air on government restrictions on people? movements? today, the government will approve these new restrictions and they will come into force from tomorrow. they will mean that nonessential workers, people are construction workers, postal workers, people working on production lines which don't relate to the epidemic, for instance car workers, some opticians and even people running shops that are not related to food, they will not be allowed to go to work for the next two weeks and will have to stay at home. in terms of the number of fatalities there, spain like italy is suffering particularly badly. is there any sense in spain as to whether the country is approaching the peak of the virus in terms of how much damage it is doing? the government is saying they are cheered to some extent by the fact that the number of cases is beginning to level out. however, when you speak to doctors and hospitals they say that might be what the government is saying, but it seems that the problem is

journalist graham keeley has the latest developments from madrid.re going to approve these new restrictions, they will come into force from tomorrow, it will mean that essentially nonessential workers, for example construction workers, postal workers, people working on production lines which don't relate to the epidemic, car workers, some opticians and people running shops that are not related to food, they will not be allowed to go to work for the next two weeks. they will have to stay at home. in terms of the number of fatalities there, spain, like italy, suffering particularly badly, is there any sense in spain as to whether that country is approaching the peak of the virus, in terms of the damage it is doing? well, the government is saying that they are cheered to some extent by the fact that the number of cases is beginning to level out. however when you speak to doctors in hospitals, they say that that may be what the government is saying but it seems that actually the problem is that not enough people are being tested because there is a short

graham keeley works for the independent newspaper, and told us more about what's happening in madrid. to approve these new restrictions. they will come into force from tomorrow. they will mean that essentially, non—essential workers, who are for instance construction workers, postal workers, people working on production lines that don't relate to the epidemic, for instance, car workers, some opticians and even people running shops that are not related to food. they will not be allowed to go to work for the next two weeks, and will have to stay at home. well, the government is saying that they are cheered to some extent by the fact that the number of cases is beginning to level out. however, when you speak to doctors in hospitals they say, "well, that may be what the government is saying, "but it seems that actually the problem "is that not enough people "are being tested because there is a shortage of testing kits", so the real picture may not be quite so optimistic. america's leading infectious diseases expert has warned that up to 200,000 people in the us could die from the coronavi