let's speak now to professor peter 0penshaw, from imperial college london, who was a joint leader onrting on it in the newspapers. what is the is the connection cutting out? can you hear me? the connection is cutting out. we have got a technical delay on the line so we will try and sort that out and come back to that. millions of 0rthodox christians are holding their easter celebrations under tight restrictions. officials in europe, the middle east and africa urged people not to attend services, fearing it would lead to a spike in coronavirus infections. but in the former soviet republic of georgia, 0rthodox leaders are at loggerheads with the government, over their decision to keep churches open — and offer holy communion using a shared spoon. from georgia, rayhan demytrie, reports. holy communion in the time of pandemic, taken from a shared spoon. georgia's orthodox church has refused to adapt the sacred ritual, despite the risk of spreading infection. translation: we parishioners come here in such high spirits that it is impossible to have doubts and fears. holy communion is the g

i'm joined by professor peter 0penshaw, an immunologist and respiratory physician at imperial collegejoining us. in terms of the lockdown, monday is three weeks but i don't think anyone is expecting it to be lifted any time soon. no, absolutely. it is much too early to be able to judge the effect. there are some early, tentative and hopeful signs, but it'll take quite a while to be able to see the effects the lockdown, particularly on the more delayed benefits such as itu admission or deaths. that will take a bit longer. it's much too early to judge. what is the hopeful science that you refer to ? is the hopeful science that you refer to? i think in terms of the number of reported illnesses which are covid—19 compatible that are coming through gps, may be the number of searches, we are monitoring google searches that are going on. there is little early hope in the number of early admission is not accelerating at the rate they would do if they hadn't done without the lockdown. it's important to bear in mind we were not expecting an absolutely immediate effect and there are other measur