richard westcott on the race to find a vaccine for this virus. virus continues to rise, at the same time, tens of thousands of people are recovering, including julie from singapore. she told the bbc her story about her isolation and recovery. i didn't have anything, not even a sniffle, or cough. however, on february 7th, really, early morning, like 3:00 in the morning, i woke up and the room was spinning. hello. speaks only language. isolation is basically four walls with a door. i got my food through a secure hatch. my medication, my change of clothing, my towel. yes, you have a phone, you can text someone, you may have a video call, but just been completely someone, you may have a video call, butjust been completely no human interaction, i almost felt like i wa nted interaction, i almost felt like i wanted to go knock on the well and just talk to the other patient next door, just have some conversation with the human being. when i was going to the critical stage, one of the things that i encountered was really breathing. it was just a solar are

richard westcott, bbc news, cambridge. the measures announced yesterday by the chancellor will be enough to help them through the uncertainties ahead. our economics correspondent, andy verity, is here. more than £300 billion of guaranteed loa ns more than £300 billion of guaranteed loans announced for businesses. how does a business to get hold of one of these loans? for big business the way that they borrow money is the issue that they hand out lots to have once to lend them money, country notes and the government has said we will be buying that if you wa nt to said we will be buying that if you want to do that. for small businesses they will get a loan of up businesses they will get a loan of up to £500 million as outlined by the chancellor rishi sunak yesterday and you apply for that if you want to get it through your bank. it will just be underwritten by the government normally in normal times if you want bank manager and asked for a loan without income the bank manager would run a mile but with this government guarant

richard westcott is in ely in cambridgeshire. richard?at about the food that is going to be coming down the line in a few months‘ time? the planting lettuces behind me, those lettuces need to be picked, starting on april 222nd and they are currently very short of workers to do it because they normally come from abroad so there is this campaign like you have said, to get british people coming in and picking. beverley, you have worked for the biggest lettuce grower in britain, one the biggest in europe, how serious is your issue? pretty serious. we find ourselves with over 2,500 vacancies that we need to fill over the next few weeks if we are to start harvest on 22nd april and you, as you say you can see them being planted. we need the people tojoin us, to come and harvest this lovely fresh food. this is going to go on all summer? if you start with us then you can work through to october. there is a big push, what do people need toe do. sadly a ho of people are struggling for work. do people need toe do. sadly a ho of people are struggling

but medical experts warn that it won't be ready for some time. 0ur science correspondent, richard westcottidge university who are trying to find the key to beating the disease. the race to find a vaccine for coronavirus didn't start in a lab, it started on a computer. so this is the dna of coronavirus? yes. yes, it is. within weeks of the outbreak, the coronavirus dna had been read and put online for scientists across the world to access. like many others, the cambridge team has been using it to find out exactly what they are up against. the sequence helps us to understand how the virus actually looks, in terms of its physical properties and that is really important because the spike protein that you see around the edge of the virus, that is what we need the antibodies to attach to in order to prevent the virus from entering our cells. things then move into a tightly sealed lab. they haven't got the actual virus in here yet. early tests are done on safer, man—made copies of parts of the virus. this is a highly restricted lab, very few people are allowed inside, and we aren't allowed inside

here's our science correspondent richard westcott. do jays think a bit like?how this young bird learns to find the food. but when a peanut magically reappears, look at her reaction. she doubletake, like a human. research by a unique tea m a human. research by a unique team at cambridge university. a magician and a psychologist. show the bird the worm. then hide it under the cup. and then the bird, thinking it's under this cup, discovers however it isn't. at first we were just thinking about it in terms of human beings but then wondered whether it might work on animals, too. particularly ones like jays who hide food for a living and therefore there is a benefit for them in being able to use trickery to maximise the chance that others won't steal their food. one of the interesting things we are discovering about the birds as they are convinced that something strange is happening the first and the second time, but they cotton on like we do. they learn from seeing the world around them and investigating to the point where they can start to see through magic tricks

but they're warning it won't be ready for some time. 0ur science correspondent, richard westcott, hasidge university trying to find the key to beat the disease. the race to find a vaccine for coronavirus didn't start in a lab, it started on a computer. so this is the dna of coronavirus? yes, it is. within weeks of the outbreak, the coronavirus dna had been read and put online for scientists across the world to access. like many others, the cambridge team has been using it to find out exactly what they are up against. the sequence helps us to understand how the virus actually looks, in terms of its physical properties and that is really important because the spike protein that you see around the edge of the virus, that is what we need the antibodies to attach to in order to prevent the virus from entering our cells. that is interesting, so these letters give you a picture of what it looks like? yes. things then move into a tightly sealed lab. they haven't got the actual virus in here yet. early tests are done on safer, man—made copies of parts of the virus. this is a highly restricted

richard westcott. 0n the race to find a vaccine for this virus and while the number of people who have people are recovering. including julie from singapore told the bbc her story about her isolation and recovery. i didn't have anything — not even a sniffle or cough. however, on february 7, really early in the morning, like three o'clock in the morning, i woke up and the room was spinning. hello. isolation is basically four walls with a door. i got my food through a secure hatch, my medication, my change of clothing, my towel. yes, you have the phone, you can text someone, you may have a video call, but just being completely no human interaction. i almost felt like i wanted to go knock on the wall and just talk to the other patient next door, just to have some conversation with a human being! when i was going through the critical stage, one other thing that i encountered was really breathing. it was just so laborious trying to get from my bed to the bathroom withjust, i don't know, five metres away, just walking to the bathroom, and it was just challenging. wright finally, around the w

our science correspondent, richard westcott, has been given special access to a team at cambridge universityer. within weeks of the opry, the coronavirus dna had been read and put online for scientists across the world to access. the cambridge tea m the world to access. the cambridge team is been using it to find out exactly what they are up against. the sequence helps us understand how the virus actually looks in terms of its physical properties and that it's really important because the protein lea ks around it's really important because the protein leaks around the edge of the virus, that is what we need the antibodies to attach to to prevent the virus from entering ourselves. interesting, so these letters give you a picture of what it looks like and how can attack it. they don't have the actual virus in here yet, but the early tests are done on safer man—made copies of parts of the virus. this is a highly restrictive lab and very few people are allowed inside, but we will be able to talk tojonathan, was leading the research, using a bit of technology to get more of this. jonathan, 0 jere

our science correspondent, richard westcott, has been given special access to a team at cambridge universityin a lab, it started on a computer. so, this is the dna of coronavirus? yes. within weeks of the outbreak, the coronavirus dna had been read and put online for scientists across the world to access. like many others, the cambridge team has been using it to find out exactly what they are up against. the sequencing helps us to understand how the virus actually looks, in terms of its physical properties and that is really important because the protein that you see around the edge of the virus, that is what we need the antibodies to attach to in order to prevent the virus from entering our cells. that's interesting, so these letters give you a picture of what it looks like and how you can attack it? yes. things then move into a tightly sealed lab. they haven't got the actual virus in here yet. their early tests are done on safer, man—made copies of parts of the virus. this is a highly restricted lab, very few people are allowed inside, and we are not allowed inside, but we are going to be

richard westcott is in ely in cambridgeshire, we spoke to him earlier.ked, starting on april 22, and they are currently very short of workers to do it because they normally come from abroad so there is this campaign, like you've just said, to get british people coming in and picking. now, beverley, you work for the biggest lettuce grower in britain, one of the biggest in europe, how serious is your issue? oh, it's pretty serious. we have suddenly found ourselves with over 2500 vacancies that we need to fill over the next few weeks if we are to start harvest on the 22nd of april. as you say, you can see the lettuces being planted behind us. we need the people tojoin us, to come and harvest this lovely fresh food. presumably this isn't just the 22nd of april, this is going to go on all summer? no, you come and start work with us on the 22nd of april, you can work all the way through till october. so there's this big push to get people to come and work. what do people need to do? obviously, sadly, a lot of people are struggling for work at the moment. of co