those comments from alok sharma on businesses.e enough for them? i think there are a couple of clear messages from the business secretary about getting that money to businesses as quickly as possible, so that £12 billion has gone to local authorities in england to make sure that they can help small businesses as quickly as possible. and the business secretary was saying, look, we've had these because local authorities and told them get the money out as soon as possible to make sure that businesses have access to the cash they need. also really interesting that there was basically a political warning there to the bank, saying you were bailed out during the financial crash back in the first decade of the 21st century, it is your chance to repay that now they making sure that loans and capital are available to those businesses who meet the tests that they are required to pass to borrow money. so i think what it is an attempt to do from the business secretary is to try and reassure some of those businesses we have heard about anecdota

the business secretary, alok sharma, bringing toa business secretary, alok sharma, bringing to a closellance and professor yvonne doyle. here is a reminder of the main points from that briefing. latest figures show that close to 850 people have died in uk hospitals having tested positive for coronavirus. that brings the total number to more than 14,500. the business secretary announced that the government has set up a vaccine task force, to back development of a new drug. but alok sharma warned that there are "no guarantees" that a vaccine can be produced quickly, it could take many months(ani)and it's impossible at this stage, to put a date on when a treatment might be ready. our political correspondent, nick eardley is at westminster. i suppose the stand out announcement from the business secretary was this vaccine task force. the government has set up. it will involve ministers, scientists and people from academia. the suggestion from one person was perhaps the uk has been late on testing, perhaps the uk has been late on ventilators, but it could get ahead of the game with vaccines?

. ♪ ♪ gerry: my guest is morgan stanley chief global separate just, ruchir sharma.kets do seem very volatile, of course. do seem to have bounced off their bottom in the last week or so. does that make you optimistic? do you think we've reached the bottom, or could there be worse to come? >> well, i think if you look back in terms of what's happened here, that this is the fastest decline we've had in the stock market since 1929. typically in a bear market, the u.s. stock market is falling back out 20% over a 15 month period. this time u.s. stocks fell by 30% over 18 days. this is unprecedented. the last time this happened really was 1929. and even after such a big decline then, the u.s. stock market stabilized before a secondaway of selling -- a second wave of selling began. so i would not take any comfort in terms of the current environment, but i think this is contingent on two things which is all about the coronavirus. one, that you see we can deal with infections very quickly, and two, that there is not a second wave which comes out of china. because a second wav

go to xfinitymobile.com today. ♪ ♪ gerry: ruchur sharma is with me. want to look at the longer term tim applications of this. crises, wars, things like this change the way economies and societies work. give me, if you would, do you think the role of government is going to change? we're very dependent on government to save the economy. is that going to lead to a long-term change in the way people see the role government says? >> i think so. i think that's going to be a result of this crisis which is that you can see the lack of a proper government response that got it to this current stage. but it really seems to me that what we're going to be living with as a long-term consequence of this is much more state control. i think we're feeling the effects already which is we already are feeling the gap between monetary and fiscal policy disappear, that the so-called monetary independence, banks divorced from the fiscal -- [inaudible] buy much more in terms of government bonds. and in general, more state surveillance and a greater role of the states because

and global economy. ♪ ♪ ♪ gerry: ruchur sharma is with me. i want to look at the longer term tim applications of this. crises, wars, things like this change the way economies and societies work. give me, if you would, do you think the role of government is going to change? we're very dependent on government to save the economy. is that going to lead to a long-term change in the way people see the role government says? >> i think so. i think that's going to be a result of this crisis which is that you can see the lack of a proper government response that got it to this current stage. but it really seems to me that what we're going to be living with as a long-term consequence of this is much more state control. i think we're feeling the effects already which is we already are feeling the gap between monetary and fiscal policy disappear, that the so-called monetary independence, banks divorced from the fiscal -- [inaudible] buy much more in terms of government bonds. and in general, more state surveillance and a greater role of the states becaus

pooja sharma was another key worker, a pharmacist at eastbourne district hospital. she was 33.before her. one of pooja's friends posted this online. please, please, please inform family and friends to take this very seriously and just south isolated and socially distance as much as possible. allan little, bbc news. do let me know how you're getting on. do let me know how you're getting on. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @james bbc news. spanish police have paid tribute to the health workers on the front line of the coronavirus crisis, with the police band putting on a show outside a hospital in madrid. clapping and dancing, it's clear the brief moment of reprieve was very welcome for those putting their own lives at risk to save others. please do stay with bbc news. hello, easter sunday will be the last day for wee while when we can talk of temperatures in excess of 20 celsius. it never wasn't warm north and the british isles and it's that cold regime that certainly wins out across many locations as we get on through easter monday. you see the scale of the change even as we

pooja sharma was another key worker, a pharmacist at eastbourne district hospital. she was 33.y before her. one of pooja's friends posted this online. allan little, bbc news. more on our website at bbc news. and please do stay with bbc news. and please do stay with bbc news. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30. now it's time for a look at the weather with xxxxx hello, easter sunday has been a many locations across southern parts of britain and have been in excess of 20 celsius. that will be the last time i'll be saying that. certainly for many areas on easter monday a much colderfield for many areas on easter monday a much colder field with the last of the relatively mild airjust about hanging on. in the last part of the day. down into that far southwestern quarter. through the course of the night, will find some showers and thunderstorms that broke out through sunday afternoon gradually tumbling their way a bit further south. the front and the north introducing the colder conditions, also tending t

pooja sharma was another key worker, a pharmacist at eastbourne district hospital. she was 33.ficer at heathrow airport, died the day before her. one of pooja's friends posted this online. "please, please, please, inform family and friends to take this very seriously and to self—isolate and socially distance as much as possible." allan little, bbc news. 0ur health correspondent lauren moss is with me. lauren, hospitaladmissions, lauren, hospital admissions, the numbers there are beginning to stabilise, how long is it projected before deaths start to stabilise as well? what happens from now will be key, it is from now that we would start to see the strictest social distancing rules having an effect on the number of new cases and a number of deaths. tonight, more than 19,000 people are being treated in hospitals across the uk for the virus, and at the press conference earlier we were shown a graph of hospital admissions, which we can ta ke hospital admissions, which we can take a look at now, and as you can see, the areas with the highest numbers, in london there has been a bit o

look sharma is hosting a 3 fingers i'm joined today by dr yvonne toil who is the medical director of public health england before yvonne provides an update on the latest data from our copra coronavirus fact file i'd like to update you on the steps that we are taking to defeat this pandemic are step by step action plan is aiming to slow the spread of the virus so fewer people need hospital treatment at any one time protecting the ability of the n.h.s. to cope through our response to corona virus we have been following the scientific and medical advice we have been deliberate in our actions taking the right steps at the right time we're also taking unprecedented action to increase energy this capacity by dramatically expanding the number of beds key staff and life same equipment on the frontline provide the care when people need it most the daily figures show that a total of 152979 people in the u.k. have now been tested for current virus of those 29474 have tested positive the number of people admitted to hospital in england with current vice symptoms is now 10767 was 3915 of those ar

alok sharma reiterated that a policy to andrew marr. i accept there has been a challenge.e is an international demand for ppe out there. that does have an impact in terms of supply. look, i am incredibly sorry that people feel they are not able to get this equipment but that‘s why we have set up equipment but that‘s why we have set upa20 47 equipment but that‘s why we have set up a 20 47 hotlines of people within the nhs and social care settings can phone and get that equipment. we have also said we will be sending out a portal in the next few weeks to make sure that people can directly key in their demand for ppe, and we can then monitor that and get that out to them. there is no doubt this is unprecedented and this is a challenge. but we are doing absolutely everything we can to make sure we get support to the front line. i completely acknowledge that that is the job of government. alok sharma. around the world christians are a set of reading east are unlike any other before. in italy were lockdown restrictions have been extended until may pope francis will give his east

but alok sharma warned that there are "no guarantees" that a vaccine can be produced quickly, it couldble at this stage, to put a date on when a treatment might be ready. the business secretary alok sharma set out the government's plans for making a vaccine available as quickly as possible. one of the ways that we can defeat this virus is to find a vaccine. just as edward jenner developed the smallpox vaccine in the early 18th century, we need to apply the best british scientific endeavour to the research for the coronavirus vaccine. to that end, i can announce that a that the government has set up a vaccine task force to co—ordinate the efforts of government, academia, and industry towards a single goal. to accelerate the development of a coronavirus vaccine. this task force is up and running. and aims to ensure that a vaccine is made available to the public as quickly as possible. the task force reporting to me and the health secretary is led by sir patrick and professor jonathan van—tam. it comprises representatives from government, industry, academia, and regulators. members includ

pooja sharma was another key worker, a pharmacist at eastbourne district hospital. she was 33. her. one of pooja's friends posted this online. please, please, please, inform family and friends to take this very seriously and to self—isolate and socially distance as much as possible. allan little, bbc news. the individual stories behind the numbers we see every day in our bulletins. we will have reports from the uk and around the world and a reminder that we will have a first look at tamara ‘s from tomorrow in the papers. 0ur look at tamara ‘s from tomorrow in the papers. our guests joining look at tamara ‘s from tomorrow in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight is lucy beresford and yasmin are by brown. not. now it's time for a look at the weather with philip avery. hello. easter sunday has been marked by temperatures well on into the teens, if not the low 20s, across the southern half of britain. a different story further north, a much colder feel there and it is that colder feel that wins out across the greater part of the british isles as we get on through easter monday.

at today's daily press briefing, mr sharma said banks had a duty to step in to help, and that ministersure companies got the support they needed. pressure is building for online fashion retailers to improve protection for warehouse workers, who are worried about getting infected with the virus. employees at the asos warehouse in barnsley have told the bbc they think it's impossible to social distance when they're at work and they simply don't feel safe. union leaders say unless improvements are made at clothing warehouses and distribution centres across the uk, they must close immediately. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent sarah corker reports from barnsley. workers clocking on at the asos warehouse near barnsley. but with so many people arriving at the same time, it's hard to keep two metres apart, despite the best efforts of these marshals. can you keep two metres from people? the bbc has spoken to employees who say that they feel unsafe and are not being properly protected. their voices have been changed. queues are still forming at the lockers to get our equipment. the choice is go

but mr sharma warned that producing a vaccine would be a ‘colossal undertaking'.y—step action plan is aiming to spread the virus so fewer people need hospital treatment at anyone time. protecting the nhs ability to cope. at each point, we have been following scientific and medical advice and we have been deliberate in our actions. taking the right steps at the right time. we are also taking unprecedented action to increase nhs capacity but dramatically expanding the number of beds key staff and life—saving equipment on the front line to give people the care they need where they need it most. this is why we are instructing people to stay at home so we can protect our nhs and save lives. i can report that through the governments ongoing monitoring and testing programme as of today a total of 538,991 people in the uk have now been tested for coronavirus. that includes 21,320 hs carried out yesterday. of those, 180,692 people have tested positive. that is an increase of 5000, 599 cases since yesterday. 18,000 978 people are currently in hospital with coronavirus in th

. ♪ ♪ gerry: my guest is morgan stanley chief global separate just, ruchir sharma.kets do seem very volatile, of course. do seem to have bounced off their bottom in the last week or so. does that make you optimistic? do you think we've reached the bottom, or could there be worse to come? >> well, i think if you look back in terms of what's happened here, that this is the fastest decline we've had in the stock market since 1929. typically in a bear market, the u.s. stock market is falling back out 20% over a 15 month period. this time u.s. stocks fell by 30% over 18 days. this is unprecedented. the last time this happened really was 1929. and even after such a big decline then, the u.s. stock market stabilized before a secondaway of selling -- a second wave of selling began. so i would not take any comfort in terms of the current environment, but i think this is contingent on two things which is all about the coronavirus. one, that you see we can deal with infections very quickly, and two, that there is not a second wave which comes out of china. because a second wav

download the xfinity my account app today. ♪ ♪ gerry: ruchur sharma is with me. i want to look at the longer term tim applications of this. crises, wars, things like this change the way economies and societies work. give me, if you would, do you think the role of government is going to change? we're very dependent on government to save the economy. is that going to lead to a long-term change in the way people see the role government says? >> i think so. i think that's going to be a result of this crisis which is that you can see the lack of a proper government response that got it to this current stage. but it really seems to me that what we're going to be living with as a long-term consequence of this is much more state control. i think we're feeling the effects already which is we already are feeling the gap between monetary and fiscal policy disappear, that the so-called monetary independence, banks divorced from the fiscal -- [inaudible] buy much more in terms of government bonds. and in general, more state surveillance and a greater role of the states becaus

so that when this crisis sharma the business secretary giving the government's daily press briefing and as he was saying the e.u. case has experience its worst day for corona virus deaths with more than 500 new the last 24 hours as the government comes under fire for its coronavirus testing program as ministers of mit it will still be weeks before the $25000.00 a day target is reached where thousands of health workers condemned the lack of protective equipment with some frontline staff claiming they are threatened with the sack if they reveal the true scale of the crisis well with more on the latest r.t. case joins me now sees it bring us up to speed then with all the day's developments well as we were hearing there from out of sharma the business secretary the death rate has risen by its largest amounts over 24 hour period thus far during this crisis $563.00 deaths over the past 24 hours now that takes the total number of those who have died in the u.k. to $2352.00 that's the number of people who have died after testing positive for cope with 19 it's still unclear and obviously very ea

mr sharma, a lot of people have not been given a satisfactory explanation as to why germany can testgents that we are struggling to get? we are looking to work out is this a capacity issue for germany versus the uk, or a political choice that has made us test fewer people? i wonder whether you might take that first. i assume you are talking about the health care worker front line testing, and the intention there as i say is to go from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands. that will have to go on the basis of the priority that is identified as to which of these workers are actually needed. when i say workers, they are staff, our colleagues, are needed in which settings, particularly where the circuit patients r. —— the sickest patients. —— the sickest patients are. that will be the intention over the coming weeks. do you wish me to speak about the reagents? they are generally produced by the manufacturers of the machines, and so the reagents that work best are those that work with the machines that they're intended for, that is the most efficient. we are working with the industr

pooja sharma was another key worker, a pharmacist at eastbourne district hospital. she was 33.e this very seriously and to self—isolate and socially distance as much as possible." allan little, bbc news. when you focus on the real people, the real stories, it‘s really, really tough and the loss is quite incredible, isn‘t it? and we appreciate you getting in touch with us to tell us what you are experiencing, how you are coping, and your situation where you are stop all over the world you have been in touch with us. just today for example i have had from any of you. charlie is watching us in colorado says "all this loss of life can be overwhelming, it‘s difficult to shield the children from it." we have also heard from kerry. kerry says "hanging in there, go about when a need to, they wear a mask because i am compromised bya mask because i am compromised by a low immune system and asthma, then it‘s right back home stock" and that his is welcome back to me. it is good to be back. live says "good morning, sally, a messaging from down under, all good here, we‘re looking forward to

and i here in london have very close contact with the secretaries including matt hancock and alloc sharmaelationship. you quote those people, soviets for example. i think there is totally a cold war mentality. we are living in the third decade of the 21st century, but those people still believe in old days, when they were fighting the cold war. china is not former soviet union. i think china and uk... we are united by common interests then divided by other differences. i am very confident about this relationship. ambassador, we have to end it there, but i do thank you very much indeed forjoining me here on hardtalk at this difficult time. liu xiaoming, thank you very much indeed. my pleasure. hello. it wasn't so much a case of april showers on wednesday, this was the scene for a time across birmingham, but give it a wee bit of time and eventually that rain cleared away and out came the sun. the reason for it all? well, we had not one but two weather fronts to contend with. and thursday again is a real mishmash of weather, low pressure very much the dominant feature, the isobars squeezing

and i here in london have very close contact with the secretaries including matt hancock and alok sharmaeople, soviets for example. i think there is totally a cold war man tell any of us up we are living in the third decade of the 21st century but those people still believe in old days when they were fighting the cold war. —— cold war mentality. china is not former soviet union. i think china and uk... we are united by common interests than divided by other differences. i am very confident about this relationship. ambassador, we have to end it there but i do think you very much indeed forjoining me here on hardtalk at this difficult time. liu xiaoming, thank you very much indeed. my pleasure. we may have had to wait till the end of april, but yesterday's storms we re of april, but yesterday's storms were quite impressive. nowhere immune from seeing several downpours. some of the showers were particularly impressive. from this cloud, the sign of very active convection in wiltshire. two pea sized hail falling from buckinghamshire and further north and scotland, we had this file dropping fr

i'm babita sharma.n britain and globally. new figures show a third of all coronavirus deaths in england and wales — now take place in care homes. the uk's health secretary announces testing will soon be rolled out to all residents and staff. anyone who is working or living in a care home will be able to get access to a test, whether they have symptoms or not. france announces plans to ease its lockdown,

i'm babita sharma. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. new figures show a third of all coronavirus deaths in england and wales now take place in care homes. the uk's health secretary announces testing will soon be rolled out to all residents and staff. anyone who is working or living in a care home will be able to get access to a test, whether they have symptoms or not. france announces plans to ease its lockdown, but the prime minister says the country will have to learn to live with the virus. and in germany, as lockdown restrictions are eased, infection rates rise. we'll have the latest. welcome to this edition of outside source. a rising number of deaths linked to coronavirus in care homes across the uk has pushed the overall numbers dying with the virus to a record high, according to the latest figures. nearly 25,000 deaths from all causes were recorded in the uk in the week of the easter bank holiday — more than twice the expected number for this ti

the number burials increasing from about 25 a week to now 24 a day reporting in new york trinity sharma's r t. let's move to france where the president's been meeting health professionals to hear firsthand what it is like talking coronavirus in the midst of criticism as well focused on the government's response one encounter in particular has been raising eyebrows so charlotte dubin ski takes us through it. as the race is on to find some way to bring hope it 19 to its knees it seems the french president isn't leaving any stone unturned emanuel might call spent a day visiting medical staff although some may have been a little surprised to learn that on his list was professor did you know. who is the head of the i h you made it an infection institute in say and some of his ideas about 19 have raised eyebrows. i am a practitioner and doctor and i'm shocked to see this survey that says that only 37 percent of doctors in the whole world prescribe hydroxy torak when in from the amount of people who prescribe it without saying anything he's huge. he claimed following a small study that chloroqui

as we heard with alok sharma saying more deliveries are going out. priti patel said it was unprecedented times. today, the royal college of surgeons in england surveyed 2,000 members in nhs hospitals and a third say they just don't members in nhs hospitals and a third say theyjust don't have the adequate supplies to do theirjobs satisfactorily. the royal college of surgeons says doctors shouldn't risk their own health. this is echoed by their own health. this is echoed by the royal college of nursing, who said its members could refuse to treat patients as a last resort if personal protective equipment is not getting through. we hear of equipment being sent out to the nhs and organisations across the country, hundreds of pairs of goggles and masks, but it is being used at a much higher rate than normal. so the pressure is still very much on the government to get that ppe out to those who need it. we will get more figures from the uk authorities later on the overall death toll? yes sometime this afternoon we will get an update from the department of he

samin sharma of new york's mount sinai hospital.mal clotting can be widespread. >> clotting in the heart, clotting in the lungs, clotting in the kidneys, clotting in the brain artery. >> reporter: those clots can damage the kidneys, leading to dialysis; the brain, causing confusion, seizures or strokes; and the heart, causing an irregular rhythm or a heart attack. you have been doing this about 30 years. are you feeling like a medical student again? >> well, in some ways, yes. >> reporter: this is a new frontier, right? >> that is absolutely a new frontier. i don't even know what will be the other atypical and unusual presentation of covid-19. >> reporter: and that's presenting doctors with a tough challenge: trying to figure out the different ways this virus can attack our bodies, and the various symptoms it can cause, when we seem to be learning new things about it every day. dr. jon lapook, cbs news. >> o'donnell: and coming up next, pets and people stuck together at home-- you could call it an "im-paws-able" situation. and take.

danny sharma, a dj from london, was 38. he didn't expect to die.ebook. hilda churchill was 108 and died of covid—19 in her nursing home. she lost a younger sister to the spanish flu pandemic more than a century ago and lived through two world wars. she remembered seeing the soldiers off to the first world war, which very few came back. she'd only be a young girl then. she was tremendous. she remembered all of those things, and didn't half tell us about them as well! we weren't even able to say goodbye to her, which is very upsetting. dave roland was 65 and planning to retire this year. three decades ago, he survived the hillsborough disaster. this photograph of him was taken that day. he'd tried to help a 17—year—old caught in the crush. he later rang the boy's family to tell them that their son had not been alone when he died. his family said he was a proud scouser, youthful, unique, kind—hearted and fun. elsie sazuze, who was 44, was originally from malawi. she came here to work in the care sector. her death reminds us of the power of the virus t

heavy on them for obvious reasons ortiz sharma dubin ski is reporting from perth. president mark owen has described domestic violence against women as france's shame or average one woman is killed by her partner every 3 days it's one of the highest femicide rates in europe times of crisis are always conductive to a rise in violence for those suffering and whole it can quickly go from psychological abuse to physical and sexual violence and can even lead to fansite. as france enters its 3rd week of lockdown it's becoming clear how dangerous it's been for those in abusive relationships reports of domestic violence sought in paris they were up 36 percent across the rest of the country it was 32 percent 2 victims were murdered. this is always easy to represent is a socialist association is now it is believed to met acknowledges the national problem in addition we are in crisis and this means that the total number of cases of violence committed against women in relationships increased and instead of increasing the working time. to work until 10 pm now due to lack of fund

danny sharma, a dj from london, was 38. he didn't expect to die.lda churchill was 108 and died of covid—19 in her nursing home. she lost a younger sister to the spanish flu pandemic more than a century ago and lived through two world wars. she remembered seeing the soldiers after the first world war. very few came back. she'd only be a young girl then. she was tremendous. she remembered all those things and told tales about them as well! with at least three more weeks of the lockdown ahead of us, the duke and duchess of cambridge are urging people to look after their mental health. prince william said ‘the stress and isolation is building' and said there's an "ever—increasing need" for people to know where to access help and support. he also spoke about his concern for his father, the prince of wales, when he was diagnosed with the virus last month. the couple were speaking to the bbc‘s tina daheley. tina, hi. hi! hello! hello. there may be many who are experiencing mental health challenges for the first time during the lockdown. what can we do to

absolutely, in my first conversation with my opposite number, alok sharma, i said that, we are not hereo make the policy better. i was encouraged yesterday that the chancellor opened the door to this idea that i have been talking about for the last few days, which is 100% underwriting of the loans to get the money out of the door more quickly. i would say to the government and the chance to i have said, that we should not take too long about this, because these are decisions for the next 2a, a8, 78 hours because, as the government makes the decision to move to full underwriting, it will simply fly the process, get money out more quickly, businesses need to apply, the banks need to apply the new rules, so it's going to take time, and we have got pele coming up, and that's a crunch moment for many businesses in this country. —— we have got payday coming up. they are asking how they will cover their costs. have a new approach to politics and the economy, and the economy in this country will ever be the same again, will it?|j economy in this country will ever be the same again, will it? i t

also on the andrew marr show this morning was alok sharma.ing about personal protective equipment this morning. he says there clearly is a need for more ppe and he accepted there has been a challenge. we have been talking about that quite a lot over the last few days, these consistent reports that front line workers, nhs workers and social care workers are not necessarily getting all the gowns, gloves and masks that they need in order to tackle this virus and stay safe. on this claim that the uk could be one of the worst affected, if not the worst affected, this is what he had to say. i certainly regret that people have lost lives throughout this process but as i said, this is a global pandemic and different countries have adopted in different ways, based on their health systems and other parameters that they have in their countries. but we have followed the medical and scientific advice. we are seeing a flattening but we need to wait until we are past the peak before we start to look at issues such as lifting any guidelines or restrictions t

danny sharma, a dj from london, was 38. he didn't expect to die.da churchill was 108 and died of covid—19 in her nursing home. she lost a younger sister to the spanish flu pandemic more than a century ago and lived through two world wars. she remembered seeing the soldiers off to the first world war, which very few came back. she'd only be a young girl then. she was tremendous. she remembered all of those things, and didn't half tell us about them as well! we weren't even able to say goodbye to her, which is very upsetting. dave roland was 65 and planning to retire this year. three decades ago, he survived the hillsborough disaster. this photograph of him was taken that day. he'd tried to help a 17—year—old caught in the crush. he later rang the boy's family to tell them that their son had not been alone when he died. his family said he was a proud scouser, youthful, unique, kind and fun. elsie sazuze, who was 44, was originally from malawi. she came here to work in the care sector. her death reminds us of the power of the virus to reach well beyon

the business secretary today, alok sharma, saying that the right steps have been taken at the right steps have been taken at the right time, and more broadly from the government there is an effort to focus minds on the immediate message of asking people to stay at home, observe social distancing measures, doing what needs to be done now in order to bear down on the transmission of this virus. but i think these questions about what measures were ta ken think these questions about what measures were taken and when and the effect of that, those questions will be asked, and wants a full picture can be pieced together, people will expect answers. jessica, thank you very much. jessica parker, our political correspondent. christians around the world are celebrating easter despite restrictions that have left many people confined to their homes. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, recorded his traditional easter address online from his kitchen where he hailed the heroism of front line workers, while pope francis held the traditional easter vigil in an almost deserted st peter's basilica, a

this will come from alec sharma from the end of the week who has a specific areas which could see easingeconomy can article talks about how the economy ca n start article talks about how the economy can start to reopen in a kind of sector by sector. talk about how safe working can be achieved at certain working sites but may be offices may be open later. however all of this will be done, it will not be immediate lockdown over eve ryo ne not be immediate lockdown over everyone get on the train to work situation. i think the reason people are getting on the road and things is because i think people need to see a bit of a plan for the future and no that there is an and or some kind of light at the end of the tunnel of all this and that is why you see keir starmer and labour pressing for a bit of a plan. you see other countries giving plans post lockdown and being more open with people than i think the uk government have been so far.|j with people than i think the uk government have been so far. i think it was nicola sturgeon who said you need to level with people in treatment like grown—ups

business secretary alex sharma has been setting out what we government is doing to support small businesses and yesterday health secretary matt hancock gave an update on what we're doing to bolster capacity in the n.h.s. including increasing the number of critical care beds if seo is supporting all of these operational priorities. so we're deploying the diplomatic network right around the world to source and buy ventilators and protective equipment so that we can reinforce the n.h.s. frontline here at home. at the same time we're working with other governments and the airlines to bring home as many stranded british nationals as we possibly can prioritizing our most vulnerable citizens on commercial flights we've helped over 200000 u.k. nationals come home from spain 13000 from egypt 8000 from indonesia we've also chartered flights from 7 different countries bring home more than 2000 british nationals we've repatriated a further 1550 from cruise ships including most recently the cole princess and the zaandam. and for those travelers who are still stuck abroad we're doing everything we can to

of funding for corona virus vaccine secretary of state the business energy and industrial strategy sharma says it's a key to controlling the outbreak. one of the ways that we can defeat this virus is to find a vaccine just as it would develop the smallpox vaccine in the 18th century we need to apply the best of british scientific endeavor to the search for the crowbars vaccine to that end i can announce today that the government has set up a vaccines taskforce to coordinate the efforts of government academia and industry towards a single goal to accelerate the development of a coronavirus vaccine now to the u.s. president donald trump has suggested some states could reopen the business within weeks but as covert 19 keep spreading democratic house speaker nancy pelosi says more testing needs to be done and the galahad reports it's what president donald trump calls a science based plan to get the united states back on its feet he's issued guidelines in 3 phases that advise each state when they can begin to reopen and what doctors say will be a new normal america wants to be open and america

the business secretary, alok sharma, has given a warning to banks, after many small and medium—sizedns promised by the government. new research suggests nearly a million uk businesses are just weeks from going bust. andy verity reports. it was billed as the government riding to the rescue of small businesses. they can walk into their local bank branch next week and talk to somebody about the coronavirus business interruption loan that the government is guaranteeing. but with many bank branches shut, many businesses can't get through to overstretched contact centres. thousands of firms have been turned down for a business interruption loan, while others, like this normally thriving nottingham—based engineering firm, have been told they have to apply for a normal loan first — a process which may take weeks. at the moment, i think too much control has been given to the banks and lenders, the approved lenders, to make this happen, and i think it's still chaotic out there. it seems to be that if you're lucky, you're banking with the right party. if you're not lucky, you'll end up having t

business secretary alok sharma said the government was looking at ways to improve the support being provided be further information on this from the chancellor in the next few days. the medical director of public health england, dr yvonne doyle said that testing of frontline staff will go from the thousands to hundreds of thousands within the coming weeks. dr doyle also said that there had been an increase in motor traffic over the last couple of days and she re—iterated the need to stay at home we have seen an uptick and motor vehicle traffic and so the message here really is that people do you need to stay at home. most are doing the right thing as you can see from the right thing as you can see from the rapid decline in public transport use, so everyone needs to do that. the message here is that we need to save lives and protect the nhs. so please, stay—at—home. need to save lives and protect the nhs. so please, stay-at-home. those are the latest figures from the daily press briefing. let's get more reaction to that press conference now with the shadow transport secretary andy mcdonald, w