sian, let's go to the sun on sunday.ed this lockdown in the uk fraying around the edges and they highlight what the home secretary priti patel was saying. are you all to stay home, stay strong and protect the nhs and some pictures inside of what seems to be a breach of social—distancing. lots of people out and about quite close together and partly the very good weather, the unusually good weather has contributed to that? absolutely. the weather is just amazing at the moment and i think it has made the lockdown a bit easier to bear because when you do go out for your daily dose of exercise, it is sunny and everyone's spirits left a bit. but especially in london where there are so many but especially in london where there are so many people and we are lucky we do have a lot of parks but nevertheless when everyone comes out together, in the sunshine the parks together, in the sunshine the parks to feel very crowded and it feels difficult to keep social—distancing. we have seenjoggers running too close to people who are just

anything to add to that, sian? no.llow automatically it would be transferred by blood? is that totally different? it is different, and the thing about temperature here, because mosquitoes tend to be in warmer climates, and the virus is so far preferring colder climates, but i do not know if that is releva nt but i do not know if that is relevant and we will have to wait for the science. susie asks is the virus also spreading in our hair strands? i am guessing that is a similar thing to what we have been hearing about animals, it can settle on the fur of animals, presumably on our hairas on the fur of animals, presumably on our hair as well on the fur of animals, presumably on our hairas welland on the fur of animals, presumably on our hair as well and whether you touchit our hair as well and whether you touch it and then put your hands on your face touch it and then put your hands on yourface again. touch it and then put your hands on your face again. it is the touching. do not touch your hair and then touch eyes and m

sian lloyd, bbc news.school meals in england have been offered food vouchers by the government, for use in supermarkets, to help people with the economic hardship. but there've been problems — with some of the most needy families unable to get the vouchers, while others have been unable to spend them. and it's emerged that the government doesn't know how many vouchers have been sent to parents, as our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. it wasn't meant to be like this. but the pendwin federation in worcestershire had turned to the charity food share this week to feed their vulnerable families. they have one of these. they haven't done those. did they have an emergency one this weekend? no. the school says none of the 50 families eligible for free school meals have received vouchers for a fortnight, causing parents increasing anxiety. many of our families are going hungry. they are ringing up on a daily basis saying, "we haven't got enough food. " "can you loan us money? " "can you get us

sian lloyd, bbc news, birmingham.owed people to leave the area for the first time since it went into lockdown in late january. those with a "green" code on a widely—used smartphone health app, now have permission to leave the city, as restrictions within wuhan have been gradually easing. 0ur correspondentjohn sudworth joins us from beijing. after its initial faltering steps, china eventually hit this virus hard, shutting its whole economy down. and while there is some doubt about the detail of the official figures, it is clear the government believes the trend is going on the right direction. the priority now is to cautiously get the economy going again, which is why today we have seen again, which is why today we have seen something that few people would have thought possible a couple of months ago, the reopening of the city where this whole thing began. after 76 days of lockdown, the trains were lined up and ready to go, the barriers taken down from the highways and wuhan re—opened its links to the outside world. it

sian lloyd, bbc news, birmingham.of shops and businesses have reopened in italy and spain and austria. the european commission is urging eu members to co—ordinate any plans to ease lockdown measures and to maintain rules on social distancing. 0ur rome correspondent mark lowen has more details. a tiny step towards unlocking italy. camilla cocchi's baby shop reopening today after five weeks, as this country dips its toe back into normal life. a limited experiment to see how italians react, with new rules on hygiene and limiting numbers inside. we are glad and excited. of course it's not normal times, so we are worried at the same time. we have to work, we have bills to pay, we have rents to pay, we have wages to pay. leaving your business, that you started, is like leaving your baby. customers who are adapting, welcoming a reward, but with apprehension. i feel strange more for them, for the babies, for my children, but we have to be happy and somehow brave. i'm really pleased, says eight—year—old elena, because i haven'

sian lloyd, bbc news, birmingham.hs, and this morning 99—year—old captain tom moore completed his challenge at his home in bedforshire complete with a guard of honour by soldiers from the yorkshire regiment. and he has raised a little more than he expected — more than £15 million, so far. and the money is still pouring in. david sillito reports. you start at the beginning. captain tom moore was keen to do things properly on the final leg of a journey that had begun as a family challenge and turned into something extraordinary. i think it's a fantastic sum of money, we never imagined that sum of money, it's unbelievable that people have been so kind. it began just over a week ago. the target, 100 laps to mark his 100th birthday at the end of the month. a world war ii veteran born in keighley, he had served in burma. the family hoped they might be able to raise some money for nhs charities and set what they thought was a bold target, £1000. within a day we had reached a couple of thousands and we thought, are we dreamin

sian, dominic asks, why does the government not make it compulsory to wear face masks?countries just do it whether they are compulsory or not, but here it has not been a thing, although when you are out and about, there are so many people wearing them. the government is following the world health organization, which last week reviewed all the evidence on face masks. as you say, many people do wear them and i have worked a lot in hong kong where everybody wears masks if they have a cough or cold and the evidence shows that wearing masks alone could be misleading. if you touch them then touch your face and eyes, they can actually be infectious, either to yourself or other people. they are useful, and the recommendation is to be worn by carers, either in hospital settings or care home settings or by people who are symptomatically, so if you are sick then facemasks are useful. if not, it is really up to you, it is not something the government mandates. i have one of these plastic visors which i have been wearing with my mask. what about those? i think these are rather new,

sian griffiths, dominic asks, why does the government not make it compulsory to wear face masks?countries just do it whether they are compulsory or not, but here it has not been a thing, although when you are out and about, there are simply people wearing them. the government is following the world health organization, which last week reviewed all the evidence on face masks. as you say, many people do wear them, and i have worked a lot in hong kong where everybody wears masks if they have a cough or cold, and the evidence shows that wearing masks alone could be this misleading. it can give you a false sense of security. if you touch them then touch your face and eyes, they can actually be infectious, either yourself or other people. they are useful, and the recommendation is to be worn by carers, either in hospital settings or care home settings or by people who are symptomatic, so if you are sick then facemasks are useful. if not, it is really up to you it is not something the government mandates. i have one of these plastic visors which i have been wearing with my mask. what ab

sian lloyd, bbc news, birmingham.h a special postmark this week. as he prepares to celebrate his 100th birthday on thursday. captain tom raised more than £27 million for the nhs by walking around his garden 100 times — and even got to number one in the charts with a charity song. the royal mail is going to celebrate by stamping all letters with a special message. and in his speech in downing street this morning the prime minister also praised captain tom's efforts. and if we, as a country, can show the same spirit of optimism and energy shown by captain tom moore, who turns 100 this week, if we can show the same spirit of unity and determination as we've all shown in the past six weeks, then i have absolutely no doubt that we will beat it. together we will come through this all the faster, and the united kingdom will emerge stronger than ever before. thank you all very much. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker after a few days of warmth for many, all change. absolutely considerable change in our

sian griffiths, do you agree?” countries, compared to china. sian griffiths, do you agree?n prevented the spread within china and there was not another major epidemic in any other major city in china, the numbers remained quite small, although lockdown procedures we re small, although lockdown procedures were put in place. it is perfectly possible that as my colleague just said, we make this a different picture in europe but we hope the plateau is being reached and numbers will start to decline. there is some decline but it is very limited. the epidemic in italy, instead of early may, is eventually planned, it may be injune. may, is eventually planned, it may be in june. carlo la vecchia, would that be all right for you, or do you fear that some of the easing of restrictions is too soon? easing of restrictions is too soon? easing of restrictions will have consequences. if you ease the restrictions in may, as we should do, early may, we won't see any consequence until late june, because the consequence at the level of disease which be several weeks later. my view is we have

people who've made a recovery from covid—i9 after being seriously ill talking to our correspondent sian. scientists are working on a major study to try to understand why the severity of symptoms for coronavirus can be so varied. a vast store of dna is being analysed at uk biobank — a major national and international health resource which contains samples from 500,000 volunteers and is now adding covid—i9 data. it's thought that genetic differences might explain why some people with no underlying health conditions can develop severe illness. 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle has the story. it's a big mystery — why coronavirus can strike different people in so many ways. with the lockdown, our streets are empty, so we've had to recreate a crowd. some people who are infected have no symptoms, or geta mild to moderate disease. about one in five people have a much more severe illness and can go on to need hospital treatment. a small number will die. scientists think the answer could be in our dna. what looks like an ordinary warehouse could, in fact, hold the key. inside is genetic m

sian lloyd, bbc news, birmingham., was released from the hospital and met her newborn son for the first time. yanira soriano had to go on a ventilator and had an emergency caesarian section to deliver her son walter while she was in a medically—induced coma. she was critically ill for two weeks in the intensive care unit. two weeks old and finally in his mother's arms. what a nice story. he set out to walk 100 laps of his garden to raise a thousand pounds for the nhs and this morning 99 year old captain tom moore completed his challenge at his home in bedforshire complete with a guard of honour by soldiers from the yorkshire regiment. and he has raised a little more than he expected, more than 15 million pounds so far. and the money is still pouring in. david sillito reports. you start at the beginning. captain tom moore was keen to do things properly on the final leg of a journey that had begun as a family challenge and turned into something extraordinary. i think it's a fantastic sum of money, we never imagined that

sian lloyd, bbc news, birmingham.ek. he had been suffering from heart failure and contracted the virus in hospital. the bbc‘s alex lovell has been speaking to his wife patsy and son ryan. we didn't ever expect him to get the coronavirus. i mean, we were shocked to find that he had that. i mean, his health wasn't good. i knew our time together wasn't going to be very long. but to end up having that virus, thatjust finished him off. yeah, it was just one too many things, really. it was the last straw, i guess. dad had been suffering with his heart for a long time. and over the years, itjust started to get worse and worse. but at the very end, we still had, as always, that hope that dad was going to be coming home, and then as soon as he was diagnosed with covid—19, he just deteriorated quite quickly. and that was the end, unfortunately. that is almost the trouble with somebody who is a fighter and has fought so long that you cannot think they will ever be beaten, really. i know. i mean, he did fight hard. for most of hi

tonight we watched as mortuary workers arrived to take away one of the sian pose. nursg reporr: we also talked to two men who are married to two staffers who tested positive. they insist that their wives were told they had to come to work even if they were infected with the coronavirus. >> they told my wife, you have to come to work all you have to do is wear a mask. >> but she's positive. >> of course, of course. she's not tkwoeupbg , going to come to work. >> they told my wife, you can come back to work. and she told them, no it's against the law. they told us to isolate at home. >> they belong to somebody. somebody's grandmother, somebody's mother. >> reporter: jaime petina's grandmother is a resident here. the family was told she's healthy but nobody in the facility told anybody about the number of coronavirus cases here. >> i'm even more upset now. >> reporter: petina who also happens to be a council member wants answers. >> the protocall is they do not come in if they test positive. so that's ridiculous. >> reporter: the alameda county health department says

isolated from loved ones, can mean that recovery is a long and challenging process as our correspondent sianir. struggling to breathe, and severely dehydrated, this was the moment paramedics arrived at paul nicholls' home to take him to the queen elizabeth hospital. the 52—year—old didn't need a ventilator but was seriously ill. from his hospital bed, he thanked the nhs and warned others... "don't roll the dice and chance it", this tweet said. one of the nurses said we've got to close the curtains now, and i said, are you taking the dead away? she said yes. it just suddenly struck home, at that stage, that could be me. that could have been me. atjust five months old, amelia is one of the youngest patients to be treated for covid—19. now safely home, her mother has thanked the team for all their support at such a worrying time. we were shocked. i knew before the doctor walked in, cos of what he was wearing... he had all his ppe on, so i had prepared myself. but i was very shocked, you never think it's going to happen to you or your family. i can't tell you what this feels like. it's amazing.

particular area of concern‘ with a total of 212 deaths reported there on friday, as our correspondent sianrse struggling for breath in intensive care. 29 weeks pregnant, and compelled, michelle wright says, to send a message to those still not following advice aimed at halting the spread of this virus. please, please, please, listen. listen to the government advice. a new facility to help cope with a sharp rise in cases in the midlands is being prepared. this nightingale hospital on the outskirts of birmingham willadmit hospital on the outskirts of birmingham will admit its first patients in the five days‘ time. and testing is being increased. a new centre at the edgbaston cricket ground opened just yesterday. the wider midlands region has recently been described as a particular concern by the government. and a spike in the number of deaths is being investigated. those involved in coordinating the response on the ground say they currently have enough capacity to copia. but they admit that understanding more about the transmission of the virus would help. some of the work we are doing here

deeper intoelve what it means for the currencies , including emerging markets and .sian currencies joining the goldman sachs head of global foreign exchange. thank you for joining us. when you look at the dynamics markets,ollar on the what kind of dollar do emerging-market currencies need? kamakshaya: thanks for having me. from an emerging-market currency perspective, a weaker dollar would be helpful from a currency appreciation standpoint and a broader emerging-market financial conditions standpoint given the shock they are likely to face. one of the interesting points worth mentioning is how emerging-market policymakers and central bankers -- what you have benign neglect of currencies and higher priority given to the local economy and debt market. across the board, interest rate like qualitiesqe would support the local debt market but have allowed currencies to weaken on a broad basis. that is aexample of 100 basis point cut for the weakness of the currency but supporting the local debt markets. francine: are there any currencies -- you mentioned south africa and we could talk about the

after the rus, sians finally admitted they cannot produce oil at these prices.merica ceo brian moynihan said he expects the u.s. economy to bounce back fairly quickly once the coronavirus health crisis is resolved. take a listen. brian: as we went through january and february, we saw with consumer spending money at table --ster rate double-digit rate since 2019, so the economy will probably grow faster than people projected. into march when you saw the situation, even with the impact in march, we will still see consumer spending in the aggregate on march, this is not a small sample, up for march, not a lot but two or 3%, and year-to-date up almost double digits. that is faster than last year versus the year before. path, buty is on this as he watched march play out it has changed dramatically. so what the federal reserve did, starting a lot of liquidity programs to stabilize the markets, congress passing a steaming this bill to keep people employed. at bank of america, we told our teammates they have a job here and that is important. to the extent we keep people

not ready reopen ready to open tomorrow because we're afraid the infection rate will go hospital is sians are down but the state is seeing about 2000 new cases a day and are setting their sights on another major coern we've been watching the nursing homes as nursing homein many ways are ground 0 for this situation across the couny. los angeles county facing their highest number of deaths reported in a single day so far after reporting high tals a b-side yesterday and e day before. >>and it really reflects a evastating power of covid-19 derby flip president trump says governors in ates with less cases. >>we'll be able to order people back to work soon. >>some states will be ab to open up sooner than others some states. not in the kind of trouble that others are in >>i'm camila bernal reporting. >>and as the cod deaths rise the president is saying his approval ratings go down and there's a gender gap that's taking shape. first overall you see in this gallup poll that 43% of pele asked they approve of the job he's doing and 54% disapprove that's down. 6 points to his lowest mark in 6 months

sian griffiths, we really appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> well, italy says it may have a way to tellhat some people are immune to the virus. we'll take you to rome for the latest on a promising new test. >>> also, france has seen its death toll since the virus surged. more than 13,000 lives lost since the outbreak began. the struggles in europe. that's coming next. once it comes out of the oven. and we're taking extra steps, like no contact delivery, to ensure it. there will be parties and family gatherings. there will be parades and sporting events and concerts. to help our communities when they come back together, respond to the 2020 census now. spend a few minutes online today to impact the next 10 years of healthcare, infrastructure and education. go to 2020census.gov and respond today to make america's tomorrow brighter. it's time to shape our future. to have constipation with belly pain, straining, and bloating, again and again. no way. more exercise. more water. and more fiber is the only way to manage it. is it? maybe you think... it's occasional constipation. maybe it's not.

our correspondent sian lloyd has been talking to some of those who've recovered from the most seriousas the moment paramedics arrived at the paul nicholls' home to take him to the queen elizabeth hospital. the 52—year—old solicitor was seriously ill, but even from his hospital bed he wanted to thank the nhs and warn others. "don't roll the dice and chance it," his tweet said. one of the nurses said that they had to close the curtains now.|j one of the nurses said that they had to close the curtains now. i asked if they were taking the dead away? it struck home, at that stage, that could have been me. i cannot tell you what it feels like. it is amazing. i want to thank everybody for keeping me going over the last few days. over the last ——ten days. i really appreciated it. alison also recovered. smiling, on hearing that she was going home after being cared for in hospital in swindon. ijust knew i had to stay positive and concentrate on getting myself better. the nurses were helping me with that because they were telling me about doing deep breathing exercises and, when you can get out

it is a big contributor to the gdp,sian economy, 20% of airasia itself is 1.8% of the gdp.re -- we are sure our suggestions will be listened to. haslinda: can you talk to us -- about jv what tata this? tony: it is doing good. we have 28 planes there. tata, we were able to raise a lot of lines. they have a lot of cash right now. we will be waiting for international approval although that is not relevant at the moment. india has banned international flights. yvonne: do you think at some point tata will have to choose between air asia and another airline? tony: i don't know. like have to ask tata. many of their businesses, they have premium and low-cost. that has never been a stressor with tata. us about the other units of your business. you have big pay, restaurants, are those types of segments doing better? tony: cargo business is very .trong obviously apart from humanitarian, you and we are demand doing things we have never done before, partnering with many airlines. additional business is doing well. that is the shining light at the moment. and [indiscernible] beauty is, w

of live tot a bit investor risk appetite, which currencies,sian particularly the risk sensitive ones,orean won, recover. it remains to be seen. we are far from being in the clear. the economic damage is still being ratcheted up. i think ultimately, that will come back. haidi: in terms of how much support they could get potentially, would you be watching for countries where there is increasingly, you know, i guess a political narrative that will see a sooner rather than later reopening of the economy even if that comes with risks of premature reopening or subsequent waves of infection? ease up ons start to restrictions, i think it will be important in terms of trying to teach where we can be in the bottom of the economic contraction. that everyonetry is looking at obviously is china. already restrictions. they have started to see indicators of chinese activity. pmi in march. the chinese authorities are still cautious and i think they are very concerned about one thing to avoid a second wave outbreak. i think the world is watching easingna manages the back of restrictions. i think we wi

spaces,sian credit high-grade chinese, high-grade korean -- they offer a lot of value.where are the weakest quality issuers? i guess each sector has them, but given where oil prices are, we touched on the fact that some of these smaller, independent oil --ducers are on silly obviously among the more vulnerable. the high cost of production. they are the ones that are -- they may well end up being very if we do get a v-shaped economic recovery. as you alluded to previously, there is no certainty of that, and that is where we see the vulnerabilities live. haidi: when it comes to borrowing prospects for these companies, how available is credit, given that the cash crunch that we saw during the selloff and uncertainty during the pandemic was huge. how available is credit out there in asia? mark: it is actually pretty good at the moment. many issues have the benefit of being able to borrow in the local currency market or the local currency bonds here also the u.s. dollar bond market. and there is a number of avenues for them. going back to some of our preferred pix, it is the

sian lloyd, bbc news, birmingham. lovely to see people coming together.ing. maybe not across parts of scotland. start the day with sunshine. one of the driest and sunniest spots this week. if ijust look —— show you this weather watchers shot from lincolnshire, rain clouds approaching at the moment. damp weather on the way. more rain to come. england and wales the return of some wet weather. areas of low pressure. each one bringing ina areas of low pressure. each one bringing in a spell of rain, particularly for england and wales. not as much for scotland and northern ireland. even here there will be some slightly wetter moments. either this morning some of the wetter conditions have been across northern england this morning, especially east of the pennines and east yorkshire. a narrowing band of patch or a light rain and drizzle heading south. some brightness to the south and east after a close start. frosty start in scotland and northern ireland. lots of sunshine. showers in the north of scotland will develop widely across scotland, and even in the far n

let's now speak to professor sian griffiths, an epidemiologist. as well have sort of started to ease some of those restrictions on their various countries. it is interesting, each of those countries took a different strategy to control that disease. sweden did not go for a lockdown, it went for a public persuasion and keeping things much more open because what they called it was it isa because what they called it was it is a marathon not a sprint. i think you might character to rise italy as it was rapidly closed down as numbers escalated to cope with the disease. they were having a different experience of the disease. looking at germany, germany had many more tests available and you can you use that containment phase that the procedures we are talking about now about the sort of using the test to identify and trace infections. so you see different strategies being used, different experiences of the disease and all of that will give as good learning in the uk as we move towards these phases. how complicated for someone watching this this morning,