a virologist and research of the spanish national research council, shejoins the spanish national researchresearch council, shejoins me from madrid. the spanish prime minister says that the fire as he describes it is now coming under control. he is a politician and you are a virologist. and your point of view is it under control? if we pay attention to the number of deaths in the infected people in the number of people recovering from this, the numbers are right direction. so we can say that the fires are already over, but you have to be very cautious because the numbers to see how they react next few weeks. staying at home and the number of infections have not stopped for the lease there is a lot people have seen the pictures and what kind of lessons can other countries learn from what spain has had to endure in recent weeks? well, the first, not only in spain but other countries, people spread the virus and it is very important to the people of that before and after, having the disease, the virus spread. it is important to put people in quarantine. this very important. another thing is t

carmen simon mateo, a virologist and researcher at the spanish national researcher at the spanish national research councilresearch body. president trump didn't go ahead with his daily coronavirus briefing on saturday. mr trump tweeted that it wasn't worth his "time or effort" and questioned the purpose of the briefings when, as he put it, the media asks "nothing but hostile" questions. critics say the move is linked to his falling poll ratings. in new york state, the epicentre of the us outbreak, governor andrew cuomo says independent pharmacies will be authorised to carry out tests for covid—i9. it comes as figures suggest that the outbreak there seems to be slowing down. rich preston reports. new york state has reported more than 21,000 deaths from coronavirus, but the positive news that the number of hospital admissions is declining. we are back where we were 21 days ago. 21 days of hell, but we're back to where we were. the move to allow high street pharmacies to carry out covid—i9 tests is a significant step in increasing testing available to new yorkers. the governor also said four hospitals will ex

carmen simon mateo, a virologist and researcher at the spanish national research council, the country's berlin, police have arrested dozens of people demonstrating against the continuance of lockdown measures. about a thousand protestors, from left and right—wing groups, flouted coronavirus restrictions to hold the rally. bill hayton reports. testing the limits of freedom. germany has the fifth highest number of coronavirus cases and strict measures to fight the disease. but not everyone agrees with them. the organisers of this gathering had been given permission to distribute newspapers in front of the old east berlin people's theatre, but police decided they'd crossed the line by turning the event into a protest. translation: during coronavirus times, and according to the containment regulations, we are required to prevent such gatherings. we have 180 police officers on duty here around the square, ready to react to violations and to uphold the regulations. all chant: ich will mein leben zuruck! the protest was organised by left—wing activists, but some of those taking part appeared t