so simple whittington when customers 1st come in the hangars need to be disinfected because they are frequently touched by customers this way they won't worry and then for a board like this it must be disinfected customers will worry less when they pick up bras and i think time will return if i seem to. for the time being customers here in new hands malls are scarce consumers will only return in numbers once they're convinced the virus has been swept away. let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world one hospital in the german city of wolfsburg has stopped taking in new patients after several staff there tested positive for the corona virus new patients will be sent to facilities nearby the number of registered coronavirus cases in germany has risen to more than 57000 according to official figures. the 2020 tokyo olympics will now officially kick off on july 23rd 2021 japanese organizers and the international olympic committee settled on that date today a week after the games were postponed because of the global pandemic. hunger is parliament has just vo

here at the whittington hospital in london, donations are coming in.ney. there's also a gift list. these are presents? yes, essentially. like an iphone charger. we made out an amazon wish list, things which staff need and have asked for, people can go on and there's a link to our website. and the applause? some of it had to be done before bedtime. there was also a royal contribution to this day's show of support, including prince charles, who has tested positive for the coronavirus and is now in isolation. it was a national thankyou. there will be many difficult times in the weeks to come, but this was a positive moment, one we will remember. david sillito, bbc news. that's all for now. i'm duncan golestani. you can find me on twitter. see you soon, thanks for watching. hello there. temperatures on thursday reached highs around 18 degrees across the far north—west of england, thanks to plenty of sunshine. southern scotland didn't do too badly as well with the sunshine, but generally speaking friday is going to be a similar picture to thursday. this wea

here at the whittington hospital in london, donations are coming in.eams, money. there's also a gift list. these are presents? yes, essentially. like an iphone charger. we made out an amazon wish list, things which staff need and have asked for, people can go on and there's a link to our website. and the applause? some of it had to be done before bedtime. there was also a royal contribution to this day's show of support, including prince charles, who has tested positive for the coronavirus and is now in isolation. it was a national thankyou. there will be many difficult times in the weeks to come, but this was a positive moment, one we will remember. david sillito, bbc news. hour top story: latest figures from the us show it has more confirmed cases of the coronavirus than any other country. johns hopkins university said america has more than 82,000 patients, overtaking china, which has just under 82,000. italy has 80,000. president trump said it was a tribute to the amount of testing we are doing. the us president rejected criticism about the lack of

here at the whittington hospital in london, donations are coming in.ft list. these are presents? yes, essentially. like an iphone charger. we made out an amazon wish list, things which staff need and have asked for, people can go on and there's a link to our website. and the applause? some of it had to be done before bedtime. there was also a royal contribution to this day's show of support, including prince charles, who has tested positive for the coronavirus and is now in isolation. it was a national thankyou. there will be many difficult times in the weeks to come, but this was a positive moment, one we will remember. david sillito, bbc news. and you can keep up to date with the latest coronavirus developments, on our website. you'll find in—depth analysis, and features on how it's being tackled in italy, venezuela and india — that's all at bbc.com/news or you can download the bbc news app. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter. i'm @duncan golestani we are back again very soon but for now, thank you and goodbye.

at the whittington hospital in north london, they've prepared this ward for covid—19 patients with piped been stopped for the next few months. ok, so this is my tiny attic room. it's our kind of spare room — two beds, one small window to the garden, and that's about it, really. and i've been here since friday. dr maria goddard told me what it's like to be isolated and unwell with coronavirus symptoms. just complete exhaustion. cough, fever, slightly short of breath. so how well—prepared does she think the nhs is? i've worked at the nhs for more than 30 years. it's an unprecedented response and it's really impressive. i am very, very impressed, and i think the public will be very well looked after. i just hope that the resource is enough. and that's the big question — will the nhs preparations be enough? in the meantime, a temporary mortuary has been set up in central london. nobody right now can really answer that. hugh pym, bbc news. italy is still hardest hit by coronavirus. the death toll has surged again in the last 24 hours by 475. almost 3000 people have now died. the one day death

here at the whittington hospital in london, donations are coming in.list. these are presents? yes, essentially. iphone charger. we made out a wish list, things which staff need and have asked for, people can go on and there's a link to our website. and the applause? some of it had to be done before bedtime. there was also a royal contribution to this day's show of support, including prince charles, who has tested positive for the coronavirus and is now in isolation. it was a national thankyou. there will be many difficult times in the weeks to come, but this was a positive moment, one we will remember. david one we will remember. sillito, bbc news. a one we will remember. reminder of our top story: has a reminder of our top story: the us has overtaken china and italy to become the country that has recorded the highest number of coronavirus cases. more than 82,000 people have been confirmed positive. the news comes as the total number of confirmed cases around the world has passed 500,000. there's more on our website, bbc.com/news. if you've been one of

here at the whittington hospital in london, donations are coming in.. these are presents? yes, essentially. iphone charger. we made out a wish list, things which staff need and have asked for, people can go on to our website. and the applause? some of it had to be done before bedtime. there was also a royal contribution to this day's show of support, including prince charles, who has tested positive for the coronavirus and is now in isolation. it was a national thank you. there have been —— there will be many difficult times in the weeks to come, but this was a positive moment, one we will remember. there have been more urgent calls for those front line nhs staff to be tested to see if they have the virus or not. with sickness rates currently running very high, hospital leaders said it was needed so that staff who are self—isolating could return to work sooner. but how likely is this and when could other tests be available to the wider public? 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh has more. this is how the test for active coronavirus infection is done

at the whittington hospital in north london, they've prepared this ward with piped oxygen for covid—19 used for those who had non—urgent operations. they've now been stopped for the next few months. so this is my tiny attic room. it is our kind of spare room, two beds, one small window to the garden and that's about it, really. and i've been here since friday. dr maria goddard told me what it's like to be isolated and unwell with coronavirus symptoms. it's just complete exhaustion. cough, fever, slightly short of breath. so how well prepared does she think the nhs is? i've worked in the nhs for more than 30 years. it's an unprecedented response and it's really impressive. i'm very, very impressed and i think the public will be very well looked after. ijust hope the resource is enough. and that is the big question. will the nhs preparations be enough? nobody right now can really answer that. hugh pym, bbc news. major supermarkets are taking new measures to try and stop panic buyers emptying the shelves. leading grocery brands are keen to stress that the food supply chain is still functi

here at the whittington hospital in london, donations are coming in.t list. these are presents? yes, essentially. like an iphone charger. we made out an amazon wish list, things which staff need and have asked for, people can go on and there's a link to our website. and the applause? some of it had to be done before bedtime. there was also a royal contribution to this day's show of support, including prince charles, who has tested positive for the coronavirus and is now in isolation. it was a national thankyou. there will be many difficult times in the weeks to come, but this was a positive moment, one we will remember. david sillito, bbc news. a reminder of our top story: the us has overtaken china and italy to become the country that has recorded the highest number of coronavirus cases. more than 82,000 people have been confirmed positive. well, if you are one of the people in italy who has been singing one of the people in spain or britain who has been clapping, please tell me what you have been doing. you can reach me on twitter, i'm @jamesbbcnews.

at the whittington hospital in north london, they prepared this ward with piped oxygen for covid—19 patientson—urgent operations. they've now been stopped for the next few months. so this is my tiny attic room. it is our kind of spare room, two beds, one small window to the garden and that's about it, really. and i've been here since friday. dr maria goddard told me what it's like to be isolated and unwell with coronavirus symptoms. it's just complete exhaustion. cough, fever, slightly short of breath. so how well prepared does she think the nhs is? i've worked in the nhs for more than 30 years. it's an unprecedented response and it's really impressive. i'm very, very impressed and i think the public will be very well looked after. ijust hope the resource is enough. and that is the big question. will the nhs preparations be enough? nobody right now can really answer that. hugh pym, bbc news. major supermarkets are taking new measures to try and stop panic buyers emptying the shelves. leading grocery brands are keen to stress that the food supply chain is still functioning and there is enough

here at the whittington hospital in london, donations are coming in. bicycles, water, toilet rolls. a500 hand creams. money. there's also a gift list. these are present. essentially, yeah, so it's an iphone charger and we've made an amazon wish list so we've asked the things and people can go on to the link on the website. in restaurants are doing their bit. we have sent them for two days of 50 portions of pasta. so much of our news at the moment is worrying and frightening, but it's also revealing kindness and generosity. this little film made by a teenager seems to capture the mood. a chance in our isolation to come together, to say thank you. david sillitoe, bbc news. so that's happening at 8 o'clock tonight, and i'll be here on bbc one to capture that moment live as happens across the uk. dojoin us if you can applaud and watch the tv at the same time. time now for a look at the weather with darren bett. it was 18 degrees today in cumbria in the sunshine but cooler if you are stuck underneath all of the cloud. where that persists overnight across much of scotland and northern ire

at the whittington hospital in north london, they've prepared this ward for covid—i9 patients with pipedho have had nonurgent operations. they've now been stopped for the next few months. ok, so this is my tiny attic room. it's our kind of spare room — two beds, one small window to the garden, and that's about it, really. and i've been here since friday. dr maria goddard told me what it's like to be isolated and unwell with coronavirus symptoms. just complete exhaustion. cough, fever, slightly short of breath. so how well—prepared does she think the nhs is? i've worked at the nhs for more than 30 years. it's an unprecedented response and it's really impressive. i am very, very impressed, and i think the public will be very well looked after. i just hope that the resource is enough. and that's the big question — will the nhs preparations be enough? in the meantime, a temporary mortuary has been set up in central london. train services will soon be significantly reduced across the country, as rail operators grapple with staff shortages and empty trains. but plans are being worked out so th

here at the whittington hospital in london, donations are coming in.ishlist, so we've asked for things and people can go on to the link on the website. restaurants are also doing their bit. we send them for two days 50 portions of pasta. so much of our news at the moment is worrying and frightening, but it's also revealing kindness and generosity. this little film made by a teenager seems to capture the mood. a chance in our isolation to come together, to say thank you. david sillito, bbc news. yes, don't forget the clap. if you are coming out on your balcony to applaud, what is the weather like? hello there, good evening. we saw some very big differences in the weather across the uk today. the sunshine in cumbria helped temperatures up to 18 degrees, where underneath that low, cloud, damp weather in edinburgh, it was only seven degrees. and that cloud is still around, covering much of scotland overnight, bringing some further rain and drizzle, some misty weather, too. it may well be a bit damp at times in northern parts of northern ireland. either sid