League invitational over the weekend. A fifa video game tournament the Portuguese International beat liverpools Trent Alexander arnold in the final. Regarding a return to real football, with the dutch league being called off and the German Bundesliga targeting a return in 2 weeks, jota says the premier league shouldnt pay too much attention to other nations. I think, ithink, in i think, in my opinion, that we dont need to look to other countries, because each country has its own problems, and each country needs to deal individually with their own problems, because some countries are in worse scenarios than others, so thats why i think that although some leagues can end right away, others can start sooner, but i think we will do a good job when we start
the competition. What is your gut feeling, you are trying to remain positive and think that the premier League Season can finish in some way . Yeah. I do believe that. I know that almost every country of the world has a premier league has a league to watch, its major that we can finish the season, but, obviously, health is first. Major that we can finish the season, but, obviously, health is firstm seems like years ago, doesnt it . But it was only 6 7 weeks that you we re but it was only 6 7 weeks that you were playing in an empty stadium in athens, your last game, itjust seems like years ago now. Yeah. I do remember that game and i said i remember that game and i said i remember saying to my team mates during lunch, this could be our last game ina during lunch, this could be our last game in a while, and it was. It was strange. I think we need to finish the season behind closed doors, but, obviously, Everyone Wants the fans in the stadium because thats what
makes football special, and thats what we want to do, but maybe we need to go step by step and may be the first step is to play behind closed doors. We know that the first meetings will take place this week between the chief medical officers staff and governing bodies to assess the feasibilty of sport resuming. The chair of uk sport has urged caution on athletes returning too quickly. Although its nice to think that sport will have its moment and have its day back when people cannot come back together, either to compete or participate, orjust to watch and have that unity together, i think we are still talking about a while yet, and itsjust are still talking about a while yet, and its just being are still talking about a while yet, and itsjust being ready for that moment. Because its so important in so moment. Because its so important in so many peoples lives, i think it will be a huge sort of message to everyone when we can go back and do that again, but, i think we have to be cautious as well, because there are too many doubts ahead of us before we are confident we can go ahead. The president of world athletics, lord coe, thinks that some sports could emerge from the lockdown stronger, benefitting from the way they have had to deal with the crisis. We do also have to accept, along with every other sector, that sometimes you just have to take a back seat. There are other things that are just as important. Sport will bounce back, and i honestly think it will lead the way in a post pandemic world. Will we all be doing the same things again . I doubt it. I hope we dont match with them i think smart organisations, whatever sector they are in, or figuring out how to be even smarter and more resilient when they come out of this, and sports has to adapt and respond to those changes. Everton say they are appalled after the publication of pictures showing their italian striker moys kean hosting a house party. Kean, who joined the club from juventus last summer, filmed himself at the party held in his apartment. Everton say they have strongly expressed their disappointment to the player for ignoring government guidance and the clubs own policy. Thats all the sport for now. But a quick fantasy update, it wouldve been half time in the north london derby, tottenham are winning 30 london derby, tottenham are winning 3 0 against arsenal, a bit of a fa ntasy 3 0 against arsenal, a bit of a fantasy update for you there. I will have more view in next hour. Yet, the risk of someone throwing something into the tv screen, that is definitely a fantasy result. The United Kingdom is now seeing a very definite downward trend in the number of people in hospital with the coronavirus, thats according to the National Medical director of nhs england professor stephen powis. But the latest figures show a further 413 people have died across the country. That brings the total number of deaths in hospitals across the uk to 20,732. And those figures do not include deaths in care homes or other settings. The environment secretary, George Eustice said lockdown measures will be reviewed in a couple of weeks, but it was very important not to act too soon. There is a question of delay before debts can be validated, and also the question of establishing the actual cause of death, particularly if the doctor hasnt been able to visit the ca re doctor hasnt been able to visit the care home and sign the death certificate. Now, the downing street briefing, the environment secretary,
george eustis, said measures will be reviewed in a couple of weeks, that was scheduled, but it was very important not to act too soon. He also said that more staff are back at supermarkets after absences from illness or from self isolation has more than halved. More European Countries have begun easing their restrictions. In spain, six million children have emerged from weeks of lockdown, as the number of deaths and infections continues to fall. While in germany, medical wholesalers have almost run out of masks, their use in shops and on Public Transport becomes compulsory from monday. The medical director of the nhs in england, professor stephen powis, has said there is a definite trend in reduced hospitalisations in terms of people admitted with coronavirus symptoms. Professor powis said the reduction is down to the public observing social distancing measures. He was speaking at the downing street briefing a short time ago. We now have a very definite trend in a reduced number of people in hospitals, that is most marked in london, but i think you can also see that in the midlands,
and the beginnings of that in other areas of the uk. And so, that is definitely showing that our compliance with social distancing is proving to be beneficial, it is reducing the transmission and spread of the virus. And of course, for those, unfortunately, who are more critically ill, again, a minority, in the next slide, you can see the proportion of Critical Care beds that are being used for covid i9 patients in the uk, and you can see, that proportion is declining, as indeed is the absolute number, so again, evidence that all the hard work everybody in the country has been doing to maintain those social distancing rules is paying off. And then finally, the last couple of slides are deaths. All deaths are tragic, and my heart goes out to all those who have been affected by the deaths of loved ones. The number of deaths in hospital
is shown here is now starting to decline. The deaths outside hospitals are reported differently, and ill show you data on that ina minute. But this is absolutely because we as a British Public have paid attention to the social distancing guidance weve been given. Doctor stephen prowess talking in downing street a little bit earlier. Prowess. The trade association representing airports in the uk has called on number ten to work internationally to come up with a universal system for dealing with arrivals from overseas. Currently passengers are not screened upon entering the uk whereas countries including australia and singapore put people into a mandatory 14 day quarantine. There have been reports suggesting a similar system may be introduced in the uk. We can speak now to david alexander, whos director of risk and disaster reduction at University College london. But he joins us from florence, where hes had to undergo two weeks of self isolation at his family home there. David, i hope thats been going
well, and its good to see you have survived it unharmed. Good to see you, thanks for talking to us. Survived it unharmed. Good to see you, thanks for talking to usm was rather boring, but it worked, and it was successful. So it wasnt particularly onerous. My wife gave me my bowl of grewal three times a day at the bottom of the stairs. I nearly survived those two weeks. She obviously produces very good girl, because we are looking hearty. David, let me ask you about this question of quarantine, in terms of risk management. Questionable how much Risk Reduction would be involved, but in risk management, is there any advantage to it . |j involved, but in risk management, is there any advantage to it . I think there any advantage to it . I think there is because the ink you incubation time of the covert virus is really between 5 7 days, exceptionally could be ten days with another four days for me have a buffer there, once you have been through two weeks of isolation, then you are through two weeks of isolation, then you a re pretty through two weeks of isolation, then you are pretty much out of its command you can consider that you did not have it when you went into isolation. So i think this probably
isolation. So i think this probably is good and unnecessary thing. When i arrived in italy from london, i hired a car, i travelled up the country, i encountered Something Like a dozen private cars on the equivalent of the mi, dropped my hired car, went home out of the street there and i registered with a local health service, who at least in theory could come around and check up on me and im sure they had much more important things to do, that was easy enough to make was a reasonable thing to do, and for most people, it is eminently practical. This is been one of the questions, why are people still being allowed to come into the country command which the senior medical advisers at saying last week saying, look for me to ta ke saying last week saying, look for me to take someones temperature, they may be fine at that point. They may not start to show any signs that theyve got this until long after theyve got this until long after theyve left the airport, may be days or even a week later. Therefore, you either have to have a
system where you stop everybody come as you say, quarantine, or there is no point. So its one of those things where there are no half measures. I think so. Things where there are no half measures. Ithink so. Its things where there are no half measures. I think so. Its also particularly difficult for large people, we have seen how this has affected naval ships and cruise ships. Very serious, because when they get to a port and quarantine is required, perhaps covid i9 has broken out on them, then there really arent the facilities, or if there are facilities, they are directed to people already on land. Therefore, it is very difficult to quarantine large numbers of people in this way. So, really, doing this individually and people observing regulations going somewhere and staying away is the only way. We cannot shut down International Communication and exchange. We live ina communication and exchange. We live in a globalised world. Its absolutely necessary for a whole variety of reasons, personal and otherwise, economic, whatever it
may become administrative many different reasons. In that case, i think the second phase, we have got to be sure there isnt a serious second wave, bearing in mind that in the influenza pandemic over 100 years ago, the second wave was more lethal than the first wave, and in europe, the whole thing lasted for 1h months, worldwide for exactly two yea rs. Months, worldwide for exactly two years. That raises a very interesting question, do you have concerns that may be some countries are getting ready to relax too soon . It might be possible. Every country seems to have a different procedure. They have different demographic make ups, different administrations, ways of doing things generally. We are bound to see a variety of different attitudes, but we also have a number of country leaders, for example, in brazil, where the attitude is very different to the kind of attitude we find
in more prudent administrations, and that could be a matter of worry. It doesnt mean everyone who comes to britain from brazil is necessarily going to infect us all, but it does mean there are various reasons why we might wish to have some form of specialised distancing for people who come into the country. In terms of quarantine, you said we dont wa nt to of quarantine, you said we dont want to kill off international travel, communication and trade. If youre going to say to a tourist, if youre going to say to a tourist, if you go to australia, you will spend the first two weeks in quarantine, maybe they wont go. Similarly, a business trip, they will say there is no point, unless i am going to be there for six months. Isnt the effect going to be pretty chilling in terms of the International Economy . I think it is. I think well have serious trouble with international tourism, which is of course a major money earner, and there are entire regions that
are pretty much dependent on it, but it is not going to revive soon or quickly. The greatest hope is that once all of this is more or less over, it will be revived in one great rush and everyone will want to go somewhere a little more exotic. For example, where i am in tuscany, the advice by the government is, yes, if you can go on holiday, go on holiday locally. Tourism, if anything, will be sustained by that. In terms of business travel, we know that very much can be achieved by doing things remotely, and that is likely to continue for a certain amount of time. One of the interesting question is raised economically, and i am keen for your thoughts on this, is whether the bounce back that we are hoping for may not be a very strong one. It might bea may not be a very strong one. It might be a small, slow one over a longer period, precisely because we have become risk averse, that because of this really life changing experience for many people, certainly not an experience they
will have been through in this country in peoples lifetimes, that that will affect the judgments they make, the risks they are prepared to take, things like buying, investing, all the rest of it what is your view one that . It is hard to find precedents for this. We tend to look at the 191820 precedents for this. We tend to look at the 1918 20 pandemic, which took around five years to recover from. It is suggested that it contributed to the great depression, the pandemic, but it is very hard to find some means of using that as inspiration forfinding out find some means of using that as inspiration for finding out what might happen in this case. I think the recovery will be rather slow, and it will falter at times, and what we dont have really is the Evidence Base of how easy it is going to be to get this under control, because we dont really understand the disease well enough,
and we are not able to do robust enough modelling of the disease to be able to say, well, its going to be able to say, well, its going to be like this in a year or whenever. David alexander, in italy, thank you very much. I hope you have a good journey back when you are eventually able to do so. Good to talk to you. In 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 peoples theatre, but police decided theyd 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 to be supporters of the right. 0thers took inspiration from an anti nazi protest movement during the second world war, the white rose. Wir sind heute hier. Translation we are here today, enjoying the nice weather and thinking about setting an example with the white rose for the protection of constitutional rights, freedom and, above all, freedom of speech. Its very important, as it has unfortunately started to regress in the last few weeks. With the crowd refusing to disperse, the police moved in. Dozens were arrested. Earlier this month, germanys Constitutional Court ruled that protests are allowed, but only if distancing rules are followed. The government has started
to ease lockdown measures, allowing smaller shops to reopen, but gatherings of more than 20 people are still banned in berlin. Finding a balance between freedom and Disease Control remains a difficult challenge. Bill hayton, bbc news. 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 19. 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 are back to where we were. The move to allow high street pharmacies to carry out covid 19 tests is a
significant step in increasing Testing Available to new yorkers. The governor also said four hospitals will expand antibody testing, starting with the essential workers. As we continue to develop our testing capacity, and the labs are coming up to scale, the Collection Sites are opening, the more testing we have, the more we will open eligibility, hopefully, one day, we get to the point where anybody who wants a test can walk in and geta anybody who wants a test can walk in and get a test, write . That was the dream. There are 300 labs across the state. The aim, for them to process more than 40,000 a day. But the governor warned people not to get complacent. The virus is still keeping thousands of new yorkers in hospital, and killing more than 400 every day. Richard preston, bbc news. There are reports in the us that donald trump is considering replacing his secretary of health
and Human Services, alex azar, because of early missteps in the handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The white house has denied the story. David joins us. These stories surfaced at the weekend, and they have appeared in a couple of places. What is he supposed to have done wrong . Its actually an indication that the white house has long been mad at azar. He has been fighting with a fellow trump appointee. The main thing azar seems to have done wrong is to warn trump injanuary that this was going to be a very serious pandemic, and to have leaked that to the media in an attempt to make him self looked like a hero. Introns eyes, you dont want to get ahead of the bass and
be seen as a cla i rvoya nt voice ahead of the bass and be seen as a clairvoyant voice and in trompes eyes. Its interesting, in terms of the context of this, he may go. We have the acting secretary of the navy having to resign because of his handling of covid 19 in the case of the ships captain who spoke out about the problems that his ship was having and appealed for more help from the department for defence. And the president now no longer giving these daily briefings, it seems, because he thinks hes not getting a fair hearing from the press. Its turning into a bit ofa of a rough ride for the administration. It is felt that trump is shooting himself in the foot by appearing every
day. Older voters who are more vulnerable to the virus and supported him last time around, and he is a few points down in florida, a must win state. 0ther poll showings in pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, and he is down there as well. Republicans are worried they may lose the senate as well, but they are also cautioning trump not to get rid of the health and Human Services secretary in the middle of a pandemic. The brutal truth is that he is a lightning rod and could be fired at any point. It is good to have a fall guy, but if you get rid of him, who is the fall quy you get rid of him, who is the fall guy. Especially, you dont want him on the outside, because he might criticise trompe more in media interviews. Remember, he was the guy that first led the task force before
they gave that to mike pence, the vice president. So they are thinking of replacing him with deborah burks, the doctor who seems to have done a pretty good job as Coronavirus Task force coordinator. There are other names in the mix, but this would be a real shock, to kind of get rid of someone a real shock, to kind of get rid of someone when the cases are continuing to rise. Meanwhile, after the reporting of the president s remarks about disinfectant, it seems that relations between the white house and the press lobby in washington have reached a new idea. A new low. Trump was blaming the media for taking his words literally and says he was sarcastic and wasnt seriously recommending that. When, if you actually look at the video, he doesnt seem to be joking at all, so this is. You know,
we are likely to see less of the president , andi likely to see less of the president , and i think his advisers, they were just in agony, saying, how can you. Thinking to themselves, this is not the president we want to be recommended. David lipman, in washington, thank you forjoining us. Washington, thank you forjoining us. Fascinating times. Hundreds of millions od people around the world have been spending the past few weeks at home, but what of those without a permanent home what in the uk we used to call of no fixed abode. Take travelling communities. How have they adapted . Tim allman reports. So, what do you do when the show cant go so, what do you do when the show can that was the question facing the darix 0rfei circus. They were travelling through sicily when the entire country simply shut down. No crowds to entertain, no shows to perform. Crucially, no money coming in. They can rehearse, they can look after their animals. But how are they
going to survive . Translation we are stuck here because of the coronavirus. But thank god, we have been helped in many ways, but above all with food. The mayor of the city gave us everything. We have been helped every day by charities that are constantly by our side. Instead, local Community Groups providing as much help as possible. Food and drink for staff, the performers, even the tigers. Translation today we are here in a circus that in the past was by our side, entertaining our children with their shows. Now, theyre facing difficulties because they cant work and they need food. We are happy to return the favour and show our solidarity to the circus artists. Italy is expected to begin easing some of the restrictions early next month, although it will be a slow process. But eventually, one day, the big top will be
raised and the circus will well and truly be back in town. In a moment well have a full news bulletin with clive myrie, but first weve been trying to answer your questions about vaccination and how close we are to finding effective treatment for coronavirus. Well be trying to get some of your a nswered well be trying to get some of your answered all questions on vaccination. The former deputy chief medical officer for england had vaccination. The former deputy chief medical 0fficerfor england had said a vaccine might not be ready until late 2021 and people needed to be realistic about the prospect of finding one is researchers had to start from scratch to create it. Dominic raab said a vaccine was unlikely to come into play until the
end of this year. To discuss this and answer your questions are doctor jennifer rowan, a cell biologist at University College london, and doctor chris smith, a virologist from the university of cambridge. I wa nt to from the university of cambridge. I want to start if you can this part of the discussion talking about a vaccine, because it is being held up, chris, as the magic solution, the Silver Bullet that will solve all our problems. What are our chances of actually being able to find a vaccine, given our experience with other coronaviruses, and things like sars . Well, i would take a sort of optimistic view, which as we have some very bright scientists in this and other countries. There are lots of islands in the fire, because lots of islands in the fire, because lots of people in lots of countries who are good at this kind of thing are working on it, and they are all taking slightly different approaches, so we have lots of rolls of the dice in
this game. Repressor gilbert at the university of oxford professor gilbert, has taken a construct that has been proven to work for other viruses and infectious threats, ebola specifically, and that has been repurposed to turn it into a candidate vaccine for coronavirus, but obviously we dont know until we have the chance to see this in action whether it will work. In the first two people were injected with that on thursday. They will scale this up now. There will be a control group, an intervention group, and the important thing will be to see at the end of a period of time whether there has been an in excess of infections in the control group, individuals who were given a vaccine that doesnt work against coronavirus, versus people with the real coronavirus vaccine. If that is promising and shows encouraging numbers, and we wont know what because we dont know how much virus is circulating at the moment, that will give us a strong
steer that this is working, and it could be relatively easy to scale it up, but it is very optimistic, whatever the circumstances, to say we will turn ten yea rs circumstances, to say we will turn ten years work, which is what it usually takes, to try and do that in ten months, which is the toll order this team have set for themselves. Jennifer, it is ambitious. You can see jennifer, it is ambitious. You can see the huge public and political interest in this. We are throwing effo rts interest in this. We are throwing efforts and resources at it, companies and laboratories working together, but in medical terms, are we putting too much faith in the vaccine basket . As you mention, they are our ticket out of this problem. We need to have immunity in the population, and i think chris is right we have dozens and dozens of candidates globally. Everybody is using a slightly different strategy, and that will maximise our chances. There has been good luck with sars
vaccines in the past. Im sure that we will get there eventually. We just dont know how long it will take. Chris, does the pneumonia jab given to elderly people offer any immunity to the pneumonia symptoms of covid 19 . That is from k. Immunity to the pneumonia symptoms of covid19 . That is from k. The pneumonia you will get is caused by coronavirus, because the virus attacks the lungs and can cause viral pneumonia. A small number of people, off the back of recovering from coronavirus, will have a secondary bacterial pneumonia. It is often a follow up from the flu. People get better and then say later that they dont feel well, and its because the damage done to the airways by the flu virus breaks down your airway armour, your natural defences, and then bacteria can gain a toehold and get in, so its possible. We will have to leave it
there. So many things are possible. Thanks very much both forjoining us in taking this opportunity to answer some of the questions. Many more opportunities in the future. The government rejects calls for an early easing of the coronavirus lockdown. Ministers say we must adjust to a new normal as the outbreak remains at a delicate and dangerous stage. Another 413 people have now died in uk hospitals. We need to take a sure footed step forward which protects life, but also preserves our way of life. So were very focused on doing the homework that can allow us to do that. Well be taking a closer look at the overall impact of the current restrictions. Also on the programme. Theres continuing concern in care homes in england over testing for staff and residents. And from the shores of loch lomond, how the Tourism Industry is coping with covid 19. Good evening. The government is rejecting calls to relax the coronavirus lockdown, saying the outbreak remains at a delicate and dangerous stage. Ministers are asking us to adjust to what theyre calling a new normal for some time yet. The government is reiterating the current restrictions are having a positive effect, with fewer people being treated in hospital. Well, the latest figures are that 413 more people have died with coronavirus in hospitals across the uk. Its worth noting the number often drops over the weekend because of a lag in reporting. That brings the total number of dead to 20,732, not including deaths in care homes or the community in england and northern ireland. With more, heres our science editor, david shukman. In towns and cities, usually busy streets remain empty, a scenario set to continue as scientists warn that any relaxation of the lockdown could risk killing tens of thousands more people. The government insists on moving very carefully. We will end up moving very carefully. We will end up moving to a new normal and i think we will need to make sure we can proceed in a sure footed way, which is why i know there is a
temptation to start announcing proposals now but until you have the evidence, that is not responsible. It risks you misleading people. We need to take a sure footed step forward which protects life, but also preserves our way of life. Key measure that all governments are worrying about is the rate of infection. A month ago in the uk, it was about three, which means that anyone infected could pass it to three others. Since then, it has come right down to Something Like 0. 7, crucially below the line of one. Anything above that, and the virus takes off again. So what about the effect of easing some of the restrictions . Well, allowing public gatherings again would probably take you above that keyline. But reopening schools might be possible and still stay below it, but no one is entirely sure. At todays downing street briefing, the government suggested that social distancing within schools might be an option, but wouldnt be drawn. Might it be that when you look at relaxing
different measures, reopening schools might be one of the first things you consider . Of course, School Closures is one of those measures. It is highly likely that there will be different combinations of measures, some of which are in place at the moment but others you will have heard about, such as more sophisticated tracking and tracing, that in combination will keep the number below one. All this is being assessed by the different nations in the uk. They may come out of lockdown in their own ways, but all face the same challenge. Some of the margins we will be faced with as we start to ease things are very fine indeed. There will be a need for real ca re indeed. There will be a need for real care and caution and perhaps in some instances to go back again if we find that things we have done have allowed the virus to run out of control. Its a really difficult balance. In sweden, a more relaxed approach means cafes are open and although the death rate is now rising, the priority is to avoid a public backlash. Its a real fear
that if you have two harsh measures, then they cant be sustained and you will get a counter reaction and people will not respect the volu nta ry people will not respect the voluntary recommendations that we need to be respected for a very long time until we have a vaccine. And all the time, warnings from countries that thought they had the outbreak under control. Singapore is now installing thousands more hospital beds after a new surge in cases. Whatever the policy, the virus remains a threat. David shukman, bbc news. There remains concern among care providers about testing for staff and residents in care homes in england. The bbc has spoken to more than 200 providers and three quarters say none of their staff has been screened. Access to testing for residents also appears to be patchy. The government says more people will be tested. Heres our social affairs correspondent, alison holt. Keeping one
of their residents whos returned from hospital isolated. Theyve sure that no one brings covid 19 into the home. What is it you are doing now, lana . Im going to see he has been self isolated for 14 days, so we are putting on personal protective equipment. Testing of residents. Hello, brian, can i come in, please . And for staff, the nearest drive through the Testing Center is a three hour round trip away. These are fluid resistant surgical masks. This and continuing worries over getting enough protective equipment leaves the home manager at the end of her tether. Its not good enough. Its really not good enough. The voices of everybody working in care, the nhs, the care industry, we need to be heard, and we need to be saved. The bbc has spoken to more than 200 care homes across
england. Of those, 159, about three quarters, said up to last wednesday, none of their staff had been tested for covid 19. 127, so nearly two thirds, said they had seen no screening of residents in their homes. Care providers have told me with some homes already seeing a high number of deaths from coronavirus, testing is vital to combat the infection. The only way to do that is to ensure that we have testing for everybody in the service. We can mitigate risk, but we cant eliminate it without the support of having accurate Testing Available to the services. The government says its introduced mobile military units to provide testing in places like care homes, and that residents returning from hospital are being screened. 0n testing, we have been ramping up our capacity to do those tests. It currently stands at over 50,000 today and we have started to invite large numbers of people now working in the care sector and care homes to undertake those tests and significant numbers have. With care homes on the front of tackling the virus now, the pressure to get more testing on the ground quickly is intense, and its unlikely to go away. Alison holt, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent, iain watson, is in downing street. By by all accounts the Prime Minister could be back at work full time tomorrow . Thats right, we are expecting him back here tomorrow morning, chairing a meeting first thing. But he wont have much time to recuperate as he has some Big Decisions to make. 0n to recuperate as he has some Big Decisions to make. On may the 7th, less tha n decisions to make. On may the 7th, less than two weeks time, we are expecting him to come forward with more details about how we eventually get out of the lockdown. Inside number ten, they are saying there is still strong support for the measures that has introduced, but they also feel that people are getting a bit more restless. They need to see light at the end of the tunnel. But i am being told the Prime Minister will only very cautiously move his foot off the brake forfear of cautiously move his foot off the brake for fear of fuelling a second wave of infections. The kind of
things they have been looking out behind closed doors is whether, for example, you could have a wider range of shops open if they follow social distancing measures. If, for example, you could get schools coming back. But there are lots of problems there and trying to keep children apart. Labour are saying they want a more public, open discussion of these options. But i think borisjohnsons discussion of these options. But i think Boris Johnsons first discussion of these options. But i think borisjohnsons First Priority might be to try to convince some people in his own party that there isnt a straight choice between the health of the nation in the health of the economy, because if the virus gets out of control again, he believes that the economic damage would be far greater than under the current lockdown. Iain watson in downing street, thank you. Spain, which has had one of the strictest lockdowns in europe, is today allowing children out if theyre with an adult for the first time in six weeks. The Spanish Government is hoping to extend the relaxation further next week so everyone can exercise outside. From madrid, Damian Grammaticas reports. Released. After 42 days cooped up inside. All six members of this family, finally today able to get out at their apartment block. Spains lockdown rule banned children from going outside. So while the boys played cluedo, the six year old had the balcony at her playroom. Today, spain relaxed those rules. 8 million children, freed from their confinement. I was bored inside, she says. I dont like it. I wa nt to inside, she says. I dont like it. I want to be outside. Now they can, foran houra want to be outside. Now they can, for an hour a day. And this is what the boys have missed most, a kickabout. For them, it was the ha rd est
kickabout. For them, it was the hardest thing. Playing football, they love it. They miss it really much. They couldnt do this in your apartment. No they are not allowed to do it. I couldnt go out for 40 days. Me and all my family are people who like to go out and have fun outside. Spain has some of the toughest lockdown restrictions of any country in europe. That is why it is still so quiet here. If the rate of infections continues to decline, though, the Prime Minister says adults may be allowed out to exercise, but only in a weeks time. Today, though, was the childrens day, marias day. Forsix today, though, was the childrens day, marias day. For six weeks, maria and pablo had been stuck with a tantalising view of the park across the road. And thats what she made a beeline for as soon as she was outside. Papa, the four year old says, look at this, look at this
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