This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. For the First Time Since italy locked down ten weeks ago, people are able to visit shops, some restaurants and hairdressers. Weve a special report from milan. More than 15,000 People Killed in this region, almost half of all the italian deaths. And economic pain is intense, one in three businesses here dont plan to reopen today. So milan is coming back to life, but the wounds run deep. New measures on trains and at stations as people return to work in england. Security guards with crowd Management Training are on hand. With two weeks to go until some Primary School pupils in england return to the classroom, the government says plans are in place to protect teachers and pupils. Northern ireland is taking some steps towards easing its lockdown with Garden Centres and recycling facilities re opening. The mayor of brazils largest city, sao paulo, warns its Health System could collapse as demand grows for emergency beds to deal with with coronavirus cases. And today should have been the first day of the Chelsea Flower Show. The cancelled event has instead gone online with tours, demonstrations and replicas of exhibits. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. First, ten weeks after imposing one of the worlds strictest national lockdowns, italy is starting to reopen many businesses, including shops, restaurants and hairdressers. Church services are also restarting. Here in the uk, new measures have been deployed on trains and at stations in case more people use Public Transport to return to work this week. Security guards with crowd Management Training are on hand. Also this morning, with two weeks to go until some Primary School pupils in england return to the classroom, the government says plans are in place to ensure the safety of teachers and pupils. But unions and some parents say theyre concerned about the spread of coronavirus. Northern ireland is taking steps towards lifting its restrictions. Garden centres and recycling facilities are reopening and the Health Minister at stormont has also announced that all care home staff and residents will be offered coronavirus tests. The worlds thirds biggest economy, japan, has fallen into recession, as the financial toll triggered by the pandemic continues to escalate. In brazil, the mayor of the countrys largest city, sao paulo, says its Health System is near collapse as demand grows for emergency beds to deal with coronavirus cases. With more on the further easing of lockdown restrictions in italy, our correspondent mark lowen reports from milan on how businesses have been preparing. Milan is dressing up for its reopening. Its chic shops have been closed for ten weeks in the worlds First National lockdown. With the final touches, strict hygiene controls a screen at the till, a reminder of the new rules. Customers here will be by appointment to limit numbers. The sparkle has been dulled by the virus, but they are raring to go. It has been hard, actually, very hard, because nothing was sure, so we kept on listening to the news, and we didnt know what to expect, when we would open again, and we really hoped and we were really looking forward to coming back to our store. Was there ever a moment where you thought, are we ever going to be able to come back to work . No, never. Italys capital of fashion, industry and finance was at the centre of the outbreak, the first cases in february nearby. It was overwhelmed. With sites closed, tourists cancelling and business is suffering, there is talk of. We were in this city as the corona storm hit. Ten weeks on, we are here again. Milan is still struggling to comprehend what has happened in that time. More than 15,000 People Killed in this region, almost half of all the italian deaths, and the economic pain is intense. One in three businesses here dont plan to reopen today. So, milan is coming back to life, but the wounds run deep. And now, we are getting better, we feel better, we can take walks out from home. He was born two months ago, so this is one of his first walks, so we are very happy. This, too, is helping italys recovery a hotel used to quarantine less serious cases as they wait to test negative. With the outbreak more under control, its now also admitting people through Contact Tracing those in touch with victims, further halting the spread. After 20 days here, jacqueline is ready to be discharged. A step closer to this country healing. Mark lowen, bbc news, milan. Andrea grisdale owns a travel agent in lake como which she can finally reopen. Its for the first time in a while, how do you feel about it . Fantastic news, it did come as quite a surprise, i have to say, but obviously very, very nice surprise and any positive surprises in this period is fantastic. Tell us what kind of business you are likely to see, now that youre able to reopen . What are we are a chilly expecting is, my business concentrates on promoting and selling italy and holidays in italy. We are expecting oui holidays in italy. We are expecting our domestic traffic, we expect to be working on holidays for italians, europeans initially, fourjune, july and august, and wee hoping to see international travellers back in italy from september. And what are the arrangements for beaches, by hotel pools, is a social distancing having to be the norm . Absolutely, absolutely. As i say, this news did come as a surprise to us but we are getting rules and regulations, and we have clear indications of what is necessary. As a company, we have taken it upon ourselves to follow who is opening, when theyre opening, and myself and what are my collea g u es opening, and myself and what are my colleagues will be going to the hotels, to the restaurant come out on the boats and with the drivers, and well be showing on video and instagram and social Media Channels exactly the experience that our clients get to enjoy here in italy. How much business have you lost in the last few weeks . About 8596 of our total business for the year. Wow. And how long is it going to take you to get back up to that kind of level . I think well need a couple yea rs level . I think well need a couple years at least. But you have a smile on yourface, years at least. But you have a smile on your face, because youre just glad to be back, i suppose . Presumably some companies have gone out of business . Yeah, absolutely. With smiling, were very positive, we are smiling and a very positive, we are smiling and a very positive, we will remain that way, but it has been very dramatic and extremely tough, its been an emotional roller coaster. We believe in italy, we have the bestjob in the world selling italy each and every day. Its believing and sticking in there and knowing that there is an end of the tunnel and we will be welcoming people back to enjoy holidays here in italy very soon. Where is your accent from . In italy very soon. Where is your accent from . Lots in italy very soon. Where is your accent from . Lots of Different Countries im from the Lake District in cumbria. I knew it ive beenin district in cumbria. I knew it ive been in italy almost 30 years now. Nice to talk to you and good luck, thank you very much. Good to talk to you. Several other European Countries that were among the worst hit by the coronavirus are also continuing to ease the lockdown measures. In spain, the government is relaxing restrictions outside of madrid and barcelona, with groups of up to ten people now free to meet. Denmark has relaxed significantly but under certain conditions as some students return to school. Classes from sixth to tenth grades will next week. It has also allowed shops to reopen. Meanwhile, in the greek capital, athens, the acropolis has re opened to the public. 0ur europe reporter, gavin lee, is in brussels with more on the news from spain. 70 of the country, as of today, is getting back to some kind of normality, at least when it comes to shops opening, when it comes to restau ra nts, shops opening, when it comes to restaurants, bars, cafe is reopening, but only serving on terraces, you cannot go inside. Madrid and barcelona, the two cities worst hit, still considered not to be able to go into those what they call phase one. There have been some protests in the salamanca protests in madrid, people saying they should also be allowed the chance. The Social Security minister in spain has said that by the end of the month, 100,000 households will get a basic minimum salary of a62 euros a month, aiming to push that to 1 million households around spain. That gives you a sense of the scale of the help needed. That will roughly be three to 3. 5 billion per yearspain roughly be three to 3. 5 billion per year spain will be spending trying to support those losing theirjobs, those unemployment figures that we are expecting to rise of deep recession. Here in the uk, efforts to get commuters safely back to work by train are being brought in this morning. More security guards are now in place at several railway stations in england, and some seats on board will be blocked off to allow social distancing. Passengers are still being advised to use Public Transport only if its essential and they have no alternative. Heres our transport correspondent, tom burridge. Social distancing really isnt a problem a lot of the time, but there is concern as more people commute again. Worried, but its needs must, got to go to work. Busier than i thought it was going to be. Yeah, there was only about two people in each carriage so. Its fine. Announcer good morning. Welcome aboard the 8 30 service. New messages. Please follow social distancing advice and spread out throughout the train. And more staff directing you around. Please keep to your left. They will also limit passenger numbers. If they judge that there is already enough people on board a particular train, then they might block the gates off here and other people will have to wait for the next service. And when numbers rise, you might have to queue to get into a station. We have done the calculations and analysis to ensure that we can have a certain amount of people on the concourse at any one time, and, yes, there will be closures to entrances and exits should those numbers increase and grow. 0n intercity services, its reserved seats only to control numbers. Train Companies Say theyre doing all they can, but theyre worried about how theyll manage if many more people travel. So the main advice is dont use Public Transport if you can. Tom burridge, bbc news. With two weeks to go until some Primary School pupils in england return to the classroom, the government has again insisted plans are in place to ensure the safety of teachers and pupils. Ministers want children in reception, year one and year six to go back to school, as part of the next step to ease the lockdown. But unions and some parents fear the move may cause a second spike in coronavirus cases, as john mcmanus reports. When is the right time to send children back to school . And how will the safety of them and theirfamilies be guaranteed . In england, some younger pupils will be back at their desks onjune1st. But no date has yet been set for schools in wales, scotland or Northern Ireland. Ministers say measures including staggered breaks and class sizes of 15 will reduce the chances of pupils transmitting coronavirus. But labour says guarantees must be in place. Everyone wants pupils to go back but Everyone Wants there to be a safe environment as well. That is so important. The government also needs to have its test, track and trace strategy all up and running as soon as it possibly can. The government has acknowledged it cant eradicate all risk, but the evidence shows children with the virus rarely develop serious symptoms, though their transmission rate isnt yet known. We have already indicated the direction of travel, we are aiming for the beginning ofjune, we are aiming for year one and year six. So those parents of children in those age groups should be looking ahead to that potentially happening from the beginning ofjune. Other European Countries are facing the same dilemma. Germany and denmark are slowly reopening classrooms using social distancing, but italian pupils will stay at home until september. Meanwhile, the latest daily death toll was 170, the lowest figure since the day after the lockdown began on march 2a. However, numbers are typically lower at weekends. The total number of people who have died in the uk after testing positive for the virus is now 3a,636. The only permanent solution of course is a vaccine. Some scientists believe one may not come for at least a year or perhaps never. But the Pharmaceutical Company astrazeneca has signed an agreement to make 30 million doses available in the uk by september if it can find a vaccine that works. John macmanus, bbc news. There is one study which has caught the eye of the British Government particularly about transmission in schools. Kristine macartney is director of australias National Centre for Immunisation Research and surveillance, paediatrician and Infectious Disease specialist and professor at the university of sydney. She was the lead author of a study of transmission in children. Good morning. This study is the only major study on the transmission of covid in primary and secondary schools, tell our audience what he specifically looked at. Thank you, yes, it is a preliminary report and we shall have the work ongoing. We looked in the state of new south wales, working with Public Health collea g u es wales, working with Public Health colleagues where we have almost 1. 8 million children, and 3000 schools. So all of those schools were trapped and we saw that in just 15 schools in march, and april, either a staff member or a student with covid 19 attended the school were infectious. We then went about tracking all of the contacts of which there were almost 900, right up to a month post that case and found only two secondary infections in a student in Primary School and a student at a high school. What is that tell us . Does that tell us . High school. What is that tell us . Does that tell us . In our context in australia at that time, tells us the rate of transmission was very low but i do say contact. Its important to realise we had some social distancing occurring, we had some attendance in those schools declining over that time, and i think most importantly, our epidemic peak was relatively low compared to some other parts of the world. At the time the study was going on, we had around 250 cases per day, maximum, in new south wales. Right, 0k. Maximum, in new south wales. Right, ok. Im talking to you from the uk and people here are looking at this study with real interest because there is a debate amongst some around Primary Schools going back on june the 1st, but at the moment, our new cases level is it about 3500 per day, we still get about that new cases every day, so there is quite a difference. In terms of that study, is that a big study, is something we should be looking at . |j is that a big study, is something we should be looking at . I think for us in australia, its a big study. New south wales has a third of the australian population. And our policymakers here have used it, i guess, not only to keep schools open during the first wave of our epidemic, but also to encourage people to go back to school here now as we enter our second term. But again, we have to contextualise this information. Right now we have ten cases per day, and we have got a lot of measures in place to support the return of children to face to face learning, as im sure every country complementing contemplating this is debating. Was there a debate there about whether children should go back . Absolutely, and its very important thing, everyone been terribly frightened and done very well at staying at home, and now its about understanding when the para meters its about understanding when the parameters are right to get back to schools. We have had extensive guidelines introduced around social distancing in schools, around hygiene measures, environmental cleaning, and real significant changes in behaviour. Particularly, obviously, for our adult staff that make schools work, to ensure that the teachers are comfortable in the way that they can social distance not only at school but to and from getting to school. Do you continue without research, do you continue checking this . We are absolutely continuing because it so important, and we are looking at childcare as well, we still waiting on some tests from some children who have been fantastic sticking out their arms, and we will see where we go. Thank you for talking to us, really welcome your insight. Youre welcome. Brazils coronavirus death toll has risen to 16,118, with more than 2a0,000 cases. That makes it the fourth worst affected country in terms of confirmed infections. On sunday the mayor of brazils biggest city, sao paulo, warned that the Health System was close to collapse. 0ur south america correspondent katy watson now reports from sao paulo. The death toll is still climbing and the president is still in denial. Jair bolsonaro remains intent on putting politics before the pandemic, once again flouting Global Health guidelines at a protest on sunday, even if he was finally wearing a mask. Translation it is priceless for politicians to have a spontaneous demonstration like this one, coming from the heart, from the soul of the brazilian people who want freedom, democracy and respect above all. Amid growing criticism over his handling of the coronavirus crisis, mr bolsonaro is sticking closely to the minority of brazilians who still think hes doing a good job. He and his fan base are convinced brazilians need to get back to work despite the science proving otherwise. Translation it is not the right way to do isolation. This has never happened before in the world, just Closing Everything down and seeing what happens. Not even scenes like this can convince Jair Bolsonaro to change tact. People are dying and Health Systems across the country are collapsing, and these next few weeks are only expected to get worse. The state with the highest number of cases is sao paulo. The Business Capital already has a death toll bigger than that of china, and authorities have warned the Health System is struggling. Sao paulo residents have been in quarantine with nearly two months now, with businesses, schools and public spaces ordered shut. But as the weeks have gone on, social distancing has slowed. Statistics show that fewer than 50 of residents are still respecting the rules. In some parts of sao paulo city, shops are reopening. Authorities, they say, are turning a blind eye. The mayor on sunday called on residents to do their bit to improve brazils chances. Translation it is difficult to believe that some prefer to subject the population to a game of russian roulette. The indifference to death is unseemly. It is a crime of responsibility. Traffic jams have returned despite authorities efforts to dissuade people from commuting. Many brazilians argue they have to work. Millions of people who work in the informal economy and depend on daily wages are struggling. The country is running out of options to tell people to stay at home at the time when it is needed the most. Katy watson, bbc news, in sao paolo. Cctv footage allegedly showing sir Frederick Barclays nephew handling a bugging device at londons ritz hotel has been released. The footage is at the centre of a bitter legal row between the families of the billionaire barclay twins whose businesses include the telegraph media group. We can speak to our legal correspondent, clive coleman. How did this footage come out . It has been released by sir frederick barclay, admits to a really bitter legal dispute between the families between the famous barclay twins children. Sir frederick is the old est children. Sir frederick is the oldest win by ten minutes, he and his daughter are suing three of sir David Barclays stands for invasion of privacy, breach of confidence, breach of data protection. As you say, the barclay empire includes the telegraph media group and at the time also included the ritz hotel. The allegation is that it was at the ritz that alistair, one of sir davids sons, planted or was seen handling this listening device and ata high handling this listening device and at a High Court Hearing on the 6th of may, explosive allegations of commercial espionage on a vast scale we Re Commercial espionage on a vast scale were made in documents lodged in the court by sir frederick and his daughter, amanda. They allege that this bug captured over 1000 conversations amounting to some 9a hours of recordings, and that a second bug was provided by quest global, a private investigation firm. Its chairman is the former met commissioner, lord stevens. The allegations could not be more serious in terms of the espionage involved in this business and financial dispute, and the most serious allegation made by sir frederick in these documents is that the ritz hotel was sold for half of its true value. He said that conversations were captured between him and an organisation that had made a bid for a £1. 3 billion for the ritz but in spite of that, his three nephews, who have a controlling interest in the family trust, sold the hotel for around half of the value. The hotel was sold in march to a qatari businessman, and sir frederick had threatened legal action if it was sold for under £1 billion. The Holding Company for the barclays business interests has said at all times it was seeking best value for shareholders. Heather rogers qc, for the three brothers, nephews, told a Court Hearing that these allegations we re Court Hearing that these allegations were made in an emotive and eye catching manner and it was a shame that they were being shared in public are not dealt within the family. No dissent has been filed yet, there will be a trial in due course but this is not a happy family. Rya nairs chief executive, michael 0leary, has described the proposed 1a day quarantine of incoming passengers to the uk as idiotic and accused the British Government of mismanaging its response to the coronavirus outbreak. The government says its still in talks with france about whether its citizens would be exempt from the restrictions, expected be introduced at the end of the month. Mr 0leary has been speaking to bbc radio four. Its laughable that this government can come up its laughable that this government can come up with any plans for a quarantine that would be strict and fully enforced when already they are exempting the irish, the french,. They are not going to exempt the french. They are, thats currently the policy. Its idiotic and it is not impermissible. You dont have enough police in the uk to implement a two week lockdown. And what is really worrying is that a two week lockdown has no medical or scientific basis to it anyway. If you really want to do something effective, wear masks. What worries us effective, wear masks. What worries us is that the uk government out there talking about and ineffectual and unmanageable 1a day lockdown, instead of talking about allowing people to travel on the underground and trains and planes but wearing masks. New york state Governor Andrew Cuomo has undergone a covid 19 test live on tv. Mr cuomo said he wanted to show how quick and easy the process is. A doctor dressed in full ppe conducted the nasal swab test. The governor said he didnt experience pain or discomfort. He told new yorkers theres no reason why you should not get tested. Basketball shoes worn by michaeljordan in his first nba season, have sold at auction for a record 560,000. The signed nike airjordan 0nes were the first designed especially for the star in 1985 and were expected to raise between 100 150,000 dollars. Hello, this is bbc news. Im victoria derbyshire. The headlines ten weeks after it became the first country to impose a nationwide lockdown, italy reopens its shops, restaurants, bars and hairdressers. Security guards trained in crowd control are on duty at some Major Railway stations in england, as some people return to work, following the easing of restrictions. With two weeks to go until some Primary School pupils in england return to the classroom, the government says plans are in place to protect teachers and pupils. Northern ireland is taking some steps towards easing its lockdown, with Garden Centres and recycling facilities re opening. The mayor of brazils largest city, sao paulo, warns its Health System could collapse as demand grows for emergency beds to deal with with coronavirus cases. Health ministers from around the world are meeting online for the World Health Organisations annual world health assembly. With the virus having killed at least 300,000 people across the globe, questions will be asked about how the pandemic spread so quickly. The chinese authorities didnt allow the who to send in their experts to the country until february despite notifying them of the outbreak at the start of january. Our Global Health correspondent, tulip mazumdar, reports. The World Health Organization is facing immense pressure over its handling of the covid 19 pandemic, with the us president leading the charge against the United Nations health agency. The us is the whos biggest single donor, but last month President Trump withdrew funding and launched a blistering attack on both the who and china. Had the who done its job to get medical experts into china to objectively assess the situation on the ground, and to call out chinas lack of transparency, the outbreak could have been contained at its source with very little death. The who did get teams into china to work alongside chinese officials injanuary and february, and says since it was first alerted to the outbreak, china has shared crucial information which has helped other countries prepare. Founded in 19a8, the world health organizations goal both then and now is ensuring the highest attainable level of health for all people. It works on a wide range of life saving programmes, from mass vaccination campaigns to sounding the alarm when International Health emergencies hit. But it is just an advisory body. It doesnt have the power to enforce or compel countries to share information. Now, at this years world health assembly, there are calls to give the agency more powers, with who inspectors able to go into countries at the start of outbreaks and carry out independent investigations. The big challenge with outbreaks is that no country wants to have one, every country wants to deny its there, and every country wants to play down deaths. Right now countries are required to notify if there is some kind of emerging pathogen within their countries, they are supposed to notify who within 2a hours of this. And so this would be an extension of that, to actually have who sending an International Mission to investigate the origins of this. Representatives from 19a countries who are meeting virtually this year will also consider calls from the eu, the uk, australia, new zealand and others, for an interest in a review of the Global Response to the pandemic. Another thorny issue at the meeting is likely to be around taiwan, which has been praised for a very successful response to the pandemic but is barred from attending because china and the un doesnt recognise it as an independent state. There will also be renewed calls for equal access to vaccines against covid 19 once they are developed, for all nations, rich and poor. Tulip mazumdar, bbc news. Northern ireland is taking some steps towards easing its lockdown today, with Garden Centres and recycling facilities re opening. The Health Minister at the Northern Ireland assembly has also announced that all care home staff and residents will be offered coronavirus tests. Earlier we spoke to our correspondent chris page from a Garden Centre in south belfast, which has re opened its doors to the public today. The major step that has been taken this morning is reopening Garden Centres like this one on the outskirts of south belfast. People who have been arriving here today have said coming here feels like some semblance of normality. The reality is there is a long way to go as regards easing all the restrictions that have been in place for the best part of two months. Here, as you can see, it is all about social distancing. There is a one way system in operation to help people keep that social distance. Staff are wearing protective equipment. It is a cautious reopening but nonetheless business owners, particularly owners at Garden Centres like this, say they are delighted to be back. 0therwise the cycling facilities recycling facilities are reopening again. There have been long queues outside of them in belfast this morning. People waiting to off load the recycling that has built up in recent weeks. Some other measures the devolved government has brought in. Marriage ceremonies can now go ahead if one partner is terminally ill, and also anglers are able to go back to the river banks in public fishing areas. Ministers are meeting this lunchtime to decide what further restrictions will be lifted. For example, on the agenda drive in cinema is there a possibility, reopening charges for private prayer and perhaps allowing groups of up to six people to meet outdoors. Clearly thatis six people to meet outdoors. Clearly that is something that would mean a lot to people, the chance to see their loved ones, their family members again, after such a long time. But ministers here and in the irish republic, where they are in the first stage of their exit strategy today, are emphasising the watchword is caution. The virus is still there, it is still dangerous and if the restrictions are going to be eased, people are going to have to bear in mind of the social distancing and bear in mind that everybody has got to Work Together to try to keep everybody safe. Chris pagein to try to keep everybody safe. Chris page in belfast. Nurses, doctors and other key workers in dublin have been turning to canine day care to look after their pets while they spend long days working at the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic. The doors of the canine centre have reopened again, but only for the dogs of frontline workers. We can speak now to naomi tracey, who runs the canine centre in dublin, and zenia martin, a vascular surgeon who sends her dog, ziggy, to the centre. Hello both of you. Naomi, how is it going . Great. The sun is shining and the dogs are happy and well behaved. How many dogs have you got . There about ten, 12 in today. Lets see them. Turn your camera around so we can see them properly. Talk through the names and the breeds, if you can. Brody here is a beast on. There are two lurchers. Then we have got boxers, golden retrievers, a dash hunt. Two more lurchers back there. Iris has gone running. Ziggy belongs to xenia. That is ziggy in your arms now . Yeah. Xenia, good morning. Good morning, how are you . Im very well, thank you. How did you come across naomi . I was fortunate that another Health Care Work at the hospital had told me about naomi before i got a ziggy. Told me about naomi before i got a ziggy, so naomi and her team at the canine centre have been looking after ziggy. I have been very fortunate. It is a wonderful place. If you werent able to drop ziggy off there, how would that affect you and the work you need to do . Yeah, obviously in the middle of march everything sort of turned on its head and normal went out of the window. My own specialty became quite quiet, but obviously other specialties such as Infectious Diseases and icu had a massive amount of work to do. I have worked with them for the past eight weeks. Without naomi i couldnt have done that. As a Health Care Worker not only have you got the risk of contracting the illness, but the biggest worry is transmitting the owners to others. So naomi overnight changed at the entrance to the canine centre so that i can now safely deliver ziggy there knowing that i am not going to transmit coronavirus to anyone else. Happily ive stayed very well, but you can have coronavirus and be asymptomatic, so that was a big worry for me all along. Naomi, did you set more set up this place when you were 21 . Yes, ten years ago now. So go on, in normaltimes, what was the motivation . What would you be doing with the dogs . 0h, along with Doggy Daycare we also offer grooming and hydro care for rehabilitation for dogs. They might have been paralysed or had cruciate surgery. It is definitely a labour of love. And when the pandemic came along, you just said, look, of love. And when the pandemic came along, youjust said, look, if of love. And when the pandemic came along, you just said, look, if key workers need help with dogs, we can help . Absolutely. Being in business for ten years your customers are kind of your friends at this stage. They are most definitely your friends. We didnt want to let anybody down. 0bviously friends. We didnt want to let anybody down. Obviously i had to let my staff stay at home, so it was just me and the dogs hanging out for a good few weeks. Since we have got busier we have been able to bring back a few more. Sorry, they are being naughty bring back a few more tea m being naughty bring back a few more team members. Yeah, its been great. Sorry, one second. He needs his ball. Xenia, do you find having a dog around can sometimes relieve a little bit of stress . Yeah, i think during this time we have all craved a little bit of normality. And i think, you know, with dogs, they have no idea about the coronavirus, they still want to go for a walk, they still want to go for a walk, they still want to go for a walk, they still want to play, and it ziggy. They still want to play, and it ziggy, obviously i am biased, but she is a gorgeous dog, a lovely temperament. But she is a little scamp and she would eat anything. So naomi will tell you if there are 15 different dog toys there, you will be sure to find ziggy chewing on the patio table. It has been fantastic for me to know that at home i find it difficult enough to keep eyes on her, you need eyes in the back of your head, but it has been reassuring for me to know that she can continue to go there to a safe environment and to play, and its been, from a personal point of view, it has been really nice to have a little bit of normality, to be able to drop her in the same area and have a normal type of conversation at the end of the day about what theyve been up to, playing in the paddling pools and eating frozen yoghurt. I have been living my life through ziggy for the past couple of weeks and its been great. We were just showing the cutest of a ziggy to our audience. Xenia, thank you so much for coming on. And naomi, thank you. Good luck. Carry on the excellent work. Thank you both. Excellent work. Goodbye. Showing cute pictures of dogs on the television, we are just like youtube all around the world, Health Workers have found themselves on the first line of defence against the coronavirus pandemic. In most places they have been praised as heroes, but in mexico, dozens of nurses, doctors and hospital staff have been attacked by people who accuse them of spreading the virus. Marcos gonzalez reports. Last month this doctor, an ear, nose and throat specialist, was walking her dogs. Someone came from behind and threw liquid over her. It was bleach. Her eyes and skin were left swollen. She didnt know why she was targeted. At least a7 Health Workers have been attacked in mexico since the start of the pandemic. Many here fear they could spread the virus outside hospitals. This woman is an emergency nurse who treated coronavirus patients. But on her way back home from hospital she was stopped by residents her village. She was intimidated and told to leave. In the end, she took her belongings and left the village. These are just two examples of the dozens of attacks registered here in mexico so far. Thats why the government decided to send the National Guard to hospitals like this one, to protect nurses and doctors working against coronavirus. The mexican president has urged people to stop stigmatising Health Workers. Authorities have now had to provide special buses for Health Workers in some places, as well as hotel rooms. But attacks are still happening. This man is not a doctor or a nurse. He is a hospital cleaner, but his attackers repeatedly called him dirty. The Police Suspect his assault is related to his uniform. Despite the attack, this doctor is now back at work. She has a message for people who think Health Care Workers are the enemy. As mexico faces the peak of coronavirus cases, ensuring the safety of those at the front line will be even more important. Marcos gonzales, bbc news, mexico. The headlines on bbc news. Ten weeks after it became the first country to impose a nationwide lockdown, italy reopens its shops, restaurants, bars and hairdressers. Security guards trained in crowd control are on duty at some Major Railway stations in england, as some people return to work, following the easing of restrictions. With two weeks to go until some Primary School children in england return to class, the government says plans are in place to protect teachers and pupils. Here in the uk, efforts to get commuters safely back to work by train are being brought in in england this morning. More security guards are now in place at several railway stations, and some seats on board will be blocked off to allow social distancing. Passengers are still being advised to use Public Transport only if its essential and they have no alternative. Earlier this morning, our transport correspondent, tom burridge was at londons euston station. Its been very quiet throughout the morning and that is good news, exactly what rail managers want, its what they are hoping will happen, at least for the coming days, if not weeks. The story this morning is the preparations being put in place at stations like this. You might be able to make out the hand sanitiser in the centre of the concourse, and there are probably more passengers than staff at this moment. Early this morning staff outnumbered passengers, we have got security guards trained in crowd control, officers from British Transport Police as well. If passenger numbers do rise, they know they have to be ready and they want to be able to manage the flow of passengers as best they can. We will move around a little bit now, keep social distance of course. Its also worth mentioning that people should cover their face on a train, on a tube, on a bus, when they travel. That is the official advice. In a station, you should have something, if its not so busy, you dont necessarily have to use it but you should have itjust in case. Thats the kind of advice that people like joe hendry from network rail, the station manager here at london euston, are ramming home at the moment, so how difficult is it managing social distancing at a Train Station like this . Lets be honest, its not a particularly well designed station, it is very old. It is 52 years old, its not really designed for social distancing measures. Its very strange to not have our customers here, to tell people to stay away, normally we encourage people to come. The advice is very simple, wear a face mask, we recommend that, check before you travel and make sure you dont travel if you really dont need to. It must be very strange for you being a manager of the station, and being happy that there are not many people here. Quite a strange concept. Talk us through some of the measures you have in place now. The planning has been done in getting these measures in place . We have been working two weeks solidly making the station ready for customers, notjust this station but across the country, adding signage and one way systems, things like the sanitisation stations. We have refurbished our toilets to make them more hygienic in easton. At some point you will see some more passengers coming back. The forecast by Train Companies is that that will not happen for several weeks, they hope. When it does happen, as the situation changes again, will you have to bring in more measures . We are prepared for all measures, we have looked at three options, like it is now, and when it gets really busy. We will be introducing one way systems and controlling the number of people who travel. Good luck, thank you having us this morning. Good work. It is very different too this morning, notjust the number of passengers but the things like for example, dotted around the station, you cannot see any, there are big metal gates folded away. They have them ready because they are prepared to close entrances and exits to Train Stations if they need to. They are monitoring the number of people inside the station in real time and they will potentially block the walkways down towards the platforms if they think there are too many people heading towards a particular service. Your guest recommended the wearing of Face Coverings. The westminster government says that is voluntary. It is definitely up to people, ultimately, to make that decision themselves, victoria. Rail bosses have very much been saying this weekend to me, we are not going to police this, we dont want our staff to police this, we will not put them in that position. They have been saying that to the government. It is down to the goodwill of people. Not only to bring something to cover their face when they get on a train, and if the station gets crowded, but also the goodwill of people not to travel unless their journey is really essential and only to use Public Transport if there is no other option at all. We are in a weird place where you have got ministers telling people to use their cars rather than Public Transport, and that is not a message we normally hear. Tom burridge reporting. It should have been the first day of Chelsea Flower Show today. For many gardeners, its one of the highlights of the year. But of course, because of coronavirus, the event has been cancelled for the First Time Since the second world war. Instead, the show has gone online, as Daniela Relph reports. The Chelsea Flower Show, a gardening and social highlight for many. Flowers and plants timed to grow to perfection. But this year, coronavirus means there is no chelsea. Event florist, simon lycett, would normally be showing at chelsea. His world is usually filled with glamorous parties and weddings. Instead, he is now confined to his small south london garden, making the most of what it has to offer. He will be a contributor to the online version of the Chelsea Flower Show. Oh, the cancellation of Chelsea Flower Show is the saddest, saddest thing, because it was going to an nrhs flower show when i was seven that inspired me to become a florist. And now aged 50 something, i still adore working with flowers. It is all i have ever wanted to do and it is such an inspiring place. And the effort that would have gone into prepping the showgardens and, 0k, the plans can go back into the plan chest until next year, but all those plants that had been being grown that is beyond tragic. Salve isjust coming out, the euphorbia, the allium. Gardening in lockdown has been a safe haven for so many, a support both mentally and physically. Normally im just leaving for chelsea now so normally the weeds are about to engulf the garden. The organisers of chelsea knew cancelling would be devastating for a horticultural industry already hit hard. We should all he really proud of british growers. They do an amazing job for all of us who are gardeners, who buy cut flowers. And that timing of the lockdown could not have been worse for them. Indeed, even though Garden Centres have just reopened, they have already lost an estimated £500 million worth of stock, that just hasnt survived. But in the gloom, the virtual Chelsea Flower Show is also an opportunity. Garden designer, tom massey, has moved his display to his front garden. He will be doing his own show and tell from home, during virtual chelsea. Hi, tom, can i drag you from your garden for a quick chat . Yeah, of course. Have you had to think about how the garden looks virtually . Yeah, i did have you think about the kind of shots. Im not a director, im not a film person. So trying to think about the right shots to capture, the right plants to show, how to tell the story of this kind of dull space and transforming it into a chelsea style planting, you know, it took a bit of thinking about to get that right. It wont be the same but maybe virtual chelsea, with its private garden tours, its School Gardening clubs, and its surprise guests, has something to fresh to offer. The bustle, the smell, the feel wont be there. But you dont need a ticket this year virtual chelsea will be a flower show for everyone. Daniella relph, bbc news. What will happen in the Entertainment Industry after lockdown . It will be a challenge. But those in the world of cinema are already getting inventive about how films, their stars and their audiences can continue to flourish. 0livia crellin reports. Hollywood, closed until further notice, courtesy of covid 19. But the industry is already repairing to make a comeback. And when the red carpet is next ruled out for the stars it will look very different. No more excited fans jostling for an autograph, no more reporters or photographers rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous. Instead the film premieres of the future are likely to look a bit like this. Plexiglas panels for press pods, video call style interviews and social distancing for the stars will become the new normal. A Los Angeles Company is reinventing the red carpet experience to make sure that hollywood cant return as soon as possible. What you will see is a drop off where there will be a Temperature Check for all guests coming onto the carpet. Weve created bypass lanes to where ear the talent and their publicist, or their guests, will be the only ones walking the carpet. You are not going to have the entourage, youre not going to have the hundreds of people walking in. Its notjust in hollywood that film makers are finding innovative ways to keep the engines of the creative fired up. A travelling Film Festival has been launched in bordeaux, france, allowing the public to watch films at a safe social distance from their cars. Translation the idea was to recreate a desire for cinema and to show that watching a film together is not the same as watching alone at home. But it was especially during the lockdown, when there were no cultural offerings, to offer some culture that can be enjoyed by many and to make people feel good. The concept is already a hit with audiences. Translation it is a great opportunity to go out again, also in the open air. It is the first time i have done this in bordeaux. I thought, why not take out my classic car to really get into the vibe . Weve got a beer and popcorn in the back too. Translation the first time outside, really. The first event, the first leisure activity and the first return to a pretty normal life. So its very cool. With hours of content consumed during lockdown through streaming Services Like netflix, the Film Industry is hoping that the appetite for Old Fashioned cinema going wont have disappeared, even if the way films are served in the future looks set to change. 0livia crellin, bbc news. And youve been watching bbc news. Now its time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. Hello there. Some of the warmest weather of the year so far on the way this week. We will see temperatures on wednesday peak somewhere around 27, 28 degrees, 82 fahrenheit in eastern england, up to 22 or 23 in parts of northern scotland. Warmth, though, doesnt mean sunshine and dry weather all the way. Some parts of the south wont be seeing much rain but quite a bit at times in the north, and later on we could see some more wet weather come with a spell of some cool and windy conditions. That will be dictated by whats been happening across the western atlantic, Tropical Storm arthur there swelling away, thats going to mix up the atmosphere and potentially bring us that windy weather to end the week. For the time being, though, lots of cloud across the country so far today, thats going to stay in fact across parts of central and southern scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England and north wales, through the rest of this afternoon. Some rain or drizzle at times. Brightening up to the north, rain in scotland, in shetland. Sunshine across some southern counties of england. But with winds coming in from the south or south west, even with the cloud and rain, temperatures actually close to if not a little bit above where they should be for the time of year. The warmest of all, the south east corner, 23 or 2a degrees. Now this evening and overnight, still cloud and rain in the same sort of spots, parts of scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England and north wales. The odd heavy a at times. Clearer conditions to the north of scotland and across southern counties of england and south wales. Here we will see the lowest of the temperatures, down to around seven or 8 degrees in a few spots but certainly clear of frost. None of them to come this week. Most starting tomorrow with temperatures in double digits. But like today, a fairly cloudy start, some breaks in the cloud to the south of england, north of scotland with some sunshine. Cloud in the morning across scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England, bringing some topics of rain and drizzle. Potentially a little bit in the way of dry and brighter weather through the afternoon and that should allow temperatures to creep up a little bit more. 20 degrees potentially on some eastern coasts, 25 in south east england. Then that surge of warm air comes as High Pressure builds for wednesday, pushing eastwards, opening the door to south easterly winds, which will bring clearer conditions. The Morning Cloud will break up more readily, more sunshine for scotland and Northern Ireland and even here, we will see temperatures get up to 20 degrees more widely. Highest of all, anywhere from north london through towards parts of lincolnshire and south yorkshire, 27 or 28. Chance of a thunderstorm on thursday but then that change i mentioned towards the end of the week, we have to watch what happens to this low for the potential of some windy weather. This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Loss of smell or taste are added to the uks list of coronavirus symptoms that people should look out for and act upon. For the First Time Since italy locked down ten weeks ago, people are able to visit shops, some restaurants and hairdressers. Weve a special report from milan. More than 15,000 People Killed in this region, almost half of all the italian deaths. And economic pain is intense, one in three businesses here dont plan to reopen today. So, milan is coming back to life, but the wounds run deep. The mayor of brazils largest city, sao paulo, warns its Health System could collapse as demand grows for emergency beds to deal with with coronavirus cases. New measures on trains and at stations as people return to work in england. Security guards with crowd Management Training are on hand. Northern ireland is taking some steps towards easing its lockdown with Garden Centres and recycling facilities re opening. And today should have been the first day of the Chelsea Flower Show. The cancelled event has instead gone online, with tours, demonstrations and replicas of exhibits. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. First, loss of smell or taste have now been added to the uks list of coronavirus symptoms that people should be aware of and act upon. Themselves away in self isolation. Now, if you or someone you live with has any of these symptoms, a new, continuous cough, High Temperature, or loss of smell or taste, the advice is stay at home to stop the risk of giving coronavirus to others. Elsewhere, ten weeks after imposing one of the worlds strictest national lockdowns, italy is starting to reopen many businesses, including shops, restaurants and hairdressers. Church services are also restarting. Here in the uk, new measures have been deployed on trains and at stations, in case more people use Public Transport to return to work this week. Security guards with crowd Management Training are on hand. Also this morning, with two weeks to go until some Primary School pupils in england return to the classroom, the government says plans are in place to ensure the safety of teachers and pupils. But unions and some parents say theyre concerned about the spread of coronavirus. Northern ireland is taking steps towards lifting its restrictions, Garden Centres and recycling facilities are reopening and the Health Minister at stormont has also announced that all care home staff and residents will be offered coronavirus tests. In brazil, the mayor of the countrys largest city, sao paulo, says its Health System is near collapse as demand grows for emergency beds to deal with coronavirus cases. With more on that updated list of symptoms from the uk government, our Health Correspondent michelle roberts, is here. Just tell us quickly what the new list of symptoms is. It has been increased . Now it is notjust a fever or a new continuous cough that people should be looking for. It is also a loss or change in your sense of smell or taste that have been added to the list for the whole of the uk. Anybody who feels they have any of those symptoms should be staying at home and self isolating for seven days to prevent possible spread to more people. In the meantime, quite something has elapsed with people having no symptoms and officially being told there was no need to self isolate with them, the loss of sense of smell and taste has been discussed for some time. Why has it taken so long for the official guidance to change . Lots of experts had been signing that this should be a symptom that people are looking out for, your nose and throat experts, other researchers using an app to Gather Research and symptom state is not just fever, its Gather Research and symptom state is notjust fever, its notjust cough that we need to look for. The difficulty is all of these symptoms can be quite vague and they can apply to lots of Different Things. Its not necessarily always coronavirus. Which is a balancing act. You have got to try and pick the ones that have you the best information and help people do the right thing. We know lots of people wa nt to right thing. We know lots of people want to do the right thing during lockdown or as we ease by self isolating. So this virus doesnt keep moving around in the community. But you need the best information to be able to do that so now they are saying, the government advisory bodies looked at the evidence and say there is enough now to add the loss of smell and taste to the list. Going forward obviously the changes finally there. How does this compare with other countries . 0bviously other countries had this covid 19 outbreak before it came here, a list of official symptoms different in Different Countries . They are, lots of countries recommend the fever and a cough, the world health 0rganization actually has several tiers of symptoms, if you have a fever or a cough, those of the main ones. It lists quite a few more. We hear from experts and ones. It lists quite a few more. We hearfrom experts and may ones. It lists quite a few more. We hear from experts and may be other things, stomach upset may be important to look out for too but in the uk it has not gone that far. Thank you very much and later i will be speaking to the man behind the tea m be speaking to the man behind the team behind the app. Italians can once again visit bars, hairdressers a nd restau ra nts as the country eases its coronavirus restrictions a bit more from today. The eurozones Third Largest economy is trying to work its way back, ten weeks after imposing a Strict National lockdown. Almost 32,000 people have died in italy but the daily death toll and rise in cases is now the lowest since restrictions were imposed. Mark lowen reports from milan on how businesses have been preparing to open up. Milan is dressing up for its reopening. Its chic shops have been closed for ten weeks in the worlds First National lockdown. With the final touches come strict hygiene controls. A screen at the till, a reminder of the new rules. Customers here will be by appointment to limit numbers. The sparkle has been dulled by the virus, but they are raring to go. It has been hard, actually, very hard, because nothing was sure, so we kept on listening to the news, and we didnt know what to expect, when we would open again, and we really hoped and we were really looking forward to coming back to our store. Was there ever a moment where you thought, are we ever going to be able to come back to work . No, never. Italys capital of fashion, industry and finance was at the centre of the outbreak, the first cases in february nearby. It was overwhelmed. With sites closed, tourists cancelling and businesses suffering, there is talk of. We were in this city as the corona storm hit. Ten weeks on, we are here again. Milan is still struggling to comprehend what has happened in that time. More than 15,000 People Killed in this region, almost half of all the italian deaths, and the economic pain is intense. One in three businesses here dont plan to reopen today. So, milan is coming back to life, but the wounds run deep. And now, we are getting better, we feel better, we can take walks out from home. He was born two months ago, so this is one of his first walks, so we are very happy. This, too, is helping italys recovery. A hotel used to quarantine less serious cases as they wait to test negative. With the outbreak more under control, its now also admitting people through Contact Tracing those in touch with victims, further halting the spread. After 20 days here, jacqueline is ready to be discharged. A step closer to this country healing. Mark lowen, bbc news, milan. Silvio vettorello is the general manager of grand Hotel Tremezzo in lombardy, one of the regions hardest hit by the outbreak. As the region begins to reopen, silvio has started preparing the business to welcome guests again with new bookings starting to come in. Hejoins me now. Welcome. Good afternoon. Are many booking starting to come in . Actually, yes. We are really happy. With this new phase, phase three, everything is really a little bit back to normality and finally new bookings, so we are really, really happy and we cant wait to reopen our doors. How different and experience will be coming to the hotel now compared previously . M course it is a little bit different and we have taken a little bit more ca re and we have taken a little bit more care in having more space between each other, the social distancing. But it was actually, there will not bea but it was actually, there will not be a big difference because thanks to the huge spaces, were going to have a lot of distance between ta bles have a lot of distance between tables or people and around the property. It will be different of course, because something really extraordinary, something new that we never tried before, but we really think that hospitality will be the same as before in the coming weeks. Maybe a little bit better. How hard is your business been hit by the outbreak . Actually, we have had hard ha rd outbreak . Actually, we have had hard hard moments because we started receiving huge amounts of cancellations and then also it was a little bit different. Seeing the hotel close and having all of our employees and colleagues working from home was really difficult. Something difficult to comprehend the first time. But now that everything is going really better, the sun is over again, we cant wait to be back and we start to be back today. I have maintenance and a gardener fixing today. I have maintenance and a gardenerfixing the today. I have maintenance and a gardener fixing the new beach by the la ke gardener fixing the new beach by the lake and the new rooms and everything. So were really back to normality. As you say, its so important to be positive and look forward but in terms of the hit that your business has taken, and i hear what youre saying about the hit on you all in terms of your worries, but financially, did you worry that the business might not be viable . How much did it hurt you financially . We dont really think. Of course, we lose a lot because comparing the regular in the second week of march we hoped to open or 26 ofjune, and so there will be losing 75 days of business and of course it is a lot. But we are very, very positive and we know that as soon as we start, which is now, everything will restart a book. Because we are enemies in area and because we are actually far enough from milan so that people who were a little bit scared for that, butjust an hourand a little bit scared for that, butjust an hour and a half from, little bit scared for that, butjust an hourand a half from, so little bit scared for that, butjust an hour and a half from, so you are really by the lake in front of where the situation was always very, very calm. So yes we lose the 75 days of the opening, but i am pretty sure that the season, july, august, september, october and even the middle of november, there will be, i will say, like before. Its great to talk to you, wishing you all the very best. Thank you. Thank you so much, goodbye. Several other European Countries that were among the worst hit by the coronavirus are also continuing to ease the lockdown measures. In spain, the government is relaxing restrictions outside of madrid and barcelona, with groups of up to 10 people now free to meet, while bars and restaurants can open outdoor seating at half capacity. Denmark has relaxed significantly but under certain conditions as some students return to school. Classes from 6th to 10th grades will return next week. It has also allowed shops to reopen. Meanwhile, in the greek capital, athens, the acropolis has re opened to the public. 0ur europe reporter, gavin lee, is in brussels but has more on the news from spain. 70 of the country, as of today, is getting back to some kind of normality, at least when it comes to shops opening, when it comes to restaurants, bars, cafe is reopening, but only serving on terraces, you cannot go inside. Madrid and barcelona, the big two cities worst hit, still considered not to be able to go into those, what they call phase one. There have been some protests in the salamanca area in madrid, people saying they should also be allowed the chance. The Social Security minister in spain has said that by the end of the month, 100,000 households will get a basic minimum salary of a62 euros a month, aiming to push that to 1 million households around spain. That gives you a sense of the scale of the help needed. That will roughly be three to 3. 5 billion per year spain will be spending trying to support those losing theirjobs, those unemployment figures that we are expecting to rise of deep recession. Here in the uk, efforts to get commuters safely back to work by train are being brought in this morning. More security guards are now in place at several railway stations in england and some seats on board will be blocked off to allow social distancing. Passengers are still being advised to use Public Transport only if its essential and they have no alternative. Heres our transport correspondent, tom burridge. Social distancing really isnt a problem a lot of the time, but there is concern as more people commute again. Worried, but its needs must. Got to go to work. Busier than i thought it was going to be. Yeah, there was only about two people in each carriage so. Its fine. Announcer good morning. Welcome aboard the 8 30 service. New messages. Please follow social distancing advice and spread out throughout the train. And more staff directing you around. Please keep to your left. They will also limit passenger numbers. If they judge that there is already enough people on board a particular train, then they might block the gates off here and other people will have to wait for the next service. And when numbers rise, you might have to queue to get into a station. We have done the calculations and analysis to ensure that we can have a certain amount of people on the concourse at any one time, and, yes, there will be closures to entrances and exits should those numbers increase and grow. 0n intercity services, its reserved seats only to control numbers. Train Companies Say theyre doing all they can, but theyre worried about how theyll manage if many more people travel. So the main advice is dont use Public Transport if you can. Tom burridge, bbc news. The chairman of network rail, sir peter hendy, says he is confident that people can travel safely on the railways. Passengers are sensible. This is a National Crisis of unprecedented proportions. And we are relying on people being sensible, were doing our best too. We want people to stay apart if they humanly can and if they cannot, then a Face Covering is quite a sensible thing to do for the brief moments when you might be getting on or off a train or moving through a station. But what we have done, as toms report shows, is put the most enormous amount of effort into organising stations so that the likelihood of being two metres, less than two metres is much less than it was. Lets speak to mick whelan is general secretary of aslef, the train drivers union, he chairs labour unions, which represents all the trade unions affiliated to the Opposition Labour Party, and is a member of labours nec. Thank you forjoining us. Are you reassured by the measures that have been put in place . We are working in partnership with the industry to a vast degree and we have been running 52 trains up to this point in time. The real problem is that we dont seem to understand that even if we get back to anywhere near a full timetable, we will only be able to have 15 20 of the travelling public capacity to travel. We worry about the four nations not coming out of this at the same pace. We would like all transport to be ramped up at the same point so that we dont get ten points and we do have concerns that leaving it to good old common sense might not be. You say that people dont seem to understand about the reduced capacity, but from what we have been hearing and seeing so far, that message is getting through pretty loud and clear. People are holding back and there does not seem to have been a rush on the transport this morning. Maybe not this morning. We saw with the mixed messaging last week when the Prime Minister and ince on sunday virtually business as usual on monday then it was wednesday. And massive return in certain major conurbations. The real problem is on trains you can come on those inter urban and connected trains, not all stations on the Intercity Network at the same facilities. We wa nt network at the same facilities. We want it to work. I will make it quite clear. We want people to get to work, we want the economy to function but we want to be safe as we do so. And you are still saying you dont feel safe . 0r we do so. And you are still saying you dont feel safe . Or your workers dont feel safe . We are getting a lot of anecdotal and other reports that people do not feel safe. We will then work to alleviate those pinpoints and those concerns. Wind sorry to interrupt, but can you give some specific examples of what they dont feel safe about . Most of what we are getting is that the real problem is that most employers have not varied staff finish times so we are getting a large amount of, in certain areas construction sites have opened, all sorts of areas have opened but people have not changed travel patterns. Averages across the sectors, if you reduce it across the whole of the industry that isnt a lwa ys whole of the industry that isnt always a true reflective figure for everything. Thank you very much. Thank you. Lets pick up on some of the issues weve been discussing. As weve been hearing, loss of smell or taste have now been added to the uks list of coronavirus symptoms that people should be aware of and act upon. Professor Benjamin Cowling is head of epidemiology at the university of hong kong and co director of the world health 0rganization collaborating centre for Infectious Disease epidemiology and control at the universitys school of Public Health. Thank you very much forjoining us. Lack of sense of smell and taste have been added anecdotally, there has been a lot of it about. Why has it taken so long for that to be added to the official list of symptoms . Im not sure. For months now we have known it is a potential symptom of coronavirus. Its an unusual symptom for respiratory infection but its been reported in china, italy, iran, early on in the outbreak so i dont know why took so long to be added to the list in the uk. What impact might have had that that was not an official symptom . Because of course if you do not know it is linked to covid 19 its not obvious initially that it might be in therefore it might be that people would potentially carrying on their normal business spreading the virus was not we recommend people with symptoms to stay at home or go to hospital if they need to, then having a compressive list of symptoms would really be important and its good that has an added to the list so that more sick people with Coronavirus Infection will stay at home with Less Community transmission. A comprehensive list. What would you say the comprehensive list of symptoms should be . As you mention, Different Countries have handled it in different ways and when it is the same virus everywhere, you would think it would be helpful if everybody was singing from the same hymn sheet . We still dont have a very concrete list of which symptoms should be on this list and we should not be, but obviously respiratory symptoms, systemic symptoms like fever and headache, then a nose near, the loss of sense of taste, i think were really looking for guidance the who on this list to be safe, which symptoms we should consider in the broader sense. Why do you think it is taking so long to coal it that . I dont know. There we re coal it that . I dont know. There were reports going all the way back to january that loss of sense of taste or smell was a symptom reported by many covid 19 patients in different parts of the world so i dont know why it has taken until now for that to be added to the list. I think there was an early focus on severe cases in the uk that they did to be hospitalised and Community Cases were not given so much attention and now that has changed. In terms of where we are in the virus, the number of cases in the virus, the number of cases in the uk, peaked some weeks ago. The number of deaths has declined dramatically and its pretty much the same picture in most countries around the world. What would your assessment be of where we are now on what the potential risks are Going Forward. In the uk it looks like you have peaked but you are not coming down as fast as may be some other countries. You still having thousands of new infections every day, 3000 confirmed cases a day. Thats a concern because it means that lockdown was not effective in the uk as it might have been elsewhere. Im a little bit worried about how long it will take to get the numbers of cases down to a low level where you could then use test and trace and quarantine another thing is to really stay on top of the numbers. In terms of test and trace, there is increasingly optimism that widespread vaccination may be sooner than later. Also, the testing for antibodies, how important is it that we get there and until we important is it that we get there and untilwe are important is it that we get there and until we are there, how important for people, locked in measures to continue . The first thing is we important but we have to establish what the antibodies actually mean. Do they mean people are actually mean. Do they mean people a re protected actually mean. Do they mean people are protected and is it long lasting protection or is it relatively short . For the vaccine, protection or is it relatively short . Forthe vaccine, i protection or is it relatively short . For the vaccine, i think we have got to be careful not to be too optimistic. We may not have a vaccine even by the end of this year, it may be into 2021 with the time we get an effective vaccine thatis time we get an effective vaccine that is available for widespread use so for now we need to rely on Public Health measures like test, trace and isolate. 0n the on the antibodies, what are the indications on what the virus is doing and whether it is mutating and changing . Its still very early in this pandemic so we have not got a lot of data to go on. The earliest known cases have only recovered for maybe three or four months so we cant get that long term picture of how antibodies stay in the blood and how antibodies stay in the blood and how they might offer protection in the longer term but it looks that patients with more severe illness get a stronger antibody response and those with milder disease dont get such a good antibody response. Thats bit concerning but there are other markers of immunity that we may also look at so its still early daysin may also look at so its still early days in terms of interpreting antibody results. They conditionally tell us who has been infected or not but i dont know whether they can tell us longer term dynamics of population immunity. If you have been previously infected, could you potentially still pass on the virus was not if you are recovering now, most likely you are no longer contagious if you have passed most of the symptoms under getting better. At that point most likely you would not be contagious. The people who have recovered completely can be infected again we dont know. Its a lower chance we presume but its one of the questions we have to a nswer its one of the questions we have to answer now. Thank you very much. With two weeks to go until some Primary School pupils in england return to the classroom, the government has again insisted plans are in place to ensure the safety of teachers and pupils. Ministers want children in reception, year1 and year 6 to go back to school, as part of the next step to ease the lockdown. But unions and some parents fear the move may cause a second spike in coronavirus cases, as john mcmanus reports. When is the right time to send children back to school . And how will the safety of them and theirfamilies be guaranteed . In england, some younger pupils will be back at their desks onjune1st. But no date has yet been set for schools in wales, scotland or Northern Ireland. Ministers say measures including staggered breaks and class sizes of 15 will reduce the chances of pupils transmitting coronavirus. But labour says guarantees need to be in place. Everyone wants pupils to be back but we want a safe environment as well. That is so important. The government needs to have its test, track and trace strategy all up and running as soon as it can. The government has acknowledged it cant eradicate all risk, but the evidence shows children with the virus rarely develop serious symptoms, though their transmission rate isnt yet known. We have already indicated the direction of travel, we are aiming for the beginning ofjune, we are aiming for year one and year six. Those parents of children in those age groups should be looking ahead to that potentially happening from the beginning ofjune. Other European Countries are facing the same dilemma. Germany and denmark are slowly reopening classrooms using social distancing, but italian pupils will stay at home until september. Meanwhile, the latest daily death toll was 170, the lowest figure since the day after the lockdown began on march 2a. However, numbers are typically lower at weekends. The total number of people who have died in the uk, after testing positive for the virus is now 3a,636. The only permanent solution of course is a vaccine. Some scientists believe one may not come for at least a year or perhaps never. But the Pharmaceutical Company astrazeneca has signed an agreement to make 30 million doses available in the uk by september if it can find a vaccine that works. John macmanus, bbc news. The uk governments post brexit immigration system, which will bar those regarded by ministers as low skilled from working in the uk, will be debated by mps today. Occupations which will be excluded include some which have been on the front line during the coronavirus outbreak, such as care workers. The Opposition Labour Party has urged the government to think again about the system, describing it as a threat to the national interest. 0ur assistant Political Editor norman smith is at westminster. 0ne one of the early examples of the opposition taking a strong stand against the government on this new world post covid 19. Tell is more. We locate homes have been at the centre of this crisis, add a centre of the government upon my criticism of the government upon my criticism of the government upon my criticism of the handling of this crisis, with critics claiming they have not received the priority or the attention they needed. Now that argument is rightly to be reinforced in the commons because of the position of migrant care workers, those from abroad who have been working in the care system during this whole epidemic. Under the immigration bill, which will have its main debate in the commons today, care workers in the future will not be able to come to the uk from abroad because they are no longer regarded as skilled workers, and also they do not meet better salary threshold. Labour is saying this is rank hypocrisy for ministers to applaud care workers for their work during this crisis and also saying they are not welcome here and we do not want new migrant care workers coming to the uk, so they qualify rethink of that entire proposal in the immigration bill, added to which care bosses are saying they are heavily dependent on foreign care workers, there have been estimates of 20 of care workers coming from outside of the uk. They are warning that if these rule changes go through, it will make it even harder to try and attract sufficient staff into care homes. I suppose the basic point is that once again it seems care homes are that once again it seems care homes a re really that once again it seems care homes are really at the sharp end of the criticism of the governments handling of this virus. More now on our top story. Loss of smell or taste has been added to the uks list of coronavirus symptoms that people should look out for and act upon. Ear, nose and throat doctors had been warning for weeks that more symptoms should be included. Until now, only a fever and cough were triggers for people to self isolate in case they had and could spread the infection. Joining me now is dr tim spector, professor of genetic epidemiology at at Kings College london. He was part of the team that developed an app to track symptoms. Thank you forjoining is. What do you think . I presume you welcome it, but it has been some time coming. Yes, it is obviously good to finally get it out there, but we did tell the government about this six weeks ago, showed them the first outcome of the paper that came out of the research from the app on the first 1. 5 Million People. Clearly showing that it was by far and away the best predictor of having a positive swab test and being infectious. It has taken a bit too long and way behind other countries in recognising these other countries in recognising these other symptoms, because we are now asking in ourapp, other symptoms, because we are now asking in our app, the covid 19 symptom study app, 3. 2 Million People are now using it. 1a symptoms at the moment, all of which are related in some way to this rather complex disease, and so we do have a more flexible idea of what makes someone infectious in order to give them the proper advice. To pick up from what you were saying, going back to what you are saying to the smell and taste being far away the best predictor of a positive test for covid 19, if someone has got those symptoms, what would you say the likelihood is of them having covid 19 . The likelihood is of them having covid19 . It is about 8096. Likely, which is nearly as good as having a micro do to stop the nose. It is very good and it is actually better bya very good and it is actually better by a long way than having a fever or cough. Having a swab test up the nose. Rather than having temperature gauges, people going into airports or hotels or whatever, they should maybe have some smelling salts, that is about something people need to think about in the future. The important thing is this isntjust a simple disease of two symptoms that happenjust for seven simple disease of two symptoms that happen just for seven days, as we are finding all the people using our app and reporting it, you can have any of these 1a, maybe more symptoms that occur in different people at different ages, different in children, different in adults, different in the frail, it can present in many different ways and we all have to more about this disease in order to know who to isolate from and which symptoms to ta ke isolate from and which symptoms to take notice of over a period of many weeks. It is notjust seven days and it is done. We all need to learn much more, that is why we have been collecting this invaluable data with the help of our the citizen scientists logging every day. Would you just run through for us, i know it is quite a long list, as briefly as you can, the list of 1a . It is quite a long list, as briefly as you can, the list of ia . probably wont go get there. The most important ones are, we are seeing they occur in different times, so often the condition starts with headache, sore throat, a severe muscle pain, then you start to get fever in some people, but again early on about 30 of people, then you might get some coughs, fatigue, which can be very severe, and then you get chest tiredness in many people, shortness of breath. Chest tightness. Some people get stomach problems. In the elderly, things like, not delusions and slight confusion states happen, some people get low temperatures and changes in temperature. This can come and go, we see skin rashes increasingly on the fingers and toes. You can get swollen eyelids. The list is actually going on and getting larger. As we are collecting this mass of data. Which is very different in the population to just the data the government has been relying on, which is mainly from hospitals and people in intensive ca re hospitals and people in intensive care units. They are the only people who have been tested, that is why we are in this position. We have to be more vigilant and all become our own medical teams to work out how you tell the difference between a headache that may go on to become covid 19 or a headache that is just a headache. That is why doing this any more systematic way, we are able to build these algorithms and predict with increasing accuracy the likelihood of someone being swab positive. In the absence of the symptoms having been put out much sooner, so that people could be aware of when they should potentially be self isolating, even if they were not actually really ill but they were probably carriers, therefore shouldnt be spreading it, what difference do you think it would have made had this have been sown sooner or probably better the other way around, what about does the impact of not having had sooner have . Infecting other people, 196 of those will have died. I think the failures recognised there is more of this condition out there, left care workers going to work. I have had doctors telling me they were told by Occupational Health not to stay off work and go back on the front line even though they had lost their sense of smell and they had muscle pains. Soi sense of smell and they had muscle pains. So i think in an enquiry, we will find that this will have a major effect on prolonging the epidemic problem in care homes and in hospitals, so i think it is all being recognised too slowly and we need to have a more transparent view of how we deal with these things. 0ther of how we deal with these things. Other countries are doing this, they have much wider lists. The americans change their lives to about seven or eight symptoms, three or four weeks ago. We havejust got eight symptoms, three or four weeks ago. We have just got to eight symptoms, three or four weeks ago. We havejust got to move eight symptoms, three or four weeks ago. We have just got to move faster and realise people can be trusted if you give them the information, we do not have to dumb it down to much. When you say people can be trusted if you give them the information, does that indicate there is an element of suspicion for you around why the list of symptoms was not increased sooner . Why do you think it was . I think you would have to ask the governments opinion on that. But you said you have been talking about the symptoms for weeks, and i think probably many of us have experienced some of the symptoms and our own families, most our friends, symptoms and our own families, most ourfriends, and symptoms and our own families, most our friends, and i symptoms and our own families, most ourfriends, and i wondered why symptoms and our own families, most our friends, and i wondered why it has been that they have not been on the official list. What conversations have you been having about that . We said the government six weeks ago and early copy of the paper which had all these facts in it. They knew about it. I guess they have been looking at their own data from hospital admissions, and i think they initially had a difficult time getting up to speed, perhaps they just wanted to time getting up to speed, perhaps theyjust wanted to keep the message very simple, and that is why they we re very simple, and that is why they were told from china, this is all just about fever and cough, that is a simple message for the public. But i think after a couple of weeks that peak period when everybody was being infected, that is when they should have acted, about six weeks ago, to say there are these other symptoms, evenif say there are these other symptoms, even if you dont have fever or a cough, you should be self isolating, evenif cough, you should be self isolating, even if you are a key worker, you should be staying at home and not infecting patients etc. I think a few weeks definitely were lost, and time will tell how important that was. Hopefully people have learned their lesson and will go beyond just these three symptoms and expand further to what other countries have done. Remember, at least 17, 18 other countries are already got a much bigger list than ours, including the who and eu and the us. Iam speaking including the who and eu and the us. I am speaking to someone from the who ina i am speaking to someone from the who in a moment, we will pick up on that. Thank you very much. Thank you, do love on the app and keep spreading that around. Download the app. Health ministers from around the world are meeting online for the World Health Organisations annual world health assembly. With the virus having killed at least 300,000 people across the globe, there are questions about how the pandemic spread so quickly. 19a countries belong to the who, and many of them including the eu, uk, australia, new zealand are calling for an independent review into the whos response to coronavirus so far. Many countries have been critical, including the us, its biggest single donor, which has withdrawn funding, saying it has been slow to react and alleging bias towards china. The who said it did get china to share crucial information but it is only an advisory body and cannot force any country to work with it. Many are calling for the who to have more powers, with inspectors able to go into countries at the start of outbreaks and carry out independent investigations. There are calls too for equal access to vaccines to covid 19 once they are developed, for all nations, rich and poor. As that meeting gets under way in geneva, more than 1a0 World Leaders and experts have written an open letter calling for a peoples vaccine that is free and equally available to all nations. One of the signatories to the letter is mariana mazzucato, author and professor in the economics of innovation and public value at University College london. Lets talk about the vaccine and the desire for many for their to be an open pattern so that countries cannot be prioritised in buying up stocks to get the supplies first and foremost and that businesses cannot effectively capitalise on selling ad for higher prices. What do you want to see on that front . Specifically, we have to be very clear what the demand is, which is to develop an effective vaccine produced a global scale, rapidly, and especially universally available for free. This requires enforcing, not making involu nta ry, requires enforcing, not making involuntary, to really make sure that both the patenting, the pricing and manufacturing capacity are really designed in such a way that have International Collaboration and solidarity, rather than competition between countries of pharmaceutical companies at its core. Public interest led vaccine. There i3 demands in the letter. The first is to ensure a mandatory worldwide sharing of all covid 19 related knowledge, in other words in an area where we talk about big data and collective intelligence, this is the map to walk that talk, and that has to do with patent pools and making sure that any knowledge is enforced in terms of the licensing capability so it doesnt remain secret. The second is to establish a global and equitable Rapid Manufacturing and Distribution Plan so we can make it for everybody around the globe, and that has to be funded fully by rich nations. Thirdly, we have to guarantee that the vaccine, diagnostics and tests are provided free of charge, and this means we have to prioritise access, especially for front line workers, the most vulnerable people, and for poor countries with the least capacity to save lives, because they Health Systems are so weak. Can you enforce that . The uk and the United States have been criticised for not wanting that model to go ahead. have actually been arguing for this type of enforcement for a long time, even pre thing mac. We have to understand how innovation in the Health Sector comes about. Even pre thing mac. It is not true that this is just pre thing mac. It is not true that this isjust Big Pharmaceutical Companies expressing their entrepreneurial spirit. By not governing of this in the public interest, that is a failure. How we innovate itself. It is about changing the narrative to pretend that this is somehow a market that is being intervened in by public authorities from just causes and that it somehow will hurt innovation, that has been the mantra that unfortunately many, not all, Large Pharmaceutical Companies have been arguing for their ability to price drugs that do receive a lot of public funding based on whatever the market will bear. Sorry to interrupt, i hear what you are saying, but if countries are resista nt to saying, but if countries are resistant tojoining saying, but if countries are resistant to joining in this effort, cannot happen . So the effort is there in terms of a global collective effort in terms of the search, the race for this vaccine. What media is a global collective effort for the governance. If there is not that, there will be a massive failure of International Collaboration in such a desperate time in the history books which will hopefully write about it so we dont repeat that. What i was saying was that we do have very large amounts of public money in the us, National Institutes of health, coalition for epidemic preparedness, innovations, these organisations are putting in huge amounts of money into a search for a vaccine. We are saying, make sure you also govern that brussels and the public interest. For too long in the medical sector, even though have collective efforts around the creation of value, we do not then structure that value so that it really is socialised to meet the needs that people have. This is also not related to covid 19, but we cannot get this wrong. Too many lives are at stake, especially countries with weak Health Systems. This really working through what it means to create patent pools so that we are not allowed the knowledge itself to be harboured in a secret way which dangers funerals temporary monopoly profits. That might be ok for some specialist drugs, four luxury diseases, that is not ok right now. We need to make sure that we have compulsory licenses, patent pools, increase the capacity for countries to actually manufacture the vaccine once it is available. We need international solidarity, this is not a moment to have survival of the fittest for a competitive model. It has to be driven by cooperation for the public good. Thank you for joining us. New research here in the uk has revealed that more young people are struggling with increased levels of anxiety and fears about their future job prospects since the lockdown began. More than a quarter of the 16 to 25 year olds who took part in the study, by the Princes Trust and yougov, believe their future Career Prospects have been damaged by the coronavirus pandemic, while a3 say they are feeling overwhelmed and anxious on a daily basis. Well, in a moment we can talk to michele farmer, who is director in Central England of the Young Persons charity, the Princes Trust. But first we can speak to aisa ali who is a Princes Trust ambassador but has herself experienced difficulties with her Mental Health in the past. Thank you forjoining us. How youre feeling right now and missed this pandemic . It is a lot of uncertainty from ind. I have a key worker, so i am still having to go to work. It is normal from monday to am still having to go to work. It is normalfrom monday to friday am still having to go to work. It is normal from monday to friday but the weekends it is very different, and not being able to go out as much. It is very strange. Add url in employment. There are many obviously who perhaps have left studying who do not have a job but dont have a job and do not have a job but dont have a job and i worried about whether its about comeback. You are in employment. Do you speak to many in that boat, what you hear about it . have a few friends, a lot of them in retail or have lost a jobs. They are very, i cannot speak for them, retail or have lost a jobs. They are very, i cannot speakfor them, but they are scared, nervous, they dont know what will happen, very nervous about their future. They dont know if everything that is going on is going to damage their future prospects, so it is a lot of uncertainty, and i am trying to support as many people as i can add try to spend as much positivity as i can, but it is quite scary. Spread positivity. Michele farmer, what is the best support you can offer to someone feeling vulnerable . We are offer to someone feeling vulnerable . We are i doing as much as we possibly can at the moment to move our services online, we are available on phones, we are talking to people one to one, bringing small groups together, we are encouraging people as best they can to be positive, look for those opportunities in the sectors where there is work. And to hold onto theirdreams, but be there is work. And to hold onto their dreams, but be realistic about their dreams, but be realistic about the difficult situation that we are in. What is your experience with the charity of how much young people are struggling and worrying right now . The Princes Trust has been going since 1976, we have been through difficult times during that period, and we know that young people do get hit harder than other age groups. We know that there is an absolutely direct link between having a job of being in training, having a sense of purpose, otherwise it does impact on your Mental Health and well being. 0ne your Mental Health and well being. One of the things we try to do is help people think about what their next step might be and help them to connect to other people that are in a similar situation so they realise they have not on their own. How important would you say that is, being able to think about a next step and try to see how you might be able to make that happen . M step and try to see how you might be able to make that happen . It is extremely important. Especially when the Princes Trust get involved with young people, they are in a situation where they are wanting to change their lives, and it is hard not to look to the future, and through this time i thick it is important to set realistic, but kind of motivating goals in this time. Perhaps not the dream job you thought you would be going for others particular stage, maybe not something even double help you on your way but something that will be good for you right now. Yes, right now are anything positive that people can get their hands on, i think that isjust people can get their hands on, i think that is just the main goal to look at, to remain, have faith. We talk about the covid 19 generation, this generation of young people who will have had their generation impacted, exams not happening, their next steps suddenly changing as a result of it. What are your thoughts about this covid 19 generation, and what the legacy might be in the long run . Of the young people who we surveyed, over 1000 who responded to our survey during this period, all aged between 16 to 25, one of the statistics that jumped out for me was that 69 felt that they are life was that 69 felt that they are life was on hold. I think that is probably a common feeling. People at a lot of ages are anxious and worried, but we are already prior to this pandemic worried about young peoples Mental Health and their levels of anxiety. The thing that really leapt out for me was that sense that so many felt that their life is on hold. What i hope is that as things become a little clearer, as things become a little clearer, as we know what will happen with schools and colleges and employers start to work out what they do Business Models are going to be, we can be there along with other charities, with other partners and the government, to make sure we wrap around our support and give young people a chance and that we do not end up with a generation that was lost and missed out because of this. It all of our interest to make sure that young people do not experience quite the extent of disadvantage that maybe they have done in former recessions when they have missed out on those firstjob recessions when they have missed out on those first job opportunities. Recessions when they have missed out on those first job opportunitiesm course, a lot of young people will be finding themselves back at home with their parents, where perhaps they had expected that. That will bring its own tensions. What advice would you give in that context . have some myself, so very definitely. People are having to make choices that may not have been their first choice but right now it makes sense. You have to stay home, stay safe, look for those opportunities that will come up as we start to seek links ease, and we they can about returning to college are getting work. There are jobs out there, so we are doing a lot of work with the help and care sector, so we know there are industries that are crying out for young people. I would ask employers to think about employing a young person. Michele farmer, thank you, thank you both, you are watching bbc news. Now for the weather with matt taylor. Hello there. Some of the warmest weather of the year so far on the way this week. We will see temperatures on wednesday peak somewhere around 27, 28 degrees, 82 fahrenheit in eastern england, up to 22 or 23 in parts of northern scotland. Warmth, though, doesnt mean sunshine and dry weather all the way. Some parts of the south wont be seeing much rain but quite a bit at times in the north, and later on we could see some more wet weather come with a spell of some cool and windy conditions. That will be dictated by whats been happening across the western atlantic, Tropical Storm arthur there swelling away, thats going to mix up the atmosphere and potentially bring us that windy weather to end the week. For the time being, though, lots of cloud across the country so far today, thats going to stay in fact across parts of central and southern scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England and north wales, through the rest of this afternoon. Some rain or drizzle at times. Brightening up to the north, rain in scotland, in shetland. Sunshine across some southern counties of england. But with winds coming in from the south or south west, even with the cloud and rain, temperatures actually close to if not a little bit above where they should be for the time of year. The warmest of all, the south east corner, 23 or 2a degrees. Now this evening and overnight, still cloud and rain in the same sort of spots, parts of scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England and north wales. The odd heavy a at times. Clearer conditions to the north of scotland and across southern counties of england and south wales. Here we will see the lowest of the temperatures, down to around seven or 8 degrees in a few spots but certainly clear of frost. None of them to come this week. Most starting tomorrow with temperatures in double digits. But like today, a fairly cloudy start, some breaks in the cloud to the south of england, north of scotland with some sunshine. Cloud in the morning across scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England, bringing some topics of rain and drizzle. Potentially a little bit in the way of dry and brighter weather through the afternoon and that should allow temperatures to creep up a little bit more. 20 degrees potentially on some eastern coasts, 25 in south east england. Then that surge of warm air comes as High Pressure builds for wednesday, pushing eastwards, opening the door to south easterly winds, which will bring clearer conditions. The Morning Cloud will break up more readily, more sunshine for scotland and Northern Ireland and even here, we will see temperatures get up to 20 degrees more widely. Highest of all, anywhere from north london through towards parts of lincolnshire and south yorkshire, 27 or 28. Chance of a thunderstorm on thursday but then that change i mentioned towards the end of the week, we have to watch what happens to this low for the potential of some windy weather. This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Loss of smell or taste are added to the uks list of coronavirus symptoms that people should look out for and act upon. For the First Time Since italy locked down ten weeks ago, people are able to visit shops, some restaurants and hairdressers. Weve a special report from milan. More than 15,000 People Killed in this region, almost half of all the italian deaths. And economic pain is intense. One in three businesses here dont plan to reopen today. So, milan is coming back to life, but the wounds run deep. New measures on trains and at stations as people return to work in england. Security guards with crowd Management Training are on hand. The mayor of brazils largest city, sao paulo, warns its Health System could collapse as demand grows for emergency beds to deal with with coronavirus cases. And Northern Ireland is taking some steps towards easing its lockdown, with Garden Centres and recycling facilities re opening. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. First, loss of smell or taste have now been added to the uks list of coronavirus symptoms that people should be aware of and act upon. Until now, only a fever and cough were triggers for people to shut themselves away in self isolation. Now, if you or someone you live with has any of these symptoms a new, continuous cough, High Temperature, or loss of smell or taste, the advice is stay at home to stop the risk of giving coronavirus to others. Elsewhere, ten weeks after imposing one of the worlds strictest national lockdowns, italy is starting to reopen many businesses, including shops, restaurants and hairdressers. Church services are also restarting. Here in the uk, new measures have been deployed on trains and at stations, in case more people use Public Transport to return to work this week. Security guards with crowd Management Training are on hand. Also this morning, with two weeks to go until some Primary School pupils in england return to the classroom, the government says plans are in place to ensure the safety of teachers and pupils. But unions and some parents say theyre concerned about the spread of coronavirus. Northern ireland is taking steps towards lifting its restrictions. Garden centres and recycling facilities are reopening and the Health Minister at stormont has also announced that all care home staff and residents will be offered coronavirus tests. In brazil, the mayor of the countrys largest city, sao paulo, says its Health System is near collapse as demand grows for emergency beds to deal with coronavirus cases. With more on that updated list of symptoms from the uk government, our Health Correspondent, michelle roberts, is here. There has been talk about the symptoms for a long time and pressure on the government to change the symptoms. It is only doing so now, why is that . They have been looking at this. I spoke to someone who represents doctors who deal with your, nose and throat and they said eight weeks ago they were in contact with the government saying they think it should be added as a symptom, the loss of smell and taste. They are concerned a lot of people who might feel otherwise we will be having the symptoms and then not realising they need to self isolate because they could be spreading it to other people who could get more sick if they get coronavirus. The difficulties are how specific these actual symptoms are. You might still get loss of smell and taste like common cold. Until now on their own experts have been unsure as to how accurate it might be the two tell people to act on the symptoms but the evidence seems to be enough to tell people to stay home if you have lots of taste and smell on its own, notjust the court and fever. I spoke to the man who was behind the tracker to monitor symptoms in this country cou nty monitor symptoms in this country county set actually they have said for weeks as you see others have been, he said actually it is probably the number one indicator of covid 19, he said as reliable as taking a test. It depends who you are because different people get different symptoms. We know the virus gets into the knows, mouth, eyes, so it is not surprising it will affect the organs, we have other symptoms such as gastrointestinal, stomach upset, diarrhoea, there are lots of Different Things that might hint, its knowing which ones to hone down on. We dont have test for everyone at the moment and thats what we want, a rapid test to give you the quick result to see you have it or another test to see that you have had it in the past. Joining me now is professor claire hopkins, the president of the british rhinological society. She is a professor of rhinology at Kings College london and is also a consultant ent surgeon at guys and st thomas hospitals. Rain ology is ryan ology is relating to the nose swims sure this is something you have been aware offer some time. Tell is your thoughts today. We identified the potential link in mid march and alerted public of england at that point. Since then we have been rapidly collecting data and evidence to share with them to show there is a strong indicator. I think this recognition today is very important for the patients who have lost their sense of smell over the past 2 3 months and did not know was related to covid 19. But also so new patients can identify and self isolate and access testing to confirm thats the case, to reduce the risk of further spread of infection. Was a First Contact with Public Health england about this . This is two months after that. Yes. What were you told that the time in those conversations . Wide they not ta ke those conversations . Wide they not take that evidence on board, what they say . Midmarch when we first started to look at the data, the evidence was at best anecdotal. There were all kinds are considers the theories going around at that point in so they rightly ask for more data. We have had quite good evidence for the past month that its both sensitive and very specific although you might lose your sense of smell of a common cold, typically that is. The case, certainly some people lose this meant science of smell that can breed clearly. Its difficult to know what the cause has been but perhaps while we are unlocked and it was considered less important and certainly now we are having increasing movement of people, it can become increasingly important to identify those cases. Do you think it relevant that impact on the spit of the disease . To you think it will have an impact on the spread of the disease . I having contacted by hundreds of patients who said they we re hundreds of patients who said they were isolating despite it not being recognised by nhs111 but i also had contact from key workers, for example those in contact with vulnerable, delivering food who said they had to go to work because it was not a recognised symptom. So i think we may have missed some opportunities to control spread and fortu nately opportunities to control spread and fortunately those patients will be allowed to self isolate and hopefully get tested. As you say Going Forward now, people with the symptoms while self isolate. What do you think about the fact that you see key workers were told to go to work presumably amongst them Health Workers . The Awareness Among health ca re workers . The Awareness Among Health Care Workers has been very high. Many of my colleagues lost their sense of smell and did it self isolate straightaway as a result. Fortunately through media, we we re result. Fortunately through media, we were able to get the word out quite quickly and hopefully that has played its part in reducing infection but obviously its important to reduce every case where possible. Thank you very much. Thank you. Italians can once again visit bars, hairdressers a nd restau ra nts as the country eases its coronavirus restrictions a bit more from today. The eurozones Third Largest economy is trying to work its way back, ten weeks after imposing a Strict National lockdown. Almost 32,000 people have died in italy but the daily death toll and rise in cases is now the lowest since restrictions were imposed. Mark lowen reports from milan on how businesses have been preparing. Milan is dressing up for its reopening. Its chic shops have been closed for ten weeks in the worlds First National lockdown. With the final touches come strict hygiene controls. A screen at the till, a reminder of the new rules. Customers here will be by appointment to limit numbers. The sparkle has been dulled by the virus, but they are raring to go. It has been hard, actually, very hard, because nothing was sure, so we kept on listening to the news and we didnt know what to expect, when we would open again, and we really hoped and we were really looking forward to coming back to our store. Was there ever a moment where you thought, are we ever going to be able to come back to work . No, never. Italys capital of fashion, industry and finance was at the centre of the outbreak, the first cases in february nearby. It was overwhelmed. With sites closed, tourists cancelling and businesses suffering, there is talk of. We were in this city as the corona storm hit. Ten weeks on, we are here again. Milan is still struggling to comprehend what has happened in that time. More than 15,000 People Killed in this region. Almost half of all the italian deaths. And the economic pain is intense. One in three businesses here dont plan to reopen today. So, milan is coming back to life, but the wounds run deep. And now, we are getting better, we feel better, we can take walks out from home. He was born two months ago, so this is one of his first walks, so we are very happy. This, too, is helping italys recovery. A hotel used to quarantine less serious cases as they wait to test negative. With the outbreak more under control, its now also admitting people through Contact Tracing, those in touch with victims, further halting the spread. After 20 days here, jackeline is ready to be discharged. A step closer to this country healing. Mark lowen, bbc news, milan. Jennifer bradburn is a Makeup Artist who works at weddings, ceremonies and parties. Shejoins me now from lake como. Thanks forjoining us. Hello, thank you. What impact has the pandemic had on your business . It has been quite devastating, to be honest. The problem is we really dont know when we are going to get back to normal if ever. Because the last fashion show is that i did, i was in paris and milan in february and as i got back from that, thats when italy immediately closed in on their lockdown, which was intense, as you have heard from other people. Now, were coming out of that which is amazing, everyone cannot wait to get back to normal, the bars and restau ra nts back to normal, the bars and restaurants are opening which is fabulous. But my job, restaurants are opening which is fabulous. But myjob, weddings, luxury weddings idea, here on lake como, the majority, 99 of them, for the summer, have all postponed to next summer which leaves this summer wide open. The Fashion Shows which we re wide open. The Fashion Shows which were to go ahead injune and july we re were to go ahead injune and july were cancelled. We are still uncertain but its possible that also september will be cancelled because of course all these shows and things are prepared months ahead of time. And at this point, we still dont know for sure what is going to happen next month, the month after. It has a devastating effect on my economy, on the economy of the businesses that i am involved in. How are you managing financially . Then again, there has been little help from the government. A little. They offered what they called a bonus to self employed people and people with small businesses. I did receive that money for march. I am now waiting to receive april was not money but its not even, lets say. A quarter of what i would normally earn. I have friends who have not received it yet. So they are kind of behind on that. They have offered us a possibility of taking a loan which that their loan then needs to be paid back so that is also something when you take into careful consideration if that is gonna be the way forward for us. You said its hard to see if things will ever go back to normal in your business. 0bviously, people have been doing things differently because they have not been able to have the services of make up artists. Do you think you will hang in there and hope it will ever return . I will, yes. Thats my career, business, everything and i love it. I lovejob. So why will hang in and hopefully things will back to normal and im sure they it will take a while because injob, obviously the weddings, gatherings of more than 100 people from all over the world, we have people flying in from australia, america, china, to name just flying in from australia, america, china, to namejust a flying in from australia, america, china, to name just a few of the countries, so that will take awhile for that to happen again. The Fashion Shows is the same. Its a gathering of people from all over the world. Models, stylists, hair and make up artists, so i am confident it will go back to something but maybe it will be a little different. Maybe the groups again have to be smaller. The spaces will have to be organised in a better way. We will have to have more space. I think the social distancing is gonna carry on for a while. And were still obliged in lombardy to wear facemasks at all times, even out in the open air. Which is a very controversial topic here at the moment. We have to leave it there. I wanted to pick up on that more but we are out of time. Thank you very much. You are very welcome, thank you. Several other European Countries that were among the worst hit by the coronavirus are also continuing to ease the lockdown measures. In spain, the government is relaxing restrictions outside of madrid and barcelona, with groups of up to 10 people now free to meet, while bars and restaurants can open outdoor seating at half capacity. Denmark has relaxed significantly but under certain conditions as some students return to school. Classes from sixth to 10th grades will return next week. It has also allowed shops to reopen. Meanwhile, in the greek capital, athens, the acropolis has re opened to the public. Northern ireland is taking some steps towards easing its lockdown today, with Garden Centres and recycling facilities re opening. The Health Minister at the Northern Ireland assembly has also announced that all care home staff and residents will be offered coronavirus tests. Meanwhile, the irish republic is moving into the first phase of its recovery plan, meaning small groups of people can meet outdoors. We can speak tojohn farren, who is the general manager at Ballyliffin Golf Club in county donegal, in north west ireland. Thank you forjoining us. What the situation for your club now . Thank you very much. Weve reopened four member golf today. The first in a series of phases the government has introduced in terms of relaxation of the covid 19 restrictions. Member golf only for the next three weeks. Its all a little different, a lot different for some of the older generation, but certainly people seem to be coping well with it so four. How different will things be at the club in terms of number of people coming to the club for a start . That will be a big change . Yes, there is a five kilometre restriction on travel to and from the club. That limits the number of members that can qualify legitimately to play here. For the next three weeks. And certainly that limits the number of members that we can facilitate. But nevertheless, its a good first step, a cautious first step but it needed to be. There are restrictions in place in terms of the number of people that can play in a group, restricted to three. The gap between each group going out is extended to a0 minutes and we have restricted the Opening Hours in order to facilitate Contact Tracing and ensure their supervision here at all times. Are many people coming forward blunting to play . Yes, quite a bit of interest. We are not by any means sold or anything but there are people that are remaining cautious and cocooning as u nfortu nately a word remaining cautious and cocooning as unfortunately a word that has become synonymous with the covid 19 restrictions. A good number of members would still be cooking, that would limit their ability to play golf. Cocooning. Is it financially viable for you to carry on like this . We are obviously, it has been devastating financially. We are members only, we rely almost over 60 of our revenue is from visitor green fees. We are not going to have that income this year. We dont foresee there will be any update in greenfield income until possibly next year. Even then we are reliant on people being comfortable, coming on airlines for four or five hours, we are very coming on airlines for four or five hours, we are very reliant on the north American Market and indeed the uk market. Until the airlines and people are comfortable with travelling on airlines, the International Tourism market will be restricted to say the least. We wish you all the very best. Thank you for joining us. Thank you. Brazils coronavirus death toll has risen to 16,118, with more than 2a0,000 cases, making it the fourth worst affected country in terms of confirmed infections. On sunday the mayor of brazils biggest city, sao paulo, warned that the Health System was close to collapse. 0ur south america correspondent katy watson now reports from sao paulo. The death toll is still climbing and the president is still in denial. Jair bolsonaro remains intent on putting politics before the pandemic, once again flouting Global Health guidelines at a protest on sunday, even if he was finally wearing a mask. Translation it is priceless for politicians to have a spontaneous demonstration like this one, coming from the heart, from the soul of the brazilian people who want freedom, democracy and respect above all. Amid growing criticism over his handling of the coronavirus crisis, mr bolsonaro is sticking closely to the minority of brazilians who still think hes doing a good job. Cars honking. He and his fan base are convinced brazilians need to get back to work despite the science proving otherwise. Translation it is not the right way to do isolation. This has never happened before in the world, translation it is not the right way to do isolation. This has never happened before in the world, just Closing Everything down and seeing what happens. Not even scenes like this can convince Jair Bolsonaro to change tact. People are dying and Health Systems across the country are collapsing, and these next few weeks are only expected to get worse. The state with the highest number of cases is sao paulo. The Business Capital already has a death toll bigger than that of china. And authorities have warned the Health System is struggling. Sao paulo residents have been in quarantine for nearly two months now, with businesses, schools and public spaces ordered shut. But as the weeks have gone on, social distancing has slowed. Statistics show that fewer than 50 of residents are still respecting the rules. In some parts of sao paulo city, shops are reopening. Authorities, they say, are turning a blind eye. The mayor on sunday called on residents to do their bit to improve brazils chances. Translation it is difficult to believe that some prefer to subject the population to a game of russian roulette. The indifference to death is unseemly. It is a crime of responsibility. Traffic jams have returned despite authorities efforts to dissuade people from commuting. Many brazilians argue they have to work. Millions of people who work in the informal economy and depend on daily wages are struggling. The country is running out of options to tell people to stay at home at the time when it is needed the most. Katy watson, bbc news, in sao paolo. Here in the uk efforts to get commuters safely back to work by train are being brought in this morning. More security guards are now in place at several railway stations in england, and some seats on board will be blocked off to allow social distancing. Passengers are still being advised to use Public Transport only if its essential and they have no alternative. Heres our transport correspondent, tom burridge. Social distancing really isnt a problem a lot of the time, but there is concern as more people commute again. Worried, but its needs must. Got to go to work. Busier than i thought it was going to be. Yeah, there was only about two people in each carriage so. Its fine. Announcer good morning. Welcome aboard the 8 30 service. New messages. Please follow social distancing advice and spread out throughout the train. And more staff directing you around. Please keep to your left. They will also limit passenger numbers. If they judge that there is already enough people on board a particular train, then they might block the gates off here and other people will have to wait for the next service. And when numbers rise, you might have to queue to get into a station. We have done the calculations and analysis to ensure that we can have a certain amount of people on the concourse at any one time, and, yes, there will be closures to entrances and exits should those numbers increase and grow. 0n intercity services, its reserved seats only to control numbers. Train Companies Say theyre doing all they can, but theyre worried about how theyll manage if many more people travel. So the main advice is dont use Public Transport if you can. Tom burridge, bbc news. Some breaking news on football in scotland. What they are doing as a result of covid 19, the Scottish League has ended the season and celtic have been confirmed as Scottish Premier League champions for the ninth season in a row and hearts have been relegated. The decision was taken at a Board Meeting after the 12 clubs agreed at the end of last week that completing the end of last week that completing the season was unfeasible. Average points per game played has been used to determine final places with the only change to the table since football was halted been that saint johnstone move above hibernian. Celtic confirmed as champions, hearts relegated. You are watching bbc news. With two weeks to go until some Primary School pupils in england return to the classroom, the government has again insisted plans are in place to ensure the safety of teachers and pupils. Ministers want children in reception, year1 and year 6 to go back to school, as part of the next step to ease the lockdown. But unions and some parents fear the move may cause a second spike in coronavirus cases, as john mcmanus reports. When is the right time to send children back to school . And how will the safety of them and theirfamilies be guaranteed . In england, some younger pupils will be back at their desks onjune1st. But no date has yet been set for schools in wales, scotland or Northern Ireland. Ministers say measures including staggered breaks and class sizes of 15 will reduce the chances of pupils transmitting coronavirus. But labour says guarantees must be in place. Everyone wants pupils to go back but Everyone Wants there to be a safe environment as well. That is so important. The government also needs to have its test, track and trace strategy all up and running as soon as it possibly can. The government has acknowledged it cant eradicate all risk, but the evidence shows children with the virus rarely develop serious symptoms, though their transmission rate isnt yet known. We have already indicated the direction of travel, we are aiming for the beginning ofjune, we are aiming for year one and year six. So those parents of children in those age groups should be looking ahead to that potentially happening from the beginning ofjune. Other European Countries are facing the same dilemma. Germany and denmark are slowly reopening classrooms using social distancing, but italian pupils will stay at home until september. Meanwhile, the latest daily death toll was 170, the lowest figure since the day after the lockdown began on march 2a. However, numbers are typically lower at weekends. The total number of people who have died in the uk after testing positive for the virus is now 3a,636. The only permanent solution of course is a vaccine. Some scientists believe one may not come for at least a year, or perhaps never. But the Pharmaceutical Company astrazeneca has signed an agreement to make 30 million doses available in the uk by september, if it can find a vaccine that works. John macmanus, bbc news. We will see sunshine develop more widely through the rest of the day. Fairly dull with some rain and drizzle at times, persistent through shetland. The wind has come in south west so even when you have the cloud, temperatures actually close to if not a bit above where they should be for the time of year. Warm air pushing in, around 23 or 2a celsius in the south east. This evening and overnight, cloud fairly extensive across scotland, Northern Ireland and Northern England. Every bursary, clearest of the skies north of scotla nd clearest of the skies north of scotland and south of england. This is where temperatures will drop the furthest. Well clear of the force. Mostly in double figures which will start off fairly similar to today. Lots of cloud around, rain or drizzle at times for Northern Areas which will clear through, sunny spells will develop widely and temperatures will climb a vet more. Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. Loss of smell or taste have been added to the uks list of coronavirus symptoms that people should look out for and act upon. Ten weeks after it became the first country to impose a nationwide lockdown, italy reopens its shops, restaurants, bars and hairdressers. Security guards trained in crowd control are on duty at some Major Railway stations in england, as some people return to work, following the easing of restrictions. The mayor of brazils largest city, sao paulo, warns its Health System could collapse as demand grows for emergency beds to deal with coronavirus cases. Northern ireland is taking some steps towards easing its lockdown with Garden Centres and recycling facilities reopening. Lets cross to edinburgh where scotlands first minister, nicola sturgeon, is giving her daily briefing. Good afternoon. Thank you for joining as. I want to start with an update on the Key Statistics in regard to covid 19. 1a,39a positive cases confirmed as of nine oclock this morning, an increase of 57 cents yesterday, a total of 1a27 patientss are in hospital with covid 19, patientss are in hospital with covid19, 1005 patientss are in hospital with covid 19, 1005 them have been confirmed as having the virus, a22 are suspected of having it. That represents a total increase of 119 from yesterday. The number of confirmed cases has declined by two. A total of 63 people last night were in intensive care with confirmed or suspected covid 19 and that is an increase of four since yesterday. I can confirm that since 5th of march a total of 335a patients who had tested positive have been able to leave hospital and i wish them all well. I also have to report that in the past 2a hours two deaths have been registered patientss who had been registered patientss who had been confirmed through a test of having the that takes the total number of deaths in scotland under that measurement to 2105. I should inject some caution into that figure. As i often sit on a monday, although death cant now be registered at weekends, registration numbers are usually relatively low and they can be especially low on a sunday. That should be taken into account when considering todays figure. These numbers are notjust statistics. Each one is an individual whose loss is a source of sorrow and grief and my condolences go to everyone who has lost a loved one to the spiders. Let me also thank our health and care workers for their work. Lost a loved one to this virus. I want to update on two things today. We have changed our guidance on the symptoms of covid 19. This is based on a recommendation from the chief medical officers across the uk. Until now we have been asking people to stay at home for seven days if you have a High Temperature or a persistent cough. That remains the case. However we have also said that we are learning about this by this as it develops and we now have sufficient evidence to add an additional symptom which you should look out for. If you notice a loss of or taste in your sense of taste or smell that can also be a symptom of covid 19. The medical officer will say more about this in a few moments. If you have a High Temperature, a persistent cough, or if you notice a loss of taste or smell, stay at home completely for seven days and do not leave your home at all. Other people in your household should stay at home for 1a days. The second issue i want to discuss todayis the second issue i want to discuss today is that from today we are widening the number of people who can be tested for covid 19. The Health Secretary will see more in a moment about testing in care homes. The change i will talk about is that anyone over the age of five who has anyone over the age of five who has any of the three symptoms of covid 19, including that loss of taste or smell, will now be able to book a test. The test will be available through the drive in centres at aberdeen, edinburgh and glasgow airports and at perth and inverness, they will also be available through the 12 mobile testing units based across the country which move around every five days or so. Tests at the centres have only been made available to over 65, key workers, two people in vital infrastructure services, and for anybody who needs to work and cannot work from home. Tests have also been available to household members of these groups. This further expansion that we are announcing today will ensure that anyone with symptoms will be able to find out if they have the virus and will therefore be able to know whether or not they should be isolating. Tests can be booked online. Priority will be given to those who are key workers and these can be secured through looking. If you book a test will be allocated to the centre closest to your own postcode. I know that for some people this will involve travelling quite a distance. We are currently working with the military to try and make mobile testing units as available as possible. I want to stress this point, that for nhs and social care key workers, or symptomatic household members of these workers, testing should still be accessed through the nhs. This testing ensures priority access and should be accessible to care and Health Service staff at nhs facilities within their local area. That should not require people to travel long distances. Todays expansion is the result of cooperation between nhs scotland, the Scottish Government and the uk government. It will help more people to know if they have the virus and also will be very helpful as we build towards our strategy of taste, trace, isolate and support. Some that will be especially important as we start to emerge gradually from the lockdown. That is relevant to that final issue i want to talk about today. I can confirm today that we will publish on thursday a route map setting out our phased approach to easing lockdown measures. This will take account of the up to date estimates of the transmission rate or r number, it will take account of the latest National Records report on wednesday on the amount of deaths from covid 19. The route map will give a more detailed indication of the order in which we will carefully and gradually seek to lift restrictions. Like other countries we will not yet be able to put a firm date on all of the different phases because timings must be driven by data and evidence. It will also be important that we assess the impact of measures in one phase before moving on to another. We will continue, and again i want to stress this, to take a cautious approach that ensures the virus is suppressed, while seeking to restore as much normality is normal when it is safe to do so. Thursdays route map will confirm that assuming that we see progress in ash addressing the virus, the first phase will start from 28th of may, within a few days of that we will be able to allow more Outdoor Activities like meeting in a park, some limited Outdoor Activities like golfing, fishing, the opening of Garden Centres, the resumption of some outdoor work. This first phase will coincide with our ability to start ona coincide with our ability to start on a phased basis a substantial test, trace and isolate operation to help us keep the virus under control as we start to ease up these restrictions. That part is absolutely crucial. Thursdays route map will also set out our up to date assessment at that point of a phased return to school as guided by the considerations of the education recovery group. From thursday onwards we will also set out guidance for Key Industries on the changes they will need to make to ensure that their employees and customers are safe in advance of further changes, as well as setting out advice on travel and transport. Within two weeks my hope is that we will be taking some concrete steps on the journey back to a form of normality. As i have said before it will not be normality exactly as we knew its because the virus will not have gone away but it will be a Journey Towards a better balance i hope than the one we have today. As we ta ke hope than the one we have today. As we take each step we must make sure the ground beneath as is as solid as possible. That is why between now and then sticking with the lockdown restrictions a bit longer to suppress the virus more is so important. Because that will mean we can important. Because that will mean we ca n start important. Because that will mean we can start to take these steps with the confidence that we have alternative means of effectively keeping it under control. For that reason are key advice right now remains unchanged and it remains as important as ever. Please stay at home right now except for essential purposes such as essential work that cannot be done at home, exerciser accessing food and medicine. You can now exercise more than once a day but when you do leave the house to stay more than two metres away from other people and do not meet up with people from households other than use at this stage. You should wear a Face Covering if you are in a shop or Public Transport and please remember to wash your hands thoroughly and regularly. Finally, if you are someone else in your household has symptoms, then you should stay at a completely, and a reminder of those symptoms from today are a High Temperature or a persistent cough, or a change or loss of smell or taste. By sticking with these instructions now we make it all the more likely that we can start that journey back to normality within the timescale that i talked about a minute ago. Let me end with my thanks again to all of you for doing the right thing and staying at home at this stage. You are helping to slow down the spread of the virus, you are helping to protect the nhs, and undoubtedly you are saving lives. Thank you. I am going to hand over to the chief medical 0fficer to hand over to the chief medical officer to see few words, particularly about the change to guidance on symptoms today, then i will hand over to the Health Secretary who is going to see if you words including more on testing. Today i want to see a little more on the change in recognition symptoms of covid 19 that we are asking you to look out for. Since the beginning of the epidemic in the uk researchers have been collating information, this has been used to determine symptoms that are most likely to identify that most people who may have covid 19. This analysis has confirmed that we should continue to use the symptoms of cough and fever that we already use, it is also confirmed now that there is sufficient confidence to add a new symptom. Following a recommendation made by myself and colleagues elsewhere in the uk. I realise this will be a new term. For the benefit of those have not heard of this, it is the loss of eight normal sense of smell. Because of smell and taste are so closely linked it can also affect the sense of taste. This is how many people first recognise it as a system. This loss of the sense of smell or taste has now been identified as a symptom that can be one of the earliest. Included in the Case Definition may allow for slightly more cases of covid 19 tube identified early on. The new definition of covid 19 symptoms as anyone of the following symptoms. The new continuous cough or symptoms. The new continuous cough ora symptoms. The new continuous cough or a fever, or a loss off or a change in smell or taste. Adding loss of smell or taste to the Case Definition will also slightly increase the number of possible cases which turn out not to be covid 19. However it is my view and that of colleagues that on balance this is outweighed by the benefits of identifying more cases at an early stage. I want to reiterate that everyone, including health and social care workers, should sell isolate if the developed a new continuous cough, or a fever, or a loss of or a change in smell or taste. Individuals households should also sell isolate for ia days as per the current guidelines. Individuals should stay at home for seven days, or longer if they still have a fever. If an individual is symptoms worsen and they do not go away after seven days they should call nhs 24 on 111 for further advice. As the first minister has outlined that is an increased number of categories of people who are now eligible for testing for covid 19 under the government testing scheme. This testing will now be done on the basis of a new continuous cough, a fever, or a loss of a change in smell or taste. Guidance will be updated to reflect this change. Members of the public can continue to access further information on the nhs website. There are two areas i want to briefly touch on this morning. 0ver the past few days we have set out further additional steps for support for care homes in the face of covid 19. We have been keeping all aspects of the support mechanism is under review to best protect both ca re under review to best protect both care home residents and staff. 0n testing we have a clear position where anyone who was he covid 19 patient should have two negative tests before being admitted to a ca re tests before being admitted to a care home and we are also ensuring that all the other new admissions to ca re that all the other new admissions to care homes are also being tested prior to admission. Should a care home have a case of covid 19 we have put in place a regime we are all residents and staff are tested subject to their consent. For care homes that have no current cases of covid 19 the current position as sample surveillance of residents and staff, again subject to their consent. Having ta ken staff, again subject to their consent. Having taken clinical advice i am taking a further step and will set out the detail of that in parliament tomorrow. The further step is that we will now move to a position we are all care home staff are offered testing regardless of symptoms and regardless of whether there is an ongoing outbreak in the ca re there is an ongoing outbreak in the care home where they work. This testing will have to be carried out ona testing will have to be carried out on a basis to be effective and will help us to detect residents and staff themselves. Front line staff in both our care sector and elsewhere deserve as much support as we can give them and that takes me to my second area. Buy agreements we have managed to alleviate the cost of parking at three hospital car parks for our staff, that arrangement was until the end of june. Iam pleased arrangement was until the end of june. I am pleased today to confirm that we have now reached agreement to extend that arrangement to the end of september 2020. What that does mean is that in a small way we are able to alleviate some of the worry and upset that is caused to our staff as they do so much to help protect all of as. Thank you. I will move straight to questions now. As you say, the key to easing lockdown measures as being able to do widespread testing and tracing. 0bviously able to do widespread testing and tracing. Obviously we are seeing some pilots ongoing at the moment in scotla nd some pilots ongoing at the moment in scotland but how low levels of the virus have to be in the community before you could be confident that we can Contact Trace people sufficiently and efficiently . Will be also have to adopt other measures possibly like this app that is being trialled now in england . Just to take these questions one by one. We want to get that number of new cases in the community as low as possible for a variety of reasons, one of those reasons is that then makes it more possible that we can effectively control the virus through test, trace and isolate, but we are not setting a particular figure on that. We have also said that we need taste, trace and isolate system that is flexible enough to adapt if it is a sudden spike in transmission, we will need to ensure that we cant respond to that. We are building a system that scalability as part of it. The Health Secretary reported yesterday that there are already 600 Contact Tracers and Health Boards, that is expected to be 2000 by the end of the month, but they may not all be needed initially if the virus is suppressed to a sufficiently low level. That scalability is important. We have got the trialling of the Digital Tools that Contact Tracers will use under way in Health Boards from today. On the app, we are not building a system that is dependent on the app, we have deliberately taken a decision to build a bottom up a system that is based on traditional methods of Contact Tracing and follow up and i think that is the sensible thing to do. Nor have we turned our face against the app. It is still being trialled right now, i think the uk government still has some decisions to make about how it will develop in the week ahead. If we can be satisfied that that integrates efficient sufficiently without system, and other concerns that people have have been addressed, then we would be enthusiastic about then we would be enthusiastic about the potential enhancement to the system we have, but the sensible thing to do to make the system dependent, we need to see it as an enhancement. That app, the proximity tracing app that the uk government is developing as separate to the digital technology that our traditional Contact Tracers will use for follow ups. All of us traditional Contact Tracers will use forfollow ups. All of us has traditional Contact Tracers will use for follow ups. All of us has to hang together. All different parts at the stage are progressing well. Very final point. That starting of the first phase of easing of restrictions towards the end of this month coinciding with our ability to introduce a significant test, trace, isolate system, it is important that we have these things in sync and thatis we have these things in sync and that is part of the planning we are doing. Ijust doing. I just wanted to doing. Ijust wanted to pick up on the expansion to testing within care homes. Could you give us more details on what the clinical advice was that has changed and tell us why it has taken so long to make this change given there have been calls for this to happen for a number of weeks . I do not except that it has taken so long. What we have done here is what we have done all along which is gather the rates clinical views, making sure that there is time for that on the evidence, then taking a decision that is right at the time. The evidence that i have relied on to make that decision is that the route for the virus into a ca re that the route for the virus into a care home is primarily will beat through those who work in the care home, because they will be the people going in and out the most from the community, bearing in mind that visiting come up with one or two exceptions, has been stopped in ca re two exceptions, has been stopped in care homes, that residents should be being looked after in their own rooms, and there will be very little in and out traffic to a care home other than those who work there. Also remembering the other restrictions and requirements we have put in place about how linked homes should not be transferring staff from one home to another. 0n that basis it makes sense that even ina care that basis it makes sense that even in a care home that does not have a case that we regularly test the staff who work in that care home so that if a positive test comes back from one of them at any point we are able to, they can stay off work and isolate according to guidance, but we can also ensure that we are even more alert to the prevalence of the virus for the residents and we would ta ke virus for the residents and we would take steps at that point to ensure that residents were then tested provided they consented to that. That is the position that we have now reached. It is based soundly on the advice that i have been given. We will set out the detail of that tomorrow when i make a statement to parliament. The final point which i think is always important to make when we are talking about testing, testing is important but we always have to remember and remind ourselves that testing is not a substitute for Infection Prevention and control. All of these measures that care homes are being asked to implement and have been asked for some time to implement are very important and one of the reasons for thatis important and one of the reasons for that is that as i have said, testing is important, we do know that testing of asymptomatic people who are not displaying the kind of symptoms that we have spoken about today, the testing may not be as reliable in those people. We must never actually testing as some kind of feel safe that then means we do not have to do all of the other things. It is always important to underline and stressed that. I want to ask the question about the conference in edinburgh in late february and the aftermath of that. We learnt at the weekend that a number of local people in edinburgh and glasgow suffered symptoms of coronavirus, they were not contacted trace, they learnt about the outbreak through the media like everybody else. Did you feel a new duty of care to them and did you feel your effort to suppress the virus following that conference . No, ido virus following that conference . No, i do not believe either of those things is the case. There are issues around decent confidentiality, patient confidentiality, there were a very small number of people from scotla nd a very small number of people from scotland at that event, all of those cases were reported three figures in the normal way, it is important to stress that but having said patient xandy stress that but having said patient x and y health board, they may have been the only person in that effort at that event and that would have effectively identified them at that point, that is why, patient confidentiality is an important consideration. Contact tracing was done rigorously in this situation, and incident management scheme was set up to ensure protection of Public Health was at the centre of how this was managed. Contacts were identified and chase. I have talked a different context before about a contact. It is for those contact racers who are doing that to ensure from the information we are giving follow up contacts. Studio the first minister of scotland seeing that from now on anyone over the age of five in scotland will be able to get a covid 19 test if they are showing symptoms, and on thursday the scottish and will outline a road map to the easing of the lockdown, not giving dates but giving an indication of the order in which restrictions would be lifted. That one oclock news is coming up inafew that one oclock news is coming up in a few moments. Now, the weather. Some of the warmest weather of the year this week. It does not mean sunshine and dry weather all the way. We could see some more wet weather cam with a speu some more wet weather cam with a spell of cool and windy conditions. That will be dictated by what is happening across the western atlantic. A Tropical Storm will mix up atlantic. A Tropical Storm will mix up the atmosphere and potentially bring as windy weather to end the week. For the time being. Some rain or drizzle at times. Sunshine across some southern counties of england. Winds from the south to south west, with cloud and rain temperatures close to or slightly above what they should be at this time of year. This evening and overnight still cloud and rain in parts of scotland, Northern Ireland, north england. Cletus conditions for the north of scotland and southern counties of england and south wales. Clear of frost. Most start tomorrow with temperatures in double digits. Cloud in the morning across scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England bringing rain and drizzle outbreaks. Brighter weather in the afternoon should allow temperatures to creep up a bit more. 20 degrees potential on some east coasts. Surge of warm airas potential on some east coasts. Surge of warm air as High Pressure builds from wednesday. East winds will bring clearer conditions. Cloud will break up more readily. More sunshine for scotland and Northern Ireland. Even here temperatures will get above 20 degrees more widely. Chance ofa above 20 degrees more widely. Chance of a thunderstorm on thursday. That changed towards the end of the week, the potential for windy weather. A loss of taste or smell are added to the nhs list of symptoms of covid 19. Are added to the nhs list anyone with the symptoms should self isolate for seven days. The advice coming weeks after experts raised concerns that coronavirus cases are being missed. It has taken a little bit too long, i would say. We are way behind other countries in recognising these other symptoms. Well be looking at the new list of symptoms and asking why theyve been changed now. Also this lunchtime. Commuters getting back to to work face new measures on trains and security guards trained in crowd control on duty at major stations. Back in fashion italy moves to the next stage of returning to normality, reopening more shops, restaurants and hairdressers. Could the start of the pandemic have been handled better . A un chief says the world is paying a heavy price