On leaving home or schools and the hospital consultant whos died from coronavirus reopening, when it eventually comes, his brother pays tribute. It could be piece by piece. Is he a hero . Of course, just like every doctor, we may need significant every nurse and every restrictions for longer worker in the nhs. Than the original three weeks, and beyond that period, and coming up in the sport on bbc news. There will be a time when we dontjust go from everything being restricted the Tokyo Olympic games will start to nothing being restricted. On the 23rd ofjuly in 2021 heres me, standing, after being postponed walking round my garden. Because of the coronavirus pandemic. Routines the key to coping for 80 year old Hector Woodhouse in linlithgow at least. But he has another piece of advice as well. I think i can keep myself fairly busy with one thing or another. Good evening. But for six months . There are currently 9,000 patients with coronavirus youve got to try to keep in hospitals across england, which means theyre occupying up your sense of humour, i suppose. Around one in ten beds. Laura kuenssberg, bbc news. One in four doctors are understood to be off sick or self isolating. 0ur Health Editor, an entirely new hospital, built in a Conference Centre hugh pym, is here with me. From scratch in just a week will be ready to take its first i think we could all do with a sense patients in just a few days. Of humour at the moment. There are the Nightingale Hospital in east london will be ready for 500 some signs of very cautious optimism coronavirus patients, rising eventually to 4,000. This evening, and of course this new at that size, it would be hospital in london is a hugely the biggest hospital in the world. Impressive achievement. Thats its the first of a number of new facilities being built around the uk to take the pressure right, very impressive, comparisons have been drawn by some with that off existing hospitals. Hospital in china which was built in 1,408 people are now less tha n hospital in china which was built in less than two weeks. It will start confirmed to have died with 500 patients this week and move from the virus in the uk. Thats an increase of 180 slowly towards 4000. Yes, the chief people since yesterday. Scientific adviser has said britain our Health Editor hugh is not in a fast acceleration phase pym has the latest. With cases, not following italy. But just a week ago it was a giant conference hall, with room you talk to people on the front for a dozen football pitches. Line, and that is intense pressure, starting as a problem, one in four now its a hospital, with intensive care beds and ventilators, doctors off sick or self isolating, and ready in a few days time to receive the first patients. They say it is very difficult, the capacity eventually will be 4,000. Particularly in london, the situation. Thing is getting worse in and if those beds are used, itll be the biggest hospital in the world. Birmingham, and as one source put it, normal wards are turning into sir simon stevens, head of nhs england, toured the site at Londons Excel Centre today covid wards. So bringing people and met some of those back, nurses and doctors, but who are making things happen. Stuffing is going to be an issue, particularly with very anxious staff today, there are over 9,000 positive coronavirus patients and off sick as well, who would like in hospitals across england. To be tested, but that is not and we know that number happening, with the peaks may be is only going to increase. Only a few weeks away. Thats why what you see here is a mass mobilisation, taking tens of thousands of british citizens are stranded around place right across the country, the world as a result but also at these new of the coronavirus pandemic Nightingale Hospitals. With countries closing borders and restricting the movement of people. This has been an Extraordinary Team effort on the part the foreign secretary, dominic raab, has announced plans to bring them of nurses and doctors, therapists and pharmacists home but says the uk hasnt faced a challenge on this across london, but also volunteers, scale in recent memory. Paramedics and people returning to help. The government will spend the first staff were applauded £75 million on a rescue mission including in today, volunteers from other chartering flights where no commercial ones are available. Heres caroline hawley. Hospitals and recently retired doctors and nurses will be caring here for seriously ill covid 19 this is one of the rescue planes patients at whats now called sent to peru to bring stranded the Nightingale Hospital. British tourists home. By the end of tomorrow, there were artic lorries here, with specially chartered flights, last tuesday and wednesday when i was first here, and now we have it fully ready the government hopes to have about 1000 people back to take some patients. On uk soil. There is still a lot more work to be done. All such flights to other countries but huge progress, building will now follow. A hospital in london, nightingale london, in just my names freddie. Less than two weeks. It is unbelievable. And im claire. Is twoJunior Doctors is two Junior Doctors are heading home from a Public Health project in peru tojoin the nhs. How much of a relief is that going to be for you . Massive relief. This is what the hospital could look so grateful that its been organised, so thank you. I think theres been a lot like with a mortuary. It is in the of frustration from people in peru that there hasnt been much communication and things have heart of londons docklands with taken a lot of time. But now things are happening, businesses all around. I think everyones very relieved and grateful to be going home. The fact they have transformed this Conference Centre into a giant hospital so quickly shows how here, no place for social distancing serious they think the pressure as british travellers queue up to on the nhs could be. Get on flights. Birminghams National Exhibition centre will house a Nightingale Hospital, peru is in a state of emergency, so too the Central Convention centre in manchester. And some tourists are still making the sec in glasgow will also become long and difficult journeys to the capital. A temporary hospital in two weeks and not everyone has made it. We time, with space for we re and not everyone has made it. We were sent this footage by a british up to 1,000 patients. Woman who had been staying at a the principality stadium hostel where others were ill with in cardiff is set to be used as an nhs field hospital. Coronavirus. She has now been taken out by the peruvian authorities, disinfected, and isolated in another hotel. They just told and in belfast, a Coronavirus Assessment Centre will open this disinfected, and isolated in another hotel. Theyjust told us disinfected, and isolated in another hotel. They just told us that if we leave the hotel room at all, we will week. There may be plenty of new be arrested. All the repatriations beds but staffing is a problem with lights that have gone, we have an estimate a quarter of doctors are u nfortu nately lights that have gone, we have unfortunately missed. We are hoping off with a virus or because a member that the embassy can now focus on off with a virus or because a member the situation in the hostel and of their household is unwell. Off with a virus or because a member of their household is unwelllj off with a virus or because a member of their household is unwell. I have been off work for a week now because obviously get all the british my partner had a temperature last monday. Myself isolated like you are nationals out safe and get us all home. Polite it is a week since the supposed to do, but i have been Foreign Office advised all british feeling fine. I had a very mild cough last week so i probably did tours abroad to head home, and it is catch it. And by the rules, had i the command centre of a huge operation to help people come back. Been able to be tested soon enough, across oceans operation to help people come back. Acioss oceans and operation to help people come back. Across oceans and continents, british tourists are desperate to be i could have proved that and gone repatriated, and there has been back to work after a week of criticism of the Foreign Office for not doing enough. But the foreign isolation. Freelance Health Workers secretary says he has spoken to known as locums are frustrated, because they feel they dont have dozens secretary says he has spoken to d oze ns of secretary says he has spoken to dozens of his counterparts to urge them to keep their airspace open and adequate legal and financial allow uk citizens out. Commercial protection. It is vital the government protect us and give us all the equipment. And that includes operations are still available, dont wait, dont run the risk of both sick pay and work as getting stranded. The airlines are standing by to help you, please book protections, as well as the kit we your tickets as soon as possible. Need to be able to do ourjobs to where commercial flights are no the best of our ability. The lack of longer running, the government will provide the necessary Financial Support for special charter flights protective kit is said to be a to bring uk nationals back home. Problem by some doctors, nurses and from retired passengers on cruise ca re problem by some doctors, nurses and care workers. Most are anxious about what the next weeks will bring. They ships to young backpackers, there are hundreds of british people stuck know this hospital and many others abroad now. The task of bringing could fill up very quickly with very sick patients, some of whom will not them home has no precedent. Caroline survive their stay. Hugh pym, bbc hawley, bbc news. News at the Nightingale Hospital in easyjet has grounded its entire fleet as the Aviation Industry struggles to cope with the pandemic. Londons docklands. The Budget Airline said it had made the move due to the unprecedented the social distancing that were travel restrictions imposed all enduring is having an effect by governments globally. The Budget Airline says its staff and has reduced the number will be paid under the government of contacts between us all in the last week. Job retention scheme. The chief scientific advisor sir Patrick Vallance says he still expects the number brighthouse the biggest of infections and deaths to rise rent to own operator in the uk has collapsed. Over the next two to three weeks. The business had been struggling due but the number of infections is not to an influx of compensation claims accelerating at the moment for selling to people and sir patrick urged us who couldnt pay. Brighthouse says customers all to continue to stay home. Should continue to make heres our Political Editor the Monthly Payments required Laura Kuenssberg with the latest. To keep their household goods, weve got 0scar mayes, with administrators now acting give me a wave. And then weve got sebby as the collecting agent. Mayes, give me a wave. Stretching into the distance. Prince charles is out youre missing your friends, arent you . Of self isolation, yeah, but hell be ok, wont you . Following his diagnosis of coronavirus. This could last a lot longer than the mayes the 71 year old prince spent seven familys now daily 5k. Days self isolating in scotland theyre missing out on so much after testing positive and displaying mild symptoms. School, but they are young, the duchess of cornwall tested negative for the virus but will self isolate and i think itsjust important to teach them to be resilient, really, and deal with whatever until the end of the week. Situation theyre faced with. So we can cope. Coronavirus attacks your lungs, with the sickest patients needing to be put on ventilators, where a machine breathes for you. The nhs has 8,000 ventilators even the Prime Ministers chief adviser, pictured rushing but predicts it will need many more. Out of work last week, is now at home with symptoms, too. 00 07 22,195 2147483051 40 25,813 the new governments routine today 2147483051 40 25,813 4294966103 13 29,430 was a Progress Report on how engineers at University College london have been working on a new breathing aid that could mean fewer ventilators are required and that could keep people out of intensive care. It has already been approved for use and is now being tested at four london hospitals, as our medical correspondent fergus walsh explains. For the very sickest covid 19 patients, as in this intensive care unit in italy, a mechanical ventilator offers the best chance of survival. It takes over the job of breathing, giving the lungs a chance to recover. Patients on ventilators need to be sedated, and they require expert staff. The nhs has around 8,000 of them. Its planning to acquire another 8000 from suppliers in the coming weeks. But its estimated up to 30,000 could be needed at the peak of any outbreak here. This doctor spoke to us just after coming off shift in intensive care. And i think its encouraging from the government theyve said they would try and find 30,000 ventilators. I think it looks as if less than a third of those might be available within the next few weeks, when i think this epidemic will peak in the uk. The government admitted a communication confusion after the uk failed to join a eu scheme to source extra ventilators but denied the nhs had been disadvantaged. By contrast, this new device has been approved. Known as Continuous Positive Airway pressure, or cpap, theyre already used by the nhs but are in short supply. So a team at University College london, working with mercedes formula one, devised a new one. Normally, medical Device Development would take years, and in this instance we have been able to do it in days. University College London hospital, which demonstrated the device, is now using it to treat patients with coronavirus. I sincerely think it may actually save many lives by preventing patients from needing to go onto a ventilator, and again saving that vital resource for the very, very severely ill. This is a great example of how the nhs, universities and industry are working together at extraordinary pace to meet the challenge posed by coronavirus. If the trials of this device go well, then mercedes formula one says it can produce up to a thousand of these a day. In italy, around half of covid 19 patients on cpap did not need intensive care, so the new device could greatly ease pressure on the nhs. Fergus walsh, bbc news. The vast majority of coronavirus deaths in the uk have been in england, but lets get the view from the other nations. 47 people have died from coronavirus in scotland. In Northern Ireland, 22 people are dead. And in wales, which has the highest death toll outside england, 62 people have died. Well, Hywel Griffith is in cardiff, emma vardy is in lisburn, and sarah smith, the bbcs scotland editor, is in glasgow. Lets go to hywel first. Yes, the Welsh Government has warned that the population here is on average older, sicker and poorer than other parts of the uk, and that means the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic could be felt more deeply here. Now, today it launched its own fighting fund with over £1 billion, around half of which will offer extra cash and gra nts to which will offer extra cash and grants to businesses here. The first minister, labours mark drakeford, says he has been working with the uk government but there are gaps in what the treasury has to offer. No one wants to be seen to be scoring political points at this time, but the Welsh Government is keen to point out it is making its own decisions, for example the testing of front line nhs workers started earlier here, the decision to postpone elective surgery was made quicker too. But there have been problems within wales, for example a plan to dramatically escalate testing this week faulted after the deal with a supplier collapsed. So this crisis has been as much of a test of devolved politics as it has of central government. In Northern Ireland, coronavirus has been having a real impact on the prisons service, with around a fifth of prison staff currently off work, so of prison staff currently off work, so today this became the first part of the uk to decide to release some prisoners early to try to relieve the pressure on giles like hmp maghaberry here. It wont apply to those convicted of the most serious offences, like murder, terrorism and sexual offences, it will be those coming to the end of their sentences, the final three months, butjustice minister naomi long admitted he does have the possibility to cause real distress to families victims and their families but said it was a decision that had to be taken. Meanwhile, testing has also been stepped up in Northern Ireland for nhs staff, and just outside of belfast and army baseis just outside of belfast and army base is being converted to temporarily become a large scale morgue. You know, changes to everyday life in Northern Ireland arejust as everyday life in Northern Ireland are just as fast as in other parts of the uk, and while Northern Ireland can still seem like rather a divided society at times, its clear that this can only be fought together. It has been confirmed today that the Scottish Event Campus in glasgow is to be turned into a temporary hospital that will be ready in two which, initially with 300 beds, that could go up as high as 1000, but the Scottish Government say they hope they may never have to use it, because they have already managed to put on standby thousands of beds in existing hospitals waiting for covid patients, and i have managed to quadruple the capability in intensive care units. It was also announced that the nhs in scotland will end all routine screening for cancers, breast, bowel and will end all routine screening for cancers, breast, boweland cervical cancer. There has been trouble getting some of the patients to their appointments for routine screening, you cant do some of those tests, like a mammogram, without getting close to patients, so without getting close to patients, so social distancing isnt possible, so so social distancing isnt possible, so they have decided to end a screening, and that means the staff and laboratories who would have been looking at cancer test instead can be diverted to start coronavirus testing instead. Sarah smith, emma vardy, Hywel Griffith, testing instead. Sarah smith, emma va rdy, Hywel Griffith, thank testing instead. Sarah smith, emma vardy, Hywel Griffith, thank you all. In spain, 812 coronavirus related deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours as the number of cases continues to rise, with reported cases now outstripping those in china. Even tougher restrictions have now been introduced there, as guy hedgecoe reports from madrid. The new normal in spain. The countrys once buzzing capital is now a virtual ghost town. Spain has been in lockdown for over two weeks. But now thats been tightened further, as non essential workers have been told to stay at home. The spread of the virus through care homes has been one reason the death rate in spain has been so high. The vast majority of spaniards have been complying with the terms of the national lockdown, but the government hopes that these new reinforced measures will help bring the virus under control and that that in turn will take the pressure off a Health Care Service which is under enormous strain. An all too common sight, ambulance after ambulance speeding through the streets. Over 12,000 Health Care Workers have contracted the virus and many feel they lack the protection they need, even at this critical stage. Translation its frightening when your suit rips or when somebodys saliva gets on yourface. Thats when you are most afraid. The government says the measures its been taking are starting to take off. We are seeing an improvement in the number of infected citizens, we are seeing an improvement in terms of the curve starting to show a different trend. I think its a little bit unfair to point to spain as being an exceptional case in what i see is a general case around the world. The lockdown has been a challenge for spaniards. A massive change of lifestyle for a society that loves to interact. They sing. But like so many across mainland europe, singing seems to be cathartic. Almost the new way to get through it. These young women, who live opposite a hospital, keep their spirits up by cheering the Health Workers who have suddenly become national heroes. Guy hedgecoe, bbc news, madrid. Italy looks certain to remain under lockdown for at least two more weeks, with the number of coronavirus cases there yet to show a decisive decline. The World Health Organization says the stringent measures should lead to a stabilisation of the epidemic soon, but vigilant follow up will be required. Nearly 11,000 people have died in italy, the highest death toll from the virus in the world. President trump says coronavirus guidelines such as social distancing will be extended across the us until at least the end of april. Americas leading Infectious Diseases expert is warning the virus could kill up to 200,000 americans. So far, almost 2,900 people are reported to have died with coronavirus. 0ur north america editor, jon sopel is in washington. Jon, is this extension of social distancing a belated recognition from the president of the potential impact of coronavirus . I think that donald trump always likes to go with his gut rather than data. You would have to say it served him pretty well until coronavirus arrived. He said they would only be a handful of cases, there have been many more. He said it wouldnt be any worse than the flu season. He said last week he hoped to reopen america by easter and the churches would be packed. He has walked back from that now and you are seeing has walked back from that now and you are seeing an has walked back from that now and you are seeing an intensification of the efforts and a Million People have been tested for covid 19. The scientists reckon that is a success for them, they persuaded donald trump. There is also a personal aspect to it, the epicentre of the epicentre of this crisis is in the borough of new york city where he grew up and he has talked about refrigerated lorries arriving at the back of hospitals loading up the dead bodies. Ithink back of hospitals loading up the dead bodies. I think that moved him. He spoke about a friend of his hit was overweight, but strong, now in a coma thanks to that. It seems to have affected Donald Trumps thinking. For a man have affected Donald Trumps thinking. Fora man who have affected Donald Trumps thinking. For a man who always like to declare big wins, there was something reflective he said last night, when he said nothing would be worse than declaring victory before the victory is won. Jon sopel in washington, thank you. In india, the government imposed a Strict Lockdown across the country at four hours notice to stop the spread of coronavirus, with hundreds of thousands of people losing theirjobs and homes and struggling for food. Some have taken to Desperate Measures by leaving the cities they work in to walk hundreds of kilometres back to their villages. Divya arya reports from delhi. Panic and chaos. These people, who have moved across this vast country for work, demand they be allowed to go home. A complete lockdown has meant they have no work and no money. In the countrys capital, delhi, the desperate head for their far away villages on foot. Journeys so gruelling some wont make it home. At least six people have died en route. 0thers scramble onto buses, trying to get out however they can. To curb the movement of people, borders are sealed overnight. But some, like rajit khan and his wife, insist they will march to their village. Translation what can the government do . My son is sick. If they really cared, they wouldnt have stopped people from coming out or stopped transport. Now, if he dies by the time we reach, who will take responsibility . Now the Prime Minister has apologised to the people, asking them to stay where they are, promising food and shelter. Im outside a Food Distribution centre being run by the government, and most of the people queueing up here of families of daily wage labourers who are out of work right now because of the lockdown. Some of them could not leave the city to go back to their villages, and some chose to stay. But now, stuck here, they say theyre totally dependent on government aid. It is a long wait, and mothers complain there is no milk for their children. Translation we are very worried. We have come here to get some food to eat. There are nojobs and money, our children are hungry. The ruling party admits its a huge challenge. In a population of 1. 3 billion, hundreds of millions of people are currently observing the lockdown, are currently being able to meet all the requirements that have been put in place. Yes, a few million stand affected, but thats what is the effort on to eliminate that problem too. For many, that is a difficult wait, and as the lockdown tightens, they have an uphill journey ahead. Divya arya, bbc news, delhi. The family of an nhs consultant who died yesterday after contracting coronavirus has thanked the public for their messages and support. Amged el hawrani was an ear, nose and throat specialist based in staffordshire. Danjohnson has been speaking to his brother amal. He went out fighting, like the noble, strong man he was. And he went out peacefully, on his own breath. He would have been heavily exposed. And he worked so hard, both private, both nhs, at many hospitals. He saw hundreds and hundreds of patients. We dont know how many patients he was exposed to. You might not want to comment, but theres been a lot of discussion about protective equipment for doctors and nurses, whether theres enough of that. Is that something thats concerned you . Im concerned for the welfare of all the doctors and nurses and staff in the nhs, but who knew what was going to hit the world, you know . There was no reason, six weeks ago, or maybe december, for anyone working in the nhs to think, ah, i need to have a mask or protective gloves. People were just doing the job as normal, we didnt know what was coming. Is he a hero . Of course, just like every doctor, every nurse and everyone