People at home. A number of people i disadvantage in terms of being able to access what scheme that assumes you are working at a full income level hello and welcome to audiences in the uk before those things came into and around the world. Were covering all the latest place. On top of that we also coronavirus developments, both here and globally. Had a number of environment in the last hour President Trump has said he and where women are in vulnerable the democrats are closer situations and conditions, to agreeing a 450 million stimulus deal to help where there is violence, and a Small Businesses hit hard by the pandemic. Possibility that has had a limit in terms of the types of mrtrump also setu ps limit in terms of the types of setups they have that allowed said he would use them to stay home safely and them to stay home safely and the defense production act the types of choices they have to compel one us facility had to make about what areas of to produce at least 20 million test swabs income they have available to per month. Them and they need to be in an environment where they do not feel safe and make choices new yorks governor, andrew cuomo, about income and departing from says hell launch an aggressive Antibody TestingCampaign Next week, to see how many people have had the virus. Their regular life, access to he also said the coronavirus outbreak there is resources. Their regular life, access to resources. Very interesting to on the descent. talk to about that is under covered the moment. Thank you very much indeed. 40,000 people have now died of the virus in the us. Here in the uk, the bbc and in the uk a delivery has learned of plans of vital protective for a possible treatment equipment for healthcare for covid 19 that involves workers which was delayed using the blood of those is now due to arrrive who have survived the illness. Nhs blood and transplant has in the next 2a hours. Started approaching people the government said who have recovered from it was working to ensure the virus, asking them to donate blood for a trial the shipment from turkey of convalescent plasma therapy. Which includes 400,000 gowns would reach frontline 0ur science correspondent, rebecca morelle, has more. Staff in the coming days. Its a race to save lives. Well have more on that in a moment and in the hunt for new but first heres president treatments, blood may trump speaking a short time hold the key. America continues to make the nhs is reaching out to people who have recovered from covid 19. Steady progress in our war against the virus. As of today their blood contains we have tested 4. 18 million antibodies, which are produced by the immune system and destroy the virus. Americans that that is a record the hope is to start a Clinical Trial to see if these anywhere in the world. The us antibodies can help patients has conducted more test on all of the following nations who are currently ill. Scientists have welcomed combined, france, the united the move, but say the uk has been too slow. Kingdom, south korea, japan, in terms of the uk, i think there are many aspects of this singapore, india, austria, pandemic we will look back on and say, i wonder why we didnt move australia, sweden and canada. A little bit faster . My hope would be that, the governor of new york says the state is continuing within two weeks, we would see to see a reduction in both the first patients in the uk covid 19 hospitalisations and deaths. Treated with convalescent andew cuomo said that all indications are that plasma, having jumped over the infections have the various hurdles that need passed their high point. To bejumped in order to clear he added that the state would now begin aggressive the path to do this. Antibody testing to identify the technology for this treatment is straightforward. Someone whos had coronavirus needs to have fully recovered. People whove had the virus. Their blood is then collected and the red blood cells are removed. We are going to sample people whats left behind is called in this state, thousands of plasma, and this contains people in this state, across the antibodies theyve built up the state, to find out if they while fighting the virus. Had the antibodies. That will tell us, for the first time, this is then given to what of the population someone who has covid 19. The hope is that the donors actually has had the antibodies could help the patient to attack the virus. 0ne persons plasma can be coronavirus and is now, at given to up to three least short term, immune to the other people. Virus. Im joined now by our north america correspondent, peter bowes. In the united states, doctors donald trump talking about have been collecting plasma. Testing and he says he has done injust three weeks, a nationwide project has been 4. 8 million but he wants more. Organised, involving 1,500 hospitals, and more than 600 patients have now been treated. He wants more and governors around the country want more and over the last couple of its very early days, days the president has come in but doctors say they are not seeing any safety issues, and some patients seem for criticism from republican to be responding. We are going to learn more and democratic governors that say they simply do not have about whats in the plasma, the components, the antibody enough tests, specifically to levels and other factors that are there as the weeks go on but sometimes, move towards the first phase as as a physician, you just have outlined by the president to try and take a shot on goal himself, the first phase of when you have a shot. Reopening their individual states and getting people out of their homes and we have been plasma therapy isnt new. Hearing quite a different story it was used more than 100 years from the president and vice ago to treat spanish flu, president and what some of the governors are saying. We heard and more recently for ebola and sars, but it relies from the president , responded on people offering to donate. To that, saying many more tests in new york though, which has been the epicentre of the pandemic in the states, theres no shortage on the way, 4 million americans of volunteers. Having been tested and also thank the Vice President mike pence will be speaking on a people have been amazingly keen, coming out in droves. Conference call on monday to weve had hundreds and hundreds those governors around the of donors, and weve been able country. It remains to be seen to collect over 1,000 units already. Its really heart warming whether they are satisfied with to see the people who have gone through the infection what the federal government is in various degrees and now 110w what the federal government is now saying about testing but their main concern is, clearly, as we move forward, this is the crucial issue and how can i now help others . Also hearing what the governor of new york has been saying about the Antibody Test which plasma therapy wont be a magic bullet, and scientists still need to assess isa about the Antibody Test which is a step further to the how effective it is. Diagnostic tests. Antibody but, with no current treatments for covid 19, this could help until a vaccine is found. Rebecca morelle, bbc news. Tests which show what percentage of the new york some of the biggest names population is immune to the in music have joined forces in a globally televised concert to celebrate virus because they have had the healthcare workers. 0ur entertainment correspondent, colin paterson, was watching. Disease are ready. A very well, i saw her today Political Press conference yesterday from donald trump but at the reception today much friendlier especially towards the governor a glass of wine of california. It was a in her hand. One world together at home fascinating and almost bizarre press c0 nfe re nce has already been dubbed fascinating and almost Bizarre Press Conference because a lot of the time was taken up by the the living room live aid. The Rolling Stones filmed their parts individually on mobile phones. Present reading positive press was a footloose man coverage about himself, playing video clips, one by andew cuomo so i went down to the demonstration. Charlie watts clearly didnt praising the federal government and the help he has given new have a proper drum kit to hand. York and praising the governor my fair shares of abuse. Of california for the relationship that they have developed over the last few weeks and he has done this who finds the money. Before and generally they are there was a beatle via political rivals, they have argued about issues like broadband, sir paul mccartney. Lets tell our leaders dealing with wildfires in that we need them to strengthen california but they do seem to the Health Care Systems be on the same page as far as all around the world so that a crisis like this getting equipment out to california that the governor in this state requested and if the never happens again. President agreeing to that im Still Standing request so they do seem to be betterthan i everdid. And sir eltonjohns piano had getting on. A very fascinating press c0 nfe re nce been wheeled into the garden. Getting on. A very Fascinating Press Conference from donald trump about the situation in smile though your heart the us. Thank you very much for is breaking smile even though 110w. The latest official figures for the uk show its aching. There were 596 deaths reported in hospitals the event was curated in the last 24 hour period. By lady gaga, who opened the show with a charlie that takes the overall number whove died in hospitals to 16,060. Chaplin classic. On sunday, the brititsh government was again youll get by. Under pressure over the supply of personal protective equipment for healthcare staff, particularly the gowns used in intensive care. A delivery from turkey i know delusion when i see that was due to arrive here on sunday, is now it in the mirror. Expected on monday. While taylor swift showed off some very natty wallpaper. Heres our health editor, hello and welcome to the show. The uk version was shown hugh pym. A vital consignment of masks on bbc one this evening. And other personal protective equipment arrives from china at Prestwick Airport for an event encouraging people to stay at home, many on social media questioned the decision to have three near glasgow this weekend. Presenters in the studio. Its ready for distribution youve got to laugh a little to health and care workers around scotland at a time cry a little. When the kit, known as ppe, is in short supply in the extra british performers different parts of the uk. Included sir tom jones. Some hospitals in england have warned theyre down your touch alone is enough to their last few days of supplies of gowns used to knock me off my feet. In intensive care. A plane load of equipment due and little mix, who chose in from turkey did not arrive a song with a title that no one as expected today. Should obey touch. Shortages of ppe have been reported by frontline staff for several weeks now. Calling it the wi fi woodstock may be a bit of a stretch, but there wont be many more occasions when a beatle i raised the issue at the and the stones appear on the same bill. Downing street media briefing. Colin paterson, bbc can you comment on reports news, his living room. Today that stocks of ppe were allowed to run down in the couple of years before thats it from us. Stay tuned the pandemic, and why was more not done to get hold of more ppe in march and early to bbc news. February, including using hello. British companies . Although monday gets off to a fairly chilly start, it is important to remember temperatures are going to rebound. Garden time by the afternoon. That, although there may be elements of distribution quite pleasant with plenty problems across the uk of sunshine out there, at different times and although youll need to take some shelter from a brisk easterly breeze. And there is a lot of fine, in different places, dry weather to come this week. This is a huge pull High Pressure centred on services which we have close to scandinavia its influence being felt never seen before. Across the british isles, blocking any weather systems from coming our way. And these are your starting and we have managed, actually, numbers for monday despite signalling many morning, then. Potential shortfalls, to continue to supply going forward. Ministers said they were doing most of us above freezing but there will be a frost again everything they could to bring across parts of highland scotland, but again, in ppe from across the globe, those temperatures are going to rebound. And while most are sunny, but labour said more should be there is a bit more cloud done to find supplies around the channel islands, in the uk. Perhaps parts of cornwall, every mps inbox, certainly my the isles of scilly, inbox, is awash with small a shower cant be ruled out but most places will stay dry. Firms across the country saying they have tried to help the government with ppe, theyve tried to tell the government they can manufacture ppe, and theyve hit a brick wall this is a brisk easterly wind, they dont get anything back though, especially in england and wales, average speeds gust from the government whatsoever. 30 40 miles an hour and its coming in from quite a chilly stephen was a Community Mental health nurse whod worked north sea at this time of year where temperatures for the nhs for 30 years. Are around 7 9 degrees. So the air is cooled, he died with coronavirus closer to that temperature. And youll notice that right last weekend. Along north sea coasts if you are outside here, other members of the we are around 10 14 degrees, family were infected. Whereas elsewhere, although his daughter made this there is still a breeze plea to the public. To notice, temperatures will be rising mid to high teens please stay at home and close to 20 celsius while you can. I mean, my dad couldnt, in the warm spots here. Now, as we go on through monday and he lost his life. Night, that breeze stays with us, we are mainly clear, that will prevent much so, if you can, of the uk from seeing i know its horrible, a frost again. No one wants to be a frost is possible stuck at home 24 hours across parts of scotland. Of the day every day, and the rain and showers but it is what we need to do right now, mayjust pep up towards the channel islands, and if it saves one parts of cornwall, south devon life by staying in the house, and into to the isles then its absolutely worth it. Of scilly. With social distancing in force and empty streets, speculation and debate about when the lockdown uncertainty about who gets will be eased intensifies. What but the potential is there for something wet, there have been reports today anyway, overnight into first that some schools might reopen thing on tuesday. In the middle of may. And then on tuesday, its for most of us another day of sunshine with an easterly wind and those temperatures i want nothing more contrasting between the north sea coasts and those elsewhere that could see temperatures than to see schools back. Rising close to 20 celsius. Get them back to normal, taking a look at the big make sure that children picture on wednesday to thursday. Are sat around, the isobars open up, learning and the winds turn lighter and it experiencing the joy of being at school. Looks to be turning warmer as well. In fact, by thursday, some but i cant give you a date. Spots will be in the mid 20s. And at the new temporary friday into the weekend, Nightingale Hospital temperatures start to come down a few degrees. In londons docklands, more cloud around, there their first patient to be is a chance of seeing successfully treated some showers. But until then, its another for covid 19 was moved to another hospital dry april week to come to continue his recovery. Applause with plenty of sunshine a brisk easterly breeze, especially along there was applause from the staff who volunteered north sea coasts. To move to work there. Hugh pym, bbc news. While much of the global death toll has come from western nations, concern is growing about the rise of cases elsewhere. Developing nations, with massive urban populations, and under resourced Health Systems could be particularly vulnerable. Well be taking the view fromjapan, india, south africa, and brazil. Starting with Rupert Wingfield hayes injapan, a developed nation which had thought it had dealt with the virus but is now facing a second wave. Japan now looks like it is at the beginning of a major outbreak where youve seen more than 10,000 reported cases growing at about 500 a day. The worst hit area is here in tokyo where it looks like the Healthcare System is starting to look like it may be overwhelmed. We have seen reports in recent days of people being turned away from multiple hospitals in the city. The whole of japan is now under a state of emergency, but that is not the sort of lockdown you are seeing in the uk, and japan, the government has not done widespread testing. Despite that, it looked like japan might avoid the worst of the pandemic, but it now looks like the lack of tough action to suppress the covid 19 virus looks like it may have a serious price. India has more than 17,000 covid 19 cases so far, around 550 people have died of the infection. We are in our fourth week of a lockdown here, which is set to go on until may 3 at least. Farming, fishing, construction in rural, not very Populated Areas are set to resume tomorrow because of the economic distress that the shutdown is causing. Doctors have told me that they do believe the measures have reduced the burden on hospitals to some extent, but they also say they cant really assess the scale of the outbreak in the country because it is not testing enough, largely due to a shortage of testing kits. This is bbc news. The headlines President Trump has said more south africa has played a bit than four million americans have been tested of a blinder so far, for the coronavirus, its managed to hold down and many more testing kits are being made available. The rate of infection the governor of new york says hell just 54 deaths in total launch an aggressive Antibody TestingCampaign Next week, confirmed so far, and like many to see how many people other governments around have had the virus. The continent, people are trying to act early and the British Government says a shipment of 84 tonnes aggressively against the virus. Of personal protective equipment, which should already have arrived from turkey, had been delayed but still, there is a feeling till later on monday. Here that the moment more than 16,000 people of reckoning is coming soon, have now died in the uk from coronavirus related conditions. Perhaps in the next few weeks, in other news and there is a real Concern Police in canada say a man has shot dead at least 13 people that fragile Health Systems in many poorer countries in a Rural Community in nova scotia. Will be overwhelmed. Reports say one Police Officer was killed, and that the 51 year old but i think the bigger concern suspect is also dead, right now is economic, the feeling that hundreds of millions of livelihoods are already being directly threatened. So a real fear here of hunger, of hardship and possibly even of unrest. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come . And ringing out from their homes how some of musics biggest names have celebrated healthcare workers around the world. The stars and stripes at half mast outside columbine high. The School Sealed off, the bodies of the dead still inside. I never thought that they would actually go through with it. One of the most successful singer songwriters of all time, the american pop star prince has died at the age of 57. Ijust couldnt believe it, i cant believe it. For millions of americans, the death of Richard Nixon in a New York Hospital has meant conflicting emotions. A national day of mourning next wednesday sitting somehow uneasily with the abiding memories of the shame of watergate. Mission control and liftoff of the Space Shuttle discovery with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universe. This is bbc news, the latest headlines President Trump has said more than four million americans have been tested for the coronavirus and many more testing kits are being made available. As the uk hospital death toll passes 16,000, government says its doing all it can to get as much personal protective equipment for healthworkers as possible. In other news, at least 13 people have been killed by a gunman in the canadian province of nova scotia. The canadian Prime Minister, justin trudeau, described it as a terrible situation and nova scotia premier Stephen Mcneil told reporters this is one of the most senseless acts of violence in our provinces history. Matt graveling reports. Dressed as a Police Officer, he posed as a protector, even driving around in a marked car. But instead, 51 year old Gabriel Wortman took a gun, shot and killed at least ten people, including a real Police Officer. Sirens wail the attack in nova scotia lasted for 12 hours. It began on saturday night with police alerted to an incident involving firearms in the rural town of portapique. Police posted the gunmans locations online and said he may be wearing a Royal Canadian mounted Police Uniform despite not being employed by the service. Residents were advised to lock themselves indoors. The canadian Prime Minister began his regular briefing on coronavirus by focusing on the shooting. Before we get started, i want to touch briefly on the unfolding events in portapique, nova scotia. I know weve all been watching this on the news. My hearts go out to everyone affected in what is a terrible situation. I want to thank the police for their hard work and people for cooperating with authorities. Police said the suspect was driving what appeared to be a police car before changing to another vehicle. On twitter, they notified people of the cars registration plate. Police later informed people of the 12 hour rampage ended in a car chase on sunday and that the attacker the gunman shot people across several locations in nova scotia, which means authorities are still trying to establish the final death toll. Matt graveling, bbc news. More now on the coronavirus. The United Nations has already warned that women are being particularly hard hit economically and socially by the current covid 19 outbreak, and says the long term effects of the outbreak are likely to be much worse for them. 0ther epidemics like ebola, sars and bird flu have also disproportionately affected women in the past, but during this pandemic, Worldwide Research is being done for the very first time to measure the impact. Lets talk to one of the academics involved in the research, professor sarah davies from griffith university, and she joins us from brisbane. Sarah, thanks for coming on. Talk us through the reasons why women and girls are being ha rd est women and girls are being hardest hit by this virus. Thank you for allowing me to speak. There are three key areas we can identify where vulnerability is particularly harmful for women vulnerability is particularly harmfulfor women in this pandemic, women and girls, the first is economic, the second is physical security and the third is the impact on existing health inequalities. How should states, governments and policymakers change what they do to account for those reasons . One of the things were looking at in our research at the moment is thinking about preparedness firstly. In a large number of oui firstly. In a large number of our countries, we have significant wage gaps between women and men and there is poverty gaps as well in terms of economic inequity and there