The government is now advising people with flu like symptoms, not to visit relatives who may be in care homes. The new guidance is an attempt to prevent the coronavirus spreading amongst the most vulnerable. The elderly, and those with Underlying Health conditions, are much more likely to develop serious complications, if theyre infected. Heres our social affairs correspondent, alison holt. At st cecilias nursing home in scarborough, they have already gone further than todays government guidance by asking relatives not to visit as they try to protect their vulnerable elderly residents from the virus. Lyn harmer, with her hands carefully washed, sees her very poorly 91 year old father matthew several times a week. Did you have a good nights sleep . Yeah. But she accepts this could be her last visit for a while. We can always telephone, and ask how our relatives are, and im sure the carers will explain to them, you know, the reason why visitors arent coming. Our own common sense should tell us, you know, we have to think for them. Todays guidance says people shouldnt visit if they have flu like symptoms. The the homes owner, who also represents other local care providers, isnt convinced that has gone far enough. Are we acting quick enough, because we are looking at making sure that visitors perhaps cant come in into the home in the future unless it is an emergency, so we are taking our own actions now to prevent something more serious later on. This is our general store room. Many care providers are also worried about getting enough stocks of hand gel, gloves and other protective gear. The government now says additional equipment will be provided for them. Alcohol gel is a big thing, hand washing equipment, everything we need for that and it is becoming more of a struggle to get hold of things like that at the moment. This meeting in york is a chance for care and Public Health professionals to plan together. The challenge is introducing measures that can be sustained. It might be that stopping visitors might help their physical health but it might have a really poor impact on their mental, emotional health. And getting that balance right to protect older people will have to be kept under constant review. Alison holt, bbc news, york. Now on bbc news, coronavirus is now spreading around the world but the outbreak began in the chinese city of wuhan, which was locked down in late january. With exclusive access to two film makers whove been capturing life under lockdown, heres our world. Wuhan, central china, with a population of 11 million, it is bigger than greater london. This is where the coronavirus outbreak began last december. Injanuary, as it started spreading across china, the government took an unprecedented step, to lockdown wuhan. Two resident began to feel. Film. Film. Police barricades ring the city. All roads out are shot. Shot. Lin wenhua, a travel logger, heads out with his camera. Lin wenhua has lived in wuhan his life and the bustling city like the back of his hand but today it is empty. Many factories, offices and shops are closed. The lockdown is a huge gamble, to stop the spread of the virus to the rest of china by shutting off wuhan. Resident do not know what it will do to infections within the city and there is no word on when it will. Two d oze n there is no word on when it will. Two dozen people have already died. We had Central Hospital is the epicentre of the outbreak. Wuhan. It is under unprecedented strain. This nurse in the Emergency Department has been treating patients for several weeks and shed her concerned with her husband. But the hospital needs work is like her. Despite her fears, but the hospital needs work is like her. Despite herfears, she believes it is her duty to carry on. The government has shut all public transport, it has paralysed the city. Lin wenhua has been contact with a doctor friend with a request for help. Contacted. Even those on the frontline fighting the virus are unable to get to work. He arranges to pick up his first passenger, a nurse. After driving several doctors and nurses to work, he drops in on his friend. It is chinese new year. Families often travel across the country to be together at chinese new year. The lockdown was implemented to avoid this Epic Movement of people and stop the spread of the virus beyond wuhan. The Peoples Liberation army now arrives in wuhan. Construction sta rts arrives in wuhan. Construction starts on to new mega hospitals to be run by the military. 40,000 medical workers from around china are medical workers from around china a re drafted medical workers from around china are drafted in and, to solve the transport problem, the government organises buses and hotels for hospital staff but doctors have struggled to understand the virus and protect themselves from it. Many are becoming infected. This man ta kes are becoming infected. This man takes his wife to the Emergency Department. She is not feeling well. Soon after, she calls him. He is told the hospitals do not have space to treat her so like others she is sent home to self quarantine. Avoiding infection requires extreme measures. It has been over a week since the lockdown. New infections have grown by 500 . There are reports that people with a virus who have stayed at home are infecting their families and neighbours and that some are dying in their homes but, with hospitals full, the self quarantine policy continues. She has never had the virus for five days. But her condition has worsened. Cries. Until a bed becomes available, the couple are stuck at home. 10,000 wuhan residents have become infected in the last week. The two new mega hospitals have opened. Sports stadiums and Conference Rooms have been converted into giant mass confinement centres. Everyone suspected of having coronavirus now has to be in hospital. 0nly suspected of having coronavirus now has to be in hospital. Only a country with chinas command system could react this fast. Lin wenhua is helping to deliver medicine. Although there is currently no cure, the government has advised that hiv drugs may help ease the symptoms. Hiv patients have donated their drugs to people with the virus cannot get them through the hospitals. Breathes heavily. Nurse li ting needs to go to hospital. It is the first time she has been out of the house for 12 days. The doctor is checking her lungs with a ct scan. They have to go home. He desperately calls the hospitals asking for an available place but no luck. In bed, li ting speaks to him by phone in the next room. The next day, li ting is finally admitted to hospital. Lin wenhua has now driven over 1000 miles around wuhan. There are thought to be up to 50,000 volu nteers thought to be up to 50,000 volunteers like him. It is a lifeline for the city. But they are exposing themselves to extreme risk. But lin wenhua has finally hit a dead end. In a bid to self isolate, residents have cut off the entrance to their district. The lockdown has slowed the spread to the rest of china. But in just one month, nearly 50,000 people have become infected in wuhan. Now, the government escalates the lockdown. It orders every residential complex must close its gates. He goes to pickup and delivery. He goes to pickup a delivery. Food supplies are now organised by the management of each apartment block. Anyone who tries to leave risks being arrested. If new infections are now being reported. Li ting is still in hospital. But she is finally on the mend. Lin wenhua is also now confined to his complex. He is unable to carry on his volunteering work. And he is having to miss a big family event. Hello again. Well, yesterday, what a glorious start to the day it was most of us did have a lot more in the way of sunshine and some stunning weather watch pictures sent in from scotland. You can see the snow glistening under those clear blue skies in the spring sunshine. It wasnt like that everywhere, though. We did have this line of showers that developed from merseyside down towards the midlands thats where some of the heavier showers were during friday afternoon. And, of course, the skies looked quite different. This was the scene in tamworth as it turned pretty cloudy through the afternoon and we had the heavy downpours and, of course, a few rainbows. The latest satellite picture, though, shows an area of cloud extending in across england and wales. This is a weather front. Its weakening very quickly because out in the atlantic, we have got a developing low pressure system and that development is really starting to take over. So what it means over the next few hours is the rain, as it pushes eastwards across england and wales, is fragmenting, its becoming light and patchy, whereas further north in scotland, still a bit of oomph to the rain as it comes in across Western Areas over the next few hours. And, indeed, there will be a bit of hill snow in scotland about 200 metres elevation. Now, the weekend is quite unsettled. There will be some rain around, quite windy. Therell also be a bit of sunshine too. For many of us, we start off on a grey note, although some sunshine quite quickly for northern ireland. Eventually, as the patchy rain clears england and wales, and later in the day for western scotland, we will see some sunshine coming through but then, quite quickly, the next low pressure comes in and that is going to be feeding rain back into northern ireland. Rain getting into western scotland, western parts of england and wales as we go into the afternoon. It will be mild. It will be quite windy as well. Now, through saturday night, this weather front becomes quite slow moving for a time across wales and south west england, where over the hills, we could see around 30, maybe 40 millimetres of rain building up. It will be a very mild night. Temperatures nine or ten degrees for england and wales. Cooler air for scotland and for northern ireland. Now, on sunday, our band of rain pushes eastwards, but as it does so, the front will be decelerating, itll be slowing down, so really dragging its heels as it works into east anglia and south east england. Behind the front, though, the cooler air extends in across many areas, so feeling fresher. Itll be a mixture of sunshine and showers around and some of those showers heavy with some hail and thunder in those heavy ones for scotland. Now, into next week, pressure rises towards the south of the uk so the weather is becoming settled across southern areas, whereas further north, we have got rain or showers in the forecast, so something of a north south split. In the south, its notjust dry, it gets quite mild temperatures up to 16 in london. There will be showers at times further north. Thats your weather. Welcome to bbc news. Im simon pusey. Our top stories President Trump declares a national emergency, unlocking billions of dollars to fight coronavirus in the us. To unleash the full power of the federal government with this effort, today i am officially declaring a national emergency. Two very big words. As italy struggles to cope, the World Health Organisation says europe is now the epicentre of the pandemic. More cases are now being reported every day than were reported in china at the height of its epidemic. 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