Help new york and then pick up, decamp, and then go to the next place as this rolls across the country. The coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 40,000 people in europe, more than three quarters of them in italy, spain and france. Queen elizabeth will address the commonwealth on sunday, delivering a message on the outbreak, in a rare special broadcast. And as real doctors battle the virus in hospitals, fans across the world turn to a fictional doctor to help them cope with the stress of isolation. 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, the uks Health Secretary has issued a stark warning that more people will die if the public doesnt adhere to government measures to prevent the spread of the virus. People in the uk have been urged to stay at home this weekend over fears that a warm and sunny Weather Forecast could tempt people to go outside. Almost 700 more people have died in the uk after becoming infected with covid 19. The uks newest and largest hospital facility is preparing to open its doors to take in coronavirus patients needing intensive care treatment. The Nightingale Hospital based at the excel Exhibition Centre in london was constructed injust 9 days. New york, the us state worst hit by the coronavirus, has suffered its deadliest day yet. The states Governor Andrew Cuomo said the number of victims had gone up by more than 500 to nearly 3000. Spain has overtaken italy as the european country with the most cases. The total number of confirmed coronavirus deaths in the country has now reached almost 11,000. Well have much more on all that news from around the world but our first report tonight on the situation in the uk comes from hugh pym. Aimee orourke, one of two nurses who have lost their lives after contracting covid 19. Tributes were paid today for their bravery, including at the downing street press conference. And there was this warning to the public from the Health Secretary. We cannot relax our discipline now. If we do, people will die. So i end with the advice we all know. This advice is not a request, it is an instruction. Stay at home, protect lives, and then you will be doing your part. Earlier, there was an unusual official opening of the newest nhs hospital, the key players keeping their distance on fixed marks, the moment marked by a royal video contribution. Perhaps i could invite nightingales head of nursing, natalie grey, on my behalf, to unveil the plaque to declare nhs Nightingale Hospital open. Applause. Prince charles was on the balmoral estate having recently come out of self isolation after contracting coronavirus. In less than two weeks, huge empty exhibition halls have been transformed into special hospital wards for covid 19 patients a joint effort involving army planners working alongside nhs staff. The hospital is ready for new patients. It had been thought the first group would have arrived today. But londons hospitals have built up enough extra capacity to cope with the caseload at this stage. So the nightingale will not be needed until next week. Nhs england announced new locations for further temporary hospitals. One in bristol, one in harrogate to add to those in manchester and birmingham. Nhs scotland has announced similar plans for the sec in glasgow. In wales, the principality stadium in cardiff is to house patients. Getting things done is the message the government wants to get across. But matt hancock, meeting staff and training at the nightingale has faced claims he hasnt done enough on testing for the virus. Having set a target of 25,000 tests a day which slipped to later this month he has come up with a hugely increased figure of 100,000 by the end of april, including many more done by academic and industrial laboratories. Where are the test going to come from, who is going to do them . It hasnt been explained and you havent given any detail. We have i set out a five point plan yesterday. The first stage is the expansion of the Testing Capacity within the nhs and with Public Health england, who are doing an amazing job. And then, also, the next stage is to bring in the private sector companies, the existing testing companies. One of the key aims of testing is to allow nhs staff who think they have symptoms to get back to work quickly. The Scottish Government says it is expanding Testing Facilities like this and moving slightly higher, proportionately than the rest of the uk. This expansion of Testing Capacity means, amongst other things, that well be able to test more key workers with every day that passes. However, in addition to increasing capacity within nhs scotland, we are working with the uk government and other partners to further increase Testing Capacity beyond that. Cheering. There was a virtual Graduation Ceremony for doctors at Bristol University today. It happened early so they could move straight to the nhs front line, where they will certainly be needed in the months ahead. Hugh pym, bbc news. The english Health Secretarys warnings about the dangers of relaxing lockdown conditions have been echoed by the World Health Organization. Its said ending lockdowns has to be done in the right way. We need a transition strategy that gets us back into more control of the virus. We need to get ahead of the virus, and then if we are in control, we can protect our economies. But if we lurch from lockdown to poor control and back to lockdown and back to poor control, that is not what anybody needs right now. So the investment we need to make, the lockdowns have given some time, have taken the pressure out of the epidemic. We see that. This is precious time not only to strengthen the health care system, but precious time to put in place the public architecture, the testing, the Community Education and build this response from the community. The issue of testing is one that the uk government has been heavily criticised over. Its now set itself a target of carrying out 100,000 tests a day by the end of the month. 0ur science editor David Shukman looks at the two different types of test and what they may tell us about the virus. The government is under relentless pressure over why more testing isnt happening. So, why does that matter in the struggle against coronavirus, and what are the different tests involved . The first kind of testing is the most urgent, because its to try to find out who actually has the infection. This is done with a swab inside the mouth and throat to look for clues about the virus. This is really important for patients in hospital, because if theyre infected, that will determine the course of their treatment. Its also vital for Health Care Workers and many others, because if theyve got mild symptoms that turn out to be negative, then they can go back to work. And longer term, relaxing measures like social distancing will all depend on working out whos got the infection and who hasnt. Testing for the virus is now being scaled up, and Scientists Say that without it, we simply cant tackle the pandemic. Its like trying to fight with almost both hands tied behind your back. It means youre always responding a little bit after the effect. Were not really able to work out the extent, were not able to plan as well as we could do, if we had more information. The second type of testing is to look for evidence that youve had the virus in the past. This involves a blood test just a pinprick on the finger to look for antibodies, a sign of your own response to infection. Now, this should help answer the question about whether you have immunity having had the virus and then recovered, and that would allow you to return to work. But how long would that immunity last . Months . Years . At this moment, no one can be sure. The hope is that the public will eventually get tests to see whos had the virus. But government scientists want to check the technology first. Well, its been recognised from the outset that testing is critical, and a huge effort has gone in. These are complete tests, and the existing technology is difficult to scale up quickly. Everything now hinges on a Research Effort on a scale that wasnt expected. A race to catch up with a dangerous threat. David shukman, bbc news. Turkey has announced a curfew for citizens under the age of 20, to go into effect in under an hours time, to help contain the coronavirus outbreak there. At the same time, istanbul, ankara, and 29 other cities will be shutdown, closing their borders to all vehicles that arent carrying esential supplies for 15 days. To find ou the latest im joined by irem kokerfrom bbc turkish. Irem, tell us more about these new restrictions that have been brought in theyre quite strict . They are. This was revealed by. Himself under this came a few moments after a so called Science Council which was spearheading the governments efforts to contain the virus stop the turkish people have failed to keep the rules of social distancing and that more regulations are needed, so, starting tonight, those who are under 20 will no longer be able to leave their houses, and secondly 31 cities including istanbul, all entries and exits will be closed for two weeks, and lastly, use the facemasks are 110w and lastly, use the facemasks are now mandatory in all public areas including supermarkets and other kinds of markets. Thats interesting, the use of the masks, because some countries have dismissed the need for them. How widely are people being tested to confirm coronavirus cases . The turkish government has been increasing the number of tests it says it has been carrying out and there is significant effort in that sense especially in the past couple of weeks or so but the thing is, we see that turkey doesnt seem like it has reached its peak ever since the first case was confirmed. As of today, there are more than 20,000 100 coronavirus cases in turkey and 425 people are dead due to coronavirus. Thats our correspondent from turkey, thank you very much. Stay with us on news, still to come Queen Elizabeth records a special address for britain and the commonwealth as the Coronavirus Crisis continues to build. This is bbc news, the latest headlines. As governments around the world battle to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the World Health Organization has warned against lifting restrictions too soon, despite concerns about the Global Economy meeting englands target of 100,000 tests a day will be a huge undertaking, the Health Secretary matt hancock has admitted. Meanwhile, in the us, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases has topped a quarter of a million making it home to about a quarter of all confirmed cases across the planet. The state of new york has been particularly badly hit today it suffered its deadliest single day, with 562 additional coronavirus fatalities. The total number of deaths across the state is now 2,935. New yorks Governor Andrew Cuomo has warned that that people will continue to die due to a lack of ventilators. And he called on other states to help out. Help the place that has the crisis. This is that on a macro scale. New york is in crisis. Help new york and then pick up and go to the next place as this rolls across the country. Theres not a perfect timing. There will be two parts of the country that hit an apex at the same time. There will be three parts of the country that hit an apex at the same time, but i do not see any operational, practical alternative to dealing with this going forward. 0ur north america correspondent Aleem Maqbool says Governor Cuomos stature has risen during this crisis. Although people are watching here, because hes showing empathy, hes showing that he understands the gravity of this crisis, they are also now realising that he really is fighting for his state more than any other, as you would expect. Hes talking about resources in terms of equipment coming to his state, hes talking about members of the Health Care Profession coming to his state from around the country to deal with the crisis they are first before they move on to other places. But of course, there are states right across the country that are seeing a surge in coronavirus cases already. In places like michigan, a lot of hospitals are saying they are at full capacity. Louisiana and florida, as well, they are all seeing, as i say, surges in coronavirus patients in those states. But the numbers are staggering in new york a quarter of a million cases across this country, and more than 100,000 of those are in new york. But new york has more than nearly one half of the deaths, 6000 deaths, that there have been in the country. But Governor Cuomo talking about his state not having to fight with other states for resources, both nationally but also the resources they are trying to acquire internationally for patients suffering right now. Coming back to this spread across the country, dr anthony fauci, who we see in the White House Briefing the new coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 40,000 people in europe, more than three quarters of them in italy, spain and france. A short while ago, france announced a sharp increase in the number of deaths, after it included fatalities in care homes for the first time. Earlier, spain revealed just over 930 deaths in the past 24 hours. Thats slightly less than yesterday providing a small glimmer of hope. Jon 0choa de eribe is a virologist and scientist at the center of astrobiology in madrid. John, welcome to bbc news. What do you believe the factors are that are exposing us to these new emerging viruses . John, can we hear you . Lets try again, it looks like everything has frozen. What a great shame, well see if we can set things upa shame, well see if we can set things up a little bit better and will come back to you, so sorry about that. In france the number of dead continues to rise with nearly 600 dead recorded in 24 hours. Thousands of police are on the streets of paris, to enforce the french governments tough quarantine measures over the easter holidays. Railway stations, airports and major roads will be monitored to prevent people leaving the city. 0ur correspondent, Lucy Williamson reports from paris. It is not only nations that thrive on liberty epidemics, too. At stations across paris today, every journey began with a police check. Freedom of movement, a new national threat. Do you have the piece of paper . Of course. This person made it through. He is on his way home to brittany after two years abroad. But even the smallest mistake means being turned away. Translation i wrote the wrong date, not todays date, and they told me i need to go back home to prepare another form. I have to go to work but i cant. France carried out almost six million checks during the First Fortnight of confinement, far more than neighbouring italy, and it has issued more than 400,000 fines. But questions over when the confinement will end are growing. Frances tough approach to the confinement runs the risk of losing public support if it becomes too harsh or too long. The interior minister has advised sensitivity in applying the rules, and says the police operate differently in the countryside compared to the big cities, in the poorer suburbs, compared to the towns. But the paris police chief was forced to apologise today after taking a very different tone. Translation the ones who are hospitalised today, the ones on life support now, are the ones that didnt respect the quarantine when it began. This is not a video game, its real. There are dead people. With few life support beds left in the paris region, patients are being sent across the country for care. This is now the worst hit region of france, but is there a light at the end of the tunnel . If you asked me this question two days ago, i should say no, but there is a reduction in the patients coming to the emergency wards, and also a reduction in severe patients with signs of covid 19. Hafid says there were no new admissions to intensive care in his hospital today a first since the epidemic began. The first glimpse of hopes here after weeks of fear and frustration. The first sign that confinement might have worked. The queen will address the uk and commonwealth this weekend about the coronavirus outbreak. Her statement will be broadcast on sunday. Earlier we heard from our royal correspondent nicholas witchell, who says these broadcasts only happen at moments of nation significance. There have only been a handful of them during the 68 years of the queens reign. One thinks of the broadcast on the eve of the funeral of princess diana, or as the first british troops went into action there have only been a handful of them during the 68 years in the first gulf war. Now downing street and Buckingham Palace have been closely consulting for the past couple of weeks. This broadcast has been recorded, it will go out at 8pm sunday evening. It will embrace, im sure, the themes weve heard from the queen in the written statement that was issued on 19 march. She talked then about communities coming together to work as one. She said, now more than that any time in our recent past, we all have a vitally important part to play as individuals. So personal responsibility, community, cohesion, national solidarity. And im quite sure that the queen will wish to express her own profound gratitude to the National Health service, to others, to all the key workers for their heroic efforts to look after patients and keep the wheels of society turning. It will be a message at the start of the easter week from the head of state, the head of the nation, to reassure the country and to rally the nations resolve at a moment of particular difficulty. Its probably fair to say that an awful lot of us have been watching a fair bit of tv over the last couple of weeks. And thanks to the internet, people can make it a much more sociable activity than it used to be. Emily cook from kent for instance is a big fan of doctor who and shes been bringing together people from as many as 75 countries to watch their favourite episodes together. Jon hunt has more. Its a show that has always united fans, but now the doctor is helping people around the world cope with the coronavirus lockdown. This is my doctor who collection. People like david ng in manila in the philippines. It gets a bit lonely. Definitely not being able to go out, its a bit intoxicating, id say. Thats why i really like this watch along sleepover. Good day, my name is rachel. Im from sydney, australia and this is part of my doctor who collection. Wherever they are, regardless of time zone, the fans have been watching past episodes of doctor who at precisely the same time, and while watching, they communicate with each other online. These viewing sessions go for about an hour and then afterwards, were just basically in the friend zone for about two hours and stuff, and its so nice to be part of it. A bubble that you connect skate the world from nothing, its quite amazing. That you can escape the world from nothing. The watch longs at the brainchild of this woman. When we started a self isolating and that lockdown was imminent ijust put out a tweet saying we could all watch doctor who together and it we nt watch doctor who together and it went viral and it was just a really cool experience for people to have together at a time when a lot of people are feeling apart. From southern spain. I do have a couple of screwdrivers here, maybe they can help. To paris. We do tend to lose track of time. In fact, in many corners of the earth, is real doctors battled to coronavirus, they are turning to a fictional one to help them cope. The american singer songwriter, bill withers, whose hits included lean on me and lovely day, has died. He was eighty one. Wonder this time where shes gone. Born into a coal mining community, he became a Navy Mechanic and then worked as an aircraft assembler before becoming a star in 1971 at the age of 32, with aint no sunshine. He followed it with a string of hits in the 19705, all based around his distinctive soulful voice. In a sign of the popularity of his music, lean on me was performed at two president ial inaugurations. You can see this plume of warm southerly air, the following change in the direction is a killing through the change in the hours to saturday. There will still be a little bit of a nip in the air, temperatures of around three to five celsius in most major times and cities, possibly a touch of frost in the highlands and then saturday as far as england and wales has concerned a fine day, plenty of sunshine, more sunshine the further east and south you are, but out towards the west always a little bit more cloud and a chance of some showers. Still cool in the north west, 11 degrees, but notice around 16 expected in the south east of england and then saturday night into sunday this weather front approaches us and that also means that the southerlies will strengthen and strengthening southerlies also means more warm air heading our way and at the same time the front gets closer so that does mean that in Northern Ireland or perhaps some of these western extremities is going to be cloudy at times a few spots of raini to be cloudy at times a few spots of rain i notice the ghost here is the wind gust 30 to 40 mph a real breeze out there but the south some lighter winds. On top of that bee pollen levels will also rise through the weekend, touching high values come sunday in the south east. And you can see that one weather lasting to the cost of the week. Thats it for me, goodbye. Lasting through the course of the week. Successful this is bbc world news, the headlines as governments around the world battle to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the World Health Organisation has warned against lifting restrictions too soon, despite concerns about the Global Economy the number of deaths in the uk hasjumped to more than 680 in a single day. The new figures come as one of the Worlds Largest hospitals opens in london to treat up to 4,000 coronavirus patients. There are now more than a hundred thousand coronavirus cases in new york. The number of people whove died went up by almost six hundred the single highest daily increase in the number of deaths so far. The coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 40,000 people in europe, more than three quarters of them