Authorities in new york and la advise people to wear face masks when theyre outdoors but President Trumps chief scientific adviser says masks shouldnt lead americans into a false sense of security. Spain registers more than 900 deaths for the second day in a row. But there are signs the european death rate is approaching its peak. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world, for all the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic. More than a Million People globally have been infected with coronavirus, a doubling of the total in the past week. In all, more than 50,000 people have died since the outbreak began in china in december. Here in britain the Health Secretary, matt hancock, has this morning acknowledged that the governments aim to deliver 100,000 daily coronvirus tests in england by the end of the month is going to be a huge undertaking. His comments come as the first nhs Nightingale Hospital prepares to open at the excel centre in londons docklands later. Also this morning, nhs england has announced that two more Field Hospitals will be built, in bristol and harrogate. In other developments the government scheme offering loans to struggling companies is being expanded and some of its rules relaxed. Europe continues to see the highest death tolls yesterday spain reported a significant increase in deaths, at 950 people. The total number of coronavirus deaths there has now exceeded 10,000. In the United States, there were 1,169 coronavirus related deaths reported in 2a hours. That represents the biggest daily death toll in any country since the outbreak began last year. Meanwhile, French Police are stepping up checks to prevent people leaving paris for easter. To stop the virus spreading, those breaking the rules will be fined. More on those stories in a moment, but lets start with the row over testing in the uk. There are two types of tests for this coronavirus. One is the swab test, which tells you if you currently have the virus or not. A special cotton bud is used to take a swab from your nose or throat and the sample is sent off to a lab to look for signs of the virus. The uk has been criticised for failing to carry out more of these tests, especially for Front Line Health Workers who are having to self isolate if they or members of their family display virus symptoms. In england a total of only 10,000 tests per day was achieved on wednesday, with the swabs being tested predominantly in laboratories run by Public Health england. But with the help of commercial partners such as universities and private businesses, the government now hopes to increase that daily figure to 100,000 tests a day by the end of this month. This morning the Health Secretary, matt hancock, has said that figure does not include the other type of testing, which is an Antibody Test. This will tell whether or not youve had the virus and have therefore developed some level of immunity. The tests use a drop of blood which is placed in an Electronic Device so see if those specific coronavirus antibodies which fought the virus in the body are present. Knowing who has developed immunity would have the potential to get more people back to work sooner lessening the medium Term Economic impacts of the pandemic. The uk has tried to get ahead of the curve on Antibody Testing by ordering 3. 5 million doses in advance. A number of Different Companies and Research Institutes are working on this Antibody Test but as yet no Antibody Tests have been conducted, and the problem is there is no guarantee that these Antibody Tests will work. Oxford university is looking at them now. Lets get more on some of the pressures on the government at present. 0ur Political CorrespondentJonathan Blake is in westminster. These big announcements we have seen from the Health Secretary in the last 12, 2a hours, an attempt to ta ke last 12, 2a hours, an attempt to take control of the narrative again . Gather it was. Health secretary matt hancock set out yesterday in the news c0 nfe re nce hancock set out yesterday in the News Conference at downing streets total of 100,000 tests per day by the end of april. It is an ambitious target, as he admits. He said this morning that the government has a huge amount of work to do if it is to meet it. People have been asking how exactly thatll happen given that at the moment around 10,000 people are being tested for the coronavirus here in the uk everyday. We heard a little bit more about that from the Health Secretary, joining up with the private sector, pharmaceutical companies, like science companies, Research Institutions and universities are being asked tojoin institutions and universities are being asked to join the effort to turn their facilities into testing la bs turn their facilities into testing labs and process tests for coronavirus life science companies. It seems that given the two types of tests you were explaining just now in some detail, the government expects to meet this target and plans to meet this target solely on the basis of the swab test, which tells you if you have coronavirus there and then. It is not banking on the Antibody Tests, which tell you if you have had previously and will now had some immunity to it being ready in time to meet this target. So that tells you they are planning and expecting a big upscaling in the number of tests being done everyday. We have seen those facilities with drive through tests being done in london and the surrounding area, a makeshift lab has been set up in milton keynes, more are being set up in different parts of the uk to process what will be a huge of tests but still a tall order by the governments own admission to get this done by the end of april. Labour says more detail needs to be given about the process to restore Public Confidence in the governments approach. Public confidence in the governments approachlj Public Confidence in the governments approach. I am not assuming any come on stream. That is pillar three, as we call it, in order to hit the hundred thousand target. We will have, we have already 3500 a week of Antibody Tests at porton down, and they are the top quality, the best tests in the world. We are using those for Research Purposes to understand how much of the population has had coronavirus. This is one of the great unknown questions. But that is obviously very small numbers, 500 or so a day. Significant that the government is talking about Antibody Tests already being used at those Public Health england labs in porton down to give an idea of the scale of the infection rate of this virus and to try to get a handle on how far and fast it is spreading. How soon will those tests be available to people and the public at large is the key question here in whether the government will meet that target or indeed to be able to exceed eight in the weeks ahead. Interestingly, the Health Secretary this morning talking about the peak of infections. We have seen the rates go up, infections. We have seen the rates go up, day by day. He says the modelling the government is looking up modelling the government is looking up suggests that might come sooner than expected, at some point during the next few weeks. Of course, that is important because it may then allow some restrictions to be loosened and relaxed, and the government to plan more specifically for the number of cases being brought into hospitals in various areas and treated. A glimmer, perhaps, of possibility. Positivity, excuse me, in terms of the peak of infections coming sooner than expected. Lets hope so. Thank you, jonathan. 0ur correspondent Anna Collinson says some of the Antibody Tests the government were looking at arent very reliable. They have bought these nine different brands of testing and they are currently in the process of trying to work out what they can use and get out there, because they want to get these tests and there, they wa nt to to get these tests and there, they want to first start with patients, obviously, but then key critical workers on the front line, this is a big concern for them. As the test is working, the better, they are hoping that will be by the end of the month. Is that the situation globally or do other countries have Antibody Tests proving more reliable . Some countries have been far more on the ball, according to a lot of people, than others with testing. Pledges like germany are giving 500,000 tests a week, reportedly. Countries like germany are dealing. Matt hancock has previously said that countries like germany have had the industry in place to make that happen, whereas in the uk that industry was not in place. What they are hoping Going Forward is that that will change. The new nhs Nightingale Hospital in london is set to be officially opened shortly via videolink by the prince of wales. Staff will begin moving into the temporary intensive care unit this morning, with the first patients expected to arrive next week. It took only nine days to turn the centre into the temporary hospital, with 500 beds and ventilators already in 16,000 staff are required. It has capacity for as many as 4000 patients. Around the uk in cities like manchester, glasgow, cardiff and belfast, other temporary facilities for more than 6000 patients could be operational before the end of the month. 0ur correspondent Angus Crawford gave us a sense of what to expect when the hospital opens in around half an hour. Well, we are going to have a royal opening, but a royal opening with a difference. Its a royal opening from lockdown. Prince charles, as we know, has already suffered from the virus. He caught it and was in self isolation. And hes going to be delivering a tribute via video link, a tribute to all of the staff who have worked to create nightingale, both civilian contractors, medics and of course the military, and to all nhs staff around the country on the front line. And it is, as you say, a truly extraordinary achievement. I was in there last week, they are essentially two enormous aircraft hangars. In fact, if you can imagine 100,000 square metres, thats really the footprint of terminal five at heathrow airport, and i saw as surely but slowly the cubicles that make up awards slowly march down the length of the hangar, Something Like 500 metres down there. So we now know theres going to be 42 beds in each ward, and potentially, if needed, it could be scaled up to 80 plus wards. And as you said in your introduction, there, it may take Something Like 16,000 staff to keep the place going at full capacity, an extraordinary achievement. But we mustnt lose sight of the fact that this only exists because of the grim reality of the virus and the wave of cases that may be expected here in the weeks to come. Angus crawford, and we will have lots more on the very strange virtual opening of the nhs nightingale in a few minutes. The authorities in new york city and los angeles have advised people to wear a Face Covering when theyre outdoors to try to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. But one of President Trumps chief scientific advisers has said she didnt want that to give people a false sense of protection. Meanwhile, a cruise ship on which four people with the virus have died has docked in florida, after weeks at sea. Several countries had refused to allow the zaandams passengers and crew to disembark. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports heading home at last, docking at port everglades, in fort lauderdale, the zaandam, with its sistership, the rotterdam. It follows days of protracted negotiations with the florida authorities over whether passengers should be allowed to disembark in the state. Chartered planes have been laid on to transport foreign nationals on the ships back to their home countries. The number of coronavirus cases is continuing to surge in many us cities. New york has taken delivery of more than 200 ambulances to help the citys fight against the pandemic, but ventilators are still in short supply and Health Workers say there is a chronic lack of protective clothing. This is outrageous, that we have people coming and sewing things for us, sewing masks, sewing shields, making things out of plastics. This is what we are doing now . How. I mean, that would be like a soldier going to war and making a plastic gun to bring with him. At the Daily White House coronavirus taskforce briefing, President Trump said hed used wartime powers to order the Technology Firm 3m to make extra masks, and he promised more ventilators would soon be in production. We have thousands of them being built right now, and they are starting to arrive in a week and a half, but there will be a time when we are going to build stockpiles by the way the states should have been building their stockpile. We have almost 10,000 in our stockpile, and we have been building and weve been supplying it, them but the states should be building. We are a backup, we are not an ordering clerk. The shortage of medical grade masks has raised questions about their use by all americans. In los angeles and new york city, people have been advised to wear a Face Covering when they leave home. It could be a scarf, it could be something you create yourself at home, it could be a bandana. It does not not need to be a professional surgical mask. In fact, we do not want you to use the kind of masks that our First Responders need, that our healthcare workers need. Dont use those. President trump said he was not going to make it mandatory for people to cover their faces. One of his chief medical advisors said it might send the wrong message. We do not want people to get an artificial sense of protection because they are behind a mask, because if they are touching things remember, your eyes are not in the mask so if youre touching things and then touching your eyes, you are exposing yourself in the same way. President trump said new guidelines on the use of Face Coverings will be issued in the next few days. Peter bowes, bbc news. The headlines on bbc news. The uk Health Secretary describes his goal of 100,000 daily coronavirus tests by the end of the month as a huge undertaking. Built at breakneck speed a new hospital which can treat 4,000 covid 19 patients opens today at the excel centre in london. In the us there are more than eleven hundred virus related deaths reported in 24 hours. The biggest daily death toll in any country since the outbreak began. As weve been hearing, the British Government is coming under pressure to explain how it will deliver on its pledge for 100,000 daily coronavirus tests by the end of the month. The Health Secretary, matt hancock, described it as a huge undertaking. 0ur correspondent Charlotte Rose is at a drive in Testing Centre in wembley. So lets get a sense from her how it is going. Charlotte . Here at the north london drive through test centre, one of several across the country, nhs workers are coming to be tested for coronavirus. We should say that only those workers who can prove they work for the nhs and have a pre made appointments are allowed to come here, and we had seen some people being turned away this morning. The test centre opened at 10am andi morning. The test centre opened at 10am and i was quite a of cars earlier, but now it is extremely quiet. The cars driving to the entrance to my left and then come to these white tents over my right shoulder, and those tents are whether tests are taking place. The test consists of a swab touchdown the back of the throat and down the nose. the back of the throat and down the nose. Put it down the back of the throat. They are sent to a lab for testing, the results may take three days to come through but clearly for the nhs workers who have been here this morning, it will be very positive news because it can tell them whether or not they can go back to work. The tests the engine here can only tell the workers if they have the virus at the moment. Tests being done here. They cannot tell them if they have recovered from the virus and develop the antibodies they need so they are effectively immune, so it is possible some workers might have to come back repeated times if they believe they also believe if that family has the symptoms of coronavirus. Charlotte, many thanks. Theres been a sharp rise in Global Oil Prices after donald trump said saudi arabia and russia were about to announce huge cuts in daily output. Earlier our Business Correspondent ben thompson gave us this update. It is astonishing that we are seeing such volatility on the oil markets, up such volatility on the oil markets, up