Injection . Scotlands first minister says its time to have a grown up conversation over when to relax rules on social distancing. Covid 19 creates uncertainty for expectant mothers over whether hospitals will allow partners to be present at the birth. And the bbcs big night in raises more than £27 million for those affected by the pandemic, with the return of some much loved comedy characters and a very familiar face. Have you seen anything good on tv . Eastenders. They tell me tiger king is rather good. Yes, i tend to avoid the show royalty. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Im annita mcveigh. Teachers, supermarket workers and delivery drivers are among up to ten million essential workers and their households, who will be able to book a test from today, to tell them whether they have the coronavirus. From today, all key workers in england will be able to register for a test on the governments website, if they or a Family Member have virus symptoms. The tests will contribute to the governments target of adminstering 100,000 tests a day by the end of this month. Yesterday, that figure wasjust over 23,500, although the capacity has increased to 51,000. Meanwhile, the Health Secretary said this morning that there is no date set for Boris Johnsons return to work, despite some newspaper reports that it could be as soon as monday. Speaking last night, President Trump said mrjohson sounded sharp and energetic when they had a phone call on tuesday. The president has also been lambasted by the medical community after he speculated during a news conference, whether coronavirus might be treated by injecting disinfectant into the body. And as well as the weekly clap for carers last night, £27 million was raised during the bbcs big night in, which saw children and need and comic relief teams join forces to raise money for nhs charities. Well have more on that later, but first this report from jon donnison. Applause. Its become a thursday night ritual, as britons once again came together to clap for their carers. From bin collectors to the royal family. For a fifth week a show of support for the nhs and other key workers. Its just a little tiny thing that i can do to, you know, make some noise just to say thank you. Every week. Every week . Yeah. Not missed one . Not yet. And we wont. And some of our carers have made the ultimate sacrifice. In st helens earlier, a funeral earlier for sadeq elhowsh, a 58 year old orthopaedic surgeon. A husband and a father of four who lost his life to covid i9 as he worked to save others. Its family to me. Its a big loss for me and a big loss for the trust. A big loss for his family. It will be very difficult for me as well, because in every corner of the hospital we have a memory. And the number of people grieving continues to grow. Latest figures show coronavirus related deaths in uk hospitals went up by 616 in 2a hours. But thats the lowest weekday increase in three weeks. It takes the total number of coronavirus hospital deaths to more than 18,700, though that figure is expected to be significantly higher as it does not include deaths in care homes and in the community. Meanwhile, the government has announced plans to expand testing for covid 19. All key workers, including supermarket staff, transport workers, and teachers, as well as their families, will be eligible for a test if theyre showing symptoms. Gov. Uk to get a test for any of their staff who need a test. And from tomorrow any essential workers who need a test will be able to book an appointment on gov. Uk themselves directly. But the government, still struggling to meet its target of 100,000 tests a day by the end of this month, says testing and tracing contacts will be key if the lockdown is to be eased in the months ahead. And some businesses are reopening, thank b q, which has already reopened 75 stores this week, will reopen a further 80 today, with social distancing measures in place. Car makers including Jaguar Land Rover and aston martin have also said they will reopen some of their plants. Jon donnison, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent, leila nathoo, is in westminster. Good morning. The government broadening out who can book a coronavirus test. Is there the capacity to get this done, and indeed the demand for this test for the government to get to that 100 tests the government to get to that 100 tests 100,000 the government to get to that 100 tests 100,000 tests a day tiger by the end of the month . There has beena by the end of the month . There has been a big drive to increase testing. That consists of both capacity and getting the number of people in. Capacity has been one issue. We know that stands about 50,000, have way to the 100,000 target. But the issue has been there have not been enough people taking up have not been enough people taking up those tests. Just about 20,000 tests have been carried out. And even that doesnt reflect the true numberof even that doesnt reflect the true number of people. Youve got people having multiple tests. The number of people being tested is lower. There has been a hierarchy of who is getting testing initially it was patients that nhs staff and co star. Now that is being expanded to try to the numbers of people being tested up the numbers of people being tested up to all key workers. They can apply online or their employers can do it on their behalf. The idea is that if people are isolating because they have got the symptoms, or their Family Members have got symptoms, they can get tested and get back to work. This is what the government hopes to get them to this 100,000 a day target. They are trying to open these drive through centres. Theyve got mobile testing unit set up to go out to care homes. They are going to increase the numbers so they will get to the target and make the tats more accessible and easier to process. Here is what the Health Secretary had to say about the target and the capacity earlier. Were ahead of the plans that weve got in terms of that capacity, and its going up by about 10,000 a day, which obviously brings it ahead of schedule to reach the goal. But as i was saying before, there have been fewer people coming forward for a test than wed expected, and thats why weve been able to expand the availability to all essential workers and just make it so much easier for them to get a test. President trump has been talking about Boris JohnsonPresident Trump has been talking about borisjohnson plasma s health based on a phone call the two men had earlier this week. Do we have any had earlier this week. Do we have a ny clear had earlier this week. Do we have any clear idea of when borisjohnson is going to fully return to work . Well, not yet. But we have heard that a fungal to President Trump is one of the things that Boris Johnson has done this week. Phone call. He has had its weekly audience with the queen over the phone. He has been speaking to deputy dominic raab. He is not doing government work. He has made the phone call to President Trump. President trump was asked about that conversation he had earlier this week. He called me a few days ago. I will tell you he sounded incredible. I was actually surprised. I thought it would be like, oh, donald, how are you . He was ready to go. Im very surprised to tell you this. It was like the old boris. Tremendous energy, tremendous drive. I was very surprised because he told me almost, pretty close to when he got out of the hospital. I think it is doing great. I think hes doing great. He was so great. I think hes doing great. He was so sharp and energetic. Pretty incredible. An incredible guy. A friend of ours, a friend of mine. He loves our country, he loves his country a lot. He respects our country. They are looking to have him over there. We know that borisjohnson is still recuperating at chequers. He left hospital about 12 days ago. We havent seen anything of him beyond the video he released when he filmed himself when he was sent home from hospital, thanking the nhs staff. We know it takes some time to recover from this virus. Of course, he was in intensive care for a few nights. We have been getting updates that he is improving. We had matt hancock earlier this morning saying he was cheerful and on the mend in a big way. He has spoken to borisjohnson yesterday, he said. We can see signalled he is starting to do a bit of phone calls, we can see signalled he is clearly on the mend but no firm timetable from downing street as to when he is going to be back at work. Thank you very much, leila nathoo. President trump has been lambasted by the medical community after suggesting research into whether coronavirus might be treated by injecting disinfectant into the human body. He also appeared to propose irradiating patients bodies with uv light an idea dismissed by a doctor at the briefing. Another of his officials had moments earlier said sunlight and disinfectant were known to kill the infection. Mr trumps own Public Health agencies warn against bleach as a medicine. This is what the us president said. Supposing we hit the body with a tremendous, whether its ultraviolet orjust very powerful light, and, i think you said, that hasnt been checked but youre going to test it. And then i said, supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can do either through the skin or in some other way. And i think you said youre going to test that too. Sounds interesting. Then i see the disinfectant knocks it out in a minute, one minute. Is there a way we can do Something Like that by injection inside, almost a cleaning . It gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous amount of damage. We are going to have to check that. But it sounds interesting to me. We will see. But the whole concept of the light, the wait goes on in one minute, that is pretty powerful. Doctors were quick to warn that the president s idea could have fatal results. And responding to donald trump at the briefing, dr deborah birx, the White House Coronavirus response co ordinator, seemed taken aback at his suggestion. Have you ever heard of that, the heat the light . Relevant to certain viruses, yes, but relative to this virus . Not as a treatment. I mean certainly fever is a good thing. When you have a fever, it helps your body respond, but not as. Ive not seen heat or light. I think its a great thing to look at. I mean, you know. Ministers have come under further pressure to set out the governments lockdown exit strategy, after scotlands first minister said the lifting of restrictions north of the border would be a phased process and that any decisions made would be based on how best to tackle the virus. Heres Nicola Sturgeon explaining her position this morning. Let me be very clear about this. I dont come at this from any kind of political or constitutional perspective. I want to do what is best to suppress this virus, while, as far as we can, allowing some kind of semblance of normality to come back into our lives. Now i dont start from the premise that we must do everything the same at the same time across the uk. Nor do i start from the premise weve got to do things differently in scotland. My decisions will be driven by what is best to tackle this virus and reduce its harms. Were working well on a four nations uk basis. The virus doesnt respect the border between scotland and england, or england and wales. So we must make sure that we try to align our Decision Making as much as possible. But where it makes sense, and there are good reasons to do things slightly differently, we announced the closure of schools in scotland, slightly, not much, but slightly ahead of the rest of the uk. So these are the kinds of decisions we have to take, but for good reasons. Not driven in any way, shape or form by political considerations. That is just not appropriate given the nature of what were dealing with. Nicola sturgeon on the situation in scotland. Wales is tightening some lockdown restrictions, including people using second homes and exercising outside of their local area. Wales first minister, mark drakeford, will unveil seven key questions which will be considered before any easing of restrictions can be made such as whether they bring a low risk of infection, or any economic benefit. He is not expected to give a date for when the changes could start. Retail sales dropped byjust over 5 last month the sharpest fall since records began more than 30 years ago. Figures from the office for National Statistics suggest sales of clothing saw a particularly big drop of 35 . Our business presenter ben thompson joins me. Good morning. Its not a surprise, but that doesnt mean that if these figures dont need to be really closely examined . Figures dont need to be really closely examined . Yeah, you are absolutely right. Good morning. This falls into the category of unsurprising but very important. Important because the Retail Industry makes up a huge proportion of our service sector. That makes up three quarters of our entire economy. Thousands of jobs three quarters of our entire economy. Thousands ofjobs dependent on that and the livelihoods of many businesses too. These figures suggesting, as you said, Clothing Sales down by 24 . As a result of are simply not being able to get out to the shops. Food sales though, perhaps unsurprisingly, if you have got kids at home you will know they are raiding the fridge, you are spending more time eating, and therefore is sales up by 10 . It is a question of winners and losers. She will sods also down significantly because we are simply not travelling. Fuel sales. 0nline doing well in these figures but because we simply cant get out. 2296 but because we simply cant get out. 22 of the sales last month were done online, suggesting the role of the internet and Online Shopping ever increasingly important. But one of the figures that really jumped out on me was a big rise in alcohol sales. Up by 32 . It could be one of the ways we are easing ourselves through the lockdown. Alcohol sales up through the lockdown. Alcohol sales up by through the lockdown. Alcohol sales up by 32 . Nonetheless the overall figures suggesting a 5 fall in sales, the biggest monthly fall on record. Ben what are retailers saying, particularly those in the small to medium sized categories, but government help, access to come and help and whether that is working . Yeah, it is really difficult because if you are a small to medium sized firm, those are the firms that are the backbone of our entire economy. Its very difficult to know what to do for because they are dealing with all sorts of issues in trying to look after their staff. Do they follow their staff . Can they pay some of them . Can they set up a Delivery Service . For a loan. They do have access to loans. The government offering loans. But they should not be at extortionate interest rates. And those firms should not have to put too many assets on the line to guarantee them. Nonetheless many firms finding it difficult to access that money and accepted quickly. Businesses have lots of overheads. They are paying rent, they are paying rates, all sorts of costs. 0vernight there is source of income dried up. They are struggling right now to work out which bills to pay first. The government says help is available. For some of those staff there is the furlough scheme, which will pay up to 80 of wages. Not everybody can access it on time. Payday coming around very quickly. Those firms will have had to have paid their staff and claimed that money back to cover the costs. It is not simple as maybe it seems at first glance for many businesses. They are simply trying to keep their heads above water. Right now its really difficult to do that. Ben thompson. A little later this hour i will be speaking to the owners of a couple of small businesses. 0ne owners of a couple of small businesses. One was already a purely Online Business. The otherfocusing Online Business. The otherfocusing ona Online Business. The otherfocusing on a bricks and mortar shop but having to transfer a lot of what they do online and hearing about their experiences of the pandemic. The headlines on bbc news millions of essential workers and theirfamilies in england can now book a test to see if they have coronavirus if they show symptoms. President trump suggests you can treat covid 19 by injecting disinfectant into the body doctors call his remarks dangerous. Scotlands first minister says its time to have a grown up conversation over when to relax rules on social distancing. Lets get more now on those coronavirus tests, which are now available to millions of essential workers in england if they have symptoms of covid 19. Teachers, supermarket staff and transport workers are among those eligible for testing. Dr andrew lee is an expert in global Public Health at the university of sheffield. Dr lee, very good to have you with us. Dr lee, very good to have you with us. I want to talk about the testing first of all but also about contact tracing, as we look to how we might be able to get out of this lockdown gradually. First and increasing testing for key workers, how useful is that going to be . I think its going to be pretty useful. For two reasons, really. The first is for a lot of essential workers who may be self isolating, they are unable to get to work, they are concerned about infecting staff or people they come into contact with, if they are home workers, for example. So having a knowledge of their status, that will certainly help them get back to work. And the second point is many of these people work in essential functions. If you think about the utilities, for example. So for them to be off work could be disruptive to be off work could be disruptive to those services. For them to be able to get back to work in a timely way ensures that those functions can continue. But we have to factor in shirley that some of these essential workers who test positive on one day could essentially pick up coronavirus a couple of days later. Do we need to factor that in . Im not quite sure about the line there. How useful is the testing . Clearly it has an impact. What is the impact is limited if we consider that a proportion of those who may test negative on any given date may then go on a few days later, potentially, to get coronavirus . 0h, i see. Yes, you are right. There result was the possibility that somebody who has tested negative may