from covid—19 in spain — the country's highest daily number of deaths. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments in britain and globally. the british government has said all parts of the country are now on an "emergency footing" and it could be six months before life in the uk returns to "normal". at the latest downing street briefing, it was announced that millions of items of personal protective equipment were being delivered to nhs staff. across europe, the number of people killed by the virus has risen to more than 20,000. italy has seen the most deaths from coronavirus and the country's deputy health minister says he believes italy is currently experiencing the peak of the outbreak. in the us, the government's leading expert has warned the pandemic could kill up to 200,000 americans and millions more could be infected. india's prime minister narendra modi has apologised to the country for the lockdown but says there was no other option. more on that in a moment but — first this report on the uk's response by our science editor david shukman. the stark reality of fighting coronavirus. from roundhay park in leeds, one of the biggest in europe, almost deserted, to trafalgar square in london, usually crowded, evidence of social distancing in action. but we won't know how well it's working for two to three weeks. in this critically important time, the prime minister, borisjohnson, himself infected, has been chairing meetings while in self—isolation. and he has written a letter to be sent to 30 million homes across the uk with a stark message. "it's important for me to level with you," he says. "we know things will get worse before they get better. but we are making the right preparations, and the more we all follow the rules, the fewer lives will be lost and the sooner life can return to normal." but that won't come soon. the daily briefing at number ten made that very clear. over time, probably over the next six months, we will have a 3—week review. we will see where we are going. we need to keep that lid on and then gradually, we will be able to hopefully adjust some of the social distancing measures and gradually get us all back to normal. so i think three weeks for review, two or three months to see whether we've really squashed it, but about three to six months, ideally, and lots of uncertainty in that, but then, to see at which point we can actually get back to normal. that idea of a long haul was echoed by scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon. 13 weeks is likely to be the kind of period that we have to be prepared to have measures in place. of course, we will continue to keep under review the type of measures and we will not keep measures in place for any longer than we have to do. police in bristol out reminding people to stay at home. and according to scientists advising the government, measures like this should stay in place until the virus really is under control. once we start to see a change in the trends and, indeed, a decrease in the numbers of cases, then we can have more confidence in the current measures having an effect. but what we need to remember is, we need to allow this virus to decrease to low levels before these can be completely lifted. all this on a painful day made worse by the loss of an ent surgeon. amged el—hawrani, confirmed to have died of covid—i9, he passed away at glenfield hospital in leicester. he had been volunteering in a&e. in a statement, his son, ashraf, said, "most of my dad's time was dedicated towards his family and the rest of that time was dedicated towards his profession. he taught me the significance of respect and equality." we have had confirmation of the very sad death of an ent surgeon, amged el—hawrani. what do you think that says, what message does that send to nhs staff on the front line? it clearly is a worrying event. it is worrying for the nation because it is another death in our statistics. it is another loss to the family and it will be a loss to an nhs family as well. and tonight, some more optimistic news about the nhs. 20,000 retired doctors and nurses have now offered to return to work, prompting this response from the prime minister. one thing i think coronavirus crisis has already proved is that there really is such a thing as society. once again, a reminder of the incredible importance of everyone making an effort to stop the spread of the virus. a slow and difficult process. david shukman, bbc news. the head of italy's coronavirus response team has told the bbc there is now a severe shortage of medical staff in the north of the country — the area worst hit by the pandemic. doctors and nurses from across italy — and around the world — are being asked to volunteer to work there. there have now been almost 11,000 deaths from covid—19 in italy, with over 97,000 confirmed infections. jean mackenzie sent this report. they have come from around the world to serve on the front line of this crisis. doctors from russia, cuba and now albania, and from every corner of italy too. ijust finished from the hospital after 12 hours. i'm so tired! giuseppe has never worked in an emergency room. he only qualified last year, but he's left his home in sicily for a field hospital at the epicentre. why did you decide to travel to work up here? the emergency was here and it's still here and so i'm here to get my contribution, my little contribution, and help my colleagues. the force at which this virus struck the north of italy has left it exposed. 300 doctors were flown in from different parts of the country last week, but this wasn't nearly enough. the situation in the north is so acute, so many doctors and nurses have fallen sick now that the government is appealing to people from all over the country to travel up there and help. the north is still in a deep crisis. we have a shortage of specialised people in the health sector because they have been contaminated. and so, of course, more of them now are observing a quarantine period. with 4,000 nurses now infected, hundreds more are being drafted in over the next two days. simona is one of them. the hospital, it's full. and so crowded. all the people were hit by that virus like a train, like a tornado. it's terrible. tonight, there's been an improvement. the rate of new infections and deaths is slightly down. but make no mistake — this country is still in crisis, with a long, hard fight ahead. jean mackenzie, bbc news, rome. in spain, the number of coronavirus fatalities rose by 838 in the last 2a hours — marking the country's highest daily rise in deaths.much of the country remains in lockdown. 6,500 people have now died from the virus there, and there are just under 80,000 confirmed infections. it's one of europe's hardest hit countries, but spanish health officials say the virus there could be near its peak. india's prime minister, narendra modi, has asked for the country's forgiveness after imposing a sweeping coronavirus lockdown that he said had hurt millions of the country's poor. faisal ali has more from delhi. with buses and trains suspended, these migrant workers have begunjourneys on foot to reach their villages. they cannot afford a plane ticket. some walked hundreds of kilometres, barefoot, with families and many with children. translation: my wife and son, my brother and i walked all the way from sonipat. it took us two days and one night to reach the bus terminal. the economic cost of the lockdown is taking its toll, particularly on contract workers on daily labourers. most of them, now out of work, are trying to reach their homes all over the country. there are nearly 100 million internal migrants in india and those working in the big cities are affected by the 21—day shutdown to contain the spread of coronavirus. that critisicm has led the country's prime minister to apologise. translation: first of all, let me seek forgiveness for all countrymen. my conscience tells me that you will definitely forgive me as i have to take certain decisions which have put you in a lot of difficulty. possibly many will be angry at me for being locked in their homes. i understand your troubles, but there was no other way to wage a war against coronavirus. with such huge crowds moving from one place to another, questions are now being asked — how many of them could turn out to be a potential courier of the virus which the government tried to contain by announcing a lockdown. faisalali, bbc news, delhi. america's leading infectious diseases expert has warned that up to 200,000 people in the us could die from the coronavirus. dr anthony fauci, who's a member of president trump's covid—19 task force, said millions of people in the country would catch the virussome cities, including new york, have warned that they may soon run out of medical supplies. the latest figures show there've been 237 more deaths in new york state over the past 2a hours. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: sweden has yet to impose a lockdown — despite a growing number of covid—19 cases. we'll find out why. the accident that happened here was of the sort that can at worst produce a meltdown. in this case the precautions worked, but they didn't work quite well enough to prevent some old fears about the safety features of these stations from resurfacing. the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace. from today, anyone lighting up in offices, businesses, pubs and restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton hotel, where he had been addressing a trade union conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant. it has become a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many parisians wished it had never been built. the eiffel tower's birthday is being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by gustave eiffel. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: 1,228 people have now died from coronavirus in the uk, a rise of 209. in the us, a prediction from the leading government expert that coronavirus could kill up to 200,000 americans. we've all heard about the importance of social distancing as the number of covid—19 cases rise. but what happens if you can't distance yourself from others, like people who live in densely packed slums? it's a challenge confronting governments across the developing world as the coronavirus moves into heavily populated poorer countries. i'm joined now by annie wilkinson, an anthropologist and health systems researcher working with the institute of development studies. thank you very much forjoining us. thank you very much forjoining us. what are the options, then, if you cannot easily and obviously, socially distance yourself from the people around you? yes, i think you are right to point out there are real challenges in some of these contexts where people don't have access to healthca re contexts where people don't have access to healthcare or water, they live in very crowded conditions. they are not able to work from home on the way they are advised to as well. i think one of the things that needs to happen there is we need to talk with local residents and organisations working in these communities i know the conditions there and special environment and the challenges people face and work with them to develop strategies for those contexts. what role might governments have to play in enabling that? well, i think governments have a role in making sure that they have a responsibility to engage with the residents to start — take control measures with the people that live there rather than trying to control the disease. to begin with taking into account the conditions of the people that live there and governments will need to co—operate with them, listen to them, they will need to support them, they will need to support them, they will probably need to fund them, those are some of those things. as you mentioned, the lack of running water at a time when you are trying to keep your hands clean, that is just one of the challenges of people who live in slums like we are showing now. what are the other challenges besides the other challenges besides the lack of running water?l big one is about poverty and people's livelihoods. there we re people's livelihoods. there were a lot of the control measures we are seeing actually, they have huge impacts on the people's ability to survive. people are living here hand to mouth, day today, so here hand to mouth, day today, so if you ask people not to go to work or enforce quarantines 01’ to work or enforce quarantines or lockdowns in a way that affects their business or livelihoods, that makes life impossible for them. we are already seeing a wealthy country —— wealthy countries struggling to keep up with demand for their health services as coronavirus cases arise. what you think the impact of covid—19 is likely to be on poorer countries, particularly in poorer areas? we don't know, because we don't know so much about the people in these locations. we know there are1 billion people in there are1 billion people in the world living in slums and informal settlements but in each particular city we don't know that much, the number of people who live there or the health burdens they already face. discussions about comorbidities, we don't know what are the underlying health conditions of people in these places because they have such poor access to healthcare in general. yeah, we simply don't know but we think there is going to be a lot of fear that is very dramatic and devastating. annie wilkinson, thank you very much forjoining us. thank you very much forjoining us. thank you. in the uk, councils and care providers have warned that supplies of personal protective equipment for social care staff are not reaching the front line. our home editor, mark easton, reports. there are our masks that we are desperate for and are hoping for a supply very soon. as i say, our mask order has been delayed. they're down to one or two days of protective masks at this extra care home in northampton. just been outside. there we go. supplies of hand gel are running low, too. desperate staff fear they won't be able to protect vulnerable residents from a virus that might well kill them. the mask that we are using, we're not sure how to prioritise who has a mask first or which service user we go to that has a mask. so we're managing at the moment but we don't know where our next supply would come from. the company that runs this centre has repeatedly ordered new masks for their 2,000 carers across the uk. but suppliers have told them that protection equipment has been diverted to the nhs. we're really down to the bare bones now of masks and gel in terms of supplies. and we're desperate, really, to try to get some more equipment through quickly so our care staff can be fully protected and deliver the important service that they do. the government says it's working around the clock to give the social care sector the equipment and support it needs. but english local authorities have written to the health secretary to say supplies are not reaching the front line. councils across england are so worried about the shortage of masks for carers that they are appealing to closed nail bars, construction firms, anyone who's got supplies to consider donating them to social services. jamshal ali died a few days ago after he tested positive for the virus in a london care home. only a handful were able to attend his burial. the family say more should have been done to protect him. any family who has someone in a care setting really should make the effort of talking to the care home. they really should find out what measures are in place so that their loved ones are being cared for. here's a drink for you, love. ash carby, who has parkinson's and advanced dementia, needs carers four times a day at his home in north london. his wife says they arrive on public transport without masks to protect him or themselves. they have to go within 2m of him and there's no protection. they could be asymptomatic but contagious and give it to him. if he gets it, i doubt he'd survive, to be honest. this is our dining room that has been tailored, the government says every social care provider will get the supplies they need and denies the health service is being prioritised. but this is a sector that has long felt it has played second fiddle to the nhs. mark easton, bbc news. people in northern ireland who leave their homes without good reason will face fines of up to £960 or nearly $2,000 from today. 0ur northern ireland correspondent emma vardy has been speaking to key workers whose jobs are now more important than ever. streets bare. belfast like you've never seen it before. but on the ground, for those in difficulty, help must continue. the entire space in this church has become a food bank. so how many kids have you got? five. you've got five kids? oh, wow. it's a lifeline for those like glenn, with a lot of mouths to feed. it's hard when everybody is panic buying, by the time you get to go out and get something, there's nothing left on the shelves to buy. at the moment, the universal credit law is really important because there's a lot of people stuck at the moment. me, myself is stuck. so places like this is a big help. and the numbers who need belfast‘s food banks are rising. 50% increase in people coming to use the food bank since the crisis began. i think there was an initial sense of panic but the thing that we saw out in the community and the supermarkets happened here, too. volunteers are starting home deliveries after finding some people coming here should have been in isolation. for essential workers, some transport must keep moving. people who are working in shops, it's impossible, maybe they don't have access to cars so we have to provide something. the staff of northern ireland's bus network on the front nine. luckily enough, we are still one of the very few companies that are still able to run. we are doing all we can to make sure that all the drivers have access to hand sanitiser and rubber gloves if they need it. how do your family feel about you still going to work? they are very concerned. my wife and son and daughter are working from home. so out of the four of us at home, i am the only one that is still going out to work. so it is a concern. but we will all come through it, you know, in the next weeks or months. as people stay inside, northern ireland's political leaders have said to expect this new way of life to last longer than three weeks. and belfast‘s backstreets, usually busy with tourists, now like an abandoned film set. but bicycle shops, one of the few retailers that government has said can stay open, have seen a sudden spike in demand. we are wary, too, of perception of how the public do feel that they are open. you are just trying to provide a bit of a service to people still, to get around and get into work. 0n the city walls, which so often depict a divisive past, now a new sense of solidarity. "wash your hands," they say. "we're in this together." emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. sweden has seen more than a hundred deaths from coronavirus, but unlike many other countries around the world, it hasn't enforced stringent social distancing measures. it means many restaurants, cafes and bars are still open and children have still been attending school. but is that the right thing to do? from stockholm, maddy savage reports. it's just become warm enough to sit outside in the swedish capital and people are making the most of it. it's a beautiful weather outside and it feels important to support the buyers and the restaurants and be outside for an hour —— to support the bars. i think that it's nice that it's open, like i try to isolate myself, but, you know, it's kind of ha rd but, you know, it's kind of hard when you see here in sweden people are still running around outside. gatherings of more than 50 people are banned here. but there are a few strict rules. the focus is still on guidelines like limiting travel and working from home. voluntary responsibility is the key to the swedish strategy. trusting the swedish strategy. trusting the public to make enough changes to slow down the spread of the virus. but the approach is controversial. i think we have high trust in the authorities in sweden so i think people are prone to listen to their recommendations. but at this kind of very critical situation, i am kind of very critical situation, iam not kind of very critical situation, i am not sure that it's enough. i'm hoping that it is. swedish people love the outdoors and keeping people physically and mentally healthy is one reason officials here are seeking to avoid a lockdown. and there are hopes it will limit the economic impact, too. in general, the business community i would say, things that the swedish government has implemented more rational, sensible policies than in other countries. how much riskier do you think it is for other countries, then, that have closed businesses in a more lockdown society? this will cause great harm. they will cause great harm. they will see mass unemployment and i'm dead scared for the societal effects due to that. but, even without a lockdown, business is already taking a cut. this barbershop is usually parked. soon they will have trouble paying the bills. —— usually packed. and if sweden follows other countries and changes its style, they may follow the path of other countries. maddy savage, bbc news, stockholm. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @martinebbc. much more on our website. this is bbc news. hello there. through the first half of last week we had some spring warmth. in fact, last tuesday, temperatures got as high as 19 degrees. this week, starting on a much colder note. certainly during sunday temperatures for most of us didn't get out of single digits and we start monday morning with those temperatures around freezing. high pressure in charge of the scene, a strong area of high pressure out to the west. this really has been dominating our weather for the last couple of days, feeding winds in from the north. we have had really strong winds to the weekend, the wind easing a touch to monday and some lighting colours of blue coming into the mix, just signed the air might not be quite as cold as it has been. saying that, still chilly on monday, a brisk breeze and some showers across northern and eastern areas across the midlands and even into wales throughout the day. any winteriness i was becoming confined to the very highest gun in the north with that air turning a little bit cold. —— highest ground. a brisk breeze but not as windy as it was on sunday. those temperatures just a notch up, nine, ten, 11 degrees, although that is still a little below par for this time of year. now, as we go through monday night will continue to see large areas of cloud feeding down from the north we will see some clear spells as well, one or two showers and as you can see from the green shades of the chart, yes it would be a chilly night but most places will probably hover just above freezing. so a change in the feel of the weather into tuesday, our area high processing is a little bit further south and that allows us further south and that allows us to draw the air in from the atlantic. it cuts off that flow ofairfrom atlantic. it cuts off that flow of airfrom the atlantic. it cuts off that flow of air from the north, atlantic. it cuts off that flow of airfrom the north, so it's not going to be quite as cold with this west or north—westerly wind toppling in. still some cloud, some spells of sunshine, one or two showers, those temperatures up to nine or 10 degrees. as we move into wednesday, for northern ireland, for england and wales, a similar sort of day. some sunny spells but we will see a front assist in bringing some showery rain into northern parts of scotland. the wind starting to pick up you once again but those temperatures againjust once again but those temperatures again just a touch higher at ten or 11 degrees. now, for the end of the some changes. 0ur area of high pressure slips away south—west woods, a low pressure dives in from the north, anotherfront assist them into scotland, rain and snow without, another shot according to the north of the uk but for the south of the uk, it looks like it will stay that bit milder. so to sum up through the week ahead, a chilly start, some rain and snow, particularly in the north, a lot of dry weather as well but it should turn milder from the south later. this is bbc news, the headlines: the british government has said all parts of the country are now on an "emergency footing" and it could be six months before life in the uk returns to "normal" — almost 1,300 people have now died from coronavirus in the uk — a rise of 209. in the us — the leading infectious diseases expert has warned that up to 200,000 people could die from the coronavirus. president trump says the us is carrying 100,000 virus tests a day, which accounts for the high numbers testing positive. in spain, another 838 people have died from covid—19 — the country's highest daily number of deaths. 6,500 people have now died from the virus there, and there are just under 80,000 confirmed infections. spanish health officials say the virus there could be