Hello and welcome to bbc news. Where covering all the latest coronavirus developments in britain and globally. The uk has another week of tragic news for families. Today has been the third day in a row in which the British Government has announced close to a thousand deaths in a single day. Uks Daily Briefing was led by the Health Secretary who confirmed their been 980 reported deaths from coronavirus in the last day. That is the biggest daily increase so far. That makes the total number to almost 9000. There have been nearly 1. 6 million recorded cases of coronavirus with many people having died. That is according to the Hopkins University of the united states. Mass burials are taking place as the death torments high with more cases reported in new york state than any other single country. Back in uk, the Prime Minister is out of intensive care and continues to improve in hospital, according to downing street where he has to think the whole Clinical Team treating them for the incredible care he has been receiving. And his thoughts are with all of those have been affected by this terrible disease. The European Union finance ministers say an emergency package worth e1 trillion for the economy were stated by the pandemic. 0urfirst report comes from our health editor. Work on birminghams new temporary hospital has progressed so fast its ready to take patients today. That was the message from local Health Leaders at the latest Nightingale Hospital for coronavirus cases based at the National Exhibition centre. It will be well equipped, but it comes at a time when some health staff elsewhere are worried about their safety. They say theyre still not able to get the right personal protective equipment and some feel anxious what they do get is not adequate. Were getting a lot of messages from doctors on the front line that the Current Situation is, in many parts of the country, inadequate, that people are feeling unprotected, that they feel scared when theyre a work, they feel unable, in some places, to use the kit that theyre able to bring in from home because other members of the team havent got it, and that they dont feel confident in whats being provided. Staff at Newcastle Upon TyneHospitals Trust say theyve had confusing messages. 0ne e mail this week said due to the Current National issues with supply and demand of gowns, an apron instead of gown or a long sleeved apron should be used for aerosol generating procedures that means release of airborne particles. A few hours later, they were told that an apron instead of gown should be used in non confirmed coronavirus patients. A doctor told us, i feel betrayed by those who are meant to be our leaders, it is like were being sent to war without armour to protect ourselves, serving as cannon fodder. In a statement, the newcastle Hospitals Trust says requirements from Public Health england had changed numerous times over recent weeks, that current advice was fully in line with those, and staff could be assured there were sufficient supplies of protective equipment. Today, the government announced a new plan to get more equipment, known as ppe, to health and care workers. There will be a lot of scepticism, wont there, still about another plan being published. I mean, what guarantees can you give that people will be made to feel safe with the right equipment . What id say is that it is a constant effort to get the ppe to the front line, a huge logistical effort. We acknowledge the challenges, of course we do, we face them every day. And we are doing everything in our power to get that ppe to the front line. And those with concerns about ppe at the front line, were making sure they have a place that they can go in order to call for help. Dr Abdul Mabud Chowdhury posted a message to the Prime Minister on social media, warning about the lack of protective equipment for nhs workers. That was five days before he was admitted to hospital after contracting coronavirus. He died on wednesday and his son spoke to the bbc today. He was a courageous, brave man, and thats something hes passed on to us. He saw that nhs workers didnt have enough ppe, and he made a call for that, and maybe at the time it did not get the attention it deserved, but now, for sure, were giving it the attention it deserves, and we are not going to stop, we are getting this everywhere, we are making sure we are heard, that my fathers voice is heard, that my fathers passing is not in vain. Scotlands first minister, meanwhile, repeated the guidelines to the public on social distancing. The message remains exactly the same as it has been. People need to stay at home. I know how difficult that is, and i know how difficult that will be, particularly over this easter weekend. Ordinarily, that is a time to see friends and family, and a time to get out and about and even take a short break. None of that will be possible this year. Today some were enjoying the sunshine, keeping their distance and exercising in line with official advice, but theres still a Long Bank Holiday weekend ahead. Lets stick with a Bank Holiday Weekend because its around 25 degrees and supports the uk over the weekend. The government has repeated again the need for people to stay at home apart from going out for exercise once a day, shopping for basic necessities or getting medical ca re basic necessities or getting medical care and help for vulnerable persons. People can also leave home for work if absolutely necessary. A picture postcard, and that is because the crowds are missing. What would have been unusual is now the norm. You wouldnt be able to move down here, honest to god, you wouldnt, itd be absolutely heaving, chock a block, beach, pathways, all the shops would be busy, everything. 0ur town and every town, certainly on the seaside, we need people to stay at home, keep away, keep themselves safe, to keep us, the nhs safe, so we can say peoples lives. Other coastal resorts were also deserted from southend on sea to southwold. And skegness, where on a normal easter weekend it would be impossible to park. Sir no running thats it. You can only walk on the river walk. In london, officials have been reminding people to keep a distance. Sir, could you dismount, please . Thank you. Sitting on the beach youre all right walking around, but staying stationary, are you from the same household or. . In birmingham, rangers have been patrolling the parks. Stay indoors because of covid 19. So youre saying i am not allowed on my front garden . You cannot come on yourfront garden. In rotherham, one householder thought the police were taking things a little too far. South Yorkshire Police have since apologised and described the incident as well intentioned but ill informed. Messages like these in scotland have been seen across the uks tourist spots, and they appear to have made a difference. There was also a reminder today that people can die one month after being infected, so staying apart and staying at home is vital. Right now, you have to remember theres still a lot of virus circulating, and if we keep ourselves away from other people, the only way youre going to get it is from an infected person, so staying apart from other people is the key to breaking the transmission chain. It doesnt get more isolated than this, and its hoped the easter weekend will look exactly the same. Pictures of emerged a mass grave in new york in the death toll continues to rise. Many have died in there alone. Burials are being ramped up at the site on an island off the bronx. It has long been used to bury people with no next of kin. New york state has more cases of coronavirus than anywhere else. It is somehow unimaginable, unbelievable, that in the most famous city of the richest country in the world theyre digging mass graves for those who cant afford a funeral, and for those who died of coronavirus with no next of kin. This is hart island, just off the bronx in new york city. Nearly 8000 people have died in this night alone, and theyre struggling to deal with all the burials. We are in total control of our destiny here. What we do will affect literally life and death for hundreds of people. The glimmer of good news is that the number of people on a normal weekend, a tourist venue like the Lincoln Memorial would be packed with visitors. Donald trump is hoping to reopen the country on may 1st, but his medical experts are saying be very cautious indeed. The virus kind of decides whether or not its going to be appropriate to open or not, so even though were in a holiday season, now is no time to back off. As i say so often, now is the time to actually put your foot on the accelerator, because were going in the right direction, lets keep in that direction. We want this plague to pass over, we want everyone in america to be safe, psalm 105 says. The president had originally wanted america to reopen in time for easter, with churches packed. But in the oval office today this was the reality no crowded of pews, just a blessing from a bishop. And for nearly all other christians, this unique easter will be online, virtual and socially distanced. 0ur correspondentjoins us from washington. We will get to the president s briefing at a moment but for everyone around the world, images of this crisis will stay with them for many years and now among those images will be the site of mass graves in new york. Absolutely. It is putting a picture to go along with the number, the record numbers that we are seeing coming out of new york city of casualties. They predict that this could be the peak casualties today and Going Forward in the next couple of days but that is now a tangible look and what that means to a city where a couple hundred people die every day and your talking about deaths over thousand. President trump has been giving white house briefings, any updates from that . Well, one of the things they address in the Surgeon General is that there is a disparity between african america ns and general is that there is a disparity between African Americans and the rest of the population as far as the impact of this virus because that is one of the things that you are seeing right now is that black americans, their death rates are much higher than the rest of the country and part of that is because pre existing medical conditions that may be affecting the black community more. And again, that makes it very clear that this virus, while it is affecting everyone in this country, is hitting certain segments of the population harder than others. But donald trump wants to focus on getting past this, he says that there is light at the end of the tunnel and now he wants to start addressing the Economic Impact of this as well, because the attitude is the perhaps we are reaching a peak during the coming days and the number of cases are to go down after that, but the Economic Impact, the unemployment numbers which are record coming out this yesterday in the businesses that are closing and the businesses that are closing and the effect it has in the bottom line of the american economy, that is going to drag on even beyond just the Health Crisis here. Do we still see any administration that has visible tension between those want to go back to normalfor visible tension between those want to go back to normal for those of the other the lockdown should continue . I think so what youre seeing it not just continue . I think so what youre seeing it notjust in the white house, reports and inside the white house, reports and inside the white house where donald trump is looking at his president ial reelection in november and has to be concerned about the economy, but also among conservative commentators, republican officials were saying that we need to start dealing with the Economic Impact of this right now while there are Public Health officials were saying, do we listen to anthony in the previous section talking about lifting your foot off the pedal now, but to get off the accelerator, its just the pedal now, but to get off the accelerator, itsjust going the pedal now, but to get off the accelerator, its just going to cause the pandemic to bounce back again is the worst possible thing to do. Thank so much. Still to come. We will get all the latest sports news as liverpool football test positive for coronavirus. Player. This is bbc news. A message to the public, recording the highest rate of fatalities in hospital. New york sta rts of fatalities in hospital. New york starts to bury some of its dead in mass graves, the state now has more coronavirus cases than any other single country outside of the united states. Spain will begin handing out masks at metro in train stations on monday as some companies reopen after two week hibernation periods. The news comes as spain reported its lowest daily death toll from the new coronavirus in 17 days of 605 fatalities reported over the past 2a hours. A virologist and research of the Spanish National research council, shejoins the Spanish National research council, she joins me the Spanish National research council, shejoins me from madrid. The spanish Prime Minister says that the fire as he describes it is now coming under control. He is a politician and you are a virologist. And your point of view is it under control . If we Pay Attention to the number of deaths in the infected people in the number of people recovering from this, the numbers are right direction. So we can say that the fires are already over, but you have to be very cautious because the numbers to see how they react next few weeks. Staying at home and the number of infections have not stopped for the lease there is a lot people have seen the pictures and what kind of lessons can other countries learn from what spain has had to endure in recent weeks . Well, the first, not only in spain but other countries, people spread the virus and it is very important to the people of that before and after, having the disease, the virus spread. It is important to put people in quarantine. This very important. Another thing is to be careful with elderly and also, these people, we should avoid, we know already that the disease is, this is important and it is also very important and it is also very important that the number of infected people is so high that we have to be prepared and we have to prepare our hospitals with many acu ventilators because all of this patients, we know that there have been, they have spent about seven weeks in the hospital. The Health System may collapse. Italy, germany, the United Kingdom have talked about the United Kingdom have talked about the possibility of immunities certificates for those who have caught the disease and recover from it. Is that being talked about in spain as well . With, we do not know yet if people have already recovered from infection and are completely immunised, so have to check with all of these people. We are at the beginning and so we have a long way to learn about how these people can be infected or not. And would take a lot of effort and collaboration between researchers from very very important. And when we knew about it, maybe this will make sense. News on the virus elsewhere. In ireland, dave said that the current restrictions on movement that was due to expire on monday will be in place for another three weeks but it was their hope to ease them afterwards. In italy, 570 people have been confirmed to have died from covid 19 in the past 2a hours. 40 from covid 19 in the past 2a hours. A0 fewer than the day before. The number of confirmed cases is also slowed for over a200 to just three hearts 951 italy is on the countries ha rd est hearts 951 italy is on the countries hardest hit by the pandemic more than 18,000 confirmed deaths. Let us get some sports news. Hi there. We start with because for the football season in england to only resume once all players have been tested for coronavirus and that is from the chief executive from the League Managers association that is also criticised the English Football League for not consulting them before sending out a letter saying that it can be completed within 56 days of a restart. He does not think that timeframe is fair on players in the testing is key to getting back as soon as possible. All managers do not want to be back on the pitch. U nless not want to be back on the pitch. Unless players have been tested. 0f the government must be confirming thatis the government must be confirming that is ok because the test must be made available there is a shortage to the care workers, the patients, the families of the nhs and also the nhs staff themselves. That is where the testing must go first. 0nce nhs staff themselves. That is where the testing must go first. Once that happens, by all means, accesses and sport. Many are wondering how they can complete the season ended in scotland, wonderful away from ending the season early in team seven voting on whether or not to resume the campaign that is safe to do so and also finish it now, the majority of votes casted are in favour of the recommendation to in the season early and it would not impact the scottish premiership for now, but the outcome might not be known until may with the resolution resting on one championship cloud. It is a fairly complicated voting structure here. They lead 75 from each of the four leaks to here. They lead 75 from each of the four lea ks to vote here. They lead 75 from each of the four leaks to vote in favour and it looks as though, given the latest figures in the spf bell that the majority of the clubs a