from coronavirus in the world. more than 20,000 people have now died. pope francis delivers a prayer for those affected by the pandemic in his traditional easter vigil in an almost deserted st peter's basilica . and the legendary british motor racing driver, sir stirling moss, has died aged 90. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. the number of people who've died in the uk from coronavirus, has passed 10,000. the health secretary, matt hancock, said this is a sombre day, that reinforced why the public must adhere to social distancing rules. it comes after one of the government's senior scientific advisers said the uk could become the worst—affected country in europe. 737 people died in hospital in the uk in the last day, bringing the total to 10,612. but that number doesn't include deaths in care homes or in the community. in other developments, the british prime minister boris johnson was discharged from hospital after being treated for coronavirus. he will not immediately return to work. italy has reported its lowest number of virus deaths in over three weeks. a31 new deaths were reported today. and the us coronavirus death toll is now the world's highest. more than 21,000 people have died there. we'll get reports from around the world shortly, but first let's hear from our science correspondent david shukman. a painful story with every loss. sara trollope was a matron on a psychiatric ward in hillingdon in north—west london when a patient developed symptoms and by the time she was given protective equipment, it was too late, leaving herfamily, like so many, totally shocked. stop seeing your family. stop meeting up. because when this is over, you can meet up with yourfamily, yourfriends. you can give them a kiss, you can give them a hug and tell them you love them. when this is over, we can't say goodbye. with so many losing their lives and the death toll rising, questions are raised about the uk's handling of the crisis, with this warning from one of the government's own advisers. i do hope we are coming close to the number of new infections reducing and in a week or two, the number of people needing hospital reducing, and tragically in a couple of weeks' time, the number of deaths plateauing and then starting to come down. but, yes, the uk is likely to be certainly one of the worst if not the worst—affected country in europe. what is your reaction to the comments of one of your own advisers, sirjeremy farrar, that the uk may be on course for the worst outcome in terms of death toll in europe? i think that sort of comment merely reinforces the importance of the central message, which is that people should stay at home, because that protects the nhs and saves lives. we get advice from all sorts of experts and we take it all very seriously. and we assess it throughout. still a source of concern is the lack of personal protective equipment, ppe, not just for hospital staff but for anyone having to work closely with others. gowns in particular are in short supply. some hospitals fearing that they will run out, exposing medical staff to even more danger. there are a number of our members who are saying they are now critically short of gowns. so what's been happening over the last 72 hours is the entire nhs has mobilised to solve that problem. the government is under constant pressure over this and will not commit to a date when it will be sorted. it's impossible because the quest is to get the right ppe to the right people on the front line at the right time across many millions of people across the nhs and social care. one of many shocking aspects of this daily death toll is we knew it was coming because, three or four weeks ago, the virus was spreading so fast. since then, the rate of infection seems to have fallen because of social distancing, but we haven't seen the benefits of that yet in terms of reducing the numbers dying. and today, at such a grim milestone, a poignant and powerful message from the sister of sara trollope. for me, stay at home, don't let my sister and all the other nhs staff and all the people that have died from this virus, don't let their deaths be in vain. stay at home. david shukman, bbc news. borisjohnson has thanked nhs staff after being discharged from st thomas' hospital, where he spent a week being treated for covid—19. in a video message, the prime minister said there was no question the nhs saved his life. 0ur political correspondent, ben wright has that story. boris johnson returned home to chequers, weary but relieved, and very grateful. i have today left hospital after a week in which the nhs has saved my life, no question. we will win because our nhs is the beating heart of this country. it is the best of this country. it is unconquerable, it is powered by love. so thank you from me, from all of us, to the nhs. in the video posted by number ten, mrjohnson reflected on his time at st thomas' hospital in london. the prime minister was hit hard by the coronavirus after being diagnosed at the end of march. he isolated himself in downing street and continued to work but struggled to overcome his symptoms. he spent three nights in intensive care and things could have gone either way, mrjohnson said today. he named two nurses in particular who had been by his bedside. they're jenny from new zealand, invercargill — on the south island, to be exact. and luis from portugal, near porto. and the reason in the end my body did start to get enough oxygen was because, for every second of the night, they were watching and they were thinking and they were caring and making the interventions i needed. downing street's other inhabitants wait for borisjohnson to get back, but his full return to work could still be weeks away. ben wright, bbc news. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the broadcaster lucy beresford, and the journalist and author yasmin alibhai brown. the united states has now overtaken italy as the country with the highest death toll from coronavirus in the world. more than 21,000 people have now died in the us after being diagnised with coronavirus. the state of new york alone had 758 coronavirus related deaths in the past 2a hours. the state's governor andrew cuomo described the figures as ‘horrific‘ but pointed to a stabilisation in the number of new deaths. you see also a flattening in the number of lives lost at a terribly high rate, but if you look back over the past several days, you see there is a certain continuity to that number. again, that's the one number that i look forward to seeing drop, as soon as i open my eyes in the morning. and it has been flattening, but flattening at a terribly high level. in spain, another 619 people with coronavirus have died. the rise comes after spain recorded its lowest increase in deaths yesterday. the country, one of the worst hit by the pandemic, has now recorded just under 17,000 deaths associated with covid—19. christians around the world are celebrating easter despite restrictions that have left many people confined to their homes. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, recorded his traditional easter address online from his kitchen, where he hailed the heroism of front line workers, while pope francis held the traditional easter service in an almost deserted st peter's basilica, as our religion editor martin bashir reports. in rome, pope francis delivered his annual easter message in chastened and starkly different circumstances to those normally associated with the joy of easter sunday. no flowers around the basilica, no pilgrims in the square. and the context of the coronavirus pandemic clearly shaped the content of his message. translation: this is not a time for self—centredness, because the challenge we are facing is shared by all without distinguishing between persons. after the second world war, this beloved continent was able to rise again thanks to a concrete spirit of solidarity. it is more important than ever, especially in the present circumstances, that these rivalries do not regain force. in bergamo, the worst—hit province in italy, the church of the blessed redeemer livestreamed its service to a parish where more than 150 have lost their lives. after so much suffering... the leader of the anglican church, archbishop justin welby, who normally preaches from canterbury cathedral, delivered his easter message from a kitchen table at lambeth palace. he said the country should use this pandemic to change direction. we cannot be content to go back to what was before as if all was normal. there needs to be a resurrection of our common life, a new normal, something that links to the old but is different and more beautiful. body of christ... in the philippines, which has also cancelled services, a church north of manila found a way of gathering its congregation together, creating a fellowship of photographs to celebrate easter. martin bashir, bbc news. in india, fake videos and hate messages are being shared on social media alleging that the muslim community is responsible for the spread of coronavirus. this is after thousands of suspected cases across the country were traced back to a muslim religious congregation in delhi. bbc‘s divya arya reports on the threats of attacks and economic boycott the muslim community is now facing in india. this piece contains language that viewers may find offensive and distressing. shouting this muslim man was filmed while being attacked by a group of hindu men. they accused him of spreading the coronavirus. three men have now been arrested. this is not an isolated case. this man tested negative for covid—19 but took his life after facing hostility from villagers. his family told us, he killed himself because of the stigma. translation: people were accusing him of spreading coronavirus. he could not take it any more and went into depression. it weighed so heavily on his heart that he had no choice but to take this extreme step. this targeting of the muslim community began after thousands of suspected cases of the coronavirus were traced back to a big congregation of a muslim missionary movement in the capital, delhi. and misinformation about them infecting others deliberately has spread. there has been a spark of hate messages through the likes of whatsapp. many have come to my phone as well including this one which has reportedly been shot in this area itself, were muslim vendors are being stopped from selling fruit and vegetables because of that fear that they will spread the coronavirus. translation: it is because of them. we are scared of muslims. who knows where they come from and what kind of vegetables they are selling? translation: it is spreading because of this. our people are keeping safe. the world health organization has said it is very important to not profile covid—19 cases along racial, religious or ethnic lines. but some media have been accused of doing just that. the government has issued an advisory against divisive messages but that may not be enough. it is a critical situation, the prime minister must go on national television. we cannot alienate 200 million citizens of this country, who happen to be muslims, and we must look for a post—corona india which will be cooperative, where we will be standing shoulder to shoulder. just over a month back, religious riots in delhi claimed more than 50 lives. in this already polarised atmosphere, the scapegoating of muslims has raised fears of heightening tensions. the headlines on bbc news... the number of people who have died with coronavirus in the uk has now passed 10,000. the health secretary calls it a sombre day. borisjohnson has thanked nhs staff after being discharged from saint thomas's hospital in london where he was from st thomas's hospital in london where he was treated for covid—19. the us overtakes italy with the highest numbers of deaths from coronavirus in the world — more than 20,000 it's been described as the "economic equivalent of a medically induced coma". countries accounting for more than 50% of world gdp are in lockdown, with governments and central banks stepping in to try to keep cou ntless com pa nies afloat. millions of workers have been told to stay at home, with many laid off or "furloughed". what's the likely scale of the economic damage and the shape of recovery when it comes? we can talk to megan green, a global economist and senior fellow at the harvard kennedy school. idid i did pose that question just now, what is the likely scope of the damage? i would what is the likely scope of the damage? iwould imagine what is the likely scope of the damage? i would imagine it is almost impossible to predict. so when you go into our macro forecasting models, there is no line for a pandemic. so estimates really have a huge range but i think we can be pretty certain that this will be the mother of all recessions. the only real question is how long will it last and what is the shape of the recovery after this? you are right, the idea is to put the economy on ice, basically, in the hope that we can freeze everything until we contain these virus and then slowly defrost the economy and have things mmp defrost the economy and have things ramp back up, but the longer this lasts and the list synchronised it is globally the harder it will be to go ahead and defrost all part of the economy at the same time. whenever this ends for good, and none of us knows when that will be, do we'll just pick up where we left off in march 2020 or will it take years and yea rs march 2020 or will it take years and years recover from? i wish we could just ramble right back up another huge now back in demand and go back to life as normal. i for one will never hit an elevator button with my fingers again, for a start. how will we work will change fantastically andi we work will change fantastically and i think if we alljust went ahead, we would go back to the beginning of march where no one has immunity and we have a surge in cases, so we are looking at intermittent isolation, let out and locked down, let out and locked down again and slowly, hopefully, we can gain enough immunity across the population to eventually get back to normal life, but that is going to take, you know, at least 18 months, so there is no real chance that we will have this v shaped snapback in economic growth. it will more likely look like a mighty swoosh, with the back—end being zigzagged as we get a locked down and let back out again. very briefly, how might the global economy cope with this cycle of intermittent lockdown send new infections? so, it will be difficult. emerging markets are on a different cycle to the rest of us, they have been hit by the financial markets but not by the health crisis yet, so as we are starting to come out of the economic freeze, they might be going further into one and that makes the snapback even less likely. thank you so much. italy has reported the lowest number of deaths in more than three weeks from the virus. officials there say they believe the outbreak has peaked. the a31 new deaths were the lowest since march 19th. the number of people to have died in italy now stands at nearly 20,000 — officially second in the world behind the united states. turkey's interior minister has resigned over the implementation of a two day curfew, to try to limit the spread of coronavirus. in the brief period before the lockdown came into effect on friday, thousands of people rushed to buy food and drink. latest figures indicate thatjust under 100 people died with coronavirus in turkey in the past 2a hours. sport and a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. we will start with the man regarded as one of the greatest formula one drivers of all time. tributes are being paid to the british motor racing legend sir stirling moss, who has died at the age of 90 following a long illness. he won 16 of the 66 f1 races he competed in from 1951 to 1961, becoming the first british driver to win a home grand prix in 1955 at aintree, but the world championship eluded him. the former f1 champion damon hill has been telling me sir stirling was one of the most talented drivers the sport has ever seen. i think he was a pure seat of the pants driver who threw himself and relied on his instincts. he was very, very aware of what he was doing as a driver. he was in an incredibly dangerous period of racing and he somehow managed to work out the risk—reward ratio somehow and knew he had to survive but, at the same time, was prepared to take quite big risks. you know, it is almost inconceivably dangerous now, when we look back at that era, what he used to do and what he was expected to do. but he was quite young, i think he was 25, or something, when he won the mille miglia, so perhaps he didn't have so much fear because he was young. he was very much patriotic, a patriotic driver and sportsman and i think you believed in those corinthian values and wanted to take part honourably and it was about how you conducted yourself as much as where you finished. clearly a man who loved racing, he continued to race in historic cars, legends events into his 80s and continue to inspire today's drivers like lewis hamilton. what will be his legacy? i think his legacy is that he was a living legend after he had retired. he was a legend in his grand prix career as well, so he became, i think, the icon, the poster boy, if you like, for british grand prix drivers right from the very beginning, the post—war period of motor racing. and i think he launched all of the other careers of british racing drivers who went on to become world champions, which he sadly was denied, but i think no one ever regarded him as anything less than one of the greats. damon hill speaking to me earlier. some more sad news to bring you, i'm afraid. the former chelsea and england goalkeeper peter bonetti has died at the age of 78 after a long illness. he played 729 times for chelsea, the second most appearances of any player for the club, as well as seven caps for england, including at the 1970 world cup in the quarterfinal defeat to west germany. the scottish professional football league has been accused of underhand tactics around its vote to end their season. hearts, who are bottom of the scottish premiership, say the spfl tried to unduly influence the outcome of the vote by insisting the resolution had to be passed in order to release funds to clubs. hearts say they will now propose a temporary restructuring of the leagues so no club will be financially penalised. there could be a change at the top of world rugby after the vice chairman agustin pichot said he will run against chairman bill beaumont. former england captain beaumont has been in charge for the last four years. his re—election in may was expected to be a formality but the argentinian who has worked alongside him all that time has decided to himself forward. decided to put himself forward. finally, virtual racing was all the motogp riders could do on sunday but it was still, it is safe to say, pretty competitive. there was some misfortune, the seven—time champion valentino rossi in race two suffered a crash attempting an overtake on the final lap. luckily, he managed to see the funny side of things. bagnaya was the eventual winner. that is all of the sport for now. the uk government has welcomed the public‘s efforts to stay home this weekend, and for sticking to strict social distancing rules, despite the warm and sunny weather. dan johnson reports now from hastings. it's been a strangely quiet weekend right across the country. rarely are the streets of the capital empty like this. 0ur motorways were almost abandoned as people overwhelmingly listened to the pleas to stay close to home. in blackpool, people were out and about but mostly sticking to the rules. there's a lot more people out exercising but i would say 99% of people are listening and taking our advice. 0n the south coast, hastings was very quiet for a sunny bank holiday. on a sunday, normally this place is heaving. we met george — 69 years old and vulnerable. all i do is come out every day and get a bit of fresh air and i never get out of my scooter. for the simple reason is i'm safe in here. we had a group of four having some drinks and then they think it's really cool to go in the playground as grown adults so we have to explain to our kid that he can't go in the playground but there are some idiots who think it's ok to. so we shared our views with them. it's all just empty. it's like the walking dead. and all the restaurants are all closed. i'm a little bit more cautious probably than most but that's how i feel. i lost my uncle last tuesday to covid. 68, no underlying health conditions. so, you know, ijust want to stay as safe as possible. we are with bbc news, we just happen to be filming here. and then, just around the harbour, an upside—down world delivered some new arrivals to our shores. 29 migrants thought to have sailed from france. keeping two metres apart in this boat would be impossible. it's a reminder of the range of challenges our emergency services are facing. these are indeed strange and difficult days and there are surely more to come. danjohnson, bbc news in hastings. one of the world's best known opera singers, andrea bocelli, has performed a live concert at the empty cathedral in milan. # amazing grace # amazing grace # how sweet the sound... do stay with bbc news. stars from the world of comedy and tv have paid tribute to tim brooke—taylor, who's died after contracting coronavirus. he was 79. he was best known as one third of the goodies. he was also a panelist on radio 4's i'm sorry i haven't a clue, for over a0 years. 0ur media and arts correspondent david sillito takes a look back at his life. # you need a helping hand. # you know they'll understand... tim brooke—taylor — writer, comedian, goody. a posh, unionjack waistcoated goody. for a while, comedy to start with was or antiestablishment and, with was antiestablishment and, so, if you're going to do a show, you need somebody who is the establishment and so i was the queen, the government, whoever it was. so i always had to represent that side. are we going to stand by and watch england's green and pleasant land defaced? that character, which was the opposite of his own views, was just one of many he developed through the ‘60s. what's good about it? do you like it? i don't know whether i like it or not. yes or no? yes, i do like it! he first metjohn cleese when they shared digs at cambridge university. buxton born, timothyjulian brooke—taylor had been heading for a sensible career in the law. excuse me, were you not at eton? no, it was my brother. but found making people laugh was much more fun. we had it tough. i used to have to get out of t‘shoe box at midnight, lick t‘road clean, eat a couple of bits of cold gravel, work 23 hours a day at the mill for a penny every four years, and when we got home, dad used to slice us in half with a bread knife. monty python's famous four yorkshiremen sketch was actually written by tim brooke—taylor for the at last the 19a8 show. at half—past ten at night, half an hour before we got to bed... his career, president of the cambridge footlights, radio, ‘60s sketch comedy, suddenly took off with a simple idea. we are the goodies. yes, we know that. and we are going to... do good to people. at its peak, 15 million would tune in. 0ne viewer died laughing. his wife thanked them for making his end a happy one. it always rankled, though, that the bbc didn't repeat its mixture of slapstick, satire and profound silliness more often. but something of its spirit did live on in radio. jolly tune plays. # girlfriend in a coma. # i know, i know. # that it's serious. # girlfriend in a coma. # i know. for more than a0 years in i'm sorry i haven't a clue. # really think she'll pull through...? tim brooke—taylor — a lifetime of making people laugh and here singing one song to the tune of another. # girlfriend in a coma. # i know, i know. # yes, it's serious. # my, my, my. # my baby goodbye! # 00:29:41,223 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 and that's jazz.