sitting up in bed and engaging positively with the clinical team. the us has also recorded its highest daily coronavirus death toll, more than 1800 people. also in the us, bernie sanders says he's ending his bid to win the democratic party's presidential campaign clearing the way forjoe biden. human evidence things human destruction of the natural to pandemics, just like covid—19. we will bring you covid—19. we will natural to pandemics, just like covid—19. we will bring you many more details. a warm welcome to the programme. the uk government says that the health of boris johnson is "improving". the prime minister has coronavirus, and has spent two nights in intensive care at st thomas' hopsital in london. he was taken there on sunday night — ten days after first testing positive for the virus. the chancellor rishi sunak said that mrjohnson was receiving excellent care. the latest from the hospital is that the prime minister remains in intensive care, where his condition is improving. i can also tell you that he has been sitting up in bed and engaging positively with the clinical team. so that was an update from the daily briefing that we have here in the uk. we also have we also have the latest fatality figures from across the uk have been released. in the last 2a hours 938 people have died in hospitals, the country's highest daily figure so far, but that figure does not include deaths in the community or in care homes. it brings the total number of deaths in the uk so far to 7,097. let's speak to jonathan blake our political correspondent in westminster. so so those terribly grim figures, but a little hope when it comes to boris johnson's condition. a little hope when it comes to boris johnson's condition. yes, and encouraging update brought by the chancellor at the news conference inside downing street earlier this afternoon. he said the prime minister's condition was improving. as you say, he was sitting up in bed, and engaging with his medical team, as it was put. so that has to offer some encouragement. the prime minister's condition is, we are told, by downing street is improving, that's better than it deteriorating, it will go without saying it becomes a big relief to eve ryo ne saying it becomes a big relief to everyone at the staged everyone in government, and the latest update from downing street doesn't really add anything to that, but the prime minister continuing to make steady progress, and he remains in intensive care. it's worth remembering that for all the talk of improvement, he is still in intensive care at st thomas hospital in central london, which is a reminder that he is still seriously ill. meanwhile, we have had those desperately difficult figures for the united kingdom. yes. the highest number of deaths in a 2k hour period, up above the 900 mark, and a reminder that the seriousness of the coronavirus pandemic here in the uk is still very much present. the figure has been rising, there has been a glimmer of positivity in the last day or so from the government's scientific advisers that the number of new cases has not been increasing at such a rapid rate, and may actually be slowing. that offered some positivity to really, when you can trust that number of deaths, it is very easy to see that the uk has not reached the peak in terms of cases, or in terms of those who have sadly lost their lives from this virus. so the chancellor was asked about that inside downing street earlier today, and there has been some talk about the measures and the restrictions on movement being reviewed in the coming week and the government is legally obliged to do that, but i don't think anybody is expecting them at this point to be lifting it. no commit doesn't sound likely. jonathan from under development at the daily press conference, don't go away come i wa nt to conference, don't go away come i want to bring you your thoughts from there. today, the uk treasury unveiled another £750 million as part of its coronavirus rescue package — this time going to charities. it comes less than three weeks after the government announced its most far—reaching plan — a job retention scheme — which aims to help companies by paying 80% of staff wages if employers can't sustain them on the payroll. new research out today shows the toll of the lockdown on the uk's economy. 50% of uk companies are expected use the scheme to furlough the majority of their employees it means that more than nine million workers can expect to receive their paycheques from the government — more than one—third of all workers. so far, the plans have been welcomed by company bosses — like mark reynolds, who runs a construction firm. what this enables us to do is to keep the capacity within our business and capability, so that when we come through this, we can then reemploy our people immediately so we can go back to work. but the scheme won't come without a price. the resolution foundation think tank says it will cost the uk government 30—a0 billion pounds — and that's assuming it's not needed after three months. for context, that equates to one—fifth of what the government would normally spend in total over three months. workers who have been furloughed are worrying about how sustainable the scheme really is — take olivia webb who works in recruitment. i am grateful to have not been made redundant, it does feel like i'm just waiting for the inevitable, because when these three—month grants are up, what's going to happen then? are business able to pay salaries again? are they going to bounce back? probably not, so it does feel a little bit like a bit of a waiting game right now. jonathan, we are talking about best case scenario, three months, but that could be even longer, couldn't it? yes. when the treasury put together the package of measures to safeguard the economy, and to pay the wages of workers who had been furloughed as a result of the coronavirus crisis and the restrictions on movement put in place to deal with it, at the time, the calculation was that the restrictions would be in place for an open ended period of time, but we have seen in the last week or so, reports of tension between different cabinet ministers about the approach here, and the debate that will be being had and will have to be had at some point about what is prioritised is that the economy or the long—term survival of that? or is it doing everything possible to ensure coronavirus does not spread and take more lives in the uk, but there is no fixed end date, of course, for these restrictions, everybody is hoping that they have an impact sooner, rather than later, that the peak of cases comes before too long. but if, for whatever reason, the restrictions don't have an impact and cases continue to rise, then the debate will need to be had and a decision will need to be made about just how long they can stay in place for. because it is obviously a huge undertaking as the chancellor said today to put up all of that money and to pay the wages of so many workers for an undefined period of time, and also to offer businesses the loans on behalf of banks that have been put forward by the treasury. no easy solutions. jonathan, thank you so much for talking us through that. jonathan blake and our correspondent there, our political correspondent with the latest on those developments from the united kingdom. let's from the move united kingdom. let's from the move united kingdom to the united states now, we will bring you the very latest on the coronavirus figures from there, because they have also had a difficult day, but first of all, wa nt to difficult day, but first of all, want to bring you up—to—date with the political developments comments in relation to the upcoming presidential election. bernie sanders has suspended his campaign to become the us president. he thus effectively clears the way for the former vice president, joe biden, to become the democratic parties nominee, and bernie sanders addressed his supporters online. nominee, and bernie sanders addressed his supporters onlinelj wa nt to addressed his supporters onlinelj want to thank all of you who spoke to your friends and neighbours, posted on social media, and worked as hard as you could to make this a better country. together, we are transforming america's consciousness, as to what kind of nation we can become, and i've taken this country a major step forward in the never ending struggle for economic justice, the never ending struggle for economicjustice, racialjustice, and environmentaljustice. mr sanders they're addressing his supporters online. president trump also online, he's been tweeting about this... he suggests. so, i caught up with the or kur to get his thoughts on the or kur to get his thoughts on the president's reaction. his assertion doesn't really have any basis in fact. elizabeth warren did perhaps take some votes away from bernie sanders, in the same way that michael bloomberg took votes away from joe biden, and her presence on the ballot was not determinative in minnesota or massachusetts, so for donald trump to try to say that i think is definitely a stretch. you can see the strategy behind here. donald trump is trying to ferment divisions within the democratic party, similar to the ones that were existent in 2016 which may have helped some of bernie sanders supporters go to third parties or even back donald trump. donald trump sees or wants to see that sort of dynamic play itself out again. whether that will be the case or not now that donald trump is running as the incumbent, that remains a question, but, clearly, that is what he is going to try to do, paint bernie sanders has being wronged by the democratic party and by elizabeth warren. so joe biden, the issue here though, anthony, is that joe biden, we have not really see much of him recently. know, we haven't. you have to remember in a normal presidential election campaign cycle, this is kind of a downtime after it's been concluded but before the national conventions, where presumptive, nominee would spend a lot of time fundraising and organising, finding difficulty getting out into the spotlight a nyway getting out into the spotlight anyway against an incumbent. that's made all the harder in this case, where joe made all the harder in this case, wherejoe biden made all the harder in this case, where joe biden has made all the harder in this case, wherejoe biden has essentially been confined to his house in delaware, and can only communicate with the media with fundraisers via video conferences and the light, so it is going to be a very real challenge for him to try to break through, particularly when donald trump has this national platform with his daily press conferences on television every single day. it is a strange sort of campaign to be in, at least at the moment. but there are months to go before november, and biden will have his chance to try to wrestle that spotlight back from the president. anthony, thank you for talking us through that. the us has recorded the most coronavirus death in a single day. the united states has 800 deaths were reported on tuesday, this now brings the total number of fatalities in the country to over 13,000. the us has more than 400,000 confirmed cases, and this makes it the highest number in the world. with new york remaining the epicentre of the country's outbreak, more than 4000 deaths in new york state and the sates health care system is at maximum capacity. that's why local authorities have started building a temporary hospital. this university campus just east of new york city, this will provide over 1000 extra beds, as new york governor has the latest numbers. bad news isn'tjust bad, the bad news is actually terrible. the highest single day death toll yet, 779 people. when you look at the numbers on the death toll, it has been going steadily up, and it reached the new heights yesterday. so another difficult day. in washington last night, president trump actually had very harsh words for the world health organisation, accused as being too close to china come at one point even threatening to cut its funding. well, today, the who has responded. the issues targeted at me personally, i don't mind. i preferto targeted at me personally, i don't mind. i prefer to really focus on saving lives. i said it many times. we are losing people. why would i ca re we are losing people. why would i care about being attacked when people are dying? the director general also urged the us and china to come together and not to politicize this virus. we will have many body bags in front of us. if we don't behave. when there are cracks at the national level in the global level, that's when the virus succeeds. for god sake, we have lost, we have lost more than 60,000 citizens of the world. well, let's hear from anthony on the presidents's row with the who. presidents's row with the whoi thank you have to see it in a long line of donald trump's response to this outbreak, and that is finding other people to blame, there are factors beyond his control that are responsible for this issue with democratic governors, a governor of michigan, and the governor of new york as not responding fast enough, of course, for a while, he was blaming china, because they didn't in the early stages, he is not turning to the united nations into the who as being to blame. so he is trying to offer the american public someone else to look at, as far as blame goes. but, in the end, it is on donald trump soul shoulders whether the us succeeds or fails in combating the virus. well thanks to anthony therefore putting some context into those very grim figures. do with the next day with us figures. do with the next day with us here on outside source, still to come, we will look at evidence of the link of human destruction of the natural world and pandemics. just like pope 19. the welsh government says it will extend the coronavirus lockdown. the local government minister said that there are signs that measures are working, and that they need to continue further. she has also urged people to stay at home over the easter weekend. these are extraordinary times. asking people to completely change the way they live, work and socialise is not something we do lately. ——work and socialise is not something we do lightly. we've taken these measures because by working together, we can slow the spread of this virus and protect people who are most at risk. there are signs that the measures are having an impact, but we also have to brace ourselves from more people falling sick and, sadly, for more people dying as a result of coronavirus. this weekend, we will be celebrating easter, and as we prepare for that long bank holiday weekend, ministers, local government leaders and the leaders of our emergency services, including the police, will be calling on everyone in wales to follow the stay rules. our message to wales is very simple, stay home and save lives. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our main focus is on the uk seeing a record number of coronavirus deaths with nearly 1000 reported over a 24 hour period. prime minister boris johnson remains in intensive care. now, let's bring you up to date with some new evidence which emerged of a link between human destruction of the natural world and pandemic‘s just like this one, lake covid—19. so, according to this major study, which was published in the the royal society, increased contact between humans and animals is causing more as viruses jump from animal to human. with scientists australia and the us winding up to 75% of human infectious diseases come from animals originally. probably no surprise that resilient things and animals, like rodents and bats and primates, they carry the highest number of viruses. but scientists are quick to warn that we shouldn't be blaming animals for outbreaks, instead, they point to how we humans are destroying their natural habitats through practices like hunting and farming. that's bringing us hunting and farming. that's bringing us closer into contact with wildlife. now, there are numerous theories about the origin of covid—19. some of them are little bit dubious, others a little bit more believe you believable. one theory is sticking in the public mind, it's been quite persistent. that the pandemic that we are seeing started here, this is the now infamous animal market in wuhan, it's thought that someone, patient x, was infected with a virus from an animal, and then spread it locally before the rest of the world. scientists are still trying to figure out what species that it actually came from, which is the key to finding out about this pandemic and stopping its, chinese media suggests it could have passed from this, this creature is a pangolin, scaly mammal. it looks like an anteater, and well, it's under threat. scientists say that this smuggled animal are found with viruses closely related to covid—19. there are other theories, another one is that it came from bats, and that it was passed through an intermediate animal in the same way that sars was, the epidemic moved from the horseshoe bat to this animal, this is a sip it, before than infecting humans. now, whatever the cause, close contact with animals is being blamed, and that's putting a spotlight on the global wildlife trade, and scientific evidence suggests that sars like viruses out there. we spotted this article in scientific american, and it's on the discovery of dozens of other deadly pathogens and bats caves in china, and the article suggests that wuhan outbreak was in fa ct suggests that wuhan outbreak was in fact inevitable, given its popular animal markets. following this is our science reporter, helen briggs, whojoins us our science reporter, helen briggs, who joins us now. our science reporter, helen briggs, whojoins us now. so, just our science reporter, helen briggs, who joins us now. so, just explain to us the likelihood with so many different theories, the likelihood of which one is true, and the fact that, well, you know, we are encroaching upon animal's natural habitats as we develop out. that's right. well, scientists have been warning for decades, really, of the risk of virusesjumping decades, really, of the risk of viruses jumping from animals to humans, and all sorts of things linked with that. sars, mers, ebola, and now kovic 19, linked with that. sars, mers, ebola, and now kovic19, all thought to have their origins in wild animals, and we know that this seems to be coming more frequent, and you can go out, and you can survey wild animals for viruses, bats are known to carry a lot of viruses, but they don't actually cause any problems for bats themselves, they don't make bats sick, but if theyjump to humans, then they can make humans sick. so, really, there is this concentration on the idea that human health is linked with animal health, and, indeed, the health of the environment, the health of the planet. so, what scientists are saying, really, is this is about human behaviour. it's not about animal behaviour. anything that brings humans and animals into close contact, carries risks. so if we are destroying their habitat, encroaching on the habitat of wild animals, coming into contact with them, that can increase the risk, as can wildlife trade and these wet markets, where different species of animals are put in cages and they are crammed together. that wouldn't happen naturally, and scientists say that's a breeding ground, if you like, for viruses to jump from animals to humans. why is wildlife, these markets that we are seeing, like the one in wuhan, why aren't they simply banned? well, a number of organisations are calling for a blanket ban. now, china did put restrictions in place on consuming wild animals, and that's expected to become permanent later in the year. also signs in vietnam about regulating trade in wild markets, so some wildlife groups say they want all trade for wild animals for human consumption banned, and they want wet markets banned, but other argues that any sort of blanket ban may not be the best thing to do because it risks driving wildlife trade further underground, so they are sort of saying that you need to better regulation, you also need better education to try and change cultural attitudes, because as long as people wa nt to attitudes, because as long as people want to eat meat from wild animals, then there's going to be some sort of trade that's going to suffer. and there are signs coming from china and elsewhere that that sort of message about consumption of wild animals is starting to change. 0k, helen, thank you so much for talking to us about that. her article is on our website. it's fascinating reading. so do take a look at that. now, so far, we have been talking about viruses jumping from animals to humans, but scope in covid—19 is also spreading from humans back to animals and between species. cats are able to catch this disease from other felines, while another cap are able to catch this disease from otherfelines, while another cap has been infected with the virus after its owner had symptoms. so bats are recommending that we keep cats indoors throughout the lockdown. you might remember on monday, we heard about this tiger which tested positive at a new york zoo. several other tigers, a lion has also fallen ill. they are all thought to have caught it from a zoo employee who hasn't yet shown any symptoms. so is there a reason to be cautious because medicare is our science correspondent, victoria. probably the most important bit of information for any concern pet owner is that there is apsley no evidence that a domestic cat or dog that's a pet could give covid—19 or transmit covid—19 to human owner. there are no cases where that has happened. crucially, there has been no cases of that happening for sars orfor covid—19. no no cases of that happening for sars or for covid—19. no cases of that happening during the sars outbreak either, and sars is a very similar virus, and they study that entire outbreak, so they have a lot more information about how the disease is transmitted. so people shouldn't be avoiding their pets or worried about their pets infecting them by sneezing. in fact, their pets infecting them by sneezing. infact, peoples their pets infecting them by sneezing. in fact, peoples pets might be particularly important to their mental health right now, while a lot of us are living in isolation with this social distancing and stay at home orders and stay—at—home orders in place. there is evidence that humans could transmit kovic covid—19 to other animals, there has been cases where domestic dogs and a pet cat, most recently of a tiger at a zoo in new york that tested positive for covid—19. it's thought to have been transmitted from the tiger keeper. but, crucially, those animals didn't become sick, they tested positive for the virus, they didn't become ill, they weren't infectious than to those humans. positive news, thanks to victoria. i will be back in a few minutes. hello. well, it was a very warm day across some parts of the uk. in sussex, temperatures got up to 23.9 degrees, according to the met office. as far as the rest of the week is concerned, looking at the uk as a whole, it is going to stay settled and warm, but not absolutely everywhere, because it is still very cloudy and cool across parts of scotland. in fact, you can see the overcast skies here, a ribbon of cloud, a weather front draped across scotland and close to northern ireland as well. that is with us here through wednesday and thursday, but to the south of that high—pressure dominating the weather, so that means settled conditions, and often sunny and clear at night. so variable amounts of cloud across the uk during the night, but here is the weather front, slicing scotland in half there. you can see cloudy skies down into the low lands. to the south a little bit milder, temperatures of around 9 degrees in birmingham first thing in the morning on thursday. it will be colder out in the country side. tomorrow, variable amounts of cloud. the best of the sunshirne around the southern and southwestern areas, however the north sea coast may end up being pretty cloudy. anywhere from edinburgh down to hull it could be overcast and cool, with the temperature averaging around 10 degrees. in cardiff we've got sunshine and up around 22. good firday, weather fronts just to the west of our neihbourhood, but getting closer, and see all that cloud associated with these fronts. that means increasing amount of cloud and on the western fringes of the uk. also the possibility of the few spots of rain. i think the sunniest and warmest weather will be across the south and southeast and here, temperatures up to 24 degrees and widley into the low 20s as far north as yorkshire as well. that is good friday and how about saturday and the rest of the weekend? these weather fronts are still flirting with the uk, and you can see there is a fair bit of cloud here and we will see subtle changes in the wind direction over the back holiday, over the easter weekend and that means temperatures will be changing as well. look at that, london, by the time we get to monday, temperatures will be dipping down to 13 degrees, so peaking through friday and saturdayand them a big dip comes at the start of the week. it looks as though it will be turning cooler through the easter weekend, but only gradually. that is it from me, bye—bye. hello and welcome to outside source code on bbc news. for viewers in the uk and around the world we are of course covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain. and also globally. under the record number of deaths in the uk from coronavirus with nearly 1000 reported over a 24 albert period. —— hour period. the prime minister is racing a fourth night in hospital with still in intensive care for the chancellor says he is responding to treatment. the prime minister remains in intensive care for his condition is improving. i can also tell you that he has been sitting up in bed and engaging positively with the clinical team. the us is also recorded its highest daily coronavirus death toll, more than 1800 people. and also in the united states bernie sanders says that he is ending his bid to win the democratic party's presidential nomination thus clearing the way for joe biden. and in other news the saudi led coalition fighting in yemen has announced a cease—fire potentially pausing years of conflict. hello and a warm welcome to the programme. but start with the world health organisation regional director for world health organisation regional directorfor europe world health organisation regional director for europe who is saying that now was not the time to relax measures which are designed to restrict the spread of coronavirus. despite indications that the pandemic is slowing in italy and spain, the who says that the progress a cross spain, the who says that the progress across europe is still very fragile and efforts to suppress this virus have to be redoubled. we are now still in an acute phase of the pandemics of this is not the time to look back on funding. health is the responsibility of the countries and we are there to further step up our support. i would describe this as unprecedented. the verse is taking its toll on the financial situation on the economies of the come of the global economy, the eu finance ministers have failed to agree on a recovery package to help their economies get back on their feet from this pandemic. it's exposed deep divisions in europe where italy and spain have accused other nations led by germany in the netherlands of not doing enough. the chairman of euros of finance ministers sent out this tweet in which he says... so that's get maura weatherspoon so much disagreement, here is gavin lee in brussels. little finance ministers of those countries that share the euro as a currency, 90 different countries and the euro zone, the ideas what do you do, a big extensional question angela merkel saves the biggest test for the eu isjust the merkel saves the biggest test for the eu is just the other day. merkel saves the biggest test for the eu isjust the other day. eddie support those countries with the ha rd est support those countries with the hardest hit already financial debt issues in the past can italy and spain for example. what did they come up with? nothing. by five o'clock this morning the french finance minister had said that while hundreds and thousands of people are dying of coronavirus you commit ministers, sit there doing nothing. the whole future of the eu is at sta ke. the whole future of the eu is at stake. fundamentally it comes down to how you allow a mechanism like this, 240 billion euros, how you allow that to be accessed by the end spain and what conditions should have been attached. the dutchmen are processed by how they promise to pay back these to come. they say it's about a lack of trust and about unity and meeting tomorrow. eight there will be huge figures but of course absolutely huge consequences as well. the daily death toll there has risen for a second day in a row. 757 people lost their lives in just one single day. an increase of 14 people on the previous day. in fact far lower than the record 950 deaths which have been reported on the 2nd of april and shows this crisis it's farfrom of april and shows this crisis it's far from over. almost of april and shows this crisis it's farfrom over. almost 50,000 people have died across spain and the country has more confirmed cases than any other in europe. the rate of new infections does appear to be stabilising and so far at least 48,000 people have recovered. the police checks are intensifying across the country. they do respect the lock down ahead of this easter weekend. as police from footage shows as empty streets only a few ca rs shows as empty streets only a few cars circulating and this is in the capital madrid. you can also see patrols carried out in helicopters this is over the canary islands, this is over the canary islands, this is over the canary islands, this is make sure the people were not outside their homes for nonessential reasons. some people here were caught sunbathing on rocks or beaches and yes a big no—no from the officers they are. the world health organisation certain... the officers they are. the world health organisation certain. . ij don't health organisation certain. . i don't want to use the word optimism because in the face of such devastation and instruction and illness in a country that's a bad word. but there's hope at least and evidence that this outbreak is definitely slowing down. the situation in spain commit let's turn to france which is going into recession after its worst economic contraction since the second world war. official figures show that the economy shrank by 6% of the first quarter because of the epic of coronavirus. almost 11,000 people have died from covid—19 in france. authorities also in announcing that the nationwide is being extended, president micron is being asked to address the nation on monday and our correspondent has more on the band and exercising outdoors in paris. the ban on jogging and exercising outdoors in paris. the ban onjogging between ten and exercising outdoors in paris. the ban on jogging between ten and the morning and seven in the evening, the results according to the town hall and polices that you may people were crowding out onto parks and gardens along the banks of the rivers and intermingling, not respecting social space and so on. and so they decided to impose this time restriction so you can go jogging time restriction so you can go jogging but only two in the morning and then from seven o'clock. i guess that will make life a bit more co mforta ble that will make life a bit more comfortable for some people but it's an example of come as you are saying, this option that's been given to towns and cities around the country to impose their own tougher rules where the government rules don't go far enough or not being fully heated. situation there in france, let's turn to germany a country which he was figures not been as bad as many others in europe. these are the figures were not so bad they could contract nearly 10% this quarter. they said they will accept 50 migrant children of camp samac reality could see these conditions that many migrants are living in on the island of lesbos. let's have a look at what's happening in italy, for the evidence the pandemic is slowing there, italy recorded another 600 coronavirus related deaths on tuesday. so this now brings the death toll there are more than 17,000. number of infections rose by less than 1%. different develop making a road bridge has collapsed in the north of the country. the restrict restrictions on movement there it meant that only two people were injured in this. you can see this is the quite serious dramatic aftermath of this incident, this was over the referees of genoa, the bridge breaking into several sections, this road infectious normally extremely busy but traffic in italy of course pretty reduced because of the pandemic. the comes to the figures 43 people died in 2018 when a motorway bridge collapsed in genoa. desperate tragedy and difficult situation there now but the figures of course not comparable. let's turn to israel which is introduced a cu rfew to israel which is introduced a curfew on the eve of passover. people have been ordered to stay at home until seven in the morning local time on thursday. normally big crowds would gather for the burning of the leavened items, things like bread which are not consumed or possessed by dues during his religious holiday but you can see there people are having to keep their distance and they had to do things a little bit differently during this pandemic. according to the regulations we are supposed to do it on the in a safe way in our own homes and hopefully next year there hopefully be no corona threat and be able to come in a redo the public burning. slightly different situation, our global religion reporter is monitoring it for us. the jewish community were reporter is monitoring it for us. thejewish community were already in some parts of the world marking passover, they will be doing it a little bit different tonight. absolutely, they will. wejust little bit different tonight. absolutely, they will. we just heard some of the things that people are not able to do, passover started a few hours ago for people living there and on the first night one of there and on the first night one of the things that people would usually do is hold a big meal where her family, friends from community get together with a synchronistic prayers, they look at the holy texts and it's really about community and bringing you together but obviously that can't happen. before i came on arabs looking at things that people we re arabs looking at things that people were doing to try and maintain that sense of connection. for example going onto balconies and singing, the questions which is a big part of the questions which is a big part of the meal, or cracking open the door for people that live in apartment buildings just for people that live in apartment buildingsjust so for people that live in apartment buildings just so they can hear their neighbours and feel that sense of togetherness. also speaking to a rabbi that lives in new york and he's been encouraging people to try and make and relate the ceremonies for situation we are going through at the moment. for example the ritual washing of the hands he says is an opportunity to just remind people that in this day and age that something that could save people's lives. if a civil message, been saying it for such a long time, wash her hands. this is a religious period at the moment got people staying away from mass on sunday this weekend, of course ramadan coming up as well. a different experience from any religious group rings. the pope is been leading by example and that having all of the services is holy week without a congregation and been live streaming them. and it will be continuing to do that for the first future. i was speaking to a christian lady who lives in kenya, she was telling me about how they are doing a exhume communion on good friday, i did not even know that was possible but it's something they are planning to do. and also a group here in the uk were telling me they are planning for ramadan, one of the big things that happens every evening as people get together and break their fast together, they have a meal called and if death. they will also be having a call to prayer every evening. just because we are physically apart does not mean we have to feel alone. that's a lovely thought. a very strong message there, we are distance but we are still till together. thank you so much for talking is through that. it's emerged in the coronavirus crisis whether the public should wear facemasks, countries including israel and indonesia, morocco as well as the united states are now either insisting that they should or encouraging people to do so. of the advice of the world health organisation and the government in the uk is that you only need to health care and carers. neuroscience editor has been investigating. —— our science editor. simulation is a supermarket, new research still to be confirmed that how coronavirus can spread and linger in the air infecting people nearby. if scientist evolves the obvious conclusion is to avoid places that might be busy. don't go there if you don't need to go there. if you need to go there, go there only as seldom as possible. and number three, stay there as short a time as possible. if someone is showing symptoms they should not be going to a supermarket or anywhere else. but there's growing evidence that people can have the virus and did not show symptoms. that's one reason the us government and many others are not urging people that if they do have to go out they wear a mask. here's how you can make your own face covering in a few easy steps. america's top a medic showing how all kinds of household items can become a mask. it's a massive shift in policy, by contrast the world health organisation and the british government set the public don't need to do this. and you have yourself a cloth face covering. here in the uk the guidance is that it's cloth face covering. here in the uk the guidance is that its health ca re the guidance is that its health care workers and carers who should wear masks. in the worry is that supplies might run out if the public are trying to buy them as well. there's different views about this among scientists. one is that if you wear a mask might reduce the risk of passing virus to others. another is that once you put a mask on my to get a full sense of security. it might think you can get close to people again or stop watching your hands so often. or might treat it too casually. wearing a mask must be consistent. it is not to wear a mask then decide to take it off to smoke a cigarette or to eat a meal. it must be worn full—time. at the same time when the mask is taken off the outside surface may be contaminated as well and has become contaminated and they can serve as a source of infection. in any event can more countries are to many people wear masks, in indonesia are handing them out. the italian region of tuscany they're scaling up deliveries because everyone will have to wear one. attitudes are changing fast. certainly hargis keep up. you stay with us here an outside source, more to come after two and a half months in lockdown, a little bit of light, people in china enjoying the freedom again as they were left restriction in city with this pandemic started. let's turn just got in with a number of people who have died from coronavirus now stands at 366 just over 200 people are receiving intensive care treatment. here's the first minister nicola sturgeon at her daily news conference earlier. 70 deaths have been registered and that takes the total number of deaths in scotland as of nine o'clock this morning under that measurement to 366. these figures are the best figures and more accurate figures we can provide on a daily basis. however, as i said before, in these updates they don't ca ptu re all before, in these updates they don't capture all covered 19 deaths. also ona capture all covered 19 deaths. also on a weekly basis a further report in the first of these has been published around a half—hour ago. this new report captures all deaths here period. those that have with a confirmed laboratory diagnosis and also those whose deaths are presumed to be links to covered 19. also cases where covid—19 is delayed death certificate as a suspected cause of death or a factor in the death but we have no former test carried out. number of deaths covered is therefore larger than under the system when you compare the two figures for the same date. it's also unfortunately uncertainly more accurate. and rs have published the first of these reports today and it covers the period up to sunday the 5th of april and was so three days ago. in that report shows that in total by sunday 354 death of a register to scotland is being linked to covid—19. he might be wondering why the combined figure is far smaller than the figure of 366. that's down to a time lag. you're watching outside source 11 the bbc. our main story of the uk has seen a record number of coronavirus deaths with nearly 1000 reported over a 24 hour period. he while borisjohnson reported over a 24 hour period. he while boris johnson remains reported over a 24 hour period. he while borisjohnson remains in intensive care. now let's look at something a little bit more optimistic, tens of thousands of people have been streaming out of the chinese city of wuhan on wednesday. that's after a lockdown at the birthplace of the coronavirus where was partially lifted. he was outside the main train station and some travellers choosing to continue to wear the full effective protective clothing as well as masks to make the journey. protective clothing as well as masks to make thejourney. passengers protective clothing as well as masks to make the journey. passengers also having the temperatures checked before being allowed into the stations. on the road there was a steady flow of cars passing through and what checkpoint after the barricades which had been standing on the outskirts of the city for more than two months were finally taken down. more than two months were finally ta ken down. that's more than two months were finally taken down. that's with the situation with flights and could see planes are departing and arriving at the airport opened again. just for domestic flights i hasten to add. thousands of people leftjust after the quarantine was lifted. despite more freedom to travel and may not yet allowed to return to work. he said that using the controls will be a gradual process. the city has been cut off the rest of the world more than ten weeks. just starting the process of people being able to leave the there come you can imagine what it's like were being able to return if that's their hometown. a debate about the extent to which we trust the official statistics in china but analysts would say don't worry about the numbers, watch with the government does. and many of them argue that the senior leadership of the communist party would not be reestablishing transport links with wuhan unless they were reasonably sure that they we re they were reasonably sure that they were bringing this emergency under control. lockdown was lifted after china reported no deaths on tuesday, this is the first time that the began publishing its figures. express that china has achieved this to the heavy lockdowns on the area with the virus spread. the province sought more than 67,000 confirmed cases of the virus and more than 3000 deaths. to control the virus they ordered the 11 million residents to stay in their homes. they were not even allowed out to shop forfood. they were not even allowed out to shop for food. they were the first to express life in a lockdown, today around one third of the population is getting used to living under those similar quarantine measures. abc chinese asked the residents what advice they might have for us elsewhere. we know the older people and those with underlying conditions are more susceptible to the series that from this virus but the stats are one of the world are showing that men are also dying and illness in much higherfigures. as also dying and illness in much higher figures. as the also dying and illness in much higherfigures. as the breakdown of age and gender in this england and wales, he could see that it has a number of men in yellow who have died and they have outstripped women in every age group, why is this? i asked professor sarah hawkes from the global health 5050 initiative about whether she thought this was biological or behavioural factors behind this. is a very good question. the honest answer is i cannot give you a definitive answer, but like every disease this is likely to be driven by biology and behaviour. those kinds of differences we are seeing are replicated across a number of diseases across the world. when you say diseases, what are we talking about here when it comes to because of conditions that men perhaps are more prone to? nestled of the reasons we think that behaviour and gender is playing a role along with the biology differences between men and women. so if we look at those other underlying conditions that people in a sea you are likely to be suffering with, people who are likely to die from infection are suffering with, those of the heart disease, lung disease, it may be diabetes. we know that those conditions at a global level are more common in men than women. and we think that a large part of that difference in those underlying conditions and driven by behavioural differences between men and women in terms of things like exposure through occupation to unhealthy environments, smoking differences, alcohol consumption differences in many parts of the world. thanks to the professor, frustratingly nuclear reason but there's certainly a discrepancy there. lots were coming up discrepancy there. lots were coming up tomorrow on outside source, do join us then, goodbye. hello. the weather has been very kind to us for quite some time now. is he going to last? is he going to stay sunny and warm? the answer is in the short term yes it is. if anything goes temperatures may even be raising a little bit higher. high—pressure very close to the uk the rest of the weekend with the high pressure also have quite warm winds and because of the plume of warm air is actually reaching the far north atlantic. not absolutely everywhere is getting those higher temperatures us because some parts of the country there is persistent cloud and that certainly the case on thursday. it's cloudy across western scotla nd thursday. it's cloudy across western scotland in a few spots of rain and thicker cloud along the north sea coast m ea ns thicker cloud along the north sea coast means lower temperatures. so only 12 in whole but sunnier in cardiff temperatures getting up to around 22 degrees. this is the weather pattern thursday into friday, here's the high—pressure and winds blow around the high—pressure in this direction so they are scooping up again that warmth from the south, the thinking is that given sunny skies across much of england and wales temperatures could be highest on friday, it could get up be highest on friday, it could get up into the mid—20s potentially in one or two areas can pick the around the london area but further north a bit more cloud so has the churches will be lower and for example in glasgow around 16 degrees. friday of the easter weekend is again a bit more, can these weather fronts increasing amounts of cloud and also the possibility of encountering some rain, obviously in a many of us are stuck indoors you probably won't catch the rain but you do pop out briefly you may run into a few spots. possible across some of these western and northern areas are still very warm western and northern areas are still very warm on western and northern areas are still very warm on saturday across southern and central areas, temperatures will be into the high teens were low 20s. the rest of the easter weekend, weather fronts never too far away you see one close to ireland here in a low pressurejust parts of the west of our neighbourhood, but it is the winds are starting to come in from the north now. that's a cooler source and indication that those temperatures will start to drop away. sunday across northern areas around 12 degrees in aberdeen, 19 in london and then a big change happens sunday into monday. high—pressure develops here come the winds blow around the high in this direction so dragging cooler airfor the northern climb and you can see the wind direction of the north sea spreading across the uk and that means those high temperatures really will take a tumble, you'll see a huge difference between saturday, sunday and into monday. it's all about the wind direction this time of year for me it in northerly and 12 degrees can we get a southerly get 22. all about the wind direction this time of year, high—pressure is stucco rest early next week that means windless weather and got cool air sitting on top of us and no wind to move it around. it's not going to warm up so that means on a tuesday we've got this cooler pool of their sitting on top of the some may be just a little bit of warmth reaching us later in the week but that's still some time away. i think the basic message is that next week cooler winds are expected from the north sea and then indication that perhaps a little bit warmer much later. tonight at ten, more than a fortnight after the lockdown started, another record number of deaths — 938 reported over a 24—hour period. for the prime minister, it's another night in hospital, still in intensive care, but ministers say he's responding to treatment. the prime minister remains in intensive care, where his condition is improving. i can also tell you that he has been sitting up in bed and engaging positively with the clinical team. as the number of reported cases continues to rise, the government says it's giving more money to charities to help the fight. we'll have the latest, as a leading scientist questions the credibility of the government's target for testing.

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