Out its migration policy as more people continue to try and cross to europe. The sea conditions are deteriorating by the hour and we need to solve these problems as soon as possible. A stark warning from the World Health Organization for europe. It says the covid 19 situation is very serious. This is why. Cases have now exceeded those reported when the pandemic first peaked in europe in march. Last week, the regions weekly tally exceeded 300,000 patients. Over the past two weeks, more than half of the countries in europe have reported a 10 increase in cases. Seven countries in europe have seen new cases go up by more than double in that same two weeks. This graph shows the number of new daily cases in those seven countries. You can see how quickly it has started rising again. Heres more from the who. In the spring and early summer, we were able to see the impact of Strict Lockdown measures. Our efforts, our sacrifices paid off. Injune, cases hit an all time low. The september case numbers, however, should serve as a wake up call for all of us. Although these numbers reflect more comprehensive testing, it also shows alarming rates of transmission across the region. There you have the who highlighting the fact the testing trilogy remains central. However, as we know at the moment, Different Countries are taking different approaches. There is particular pressure on the uks testing system at the moment, that we should say that the. One other criticism is that countries not coordinating enough. That has continued. We left to save those countries can respond to that critique from the who. Here is naomi grimley. I think they are surprised how fast coronavirus is bounce back in europe. One word of advice is that this region does contain russia as well, so we need to bear that in mind because they have had bad case levels there, but it is obvious now that we are now in a second peak. As weve seen throughout this pandemic, higher rates of transmission are often quickly followed by tougher restrictions. Thats happening in the north east of england, where new rules are about to come into effect. Heres the uk health secretary. From tomorrow, in northumberland, north tyneside, south tyneside, newcastle upon tyne, gateshead, sunderland and county durham, residents should not socialise with other people outside their own households or support bubble, hospitality for food and drink will be restricted to Table Service only and late night restrictions of operating hours will be introduced, so leisure and Entertainment Venues must close between 10pm and 5am. Around 2 Million People will be affected by the new restrictions. These graphs show why the government is taking action. The blue bars represent the number of weekly cases. In all of these counties, there has been a spike in the last two weeks. The city of sunderland is of particular concern. The infection rate there is now at 103 cases per 100,000 people. For comparison, the rate across the uk as a whole is 55 cases per 100,000 and thats already considered high. Well, borisjohnson says he will do Everything Possible to avoid a second nationwide lockdown. The Prime Minister told the sun newspaper. The only way to make sure the country is able to enjoy christmas is to be tough now. The opposition says more than tough restrictions are needed. Heres Labours Health spokesman. The secretary of state said little about testing this afternoon, mr speaker. At just the point when many fear we are on the cusp of a second deadly spike, the Prime Minister admits we dont have enough capacity. And rather than fixing the testing, the secretary of state is restricting testing. The government insists it is still increasing Testing Capacity. The head of the National HealthServices Test and Trace Programme told a parliamentary hearing she did not expect the rise we have been seeing. We were increasing Testing Capacity every day, every week over the course the last few weeks in anticipation. Not enough, by multiple factors. As the Prime Minister said yesterday, plainly, we dont have enough Testing Capacity today and we are doing everything in our power to increase the Testing Capacity. And people are pointing to the fact lots of people are coming back from holiday any schools being opening being the reasons this search could have been predicted. And the schools being open. Those shortages are causing anger in the community. Our Health Editor hugh pym has been talking to people struggling to get tests. Paul, who is a teacher, has been trying and failing to book a test for members of his family. Four days of trying to get testing and nothing at all, not even being offered testing 100 or 200 miles away, which at this stage i would take. If there was frustration for people at home, there was even more for those in sunderland who secured a booking, arrived at the site, but found no sign of any testing. It is an absolute joke. Ive had to bring my three kids out of school, they are now missing out on vital education because of covid 19 and theres not one person has turned up on the site. Nobody here, so what do you do . So we just have to go back home and try again, i guess. It beggars belief. It takes you ages to get an appointment, then you come and there is a car park full of people and theres no testing people. Itsjust ridiculous. Elsewhere, though, some other testing stations like this one in west london appeared to be working normally. At this testing centre, people who have managed to get a booking are moving through. Each morning, there is an allocation for those who havent booked and just turn up, but people arrive very early and it goes quickly. From the uk to france, because theres been a steep rise in cases there. There were 10,000 new cases today. The rate of infection is 166 cases per 100,000 people. Thats around three times the rate in the uk. The situaton is particularly bad in marseile, where the infection rate is 300 cases per 100,000. Only a handful of intensive care beds in the city are still available. Lucy williamson has visited one of the intensive care units there. Marseilles main intensive care unit has become a changing room again. Familiar routines resurrected for a new wave of Covid Patients. This time, its a 65 year old man on life support. Theyre putting a camera down his throat, one of the riskiestjobs. The ventilators on their suits purify the air inside their masks. These are the patients only visitors. His wife calls for news once or twice a day. Shes not allowed in to see him. Now its becoming very disturbing because were stuck between the desire to treat the patient, of course, as best as possible, and also to treat non Covid Patients in the appropriate way. That is, to find icu beds, to have surgery, to manage trauma patients and so on. So its very difficult to manage. Marseille is the epicentre of frances new covid crisis. The director of Public Hospitals here says the system is nearing saturation, with only a handful of intensive care beds left and 100 extra staff recruited in the past week. This icu, marseilles biggest, is now almost full. The nightmare for units like this one is a sudden rise in the rate of infections. This hospital is sending two Covid Patients to intensive care each day. A sudden spike would overwhelm them. Rates of infection in marseille are now twice that of paris. Over 10 of those tested here are positive. At this centre today it was first come, first served. But getting a test isnt always easy. This woman told us shed had symptoms since monday. Translation its a panic, a real panic. Its stressful. There no Appointments Available on the governments testing website and the doctors website tells me theres nothing until the end of september. The government today admitted there were bottlenecks in testing. Translation weve put in place a system to prioritise those with a prescription, symptoms, those who are care workers or in contact with cases. The rules in marseille are becoming stricter by the week. Groups larger than ten are now banned from beaches and parks. The price of a post lockdown summer when thousands mingled here together. A summer that swapped isolation for infection now sending its waves out across france. Lucy williamson, bbc news, marseille. Weve updated you on france, and on the uk. Next to the us, which is getting very of two 197,000 deaths. There have been more than 6 million confirmed cases. Thats prompted the head of the centers for Disease Control to issue this renewed plea to americans. Face masks, these face masks, are the most important powerful Public Health tool we have, and i will continue to appeal for all americans, all individuals in our country, to embrace these face coverings. I might even go so far as to say that this face mask is more guaranteed to protect me against covid than when i take a covid vaccine, because the immunogenicity may be 70 , and if i dont get an immune response, the vaccines not going to protect me. This face mask will. President trump, who has not been so keen on wearing facemasks, is very much focused on the prospect of a vaccine. He says one could be ready before novembers election. That directly contradicts what the director of the cdc said yesterday. There will be vaccine that will initially be available sometime between november and december, but very limited supply, and it will have to be prioritised. If youre asking me when is going to be generally available to the american public, so we can begin to take advantage of vaccine to get back to our regular life, i think youre probably looking at late second quarter, Third Quarter 2021. And heres what the president said when he was asked about that a few hours later. Are you comfortable with that timeline. . No, i think he made a mistake when he said that. Its just incorrect information. And i called him and he didnt tell me. I think he got the message maybe confused . Maybe it was stated incorrectly. No, were ready to go immediately as the vaccine is announced. And it could be announced in october, it could be announced a little bit after october, but once we go, we are ready. Did not look confused, did he, the director of the cdc . But i was the president s assessment. That was the president. Donald trumps rival for the presidency, joe biden, says the president s timeline is being guided by politics, not science. Here he is. So let me be clear. I trust vaccines, i trust scientists, but i dont trust donald trump. And at this moment, the American People cant either. Anthony zurcher is in washington. Anthony, it can be a bit confusing, can it not, with the cdc saying one thing and down from sin quite some thing and down from sin quite some thing else . And then mark meadows, Donald Trumps chief of staff, echoing donald trump, saying that Robert Redfield was not in the loop and did not have the latest information, but then you talk to drug manufacturers and they kind of echo what redfield was saying, that there could be a vaccine in the next month or two but it could also be stretched well into 2021. As lazy people like joe biden stretched well into 2021. As lazy people likejoe biden saying that there is a political motivation behind Donald Trumps announcements because he is talking about it happening right before election day, and if there is a return to normalcy, that probably would help dom from politically. Although lets be clear, all candidates try to line up be clear, all candidates try to line up positive things and thats why you see people likejoe biden. Thats definitely the case, that was something life and death like this vaccine, i think the stakes are that much higher and you have to look at Donald Trumps record over the course of this year, being yellow neck overly optimistic about was going to happen with the coronavirus being overly optimistic. Going to happen with the coronavirus being overly optimistic. Saying that there could be a new cure with the hydroxychloroquine, seeing cases biking, so when you do it in that context, it is more difficult to look at what donald trump was sangamon vaccines and not see a particular political spin on it. Anthony, before i let you go, i am interested no, when we talk to voters, where is covid in the issues when they decide who to support . Voters, where is covid in the issues when they decide who to support7m is right at the top. The president and his handling of covid is right at the top of this election cycle, along with that the economy and economic recovery, but that again is the result of coronavirus, that the economy is not going to recover until there is some kind of return to normal life and that is very dependent on getting a hold of coronavirus and eventually coming up with a vaccine allows people to go backin with a vaccine allows people to go back in public safely. Anthony, think you for those of you joining us think you for those of you joining us from the top of the programme heard a warning from the who on europe. Joining me now. For people who did not see a clip i played a you earlier, tenuously to us why you tenuously just why the situation is so serious now . When you go into the winter, you have covid meeting the winter, you have covid meeting the influenza season and excess mortality in the outer population. And we see that, half of European Countries in the last two weeks double. What would you like to see these countries doing they are not doing at the moment . We have seen the policy response was prompt and drastic, but the virus has shown to be merciless, so the government needs the leadership in the committee occasion which instills public trust in that clarity and the society do their share with the Public Health measures. But would you agree that perhaps europe made a mistake in pursuing a normal summer and allowing so many people to move around the continent so freely . On one hand, when National Lockdowns we re one hand, when National Lockdowns were implanted, we saw a drastic decrease in cases, but it had a very high toll on mental health, economic loss, so its a balance. Its really a balance. In that sense, the key issueis a balance. In that sense, the key issue is to learn how to live as a community with the virus. Youre saying the situation is very serious. Can you help our viewers understand the difference between where we were in march and april and where we were in march and april and where we were in march and april and where we are now . Are we seeing a repeat . Thats key. No. Today, in september, is not yesterday in february. We prepared the hospitals, the intensive care units, we have a stock of personal protective equipment. People learn the lesson that it equipment. People learn the lesson thatitis equipment. People learn the lesson that it is much more. If schools are closed, if it often localised. The Testing Capacity became expanded, so were in a much better position. And can i ask you about how you see the uk versus the rest of europe . Back in the string, the uk was two or three behind countries like france and italy at the moment, france is ahead of the uk but do you imagine, in time, the uk will also see an equivalent rise in cases . We know what has to be done, and its tricky to compare countries. We saw in the first wave, some countries had a very tough time, so in that sense, the key issue is to stand together, to amplify a collective effort of limiting what we know is working. And can i ask you finally about winter . Certainly in the uk, the weather is unseasonably warm but it wont stay that way for very long. How concerned are you about what happens when the weather gets colder . I am hopeful, because we know more, but i am also concerned for all the countries, absolutely, so im concerned we go to see some increased mortality at different times at the same time there is seasonality. But a lot depends. Dr hans kluge, thank you very much for joining us on outside source. Two important stories relating to migration. First, the island of lesbos in greece. After those huge fires at moria camp last week, police are moving thousands of migrants and refugees to a new camp nearby. Since those fires, over 12,000 people have been homeless. Many have been sleeping under tarpaulins or other makeshift shelters on the roadside. This morning, police woke people up to move them to their new home. All these pictures are from the greek police. And this is one of the 70 female officers who were flown in to organise the transfer of women and children to the temporary camp single men are not allowed in yet. A Government Official said 1,800 people had been moved by early thursday. But, of course, there are many more who need help. Theres been criticism of how the move was carried out. The charity medicins sans frontiers says it was blocked from accessing its clinic on lesbos while the operation was going on. That did change. It then tweeted. Theres also been criticism that people are simply being moved to another new camp on lesbos, rather than a more long Term Solution off the island. Heres one activist in brussels. We have european leaders doubling down on the approach which has led to the situation, and already proposals for a new camp have been put on the table. So, we really want to be clear, you know, if we are to recognise what happened in moria and the policies that led to this crisis, we need a different approach. This is a leadership decision. Few contest that the original situation in moria was dire. It was initially designed to house 3,000 migrants. But it ended up taking in over 12,000 people from 70 countries. Many had limited access to clean water and electricity. So