With 500 beds on dhe, an intensive care system in place, no one is downplaying the urgency.

Today's figures for virus fatalities is up again less than yesterday, yet still by over 200.

But Channel Four News has obtained a letter from the CEO to staff at one London Hospital Trust, which makes the claim that in reality numbers are higher.

At one point, it reads, I am aware that the number of deaths being reported at King's Hospital in national figures is below that which we have experienced.

We and a number of other trust and sectors with a similar problem have alerted the center to this issue.

At what point are we being given accurate, up to date figures on the numbers who have died?

It is inevitable that there will be a time like this is not an issue of transparency.

It's an issue of ensuring that all those family that need to know on DL the parts of the system can consolidate the information on ensure it's accurate for the public.

Reinforcing the lock down is the government's number one priority.

The prime minister is writing to every household in the country in the letter, he states.

It's important for me to level with you.

We know things will get worse before they get better.

I can't make an accurate prediction, but everyone, I think, does have to prepare for a significant period when these measures are still in place on dhe.

The response so far from the British people is being fantastic.

As I say, I I wish I could predict when this will end.

But it's vitally important that at the moment and for weeks ahead that people maintain the strict social distancing guidelines that have been laid out.

At this afternoon's number 10 briefing, there was talk of the lock down lasting up to six months, probably over the next six months, we will have a three week review.

We will see where we're going.

We need to keep that lid on and then gradually we will be able to hopefully adjust some of the social distancing measures and gradually get us all back to normal.

Darvish, a police whose drone warning video cause such controversy was shaming if not naming, again online this time Ah House party with karaoke at a table laden with food hosts, dealt with the tweets said For what's described as a complete disregard for the rules.

The vast majority of the country's cities and towns were deserted today.

The question is, can the stay home policy be sustained Pop to six months or more?

Well, as we've heard in, N.

H s Consultant has died after testing positive for the disease and read Al Haram E was an ear, nose and throat specialist at Queen's Hospital.

Burton.

He died last night at Glenn Field Hospital in Leicester, the family of the 55 year old to pay tribute to him, saying he was a loving and much loved husband's son, father, brother and friend.

Can I also give my deepest sympathies to the family of Dr Al Hourani?

I We heard the news just a few moments ago that he is very sadly passed away.

Well, joining me now is Professor to hear Massoud, who is a consultant physician at Nauseam University Hospital's N.

H s Trust on the President's off the British Geriatrics Society professor.

This first death off a front line consultant will send chills throughout the medical profession.

Yes, it's really saddening use that we've heard today.

And my condolences, of course, go out to the family.

Andi, I think you're right.

It has already.

There's a lot of anxiety in the frontline staff of all grades about the risks that they're taking.

But I have to say, Krishnan, that I'm amazed about my colleagues up and down the country, all health care professionals who are putting themselves out to look after patients at this time.

And I know of many instances, for example, where any chest staff who should be actually isolating three months because they fall into one of the categories that the government has set should stay at home.

But they insist on working in the front line and putting themselves at risk.

What is your experience off what's going on in hospitals?

And how has it changed over the last few days?

I think there's been a big sea change in my own trust in Nottingham.

I think we are one or two weeks behind the curve compared to the big cities like London and Birmingham.

I was on call last weekend and it was busy, but it felt like a calm before the storm.

But I've been in touch with my colleagues who have bean working This weekend on the storm has certainly started.

Lots of people with suspected Kobe.

They're coming in and there have been deaths.

Obviously, you're a jury.

Attrition.

Many people are very worried about how elderly relatives are going to be treated and whether they will be treated the same way as everybody else.

What's your understanding of that?

Well, I think it's really important to understand that each older person is an individual on DSO, a 75 year old very fit.

All the person will be different from, say, somebody who's 68 with lots other co morbid conditions, such as heart failure, chronic lung disease.

So it's important that we don't decide on who's going to, for example, have intensive care treatment purely on the basis of age alone.

But age is, of course, a factor because as you get older, your immunity does decrease and you're more likely to have chronic conditions such as the ones that I've stated, heart failure, chronic lung disease, diabetes and so on.

So I think that has to be taken into account because those people they are going to have a less favorable outcome, No doubt with Kobe it as we go into the future just briefly.

So it's win truck.

But just briefly I mean, do you have the protective equipment that has been promised that you need Onda access the ventilators?

Well, we do have the equipment, but we do here the priest erratic cycle.

We are hearing instances up and down the country where some staff feel that the equipment is not being available at the right place.

So I think it's really, really important that the management off each hospital and each trust make sure that the right level of equipment is available at the ground level.

Attack that point professor, Thank you very much indeed.

While the Welsh health minister has echoed Michael Govan, saying Corona virus restrictions could last weeks and weeks into the future, born getting has also have been addressing concerns over protective equipment.

N.

H s staff ah, home affairs correspondent Andy Davis is in Cardiff.

Andy Krishna has been increasing focus in recent days on the number of field hospitals being established to deal with the peak at the time of the of the outbreak and we know about the Excel Centre in London.

We know about the Principality Stadium not far from here in Cardiff, among others.

And what's emerged today is the scale of the preparations in this context, the Welsh government saying that it's hoping to establish an extra 5000 hospital beds to relieve pressure on the acute settings.

Interestingly, not all the health board they're going for these big stadium conference style facilities.

One health board I spoke to is looking at more medium sized, fortified, medium sized locations, and we'll be speaking to the military in the next few days to help them with that.

On the issue of Personal Protection, Protective Equipment, or peopIe.

Such a contentious issue again, The British Medical Association here in Wales has been expressing concerns that they're getting an increasing number of off and anxious calls from frontline workers about the provisions of supplies.

One hospital doctor saying to them that he only had enough mosque supplies.

Thio last until the end of today, and that's a subject that I spoke to the Welsh health minister of on getting it real concerns.

Still in some areas, despite the assurances you're giving a back personal protective equipment that there are serious gaps still there.

Well, we've distributed over 3.4 million items of personal protective equipment in Wales since the start of this crisis.

Over this weekend, about 600,000 respirator Martin got out to health boards across Wales.

On top of that, so we are putting our significant amounts of personal protective equipment for our frontline workers.

But when you think that there are gaps and infection is spreading, But I do know that there are localized problems and where each those come up.

My expectation is the health board's deal with them now.

This isn't a perfect world, and I know that those gaps mean that health service workers and people they're caring for will be understandably concerned in I am too.

So I don't want to try to say that having is perfect because I know it isn't.

What we will do is what we should do.

Continue to deal with all of the challenges as they arise to resupply the peopIe equipment that we have got to make sure that the rapid review on personal protective equipment that is taking place and expect to see there was upset tomorrow.

We then need to make sure that we provide PEOPIE in accordance with that kinds.

Is there a danger that you will run out of peopIe supplies as this outbreak continues over the weeks and months ahead?

I don't think that's gonna happen, but there's always a risk that we could see.

Demand outstrips supply in any position on the whole world is trying to get personal protective equipment.

But I think we will be able to resupply on actually to do that in accordance with the guidance that I expect to come out and to be renewed tomorrow.

So that guidance on personal protective equipment, the review expected tomorrow and timely given the ongoing debate about what precisely health and care workers should expect in terms of protective equipment in which settings on how best to mitigate their exposure to infection.

Back to your London Andy Davis in Cardiff.

Well, nothing means a gari.

Radcliffe's husband has said her temporary release from an Iranian prison has been extended until April the 18th.

Richard Radcliff said her file has also been put forward to be considered for clemency.

She was jailed on spying charges four years ago that has been allowed to stay in Tehran with her parents during the Corona virus outbreak.

The Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, has apologized to his nation's low income groups after a surprise three week locked down resulted in tens of thousands of migrant workers attempting to return to their native villages.

He has been criticized for lack of planning before announcing the curfew last Tuesday, as huge crowds continued to descend on transport hubs such as New Delhi's bus terminal.

Some workers have been forced to endure days long walks to their villages on.

Many do not have access to food now.

When Leonard Gibson died 12 days ago, he was one of only 71 people in the UK who had been killed by the virus.

Today, that figure stands at more than 1200.

As Corona virus continues to disrupt life across the country, the families of those victims are often left isolated in their grief, struggling to comprehend the loss of a loved one while also trying to organize a fitting farewell under very difficult conditions.

I should tell reports, uh, he was a very telling run.

He was absolutely like one of the kindest people that we better.

Many more families are going to lose loved ones before their time.

For Leonard lanterns family, this became their reality.

He was 78 when he died on a tested positive from Covert 19.

It declines quite quickly in the hospital.

You know, he was in and out of consciousness for a lot of time.

Uh, he hey passed away on the 17th on some Patrick's Day.

Leonard is one of the 1228 people who have died in the U.

K.

His family say grieving has been made worse because of the Corona virus.

As a general thing, it's just made everything much more death court, especially with like the arrangements in terms of like register in the staff.

Unlike the funeral, it's bean nearly impossible to do a lot of things because we all have to self isolate as soon as we have found out about diagnosis having you know, had contact with him and things.

He's as some of the many families in the U.

K.

Going through the same, they've paid tribute online to the love ones they've lost.

The current rules for funerals are that they are allowed to go ahead, but only 10 people can attend on.

Mourners have to sit more than two meters apart at the service job.

Brewer has conducted over 1000 funerals in her career.

Just describe what funeral service is look like at the moment.

The chapels are empty.

I am.

People are desperate, looking sad, unable to comfort one another.

Unfortunately, this is what we have to do in order to maintain any kind of funeral service at the moment.

In Italy, in Spain, the worst affected countries in Europe, their governments have imposed drastic measures.

It's we have banned all public funerals.

And in parts of Spain, Corona virus victims are being buried alone.

Earlier this week, they announced that a makeshift mortuary in an ice rink is having to be used in the UK Such measures haven't been announced, and for leathered lentils family, they want him to be remembered as a person, not a Corona virus.

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