The outbreak began. There are now more than 185,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the u. S. More than 38,000 people have died in this country. Tonight nearly 80 of americans are living under stayathome or shelterin placeorders. The president formally extending social distancing guidelines for one more month now, at least until april 30th. Lets discuss now. Don harwood is here and daniel dale. Thank you for joining us. John, today the president seemed to be aware on some level of how bad this could get. Talk to me about his response today. Don, i think we saw a president today who had been smacked in the face hard by a reality that is very, very grim. You know, so often the president comes across as somebody who is out of touch with what the rest of us can all see presenting a hucksterish view. He called himself today a cheerleader but it is much harder to do that when youre not looking out at a curve that may rise up sometime in the near future. When its rising right now and wh
One more month now at least until april 30th. Lets discuss. John harwood is here and our resident fact checker daniel dale. John, you first, the president seemed to be aware of how bad this could get. Talk to me about his response today. Don, we saw a president today who had been smacked in the face hard by a reality thats very, very grim. You know, so often the president comes across as somebody whos out of touch with what the rest of us can all see presenting kind of a hucksterish view. He called himself today a cheerleader. It is much harder to do that when youre not looking out at a curve that may rise up sometime in the near future. When its rising right now, and when you can see the curve steepening in terms of both numbers of cases and the numbers of deaths involved, when you have a best Case Scenario of 100,000 deaths, that is a situation where even a president whos a cheerleader has got to be knocked back and i think dr. Fauci and dr. Berks had the effect of grinding that real
Coronavirus in the country to 233. Islands in the stream. And in other news, the American Country music legend kenny rogers has died at the age of 81. Good evening, youre watching bbc news, broadcasting in the uk and around the world. Well have the latest on the coronavirus worldwide, and we start in italy, where nearly 800 people have died within the past 2a hours from the virus. Its by far the worst single day total worldwide since the pandemic began, and it brings the total number of deaths in italy to 4,825. Bbc World Service europe editor danny aberhard reports. The danny aberhard reports. Figures are frightening. 0 average the figures are frightening. 0n average one coronavirus patient is dying in italy every two minutes. That is despite nearly two weeks of lockdown in the worst affected regions. The Northern Region of lombardy is especially hard hit including one of its cities, bergamo. Lorries have had to help transport its dead cemeteries and crematoria elsewhere. The head of
Jump benefit. Government borrowing could jump to its highest level in peacetime history. And one of the nurses thanked by Boris Johnson for watching over him in intensive care says. Her team was is doing itsjob. He was just another patient we were trying to do our best for, so it is just business as usual. We build up to the Coronavirus Briefing today led by Health Secretary matt hancock. First minister Nicola Sturgeon has set out her strategy for exiting the lockdown. The rest of the year and possibly beyond that. Ms sturgeon told a News Conference in edinburgh that a return to normal life was not on the cards in the near future. A total of 18,738 patients have now died in uk hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus up 616 on yesterday according to the department of health. The figure does not include those who died in care homes or in the community. In other news, researchers at Oxford University are beginning the first human trials of a possible vaccine against covid 19. 20,
It may be a little bit grey and gloomy first thing but it looks single reaches number one. Like for most of us there will be once again some strong april sunshine on offer. Good morning. It looks like another dry day for most parts of the uk. It its saturday april the 25th. Our top story. A huge drop in the number of patients seeking urgent treatment may be a little bit grey and gloomy for conditions unrelated to coronavirus is fuelling concerns that Serious Problems are being missed. The nhs is launching a campaign to encourage anyone with Health Concerns to seek help as the number of a e patients fell by half in the last month. First heresjon donnison with the latest. Much of the fight against covid 19 its saturday april the 25th. Our top story a huge drop has been about trying to keep people in the number of patients seeking urgent treatment for conditions safe and out of hospital. Unrelated to coronavirus is fuelling concerns that Serious Problems are being missed. But today the nh