As the coronavirus pandemic spreads worries that poorer nations wont be able to cope Health Systems are weak in many of these countries and millions of people dont have access to clean water or sanitation so how can we avoid a catastrophe this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program and its. Corona virus infections have now been reported in nearly every country in the world and the number of people getting sick in europe and the United States is rising rapidly but scientists warn the next big spike could occur in developing nations we already weak Health Systems Johns Hopkins university in the u. S. Has been tracking the pandemic for the past 3 months now theres a huge concentration of cases in china iran europe and the u. S. Few infections in latin america and across africa but those numbers are ticking up in countries like nigeria for instance africas most populous nation is also battling the Worlds Largest outbreak of last a fever a viral disease more fatal than covert 19 libe
Warns widespread poverty could make latin america the next pandemic hotspot. We report from inside a hospital in tehran as iran warns of a 2nd wave of covert 19 infections. We begin in the United States where the trumpet ministration is ramping up measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic President Donald Trump says the military is being deployed as many states complain that theyre ill equipped to handle the outbreak more than 300000 people learned to be infected with the virus in the u. S. Over 8000 have died trump was warned of a tough week ahead saying close there will be a lot of death were going to be adding a tremendous amount of military. To help supplement the states thousands of soldiers souses thousands of medical workers professionals nurses doctors. And itll be a large number itll be will be telling them over the next very short period where theyre going and theyre going into war theyre going into a battle in the u. K. The number of people dying continues to rise 708 in t
The countryside. We report from inside a hospital in teheran as iran warns of a 2nd wave of covert 19 in sanctions. And in other headlines shades of promise houses from east africa or overcoming olds to a trans global attention for the world. We begin in the United States where the trumpet ministration is ramping up measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic President Donald Trump says the military is being deployed as many states complain that they are ill equipped to handle the outbreak more than 300000 people are known to be infected with the virus in the u. S. Over 8000 have died trump has warned of a tough week ahead saying quote there will be a lot of death were going to be adding a tremendous amount of military. To help supplement the states thousands of soldiers souses thousands of medical workers professionals nurses doctors. And itll be a large number itll be will be telling them over the next very short period where theyre going and theyre going into war theyre going into a
The European Union is under fire over coronavirus its accused of failing to properly deal with the pandemic even as 2 of its members are among the hardest hit worldwide so can the union stay united and relevant this is inside story. Hello and welcome again to the program im peter the spread of coronavirus a shut borders across europe and challenge the freedom of movement and the Free Movement of goods those are the very foundations of the European Union and some argue the bloc could be facing an existential crisis european governments have been criticized for initially retreating behind their walls in response to the outbreak and its leaders are divided over how to tackle the crisis economically theyve also recently squabbled over how to share the debt burden germany and the netherlands are among e. U. Nations objecting to a joint Debt Initiative that also disappointed spain. And italy they were joined by france in calling for a grander plan of action president emmanuel mccrum says his
The European Union is under fire over coronavirus its accused of failing to properly deal with the pandemic even as 2 of its members are among the hardest hit worldwide so can the union stay united and relevant this is inside story. Hello and welcome again to the program im peter w. The spread of coronavirus a shut borders across europe and challenge the freedom of movement and the Free Movement of goods those are the very foundations of the European Union and some argue the bloc could be facing an existential crisis european governments have been criticized for initially retreating behind their walls in response to the outbreak and its leaders are divided over how to tackle the crisis economically theyve also recently squabbled over how to share the debt burden germany and the netherlands are among e. U. Nations objecting to a joint Debt Initiative that also disappointed spain and its a. They were joined by france in calling for a grander plan of action president emmanuel mccrum says