Can the coronavirus curve be flattened some countries say their fast responses managed to slow the pandemic but the disease is still spreading so what will it take to control it this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im peter dobby now the number of people infected by courbet 19 is more than 1000000 globally the number who have died is almost 60000 the United States currently has the highest number of infections italy the biggest number of deaths yet some countries appear to be succeeding at flattening the curve the number of new cases each day appears to be falling in nations such as taiwan canada south korea and iceland theyve all shown that the rate of infections can be slowed down the u. S. Which has been criticized for a slow and ineffective response seems to have now become the main center of the pandemic but the u. S. President all trump says he has just the man to help tackle the crisis his Senior Adviser and son in law jared cushion or is leading the Coronaviru
Aljazeera. Hello im come on santa maria this is counting the cost on aljazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week coronavirus and trade war 2 fears the pandemic we examine the impact on china its neighbors and the world including the possibility of it being as bad as the financial crisis a decade ago and our Regional Focus is on cambodia an economy like many that is connected through trade with the worlds 2nd biggest economy now faces the very real prospect of jobs loss plus cant pay 1. 00 pay continues new president takes a tough stance on the countrys unsustainable debt. It was a bruising year for china a trade war with the United States left its economy expanding at the slowest pace in 30 years and economists estimate 4000000 jobs may have been lost by the way that was 29 tame this year is already being defined by coronavirus its killed thousands infected thousands more and has put the brakes on chinas economy in a very sudden manna here the numbers ec
Borders of europe are open to migrants. Innovations can appoint a new Prime Minister but the power struggles may be far from over. And the fight for which u. S. Democratic president ial hopeful will face off with donald trump turns to South Carolina which is holding its primary. In sports 5 top league games in italy have been postponed because of coronavirus restrictions the olympics are also interrupted and will be in senegal where africas best boxes off still trying to qualify for tokyo 2020. 5 to more than 18 years of war a deal between the u. S. And taliban has put afghanistan on the path to what many hope will be a Permanent Peace assigning to place here in qatar a few hours ago and in 18 months of talks one of the key components of the deal plans for a complete withdrawal of all u. S. And nato troops within 14 months if the taliban sticks to its parts the u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei o flew in for the signing he says the agreement is a crucial 1st step toward peace. This
With customers . What are they saying . Will they continue to eat at his restaurants . Reporter right. We talked to a few customers, loyal customers. They say as long as the chef hallowell will change his behavior they will come back. They sale the reasoning for that is because they want to support the workers. They say they should not punish the workers over one mans behavior, especially those workers who rely on those paychecks. And support oakland, too. Da lin, thank you. The man accused of plotting a Christmas Day attack at pier 39 in San Francisco was in court today with his family. Everitt jamesons father declined to talk to reporters after his son detention hearing in frizz sons detention hearing in fresno today. The judge ordered him to remain in the county jail for the time being saying he poses a danger to the community. According to the fbi, jameson told undercover agents he chose pier 39 as a target because hed been there before and it was a place where he could inflict man
Theyre higher up. But they are still there because they are keeping us nice and warm this morning. Well, warm is a relative word. Yesterday, when we were at this time, we were in the 30s, the low 30s. And here were really only in the 30s in a few spots. Were still mostly in the 40s. The temperatures will be cooler before sunup but we are warmer than yesterday. Currently 34 degrees in santa rosa. 47 degrees in pacifica. Still in the 40s in the south bay also. 41 in san jose. Fairfield 36. Yesterday at this time we were 31 degrees. So a little warmer thanks to the clouds out there right now. So we have a partly cloudy start with high clouds, patchy fog in some of the valleys and lowlying areas. And afternoon sunshine for everybody. Its going to be the warmest day of the week. It is however a spare the air weekend. We are talking friday through sunday. So no woodburning even though its going to be a cooler weekend. No fires for you guys. Our High Temperatures are going to be warmer. You c