Economy but democrats say they are vague and inconsistent and are calling for a major expansion in coronavirus testing the u. K. Government expense knock down restrictions for at least 3 more weeks and Brazils Health minister is fired after a dispute with present votes in iowa over the corner virus response. Thank you very much for joining us chinas economy has suffered its sharpest fall since it opened up to the world in the 1970 s. In the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic Gross Domestic Product in the 1st quarter plummeted by 6. 8 percent the 1st time its contracted in decades and speak to our correspondent in beijing katrina you katrina a historic plunge but not entirely surprising. No we were expecting this we have some more information now about this plunge minus 6. 8 percent we havent seen this kind of fall since records began here in china mall figures above around this so manufacturing investment in china fell year on year by 25 percent in the 1st quarter Infrastructure Inv
Refugee camp in greece is destroyed by fire following unrest over covered 19 Safety Measures plus. Years of a spike in infections in georgia after author talks christians gather in defiance of bans to celebrate easter. British leaders are defending themselves against damning criticism that theyve mishandled the coronavirus pandemic the sunday Times Newspaper is pointing the finger directly at Prime Minister barak johnson it accuses him of wasting precious time in stopping the spread the paper usually supports Johnsons Conservative Party but it says he ignored scientists warnings failed to replenish stocks of protective medical equipment and didnt attend 5 initial emergency meetings about the outbreak since then more than 15000. Britons have died in hospitals thats the worlds 5th highest National Death toll and the true total could be much higher the government statistics dont include the deaths of people in care homes for the elderly that total is estimated to be around 7 and a half 10
Of a spike in infections in georgia after all the docs christians gather in defiance of bands to celebrate easter. Welcome to the program british leaders are defending themselves against damning criticism that theyve mishandled the coronavirus pandemic the sunday Times Newspaper points the finger directly at Prime Minister Boris Johnson it accuses him of wasting precious time in stopping the spread now the paper it usually supports Johnsons Conservative Party but it says he ignored scientists warnings fail to replenish stocks of protective medical equipment and didnt attend 5 initial emergency meetings about the outbreak well since then more than 15000. 00 britons have died in hospitals around the country and thats the worlds 5th highest now. Tional death toll and the true picture may be much higher official statistics dont include the deaths of people in care homes for the elderly that totals estimated to be around 7 and a half 1000 well paul brennan has more from london it is critica
Dangerous combination to help workers in indonesia treating patients without proper protective gear. More cases of krajina virus have now been confirmed in the u. S. Than anywhere else in the world but against the advice of many is medical experts President Donald Trump says he is committed to getting people back to work as soon as possible thats a record 3300000 registered as unemployed in just the past week more. The number of confirmed cases of covert 19 in the us now tops 83000 more than have been recorded in china or italy more than 1100 people here have died from the corona virus with no vaccine and no proven drug treatment the countrys top medical experts say social restrictions are the only way to curb the rate of infection whenever you put the clamps down and shut things down you do it for 2 reasons you do it to prevent the further spread just because of medication but he also do with the buy yourself time to get better prepared for what might be a rebound. In new york which h
They had a problem and they are supposedly immune were going to find out about that even thats a little bit soon because we dont know how long the immunity last but peter some states are in great shape and theyre really in great shape to open and i think youll have quite a few states opening soon and are going to be very vigilant theyre going to be very careful not to. Keep it for the Public Health. Experts have said that this would be better done if there were comprehensive surveillance testing which were obviously not in the system do you i wonder phebe dr versus dr probably because you know colleagues will. Act that you know will do it together i just wanted to thats why i wanted to put up the syndrome a influenza like illness piece because what is key and that is the early alerts and getting in there. Before they even know they have a problem and i think c. D. C. Has been remarkable in building these platforms dr redfield integrated so theyre all on the same website if you look at