The pun demick is accelerating it took 67 days from the 1st reported case to reach the 1st 100000 cases 11 days for the 2nd 100000 cases just 4 days for this. 100000 cases the u. N. Is calling for a global ceasefire to allow the world to focus on the fight against the pandemic thats a syria has now confirmed its 1st case humanitarian groups say a major outbreak in the war torn country would be particularly catastrophic women and children and people with disabilities the marginalized and displaced by the highest price they also at the highest risk of suffering devastating losses from poor feed 19. 00. Lets not forget that in war ravaged countries now systems of collapse else professionals already few in number and often been targeted refugees and other these placed by violent conflict are doubly vulnerable the fury of the vials illustrates the folly of war if you see why today i am calling for an immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world it is time to put Armed Conflict on
Also announced a 38000000000. 00 economic rescue package shamed at helping Small Businesses weather the impact securing the essential medical supplies has been made i dial the task that the Health Minister has been leading together with the industry minister and other ministers across the cabinet. And in foresee the social distancing keeping i will be physical distance from one another. The sea is one of our most if not most important with or against the spirit of the corona virus which means we can side lives and we can save livelihoods singapore plans to ban all short term visitors from entering all transiting through the country to control the spread of corona virus was to 80 percent of the citys states new infections over the last 3 days have been imported and thailand has reported its largest ever daily increase in corona virus infections up 188 cases today only 600. There are reports of protests at a number of prisons across colombia at a prison in the capital bogota there were 5
Distance from others to the pandemic of zeros lawrence lee has more from london on the situation across europe. Its the exponential rate of rise thats really alarming 2 days in a row now where theres been well over 400. 00 deaths each day if you if you extrapolate it clearly and it stays at that level youre looking at the best part of 3000 deaths a week and thats really terrifying stuff big rise 2 in spain the problem in italy seems to have been brought about because they reacted see late because the hospitals and fall people are getting sufficiently ill while still at home that its too late to do anything for them when the by the time they got to hospital and so its the countries that are behind the curve where italy is now the supposed to be looking at this and thinking well perhaps we should be reacting differently to the way that its a lead ins when it mismanaged this at the start so germany for example is now suggesting that at the weekend if people are refusing still to abide by
President and ceo of George Washingtons mount vernon, talks about how washington views the presidency and executive power. As always, you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Is next. Host good morning. 17th. Monday, february, we had to morning, mount vernon for a conversation about the first president and his impact on the office. We begin with a question about the qualities you want in the person who occupies the oval office. What do you look for in a president . In the eastern and central time zones, 2027488000. In the mountain or pacific time zones, 2027488001. You can send us a text this morning. Hat number, 2027488003 please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on social media. Start calling now on this president s day and as you are thinking about the qualities an want, we take you back to event last year, the release of president s. The [video clip] there was a preeminent little inist and and 1951 inhtin
A long inquiry iran actually was the culprit then what happens in terms of do we have a military strike 6 months from now and retaliation so thats one problem but but the comment made about diplomacy is an important one its foreign minister sorry for who has taken diplomacy and the Ayatollah Khomeini whos taken them off the table when the instructions have been given to speak to no american official President Trump was never said that he said just no american official including the visuals in new york there were some in our in washington who had advocated to revoke the visas for if the iranian delegation to even travel to the un meetings tomorrow next week in new york and that was rejected by President Trump i think president trouble is open to the dialogue the problem is youre iran but at the end of the day the culprit in the region for the instability is iran we know that whether its in syria or lebanon or yemen this is this regime that has been exporting terrorism and as a consequen