Working on a new Smartphone App that will warn people if theyve been close to someone who has tested positive for focus 19. And living in self isolation is one thing but life on lockdown with kids one of whom is a preschooler well thats Something Else altogether. Alex Forrest Whiting reports from the confines of our home here in berlin and. Im married to evanston its good to have you with us u. S. President donald trump has told americans to brace for a tough week ahead numbers of corona virus infections and deaths are spiraling all Public Health officials struggle to equip hospitals with what they need the president seems to have largely stopped downplaying the scale and the danger while u. S. Citizens are now adapting to the precautions needed to limit the spread of the virus. Reality bites refrigerated trucks outside to manhattan hospital to store bodies because the morgue is full under the gaze of the empire state building. On the street signs that people realize its serious new yo
America. 10 million americans have lost their jobs in two weeks as the economy shuts down to slow the spread of coronavus as the global number of ces crosses one million. Rethinking the facemask. Why experts have new reasons to think we should be all wearing them right now. In sence inside spains intensive care unit as the death toll tops 10,000. Getting the message across. Police in mexico promote handwashing amid anger er the governments handling of the crisis. For a of you watching on pbs, welcome to world news america. Ndthe coronavirus ic has infected one Million People around the worldhe and u. S. Is the epicenter of the outbreak with more than 235,000 cases. Trthe virus ising at the heart of the u. S. Economy, a record 6. 6 million americans filed for Unemployment Benefits last week. The scale of the dister is stunning with the u. S. Shutting down to contn the virus. Here is jon sopel. It is a perfect spring day in washington. Is is one of the busiest shoppingtreets. Except stor
Rate is now one of the highest in the world. And Health Experts warn that the coronavirus could have a devastating impact in africa where most hospitals are desperately short of a quick and trained staff we go to kenya where the coronavirus is also causing financial uncertainty for many people. And when blue cross welcome to the program for the 1st time in centuries the pope has held an Easter Sunday mass largely alone a live stream was made available for those who want to watch as most of the worlds 1300000000 catholics celebrate the holy day under coronavirus lockdown pope francis called this year in easter of solitude. He swapped his normal audience of thousands for empty pews and the echoes of an empty suit peters basilica. Pope francis delivered his message behind closed doors amid the ongoing lockdown in corona virus hit bitterly. Cold for Global Solidarity to fight the virus. In light of the present circumstances. May International Sanctions be relaxed. Since these make it diffi
Difference. Its friday, march 27th, 2020. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. We have tens of thousands of cases. This is a pandemic that we havent even seen since for over 100 years. Unthinkable just weeks ago, the u. S. Has more confirmed cases of the deadly coronavirus than any other country in the world. Its a tribute to the testing. Were testing tremendous numbers of people. The house expected to follow the senate in passing a 2 trillion stimulus package designed to address the coronavirus pandemic. Well have debate, and then well have a voice vote. U. S. Markets rallied yesterday. The Third Straight day of gains. The most hideous jobless claims number in history, this is the best threeday run since 1931. Nichololas maduro has been charged. R. Kelly is asking for a judge to release him from jail because of the covid19 outbreak. A new york doughnut shop is honoring dr. Anthony fauci trying to help america through the coronavirus pandemic. And all that matters. Hello,
Billy learning a lot about Scottish History len says what a great show alex i was so disappointed that the march in our boat was cancelled to us you really cheered me up and now with us the author of pandemic century dr mark holick sperm to his view of the coming few really this is what he had to say that there is something old about the spars the way it seems to be a very subtle virus a very wily parrs if you think about a good strategy for a virus to spread while worldwide is actually not to make many people sick right in darwinian terms a virus will succeed if it gets stronger controls the best way it can do that is the spread of the radar by not causing overt illness so thats what its doing and today he joins me from west london dr holly. History im interested in particular in the sure the Economic Impact of the pandemic through history do we have something to teach us about the likely economic consequences of this medical and human disaster. Well yes and so if you look to you know