Reach 1000000 confirmed cases a stark warning from the World Health Organization is the coronavirus pandemic closes in on a new global monster. A u. S. Navy captain says infections are spreading uncontrollably on his ship and that his calls for help are going on out. And russian president Vladimir Putin is working remotely after a doctor he met last week tested positive for the fires. So then the u. K. Is rapidly becoming one of the worst affected countries by coronavirus in europe there have been more than 500. 00 deaths in 24 hours for the 1st time including a 13 year old child the government is again being forced to defend its plan for testing saying it hopes to get hundreds of thousands of tests a frontline staff within weeks has been under growing pressure to expand the program especially for vulnerable and National Health Service Workers nearly 30000 people are infected with the virus. Can i just make it absolutely and the Prime Minister has been very clear about this is as well
Has enlisted a brigade of the more than 200 leads for the law. Today thousands of young appalling names confused to join this and leave you know just you know. Only a few to make it. Through the flooded squares and here is one of one east finds out what it takes to join the worlds fiercest fighting its. d all. Morning. These boys are about to face the toughest 10 days of their lives recruits into a 2020 central selection mock most rugged culture. Theyve basin thousands of hopefuls to get here but thats nothing compared to what theyll have to do next or live out our. Pocket marca. Every year the british army holds a grueling competition in the pool to select the newest members of its legendary brigade gym a. Bad guy i have lost. Jimmy kimmel john crow. Many have trained for yes to case here every test every point every 2nd counts so you must focus on the prize is a career as an elite soldier and british passports for the whole family but they have to be willing to fight and even die for
How can Health Workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic be better protected doctors and nurses around the world are risking their lives to treat the growing number of patients can the enormous mental and physical strain on them be reduced this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im homages to him the war against the coronavirus pandemic is being fought in hospitals around the world doctors and nurses are on the front line but the long hours and huge workload are taking their toll hospitals are not only running out of ventilators for patients they cant supply staff with protective gear such as masks and surgical gowns thousands of Health Workers are falling ill the number who have died is growing in spain medical staff account for 15 percent of reported cases and Health Workers in britain in the u. S. Say they cant get tested for the disease because there arent enough screening kits. Some medical staff have even been attacked in india police had to rescue doctors from cro
Traveling again. And the layers of pakistans a rapid transport project has many blaming the Prime Ministers provincial government for corruption. And im peter some of these sports as you heard the 2020 Olympic Games in tokyo or later this news of a look at what it means for the athletes who will now have to wait until 2021. Well we begin this hour with breaking news out of torture the 2020 and then fix have been perspire and the announcement was made just in the past alibi Prime Minister shinzo he says he has asked the i. O. C. For an up to one year postponement of the tokyo island fix and now appears likely that theyll be held in 2021 nowadays are vassal followers weeks of insisting it would go ahead in july as planned its like you know the whole. First of all once again i confirmed with the i. O. C. President back that there will be no cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics or paralympics furthermore as the host of the tokyo lympics taking into consideration the Current Situation for the
Doubled in the past week in the next few days we will reach 1000000 comfort and cases and 50000 does a further 563 people have died in the u. K. Its worse they only death figure 2000 Frontline Health workers have also tested positive for the virus were chalons has the latest from london. With the n. H. S. Nightingale hospital a few days from opening the u. K. Has recorded its 1st day of more than 500 deaths 563 died in the countrys hospitals in 24 hours more will have died elsewhere and the peak of the u. K. s epidemic is still 2 or 3 weeks off the need for this vast new coronavirus Field Hospital is clear managers say its open holes are an advantage when the work force is absolute limits so we dont see whats right slicing doubtful says which is if we can see that we absolutely can make sure that your site well cared for we have been our speech ready to open this week and we will be when its fully operational there could be 4000 beds here and other u. K. Field hospitals all to follow.