Historic stimulus deal with trillions of dollars to assist the public but the World Health Organization warns the u. S. Could be the next global epicenter of the pandemic. Hello there this is out international from moscow welcome to the program has just turned 11 am here now this wednesday weve got a slightly new show join in place for you for the time kevin i can tell you with my colleagues will be here with you every day at this time to update you on the latest in a full 30 minute world news round. The overall number of corona virus cases confirmed around the world today theres supposed 400000 but the death toll veering towards 19000 but there is plenty of hope more than 100000 people have recovered since the outbreak started late last year. Billions of people around the world right now being told to simply sit tight home one of the nations currently on lockdown is spain where the numbers of infected continue to surge hundreds are dying there daily making it the 4th worst hit country
The time now is not to panic. Its for us to come together. Its for us to follow the directives. Its for us to do everything we can in our respective capacities to prevent the spread of the coronavirus so that we can get over this very challenging time. Earlier today San Francisco mayor london breed announcing that the city will require all people to stay at home except for essential needs in response to the coronaVirus Outbreak may have read said that the order will go into effect at midnight tonight and remain in place until april the 7th necessary government functions and essential essential stores and businesses will remain open city officials also say theres no need to rush out and gather supplies since places such as grocery and Hardware Stores and pharmacies gas stations, Convenience Stores and banks will all remain open. I urge us not to anywhere. With this order in place you will still be able to get care for relatives. Run necessary aronson can talk that the essential parts. O
Like increasing teacher salaries. Prek expansion. Extended academic programming for atrisk students. And innovative Career Technology programs. And we invested 350 million more in our fy 20 21 digit to fully fund the recommendations of the commission without raising taxes. [ applause ] no governor in the history of this state has ever invested more in education. You can help us build on that historic investment by passing our building opportunity act of 2020. That will provide a record 3. 9 billion in funding, the largest investment ever in School Construction, which will enable us to fulfill every single request from every single jurisdiction in the state, for new School Construction and for upgrades and repairs to aging schools. I stand here today, ready and willing to continue working alongside you, to ensure that every single child in our state has access to a great education, regardless of what neighborhood they happen to grow up in. But instead of continuing to simply debate how
County, we want to go live to amanda del castillo, shes in san jose. Amanda. Reporter yeah, todays announcement marks the third confirmed case here in Santa Clara County. As we heard earlier, the second case in the bay area is in Solano County. At a 4 00 press conference today, county Health Officials said the patient, an older adult woman had no known exposure to the virus through travel nor through close contact with a known infected person. County health says the woman was initially hospitalized for a respiratory illness. Her doctor request they test her for the virus, and the results came back last night. Since then the department has been working to find others she may have exposed, but they arent giving specific details about where the woman lives, only confirming she is a resident of the county and contracted this through a community case. Officials say this case is an important one because it signals now is the time to change course. We do need everyone to start thinking about
The number of people who died in chinas coronaVirus Outbreak has now surpassed 1800 new figures released by Health Officials say 98 people have died in the last 24 hours in china mainly in her bay province thats the epicenter of the epidemic more than 800. 00 new cases were detected there on monday well beijing has taken some drastic steps to contain the virus has deployed more medics from the army to for the 1st time in recent history the Ruling Communist Party is considering delaying its annual congress its biggest political gathering well the World Health Organization says according to new data the china coronavirus known as call it 19 is less deadly than sars but its more infectious. The data also appeared to show a decline in new cases this trend must be interpreted very cautiously trends going change as new populations are affected its too early to tell if this report the decline will continue every scenario is still on the table but it also appears that quoted 19 is not as deadl