The First Time Since the nationwide state of Emergency Declaration was lifte in may. 40 of hospital beds allocated for serious covid19 cases are occupied. Officials plan to double the number of such beds from 150 to 300. But its not clear how quickly hospitals can do that. Translator were on the verge of a serious situation, where ordinary Health Care Must be sacrificed. Strict measures should be taken immediately to prevent the spread of infection. Experts are requesting people take basic preventive measures. Theyre also cautioning against nonessential travel to and from areas where the virus is rapidly spreading. Tokyo officials have asked bars and restaurants that serve alcohol to close earlier starting this weekend. Local officials are making the same request for businesses in osaka, sapporo, and nagoya. More than 140,000 people have tested positive in japan since the outbreak began. More than 2,000 have died. Many restaurants in the capital are now facing a difficult decision abou
High temperatures engulfing massive tracts of land in 3 u. S. States. And arrested for criticizing the government crackdown lawyer and activist maxine snack is the latest opposition figure to be detained in belarus. No fires are again burning near to a greek migrant camp that was all but destroyed by an overnight blaze its left south of Asylum Seekers without shelter but locals are blaming them for starting the fire people are reportedly fleeing the area again as the new bases take hold around 12000. 00 people were housed at the maria camp on the island of lesbos Officials Say the fires were started by refugees forced to self isolate after testing positive for the coronavirus concerns of a Public Health crisis arising with the whereabouts of more than 30 migrants with coded 19 unknown. Correspondent on surpluses in the lesbos forest so what is the situation there now. Hello lauren as you can see over my Left Shoulder the fire is still burning well rather its burning again because the f
Shattered by an air strike in yemen who 3 rebels say at least 25 civilians have been killed in an attack by the saudi led coalition. The schedule for the 2022 world cup in qatar is out for the 1st time there will be 4 matches a day in the group stages. So then the Coronavirus Crisis in the United States is growing worse as the man leading the fight faces political pressure over his warnings the u. S. Set another record on tuesday with 67000. 00 new infections and top Infectious Disease expert thats dr anthony felt she is urging the white house to stop trying to discredit him and focus on tackling the pandemic in latin america brazils president jaya bolton are says hes tested positive for a 2nd time as the country nears 2000000 cases and 75000 deaths the concern about the wider effects of the pandemic where there easing in china its economy grew 3. 2 percent in the last quarter after shrinking the most in nearly 50 years in the 1st 3 months of the year mike hanna begins our coverage fro
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The harvest kurdish women in syria take up guns against isis fighters targeting their farms. We begin in china where a top disease expert is warning the next 3 days will be crucial in determining the impact of a new corona Virus Outbreak in the capital some neighborhoods in beijing have been put back and locked up after 100. 00 infections were confirmed the city had gone 50 days without reporting any cases. Ever since new cases suddenly emerged in beijing we have tried to figure out the reasons for the outbreak since there were no covered 9000. 00 cases found of the past 2 months we came up with several possibilities and the most likely one is that the carrier of the Novel Coronavirus comes from outside china or other parts of china and brought it here. As the global number of corona virus cases passes 8000000 the World Health Organization is warning of a possible 2nd wave it took more than 2 months for the 1st 100000 cases to be reported for the past 2 weeks more than 100000 new cases