Politicians and activists are arrested in Hong Kong Well have a live report and wildfires rage near the site of the worlds Worst Nuclear Accident causing pollution levels to soar in ukraine. I am. The air. Thank you very much for joining us in many ways theyve been the forgotten victims of the corona virus pandemic but now the impact of the outbreak on elderly People Living in care homes is becoming painfully apparent and its fear many deaths are still going unreported a survey in new york state has found 90 Nursing Homes reported 20 or more deaths in recent weeks but the report only included a fraction of facilities in the states where the figure is believed to be in the thousands and much higher nationally in canada a nursing home in montreal is under investigation after 31. 00 desk. Uncovered the thought is found other residents dirty and unfed in their beds after some staff fled the facility in the u. K. Many deaths in care homes arent included in official figures its estimated the
Vulnerable residents there the elderly they were going into a flu epidemic or flu season and they are incredibly vulnerable because they would in a situation that we would cold a super spreading environment being kept inside an aged care facility often sharing rooms having a common dining room and of course they would have locked it down so that theres no visitors in and out according to the plan for a code 19 but the staff still come and go so the staff can be bringing in code with them as well so we really need to look after our most vulnerable in the community regardless of which country were talking about there is no except a bull explanation for this because after an epidemic or a notch pandemic each country will revise their numbers because then i will look at the deaths that they put aside as old age maybe a disease or employment and then decide on the likelihood of in fact it was probably close to 90 because many of these deaths will not have a forensic examination to it to ide
With overwhelming debt in argentina now the pandemic is making the Economic Situation even once. And a milestone for iran but a cause for concern from the u. S. As the country launches its 1st military satellites into orbit. Now u. S. President donald trump has dismissed the possibility of a severe 2nd wave of corona virus infections in the year that during his Daily Briefing he asked the director of the u. S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention to clarify his earlier remarks that another bout of infections during the flu season could be even worse than whats being witnessed now around 840000. 00 people have been infected in the u. S. And nearly 50000. 00 have died those are the highest numbers anywhere in the wild. Well you know. We were not because we could have some leverage a groan and you could have a big blue system and if they combined your thing come together they come together its not great but we will not go through what we went through for the last 2 months getting a
Is still being played despite the coronavirus bringing the sport to a halt and most of the world footballers have expressed fears about playing during the pandemic but that fell on deaf ears. Im married to evanston its good to have you with us germany has not reached the peak of the corona Virus Outbreak thats according to chance or uncle america the chief of staff of the bone says its still too early to relax measures aimed at slowing the spread of the virus but policymakers are already exploring ways to stop the spread of new infections once restrictions are lifted one option is a Smartphone App to track peoples movements and warn them if theyve had contact with someone whos tested positive for code 19 but here in germany Data Protection is a big concern. Our mobile phones could become an important weapon in the fight against the corona virus and germany could see the benefits very soon so where developers are working on tracking ups which would enable a loosening of restrictions on
Weekend. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo gave an update on the confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths. The Governor Also Announced Public Schools in the state would be closed for another two weeks until april 15. Good morning everyone. Let me introduce who we have with us today. To my far right we have the president of Empire College who i worked with for many years and has been helpful here on this mission. Our commissioner of health to my left is the general Patrick Murphy who will say more in a moment and to his left is general shields. Thank you for being here today for this is an amazing a compliment transformative in just one week this center looks entirely different and this was a place that is literally going to save lives. Let me go through some facts if i can on a daily update of where we are and then i want to make some comments to all the women and men who are assembled and did such a great job on this facility. The increase in the number of cases continues. We still see tha