Down the country almost all retail is shut down apart from food shops and phone. Or the biggest Basketball League in the world its been shut down because of coronavirus. And definitely after player tests positive for the virus. Welcome then to the new live from doha were bringing you extended coverage of the Coronavirus Crisis deepens the billions of people around the world only one word masses this hour and this is it after holding back for weeks the World Health Organization has now declared the outbreak a pandemic the World Health Organization defines a pandemic as the world wide spread of a new disease for which people have no immunity our coverage this spans confidence will have reporters in the u. S. And europe in asia the middle east africa and latin america will be live for them in just a moment but. 1st lets give an update on how the pandemic looks right now the number of cases has topped 126000 worldwide it all began here in china which has seen more than 80000 cases but new
Daily death toll of more than 830 people such a small increase on the previous day is seen as a glimmer of hope that the situation remains critical the choice. It is very likely that the outbreak is evolving properly thanks to everyones efforts having only 20 percent of our cases recovering and that is an encouraging statistic but it is true that the number of people going into intensive care units is doing creasing and there are many regions operating at Maximum Capacity and many other religions quickly getting closer to this limit yes yes autonomous. The u. K. Has recorded its 2nd successive day of more than 200 new deaths and the government has put the entire country on emergency footing unprecedented in peace time asked about the timescale for the current restrictions the answer came a could be many months so i think 3 weeks for review 2 or 3 months to see whether weve really squashed it and that about 3 to 6 months ideally and lots of uncertainty in that then to see which point we
I think whats happening there is a kind of damage control i think one has to call it both on the side of the European Union and in the consultations with the g 7 countries which obviously include the United States because a lot of countries both in the European Union and also side obviously the United States and so on have been taking there are measures without much consultation and i think whats happening now is that im going to america and the European Union are trying to reestablish some sort of coordinated response to make it easier for neighboring countries to coordinate what they are doing not to just think about themselves but also to think about their neighbors and also on the International Level shes saying that within the g 7 framework theres going to be quote further consultation on the part of finance Ministers Health minister if the economic ministers in other words at the end attempt to reestablish International Coordination and having said that this was something of a un
Victims praise the sentence given to disgraced hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. The straightest high court delays a decision on Cardinal Pells last ditch effort to drop his conviction that a child sex abuse case. It is the worlds Biggest Health crisis of the decade the corona Virus Outbreak has now officially been labeled a pandemic as the disease continues to spread around the globe all nations are working to limit the further spread including the u. S. Which is impose try a travel ban the most of europe for a month President Donald Trump blamed the e. U. For the situation but downplayed warnings of a potential recession. Taking early intense action we have seen dramatically fewer cases of the virus in the United States than are now present in erupt. The European Union failed to take the same precautions and restrict travel from china and other hot spots as a result a large number of new clusters in the United States were seeded by travelers from europe india has also taken a drastic
The virus out fear is contagious work is under quarantine containing the disease is a tremendous challenge in our highly networked world. Going viral will a new type of Infectious Disease dramatically change the way we do business. Its globalization allowed. To spread around the planet at such incredible speed but now the whole concept of globalization itself is ailing the outbreak has brought Global Supply chains to a standstill including the most important one during a pandemic medical supplies and pharmaceuticals a serious example illustrating just how dependent the entire world has become on just one economy by far the biggest player in the Global Supply chain china and now countries around the world are concerned about shortages and. This pharmaceutical wholesaler currently has 130000 different medications stored in its warehouses it supplies pharmacy across germany. So what about. The main concern is that many pharmaceutical products an active ingredients are produced in asia wha