The European Union can withstand these shocks. Also coming over football to formula one the world of sports takes a time out says the coronavirus pandemic takes its toll. In mind some does it sound for we have to face up to our social responsibility together shown as beauties and as the chancellor says we have to face up to this extraordinary situation as it is after his and your 2 step. Program for weeks so europe was a spectator as the breaker took hold in asia and now it finds itself at the heart of the crisis today the World Health Organization gave an update on the Global Pandemic ever rising toll and its geographic shift from the east to the west. More than 132000 cases of corbett 19 have now been reported to deadly joe from 123 countries and territories 5000 people have lost their lives a tragic milestone europe has now become the epicenter of the pandemic with more reported cases and is than the rest of the world combined apart from china more cases out of now being reported ev
The science, paid leave and protecting the most vulnerable communities. Bernie thanks very much, everybody, for being here. In the last few days we have seen the crisis of the coronavirus continue to grow exponentially here in the United States and around the world. And we have witnessed a Global Economic meltdown which will impact millions of workers in our own country. In terms of potential deaths and in terms of the Economic Impact on our economy, the crisis we face from the coronavirus is on a scale of a major war. And we must act accordingly. Nobody knows what the number of fatalities may end up being or the number of people who may get ill and we all hope that that number will be as low as possible. But we also have to face the truth and that is that the number of casualties may actually be even higher than what the armed forces experienced in world war ii. In other words, we have a major, major crisis and we must act accordingly. Therefore it is an absolute moral imperative that
Next, remarks by democratic president ial candidate Bernie Sanders on the Coronavirus Response and what can be done to combat the virus. He spoke earlier today at an event in vermont. This is 20 minutes. Thanks very much everybody for being here. In the last few days, we have seen the crisis of the coronavirus continued to grow exponentially here in the United States and around the world. And we have witnessed a Global Economic meltdown, which will impact millions of workers in our own country. In terms of potential deaths, and in terms of the Economic Impact on our economy, the crisis we face from the coronavirus is on a scale of a major war. And we must act accordingly. Nobody knows what the number of fatalities may end up being, or the number of people who make it ill. We hope that number will be as low as possible. But we also have to face the truth, and that is that the number of casualties may actually be even higher than what the armed forces experience of world war ii. In other
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Boiling over in Turkeys Parliament over its offensive in syria politicians are angry after another 2 turkish soldiers die in the. Bombing from crossing a bridge from turkey to greece refugees are risking their lives for a chance at a new life and your. Welcome to the program italy has announced it will be closing all schools and universities until mid march as it battles to contain the spread of the coronavirus officials have decided to still allow sporting events to continue but they will be held without spectators the number of dead across italy now sits at 107. 00 thats the largest death toll outside of china in the United States the number killed has risen to 11 several are connected to an elderly care home in seattle new cases have also been reported around the 2 most populous cities thats new york and los angeles in the past few hours the u. S. House of representatives approved an 8300000000 dollar bill that will fund the fight against the virus is expected to pass in the senate