At this hour, more than 129,000 people have died from coronavirus in the u. S. And the cdc is now projecting almost 20,000 more deaths in the next three weeks. Lets get to cnns senior medical correspondent. Lets start with a bit of encouraging news. The fda has approved a new test that detects both the coronavirus and the flu. Explain why that is significant. Jake, once flu season hits, usually between november, december, january, you can bet there will be doctors all around the country having people coming to them with a headache, a fever, a cough, and the doctors arent going to know if its flu or coronavirus. Its very difficult to tell. This one test will get them an answer rather than having to do two tests or even worse, doing one test then waiting later to do another test. It saves time. It saves money. It saves people resources. Ultimately, it could save lives to be able to test for both of them in the same test. Something else i want to ask you about. There have been many studie
Wild tens of thousands of cubans are clean. These canal continues to argue that to you as he can. Amik embargo is the roof of all coopers woes. But on this occasion, he issued a novel challenge to the united states. What are going crucial that we conclude that they maintain the blockade . Because without it, our country would be a model of a Humane Society to suppress it for the current will daughter. If im wrong, then lift the blockade immediately completely and without restrictions and remove our so called pretext. In the mean time, diaz canal promised that in a few weeks hell announce the details of in economic reactivation plan to counter acute shortages of Food Supplies and energy. Oh, and did the ceremony with the traditional increasingly questioned cry of socialism and fatherland or death. Oh, to see in union al jazeera ah, take a picture of the headlines here on al jazeera european union. Nations have agreed to russian gas supplies after russia announced another car to deliveri
Caught in the crossfire including people attending a wedding. Nearby, state of emergency has been declared following the violence and flights between mitigate and mazata had been suspended. Ah, this is all 0. These are the top stories. In the last few minutes, thailands Prime Minister, pilots are nacia and 10 of his ministers of survived and no confidence vote. Opposition parties had claimed the government had mismanaged the economy and alleging of ethics violations. Tony chang has more form, bangkok we spoke to the opposition earlier in the week he said that they were going to try and land some heavy punches, but they didnt expect to be able to pass this motion. None the less their goal here i think is to, to look at whos voting for the Prime Minister and see how that sets the Political Landscape ahead of the election next year. They are aware that general priority is not particularly popular with voters. Theyve seen a change, particularly with the election of the bank up governor ear
When his term ends. Monica and i give all jazeera rio de janeiro. Well, lets take you live now to new delhi, where the indian president has just been sworn in. Her name is esry matty, the report of the moreover, she was elected on the 21st of july. And this is this swearing in ceremony. Now it has been taking place here in new delhi. She is the 15th president and the 2nd woman to have that job. And shes also the 1st of the 4th tribal leader. So she should be getting out of one of these cars fairly shortly. Um and they go, thats the swearing in ceremony. Its a, its all finished and theyre now heading that to the president s office where the work of the governing india partly covering. And it will begin ah, this out there, and these are the top stories. The and miles of military jones has executed for prisoners. The Group Includes a former legislator from ang, san, shoot, cheese party, and a pro democracy activists. These are the 1st death sentences carried out im jamar for decades the s
Just a quick reminder of the top stories this our now in, in sri lanka, Security Forces of rated the main Anti Government protest, compton, colombo, dismantling tens and barricades where testers have been camped at the president ial secretary at since they stormed the facility earlier this month, activism plan to vacate the area by friday afternoon after a cabinet was sworn in by the new president , ronald promising men. L fernandez has more from colombo. There have been at least 2 or 3 of the sort of female protest leaders that have been arrested. There was a lawyer called the boop again, its what im hearing, who was arrested. He had shown them hes identification, but they had not taken any notice of that. They had taken him in another senior protest. So these are heavy, obviously, heavily armed with dr. Year weapons, body armor, and one wonders why you had to be done at 1 oclock in the morning. And are all the headlines this our us President Joe Biden has tested positive for cove at