I wont bother with that. Dr. Siegel, let me start with you. What you think about this idea of things reopening . What do we have to keep in mind . Dr. Siegel there are two things we have to keep in mind, melissa. One is what areas of the country were talking about. If we are talking about areas that are hot spots, im more concerned. Michigan, theres a lot of pressure for michigan to reopen, but its 37,000 cases in michigan. Georgia, weve been talking about the georgia governor pushing surgeon reopening, but there is 22,000 cases in georgia, 30 increase over the past week. In florida, beaches are reopening, but people are too close together on beaches. The number one point is, can we reopen parts of the country that are less involved, and can we do in a way, like dr. Birx says, where we preserve things weve learned about social distancing, about disinfecting, about washing hands . The new normal, cannot remain in place . Its doubtful to me, because people just go into denial and reject
Depends on how good, quite frankly, countries are in gathering their statistics. President trump is on his first trip outside washington in a month as the new york state governor warns against a life or death trade off as several states begin to lift their lockdowns. There is a cost of staying closed. Theres also a cost of reopening quickly. That is the hard truth. Well look at whether airlines will be introducing any social distancing rules onboard flights after this photo was shared from an aer lingus flight. Welcome. The uk is now reporting the second largest official coronavirus death toll in the world. Today officials confirmed the number of people who died from covid 19, in the uk had risen to 29,427 people making it the worst in europe and second only to the us globally. Italy currently has 29,316 reported deaths from coronavirus. It is important to point out when comparing the uk with italy, that their populations are different, there are roughly 6 million more people in the uk
From california of long lines outside casinos including hard rock 40 miles north of sacramento on native american land, many in the crowd were older and ready to gamble, a pastor tears up a ceaseanddesist notice from baltimore, 1200 religious leaders threatening to defy the democratic governor of california and the Justice Department is coming down on the side of the churches. Lets go straight to kevin cork for the reaction of the president s visits to the ford plant. The attorney general says the president is not welcome as long as he refuses to wear a mask in public or in violation of business or state rules and while he did donna mask today even that didnt tap down her criticism. My mask right here. I liked it very much. I think i look better in the mask. Reporter donald trump mask in the hands but not on his face while the press was around. I had one on before. I didnt want to give the press the pleasure of seeing it. For a brief moment the president more a mask while visiting a fo
Hello. This is bbc news. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. First, the headlines. Did you go to Barnard Castle . Did you leave the family home in durham . The Prime Minister, borisjohnson, stands by his chief advisor, rejecting calls for his resignation over allegedly breaking coronavirus lockdown rules. According to mrjohnson, Dominic Cummings was following instinct in travelling over 250 miles for childcare, when his wife showed coronavirus symptoms. I believe that, in every respect, he has acted responsibly and legally and with integrity. The labour party has responded angrily to the developments. Sir keir starmer said if he was Prime Minister, he would have sacked mr cummings. This was a huge test of the Prime Minister and hes just failed that test. He hasnt sacked Dominic Cummings, he hasnt called for an investigation, and hes treating the British Public with contempt. More than 100 people are arrested in hong kong, during protests against beijings new
The option to use active duty forces should only be used as a matter of last resort. And only in the most urgent and last resort. And only in the most urgentand dire last resort. And only in the most urgent and dire of situations. We are not in one of the situations now. Thousands take to the streets in london tojoin the protests at the death of george floyd. The uk Prime Minister says coronavirus test results will be available within 2a hours by the end ofjune. And scientists take a closer look at so called superspreaders the 10 of infected people, responsible for 80 of all cases hello and welcome to bbc news to viewers in the uk and around the world. To viewers in the uk from monday anyone arriving in the uk will have to self isolate for m days. The home secretary priti patel has confirmed, that the governments plans will go ahead, with people in england being fined up to 1000 pounds, if they break the rules or even face prosecution. But the plans have been criticised by mps on all s