The global headlines this is r. T. International thanks for joining us. Well begin as usual with the latest figures on the covert 1000 pound make the number of cases worldwide has now surpassed 1400000 802000 people have lost their lives the United States has the largest number of infections followed by spain and italy and worldwide 303000 people have now recovered from the disease. Ok lets start in france where the death toll from covert 19 has passed and thousands the Health Ministers warn that the peak hasnt yet arrived and that the nationwide lockdown will have to continue and the World Health Organization has supported that view saying any countries that lift restrictions too early could trigger a new wave of the pandemic charlotte reports for us from paris 4 weeks into lockdown in france and the countrys economy is being brought to its knees will probably be more than the minus 2. 2 percent in 2009 versus the magnitude of the economic shock. As the pandemics taken a stranglehold
Lockdown. Great to have you with us here with your global news update this is r. T. International. So lets begin as we do each hour with the latest figures on the covert 900 pandemic and the number of cases worldwide d now past warm point 4083000 people have lost their lives the United States has the largest number of infections followed by spain and italy and worldwide 308000 people have recovered from the disease. So lets head 1st to france where the death toll from cove 19 has passed 10000 the Health Minister has warned that the peak hasnt yet arrived and that the nationwide lockdown will have to continue and so the World Health Organization has supported that view saying any countries that lift restrictions to early could trigger a new wave of the pandemic arties correspondent in paris. Reports. 4 weeks into lockdown in france and the countrys economy is being brought to its knees will probably be more than the minus 2. 2 percent in 2009 versus the magnitude of the economic shock.
Here with your worlds news day this is r. T. International great to have you with us. Lets begin with the latest figures on the covert 19 pandemic the number of cases worldwide d has now surpassed warm point 4083000 people have lost their lives the United States has the largest number of infections followed by spain and italy and worldwide 309000 people have recovered from the disease. First to france where the death toll from covert 19 is now past 10000 the Health Minister there has warned that the peak hasnt yet arrived and that the nationwide lockdown will have to continue the World Health Organization has supported that view saying any countries that lift restrictions to worley could trigger a new wave of the pandemic. Has more from paris. 4 weeks into lockdown in france and the countrys economy is being brought to its knees will probably be more than the minus 2. 2 percent in 2009 versus the magnitude of the economic shock. As the pandemics taken a stranglehold on the countrys hea
Has managed to spread through modern developed societies especially britain is a crime you know in 2016. A drill cold exercise sickness and that was a drill to practice for a pandemic happened in london and the very the whole the whole drill was was laid out to be the result of but was but the Health Service was overwhelmed there werent enough beds. There werent enough i. C. U. Beds there werent enough ventilators. There there werent enough clinicians in the right place the whole system which had been the Health Service which had been battered by cuts and privatized sation for years failed and the chief medical officer then in 2016 asked the government to heed the warning of walked played demonstrated very clearly and yet the department of health in london suppressed the documents which had the conclusions of this drill they kept them from going public now that is only 4 years ago. So they knew the whole preparedness for this short of being in place but of course they knew they couldnt