By their welcome to the program just turned 3 pm here in moscow this wednesday in with this 30 minute world news roundup for you and 1st lets talk about the coronavirus numbers them a grim reading this wednesday sad to say weve reached another bleak benchmark to report to you more than 2000000 infections have now been registered globally and over 127000 people have died in terms of people whove recovered of course that number going up as well its no heading towards the half 1000000 mark here in russia unfortunately theres been a new record one day increase with 3388 new cases declared on wednesday bringing the total to nearly 25000 almost 200 people are known to have died from covert 19. So of course the worst hit countries having to contend with getting enough hospital staff to treat the sick some are mobilizing medical students others bringing people to retirement but in germany the Health Authorities are also appealing for doctors and nurses among the 1000000 strong migrant populati
Hello welcome to the program just turned 4 pm here in moscow this wednesday im kevin are in with this 30 minute will these round up for you and before we get underway with the stories pertinent to today let me update you on the grim. Stats regarding corona virus this wednesday as it stands this hour the changing sad to say weve reached another bleak benchmark more than 2000000 infections have now been registered globally and over 128000 people have died but in terms of people whove recovered of course the numbers going up to snow were heading towards the half 1000000 mark here in russia. New record one day increase unfortunately with 3388 new cases declared on wednesday bringing the total to nearly 25000 in russia and almost 200 people are known to have died here from covert 19. Words to countries having to contend with getting enough hospital staff to treat the sick some are mobilizing medical students or bringing people into retirement in germany the Health Authorities are also appea
Forward to the league restarting on tuesday. Only allowed to watch the games on television. Welcome to the program italy is easing some of its Strict Lockdown measures today nationwide was directions were imposed 7 weeks ago to halt the spread of the girl in a virus but now parts are reopening and people will be allowed to visit relatives living in the same region the government has promised further openings this month if the rate of new infections stays low its only has the 2nd highest death toll after the us with almost 29000 deaths out of 210000 cases. Lets go to rome where were joined by journalists italy is slowly coming out of lockdown what are people looking forward to doing now. Yes indeed i mean its really just a modest reopening but i think for a lot of people in need see the thing they may be looking most forward to is outdoor exercise because of course now you can go beyond the immediate vicinity of your form the honks have reopened and so people can go there you also may b
Criticism. With infection rates falling jamey says the outbreak is now manageable again. Plus Health Workers fighting coronavirus in chile report an increase in her assessment and discrimination. And im santa how much with all the sport including plans are in motion to complete it this season the European Champions League with all the 29th and 10th for the final. Alarming new numbers showing the strain of the coronavirus pandemic on the worlds 2 biggest economies there is increasing doubt about the u. S. President s 2 week deadline for getting businesses back up and running in 30 states 22000000 americans have made jobless claims over the last months numbers not seen since the Great Depression of the 1930 s. And chinas Gross Domestic Product has plummeted by almost 7 percent in the 1st quarter thats the sharpest fall since it opened up to the world 40 years ago. Theres been a big rise in the death toll in the original epicenter of the outbreak will hand 50 percent more people die there
And han where the outbreak began and the number of virus deaths are revised up by 50 percent. Below africa has so far escaped the worst of the coronavirus pandemic but the United Nations warns that wont last long it says that at least 300000. 00 people will die when the virus takes hold there and thats unless hundreds of billions of dollars are spent the World Health Organization says the situation there is probably worse than thoughts in the past week there has been a 51 percent increase in the number of reported cases in my own continent africa and a 60 percent increase in the number of reported does. With the current challenge of obtaining testing kits its unlikely that the real numbers are higher than reported but here are there are growing calls for more clarity on care home deaths that says Italian Police broaden their investigation into dozens of deaths at the countrys largest rest home but there was good news from germany where the Health Minister announced the outbreak there h