Organization warns africa could become the next step the center for the pandemic and taking the outdoors indoors how exercise is being adapted for a more confined space. Thank you for joining us in many ways theyve been the forgotten victims of the corona virus pandemic but now the impact of the outbreak on elderly People Living in care homes is becoming painfully apparent and as fears many deaths a still going unreported a survey in new york state has found 90 Nursing Homes free for to 20 or more deaths in recent weeks but the report only included a fraction of facilities in the state where the figure is believed to be in the thousands and much higher nationally in canada a nursing home in montreals is under investigation after 31. 00 deaths were uncovered. Authorities found other residents dirty and unfed in their beds after some staff fled the facility in the u. K. Many deaths in care homes arent included in official figures its estimated they could be as high as 7500 workers have p
Politicians and activists are arrested in Hong Kong Well have a live report and wildfires rage near the site of the worlds Worst Nuclear Accident causing pollution levels to soar in ukraine. I am. The air. Thank you very much for joining us in many ways theyve been the forgotten victims of the corona virus pandemic but now the impact of the outbreak on elderly People Living in care homes is becoming painfully apparent and its fear many deaths are still going unreported a survey in new york state has found 90 Nursing Homes reported 20 or more deaths in recent weeks but the report only included a fraction of facilities in the states where the figure is believed to be in the thousands and much higher nationally in canada a nursing home in montreal is under investigation after 31. 00 desk. Uncovered the thought is found other residents dirty and unfed in their beds after some staff fled the facility in the u. K. Many deaths in care homes arent included in official figures its estimated the
Vulnerable residents there the elderly they were going into a flu epidemic or flu season and they are incredibly vulnerable because they would in a situation that we would cold a super spreading environment being kept inside an aged care facility often sharing rooms having a common dining room and of course they would have locked it down so that theres no visitors in and out according to the plan for a code 19 but the staff still come and go so the staff can be bringing in code with them as well so we really need to look after our most vulnerable in the community regardless of which country were talking about there is no except a bull explanation for this because after an epidemic or a notch pandemic each country will revise their numbers because then i will look at the deaths that they put aside as old age maybe a disease or employment and then decide on the likelihood of in fact it was probably close to 90 because many of these deaths will not have a forensic examination to it to ide
From seoul. Its almost 2 months since churches like the Catholic Church decided it was simply too risky to hold masses and services instead preferring to hold Services Online and its only now this sunday that the Catholic Church has decided it is safe for people to come back to churches but only under the most stringent of precautions were at the main cathedral here in seoul its able to take a congregation of up to a 1000 people but the congregation for each mass is around about a quarter of that only 260. 00 people are being allowed in for each service and the older to get into the cathedral you have to turn up early you have to take a number when all of your details are taken who you are where you could be contacted in case there is a case of infection they will know exactly who is in each congregation its all part of the Contact Tracing that the South Koreans seem to be so expert at then you have to line up a 2nd time to get into the cathedral with the usual precautions being taken
Criticism mounts over his governments response to the crisis and why the coronavirus pandemic is threatening an already vulnerable since. The welcome to the program yemens internationally recognized government has described the declaration of self rule by separatists in the country south as a coup the agent based Southern Transitional council declared a state of emergency saying it would govern the port city and other southern provinces the s. T. C. Is supported by the United Arab Emirates the saudi backed the Yemeni Government warned of a dangerous and catastrophic consequences someone may have been is a senior lecturer in International Studies at Lancaster University in the u. K. He explains how different groups are trying to increase their influence in the country. I think its an interesting if altogether and surprising set of developments i mean those people whove been watching yemen for some time will have known that the s. T. C. Have got these these broader us peroration to close