The enormous strain of indias coronavirus lockdown millions of Migrant Workers are struggling to return home and self isolation is an option for many so what can be done to lessen the impact this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im homage enjoy him its been a week since india began the worlds biggest lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus 1300000000 people live in order to stay home in the as around 1600 infection so far but with one of the lowest testing rates in the world scientists fear the number could be much Higher Health workers are trying to track down around 2000 people who stayed at the headquarters of a muslim group in new delhi 128 people who attended a religious gathering there 2 weeks ago have since tested positive 7 have died organizers denied breaking social distancing rules saying they were forced to accommodate visitors after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced some measures with just 4 hours notice delhi chief minister has urged police to file
Hello to everyone from geneva, and that uh o headquarters. Welcome who headquarters. Welcome to this regular covid19 briefing. There were more than. Thank you. Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening. E are delighted to be joined thank you, tarik. Good morning. Good afternoon and good evening. As tarik said we are delighted krytalina, the managing director of the monetarily fund. Elcome, my sister. She will say more in a few minutes about the Economic Impact of the pandemic and what the imf is doing to support countries and the Global Economy more than one million confirmed cases of covid19 have been eported to who, including more than 50,000 deaths, but we know that this is much more than a Health Crisis. We are all aware of the profound social and economic consequences of the pandemic. The restrictions many countries have put into place to protect health are taking a heavy toll on the income individuals and families and economies of communities and nations. We are in a shared
Worldwide, the confirmed cases at 260,000. That is our starting point on this sunday morning. The ap has this headline, the week america changed. How has your life changed over the last week to 10 days and what you expect moving forward . Numbers,the phone 202 7488000 in the eastern and pacific time zones. Central and mountain, 202 7488001. Medical professionals, you can call in on 202 7488002. Send us a tweet or send us a text message at 202 7488002 at 202 7488003. Be sure to tell us your first name and where you are texting from. The number of coronavirus cases continues to increase world wide in the Associated Press has a headline thought would be a good jumping off point of this sunday morning. It has been a week that has changed all of our lives directly or indirectly, one way or the other. The week that america changed, we want to hear from you and tell us how your life has changed. From the ap, there is this that from the Associated Press. Our phone lines are divided regionally
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Home meanwhile in europe the coronavirus death toll passes 5000 germany and spain of reported a steep rise in infections and lock down argentina imposes one of the strictest measures yet for any latin American Country as it tackles the spread of coded 19. All of the latest developments from around the world on the car coronavirus pandemic to come about what to start with. In london correspondent they want to go straight to you need because of developments out of the u. K. Concerning a Critical Incident at a certain hospital go ahead. Yes thats right it looks very much like the corona virus situation the spread of the virus is entering into an important new phase a large hospital and North West London called northwest Northwick Park and how row for those who know it they are reporting that an intensive care unit there is now completely overwhelmed by coronavirus patients stoffel basically told last night that theyd run out of Critical Care space so imagine that particular unit is alread