Observing the fasting month of ramadan. So coronavirus developments for you from around the world starting in south korea which was one of the worst hit countries in asia but there is good news for the 1st time in 2 Months Health officials there have reported no new infections no new domestic infections since the outbreak in february it means the total sits at. Just over 10700 cases and 247 deaths according to Johns Hopkins university in britain though the number of deaths has jumped at more than 26000 now after the government started to include fatalities in places like care homes for the elderly what it means is that the u. K. Now has the 2nd highest number of fatalities in europe after italy but some positive news about a possible treatment coming out of the u. S. Officials say they are seeing progress in trials of the antiviral drug via the mortality rate is reported to have dropped from 11 and a half percent to 8 and americas top advisor on the pandemic Dr Anthony Fauci says the a
Of work and a fly past and a promotion for a british war veteran as he turns 100. 00 captain moore who raised over 37000000. 00 for the National Health service. So the latest coronavirus developments from around the world now were starting with some good news from south korea which was one of the worst hit countries in asia for the 1st time in 2 Months Health officials have reported no new domestic infections thats the 1st time since the outbreak peaked in february meaning south koreas total now sits at a little over 10700. 00 cases and 247. 00 deaths according to Johns Hopkins university not such good news in britain though the number of deaths there is jumped to more than 26000 because the government is now starting to include fatalities from places like care homes for the elderly previously was just the hospitals so with that change the u. K. Now has the 2nd highest number of fatalities in europe after italy but some positive news about a possible treatment coming out of the u. S. O
Immunity i would be able to get it again or pass it on parts of the w. H. O. The World Health Organization is not keen on this idea for this reason well we do certainly understand the intention of trying to see who can go safely back who were who be of france truly risk free or other people but unfortunately from the scientific point of view we simply dont know for a person who has been infected with. 90. 2. Gets this immunity and if it gets the immunity how long this immunity is lasting now there are always problems with the immunity passport idea to start with for one thing its very divisive if you have some people who are allowed to go back to work and some people arent at a time when most governments right shes trying to unify their populations and say were all in this together but this verdict from the w. H. O. That people dont necessarily have immunity anyway and also saying that the testing to prove this or not is a bit sketchy at the moment at the best well i think that kills t
Just 1 pm here in the capital of the hawkins thanks for joining us this hour. And lets begin with the latest figures on team the Global Pandemic is into a new month those confirmed coronavirus cases are still soaring now supporting 3300000 there is some hope though 1000000 people have recovered the grim number you can see fatalities though now more than 234000. Are we start right here in russia the Prime Minister. Has tested positive for corona virus becoming the highest ranking russian official known to be infected. It just became known that the tests that i took for corona virus gave a positive result in this regard and in accordance with the requirements i must self isolate and comply with the instructions of doctors i have to do this to protect my colleagues im planning to remain in active contact with my colleague dick via phone and Video Conference. Yesterday it was reported that he had to see a High Temperature for this night celsius but he leaves behind a system that is he is t
Ignored risks to civilians in a drone strike in tripoli last november. Actually. Going un special rapporteur from the young mom calls out that ations leader Aung San Suu Kyi over the continued persecution of rohingya muslims. And well to what i call the problem of india act of funk rock dies at the age of 53. Its still early days in the pandemic caused worldwide recession but we now have a better sense of how hard key sectors of the economy are being impacted the Worlds Largest economy the United States has wiped out a decade of growth shrinking by 4. 8 percent in the 1st quarter according to figures released a short time ago one of its largest manufacturers boeing has reported losses of at least 600000000. 00 while european rival air bus says that it lost more than half a 1000000000. 00 in the 1st quarter to europes largest economy will have the worst here since the end of world war 2. Germany contracted by 2 percent in the 1st quarter but is forecasting a 10 percent drop for quarter