This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Unions representing doctors and nurses in the uk express concerns about new guidelines allowing the reuse of Personal Protective Equipment. Amidst a global shortage some hospitals in the uk warn they may run out of the equipment this weekend. Its a real disappointment to us that the government has been unable, even after a month, to address this progressively worsening shortage of ppe. President trump angers democrats after tweeting in support of protests against stringent lockdown measures in three democrat run us states. Russia records nearly 5,000 new cases of coronavirus
in the past 2a hours its biggest daily increase since the start of the outbreak. And in a few minutes, well be speaking live to the Prime Minister of mauritius about the countrys lockdown measures. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments, both here and g
People per weve also tested more people per capita than south korea, singapore and every other country. The United States has the most robust, advanced and accurate testing system anywhere in the world. As of yesterday, we have distributed nearly 660,000 ids. That is an incredible test, and it is fantastic. Its the hot one. From within this business, its a hot one till about two days from now, because we have a saliva test that just came out and that can be self administered, and it is said to be fantastic. I want to think and it laboratories who have been incredible and roche have also been incredible. We have in the dramatic increase in the number of tests conducted by hospitals and academic institutions which is now performed nearly
600,000 tests. There is a tremendous amount of unused capacity in the state of metal for governors to tap. We have tremendous unused capability within those laboratories and i hope the governors are going to be able to use them. The governors are respons
3 already. Buckp up and watch this space. We will see you again tomorrow. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, rachel. And you know Something Big is going on when the Rachel Maddow show ends with the stock market. Yeah. And the futures market, and, boy, you just taught me everything i now know about the markets. Actually, if you give me all your money, just trust it to me ill take care of it. You know how future markets stuff works . Ill take care of it. I will hand it over tomorrow. Thank you, rachel. The Coronavirus Crisis is going to get much worse for donald trump. We know at least that much. He will probably stay physically healthy throughout the crisis, but his Mental Health which is weak on his best day can only get much worse every day of this crisis. At the end of this hour we will consider Donald Trumps complete bewilderment in the face of this crisis which was on display last night in his press conference and will continue to be on display whe
Playing catchup. We dont know because weve inefficiently tested. Testing is everything. Its the key to where we are right now. It is, certainly, the key to getting anywhere back to near normal. Now, the grave toll. California, 1,000 lives lost. They passed that mark today. Yesterday set a new singleday record for reported deaths in that state. So the situation is very grave and, yet, this president has decided to fuel the fire of protestors, who have decided to risk their safety and yours, by the way, if you live in their states because theyre not happy about being told to stay home. Staying home saves lives. Here is the story from nick watt. Huntington beach, california. A protest march complete with trump 2020 flags. Similar scenes, also, other parts of the country. Theyre calling for the country to open up again. Jacksonville, florida. They just reopened the beaches. The crowds came. Immediately. Many, completely ignoring the socialdistancing guidelines that are, still, supposed to
Infectious disease expert with Johns Hopkins university. Kristen, i want to start with you. You had the reporting that todays briefing is supposed to be focused on test, and i say supposed to, because lets be honest, two days ago it was about the voice of america and we didnt know that was coming. I dont want to presume that this stays on track. What would the focus what is the announcement that theyre hinting at to you about testing . I appreciate the caveat, chuck. Its an important one. Youre absolutely right. We never know 100 whats going to happen until the president comes out and announces it. But based on our reporting according to three Senior Administration official, todays briefing is going to be focused on test, and we expect Task Force Officials to essentially argue that they do have the testing in place across the country to begin the phase one of starting to reopen the economy. Now, i also pate that theyre going to talk about and acknowledge the need to ramp up testing. Yo