True all of the country a new york smack criticizes the trumpet ministration of the u. S. Record the highest number of coronavirus related deaths in the world. And in other news more taliban prisoners are released by afghanistans government raising new hopes for a delayed exchange deal. And im peter sims with the sport british motor racing legend Stirling Moss has died at the age of 19 that and more coming up later in the program. We start with coverage of the british governments daily updates on the coronavirus situation and this is Health Secretary matt hancock speaking checkers i hope everyone has seen his message of love and thanks to all those who supported his recovery and to the n. H. S. Colleagues whove had for him so brilliantly thomas hospital. I know that they have cared for him as they would kaffir anybody in this country and its one of the things that makes me so proud that the n. H. S. Is there for all and can give its very best to every Single Person and has been able to
Briefing, new York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed two executive orders. The first directing employers to provide essential workers with a mask if they are interacting with the public and another expands who can be tested for antibodies. The governor also said it is his decision whether to close schools for the rest of the year. On saturday, mayor bill de blasio said new York City Schools would not reopen. Other new york state officials joint Governor Cuomo for this rethink. For this briefing. Gov. Cuomo good morning. Great to see you again. Some of you for the second time today. Easter for all those celebrating. Happy passover. Happy holy week. Right, we have dr. Jim. Thank you all for taking time. Lets go through where we are today. On this beautiful day. Start with the good news because we deserve some good news. Lord knows. Change in total number of hospitalizations is down again. This is the number we have been watching because the great fear for us was always overwhelming the hospit
This is a ridiculous situation right the whole worlds gone crazy thats what it seems like and i was supposed to be at work right now that i was actually looking forward to traveling the world again making films because ive been stuck on Maternity Leave for the past so 8 or 9 months now and i was looking forward to the whole winter coat and clean all day long but i got my mother in law to move to moscow to replace me while i work there she is and now instead of travelling the world i am stuck with everyone in this tiny flats here we are happy family happy days. How may i. And this is how we do it these days so in case youre wondering how instrumental this since im not going to have a camera and this is how i make things work because i dont even have a selfie stick you know. In the bright blue room. Now so momo makes those things yeah so how are you coping. Not knowing why did she bought a new government bond. I thought to google. That. Word that hes got a. Job yourself am i being told.
Think we are at the apex on the plateau. The number of as asians went up hospitalizations went up, flattened, continuing to flatten. Good sign. Technically, the number is down a tad appearance statistically irrelevant, but better than being up. The net change in total hospitalizations, if you look at the curve, which is what we look at, the curve is down. When you do the three day average, which is more accurate than any one day, because this reporting mechanism is new, we just put it in during the situation, so i would not bet all the chips on any one day. When you look at three days of the overall curve, we think it is indicative. The threeday average is down and the change in icu admissions is down. Icu admissions i take with a grain of salt since hospitals longer whate no they were. About 80 of those people will never come off the ventilator. When you see the incubations, to the proportionate number of people we will lose. That is what we have been watching. People going to the hos
Coronavirus situation in his state. Governor cuomo good morning. Happy tuesday. Day 44. But who is counting . Every day is groundhogs day. Thank you for being here. Lets give you some facts about where we are today. Toe toll hospitalizations, basically flat. Technically ticked down which is probably the first tick down, so thats a good sign. But basically flat. So we think were at the apex on the plateau. The number of hospitalizations went up. Flattened, continuing to flatten. Good sign. Technically, the number is down a tad, statistically irrelevant, but better than being up. The net change in total hospitalizations, if you look at the curve, which is what we look at, the curve is down. When you do the three day average, which is more accurate than any one day, because this reporting mechanism is new, we ust put it in during the situation, so i would not bet all the chips on any one day. When you look at three days of the overall curve, we think it is indicative. The threeday average