The u. S. Now has almost 1 3 of the worlds cases, far more than any other country, but President Donald Trump is praising his administrations response at the Coronavirus Briefing sunday he said states are getting critical supplies and that a company will be compelled to make swabs, a critical item for testing, under the defense production act. However, mr. Trump also said widespread testing is not a federal responsibility. Meantime, sunday saw more protests against restrictions in some u. S. States. This one in denver. They got praise from mr. Trump. Take a listen. People feel that way. Youre allowed to protest. They feel that way. I watched the protests and they were all 6 feet apart. It was a very orderly group of people. Some have gone too far. Some governors have gone too far. Some of the things that happened are maybe not so appropriate and i think in the end its not going to matter because were starting to open up our states and i think theyre going to open up very well. But i wa
He was found dead hours later. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. President trump says he and the democrats are closer to agreeing at least 300 billion in a stimulus deal to help Small Businesses in the us, hit hard by the pandemic. Mr trump also said he would use the defence production act to compel one us facility to produce at least 20 million test swabs per month. New yorks Governor Andrew Cuomo says hell launch an aggressive Antibody Testing Campaign Next week, to see how many people have had the virus. He also said the coronavirus outbreak there is on the descent. 40,000 people have now died of the virus in the us. And in the uk, a delivery of vital protective equipment for healthcare workers which was delayed is now due to arrive in the next 2a hours. The government said it was working to ensure the shipment from turkey which includes 400,000 gowns would reach front line staff in the coming days. Well have more on that in a moment, but first heres Pre
In no hurry to lift the lockdown borisjohnson tells cabinet colleagues that stopping a second peak of coronavirus cases is his priority. The governments furlough scheme to keep staff on the payroll despite not working goes live there were in the first 30 minutes. As some small shops re open in germany across the world countrys are taking the first tentative steps in lifting restrictions. On what should be the first day back at school for millions of children its parents who are themselves getting to grips with homeschooling. Theres more concern today about the lack of personal protective equipment for nhs staff. Hospital managers in england say some trusts already struggling with the supply of kit. The government insists 400,000 protective gowns will arrive from turkey at some stage today despite delays with the order. Meanwhile, also this lunchtime. Borisjohnson has told cabinet colleagues hes concerned about lifting the lockdown too soon and stopping a second peak of coronavirus case
Well, the United States with far and away the most confirmed coronavirus cases in the world is now approaching 41,000 deaths. And that is according to Johns Hopkins university which confirms nearly 760,000 cases nationwide. And you can see which states are the most affected. More than 2. 4 million cases are reported worldwide. On sunday, President Donald Trump said the u. S. Is rapidly expandi expandi expanding its testing which experts say is key to reopening the economy. On cnn the mayor of new york warned against acting too soon. I fear that the president in sort of his endless desire, sort of ra, ra, lets restart, is ignoring the facts, ignoring the science, and hes going to lead us into something that will boomerang back on us harshly. Hes only got one chance to get this right. And governors say they need more tests before they can safely reopen. The white house says they have plenty. Natasha chan looks at the state of the nation right now. Reporter its been 50 days since the firs
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