Brown in hong kong outlines the possible reasons behind the recent spike in cases. Up until a few weeks ago hong kong was recording a 0 infection rate but now in the past 2 weeks weve had more than 500 new infections now as to why that has happened well there are different interpretations certainly some commentators are suggesting that its complacency hong kong that its guard down after social distancing rules were relaxed several weeks ago that meant that people returned enthusiastically to bars restaurants and of course to the beaches medical experts offer a different view they point to hong kongs existing quarantine arrangements which exempt from quarantine people like pilots and crew mariners sailors as well as the drivers of lorries bring essential Food Supplies into hong kong now the Hong Kong Government argues that if they were to place that category of workers into the current quarantine restrictions it would effectively put hong kongs food supply of risk and theyre not prepare
In getting your citizen tree where masks masks are important as part of the physical distance physical distancing is the most important but practically when youre living your life and trying to open up the country youre going to come into contact with people and for that reason we know that masks are really important georgias governor is urging people in his state to weather but he refuses to back down on his ban on local authorities making masks mandatory and public. Many well intentioned and well informed georgians want to mask manda and while we all agree that wearing a mask is effective im confident the georgians dont need a mandate to do the right thing our White House Correspondent Kimberly Halkett has more on why its become such a contentious issue. Well this is a country that is really founded on revolution its also unique system of government its not a federal system but instead its one that has strong states rights so in many ways the United States is like 50 countries all jo
Election in november whats trumps moat. Plus the coronavirus mutes festivities as muslims around the world mark the start of the pandemic precautions are changing centuries old traditions for the face. Of god as welcome to the program hong kong has Just Announced that Septembers Legislative Council elections will be postponed by one year the vote would have been hong kongs 1st since a controversial security law was brought into effect at a press conference earlier today leader kerry lam cited the spike in coronavirus cases as the reason for the delay basile position lawmakers accuse the government of using the outbreak to slow their prodemocracy movement which is what lam had to say at the press conference. We are going to invoke emergency regulations all dinner and this is in. 3 d. Laid off the elections and the certainty of course the main content off to. Do. Justice to somebody to a greater unknown foreign only we have the support of the Central Government in making this decision. O
Thousands showed their support for position leaders that lana took on of sky with president ial elections just over a week off shes hoping to topple the decades long rule of alexander lukashenko. And the coronavirus mutes for stephenies as muslims around the world mark the start of the. Boss pandemic precautions are changing centuries old traditions for the faithful. As welcome to the program us president ronald trump has drawn across Party Criticism after suggesting a possible delay to this years president ial elections trump who currently trails Democrat Joe Biden in opinion polls has no authority to change the date which is set by law so trump later backtracked but continues to push claims that any increase in mail in voting due to the corona virus pandemic what was altered fraud. Even for President Trump it was a rapid u. Turn after floating the idea of delaying novembers election only hours later he was walking it back i dont want to delay i want to have the election but i also do
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