An online to let you know if youve been in contact with someone whos infected. The u. S. Now has the highest number of coronavirus deaths in the world 20000 people thats tally past italy on friday across the u. S. At least half a 1000000 people are infected more than half of the u. S. Deaths are in 3 States New York new jersey and michigan the epicenter remains new york the surge of deaths there has overwhelmed Funeral Homes and the city is using a mass burial site but the state governor says for the 1st time theres been a drop in intensive care admissions new york city has decided to shut Public Schools for the rest of the academic year. You can see that the numbers somewhat. Stabilizing but it is stabilizing at and horrific rate. 783 people 777799 these are just incredible numbers depicting incredible loss and pain john hendren is joining us now from chicago under cuomo there saying that these are incredible numbers what does this mean for the u. S. Well rob every day we seem to hit
Explosions ahead of the swearing in for afghan president ashraf ghani his rival of dylan has held the secretary to integrate himself. And joining us go with the sport asian well cup qualifiers at the spine and tennis is biggest tournament outside the grand slams indian wells is called off over corona virus. So now its only has reported a big jump in the number of corona virus cases as a lockdown of a quarter of its population comes into full force 133 new deaths have been confirmed the number of infections has doubled since friday to nearly 7400 more than 111000 cases are confirmed globally 62000 have recovered so far so when you go begins our coverage. A city deserted a region under lockdown milan italy is economic heart is almost unrecognizable hardly anyone in the shopping malls its famous squares as the army keeps watch over an almost surreal situation this is an unprecedented crisis in this countrys recent history will look as thats richard in then i mean what is happening in my c
A deadly rocket attack on a coalition banks the u. S. Launches a new round of airstrikes in iraq. Asian markets have opened in freefall extending a global rahsaan fears of a recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic that follows a dire day for u. S. European and middle east and stocks invest as a bailing out amid travel restrictions and business shutdowns that are bringing economies to a halt italy has ramped up its long down closing bods restaurants and shops while france norway and ireland among the latest countries to close schools and universities if its to stop large gatherings have led to severe restrictions on sporting events european football matches and american basketball baseball and hockey games are among those canceled all. Pos phone postponed and the fallout is continuing on the Global Markets on wall street the Dow Jones Industrial average sank almost 10 percent into worst losses since the black monday crash 987. 00 and london the footsie 100. 00 closed down almost 11
A quarantine. Volatility is gripping the worlds major stock markets is the crowd a virus pandemics and share values plummeting tokyos nikkei index closed friday down 6 percent thats after it plunged more than 10 percent opening along with markets in thailand and india it follows wall streets biggest drop since the black monday crash of 1987 theres another concern in the u. S. To delay in testing for the virus the Top Health Official says the Current Situation is failing but that more testing kits will be made available in the coming week meanwhile over in europe schools across much of the continent have been closed for towns and spain have gone into lockdown and the country is rolling out economic protection mischas lets take a look now at the Johns Hopkins university tracker for the global picture here it is these live numbers as you can see the total number of confirmed cases there has surpassed 128000 over here we have the total number of deaths at 4720 and the total number of peopl
Death. The virus has also spread to new york, where Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a directive requiring Health Insurance to wait cost sharing for coronavirus tests. But what if you dont t have health insnsurance . The coronavavirus is a gret argument for medicare for all, but so are a lot of other things like all of those diabetics who cant afford their insulin, which can cost about 1000 a month. People with high Blood Pressure who cant afford to go to the doctor and get their Blood Pressure control. Amy we will host a roundtable discussion with Steffie Woolhandler dr. , elisabeth and new york state , andor Alessandra Biaggi we will go to seattle, washington, the other ground zero of the coronavirus in the United States, to speak with socialist Councilmember Kshama sawant. Then we look at Voter Suppression . The long wait times plagued in polling places from texas to california throughout super tuesday, especially in districts with high numbers of black and latinx voters and college stu