Combined the latest forecast from the International Monetary fund. The forecast keeps getting worse for the airlines the industrys International Representative says carriers will lose 314000000000. 00 in revenue with 80 percent of flights now grounded. Russia reports another record daily rise in infections pushing its total beyond 20000. 00 also ahead. Somebody is the president of the United States the authority is total donald trump declares hell decide when the u. S. Economy reopens but State Governments say nothing will change until its safe. And weve used it for thousands of years to ward off disease find out how copper is being made into an even more powerful tool against coronavirus. And sport the worlds biggest cycling race has been postponed organizers say the Tour De France cant start. Hurting happen later in the year. International Monetary Fund says the coronavirus pandemic will cost the worlds economies 9. 00 trillion dollars over the next 2 years the warning comes as count
A 1000 infections now. And the. Coronavirus patient in london sends a message that itself goes viral across europe. To hamas now have all the sporting puting. That crickets most lucrative t 20 tournament at the Indian Premier League will be able to get underway next month because of the current a Virus Outbreak. Of there have long been warnings that the right of corona virus infection in the u. S. Would be worse than thought and now there is proof the United States has surpassed all other countries with 85000. 00 plus infections close to half of those are in new york state alone and chinas president xi jinping says he is offering his support to. Help the u. S. To fight the virus well be talking about that a little later on weve also got these 3 correspondents bringing Us Developments this hour laurence lay there he is in london with the latest updates from the u. K. And youre in johannesburg i mentioned this of africa with its 1st 2 deaths katrina you also with the latest from beijing
A call for unity chinas president xi jinping says the u. S. And his country must Work Together to fight the Global Pandemic. And in sports germanys top 4 football teams pledged more than 20000000. 00 to help of the club sleep process a quarter of a 1000000 jobs are at stake due to the football shutdown. It is a little after 1 pm in london where the developing news is that the u. K. s Prime Minister has confirmed hes tested positive for the code 19 coronavirus bars johnson says he has mild symptoms he is now self isolating in his residence at number 10 downing street but that from there he will continue to lead the u. K. And its efforts to fight the virus British Health secretary has also just tested positive. And its also self isolating i developed model symptoms oh the corona virus thats to say a temperature and a persistent cough and on the advice of the chief medical officer ive taken a test that has come out positive so i am working from home im so far isolating and thats entirely
Or the lack of it remains a critical issue in the u. K. And in nigeria more people have been killed by Security Officials and forcing a covert 19 locked down that have died from the virus also. Already living in miserable conditions now the pandemics causing more problems for yemenis displaced by war also becoming a mass that were talking about is that theres a whole me. And we get advice from a doctor on how to stitch together your own protection during this pandemic. The weather so on the news we begin in the United States where another 5200000 people have lost their jobs in the past week and that means at least 22000000 have been made jobless and acclaiming in less than a month as a result of the coronavirus pandemic in a few hours time President Donald Trump is expected to release guidelines on how and when to reopen some u. S. States but in the meantime hourly workers are especially worried about how theyll pay the bills natasha has more from chicago. If there was ever a boom time
Treating people in colorado. South africa and else its 1st deaths as police and the military start enforcing a 3 week lockdown also. Its worse than the recession its worse than. Its planes it grounded for could be months will look at how the Aviation Industry will emerge from the crisis. And in sports germanys top 4 football teams pledge more than 20000000. 00 to help other clubs league bosses say a quarter of a 1000000 jobs are under threats to the football shut down. The british Prime Minister Abbas Johnson has tested positive for the covered 19 coronavirus as has his Health Secretary matt hancock both been announced the news of via videos posted online describing their symptoms as mild Prime Minister johnson says it wont stop him from leaving the governments response ive developed model symptoms over the coronavirus thats to say a temperature and a persistent cough and on the advice of the chief medical officer ive taken a test that has come out positive so i am. Working from home i