As the coronavirus pandemic spreads worries the poor nations wont be able to cope Health Systems are weak in many of these countries and millions of people dont have access to clean water or sanitation so how can we avoid a catastrophe this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program and its corona virus infections have now been reported in nearly every country in the world and the number of people getting sick in europe on the United States is rising rapidly. But scientists warn the next big spike could occur in developing nations we already weak Health Systems Johns Hopkins university in the u. S. Has been tracking the pandemic for the past 3 months now theres a huge concentration of cases in china iran europe and the u. S. Few are infections in latin america and across africa but those numbers are ticking up in countries like nigeria for instance africas most populous nation is also battling the Worlds Largest outbreak of last a fever a viral disease more fatal than covert 19 libe
A complete collapse so a colombian Healthcare System so long down is truly going to be crucial when you know what if you dont know what youre looking at perhaps the watchdog rate that were and were going to talk to an expert in fighting deadly outbreaks who says there is still reason for hope even in some of the worlds poorest regions for me i am optimistic that it is possible for the countries in Subsaharan Africa to break the clients mission it is possible to quentin this outbreak were going to find out the essential things that governments and people need to be doing now to achieve that before we get to that lets check in on the outbreak in freeing of the most important cities in the global south. Were going to head 1st to india home to 1300000000 people its capital city region alone has a population of almost 30000000. The streets of delhi are usually packed with traffic and full of life now theyre under lockdown much like those in europe people are only allowed out to go and get e
With the africas most successful radio drama series continues only because those are Available Online and of course you can share and discuss on w africas Facebook Page and other social media platforms to crime fighters to me now. Some of the worlds best Health Care Systems through to the brink. Whole cities ground almost standstill. Thousands of people losing their lives. And so far theres no end in sight. That the grim reality of the corona Virus Outbreak right here in europe and if all of that can happen here in one of the richest regions in the world what about countries that dont have those resources. Across the global south infections are lacking quite far behind europe but many countries have started taking drastic action and people are bracing for the worst. Those huge fear that the weight of this pandemic might lead to a complete collapse the Colombian Health care system so long down is truly going to be crucial window because if we dont know what we definitely are looking at
Number of infections now closer 2430000 china still leading the way with 81000 cases there with italy not far far behind it 69000 the u. S. Now rounding off the top 3 just moments ago breaking the 60000 mark taking a closer look at this country some 800 americans have now died from complications of the virus and here in the Nations Capital the white house and congress struck a deal early this morning to deliver a massive 2 trillion dollar Coronavirus Relief package a spending bill which is the biggest relief package ever in u. S. History would alleviate some of the Economic Impacts of covert 19 such as providing support to businesses and sending out checks directly to families and while weve heard a lot coming out of capitol hill and hard hit areas like new york california and Washington State florida is now gaining attention for the growing number of cases theyre for. More on the developments in that state well turn to our teams john who is live for us in miami john whats it looking l
Historical significance Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer compare their agreement to world war 2 as Marshall Plan to rebuild europe yes he called the bill after sleep deprived nights in marathon negotiating sessions we have a bipartisan agreement on the largest rescue package in american history. I know its i know youre suffering was food your suffering was really great i mean the anguish of having to stay up late and be forced to. I did what do what you were elected to do in order to save all of us poor service man that is indeed some hard work chuck just like its hard for all those nurses doctors and other medical professionals forced to work around the clock ships fighting this virus on the front line or or just as hard as the Grocery Store clerks and delivery drivers working long hours for nothing wages just to bring the quarantine some Food Supplies yeah that kind of hard work but thankfully schumer wasnt alone in that excruciating hard work that all those idiots on capitol h