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
Has nearly doubled to close to 1000000 this in any way chose the director for europe says its imperative that we dont let down our guard governments must be sure that the virus transmission is under control also coming up a gloomy Economic Outlook for asia the International Monetary fund says there will be 0 growth in the region for the 1st time since the 1960 s. Because of the coronavirus. Great art inspired by sound isolation if youre getting bored at home try reproducing well known works of art in your own living room bedroom or bathroom. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program the World Health Organizations european director has warned that despite some optimistic signs in some of the countrys worst hit by the corona via. Yes the number of cases continues to rise dr holmes a clue those remarks came as some governments including here in germany eased their lockdowns now he said that despite the spring weather europe remained in a storm and he warned against over optimism about easing
Colombian capital bogota. Michael local its good to have you with us the coronavirus is paralyzing countries across the world but in china where the outbreak originated life is very slowly starting to return to a normal pace this morning though the entire nation came to a standstill for 3 minutes as people there mourn the more than 3000 lives lost in the pandemic. At half staff throughout the country. Cars ships and trains run at their horns as air raid sirens wailed for 3 minutes they forced to remember the people who have died all over china during the coronavirus pandemic according to official numbers more than 3300 lives were lost in mainland china. In one hand alone the capital of where province at the epicenter of the outbreak some 2500 people have died. Why rush during the moment of silence i felt so. You could hear everyone was choking with sobs. I mourned for the big crisis china has faced what happened to these people was a very unfortunate we should mourn for them when liang
To get on with it we are currently at a transmission rate of one meaning gone past an infected one of the past and. Soon of india that if we get to the point where one person in fact 1 point one office then by october our Health Care System move each capacity then b. F. Its. Like trying to send. The limit in july. By 1300000 it is in june so you can see how little room we have to work with. Also coming up tonight a special report from war torn yemen where soldiers and civilians now fear a fever just as much as they fear their phone. Officially theres only one case of covert 19 in yemen in reality there may be many more thats bad news for this troubled country. But to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with a meeting of g 7 leaders and the very different accounts of what was said today the u. S. Hosted the Video Conference of leaders from the g. 7 group of industrialized nations later in a statement the white house in el. That
1 country can limit is. So you can see how little room right we have to work on it. Also coming up tonight a special report from war torn yemen where soldiers and civilians now fear a fever just as much as they fear their phone. Officially theres only one case of covert 19 in name and in reality there may be many more thats bad news for this troubled country. But to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with a meeting of g 7 leaders and the very different accounts of what was said today the u. S. Hosted a Video Conference of leaders from the g. 7 group of industrialized nations later in a statement the white house announced that the g 7 is calling for a review and reform of the World Health Organization and here is part of that statement g 7 nations contribute more than a 1000000000. 00 annually to the World Health Organization much of the conversation centered on a lack of transparency and chronic mismanagement of the pandemic b