Just hours after flipping the calendar to 2021, the u. S. Hit 20 million total infections. All indications are, of course, that it will keep on rising. In fact, the coronavirus is racing so quickly through the u. S. Population that another 1 million new cases are being added every five or six days. And theres a more contagious variant that could certainly greatly complicate the global crisis. Was recently detected in the uk but has now been found in at least 30 countries, hong kong and taiwan. Turkey is suspending flights from britain after finding 15 cases in passengers arriving from the uk. The cdc says its been in the u. S. Earlier than first believed after the variant was found in a florida man in middecember. For the latest on the pandemic here in the u. S. , nick watt is in los angeles. Nick . Reporter from wuhan, where all this began, to new york, not much fondness in the farewell to a terrible year. And 2020 is gone. 2020 is freaking gone reporter 2020 was tough, but we are sti
The rules themselves . If youd like to get in touch on this or any of our stories, you can contact me on twitter geetagurumurthy, or bbcyourquestions. Ministers say theyre looking into claims that some food parcels sent to children who would normally get Free School Meals are inadequate. Security is stepped up as the fbi warns of armed protests across the United States in the run up tojoe bidens inauguration. And coming up this hour. Finding your thing during lockdown. We look at how people are keeping themselves motivated while staying at home. The uks most Senior Police officer has said that people who break lockdown rules are being fined much more quickly, but says that more clarity on the meaning of local on exercise guidelines is needed from the government. It comes as the Health Secretary says that tighter measures for england cannot be ruled out. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida dick wrote in the times that its preposterous that anyone could now be unaware of the n
The number of people whove died with coronavirus in the uk has gone up by 917 since yesterday. It comes as doctors issue a stark warning about access to personal protection equipment. The government says its doing everything it can. We doing everything it can. Are in an unprecedented g| health we are in an unprecedented Global Health pandemic right now. It is inevitable that the demand and the pressures on ppe and the demand for ppe are going to be exponential, they are going to be incredibly high. And we are trying to address that as a government. The authorities have repeated their request that people should stay at home over the easter weekend. In the United States, there are now more than half a million confirmed infections with the number of dead at nearly 19,000. And here, the cafes and restaurants of cardiff providing meals for medical workers on the front line against coronavirus. Good afternoon. The number of people who have died in a single day after contracting coronavirus h
Hello, everyone, live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta. Welcome to our viewers here in the u. S. And around the world. Im natalie allen. Cnn newsroom starts right now. 5 00 a. M. Here on the u. S. East coast. Thanks so much for joining us. United states is entering the weekend with a battle over when and how to reopen the country as the number of reported inspections and deaths soar. Data tracked by Johns Hopkins University Shows the u. S. With more than 706,000 cases and more than 37,000 deaths. That is not stopping talks of phased reopenings. Adequate testing is key for it all to work. And President Trump says the resources are there. We have tremendous unused capability within those laboratories. And i hope the governors are going to be able to use them. The governors are responsible for testing. And i hope theyre able to use this tremendous amount of available capacity that we have. But the cdc director under former president barack obama disagrees that the onus should be on
It just hurts my heart. Nursing homes are bearing the brunt of this outbreak. Well hear about new measures that should help tackle the virus spread. We now know that more than 2. 5 million inif he cans of coronavirus have been reported around the world. There have been almost 178,000 deaths, 45,000 of them in the u. S. So that means more people have died here in the u. S. Than any other country in the world. As the death toll continues to grow, the head of the cdc says the situation could still worsen. He warned of another wave this winter during the flu season, which could further overwhelm hospitals. But dr. Deborah birx from the White House Corona Task force, disagrees. I dont know if it will be worse. I think this has been pretty bad. When you see what has happened in new york, that was very bad. I believe that well have Early Warning signals, both from our surveillance that weve been talking about on the vulnerable populations. Were going to continue that surveillance from now all