In an attempt to slow the spread of the pond now there is growing criticism of the police for their tactics as they enforce the measures. Plus a new date for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics mark your calendars for the 23rd of july next year last week think games were postponed because of the global coronavirus pandemic. Public photo yes welcome to the program we start in the United States where new yorks Governor Andrew Cuomo has issued an urgent appeal for medical volunteers and made what hes calling a Staggering Number of deaths from the coronavirus the peak came in as the death toll at climbed into stay. Past 1200 most of them in new york city so far around 80000 former medical professionals have answered cuomo call meanwhile a u. S. Navy hospital ship has arrived to help relieve pressure on the citys hospitals. A welcome sight for new york as the battle against the coronavirus ramps up. A u. S. Navy medical ship with a 1000 beds docked in new york harbor on monday. The mayor spoke of the c
Politics get in the way of Public Health we talked to a specialist in taiwan about whether the World Health Organization missed an opportunity to draw on type a success in combat virus outbreak. Im calling aspen thanks for joining us we start in the United States where the death toll from covert 19 now exceeds 3000 more than a 3rd of those victims are from new york state whose governor has issued an urgent appeal for medical volunteers andrew cuomo called the number of deaths staggering so far out 80000 former medical professionals have answered well most call meanwhile a u. S. Navy hospital ship has arrived to help relieve pressure on the citys hospitals. A welcome sight for new york. As the battle against the corona virus ramps up a u. S. Navy medical ship with a 1000 beds docked in new york harbor on monday. The mayor spoke of the citys frayed nerves with hospitals are already stretched to a breaking point weve all been through a lot these last few weeks. And we needed this roost we
Early by the one a Virus Outbreak and managed to keep things under control will be talking to a Public Health specialist in taipei and a new date for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics its in 2021 parker calendars july 23rd this after the games had to be postponed because of the global coronavirus and. Im called aspen thanks for joining us we begin in the United States where the death toll from copan 1000 now exceeds 3000 over a 3rd of those victims were from new york state whose governor has issued an urgent appeal for medical volunteers Governor Andrew Cuomo called the number of deaths staggering so far an 80000 for medical professionals have answered cuomo call meanwhile a u. S. Navy hospital ship has arrived to help relieve pressure on the citys overwhelmed hospitals. A welcome sight for new york. As the battle against the corona virus ramps up a u. S. Navy medical ship with a 1000 beds docked in new york harbor on monday. The mayor spoke of the citys frayed nerves with hospitals are already
Viers like you. Thank you. Laura this is bbc world news amica. Laura trevelyan. York, i am a Record Number of americans have lost their jobs as the the coronavirus outbreak. Pact of it really takes a turn for e worse. Italy takes a turn for the worse. There is concern over the rising number of cases in southern italy. Plus, how streaming services are feeling the cap for the millions stuck at home. Laura for all of you watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to world ns america. The u. S. Passed a gdam milestone more than 1000 people died from thcoronavirus. One hospitaln new york city has built a temporary n the street. More than 3 Million People apply for Unemployment Benefits last week to the massive stimulus bill passed by the u. S. Senate said the markets soaring. Nada tawfik has more. Nada Health Crisis and now a financial one, too. The coronavirusca has ended a of job growth in america. I am planning today as well. I am going to five different restaurants and la everyone of
Viktor orban an open ended extension to Emergency Powers in the battle against a pandemic but critics are calling it a power grab. Im sara kelly welcome to the program as more and more countries impose lockdowns because of the coronavirus india faces a bigger challenge than most its 1300000000 people have been ordered to say at home since last week but for the informal workers who form the backbone of the economy that means losing their income overnight leaving many without enough money for food and those hardest hit by the lockdown may now also be most at risk of catching the virus. A social distancing is a privilege that these people cannot afford all across india deliveries rushed to transportation hubs carrying whatever they could. The nationwide lockdown has put millions out of work and started a mass exodus from the cities. For these people who are leaving new delhi for their home towns the fear of starving is currently greater than the fear of infection with the coronavirus. If