Food and theyve had some success attacks on fizzy drinks for example and just now a new labeling scheme for ultra processed food but powerful Trans National companies have fought them every step of the way. And with the current a virus already here the country is running out of time to take the tougher measures which could have helped blunt its impact. John homan aljazeera mexico city. The current Virus Outbreak hit greece at a time when it was still recovering from a major refugee and financial crisis but fatalities have been relatively low after the country introduced a lockdown measures earlier than most other european nations and the countries there hoping for a quick economic recovery John Psaropoulos reports from athens. Says the coronavirus has been good for his business especially in the run up to easter and. People are stocking up on food because theyre afraid of shortages but theyre also sitting at home watching cooking shows and experimenting with new recipes. Is one of the
Patient in the emergency room or if they have it because if they do, we need to be protected. And if they dont, we can then relax our ppe standards and treat them in a more appropriate way. Reporter but its not just private companies struggling to keep up. As of sunday, more than 14,000 people in california are awaiting test results from both private and Public Health labs. Many other states have yet to report specific numbers on testing backls. Hi collects all the data state by state in one place. Alexis madrigal, a writer for the atlantic, is a cofounder. We feel like if youre part of the National Response to this epidemic, then you owe the nation transparency. What we need from them is not perfection, but transparency, honesty and openness. Reporter both quest and lab corps tell cbs this morning they have increased their Testing Capacity right now. Both Companies Say they are testing around 35,000 each day. And combined, both companies have run more than 1 million tests. There is go
Will give troops to other parts of the world plus. Georgia braces for a rise in infections after bowing to religious pressure and allowing churches to open for orthodox easter. Clearly the British Government has denied reports that it wasted time and botched its response to the corona virus pandemic with Prime Minister Boris Johnson directly to blame a damning report in the sunday Times Newspaper says johnson ignored scientist warnings and skipped 5 emergency meetings in the run up to the crisis well this is the u. K. Recorded 596 more deaths pushing the total past 16000 elsewhere in europe italy and spain have recorded their lowest daily death tolls in about a month with 433 and 410 deaths respectively but numbers keep rising across the atlantic with more than 40000 people now dead in the us the worlds worst affected country meanwhile south korea which once had the worst outbreak outside china has recorded just 8 new infections or more than that shortly 1st this report from paul brenn
Developments and Governor Andrew Cuomo has been mentioning these developments. Now worry on the food side though. We heard that tyson foods is indefinitely suspending operations at that largest pork plant in south dakota and worries now, forget about whether you get pork or beef. Whether, if and when you get it. We could be looking at sharply higher prices because right now it is in short supply. Connell mcshane on the latest developments. Hey, connell. Reporter neil, we have widespread agreement whether it is governments or companies, about the economic damage being caused by this pandemic in the country where there are differences though is on the approach to how to reopen economies. Now, you mentioned, some of it is businesses versus government. Business us will make the own decision. Tyson is example of that. Suspension of these operations you mentioned is an indefinite suspension. The basic thing here. A lot of workers, so many calling in sick at that plant that tyson felt they ju
Thanks everyone for joining in today. Earlier today, i participated in , telephone conference actually, a Video Conference with the White House Coronavirus task force, with the Vice President participating in that meeting, with also the president. We were able to visit with him. And also, earlier this morning, i had the opportunity to have a phone call with secretary of the veterans administration, robert wilke, and renewed our request that we forwarded through fema for supplemental assistance from the v. A. Potentially with respect to Surge Capacity of hospitals here in louisiana, looking primarily towards new orleans. And last night, i was able to have a conversation with fema administrator, pete gainer, on the most pressing needs we have in louisiana, all of which relate to our Surge Capacity. Principally, as i mentioned to you yesterday, those being ventilators. Also, p. P. E. And other requests. I am pleased to announce and in fact, the president announced this during the call wit