A major expansion in coronavirus testing the u. K. Government extends knock down restrictions for at least 3 more weeks and Brazils Health minister is fired after a dispute with president abbas an hour over the call in a virus response. Chinas economy has suffered its shopping fall since it opened up to the world in the 1970 s. In the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic Gross Domestic Product g. D. P. In the 1st quarter promenade by 6. 8 percent compared to a year earlier its the 1st time is contracted in decades as speak to our correspondent katrina youre in beijing so a story fall katrina but not a surprise entirely. No i mean outbreak prevention measures saw chinas economy at a standstill for almost 2 months Factory Production was halted businesses were closed and hundreds of millions of people were stuck indoors and the result is this full of 6. 8 percent historic as youve just said and also the 1st disruption to chinas an interrupted worth for almost half a century and we got so
Just ahead, the president of the American Medical Association. The impact the coronavirus is having on tourism and the convention business. Our phones a lot our phone lines are open. [indiscernible] , 202 7488001, and if youre a medical professional, 202 7488002. We begin with the numbers courtesy of johns Johns Hopkins university. 1. 6 million confirmed cases and around the world, more than 100,000 deaths, of those, more than 18,000 in the u. S. Our countries dealing with 490,000 cases of covid19 across all 50 states, washington dc and the territories. Six members of congress have been battling covid19, including senator rand paul, representative joe cunningham, representative neal dunn and congressman mike kelly of pennsylvania and ben mcadams of utah. Fromsixth member joins us his home in miami, representative Mario Diazbalart from florida. How are you feeling tonight . . Epresentative diazbalart i am welcome i feel recovered, i am still weak but other than that i feel pretty well.
Having on tourism and the convention business. Our phones a lot our phone lines are open. [indiscernible] , 202 7488001, and if youre a medical professional, 202 7488002. We begin with the numbers courtesy of johns Johns Hopkins university. 1. 6 million confirmed cases and around the world, more than 100,000 deaths, of those, more than 18,000 in the u. S. Our countries dealing with 490,000 cases of covid19 across all 50 states, washington dc and the territories. Six members of congress have been battling covid19, including senator rand paul, representative joe cunningham, representative neal dunn and congressman mike kelly of pennsylvania and ben mcadams of utah. Fromsixth member joins us his home in miami, representative Mario Diazbalart from florida. How are you feeling tonight . . Epresentative diazbalart i am welcome i feel recovered, i am still weak but other than that i feel pretty well. Aeve this unfolded about month ago. Explain what happened, and when you knew you had coronavi
Facebook. Com cspan. 202 7488001, and if youre a medical professional, 202 7488002. We begin with the numbers courtesy of johns Johns Hopkins university. 1. 6 million confirmed cases and around the world, more than 100,000 deaths, of those, more than 18,000 in the u. S. Our countries dealing with 490,000 cases of covid19 across all 50 states, washington dc and the territories. Six members of congress have been battling covid19, including senator rand paul, representative joe cunningham, representative neal dunn and congressman mike kelly of pennsylvania and ben mcadams of utah. Fromsixth member joins us his home in miami, representative Mario Diazbalart from florida. How are you feeling tonight . . Epresentative diazbalart i am welcome i feel recovered, i am still weak but other than that i feel pretty well. Aeve this unfolded about month ago. Explain what happened, and when you knew you had coronavirus. Representative diazbalart a month ago it was a different world, congress was open
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