This is bbc news. The headlines. The death toll from the coronavirus in china rises to 56. Officials warn the spread of the virus is accelerating and the country faces a grave situation. As the United States announces plans to fly some of its citizens home, the Foreign Office is urging britons to leave the province where the outbreak began and advising against further travel there. A member of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Panel resigns over links with the firm that supplied the tower blocks deadly cladding. More than 35 people are dead after the powerful earthquake in eastern turkey. More than 1,600 are injured. Three million brexit coins go into circulation on friday to commemorate the day britain
leaves the european union. Harry maguires first goal for Manchester United sets them on their way in the fa cup against tranmere, as they win 6 0. That and rest of the days sport in half an hour. The government has said it is looking at all options to help britons leave areas of china, where t
Wa kes singapore, 5 30am there as asia wakes up to this news, rico interviewed kobe bryant ten years ago and left an enormous impression on him, sharing his thoughts and his reaction to the tragic news that kobe bryant has been killed in a Helicopter Crash in california. Still very few details about why this Helicopter Crashed. You are looking at the scene of the crash, with smoke rising. Five people on board that helicopter, all of whom died in the crash, according to the local sheriff department. So kobe bryant, just 41 years old, travelling in a private helicopter when it crashed and burst into flames, according to local reports. He is the five time nba champion and widely considered one of the greatest players in the games history. There have been so many tributes from celebrities, sports stars, expressing shock at his sudden death, even President Trump tweeting saying, terrible news. The identities of the other victims have not been released, but there are reports that one of kobe
Reinforcements as greece attempts to stop a surge of migrants crossing from neighbouring turkey. Apple agrees to pay up to 500 Million Dollars to settle claims that it allowed older iphones on purpose to encourage people to buy replacements. Hello and welcome. Im katty kay with Christian Fraser in washington. Doctors now believe the spread of the coronavirus is inevitable and the World Health Organization has warned that the mortality rate is far higher than the usual rate for seasonal flu. So what are governments to do . The british governments new approach is basically to try to slow the spread until the warmer summer months. Its a four stage approach. Contain the outbreak. Delay the spread. Limit the impact where its established. Research better diagnostics and treatment. The government says it is still in the contain and Research Phase but as things deteriorate it will escalate its response. Medical professionals may be given the power to detain people suspected of being infected.
Homemade, creative, personal, with beautiful notes, from all across the country, literally, just saying, thinking about you, we care, we love you, we want to help. And this is just peoples way of saying we care and we want to help. This is what this country is about and this is what americans are about. A little bit more of this and a little bit less of the partisanship and the ugliness, and this country would be a better place. Thank you. Thank you guys. Questions, bernadette . Regarding the mta cleaning, you want it done on a 24hour basis . How would this be done and i didnt say on a 24hour basis, bernadette. I said when people get into the train in the morning, they had to know that that train was disinfected the night before. So what time will this happen and will it impact certain i dont know. I told the mta, give me a plan whereby you will clean and disinfect every train every night so that i can say to the essential workers who are killing themselves for our state, were keeping
Years ago. What it has proven is that a drug can block this virus. Reporter very early results from trials of remdesivir suggest this hiv drug actually might treat covid19. The data shows that remdesivir has a clearcut, significant, positive effect in diminishing the time to recover. This is really quite important. Reporter this is not a cure. In studies touted by dr. Fauci today, it lowered mortality and shortened the duration of the illness. This has not been a proven therapeutic. Physicians would probably be reluctant to, if they had other choices, to use something that protected in such a marginally valuable way. But we dont have other choices. For an antiviral to work in a positive way in these very sick patients to me is indeed very good news. Reporter many states in this country now planning to reopen, and soon, despite dire warnings from dr. Fauci for the fall. It is more likely than not that we will see this again and again until we really stick the nail in the coffin of this