Colombian capital bogota. Michael local its good to have you with us the coronavirus is paralyzing countries across the world but in china where the outbreak originated life is very slowly starting to return to a normal pace this morning though the entire nation came to a standstill for 3 minutes as people there mourn the more than 3000 lives lost in the pandemic. At half staff throughout the country. Cars ships and trains run at their horns as air raid sirens wailed for 3 minutes they forced to remember the people who have died all over china during the coronavirus pandemic according to official numbers more than 3300 lives were lost in mainland china. In one hand alone the capital of where province at the epicenter of the outbreak some 2500 people have died. Why rush during the moment of silence i felt so. You could hear everyone was choking with sobs. I mourned for the big crisis china has faced what happened to these people was a very unfortunate we should mourn for them when liang
School during this pandemic no school work no graduation up next well show you how some students are using technology to create a virtual campus its all right its time to boost your means i knew. Right over 1000. 00 continuing to grip the world and of course this nation right now the new total around the world topping 1600000. 00 with over 100000 deaths and 368000 recover cases known so far the u. S. Still of course leading the way with more than 474000 confirmed cases and 17000 deaths 26000 recovered now those National Figures brings us to the state of new york which continues. To bear the brunt of this virus as it remains the epicenter of the outbreak new york now accounting for more than 93000 cases but while the state remains on lockdown looks like the curve might finally be leveling off archies Trinity Chavez picks up the report from new york. Today new york city the crossroads of the world has more confirmed cases of coven 19 than any other city on earth hospitals still heading c
Governments then across the globe mutual aid is taking place all around the world helping those in need were going to discuss it all that and more all right its time to. I. Coded 1000. 00 continues to grip the world and the nation total now topping more than 1600000. 00 cases with over 101000 deaths and 372000 recovered cases the u. S. Still leading the way here with more than 486000 confirmed cases and about 18000 deaths 27000 have recovered and as the numbers of infections continue to surge prisons and jails across the country have become new hot beds for the virus while some are looking to free up space others are seeing protests over a lack of action rachel bludgeons has more. The United States is known for having the largest prison. Relation in the world and hundreds of thousands of inmates are now calling for help as both prisoners and guards test positive for the coronavirus dozens of inmates took part in a demonstration at the monroe correctional complex in Washington State aft
Rooms have been converted into makeshift hospitals. Oil producing countries trying to negotiate a truce save a market share through global collapse to demand. A 2 week a ceasefire comes into effect in yemen say they wont stop fighting other countries still in the sea. And hundreds of millions of children desperately needing food you look at the difficulties for aid during the pandemic. So the damage to the worlds biggest economy from the coronavirus shutdown is really hitting home in the past week another 6600000 americans have joined the jobless queue and that means nearly 17000000 americans have now filed for Unemployment Benefits in just 3 weeks thats one in 10 workers and the affairs of figures could be even worse lets bring in our White House Correspondent Kimberly Halkett in washington d. C. And kimberly in just a matter of weeks 17000000 people out of work and its probably more. Yeah youre absolutely right nothing like this seen in modern history and it is expected to be more be
Across the continent all suspended due to coronavirus. Fellow around the world countries are ramping up their response to the virus imposing increasingly drastic measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic the u. S. Has banned arrivals from mainland europe from friday and italy has strengthened its lock down closing bars restaurants and shops other than pharmacies and shops selling food several more countries have announced full School Closures including france which has reported nearly 8000. 00 cases norway which has seen more than 600. 00 and even arland with just 70 infections so far well a move to stop large gatherings has led to major restrictions on sporting events the National Basketball association thats. The n. B. A. And spains top Football League have all suspended games for now Global Markets have continued to tumble on fears of the impact londons footsie 100. 00 suffer its biggest daily fall in more than 30 years and trading was automatically halted in new york after a larg