Remembering the victims across it and watching those live pictures there from that moment of silence being observed in rome well lets get more on whats happening around the country our correspondent francesco jumper tony is in milan for us francesco yet another sobering moment today but at the same time i see some potential optimism i see some Health Experts are predicting that italy could now reach its infection peak in a week or so. Where were they thats thats where. The latest on official forecasts based on different researchers are saying that the daily could reach the peak in 7 to 10 days and see the new cases hitting 0 in the 1st 2 weeks of may but of course this is not sure yet what is sure is dead 812 people died yesterday bring in the total death toll to over 11500 and the confirmed positive cases are more than 100000 but the growth appears much slower than last week did ailing crees is now costs unduly under the 8 percent and the recoveries never been so many so there is yes
The National Quarter in the virus consul has decided to enforce a nationwide lockdown for 21 days with effect from midnight on the day that 36th of march this is the decisive measure to save lives of South Africans from infection and save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. So africas president theyre announcing a sweeping measure to tackle the spread of coronavirus i from here kate you are in the stream you can share your questions and comments and join the conversation in a lively to chat especially if youre in south africa. The announcement or monday of a lot down came just hours after the official number of coronavirus cases in south africa reach 402 the country is now trying to stop a mass outbreak that could be disastrous for the nations Strained Health care system covert 19 was 1st confirmed in south africa on march the 5th and the country now has the most confirmed cases of the virus in Subsaharan Africa the nation has one of the highest levels of economic inequality
Held him until or is responding to the outbreak. The subcommittee hearing is one hour and a half. Tom todd inaudible Surgeon General of the United States air force mr. Cavity assistance secretary of defense world ealth Affairs Lieutenant ronald shea pace, director of the fence Health Agency and mr. Systems. Bill inaudible program executiveve health care and management systems. Ted today we have serious quests on how medical reforms have accounted for on the president s budget for fiscal 2021. Ng as b you will notice we will hae numbers coming inn and out. We are getting briefings on o covetedn bu 19 as we speak and other meetings going meon. And your full testimonies we will get started across thebudgt spectrum of military Health Care System for military readiness to benefit care, and manydeci cases budget justifican slacks that detail. For the subcommittee to make informed decisions. We hope the Witnesses Today can address the subcommittees questions and concerns at a particular inter
Blatantly wrong the bottom line on u. S. Politics and policies a matter of fact on the world. Is the spread of the coronavirus out of control increasing numbers of cases are being reported around the World Governments are taking measures but they and often how do we prepare for a pandemic this is inside story. Our welcome to the program im Adrian Finnegan from a wildlife market in china as well hans says he with a coronavirus is believed to have emerged to the city of calm in iran the disease is sweeping around the globe and Health Experts are warning that we could be on the brink of a pandemic more than 80000 people and over 40 countries have been infected the number of new cases inside the country at the center of the epidemic china has been overtaken for the 1st time by new infections outside now the focus of the outbreak is shifting to europe in particular and the middle east in that region iran appears to be the center of the spread of the disease cases in bahrain iraq q. Ways leb
A truly breathtaking action play on account of Political Institution masquerading as a legal body. U. S. Secretary of state slams the International Criminal court to stop the agreements to take up a case surrounding alleged atrocities in afghanistan. The president of turkey and russia are meeting in moscow to diffuse the escalating tensions in syria president Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences for the deaths of turkish troops killed there last week and said the Syrian Government was not aware of their location the 2 countries that backed opposing sides in the conflict and recently came close to a direct confrontation and in a province in Northern Syria turkey is trying to push back Government Forces who are supported by russia. Well inside it live witnesses have told al jazeera that russian air strikes have killed at least 15 people in farms sheltering displaced say civilians many more are injured. Will go in a bit to talk about the situation on the ground in the turkish view of