Im called asked and welcome italy remains europes epicenter of the corona virus pandemic and at this hour is holding a minute of silence to honor its victims more than 11500 people have died so far from covert 19 we take you to those live pictures now as italy commemorates its victims. Thanks. For looking again of my fixtures there in italy i do believe that actually the the mayor of rome and apparently all the mayors across the country are out side to all of the victims wearing a sash. The one you see there are t. V. Channels going quiet flags at half mast as well again the latest numbers from italy more than 100000 people confirmed with cases of the virus nearly 11600 people have died italy now taking one minute to pause at midday to remember those victims. We want to bring in our correspondent from rome sima gupta now sima youre there youre watching this moment of silence really is striking to see the way that italy has shifted since the outbreak began a few weeks ago residents were
Contact and smokers light up one last time in tokyo restaurants a ban on indoor smoking goes into effect one of the last major cities where it is still allowed its hope that the bad will also help fight the spread of the coronavirus. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program italy remains europes epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic earlier today cities and towns across the nation held a minute of silence to honor its victims. Are our. Flags nationwide were lowered to half mast like here in rome as overburdened hospitals and health worker. Struggle to cope covert 1000 has infected nearly 102000 people in italy and more than 11 and a half 1000 have died and nationwide lockdown has been in place for weeks and the government has warned it could not go on for much longer. And joining me now from rome is correspondent seem a good death so you know its striking really to see this shift in italy since the outbreak began i mean we had videos a few weeks ago of residents on a balcony singing and n
A new day for the 2020 tokyo illiterates to mark your calendars for the 23rd of july next year last week think again this were postponed because of the global coronavirus content. Yes welcome to the program we start in the United States where new yorks Governor Andrew Cuomo has issued an urgent appeal for medical volunteers amid what hes calling a Staggering Number of deaths from the coronavirus the peak came as the death toll of the state climbed to past 12 most of them in new york city so far around 80000 former medical professionals have answered cuomo school meanwhile a u. S. Navy hospital ship has arrived to help relieve pressure on the citys hospitals. A welcome sight for new york as the battle against the coronavirus ramps up a u. S. Navy medical ship with a 1000 beds docked in new york harbor on monday. The mayor spoke of the citys frayed nerves with hospitals are already stretched to a breaking point weve all been through a lot these last 2 weeks. And we needed this boost we n
California governor Gavin Newsom States response to the coronavirus outbreak. Newsom spoke to reporters in sacramento. Governor newsom good afternoon, everybody. Now in our next phase of the beginning process. Actualizing those plans in real time. Let me give you an update of where we are in the state of california. In the last four days we have seen a doubling of the number of hospitalizations related to covid19. In the last four days, double the population that has been hospitalized. We have always seen a tripling of the number of i. C. U. Patients in our system in the last four days. These have long been projected based upon our modeling and consequence. We have for weeks now been organizing ourselves around a require roughly 2 3 increase in capacity within our Hospital System. That requires three fundamental things. It requires finding new places to put people. Number two, it requires having adequate supplies from p. P. E. s to the ventilators. And importantly, number three, requir
In an attempt to slow the spread of the pond now there is growing criticism of the police for their tactics as they enforce the measures. Plus a new date for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics mark your calendars for the 23rd of july next year last week think games were postponed because of the global coronavirus pandemic. Public photo yes welcome to the program we start in the United States where new yorks Governor Andrew Cuomo has issued an urgent appeal for medical volunteers and made what hes calling a Staggering Number of deaths from the coronavirus the peak came in as the death toll at climbed into stay. Past 1200 most of them in new york city so far around 80000 former medical professionals have answered cuomo call meanwhile a u. S. Navy hospital ship has arrived to help relieve pressure on the citys hospitals. A welcome sight for new york as the battle against the coronavirus ramps up. A u. S. Navy medical ship with a 1000 beds docked in new york harbor on monday. The mayor spoke of the c