French Police Unions voiced their anger against the government over the lack of protective equipment for offices threatening to stop them forcing the nationwide. Global news update this is. Well lets start with an update on the scale of the covert 900 pandemic more than half a 1000000 cases have now been registered worldwide 24000 lives have been lost so far 126000 people have recovered from the virus the u. S. Now has the largest number of confirmed infections which outstrips even china and italy. A growing number of countries and forced the partial or complete lockdown to control the spread of the virus an estimated 3. 1000000000 people as more than a 3rd of the worlds population are under various forms of restriction. And while the u. S. Battles to contain the spread of covert 19 the state department is turning its focus elsewhere offering a multimillion dollar bounty for the capture of venezuelas president supposedly for narco terrorism and discuss the story with our senior corresp
Lets always keep our distance please, six feet apart at least. Lets look after ourselves, as well as others. It will all be worth it. We can all do our part. So those on the front line can do their part. And when this is over, we will all, continue, to thrive. As pg e cuts power to people while theyre stuck inside, and theyre doing it to replace old electricals. These firefighters were part of a birthday parade for a young wombat lg a brain tumor. In the south bay, social distancing with a twist, communities are getting creative with chalk challenges. Abc 7 news starts right now. Announcer now your health, your safety, this is abc 7 news. Cities and states across the u. S. Are ramping up efforts to stop the spread of this virus. As President Trump looks ahead to when and how the country can reopen, hes promising to talk about his plan tomorrow. Not all states are the same. Theyre very different. Some are having very little problem. Some have done such a good job they have little proble
A 50000000. 00 reward for his capture. Coffins pile up. With hospitals also overwhelmed as it really struggles to cope with the impact of the coronavirus. Hi there with your global news update this is r. T. International. And we start with an update on the scale of the kovac 900 pandemic more than half a 1000000 cases have now been registered worldwide with 24000 lives lost so far 128000 people have recovered from the virus. Growing number of countries have been forced either partial or full lock down to control the spread of the farts an estimated 3000000000 people thats more than a 3rd of the worlds population under various forms of restriction. Lets bring you some breaking news that just commend the british Prime Minister has tested positive for 19 Boris Johnson who is 55 is the 1st world leader to catch the novel coronavirus. Lets go live to london now our correspondent isa ollie who him self is in self isolation in london has the latest on this story isa bring us right up to date
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo held his daily Coronavirus Briefing from albany tuesday. He updated the total number of cases and tests performed, and the coordination of resources. He also talked about his brother, cnn anchor, chris cuomo, testing positive for the virus. This is just over an hour. Of people tested overnight, 18,000 people, more than any state in the country, and we are proud of that. The total number of people population of0, 19 million will not give you a random sample. It has been helping us track down positive cases. Cases,ber of positive 9208. Total cases, 75,000. You see the predominance in new york city and westchester, then thenu, then suffered suffolk. It spreads out from density. The march of coronavirus across the state continues. Numbers, 75,000 tested positive, 10,000 in our patients. 2700 icu the good news, 4900, almost 5000 people discharged is up 771. People come in, get treated and go home. New york is at 75,000 cases. Is 16,000. Te california is at 700
Sectors what told with these cuts have on the Global Economy and how are markets reacting we have a packed show today so lets dive right in. And we lead our show today with a possible reprieve in the ongoing Oil Price War between russia and saudi arabia which has sent the commodity plummeting russian president Vladimir Putin announced friday his country is ready to cut production as long as other major producers follow suit saying quote according to preliminary estimates i think that we could talk about it were duction in the volume of about 10000000. 00 Barrels Per Day a little less maybe a little more adding and i believe that when i talk about partnerships everyone including our partners understand that we can talk about a reduction from the level of production that prevailed before the crisis so far this year all prices on major. Benchmarks brant crude in west texas intermediate have been cut in half due to the crowbars pandemic and the ongoing price war. And as the number of cases