With the pandemic a judge orders the president to wear a mask in public. And, Novak Djokovic tests positive for coronavirus, as pictures emerge of him dancing at a party during a much criticised tennis event. The top us official on Infectious Diseases, anthony fauci, has warned some parts of the country are seeing a disturbing surge in coronavirus cases. Lets go through the figures. Covid 19 has killed 120,000 people in the us and there are more than 2. 3 million cases. In more half the states, the number of new cases is still rising. You can see that in the south and west, particularly in states which loosened their restrictions on business early on. Texas for example recorded its biggest number of new cases on saturday. And the number of people in hospital with the virus has risen for 11 consecutive days. Californias infection rate has been surging in the last week, the number of people in hospital has surpassed the peak in april. Florida is also seeing cases rising sharply, its now
Hello, im ros atkins, welcome to outside source. Scientists here in london have begun human trials of a revolutionary vaccine against the coronavirus. A team at Imperial College are working at record speed. If it works, the vaccine could be mass produced. It means that we can make the equivalent of 2 million doses in the volume of a litre. Imagine a litre bottle of lemonade, that would have 2 million doses in it. As india reports 16,000 new cases of coronavirus in the past 2a hours, we get exclusive access to an intensive care unit in one of mumbais top hospitals. More than 100,000 people have now died from covid i9 in latin america, with over half of those deaths, in brazil. A Us Appeals Court orders a federal judge to drop the criminal case against President Trumps former National Security adviser, Michael Flynn. There is only one guaranteed way to get out of the coronavirus pandemic and that is a vaccine. And the bbc has been given exclusive access to human trials of a vaccine being
And zooming in on how our online lives have been transformed by the pandemic, lockdown, tiktok and twitch. The fbi has concluded that a noose found hanging on the garage door of the only black nascar racing driver was not an attempt to racially intimidate him. There had been speculation that Bubba Wallace had been targeted because of his support for the black lives matter campaign. We can now speak to our north america correspondent peter bowes. Tell us the story. There were fears that this was an attempt ata fears that this was an attempt at a hate crime targeted at Bubba Wallace because of his high profile with the black lives matter campaign, and also his role in getting the Confederate Flag removed from nascar races. He was very successful in that. What happened on sunday was that one of his team members found what he believed to be a noose in the garage where his vehicle was stationed. The fbi were called in, Thejustice Department started to investigate. A relatively short investi
Warnings over safety on whats set to be the hottest day of the year in the uk. Uv rays could reach record levels. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Im Annita Mcveigh and you can contact me on twitter about any of our stories Annita Mcveigh. We start with the coronavirus pandemic here in the uk where a group 01 14 leading scientists and academics has criticised the decision to roll out mass covid 19 Antibody Testing in england. In a letter to the british medicaljournal, they say the tests which establish whether someone has been infected are unable to prove immunity from coronavirus and offer no benefit to hospitals are care staff. It adds that they have been rolled out without adequate assessment. Public Health England said all tests had been extensively validated by the manufacturers. 0ur Health Correspondent, Naomi Grimley, reports. Immunity remains one of the big myster