A temporary drive through Testing Center in doha where the tarrytown scientists are helping to better understand my roots and how to ease restrictions here. So we begin with breaking news out of afghanistan 2 attacks one in the hospital and the other at a funeral and that one is in one car province in the east close to the border with pakistan at least 17 people have been killed there after an explosion hit a crowd of mourners 30 others reported to be injured the governor says it was a Suicide Attack meanwhile a hospital in the capital kabul its also come under attack explosions and gunfire have been heard there lets hear from a message shams now whos in kabul he joins us on the line you can tell us about this couple attack and it happened a little over an hour ago in the west of the city mehsud. This attack happened in rest of city called will. Happen here is to which most. Communities are living their taliban denied attack but the local t. V. Channel tunnel t. V. 5 People Killed amon
Intensity Populated Areas decades. So its been a deadly few hours in afghanistan with 2 attacks one in the hospital the other at a funeral the suicide bomber is believed to have been behind an explosion among a crowd of mourners in one the whole province in the east close to the border with pakistan at least 17 people have been killed there 30 others are reported to be injured and a hospital in the capital kabul is also come under attack explosions and gunfire were reported and that apparently is still going on that lets get more from Matthew Chance on that attack in kabul he joins us on the line from there now how things going with a gathering information on this attack message now. Well nick a couple police confirmed. That they could evacuate 4 the person from the area which they want to attack there means that theres a lot of people back in this hospital as well as in the back of this hospital there is a there is a guest house to which all foreigners are living around. The fight is
And others where people come to work from and where insisting that its going to be safe but work unsafe to get there were also making some changes this week about exercise and while both france and spain have begun easing lockdown restrictions nonessential shops and factories have been allowed to open in france or the 1st time in 8 weeks the government has that the country into reading green zones depending on infection rates affecting the available freedoms or the number of daily deaths from the coronavirus in spain has fallen to 123 marking a 7 week low where its a rare as a madrid to see how one Business Owner is preparing to reopen. We are at a Mens Clothing shop in the middle of madrid one of the b. C. S. Areas commercial areas that is just getting ready to reopen to the public next week so weve got everything ready weve got the honey ties or we have the gloves we have them last year thats the owner does this in fact in all the garments in order to reopen to the costumers today in
Truck drivers tell us why the pandemic has made life on the road even more dangerous and in other news and unusual sight in the democratic republic of congo the president s chief of staff goes on trial for the option. Thank you for joining us we begin with another grim milestone in the global coronavirus pandemic the death toll from covert 1000 in the United States has now surpassed 80000 the u. S. Has by far the worst hit country in the world but President Donald Trump says america is now on track to defeat the virus speaking at the white house said his administration had now pulled a 1000000000. 00 to boost coronavirus testing capabilities. This afternoon i am announcing that my administration is and and weve got this all approved its all done is sending 1000000000. 00 to americas states territories and so this is all been approved weve got it done completed the money is going out this major investment will ensure that america continues to conduct more tests than any country on earth
You and your family. We would love to hear from you. Our phone lines are open. For the eastern half of the country. 202 7488001 for the mountain and city time zones. 202 7488002 if you are a medical professional. We begin with the numbers courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. Around the world, 3. 1 million confirmed cases. The death toll in 185 countries is 216, almost 217,000. In the United States, the death toll has surpassed 58,000. Joining us from princeton, new jersey is the president and ceo of the Robert Wood Johnson foundation. He served as the former acting director of the cbc. Today, named on the restart and recovery commission. Thank you for being with us. Guest nice to be here. Host your region has the highest percentage of covid cases in the country. How do you balance the Public Health with the desire to reopen the economy . Everyone wants to get the economy back up and running. People are suffering. People are out of work. People lead income. You want to make sure that a