From the beaches of spain to the streets of los angeles coronavirus cases are surging on almost every continent faster and further than ever before its taken just 4 days for the global number of cases to jump from 15 to 16000000 well over the past week 37 countries reported record spikes in daily infections including the United States where the tally is going up by 60 to 70000 every day california remains the epicenter of its outbreak while florida has overtaken new york with more than 432000 infections brazil is the 2nd worst hit country after the u. S. The number of cases across latin america has surpassed 4300000 more than the United States and canada combined those top 3 hotspots the us brazil india now account for half of the worlds infections by mr Narendra Modi warned the indian public to remain vigilant saying the danger of covert 19 is far from over. Well lets see whats happening across latin america petit joins us live now from the colombian capital bogota alexandros a latin
Legacy as leader. President trump has used his first Coronavirus Briefing in weeks to warn that the situation will get worse before it gets better. Tens of thousands of new cases are identified every day in the us, and more than 140,000 people have died. Speaking at the white house, mr trump urged americans to wear face coverings when they could not maintain social distancing an apparent change in tone from his previous reluctance to wear or recommend masks. Heres our north america correspondent, peter bowes. A different tone and a different message, noticeably subdued and less cognitive than usual, President Trump at his first Coronavirus Briefing since april. He acknowledged the pandemic was far from over. We are in the process of developing a strategy that is going to be very, very powerful. We have developed it as we go along. Some areas of oui as we go along. Some areas of our country are doing very well, some less well. It will probably unfortunately get worse before it gets bett
Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. While some countries are claiming success while some countries are claiming success in their efforts to curb covid 19, brazil is increasingly looking like an outlier. The rate of new infections is still increasing and the death toll is mounting and all the while the president is focused on reopening the economy and easing social distancing measures. He fired his Health Minister after a series of disagreements and my guest todayis series of disagreements and my guest today is that Health Minister, lewis henrique yetman debtor. Is president bolsonaro putting his nation at risk . Mendetta. Luis enrique mendetta, welcome to hardtalk. It is just three weeks or so since you we re just three weeks or so since you were fired by president bolsonaro. Now that you have had time to reflect on what happened, what are your emotions about it all . That is something that he is in charge, he was elected to hire and fire ministers. He ha
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Plans to impose localised lockdowns in england will be unveiled later. The government will explain how its test, track and trace strategy will deal with regional outbreaks of covid 19. If there is a flare up in one particular community, and that could be on quite a small scale like a particular workplace or school, then measures can be introduced, local lockdowns may be introduced which hopefully the public will get to tackle regional outbreaks behind, enable us to control of coronavirus in the future. The virus in that locality. The Prime Minister, borisjohnson, will be questioned by senior mps theres no timeframe yet, later amid continued calls for his top adviser but the government says itll Dominic Cummings to resign. Be part of the test, track and trace system. Some Health Officials are concerned elsewhere riot police in hong kong fire pepper pellets to break up about getting the public on board