On a mission to save lives we look at the army of cuban doctors traveling to virus affected countries. And assess cities a simple act thats keeping kids entertained despite living under lockdown. And the u. S. President on trump says social distancing should remain in place for another month to slow the spread of the coronavirus that is a reversal from his comments just last week when he predicted the situation would be back to normal by mid april the backtrack comes as the number of deaths linked to the virus in new york state rises above 1000 across the u. S. At least 140000 people have now been infected but in Britain Health officials are warning it could be 6 months before strict social distancing measures are lifted the u. K. Was put under a partial lockdown last week meanwhile in china some people are going back to work where the virus was 1st detected the stable han has been under strict quarantine for 2 months now more on that in a moment 1st lets update the situation in the u.
Restrictions on people for another month to contain the spread in the United States i will find out how nearly a 1000000 rethink of the refugees in bangladesh are coping during this hour. And im on santa how much now have all the sports including a look at how the worlds top Pro Wrestling companies are still putting on the shows this by the global pandemic. Monday morning in europe and spain is where we are starting this hour with new numbers just released and again the death toll is rising at an alarming right 812 people have died from corona virus in the past 24 hours that means we are looking at over 7300 deaths since the outbreak began also the number of infections is rising steadily there are now more than 85000 confirmed cases in spain. In china there was a different story look at this people starting to head back to work where the virus was 1st detected this is where harm which has been under strict quarantine for 2 months now and in the United States President Donald Trump says
Began and more than 12000 Health Workers have been infected also hospital Officials Say they not only need more test kits but also some training on how to use them. When this Government Crisis Committee comes out to say we have everything it is not true when they say we have 300000 test kids well thats all very nice to have 300000 kids but those kids must be tested by professionals who know how to do it if not why do you need them so we also have this problem when they say we have 300000 kids daily i can tell you that it is not true so much of her own now from madrid with more on those latest infection numbers. 14 percent of the total amount people have that have tested positive from coronaviruses spain 5000. 00 in total 12300. 00 are Health Care Workers the thought of growing up from coronavirus house has reached 7800. 2 up to date weve seen how the Health Care Workers have been struggling have been claiming because they are lacking the running out of protective measures they dont hav
A common enemy. Hungarys Prime Minister gets sweeping new powers he says will help tackle the outbreak critics fair here use them to muzzle political opponents also. Our nation is helping us in our hour of need. A navy ship with a 1000 beds on board arrives in new york to help provide relief in the u. S. Epicenter. The World Health Organization has expressed hope that corona virus infections in hard hit European Countries like italy and spain might be stabilizing but its leaders were quick to add that doesnt mean tough measures to mimic the spread of the disease and to track it should be reduced. We should start to see stabilization because the cases we see today really reflect exposures 2 weeks ago. And going down isnt just about a lock down and let go to get down from the numbers not just stabilize requires a redoubling of Public Health efforts to push down not it wont by itself it will be pushed down earlier spain announced deaths in excess of 800 for the 3rd consecutive day another
And we will overcome this together i thank you. Thank you very much or at risk we will start with questions that will remind your analysts that we can take only one question per person so we can advance as much as possible so we will start with the loser news agency thats a portuguese speaking news agency can you hear us yes or can you hear me yes is it antonia yes this isnt on you thank you please go ahead well i would like to ask a question on the issues of birth and newborn care and breastfeeding does they dont do it just recommend any restrictions on breastfeeding presence of partners in the liberal rooms and skin and skin contact between mother and child because of the pandemic because of Health Authorities and country like my own portugal ban these practices for women that are infected thank you. Thank you for the question so we have recently published some guidance on Clinical Management of individuals who have covert 19 which includes pregnant women and lactating women Breast F