And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Thiso iside sourcen bbc news for viewers in the u. K. And around the world. We are covering the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. In the u. S. , another 6. 6 million workers have filed for unemployment in e past week. Ffone in 10 have been laid meanwhile, new york reports a further 799 dths, the highest daily toll since the outbreak s britainaves intensive care as he continues his entry his itment for coronavirus. The officials sas in and we report on coneurns for the as the italian Prime Minister warns it could fail as as project unless the lead better coordinate their response to the pandemic. Hello and warm welcome to the program. We will returento the improvin Boris Johnsons condition in a moment. First, lets bring you upodate with whats happening in the united states. There has been acrther massive se in unemployment diggers in just the past week. More than six. 5 millionn laims
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
Im sara kelly welcome to the Program Germany could be on the way out of its coronavirus lockdown the countrys Influential National academy of sciences has recommended that a start be made on easing the restrictions imposed to contain the virus the academys report came as the number of new confirmed cases in germany fell for a 3rd day running it also set the scene for consultations this week by chancellor Angela Merkel on what should happen after the current restrictions expire next sunday and one of the main recommendations of the report is that the primary and secondary schools be allowed to gradually very open they could soon be followed by shops and restaurants as long as their tables are placed further apart mouth nose protection should be used as an additional protective measure and the relaxing of our strictures is dependent on more widespread testing g. P. S. Data offered voluntarily by mobile phone users could be used for contact tracing. Well earlier i spoke with claudia views
Cope with the pandemic and a landmark anniversary spits in isolation coated forces new Yorks Metropolitan Museum to cancel celebrations for its 150th birthday but the museum is reaching out online. Im burnt off its good to have you with us is this the week that we begin leaving the walked well that is the question many are asking right here in germany the countrys Influential National academy of sciences has recommended that a start be made on easing the restrictions imposed to contain the coronavirus the academys report came as with number of new confirmed cases here in germany fell for the 3rd day running german chancellor Angela Merkel begins discussions this week on whether to extend the current restrictions they expire this coming sunday. And one of the main recommendations of the report is that primary and secondary schools be allowed to gradually reopen they could soon be followed by shops and restaurants as long as their tables are placed further apart melfi knows protection sh
Downward to gather but weve got a lot more to do to keep that progress going to get to the point where we might be able to ease some of the restrictions to encourage everyone to Work Together and this. Is the problem of the Justice System it is much more than that. Also coming up its spreading and its dangerous im talking about fake news and faults information about the. Moment there was a belief that eating would be able to get rid of the virus people started to say that you should start taking a drinking mortar and thats going to help you kill the virus so they prescribe the drug. Big effect and that was completely false information. Going to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with a question if you observed it how was your easter weekend we now know what a major holiday looks like in the shutdown lockdown coronavirus world we live in at the moment there was silence from San Francisco dissolves burg on sunday and an easy a n