Remains the worst affected country in the world its all more than 1100 new deaths on thursday alone and florida is one of the worst hit states reporting a record increase in the number of daily deaths on thursday and the gallagher is in miami with more on the strain the States Health system is facing. The intensive care units across the state are getting very very full indeed in fact i had a long conversation with a doctor the other day who just done a stint in i. C. U. And he said that it was it was terrible it was really bad theyre running short on medicine theyre running short on beds the mental strain on the. Line staff is really incredible and yet we have a governor here Rhonda Santas whos at the white house meeting with President Trump saying that he will not talk about rolling back closures airlines have been told they should urgently inspect the type of boeing jets its over fears planes park during the pandemic could suffer engine failure the u. S. Civil aviation watchdog says
Bulls high here sophia after its controversial change of status from a museum to a. Fellow more than 6 months since the corona virus was 1st detected in china the pandemic is still ripping through the world that record rates more than 284000 new infections have been reported in the last 24 hours thats a record rise according to the World Health Organization nearly 10000. 00 people have died in that same period the biggest spike since the end of april across the planet the virus has killed more than 635000 people more than a 5th of those fatalities are in the u. S. The worlds worst hit country new hotspots in the south and west have pushed the infection count past 4000000 light america has also recorded more than 4000000 cases war than 176000 people have died well have more on the outbreak in latin america in a moment but 1st this report from Andy Gallacher in miami. They are particularly bleak numbers considering when you think that the World Health Organization is now saying 5000 peop
The coronavirus for. The 1st friday prayers it is the bulls hagia sophia after its controversial change of status from museum to mark. So that the top u. S. Health agency has issued guidelines calling for the full reopening of schools in september even as corona virus infections spike in large parts of the country the centers for Disease Control insists its safe for children to return to class and its unlikely that they will contract or transmit the virus they say state and local governments are under growing pressure from the white house to reopen schools the President Donald Trump threatening to withhold federal funds from districts that taint the White House Press secretary reiterated that call. It is our firm belief that the that our schools are essential places of business if you will that our teachers are essential personnel you all here are considered essential workers which is why you are coming into the Briefing Room every day during the pandemic are meatpackers where meat pac
Have relations between the u. S. And china salad to the point of no return chinese leaders threatening retaliation for the closure of its consulate in texas from trade to security and human rights will the superpowers find room for compromise this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program on iran come on its being described by some as a new cold war relations between the us and china unraveling quickly in the latest spat chinese diplomats have been given 72 hours to shut down the consulate in Houston Texas President Donald Trump accuses them of spying and stealing intellectual property Chinas Foreign Ministry is threatening retaliation for what it calls malicious londa roselyn jordan has more. Its a scene straight out of a spy film employees at the chinese consulate in houston burned documents before theyre forced to leave the u. S. On friday the expulsion of the 60 diplomats and their families is just the latest step taken by the u. S. Against a country it considers a National
This was a very difficult position for the president to make it was interesting that he talked about keeping Americans Health and safety is a top priority given that hes only recently started wearing a mask himself and his whole held rallies over the past few months but its a reflection i think of just how bad the situation is here in florida for him to actually cancel such a massive event and one that will be so personally important to the president i mean its pretty dire a very dark day for this state with a Record Number of deaths and for the past 2 weeks weve had at least 10000 new cases every single day that peaked around july the 12th with 15000 cases around 300000 tests have been carried out but the rest huge problems with the testing here in the Sunshine State people waiting for a 5 hours lining up to get those services and then waiting 10 days to 2 weeks to get the results the c. D. C. The centers for Disease Control recommends a 2 day turnaround that is not happening in this