Yesterday as well as the new york governor andrew cuomo. The headline in forbes, new york to begin Clinical Trials for coronavirus treatment. Doctor, what do you know about this treatment . And what are we hopeful for . Greta, thank you for having me on. There are potential treatments that are being talked about. Medications like chloroquine, to treat and prevent malaria. Hydroxychloroquine used to a medication treat diseases like lupus. Its thought that these medications do have antiviral and antiinflammatory properties. There have been some very, very small studies out of france and china demonstrating potentially these medications reducing the duration of symptoms as well as illness. And so what we really need now are Clinical Trials that make sure these medications are safe and effective to treat covid19. We also need basic answers to questions, such as who should get them, at what dose, for how long. So the Clinical Trials of these types of medications are absolutely critical. And
Through our doors first and maybe she will come back here to give a lecture of her own someday. Before spro deuintroducing our im really excited to let you know we have a special guest who was able to join us at the last moment. Her name is marion lee johnson. She was one of the Space Programs Hidden Figures. Ms. Johnson was an engineer at Nasas Marshall Space Flight Center in huntsville, alabama, working for boeing, the sponsor for tonights event. She worked on the team that determined the path, the parts of the thsaturn 5, would take, the rocket fell back to earth. Their work was vital for safety planning. After boeing and successful career in Computer Technology she now teaches the next generation of computer workers. Please join me in recognizing and welcoming ms. Marion lee johnson. [ applause ] like ms. Johnson, tonights speakers certainly know what its like to blaze trails and defy expectations. Throughout this years 50th anniversary celebrations of the apollo 11 mission ive bee
The governor of the bank of england, mark carney, has warned many businesses could weekly find they it gave us the ability to study a virus in its natural host. Are not viable if the uk leave the and this was still eu without a deal at the end of a very rare thing. The common cold unit was set up october. He also told the bbc that by the medical Research Counsel after the Second World War food and fuel prices could rise and to try to discover the cause of the common cold because incomes could also be hit. Andy the number of working hours verity reports. Of people lost to taking time off, it was for the productivity it isnt your usual halloween of the nation as a whole. Nightmare, but the fear is that come october 31 a no deal brexit could lead to a slowdown in imports entering the country. This time it could also hit firms hard, making the common cold unit was set many of them unprofitable. Mark up for people to come there and they were a paid pocket carney says he is not playing up th
Swedishjudge saw the evacuated from their homes. A swedish judge saw the american rapper to be released until a verdict is reached. At 10pm there will be a full round up of the days news but for us on bbc news in this episode of witness history, which contains scenes from the us may find distressing, we speak to a survivor of khmer rogue and the man who tried to find a cure for the common cold. Hello and welcome to witness History History day here at the Royal Academy in london. Today we present five extraordinary moments in history as told to us by the people who were there. Coming up we need the scientist to try to find the cure for the common cold. The diver who discovered the lost plane belonging to the author of the Little Prince and the african man who ran away as a boy to live in the arctic. That first, it is a0 years since the end of the brutal regime of the khmer rogue and cambodia. Around 2 Million People are thought to have been killed under extremist rule. This man survived
There its eleven am on sunday here in moscow im calling. For the major stories covered here over the past seven days first off the Winter Olympics in south korea got underway on friday with a grand Opening Ceremony in the host city. And then the three thousand athletes from ninety two countries took part in that event however in the run up to the celebrations demonstrations and scuffles erupted outside the Olympic Arena people supporting peace between north and south korea had gathered for a rally while another Group Protesting north koreas participation in the games clashed with police. Despite the scuffles on the streets korean politicians are taking steps to find a solution to their long running conflict the south korean president says hes ready to accept an invitation to visit the north if certain conditions are met and this potentially sets up the first meeting between the countries in more than a decade the invitation was delivered by kim jong uns sister whos attending the Winter