President unveils his plan for reviving the Worlds Largest economy but there are doubts about whether it will work. And the rush to make masks in kenya as the World Health Organization walled 300000 people could die across africa. And canadians come together to help societies most vulnerable get the goods and services they need. Welcome to the news hour its 1500 g. M. T. 6 oclock local here in doha welcome to the news hour we begin in china where the coronavirus pandemic has stopped decades of Economic Growth the countrys g. D. P. In the 1st 3 months of this year shrank for the 1st time since records began on the news comes as the government revised the death toll in the city of where the pandemic began officials now say 50 percent more people died than. Its the reported from beijing our correspondent katrina you reports. The coronavirus pandemic has Strained Health systems around the world and now its caused the uninterrupted growth of the worlds 2nd largest economy to falter for the
Beijing we crafted to go he is the Vice President of the center for china and globalization carjacking crosstime groups in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it ok lets go to william 1st in florida. Just a few hours ago unemployment data was just released now were up to over 20000000 people applying for unemployment in the United States who would have thought even 6 weeks ago its extraordinary and being a historian by trade i know the history of the Great Depression and the depression very well not only in the United States but globally so when i see these numbers come out its terrifying to hear how it is you know this pandemic will be resolved its only a matter of question and resources and patients because i understand that because ive been locked down for a month now and its getting very very tiresome. How is this. Pandemic going to impact the recovery if there is a recovery and i never thought in my my time i would ask about is there going to
A leading Health Experts slams the governments pandemic response. Also the u. S. President unveils his plan for reviving the Worlds Largest economy but there are doubts about whether it will work. And the rush to make masks in kenya as the World Health Organization warns 300000 people could die across africa. Welcome to aljazeera because in china where the credit virus pandemic has stopped decades of Economic Growth the countrys g. D. P. Is in the 1st 3 months of this year that shrank for the 1st time since records began the news comes as the government revised the death toll in the city of new hardware the pandemic began officials now say 50 percent more people died there the previously reported from the Capital Beijing has katrina you. The coronavirus pandemic has Strained Health systems around the world and now its caused the growth of the worlds 2nd largest economy to falter for the 1st time in decades for the 1st quarter of 2020 chinas g. D. P. Contracted by 6. 8 percent that woul
Children did go do this or something i dont remember ok its hard to keep everything straight when youre making it all up again with which actually was the New York Times original motto they only change a couple years ago i like the old one better and even venezuela suffering from a u. S. Economic blockade and threats of a military attack is sending aid to its neighbors including ecuador and colombia even though gone be a has joined the us in threatening venezuela ok hold on so russia china cuba and venezuela are helping other countries around the world. Well then we better increase our anti helping offensive we better start going around patients on ventilators and just punching them in the face or were sitting on their chest or some. Well actually thats not far off from reality canadian Prime Minister trudeau expressed concerns over reports that medical supplies originally designated for canada have been shipped to the United States and weve done the same to france and germany as well
Says will give hope to other parts of the world class. The georgia braces for a rise in infections after bowing to religious pressure and allowing churches to open orthodox easter. The British Government has denied reports that it wasted time and botched its response to the coronavirus pandemic with Prime Minister Boris Johnson directly to blame a damning report in the sunday Times Newspaper says johnston ignored scientists warnings and skipped 5 emergency meetings in the run up to the crisis this is the u. K. Recorded 596 more deaths pushing the total past 16000 elsewhere in europe italy and spain of recorded their lowest daily death tolls in about a month with 433 and 410 deaths respectively but numbers keep rising across the atlantic with more than 40000 people now dead in the u. S. The worlds worst affected country meanwhile south korea which once had the worst outbreak outside china has recorded just 8 new infections well have more on that shortly but 1st this report from paul bre