You and your family. We would love to hear from you. Our phone lines are open. For the eastern half of the country. 202 7488001 for the mountain and city time zones. 202 7488002 if you are a medical professional. We begin with the numbers courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. Around the world, 3. 1 million confirmed cases. The death toll in 185 countries is 216, almost 217,000. In the United States, the death toll has surpassed 58,000. Joining us from princeton, new jersey is the president and ceo of the Robert Wood Johnson foundation. He served as the former acting director of the cbc. Today, named on the restart and recovery commission. Thank you for being with us. Guest nice to be here. Host your region has the highest percentage of covid cases in the country. How do you balance the Public Health with the desire to reopen the economy . Everyone wants to get the economy back up and running. People are suffering. People are out of work. People lead income. You want to make sure that a
Thousands pay tribute to the victims of a far right extremist attack in germany. A rainy and the voting in parliamentary elections under the shadow of economic sanctions the turnout is expected to be rather low thousands of candidates have been barred from running by the Guardian Council thats irans constitutional watchdog and it includes thousands of members of parliament the u. S. Has responded by imposing new sanctions or members of that council accusing them of rigging the election dosage of arias our correspondent in tehran the iranian capital of people coming out then in large numbers as the Supreme Leader has urged them to. Well i think its a bit too early to say whether or not the turnout has been large in numbers its been only just over 4 hours since the polls opened here we are in a mosque in. Is where we are and i just 1st want to show you what the voting process looks like here the people line up outside the mosque and they make their way in where they register electronical
Capital delhi after 3 days of sectarian violence sleeps 30 twos debt but will it last. Plus the 1st bear has been awarded at the 70th and International Berlin Film Festival and it means Helen Humphrey and Scott Ross Perot are down at the red carpet. At the 1000000000 dollar today weve got the queen of british cinema helen mirren she picks up an honorary golden back for her lifes work thats coming up later in the show. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us governments are ramping up their moves to contain the corona virus as it spreads globally it follows warnings from the World Health Organization that the world must prepare for a pandemic new infections of the virus outside china are now outnumbering those in china and we have a map that shows us. The verity of the at the demick in the affected nations and the deeper the blue on this map but the larger the number of reported cases as you can see here china still has the highest number more than 78000. 00 cases there altoge
A pandemic. Im past the pathogen crosses borders experts are warning often enough the problem is spreading almost as fast as the virus mis information. Gathering experiences an easy calm after days of sectarian violence over with the 30 dead. Time the 78th birthday an International Film festival has awarded the 1st of this years pasty w. s Helena Humphrey and scott brooks but i doubt at their best coppers. Will announce they got the queen of british cinema helen mirren she takes up an honorary golden back for high lifes work thats coming up. Im still girl welcome to the program. Governments around the world are running up their efforts to contain the corona virus as it spreads across the globe when the World Health Organization tells them to prepare for a pandemic new infections outside china now outnumber those inside is a map showing the severity of the epidemic around the world and the deeper the blue the higher the number of reported cases of china the epicenter of this outbreak th
A flood of fake news about the disease. On the Program Indian Security Forces trying to keep the peace in delhi after days of sectarian violence leave more than 30 people dead. Im the 70th birthday an International Film festival will shortly award the 1st official years to pass the w. s Helena Humphrey and scott a down at the red caucus. Will announce today the queen of british cinema helen mirren she takes up an honorary golden back on lifes clock thats coming up. Time for gail welcome to the program. Governments around the world are ramping up efforts to contain corona virus as it spreads across the globe as the World Health Organization warns them to prepare for a pandemic flu infections outside china now outnumber those inside heres a map showing the severity of the epidemic around the world and the deeper the blue the higher the number of reported cases china still very much at the epicenter of the outbreak well out in front with more than 78000 recorded infections elsewhere the s