And some European Countries want to open to tourists but will the crowds be coming back. Hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. As many countries around the world begin to emerge from weeks of lockdown, the World Health Organisation says 106,000 new coronavirus cases have been reported in the last 2a hours thats the most in a single day since the outbreak began. In other developments, brazil has overtaken the uk to become the third most infected nation in the world, with official warning that the country is no where near the peak. It comes as the nations government authorised the use of controversial anti malaria drugs to fight covid i9, two days after President Trump claimed he was taking them to. Here, borisjohnson says that theres growing confidence the uk will have a world class system to test people who have contracted coronavirus and trace those, they may have infected, by
Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the former conservative pensions minister ros altmann, and the journalist and author, mihir bose. The front page, starting with. The daily mirror shows a packed southend in essex earlier today, saying pressure is mounting on the government to launch its track and trace system to avoid a second wave of coronavirus. The Daily Telegraphs front page also shows a busy beach this time bournemouth and looks at how the government plans to use this system to get some pupils in england back to school by1june. Southend once again, this time in the daily mail, which says any restrictions of the lockdown in england will only be lifted once the governments tracing system is in place according to its scientific advisers. Shamed by this hospital cleaner the metros front page focuses on the governments u turn to allow bereaved families of all nhs front line support staff and social care workers who hav
Now its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The European Union has struggled to find a collective response to the coronavirus pandemic. Those countries hit first and worst by the virus, italy and spain, have complained of a lack of solidarity. Well, is that about to change . Because france and germany are now backing a 500 billion euros Economic Recovery Fund that would be made up of grants, not loans. My guest is french finance minister bruno le maire. Is the pandemic taking the eu in a new direction . Minister bruno le maire, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, good morning. Let me start getting your response to the dramatic Video Conference joint appearance by your president , mr macron, and Angela Merkel of germany yesterday. Mrs merkel said that the eu is facing the gravest crisis in its history, and we must find appropriate answers. Do you believe those answers have been found . I think they have been found. And i fully share the assessment of chancellor Angela
Trying to strike. Hello to you. There are now at least five million confirmed cases of coronavirus across the globe, according to the World Health Organization. Of the 106,000 reported in the past 2a hours, more than two thirds are in just 4 countries, the united states, russia, saudi arabia and brazil. The number of cases officially reported in brazil alone is more than 270,000. Its thought there are probably, in fact, many more cases, and officials are warning the outbreak is nowhere near the peak. Brazils government has now authorised the use of anti malaria drugs to fight covid i9, even though they have no proven benefits against the virus. Two days ago President Trump claimed he was taking them too. More generally, you can see the number of infections worldwide is rising steadily, the who is warning the crisis is far from over. This was the director general speaking in geneva. In the last 2a hours there have been 106,000 cases reported to who, the most in a single day since the ou
Hello to you. There are now at least 5 million confirmed cases of coronavirus across the globe, according to the World Health Organization, of the 106,000 reported in the past 2a hours, more than two thirds are in just four countries the united states, russia, saudi arabia and brazil. The number of cases officially reported in brazil alone is more than 270,000. Its thought there are probably, in fact, many more cases and officials are warning the outbreak is nowhere near the peak. Brazils government has now authorised the use of anti malaria drugs to fight covid 19, even though they have no proven benefits against the virus. Two days ago President Trump claimed he was taking them too. More generally, you can see the number of infections worldwide is rising steadily with the who warning the crisis is far from over. This was their director general speaking in geneva. In the last 2a hours there have been 106,000 cases reported to the who, the most in a single day since the outbreak began.