Soldiers on the streets in south africa as the country enters a 3 week lockdown. And in other news venezuelas president indicted on charges of narco terrorism by a us court. The 1st the United States is now more confirmed coronavirus cases than any other country in the world is a passing both china and italy that says new figures show the shock cools to the economy with a record 3300000 people filing for unemployment last week i think its a tribute to testing you know number one you dont know what the numbers are in china janet because you numbers and. Im speaking to president xi tonight i believe you have a good conversation sure but you just dont know you know where the numbers but i think its a tribute to the testing retesting tremendous numbers of people in europe the number of new deaths is surged in spain and its continuing to climb in italy leaders have given the blocks finance ministers 2 weeks to work out an economic response well the rising number of deaths comes as the u. N.
Children just months old have tested positive for cocaine 19 look at all the details right its time to boost your newest i q. Cope at 19 again dominating headlines with now 170 countries and territories reporting new cases here are the latest numbers for you worldwide there are now more than 510000 confirmed cases and more than 23000 deaths and here stateside confirmed cases now topping 76000 and deaths related to the virus now over a 1000 and as the economy faces a widespread economic shutdown caused by the coronavirus more americans are applying for unemployment claims especially in the hard hit state of california. R. T. Correspondent natashas wade is live for us in los angeles with more details natasha. Yeah manila the state of california has certainly been impacted by kobe 19th in the last 2 weeks alone more than 1000000 californians have filed for Unemployment Benefits since march 13th and thats when businesses have shut down to comply with the states stay at home order hoping to
To the program in the coming hours restrictions being imposed in many countries around the world will become a lot more extreme in the tent to curb the spread of coronavirus much of europe is going into lockdown in the past few hours france has sealed its borders just as its neighbor spain reported 2000 new cases bringing its total number of infections to more than 11000 but joins me now live from lamb in southwest france and just take us through really the new reality that french people are now having to live with. Well french people are now in lockdown and as you say it really is a new reality because suddenly those liberties that you might take for granted seem to have vanished owns the night you can no longer go out into the street without a very good reason you have to bring a piece of paper with you that is like a permit if you like you have to print off the sense that you are going to the shops the food all that you are going to work because you cannot work remotely from home so
Cases that is compared to chinas 81000 now worldwide there are now more than 529000 confirmed cases and more than 23000 deaths now these numbers keep changing by the hour and well continue updating through the broadcast. After days of debate republicans and democrats came together to pass the largest ever stimulus package for americans impacted by the coronavirus shutdown the bill is now headed to the house and President Trump has already promised his signature archies Rachel Blevins is joining us live with a breakdown of whats in this bill rachel well manila the senate alive and our vote is being called historic after the democrats and republicans who have disagreed strongly on this 2 trillion dollars stimulus package passed it with unanimous support Late Wednesday night President Trump who has already promised his support took to twitter where he wrote 96. 00 to 0 in the United States senate congratulations america as part of the stimulus package americans with an annual income of le
A new calls for unity as the death toll across europe continues to rise. China bars almost all foreigners from entering the country to slow the number of cases coming from abroad. Plus a dangerous combination of Health Workers in indonesia treating coronavirus patients without proper protective gear. There are now more confirmed cases of corona virus in the United States than anywhere else in the world yet President Trump says he remains committed to getting people back to work as soon as possible thats as a record 3300000 registered as unemployed last week rob reynolds begins our coverage. The number of confirmed cases of coded 19 in the u. S. Now tops 83000 more than have been recorded in china or italy more than 1100 people here have died from the corona virus with no vaccine and no proven drug treatment the countrys top medical experts say social restrictions are the only way to curb the rate of infection whenever you put the clamps down and shut things down you do it for 2 reasons