Of a Pharmaceutical Company to the white house to herald the results of a possible treatment for him to severe really people that are not doing well people that are sick people that have his horrible play that set in to our country and that were getting rid of and were going to be were going to be having some really incredible results we have. Very promising studies coming out on the vaccines we have promising studies coming out on therapeutics. In the 1st widespread trial the drug it did shorten the length of the hospitalizations days for the virus and it slightly decreased the mortality rate but Scientists Say its the 1st real hope that a drug can work against the virus we have to remember this is the very 1st one its a new drug being used for this and yet showed i would call it a bright spot in the search just what 90 days after being notified of this of a drug it looks like its got very promising results and the company that makes it says it will donate its stockpile which the food
Asked Professor John nicholls clinical professor of psychology at the university of hong kong and has been studying carnivorous it for 25 years and east a leading expert in the field. John nicholls clinical professor anthology at the university of hong kong its really great to have you with us so much to talk about now hong kong who was one of the at the centers of sars epidemic back in 2003 and you were right in the middle of it being the key members of the team which actually isolated the virus why do you think the world hasnt learned the lessons of it and we are where we are right now ok well we did learn the lessons in 2003 and we learnt the hard way because we. In terms of we werent prepared i think none of what was prepared in 2003 dealing with such a severe disease. And so so the society has learned about things like social distancing about the use of face masks and also for the preparation within hospitals having special wards which could cope with these emerging diseases which
Citys Prime Minister says the army on to the streets today after the courts ruled against his decision to suspend parliament. And Hong Kong Police arrest some of the most prominent prodemocracy figures months after mass protests. Welcome to the program more than half of humanity 4500000000 people are under some form of restrictions as the world fights to slow the coronavirus pandemic and the debate for many governments is how tough the rules should be and how long should they last well its causing debate in the us which has the highest number of infections and deaths with 22000000 people unemployed president trumps putting pressure on some democratic governors to and we quote liberate their states from lockdown but hes been accused of inciting dangerous acts well iran was already in economic trouble. The outbreak hit businesses in the capital tehran and are reopening despite warnings of a 2nd wave of infections the country has reported almost 5000 deaths well in the u. K. More than 150
President trying focuses on a new target blaming the extent of the pandemic on the World Health Organization and leaving chinas who by province after more than 2 months only to face quarantine in beijing. Hello welcome to the program the u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson will spend a 2nd night in intensive care as he battles covert 19 foreign secretary dominic robb who has stepped in to lead government has confirmed that johnson is stable and has been given oxygen but is not on a ventilator in the us a medal has surfaced showing that a senior white house advisor warned that senior officials in the Trump Administration about the coronavirus as back as january france as become the 4th country to surpass 10000 corn a virus from a to deaths with 3000 people there have died in care homes since the start of the outbreak and the u. K. And the state of new york in the u. S. Have also both recorded their highest number of deaths in one day 731 people died in new york while the u. K. Has regist
After more than 2 months only to face quarantine in beijing. The u. S. President has criticized the World Health Organization for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic donald trump says the agency is china centric and issued bad advice at the outset of the crisis his comments come after a leaked memo revealed the new details about warnings the trumpet ministration received on how bad the outbreak in the u. S. Could be meanwhile u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson is spending a 2nd night in intensive care as he battles kovac 19 foreign secretary dominic robb who was stepped in to lead the government says johnson is stable and has been given oxygen but crucially is not on a ventilator and thats as the u. K. And the state of new york in the u. S. Have recorded their highest number of deaths in a day the u. K. Is resident registered 786 thats while 731 people died in new york well lets start our coverage in the u. S. From mike hanna joins us live now a from washington. So mike we have th