Last major cities where it was still allowed its hopes that the bad will also help fight the spread of corona virus. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program italy remains europes epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic earlier today cities and towns across the nation held a minute of silence to honor its victims. Car our. Primary. Flags nationwide were lowered to half mast like here in rome as overburdened hospitals and Health Workers struggle to cope covert 19 has infected nearly 102000 people in italy and more than 11 and a half 1000 have died a nationwide lockdown has been in place for weeks and the government has warned it could go on for much longer and joining me now from rome is correspondent seem a group to seem its striking to see the shift in italy since the outbreak began a few weeks ago residents on their balcony singing and now silence. Youre absolutely right sarah i mean from singing to silence singing in support of silence to remember those who have lost their lives to this
In an attempt to slow the spread of the pond now there is growing criticism of the police for their tactics as they enforce the measures. Plus a new date for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics mark your calendars for the 23rd of july next year last week think games were postponed because of the global coronavirus pandemic. Public photo yes welcome to the program we start in the United States where new yorks Governor Andrew Cuomo has issued an urgent appeal for medical volunteers and made what hes calling a Staggering Number of deaths from the coronavirus the peak came in as the death toll at climbed into stay. Past 1200 most of them in new york city so far around 80000 former medical professionals have answered cuomo call meanwhile a u. S. Navy hospital ship has arrived to help relieve pressure on the citys hospitals. A welcome sight for new york as the battle against the coronavirus ramps up. A u. S. Navy medical ship with a 1000 beds docked in new york harbor on monday. The mayor spoke of the c
Politics get in the way of Public Health we talked to a specialist in taiwan about whether the World Health Organization missed an opportunity to draw on type a success in combat virus outbreak. Im calling aspen thanks for joining us we start in the United States where the death toll from covert 19 now exceeds 3000 more than a 3rd of those victims are from new york state whose governor has issued an urgent appeal for medical volunteers andrew cuomo called the number of deaths staggering so far out 80000 former medical professionals have answered well most call meanwhile a u. S. Navy hospital ship has arrived to help relieve pressure on the citys hospitals. A welcome sight for new york. As the battle against the corona virus ramps up a u. S. Navy medical ship with a 1000 beds docked in new york harbor on monday. The mayor spoke of the citys frayed nerves with hospitals are already stretched to a breaking point weve all been through a lot these last few weeks. And we needed this roost we
Early by the one a Virus Outbreak and managed to keep things under control will be talking to a Public Health specialist in taipei and a new date for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics its in 2021 parker calendars july 23rd this after the games had to be postponed because of the global coronavirus and. Im called aspen thanks for joining us we begin in the United States where the death toll from copan 1000 now exceeds 3000 over a 3rd of those victims were from new york state whose governor has issued an urgent appeal for medical volunteers Governor Andrew Cuomo called the number of deaths staggering so far an 80000 for medical professionals have answered cuomo call meanwhile a u. S. Navy hospital ship has arrived to help relieve pressure on the citys overwhelmed hospitals. A welcome sight for new york. As the battle against the corona virus ramps up a u. S. Navy medical ship with a 1000 beds docked in new york harbor on monday. The mayor spoke of the citys frayed nerves with hospitals are already
Viktor orban an open ended extension to Emergency Powers in the battle against a pandemic but critics are calling it a power grab. Im sara kelly welcome to the program as more and more countries impose lockdowns because of the coronavirus india faces a bigger challenge than most its 1300000000 people have been ordered to say at home since last week but for the informal workers who form the backbone of the economy that means losing their income overnight leaving many without enough money for food and those hardest hit by the lockdown may now also be most at risk of catching the virus. A social distancing is a privilege that these people cannot afford all across india deliveries rushed to transportation hubs carrying whatever they could. The nationwide lockdown has put millions out of work and started a mass exodus from the cities. For these people who are leaving new delhi for their home towns the fear of starving is currently greater than the fear of infection with the coronavirus. If