Supermarkets following 3 other European Countries where its mandatory outside the her. And china changes the way it counts coronavirus cases now including those who test positive that have no symptoms. Current virus takes another big name in the world of football and former libyan say president. Dies at age 68 of the contract to delist in his native senate go well hear reaction to his death later this hour. More than 4000 people in the United States have now died from corona virus the president is warning americans to prepare for what he says will be the hard days that lie ahead the country saw the highest single day death toll with more than 800 fatalities on tuesday White House Health experts are saying the virus could kill up to 240000 people without Government Intervention the number could rise to 10 times that mike hanna begins our coverage from washington d. C. For the 1st time the task force presented its predictions of where this pandemic may be heading saying this could now be
The people have done incredibly well building hospitals all over the country were building hospitals right now at a rate that has never even been contemplated before their mobile hospitals but theyre really not mobile i mean theyre incredible structures but were building many hospitals in louisiana new Jersey New York we just finished a massive hospital complex and we also have medical centers built in new york with building hospitals at the rate that this country has never done before and hopefully its all going to work out. First this is the president s or mr recorder on the planes are you looking at just personally routes between certain hot spots or is it probably wont it well look at the whole thing because were getting into a position now where we want to do that we have to do that and so we look at the whole thing what is it and we have we have some. Second question on economics oh. Just who you are where prices are very low the saudis have increased production ha i know its use
A new global milestone. Saying its. The pandemic is feeling anti asian racism and the United States. And austria joins 3 other European Countries in making the wearing of masks outside the home compulsory. Fellow is growing numbers of people follow the advice of governments and stay home cities empty and businesses shut up saw the rapidly spreading coronavirus continues to yield a bleak string of statistics spain has marked another record high 864 more people dying in the past 24 hours while infections pasta 100000 its hope though that the peak might have been reached and the World Health Organization says the number of deaths internationally has doubled in the past week and in the next few days the 1000000 infections mark should be passed wall street slumped on the news that the u. S. Should be prepared for as many as 240000 deaths the jones closing down near the points or 4. 4 percent and a further 563 people have died here in the u. K. Its worse daily death figure and 2000 Frontline
People have been fined for breaching the law. Its 3 pm here in moscow youre watching international the coronavirus pandemic has claimed more than 10000 lives worldwide more than 250000 people are infected with the disease at the moment and the death toll in italy has surpassed that of chinas meanwhile the World Health Organization has begun trials of a possible vaccine but it is estimated it could take 12 months before its available. You know. Meanwhile russia has started its own code with 19 vaccine trials the country has 200 confirmed cases. Of physics had Moscow Sheremetyevo airport to find out why the number of infections in russia is low compared with the west. Welcome to sherry and thats in the airport where officials have invited us to reassure the russian public that they are doing Everything Possible to prevent the spread of the covert 19 virus here in russia now personally i would have taken them at their word and left it at that but juicy cools i was here last a month ago wh
Social history at the Free University of amsterdam. He is the author of the making of a periphery and the sugar plantation in india and indonesia. He is joined in conversation tonight sharmila sen the editorial and director of special initiative at Harvard University press. She was formerly a faculty member of the Harvard English Department and is the author the Award Winning . Not quite. Not losing and finding race in america tonight. Elizabeth asma is presenting his new book, the world of sugar how the sweet stuff transformed our politics, health and, environment over 2000 years. This book, a definitive 2500 year history of sugar and its human costs, which author sven beckert says explores something as mundane as sugar came to play a crucial role in making of the world we inhabit today. Attentive to local specificity as much to earth, spanning connections to culture and capital, power and poverty. This book is global history at its best. Were so pleased to host this event here at Har