A 50000000. 00 reward for his capture. Coffins pile up. With hospitals also overwhelmed as it really struggles to cope with the impact of the coronavirus. Hi there with your global news update this is r. T. International. And we start with an update on the scale of the kovac 900 pandemic more than half a 1000000 cases have now been registered worldwide with 24000 lives lost so far 128000 people have recovered from the virus. Growing number of countries have been forced either partial or full lock down to control the spread of the farts an estimated 3000000000 people thats more than a 3rd of the worlds population under various forms of restriction. Lets bring you some breaking news that just commend the british Prime Minister has tested positive for 19 Boris Johnson who is 55 is the 1st world leader to catch the novel coronavirus. Lets go live to london now our correspondent isa ollie who him self is in self isolation in london has the latest on this story isa bring us right up to date
A growing public lockdown then over in the u. K. Parliament is closing a week early due to coronavirus fears this while a london court has denied bail for wiki leaks founder Julian Assange were going to discuss all right its time to boost your news i q. Kovac 19 again dominating headlines with now 170 countries and territories territories reporting new cases here are the latest numbers worldwide there are now more than 490000 confirmed cases and more than 22000 deaths and here stateside confirmed cases now topping 69000. 00 and deaths related to the virus over a 1000 and back here in washington d. C. After days of debate republicans and democrats came together. Pass the largest ever stimulus package for americans impacted by the coronavirus shutdown now this bill is heading over to the house and President Trump has already promised his signature arties Rachel Blevins is joining us live with a breakdown of whats exactly in this bill rachel well manella this gun and 11th hour vote is bei
Citizens and thousands of industries are facing massive economic turmoil and hardship there is of course one industry that appears to be immune to the economic fall out to the covert 19 pandemic i am talking of course about our good friends in the military Industrial Complex yes the Washington Post is reporting that while stores and factories around the country are shutting down and millions are teleworking from home defense contractors have been by and large required to stay open meaning most of the industrys 2500000 employees have continued to work. Why well according to the United States undersecretary depends elen lord those businesses are considered Critical Infrastructure because while we may be in desperate need for face masks ventilators another life saving medical supplies and equipment we cant stop working on the f. 35 fighter jets or the predator drones or all the other wildly expensive implements of death that our wonderful merchants of death provide merchants of war provid
Thats nearly doubling in just one week now the death toll at more than 22000 the pneumonia causing virus has been rapidly increasing across europe and the United States cuba is the latest country to join a 20 percent of the global population thats already on lockdown of the World Health Organization concerned now more than ever on the number of Health Care Workers being infected. Evaded little ports we also know that one old infections in healthcare workers and many more d. Of. Those services. All of us as of yesterday its a little board at 6200 infected. We must all. Be. Individuals as best as we can so in the last 24 hours spain saw a small decline in fatalities where 655. 00 people passed the Spanish Health Ministry Said the total death toll rose to nearly 4100 while the number of confirmed cases climbed in one day from 47610 to more than 56000 now the Spanish Parliament extended its state of emergency through at least april 11th iran has been another country significantly impacted
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 archys Rachel Blevins is joining us live with a breakdown of whats in this bill rachel well manella the senates 11th hour vote is being called historic after the democrats the 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 to 0 in the United States senate congratulations america as part of the stimulus package americans with an annual income of less than