The number of confirmed covid 19 infections and deaths is continuing to rise across europe. Many countries are reacting and hoping to slow transmission by imposing new restrictions. In the latest developments, polands president , andrzej duda has tested positive and is quarantining. He said in a video message that he has no symptoms. The country is seeing a record rise in coronavirus cases, and its imposed a partial lockdown. In spain, ten out of 17 regions have asked the Central Government for an emergency decree to limit peoples movements. They also want powers to impose cu rfews. Meanwhile, new daily records have been seen in the Czech Republic and in france where a further 138 people have died from coronavirus and in italy, where the regions of lombardy and campania are worst affected. More than 23,000 cases were reported across the uk, up from fridays total. And from monday in the belgian capital brussels, masks will be mandatory in all settings and all culture and sporting venues
Covid 19 continues its fast spread throughout europe. Many countries are reacting and hoping to slow transmission by imposing new restrictions. In the latest developments, polands president , andrzej duda, has tested positive for the virus and is quarantining. He said in a video message that he has no symptoms. The country is seeing a record rise in coronavirus cases, and its imposed a partial lockdown. In spain, ten of 17 regions have asked the Central Government for an emergency decree to limit peoples movements. They also want powers to impose cu rfews. Meanwhile, new daily records were seen in the Czech Republic and in france where a further 138 people have died from covid i9 and in italy, where the regions of lombardy and campania are worst affected. More than 23,000 cases were reported across the uk, up from fridays total. And from monday in the belgian capital brussels, masks will be mandatory in all settings and all culture and sporting venues will be forced to close. David cam
Hello, im nuala mcgovern, this is outside source. Chinese cities are in lock down and new years celebrations are cancelled as the coronavirus takes its toll. Now whenever you look people are wearing masks. They are lining up to buy more masks. Some people are cancelling their trips and there is a lot of concern. 18 people have died from complications and more than 500 are infected, and the virus is spreading abroad. The World Health Organisation says its not a global emergency, yet. Day 3 of Donald Trumps impeachment trial, and the democrats have the floor again, trying to persuade Senate Republicans that the president should be removed from office. The articles of impeachment against President Trump rank among the most serious charges ever brought against the president. World leaders warn of a resurgence of anti semitism, at events to mark seventy five years since the liberation of auschwitz. Beijing has cancelled all major Public Events for lunar new year, even closing the iconic tou
Livelihoods are at risk because of the pandemic. After weeks of separation, why switzerland now thinks its safe once again, for their elderly to hug their grandchildren. Welcome. The us is the Worlds Largest economy. Today we learnt that in the first three months of this year, it shrank at an annual rate of 4. 8 . The country has introduced lockdown measures to slow the spread of coronavirus, which has killed more than 58,000 people there. As you can see from this graph, the us economy has suffered the sharpest drop since the financial crisis more than a decade ago. It ends the longest expansion in us history as coronavirus virtually shut down the country. But the figures dont reflect the full crisis, since the country did not begin its lockdown measures until march. As the economist Mohammed El Erian points out on twitter, the next quarter could see the us economony contract as much as a0 . Here he is outlining what this will mean. Its a battle against global depression. And what toda
To live with the virus. And in germany, as lockdown restrictions are eased, infection rates rise. Well have the latest. And the us now has more than a million coronavirus cases. Thats one third of the global infections. And the milestone comes as states continue to loosen their lockdowns. Welcome to this edition of outside source. A rising number of deaths linked to coronavirus in care homes across the uk has pushed the overall numbers dying with the virus to a record high, according to the latest figures. Nearly 25,000 deaths from all causes were recorded in the uk in the week of the Easter Bank Holiday more than twice the expected number for this time of year. During that same week, figures show almost 2,400 deaths linked to covid 19 were registered in uk care homes. That was in mid april were now two weeks on, and as the number of deaths in hospitals has continued to fall, its now thought that one in every three deaths from coronavirus in england and wales are happening in care home