Fourmonth closer closure. We begin in india which has overtaken russia as the worlds third highest number of covid19 cases. The figure standing at roughly 700,000, as the outbreak shows no sign of slowing down. There have been almost 20,000 deaths in the country s since te first case was detected back in january. New delhi. A massive spike in those figures in india. Take us through some of the numbers. That is right. Those cases rising very quickly. Now, india recorded its highest numbers of new cases on sunday with 25,000 new infections, and this is despite the steadily increasing, but Still Limited testing. Now, several Public Health experts have cautioned the actual number is much higher. Officially, as of this morning, india has 700,000 cases, and scientists are still debating about when the country is likely to hit its peak, they say likely at the end of july or early august. Much of the caseload is predictably coming f fm large, metropolitan cities like new delhi and mumbai. Both
It will have a devastating impact on british tourism. We will get the latest in london. They begin to dismantle the charge mess at the notre dame cathedral. That has become one of the main challenges facing their efforts. Hello and welcome back to the france 24 newsroom. We begin in the u. S. Where Minneapolis City Council has pledged to dismantle the local police department. This comes after george floyd, and unarmed black man was killed in custody last month in minnesota. Derek chauvin has been charged with secononddegree murder r ad will make his First Court Appearance today. It is the final stop in a series of memorials in his honor. His funeral will be held on tuesday, where he will be laid to rest. Our reporter is in houston with more. Final attribute, final funeral for george floyd is going to hoping have an over the course of two days. Today, a public viewing of George Floyds body at the church, where that ceremony will be taking place on tuesday. This public viewing, as you me
The World Health Organization has recorded its highest one day increase in cases of coronavirus. In thousand have been added one day with most coming from brazil. This as latin america has surpassed 2 million cases. Brazil being home to more than half of those infections. Cases of covid19 titicking above the 2 million mk in latin america and the caribbean, in brazil, the hardest hit, hundreds taking to the streets of the capital. Most Wearing Masks to protest residentnt bolsonaros handlingf ththe crisis. Second to thee world, brazilil s recorded one million cases and 50,000 deaths. Brazazil is followed by mexico, peru and chile in the number of covid cases. 4000uela, with less than cases and a population of 30 million had a spike in infections prompting the Vice President to annonounce radical new measures including the closure of pharrell ways and restrictioions on traffic. [speaking spanish] argentina, which had early success in stopping the spread of the virus has seen cases spike i
And i in no way mininimize the continuing p problems we face. And yet, it is also true that we are making progress with fewer hospital admissions, fewer Covid Patients in i. C. U. , and reall signs we are passing through the peak. Spoke toarlier, i chris about how johnson is in no rush to resume economic activity. Showed he isson back in charge. This is the biggest challelengeo the country since the war. The context to this is some in brbritish business and sosome is coconservative party and perhaps even his own chancellor and certainly y the press s wonderig when the lockdown will end and when the econonomy will be again set free. You heard the Prime Minister. You would like to get things up anand runningng. He understands peoples frustration. But in the end, the govererent wants to a avoid the possibility of takining the brakes o off, letting the infection agaiain spread, and being forced to imimpose new restrictions durina causeseeak that would more lasasting econoc c damage. The ot
The sunny Easter Sunday weekend. Thank you for joining us here on france 24. First, the top Infectious Diseases expert inin the United States, his warning that new cases of the coronavirus are almost c certain to arrive. Dr. Anthony fauci suggesting they may return to normal life as long as they can isolate infected people. The United States has the highest death toll in the world in the state of new york has been hardest hit. I will go inside to take a look. Reporter eric, a young er doctor, inside a hospital. They will boost the resources for emergency treatment. Like most of new york ses hospitals, they are already full. Governor andrew cuomo is firinig up m measures designed to stop e spread of the coronavirus, in particular requiring people to wear facemasks. Cuomo which direct employers to provide essential workers with a cloth or surgical face mask. Willcutive order, we expand the number of people eligible to do the antibody test. Reportrter new york mayor bille blasio also anno