Melbourne in australia is back in lockdown after recording its highest number of daily covid cases. Well look at whats behind the surge. And the Trump Administration has the video sharing app tik tok in its sight. Secretary of state mike pompeo was asked whether hed recommend downloading it. Only if you want your private information in the hands of the Chinese Communist party. Welcome to the programme. We have to start with jair bolsonaro, president of the country with the second highest number of covid cases in the world and now hes part of that total. Here he is telling reporters earlier. He appears without a mask but then puts one on. He tells them hes been feeling unwell since sunday, had a fever and was suffering some pain and then took a coronavirus test. Now, though, he says he feels perfectly well. Translation for example, if i hadnt taken the covid 19 test, i wouldnt know the result. And it turned out to be positive. Lets bear in mind this is a man who has repeatedly trivializ
A very warm welcome. We begin the Programme Today in australia. Australias second most populous city is heading back into lockdown. We will be covering all the latest, of course, when it comes to coronavirus. After a record spike in cases, five Million People in melbourne and an area just north will be required to stay at home for the next six weeks other than for necessities including going to work, shopping for essentials, or care giving. The new measures come into effect later today and will be strictly enforced by police with the help of the Australian Defence force. Heres the premier of victoria, daniel andrews. If we all Work Together over these next six weeks, as painful and frustrating and difficult as that will be, we will be able to get to the other side of this stay at home period. Well able to then recommence our opening up in a cautious way, we will be able to repair the damage to the economy that this virus is doing and along the way, well be able to support those who nee
Hes been tested before, and its come back negative, but now on the 4th procedure, brazils president has tested positive for coronavirus. Jair bolsonaro has spent months downplaying the severity of the virus, in a country that has the second highest number of covid 19 cases and deaths in the world, after the us. He is now taking hydroxychloroquine, a drug he and President Trump have promoted but which is unproven as a treatment for the disease. This from our south america correspondent katy watson. Brazils graveyards, a testament to the countrys crisis. Every day, more tombs are filled, every burial another number in the countrys shocking statistics. Tens of thousands of people are falling ill every day, numbers that Jair Bolsonaro has often dismissed, but now he is one of them. The president went on television to announce the test results. For once, wearing a mask, but leaving very little distance between him and journalists as he shared his experience of the virus. Translation it star
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