A law which restricted welcome. Two stark statistics to begin with. The global death toll from covid 19 has passed half a million. The number of infections has passed 10 million. And im afraid were told this is only the start. Heres the latest from the who. Reality is this is not even close to being over. Although many countries have made some progress, globally, the pandemic is actually speeding up. Heres another way to illustrate the severity of the pandemic. This reuters Analysis Shows us that injune more than 4,700 people died every 2a hours from covid 19 linked illness. Thats one death every 18 seconds, or nearly 200 deaths every hour. America remains the worst affected, by far. It has the most deaths, the most infections. 125,000, and 2. 5 million respectively. This graph tells us that the new infection rate are being fuelled by outbreaks in the west and the south of the us. Two states, South Carolina and nevada, saw their highest daily infection date over the weekend. And becaus
Elective testing, freestanding ers have incredibly long lines and long waits which is expected when there isa waits which is expected when there is a search happening and we are hitting our first wave so it is available but it is a lot of people wanting to get tested for clearance to go back to work but we are slowly and slowly seeing more and more in symptomatic and their symptoms are slowly progressing that are coming which is a clear indicator and bed flag that this is worsening because it comes in waves of asymptomatic, mild symptoms and then severe symptoms and everyone gets that severe symptoms phase around the same time that is where we get a real crisis. Have you been able to cope in your hospital . It has been very difficult. We are all working harder than we have worked in a very long time and there is a lot of fear, a lot of fear going on especially with my colleagues down in houston. They are one of the biggest trauma centres in the country as it is so having to deal with t
A man being held on suspicion of killing three people at a park in the english town of reading on saturday has been identified as a 25 year old originally from libya. Khairi saadallah had come to the attention of mi5 last year but was not considered to be an immediate risk. The fatal stabbing is being treated by police as a terror incident. One of the victims has been named as 36 year old teacher james furlong. His family described him as a wonderful, beautiful and intelligent man. Daniel sandford reports from reading. The moment when specialist Firearms Officers raided a flat in reading last night. Loud bang whoa . Just over a mile from where three people were stabbed to death in the worst police designated terrorist attack in britain for three years. It was the home of Khairi Saadallah, a libyan Asylum Seeker with possible Mental Health problems, who briefly came to the attention of mi5 last year but was not considered a genuine risk or immediate threat. Hes suspected of attacking gr
British police have been giving details of the man theyve arrested over an attack that saw three people stabbed to death in a park in reading, some 60 kilometres from london. Their suspect has been named as Khairi Saadallah. Security sources have told the bbc that he was on their radar, having come to their attention in 2019. That happened after they received information that he hoped to travel abroad potentially for terrorism. But after an investigation, it was decided that no genuine threat or immediate risk was posed, and no more action was taken. Police say they are not searching for anyone else in connection with the incident. Prime minister Boris Johnson says he was appalled and sickened by what happened. With the latest from reading, heres daniel sandford. The moment when specialist Firearms Officers raided a flat in reading last night. Loud bang whoa . Just over a mile from where three people were stabbed to death in the worst police designated terrorist attack in britain for t
Us nascar star, Bubba Wallace, says hell continue to fight against racism, after a noose was found in his garage, at a racing track in alabama. And annie lennox rallies fellow musicians in an auction to help raise funds for women and girls across the globe affected by covid 19 well be speaking to her later this hour. Hello and welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. We begin with a significant announcement for more than two Million People in england who are shielding themselves from coronavirus. From july 6th, they will be able to meet in groups of up to six outside. Theyll also be able to form a support bubble with another household. On august 1st, government guidance will be relaxed, so that, those classed as extremely Vulnerable People will also no longer be advised to shield. The announcement comes at another significant moment for the global picture on the spread of covid 19. Injust one day, 183,000 people around the world were confirmed to have the virus thats the high