Commission president calls for unity as the death toll continues to rise across europe. The partys over fears a new orleans could soon be dealing with an outbreak rivaling new york. Authorities in spain have just reported a jump in the number of deaths from the corona virus with nearly 800 new fatalities in just 24 hours countries across europe are ramping up their response to the pandemic as the death toll climbs restrictions on people and testing for the virus are being increased lets go to lauren sleigh now who is live in london so lawrence these numbers are sounding like what weve been hearing out of italy. Yeah exactly and its going from disastrous to worse in spain i mean its the least payback day death rate was 796 the other day. And spain as you know say is exactly in parallel with its the other disastrous thing thats happening in spain at the moment is that the obvious lack of Reliable Equipment the Health Minister just announced. They they have brought in a lot of testing kit
A 1000 infections now. And the. Coronavirus patient in london sends a message that itself goes viral across europe. To hamas now have all the sporting puting. That crickets most lucrative t 20 tournament at the Indian Premier League will be able to get underway next month because of the current a Virus Outbreak. Of there have long been warnings that the right of corona virus infection in the u. S. Would be worse than thought and now there is proof the United States has surpassed all other countries with 85000. 00 plus infections close to half of those are in new york state alone and chinas president xi jinping says he is offering his support to. Help the u. S. To fight the virus well be talking about that a little later on weve also got these 3 correspondents bringing Us Developments this hour laurence lay there he is in london with the latest updates from the u. K. And youre in johannesburg i mentioned this of africa with its 1st 2 deaths katrina you also with the latest from beijing
A call for unity chinas president xi jinping says the u. S. And his country must Work Together to fight the Global Pandemic. And in sports germanys top 4 football teams pledged more than 20000000. 00 to help of the club sleep process a quarter of a 1000000 jobs are at stake due to the football shutdown. It is a little after 1 pm in london where the developing news is that the u. K. s Prime Minister has confirmed hes tested positive for the code 19 coronavirus bars johnson says he has mild symptoms he is now self isolating in his residence at number 10 downing street but that from there he will continue to lead the u. K. And its efforts to fight the virus British Health secretary has also just tested positive. And its also self isolating i developed model symptoms oh the corona virus thats to say a temperature and a persistent cough and on the advice of the chief medical officer ive taken a test that has come out positive so i am working from home im so far isolating and thats entirely
Treating people in colorado. South africa and else its 1st deaths as police and the military start enforcing a 3 week lockdown also. Its worse than the recession its worse than. Its planes it grounded for could be months will look at how the Aviation Industry will emerge from the crisis. And in sports germanys top 4 football teams pledge more than 20000000. 00 to help other clubs league bosses say a quarter of a 1000000 jobs are under threats to the football shut down. The british Prime Minister Abbas Johnson has tested positive for the covered 19 coronavirus as has his Health Secretary matt hancock both been announced the news of via videos posted online describing their symptoms as mild Prime Minister johnson says it wont stop him from leaving the governments response ive developed model symptoms over the coronavirus thats to say a temperature and a persistent cough and on the advice of the chief medical officer ive taken a test that has come out positive so i am. Working from home i
A persistent cough. Its reached the very top of u. K. Government Prime Minister Abbas Johnson and his Health Secretary have both tested positive. And south africa announces its 1st deaths its police and the military some forcing a 3 week long. Welcome to the news all the death toll from the outbreak of quote a virus of italy has surged by 919 in a single day that is the highest daily increase recorded anywhere earlier spain announced its highest day the fatality figure the british Prime Minister us johnson has tested positive he and his Health Secretary whos also infected and also news on social media saying their symptoms are mild while the u. S. House of representatives has just approved a 2. 2 trillion dollar economic rescue package the epicenter of the u. S. Outbreak new york state is seeing hospital admissions double every 4 days now here is our team this hour rory chalons is in southeastern englands tracking all of the u. K. Developments chris and salumi will tell us more about n