Hello. President trump has outlined his plans to lift the coronavirus restrictions across the United States, allowing the country to get back to work. He made the announcement hours after it emerged that the number of people claiming Unemployment Benefits in america had risen by another 5. 2 million. He told the News Conference that he wanted the economy to get back to normal as soon as possible. Were opening up our country. And we have to do that. America wants to be open and americans want to be open. As i have said for some time now, a National Shutdown is not a sustainable long term solution. To preserve the health of our citizens, we must also preserve the health and functioning of our economy. Over the long haul, you cant do one without the other. It cannot be done. President trump speaking there. Our north america correspondent david willis has been examining how this opening up could come into effect. President trump said the onus, as he put it, would be on the state governors.
Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. President trump has outlined his plans to lift the coronavirus restrictions across the United States, allowing the country to get back to work. He made the announcement hours after it emerged that the number of people claiming Unemployment Benefits in america had risen by another 5. 2 million. He told the News Conference that he wanted the economy to get back to normal as soon as possible. Based on the latest data, our team of experts now agrees that we can begin the next front in our war, which we are calling 0pening up america again. And thats what we doing, were opening up our country. And we have to do that. America wants to be open and americans want to be open. As i have said for some time now, a national shut down is not a sustainable long term solution. To preserve the health of our citizens we must also preserve the health and funct
Hello and welcome to the programme. We start with the latest developments on the coronavirus outbreak in the uk and globally. More than 4. 5 million cases have been officially detected across the world with more than three quarters of infections in europe and the us. In the uk, the infection rate has gone up, and is close to the point where the virus is starting to spread rapidly thats according to the latest government scientific advice. The Supreme Court in india has refused to back a request for the government to provide food and shelter for tens of thousands of Migrant Workers whove been walking long distances home because of coronavirus restrictions. And moscow has launched a mass Screening Programme for coronavirus antibodies, inviting people chosen at random from various age groups to clinics across the city. Brazils Health Minister has resigned after less than a month in the job, following disagreements over the governments handling of the countrys escalating coronavirus crisis
And watch from home. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. First. Us President Donald Trump has unveiled an aggressive us effort in hope of a breakthrough in the race to find a vaccine for covid 19. He has dubbed the plan, project warp speed and he says teams of experts are aiming to have a vaccine in production by the end of the year. Some experts, though, have questioned that timeline. Jane obrien has more. After criticism for a slow response to the coronavirus pandemic President Trump today launched operation warped speed. The quest to find a vaccine by the end of the year. We are getting ready so that we went to get the good word when we have the vaccine we have the formulae we have what we need we are ready to go as opposed to taking years to gearup. We are gearing up, its risky, its expensive but we will be saving massive amounts of time. We will be saving years. Distribut
Hello and welcome to the programme. We start with the latest developments on the coronavirus outbreak in the uk and globally. More than 4. 5 million cases have been officially detected across the world with more than three quarters of infections in europe and the us. As italy eases more of its lockdown restrictions people will be allowed to travel in and out of the country from june third. The us house of representatives has passed a democratic bill aimed at halving the heavy economic and human toll of the pandemic. In the uk, the infection rate has gone up and is close to the point where the virus is starting to spread rapidly thats according to the latest government scientific advice. And moscow has launched a mass Screening Programme for coronavirus antibodies, inviting people chosen at random from various age groups to clinics across the city. Brazils Health Minister has resigned after less than a month in thejob following disagreements over the governments handling of the countrys