Calls for unity as the death toll across europe continues to rise. China boz almost all foreigners and entering the country to slow the number of cases coming from a group. A dangerous combination the Health Workers in the news are treating coronavirus patients without protective. More cases of corona virus have not been confirmed in the us than anywhere else in the world President Donald Trump says hes committed to getting people back to work as soon as possible thats as a record 3300000 registered as unemployed last week rob reynolds begins our coverage. The number of confirmed cases of coded 19 in the us now tops 83000 more than have been recorded in china or italy more than 1100 people here have died from the corona virus with no vaccine and no proven drug treatment the countrys top medical experts say social restrictions are the only way to curb the rate of infection whenever you put the clamps down and shut things down you do it for 2 reasons you do it to prevent the further spre
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 lockdown plus pakistan overturns the death sentence for the man convicted for the kidnap and killing of u. S. Journalist daniel pearl. A decades old defense lawyer is now being used by u. S. President donald trump to fight the coronavirus after criticism over the white house response the u. S. Is now the epicenter of the pandemic with a quarter of the 1000000 cases worldwide new york citys mayor is urging everyone to cover their faces aware of mosques in public the number of cases in the state of new york is now at 92000 with nearly 2400 deaths say Governor Andrew Cuomo has warned its supply of breathing machines could be exhausted in 6 days. President all the time says a lot more medical equipment is on its way after his truck deals with private firms for face masks and ventilators and other equipment but americans are not just fighting a highly contagious virus 6600000 people now say that theyre jobless. Were now conducting well over 100000 corona virus test per day over at that 10
Soldiers on the streets in south africa as the country enters a 3 week lockdown. And in other news venezuelas president indicted on charges of narco terrorism by a us court. The 1st the United States is now more confirmed coronavirus cases than any other country in the world is a passing both china and italy that says new figures show the shock cools to the economy with a record 3300000 people filing for unemployment last week i think its a tribute to testing you know number one you dont know what the numbers are in china janet because you numbers and. Im speaking to president xi tonight i believe you have a good conversation sure but you just dont know you know where the numbers but i think its a tribute to the testing retesting tremendous numbers of people in europe the number of new deaths is surged in spain and its continuing to climb in italy leaders have given the blocks finance ministers 2 weeks to work out an economic response well the rising number of deaths comes as the u. N.
On the streets in south africa as the country enters a 3 week lockdown. And in other news venezuelas president is indicted on charges of narco terrorism by the u. S. But 1st the United States is now more confirmed coronavirus cases than any other country in the world with more than 83509 makes it more than china and italy and this comes as new figures reveal the shock being course of the economy with a record 3300000 people filing for unemployment last week in europe the number of new deaths is surged in spain and it continues to climb in italy leaders have given the blocks finance ministers 2 weeks to work out an economic response where the rising number of deaths comes as the u. N. Secretary general warns that humanity is losing the war against the virus and he pleaded for a global coordinated response during an emergency Virtual Summit of g. 20 leaders and in south africa theres a 3 week lockdown certainly just begun a couple of hours ago soldiers are now patrolling the streets wher