Testament to a new way of life most people staying home for as long as science and the government decide they must also on lockdown in Windsor Castle her residence outside london the queen 93 years old reminded britons that this crisis too would pass we should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure better days will return we will be with our friends again we will be with our families again we will meet again but the government is worried about isolation fatigue and a minority of people embracing the warm spring weather to picnic and sunbathe in the parks on prominent and beaches the more people follow the rules then the faster we will all be through it so i say this to this small minority of people who are breaking the rules or pushing the boundaries. Youre risking your own life and the lives of others and youre making it harder for all banning all this the ability to go outside to exercise in public as the Health Secretary has said he might have to do would be intole
A 2nd wave of infections. I will explore the idea of socalled immunity passports for people who for cover even though questions to remain about resistance. Began in europe are coronavirus numbers are giving some calls for hope spanish Officials Say another 674 people have died there that is an awful number but it is the 3rd day in a row that the death toll has fallen down 135. 00 from the previous day the infection rate is also slowing the u. K. Has announced another 621. 00 deaths which like spain is fewer than the day before warmer weather though is drawing people out of their homes and in the u. S. New york states had almost 600. 00 further deaths taking the total to about 42000. 00 that is partly 40 percent of the u. S. Is death toll. We have 2 correspondents this half hour mike hanna in washington they say. London lets go to mary have now. Yes thats right michelle so we had from the u. K. Government today in that briefing another robust message about social distancing measures war
Getting nervous about the crown of virus coming to town as the spring planting season weekends. Began in the u. K. Were new coronavirus figures show another 621 people have died in the last 24 hours thats about 80 fewer fatalities from the day before but with the weather Getting Better people are still going outside despite the governments advice to stay indoors so now you case Health Secretary says he may ban public exercise talk about spain and the latest figures there provide a little bit of hope for the 3rd day the death toll has fallen still 671. 00 fatalities though 74. 00 that is that is down 135. 00 from the previous day and the infection rate is also slowing in iran the president will allow low risk Economic Activities to resume starting on saturday 2 thirds of government Sector Workers will head back to work despite warnings. Of a possible 2nd wave of infections lets go now to mike hanna in a moment hes in the us with the latest numbers out of our american epicenter new york
Opposition leader reach a deal to form a unity government. Hello welcome to the news hour south korea has raised the alert level for the southeastern city of daegu after the countrys 1st death and an increase in corona virus cases medics have confirmed 156 infections there or thought he say dozens of them are linked to one church in daegu the Prime Minister says special measures will be taken to stop the virus from spreading china reported 118. 00 more deaths on thursday and confirmed more than 800 new infections which is more than double the number reported the day before 2 australians evacuated from a cruise ship that had been to quarantine in japan have tested positive for corona virus after returning home and now theyre being isolated as crossover to katrina your correspondent in beijing and katrina those hopes that things were on the mend have really just been dashed in the past few hours. Why especially in south korea were seeing that there was a case of more than 50 cases announ
A controversial citizenship law in india. Thousands of people turned out to welcome the return of come on rooms Opposition Leader. And we take a look at 2 very personal films about how politics of an impact in far flung parts of the world. Welcome to the program the United States and south korea have indefinitely postponed joint military drills as a result of the corona Virus Outbreak Health Officials in south korea have also released new numbers of cases there pushing the total number of people infected to almost 1600 well in the middle east saudi arabia has announced its temporary holding visas for both the pilgrimage i am for people coming in from affected countries iraq has closed schools universities and banned public gatherings as well as flights from several countries qatar has over the evacuation of the. Tare and kuwaiti citizens from iran to the spread of infections there meanwhile in the u. S. President trump has appointed Vice President mike pence to lead the response agains