a new coronavirus daily record, but this one is actually good news. plus a parade fit for a pharaoh as egypt moves some royal mummies to a new home. so today is easter sunday, and millions around the world are again celebrating christianity s holiest day under various levels of covid restrictions. and that includes italy which has imposed a three-day lockdown. easter services at the vatican are being scaled way back for the second year in a row. the papal mass begins next hour, and we ll have more on that in just a moment. first, the situation in the united states is a bit more relaxed than other places right now thanks in part to an aggressive vaccine initiative. more than 4 million doses of vaccine were given over the last 24 hours alone, and that is a daily record. for americans still unsure about whether to get vaccinated, health experts say the shots are the surest, quickest way to get back to normal. here s what dr. anthony fauci told our jim acosta. the thing w
now on bbc news, panorama goes undercover inside a lab analysing covid 19 tests, revealing a failing service with staff under pressure, equipment malfunctioning and tests wrongly discarded. my name is jacqui wakefield. i m secretly filming inside one of the largest laboratories testing for coronavirus in the uk. it s made me really angry and there s been times on shift where i ve really had to bite my tongue. my evidence reveals how some people could be getting the wrong result. gasps what you re seeing here is just absolutely crazy. there is almost zero question that this would lead to contamination. the government has spent over £1 billion setting up a network of testing labs, including this one in milton keynes. hi, folks, i m here at the milton keynes mega lab where they re doing the most phenomenal amount of testing. ..but i find frustrated staff losing faith in the system. what do the xs mean? every tube is a person you have to think that way. and probably quite a sc
and a procession of the dead the mummies of 22 ancient egyptian rulers transported to a new resting place in cairo. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the half brother of king abdullah ofjordan says he has been placed under house arrest as a number of top officials have been detained in a security operation. prince hamza, who was removed as crown prince in 2004, has accused jordan s leaders of incompetence, corruption and harassment. thejordanian military has denied that he s been detained, but says he was told to stop any action that could undermine the country s security and stability. this is prince hamza, the half brother of king abdullah. a statement from the chairman of thejoint chiefs of staff confirms that a number of other seniorfigures are under arrest, including a member of the royal family and former envoy to saudi arabia. prince hamzah has denied any wrongdoing in a video passed to the bbc via his lawyer. here s some of what he had t
kept all the patients out of the hospital and from dying, even against these new and really challenging variants. we think that consumers, patients here in this country and around the world should have confidence, a lot of trust in knowing they are getting a very safe and effective one-shot vaccine. any second now, we expect to hear more about this vaccine rollout. that s because the white house covid-19 response team is getting ready for their briefing. dr. fauci hammering home a simple message. if you can get any vaccine, just get it. we will take you to that briefing when it starts. we begin with nbc s ellison barber at the facility outside louisville, kentucky, where the shipping process for the vaccine is underway. vaughn hillyard is in independence, virginia, the type of small town where the johnson & johnson shot could be a boost as folks there are desperately waiting for vaccine appointments. we also have dr. ebony hilton. she s a university of virginia associat