ahmed at next year's cup of nations do take place. this regime at half under the leadership of. president ahmed ahmed has been really under fire for the last 3 years during the 2900 cup of nations he actually looks good a coup of sorts where his own executive committee had actually tried to push through good of no confidence which would effectively have rendered him powerless and so these 2021 actually managing really this novel coronavirus i know it's it's a test and really a stress for all but off the ball in governing bodies around the world before katniss going to be really really crucial these next 8 to 9 months as the football counters be constricted he forgot lines have been sent out we see that actually if european football leagues. return resume and go on into the summer months and throw international breaks people will not force the players to leave their clubs and come play with their countries and so that could have you know huge effects for a nation like object for example in 200-1008 was reported that cap had made more than $80000000.00. with that with the 2018 after cup of nations so i

ahmed ahmed is hoping to be reelected as cast president next year in one of its a common $27.00 seeing but he's currently the subject of an ethics investigation by what was world governing body faith from last year fifa temporarily took charge of african football to speed up reforms the continent now faces the challenge of coronavirus all domestic leagues in africa have been suspended in march qualifiers for next year's after cup of nations in cameroon the park's pond combinations is crucial to the financial health of african football the $2900.00 solomonson egypt generated revenue of more than $80000000.00 and african countries may soon face a fight for the services of their players with many based in europe likely to be allowed to prioritise club games over international fixtures when football does return now african football rights are my home azhar he says it's vital for ahmed ahmed in next year's cup of nations does take place. this regime at cafe under the leadership of the president i met on that has been really under fire for the last few years during the 2900 cup of nations he actually works that a coup of sorts where his own executive committee had actually just pushed through a good of no confidence which would effectively have rendered him powerless until these 2001 actually managing really this banaba coronavirus i know it's a it's a test and really a stress for all but off the ball in governing bodies around the world but for katniss going to be really really crucial these next 8 to 9 months as the football counters be constricted and he forgot lines have been sent out we see that actually if european football leagues. return resume and go on into the summer months and throw international breaks people will not force the players to leave their clubs and come play with their countries and so that could have you know huge effects for a nation like o

ahmed, i will come back to you with this question. the other headlined today is how much a factor smoking might play in a person's susceptibility to death with covid-19. >> dr. ahmed: agreed. as just stated, we are identifying more and more risk factors that are associated with more severe disease. smoking is definitely coming out as one of those risk factors, whether that has to do with lungs or with socioeconomic status, et cetera. it is still being identified as something that is associated with mortality. >> harris: all right. let's get to a viewer question now, if we can. valerie p has this question. let's watch. >> my understanding is that covid-19 cases in each state can be viewed as a symptom attic , mildly symptomatic, or severely symptomatic. it's only those that are severely symptomatic that are receiving testing and/or hospitalization. with that in mind, then, who exactly is being counted in the numbers of new coronavirus cases that are being reported? >> harris: dr. jha, i come to you with that one. >> dr. jha: that's a great question, and valerie is absolutely right. right now we are primarily testing people -- well, certainly people with serious symptoms who are hospitalized. some places are able to test people who have serious symptoms but are not hospitalized. but we are not testing people have mild symptoms, largely. because we had a real shortage of tests that we are having to ration. and we are not testing people who are not symptomatic. we've got to do all of that. if we really want to know how much burden of disease there is, where it spreading, how we are going to control it, we have to be testing all those groups. we are probably going to need to be doing about three times more testing as we are doing today if we want to get our arms around this disease. >> harris: you know, that coincides with something else that is popping today, and that is the fact that some of the federal testing sites are going to stop giving as much support. in all fairness, i mean, the government has said that what they are doing is moving some of the supplies and support to other places that need it most. but then you have others that say, "but wait, don't go away from us, we are testing about 200-250 people a day." the testing is still something that, as a nation, we are working through. but we are watching it very closely. a new study finds coronavirus might spread more quickly than health officials originally thought. the research shows those initially infected and woo on china probably passed the virus to 5.7 other people on average. that's more than doubled the world health organization's initial estimate of about 2.5 people. for context on this, if you get the flu and you spread it to someone, it's about 1.3 other people. dr. ahmedi'm going to come back to you on this one. if you can hear me. i know they were working on your microphone. what is the significance of knowing how fast this spreads? >> dr. ahmed: well, i think that we make our recommendations in terms of social distancing, in terms of isolation, in terms of hospital visitors, et cetera. all based on the contagiousness of this virus. as you stated, we originally thought it was closer to spreading to 2-3 people per person. closer to influenza that it is, for example, to the measles virus. as it gets higher and we find more about the virus, we find it's more contagious. actually, we've already seen that in the community. i think we've gotten a sense of that already based on how it's spreading in the community. that just impacts further we do for social distancing, visitations into hospitals, for what we do in terms of isolation in hospitals. and how long we do social distancing. >> harris: yeah. you know, it's interesting, we are watching video right no

her ahmed nazar a student tos using his acting skills to educate a few last practice moves before slipping into character. transitioning from engineering student to clown has become 2nd nature for ahmed. for 5 years now the 22 year old has been performing as a mine at events as a side gig to bolster his studies but the corona crisis put into that now off mitt has found a new angle he's taking his act to cairo's poorest neighborhoods to educate children about the virus. it's our duty to educate kids because they don't really have access to information while they watch cartoons on t.v. they're not that interested in what's going on in the world. op ed is setting off to cairo's city of the dead it's a good hour's drive away but since the universities are closed he's got plenty of time on his hands the corona crisis hasn't visibly impacted cairo's traffic packed mini buses as millions of people commute to work through busy streets they all need money to survive while egypt's official infection rates are quite low so are the rates of testing the actual number of infections could be much higher many here simply hope they won't be infected especially kids. i sense that i can change the awar

ahmed?m coronavirus and the exposure of those patients, nadra ahmed? it is, it‘s very emotional. and i think up and down the company, these are challenges that relatives are facing and providers are trying to manage to the best of their abilities, and our fantastic care staff are taking the time and the energy to make that day as special as they can under the circumstances. and i think the more we think about the impact of this coronavirus on settings like care homes, the more concerning it becomes, because we just don‘t have the support. we don‘t normally have masks in our care services, we do have aprons and gloves, so, the protective equipment required for our staff, we were trying to get it and being told that it had all been requisitioned for the nhs. so, we had members ringing us up, absolutely desperate. we still have, those have not been resolved. so, to be clear, are you short of ppe at the moment? absolutely. what is that like? well, it is very, very frightening because we want to keep our staff safe, and we have got staff quite rightly saying, we don‘t wa nt to staff quite rightly saying, we don‘t want to do the job if we haven‘t got the equipment, because they‘ve got their own families to think about. we‘ve got one provider who has paid £8,500 for ppe for one week, and that will last them one week, because they‘ve got covid—19 patients in the service. that is unacceptable. we‘re paying vat on ppe, when the nhs was given an exemption very early on. and whilst we absolutely support our nhs colleagues, they are a sister service, it seems absolutely ridiculous that social care isn‘t treated in the same way. we are looking after the most vulnerable. cani looking after the most vulnerable. can ijust looking after the most vulnerable. can i just say, looking after the most vulnerable. can ijust say, you‘re at looking after the most vulnerable. can i just say, you‘re at the sharp end of this, and the department of health has given a response when it comes to funding, and it says... we have delivered 7.8 million pieces of ppe to more than 26,000 care settings across the country. we‘re rapidly working to extend testing to social care workers and the government has announced a £2.9 billion to help local authorities support adult social care et cetera. how is that feeding down to you? well, those pieces of ppe was 300 per care home which would last a ca re per care home which would last a care home with somebody with covid—19 for maybe a day and a half, two days, depending. it‘sjust not enough. yes, the money was announced, several weeks ago, about three weeks ago, we still haven‘t had confirmation of how that is being filtered into the system. and i think everybody is doing everything they can, i‘m not saying they‘re not. we are talking to government all the time. but i think the urgency of dealing with it in a ca re the urgency of dealing with it in a care setting seems to have passed them by and i think they need to really start to think about what we need. because we‘ve got, in addition to the list that was presented earlier, we‘ve also got staffing issues. we had 122,000 vacancies at the end of last year. and now, we‘ve got between 20% and 25% who are either self—isolating or not able to work. and that is just adding and compounding the issue. so, we‘ve got really committed, dedicated social ca re really committed, dedicated social care staff, providers who are trying to make this work, and the staff are doing double shifts, they‘re working their socks off to try and keep the people that we are looking after safe. that‘s our entire focus, is to keep people safe in our services. and wejust keep people safe in our services. and we just need to be... keep people safe in our services. and wejust need to be... we keep people safe in our services. and we just need to be... we need a virtual hug, care homes, in your area, need a virtual hug, is there anything you can do to support them, evenif anything you can do to support them, even if it‘s dropping off a packet of biscuits for the staff to have with their tea. anything would just be better than just ignoring with their tea. anything would just be better thanjust ignoring us, which is how a lot of care providers are feeling, they feel they are being ignored. it shouldn‘t be right that they are wearing plastic bags. surely, people can see that, and the ppe, 600% more than you would normally pay for it? nadra, thank you so much, so many people when embrace what you‘re saying. on a personal note, clearly, the staff who work there in normal circumstances do extraordinary work, at the moment, the demands are above and beyond. presumably, you‘re relying on the staff there are more than ever emotionally, maybe in terms of translating a message from you to your loved one or vice versa, for them telling you how in your case your mum is? yeah, absolutely. unfortunately when people have got dementia, one of the difficulties is in the way they communicate. and so you can't pick up the telephone and have a conversation with them like i can ring my dad and see how he's doing. it'sjust not possible. so you are absolutely reliant on the staff, and mum has not been in that home for very long but we know that the staff are fantastic. many of them, english isn't their first language but they are so caring and they will communicate with us, and asi they will communicate with us, and as i said before, if there has been any problems, mum had a little fall yesterday, they will ring us and let us know, they are always really reassuring. but it is hard when you can't see them for yourself and see how they are doing. as has been said, i worry about the staff themselves, they are putting their own lives and the lives of their families at risk by going in and caring. and homes, i've said from the start, an elderly person's home has got to be a place we really need to keep this virus away from, because of all the statistics, it's the sort of place that it willjust ta ke the sort of place that it willjust take and be brutal. sorry to interrupted, something tells me that tonight, you will be clapping may be ever so slightly more fiercely than other people because of your circumstances, i mean, have you got a message you would like to send out to those people who are doing their job that those carers are doing? absolutely, just... they've all got to really understand and see how much they are appreciated. it's very much they are appreciated. it's very much focused when we hear of key workers on the nhs workers, quite rightly, who are doing a fantastic job, and also on supermarket staff. but actually, carers in homes, and social workers for young children, they're really important people, who have got to carry on doing their job, and! have got to carry on doing their job, and i just have got to carry on doing their job, and ijust want to say to all of them, we really, really appreciate everything that you're doing, and every risk that you're taking personally. that must make you feel some appreciation from the people who matter? absolutely, we're doing it for the residents and their families, we are doing everything we possibly can. and i would want to reassure people who have got relatives in care services that we will do our very best, and if the virus comes in, despite the fact that you will be hearing all sorts of things about not being taken to hospitals and all of that, we will do everything physically possible to keep your relative safe. and our plea is for the banks to understand that. i don‘t like it when i hear one of my members saying, well, you‘re going to have to look at some savings. where are we going to make any savings at this moment in time? we need to understand that care providers have invested into the services, and they are going to be under considerable financial strain. it's under considerable financial strain. it‘s been very interesting talking to you both. nadra ahmedtowards 23 celsius this afternoon. and a big ten project contractor today across the north of england. with an easterly breeze coming off the north sea. —— and a big temperature contrast. the other side of northern england, considerably warmer. but that contrast will even out during the weekend. the heaviest of the rain is likely across orkney and shetland. should be frost—free as we start good friday. for good friday, plenty of cloud across scotla nd friday, plenty of cloud across scotland and northern ireland. some showers, the odd sharp shower. much of northern ireland, england and wales will be dry. increasing sunshine during the day. easter saturday, sunshine still there for many across england and wales. there could be an isolated shower across england and wales later in the day, more chance of rain across scotland and northern ireland. warmer down those eastern coasts, but on easter sunday and monday, it is going to be turning colder. most places will stay dry although there is