while relatively lower numbers of confirmed cases have been reported from africa and from central and south america we realized that could be at 19 could have serious social economic and political consequences for this region's. it's critical that we sure these countries keep to detect test isolate and treat cases and identify contacts i mean courage to see that this is all coming in many countries despite limited resources many countries that are asking people to stay at home and shutting down population movement which can help to limit transmission of the virus but can have an intended quincey quinces for the poorest and most vulnerable people i have called on governments to put in place social welfare measures to ensure vulnerable people have food in their life essentially during this crisis. in india for example prime minister modi has announced a $24000000000.00 package including free food rations for $800000000.00 decided bunty to people cash transfers to 2044 1000000 poor woman and 3 quick ing o. guys 80000000 households for the next 3 months many developing countries we listen. to implement

well unfortunately while parts of central and south america and mexico have increased internet services and broadband wife over recent years. many parts of central and south america are really still lagging and falling behind google launched free wi-fi in mexico city back in 2018 may recall but many parts of the country particularly the very rule or rural areas still lack modern broadband and why 5 services as as we see it and we're used to mexico though talking about mexico mexico city is google stations 3rd market after india and indonesia and is meant to really loosen the grip of carlos slim america movil which is dominated for the most part dominated the cell market down there panama panama city has gotten better in recent years and is probably one of the more advanced countries with broadband also the bigger cities like san paulo brazil in colombia when assad has argentina have pretty you know have had definitely increased internet services broadband services but you know not the free government sponsored wife and there are still gaps in services in many parts of those countries as

50,000 numberslatively lower of confirmed cases have been imported from africa and from central and south america, we realize that covid-19 could have serious social, economic, and political consequences for these regions. ensureritical that we these countries are well-equipped to detect, test, isolate, and treat cases and identify contacts. i'm encouraged to see that this is occurring in many countries, despite limited resources. countries are asking people to stay-at-home and shutting down populated movements, which can help to limit transmission of the virus but can have unintended consequences for the poorest and most vulnerable people. i have called on governments to put in place social welfare measures to ensure vulnerable people have food and other life essentials during this crisis. in india, for example, prime minister modi has announced a $24 billion package including poorfers to 204 million women and free cooking gas for 80 million households for the next three months. many developing countries will struggle to implement social welfare programs of this nature. for those countries, it r

although numbers are low, we see in africa,rend central and south america, and eastern europe. most countries are still in the early stages of their epidemics. and some that were affected early in the pandemic are now starting to see a resurgence in cases. >> virus cases are still on the rise across europe as countries grapple with measures to contain the spread. spain is debating whether to extend the lockdown. other nations have taken other steps to these restrictions. here in the u k, the government is facing criticism on their strategy. we have more on the situation across europe. >> the house of commons, normally rowdy for wednesday's prime minister questions, resumed business. with social distancing firmly in place, without boris johnson at the helm. in his place, the foreign secretary. >> since the start of the outbreak, we have delivered one billion items of personal protective equipment and tens of millions -- to the administration. >> of the government has been under fire under the pandemic strategy. by the end of the month, the health secretary had promised the u.k.

beefing up patrols in the caribbean and the eastern pacific because they believe cartels from central and south americae advantage of the situation as michael moore cocaine and methamphetamines into the southern parts. —— and smuggle more cocaine. it is the first time that i have seen a briefing deploying saying they playing a lot of personnel ownerships because they believe it isa ownerships because they believe it is a real threat. —— personnel and ships. we had thought about this. you think about some of the cities around this country where police forces have been reporting a deep in crime because there are no people out on the street but this is the other side of that kind. —— dip. but they are saying this is an opportunity for drug cartel. they are saying this is an opportunity for drug cartelli they are saying this is an opportunity for drug cartel. i did not expect to be talking about drug cartels. there is still a lot of pressure from individual governors, individual states about the amount of materials they are getting from the federal government. there is some innovative solutions taking plac

all the numbers are low we see them coming upward trends in africa, central and south america and easternstill in the early stages of their epidemics and some that we re their epidemics and some that were affected earlier in the pandemic and can see a resurgence in cases. make no mistake, we have a long way to go. this virus will be with us for a long time. we triggered the highest level of emergency when the rest of the world had only 82 cases and no deaths. so, looking back, ithink we declared an emergency at the right time. and when the world had enough time to respond. when the rest of the world had enough time to respond. let's get some of the day's other news in italy the number of patients being treated for covid—i9 has fallen for a third successive day. the daily number of deaths recorded has fallen by almost 100 to 437. it comes as the country's official death toll by almost 100 to 437. it comes as the country's official death toll topped 25,000. millions of italians remain under lockdown. all of germany's states have announced plans to make face masks compulsory to combat the sp

although, numbers are low, we see worrying upward trends in africa, central and south america, and easterntries are still in the early stages of their epidemics and some that were affected early in the pandemic are starting to see a resurgence in cases. make no mistake, we have a long way to go. this virus will be with us for a long time. we triggered the highest level of emergency when the rest of the world had only 82 cases and no deaths. so, looking back i think we declared the emergency at the right time. and when the world had enough time to respond. the director general of the who there. until recently, japan had been one of the success stories in controlling the spread of covid—i9. in february and march, the country succeeded in suppressing early cluster outbreaks, and in keeping total infections in the hundreds. but now, japan's capital tokyo appears to have a developing epidemic, with nearly 3,500 cases. our tokyo team have been inside one hospitaljust south of the capital. this is the red zone. right. so, in this room are negative pressure areas. inside the st marianna university

although the numbers are low, we do see some upward trends in africa, central and south america and easternill in the early stages of the epidemics. and some that were affected early in the pandemic are 110w affected early in the pandemic are now starting to see a resurgence in cases. make no mistake, we have a long way to go. this virus will be with us for a long time. we triggered the highest level of emergency when the rest of the world had only 82 cases and no deaths. so looking back, ithink had only 82 cases and no deaths. so looking back, i think we declared an emergency at the right time. and when the world had enough time to respond. the policy of social distancing, will be needed until at least the end of the year, and any thought of a return to normal in the short term, is totally unrealistic. that's the forthright warning from the uk government's chief medical adviser, who explained there was only an ‘incredibly small‘ chance of, a vaccine or treatments being ready for use this year. our science editor david shukman reports. we've been warned repeatedly of a long haul, that the m

health 0rganization has warned of worrying upward trends in coronavirus cases in africa, central and south americahe number of deaths in care homes in england — may have doubled in just five days. spain's parliament has approved a request from the prime minister to extend the coronavirus lockdown until the tenth of may. the country has been under severe restrictions for more than five weeks. the us secretary of state mike pompeo has again accused china of covering up the coronavirus outbreak in the early stages, and of censuring those who tried to warn the world. you are watching bbc news, now here's another chance to see

to be stable or declining although numbers are low we see warning upward trend in africa central and south america and eastern europe most countries are still in the early stages of their epidemics and that we are affected early in the pandemic i don't know starting to see a resurgence in cases. colombia's government is announcing the lockdown there will be extended until may the 11th it's confirmed more than $4000.00 cases and almost $200.00 deaths. to report people are going hungry and far as he's struggling to reach those in need colombians have devised a novel way to draw their attention. for help red rags pieces of cloth even shirts signaling that inside behind those windows there's a family. they have become a potent symbol of the effects of the lockdown on the most vulnerable colombians a visible measure of the daily rise in poverty and hunger. of 2 young girls says the rags have multiplied across his neighborhood home to many people displaced by colombia's internal conflict like most he lost his work and so how is spinning out. often to be a down to eating once a day at the beginning neigh

to be stable or declining although numbers are low we see warning upward trend in africa central and south america and eastern europe most countries are still in the early stages of their epidemics and that we are affected early in the pandemic are now starting to see a resurgence in cases about warning comes as u.s. officials have expressed concern of a 2nd wave of covert $900.00 factions in the winter months ahead of the centers for disease control says it'll be far more dire because it's likely to coincide with the start of the flu season having to simultaneously outbreaks would be a huge burden on the u.s. health care system. the vos to take talent free of none of votes in northern canada is one of the few places in the world pretty much untouched by covert 19 it has isolation on its side and its lack of access to health care makes it vulnerable to any outbreak than a lack of lions. nunavut his home to just under 40000 people scattered across an arctic landscape the size of western europe most are indigenous in a week and they live in preparing his conditions few jobs expensive housing and by

stable or declining although numbers are low we see warning upward trend you know africa central and south america and eastern europe most countries are still in the early stages of their epidemic's and some that were affected early in the pundit know starting to see a resurgence in cases and in all the developments the e.u. says it wants to build what it calls a humanitarian aid bridge to move essential aid and equipment to parts of africa hit hardest by the virus well mike hanna is in washington d.c. for us and has been monitoring that president trump's press conference mike a hugely wide ranging press conference there with what appeared to be some inherent contradictions about the white house's approach the had the pandemic and how it will progress in the coming months. well indeed the news conference starting late say often do going into the evening news times president trump trotting out the director of the c.d.c. robert ridgefield to explain a comment that he'd made earlier in the day and uncomfortable moment as president trump described it as he was completely misquoted saying that it was f

stable or declining although numbers are low we see warning upward trend you know africa central and south america and eastern europe most countries are still in the early stages of their epidemic's and that we are affected only in the pundit got to know starting to see a resurgence in cases make no mistake we have a long way to go this virus will be with us for a long time and other developments the e.u. says it wants to build what it calls a humanitarian aid bridge to move essential aid and equipment to parts of africa hit hardest by the virus well that's now speak to mike hanna he's been following that press conference for us in washington d.c. mike it seems the white house very keen to set the record straight on the c.d.c.'s position despite what appear to be some pretty inherent contradictions about the administration's approach to the pandemic. well it was essentially a rather uncomfortable moment when president trump introduced the director of the centers for disease control having described the report in the local newspaper as fake news described as misquoting at the director well the dire

western europe appear to be stable or declining but he expressed concern that africa and central and south america are seeing upward trends though the numbers are low at this stage. the executive director of the w.h.o. heaealth emergencies program michael ryan highlighted the potential for catastrophe if the virus spreads in countries with weakk medical systems. he said the w.h.o. has seen an increase of 250% to 300% in just one week, alone, in some african nations. he said we are at the beginning in africa. data compiled by u.s. universities show the number of confirmed coronavirus infections has topped 2.6 million worldwide. johns hopkins university says the death toll has now exceeded 182,000. the united states has the most fatalities at over 45,000. >>> the governor of new york state has announced plans to launch a large-scale program aiming to trace the contacts of people infected with the coronavirus. >> once you trace and find more positives, then you isolate the positives. they're under quarantine. they can't go out. they can't infect anybody else. >> andrew cuomo said the ultimate goal is

be stable or declining although numbers are low we see warning upward trend in obsolete central and south america and eastern europe most countryside is still in the early stages of their repeated weeks and that we are affected early in the fundamental got to know starting to see a resurgence in cases of virus cases are still on the rise across europe as countries grapple with measures to contain its spread spain is debating whether to extend its lockdown but other nations have taken small steps to ease restrictions here in the u.k. the government's facing criticism over its testing strategy as the official death toll crosses 18000 sunny gago has more on the situation across europe. the house of commons normally rowdy for wednesday's prime minister's questions resumed its business with social distancing firmly in place without boris johnson at the helm in his place the foreign secretary since the start of the outbreak we delivered 1000000000 items of personal protective equipment and tens of millions have been distributed via the devolved administrations but the government has been under fire ove

to be stable or declining although numbers are low we see warning upward trend in africa central and south america and eastern europe most countries are still in the early stages of their epidemic's and that we are afflicted early in the pundit gotta know starting to see a resurgence in cases make no mistake we have a long way to go this virus will be with us for a long time well moving on to some other news and the u.s. has called for iran to be held accountable after terror on successfully launched its 1st military satellite iran's revolutionary guard says they're now able to monitor the well from space the trumpet ministration has warned in the past that tehran is using its space program as a cover for missile development from tehran zain bazarov the reports. on wednesday morning the world a will to news of a secret operation carried out by the islamic revolutionary guards from a launch site in iran central desert it successfully used a 2 stage rocket to put its 1st military satellite in space. the newer or light is now 425 kilometers above us orbiting earth the head of the revolutionary guards

supporting a global metric of you know development for a lot of these countries that are central and south america who are falling to gangs and drugs same as communities that are fall into gangs and drugs right here in the united states this president and i would argue congress members as well aren't doing enough to support and to build these areas up no they're not and we still have to remember too is that most there's also been they've not they've also brought forth any actual hardcore concrete evidence of this alleged cartel that's but operating out of venezuela apparently from the president down. but in fact most u.s. data says that a small fraction drug routes do run through bit as well but most of them run through our ally colombia mexico and things like that venezuela's small amount list so that's what i mean it's really just kind of stinks to me at the end of the day over hey everyone's talking about pandemic let's let's move over and see if we can depose but while we're at it in the normal raise too many questions because if we did this when people were worried about getting sick then the

slow in comparison with their capacities yes there are similar problems across central and south america as as we're having here in north america and a new w h l report urges investments in the nursing workforce to face this pandemic policy director at the end said in a virtual conference just today to the medical workers quote we will be tested more than ever before so what is pothole doing to assist those medical workers at the front lines. ok we send a couple of weeks ago or according to the to the countries. we shipped. protective equipment for older health personnel that we'll be dealing with that for as cases but that is clearly not enough so we are sending more supplies some more shipments our priority yes it's protect their health care workers because they have to sometimes decide between saving a life of a person who is a dandy in their salaries all or putting themselves subseries of course many of them will just go up and the patients in india has seen that there is schildt you lack of those person out there that we meant and what we when we are seeing these things. we are also

health organization has warned of worrying upward trends in coronavirus cases in africa, central and south america and eastern europe. he said that for many countries the disease was just getting started. new estimates suggest — the number of deaths in care homes in england — may have doubled in just five days. spain's parliament has approved a request from the prime minister to extend the coronavirus lockdown until the tenth of may. the country has been under severe restrictions for more than five weeks. the us secretary of state mike pompeo has again accused china of covering up the coronavirus outbreak in the early stages, and of censuring those who tried to warn the world. you are watching bbc news, now here's another chance to see the uk government's daily coronavirus update, led today by the first secretary of state, dominic raab. good afternoon and welcome to today's downing street press c0 nfe re nce . i am joined by chief medical officer professor sir chris whitty and our chief defence staff, sir nicholas carter. before we took to the fantastic work the armed forces have been doing, let m

although numbers are low we see warming upward trend you know up 3 central and south america and eastern europe most countryside is still in the early stages of their ex and so that we have affected early in the fundamental gotta know starting to see a resurgence in cases well as u.s. states move ahead with plans to reopen their economies their new warnings of a 2nd wave of corona virus infections in the winter the director of the country's centers for disease control and prevention says the situation will be far more severe because it's likely to coincide with the start of the flu season and having to several changes outbreaks would be a massive burden on the health care system and individuals who develop antibodies it will have protective immunity the question is how long but this is going to be the critical question that we will answer between now and next year when it's very likely that we're going to have another. wrestling match with this virus as it comes back and we're going to have another battle with it you know aggressively next next winter for the u.s. president is set to do

to be stable or declining although numbers are low we see warning upward trend in africa central and south america and eastern europe most countries are still in the early stages of their epidemic's and some that were affected early in the pundit me got to know starting to see a resurgence in cases. make no mistake we have a long way to go this virus will be with us for a long time well in europe spain's parliament has approved an extension of the state of emergency that the 2 more weeks and in the u.k. the government's defending a proposal to test 100000 people a day by the middle of next week that's off to just 18000 people were tested on tuesday. nearly all of south africa's soldiers are being deployed to enforce a nationwide lockdown there more than $70000.00 troops will join the $2300.00 personnel already on the streets of major cities the move comes after south africa's presidents are on the prison announced a $26000000000.00 virus wreckage rescue package on tuesday. brazil's financial hub is planning to reopen its economy by may 11th but health care systems and many other regions are strugg

to be stable or declining although numbers are low we see warning upward trend you know central and south america and eastern europe most countryside is still in the early stages of their peter max and that we are affected only in the fundamental got to know starting to see a resurgence in cases as u.s. states move ahead with plans to reopen their economies there are new warnings if a 2nd wave of corona virus infections in the winter the director of the country's centers for disease control and prevention says the situation will be far more severe because it's likely to coincide with the start of the flu season and having to some outbreaks would be a massive burden on the health care system individuals who develop antibodies it will have protective immunity the question is how long but this is going to be the critical question that we will answer between now and next year when it's very likely that we're going to have another. wrestling match with this virus as it comes back and we're going to have another battle with the you know front aggressively next next winter when the u.s. presidents do to

appear to be stable or declining although numbers are low we see warning upward trend in our central and south america and eastern europe most countryside is still in the early stages of their epidemic's and that will affect it early in the pundit i don't know starting to see a resurgence in cases. ken is the director of the center for infection and immunity and professor of neurology pathology and cell biology at columbia university he joins us by skype from new york good to have you with us so 1st of all how promising is it how excited you will be getting at this point about the the clinical trials which just starting in places like germany in the u.k. i'm very excited about these vaccines are moving more rapidly than they ever have in the past. really every country that has access to back seen technology is now trying to produce them and our hope is that they're going to come available become online in less than a typical timeframe that we see for vaccines what you're talking about when you say when you're in the typical timeframe and it's moving fast in terms of months what are we looking at there

[applause] >> and that's why we have begun at home, here in north and south and central america.ot all we seek. i have seen war. i have seen war on land. i have seen blood running from the wounded. i have seen children starving. i have seen the agony of mothers and wives. i hate war! [applause] >> 1940 found the nation facing war. voters took the issue squarely to the polls. with the magic power of f.d.r. shatter all presidents? the voice of the people was heard. >> the results are now conclusive. roosevelt wins! [cheers and applause] >> the nation was jubilant. f.d.r. had done it again! and at hyde park, roosevelt received the well wishes of the neighbors. again, the president addressed the nation. in the presence of cabinet members, diplomats and leaders from nations south of the border, f.d.r. asked for broader powers than had ever before been given to any american president. >> the first and final four fact is that -- fundamental fact is that what started as a european war, as the nazis always intended it should develop, into a war for world domination. therefore, with profou

(applause) that is why we have begun at home, here in north, and south, and central america. but peace in the western world is not all easy. i have seen war. i have seen war on land. i have seen blood running from the wounded. i have seen children sobbing. i have seen the agony of mothers and wives. i hate war. (applause) >> 1940 found the nation facing war. voters took the third term issue squarely to the polls. could the magic power of fdr shutter all presidents? the voice of the people was heard. the results are now conclusive, roosevelt winds. >> the notion was jubilant, fdr had done it again. at hyde part, roosevelt and his family received the well-wishers of their neighbors. >> again the president addressed the nation in the presence of cabinet members and leaders from south of the border. fdr asked for broader powers than any before have been given to any president. >> the first and fundamental effect is what started as a european war has developed as the nazi's always intended it should develop, into a war for world domination therefore, with a found consciousness of

[applause] att is why we have begun home, here in north and south and central america. war. land. seen war on i have seen blood running from the wounded. i have seen children starving. i have seen the agony of mothers and wives. i hate war. [applause] narrator: 1940 found the nation facing work. third-term issues straight to the polls, could the magic of fdr chowder -- could the magic of fdr? >> roosevelt wins. narrator: the nation was jubilant. had done it again and his family received the well wishes of their neighbors. ♪ again the president addressed the nation. in the presence of cabinet members, diplomats and leaders of nations south of the border, fdr asked for broader powers than had ever been given to any american president. president roosevelt: the fundamental fact is that what started as a european war, as s always intended it would develop, has developed into a war of world denomination. conscious of my sponsor abilities to my countrymen and my country's cause, i have tonight issued a proclamation unlimited national emergency exists, and requires the strengthening

more in central and south america than the united states? -- states? >> only 13% of the millions of africans taken and brought to the new world, only 13% came to the united states. more came to places like brazil and the caribbean. that 13% became such a large portion of the population that it really began to outweigh initial numbers. >> larger numbers were in brazil because they died more rapid because of weather and treatments. >> the agriculture was better developed because of sugar and the like. that is where it started. >> the united states brought over about 800, 000, 600,000 africans, who came to the united states. they reproduced and so forth. we have about half a million slaves? a the time of the civil war, 4 million slaves? >> about 4 million enslaved africans and 1.5 freed africans in both the north and the south. >> if you were brought over on a slave ship, what were chances you would survive? >> there was a lot of debate about mortality. many feel that 30 to 50% of those brought on ships perished, either on the ships or on the way to planta

what kind of impact is covid-19 going to have in africa, in central and south america? mr. klain: yeah, i think that, as i said earlier, we are living through this here in the u.s. now and suffering from it and i understand we should be focused on it. and we should be focused on it. it should be our first priority as americans. i understand that. but as hard as this has been for us, but when this starts to ravage countries that have much less advanced healthcare systems and fewer doctors and nurses, even less protective gear than we have, it is going to be devastating on those countries and devastating on those societies. you know, when we fought ebola in 2014, one in every 10 people who died in west africa was a healthcare worker. and that had a dramatic impact on the ability to fight the disease. it had a dramatic impact on the societies in the long run. it means other healthcare services are still suffering in those countries years after the epidemic because of a lack of doctors, a lack of nurses. not a renewable resource. we can't just instantly make more doctors and nur

that individual was part of a 60m that helped repatriate 800 american citizens from central and south america who needed to come back home as a result of the pandemic. great work being done by our folks across the globe as we continue to support not just this effort, but other efforts we need to in the defense of our nation and the protection of our citizens. thank you. >> thank you, general. next, let's go to our coronavirus czar. >> thank you. it is wonderful to be with people today. that general hoyer follows the governor because that was quite a bit of news. and that is extraordinarily good for the state of west virginia. we aregovernor has said, focused on helping move forward with phase two efforts of trying to reopen the state in a safe and responsible way. certainly as we look at our numbers into people have asked which numbers are we following, and we are following the number of positive cases that are coming back each day as a percent of the total cases that. . are done. we had a blip with the nursing home that we found, and as the governor expressed, that we look at as a single lar

[applause] and that is why we have the gun at home, here in north, south, and central america. but peace in the western world is not all we seek. i have seen war. i have seen war on land and sea. i have seen blood running from the wounded. i have seen children starving, i have seen the agony of mothers and wives. i hate war. [applause] >> 1940 found the nation facing war. >> voters took the third the results are now conclusive, roosevelt wins. >> >> the nation was jubilant fdr had done it again--and at hyde park, roosevelt and his family received the well wishes of their neighbors. >> again, the president addressed the nation. in the presence of nations, fdr ask for broader powers and had ever before it been given to any american president. president roosevelt: the first and fundamental effect is what started as a european war has developed as the nazis always intended it should develop, a war for world domination. therefore, with profound consciousness of my responsibility to my countrymen and to my country's cause, i have tonight issued a proclamation that an unlimited, natio

. >> so ultimately, in south america, central america, and the united states, what became the united states, a total of 20 million slaves at one point were, i guess, here, but how many were actually brought over? mostly more in central america and south america than in the united states? >> what you have to realize is that only 13% of the millions of africans that were taken from africa and brought to the new world, only 13% came -- came to the united states. more came to places like brazil, in the caribbean, but yet that 13% became such a large, important part of the population of the united states that it really sort of began to outweigh its initial numbers. >> well, larger numbers were in brazil and other places, because they died much more rapidly, because of the -- lots of the weather and other treatments and so forth. is that right? >> well, you also had sort of the agriculture was better developed in terms of sugar and the like in the caribbean, so that's where it started. >> okay, so, totally, the united states brought over about, was it, 800,000 or 600 to 800,000 africans who