clarissa ward is live at the hospital where he's being treated. i said he's battling worsening conditions. i'm not sure that's true. what's the current status of his condition compared to yesterday? >> reporter: well, basically, john, it's still the same. so it's been 36 hours now, just over that he's been in the intensive care unit. we're being told that he is still stable, which is good news in the sense that his condition is not deteriorating at all. it's also concerning news in that his condition is not yet improving. we know that he's conscious and reportedly comfortable. he's still receiving oxygen treatment but he's breathing on his own. according to the british cabinet, he is still the one making some of the most important decisions. so, of course, we know he has deputized some of the day-to-day affairs to the foreign

clarissa ward joins us now live from london. do we know more about the prime minister's condition right now because there have been real questions about how widely information has been shared by the british government including with members of his own cabinet. >> that's right. you heard from michael gove, one

joining us now, cnn chief international correspondent clarissa ward live at the hospital where the prime minister is being treated. we'll try to get communications up with clarissa shortly. also with us is dr. sanjay gupta. sanjay, what we know is that the prime minister was rushed into intensive care, this is after being admitted to the hospital earlier, and we were told overnight he was on oxygen but not a ventilator. what does all that say to you? >> well, you know, typically when someone is in the hospital and they go to intensive care, it is one of the few reasons, one is that, you know, they need additional monitoring, you know, you have more intensive monitoring in the intensive care unit and it is -- you're concerned and so this is an abundance of caution. two, someone needs to be put on a breathing machine, a ventilator. three, they have some sort of heart problem. and, four, there is some sort of therapy, some sort of treatment that can be given but only in the icu. as you any, john, there is no particular treatment for coronavirus. you know. it is more symptomatic therapies. a

our chief international correspondent clarissa ward is in london for us. clarissa, what's the latest information you're getting? >> reporter: well, downing street is very keen to emphasize, wolf, that prime minister boris johnson is in the best hands he possibly could be here at st. thomas' hospital just behind me. but will make no mistake about it, this is a pretty dramatic update. no one was really quite expecting this. the tone we had heard from downing street throughout the day was largely positive. we were told that the prime minister was in good spirits, that he continued to lead the country from his hospital room, that he was simply there as a precautionary measure because he had these persistent symptoms of coronavirus for ten days. now of course we are hearing a very different story. he is in the icu. there is no indication as of yet, wolf, that he has been intubated or that he requires a ventilator. but one can assume or speculate that certainly they would not have moved him to the icu were it not for the very real prospect that they think he migh

. >> let's go straight to ten downing with clarissa ward. response been to the prime minister there? >> reporter: well, you know it is interesting, brooke, i think people really expected boris johnson to gate grilling from press because of several factors and a lot of harsh criticisms that's been levelled at the u.k. government of his happenedndlin this crisis particularly when it comes to ppe and lack of equipment for healthcare workers and issues of testing. today is the last day of april. this is the target that the government had set to be testing 100,000 people a day. earlier this week they were testing 30,000 people a day but the prime minister says today they were at capacity to test some 80,000 people a day which is a significant improvement but still not hitting 100,000 a day target. of course, the death toll which you mentioned at 26,000. this is one of the worst in europe. the death toll basically spiked because before they were given death tolls based on people dying at hospitals and not people dying in care homes. i think there

cnn's clarissa ward joins us with one physician's story. for you, clarissa, this isn't just any physician. >> reporter: that's right, john. full disclosure, i am totally biased on this. dr. melanie malloy is one of my oldest, dearest friends. she was my roommate for four years in college. she's an extraordinary woman. she's also a frontline doctor in the emergency department at mount sinai brooklyn hospital. it is a relatively small hospital and it has been inundated since the pandemic began. take a look. >> hello. my name is dr. melanie malloy. i am an attending physician at mount sinai brooklyn in queens. i'm on my way to work. >> we've asked my old friend to show us what life is like on one day in one new york hospital. >> picking up my ppe. i'm going to get some scrubs. i'm going to get mask, face shield. everything that i need for my shift. >> for dr. malloy, this is the new normal. >> i am going to start my shift. >> the emergency room at mount sinai brooklyn hospital has been overflowing. >> i walk in here and they said everybody is i

it does not spare anyone particularly. >> clarissa ward reporting there.ard to listen to, isn't it? >>> now the french health ministry says they are, quote, seeing the start of a very high plateau, unquote, almost a month after president emmanuel macron declared a national stay-at-home order. on sunday, france recorded its lowest daily increase in coronavirus deaths in days. but it was an increase. and it comes with the president set to address the nation as cnn reports. >> reporter: the scene plays out almost endlessly on the news, patients unable to breathe. the faces, the names, rarely, if ever, remembered. there are too many. we are at war, said president macron, when he addressed the nation mid-march, putting life as we know it on pause. schools, non-essential businesses closed, visiting relatives forbidden, nationwide confinement declared indefinitely. almost one month on, the epidemic is just beginning to slow down in france, but hundreds still die every day. macron is said to address the nation again monday evening, this time two minutes after the

clarissa ward in london. thank you very much. this pandemic deepens, we're told that president trump's aides are working on a plan to reopen the economy maybe as soon as may 1st. but is america ready for that? "new day" continues right now. >>> they have consistently decreased the mortality. that is modeled on what america is doing. >> we are by no means out of the woods and do not misread what you're seeing in that data. >> a patient with coronavirus. i take it very seriously. >> if you're counting on a seasonal reduction, it's not a very safe bet. >> the president wants the country reopened. increasi increasingly, he's focusing on opening it up all at once. >> the downside of that slope. but it would be nice to open with a big bang. >> announcer: this is "new day." >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and warned the world. this is -- around the world. this is "new day." the u.s. is trying to figure out when to reopen the economy. possibly the beginning of may. what worries some medical experts is

clarissa ward joins us now live from london. do we know more about the prime minister's condition right now because there have been real questions about how widely information has been shared by the british government including with members of his own cabinet. >> that's right. you heard from michael gove, one of the more senior members of the cabinet in the uk earlier saying they were surprised essentially that they were caught off guard when they found out at 8:00 last night that just an hour earlier the prime minister had been taken into the intensive care unit. what we know today we have just had a sort of update from the spokesperson for prime minister boris johnson, he is as you said in stable condition. he is not being intubated. he's not using a ventilator to breathe. he's conscious. he's also not been diagnosed with pneumonia. so those are some relatively positive developments, but what we haven't heard, which i think everyone in the united kingdom would very much like to hear, is that there have been any meaningful impr

cnn's clarissa ward is live outside of the hospital with more.ow how severe his symptoms are and how much at risk he is now? >> reporter: downing street understandably is being pretty tight -- that his symptoms are "persistent." now that is different than what they had previously been saying which is it was just mild but they're not giving any details yet on the kinds of tests he may be undergoing. so at this stage it's anyone's guess how long he'll be here. it appears to be possible he will be staying here until tomorrow now. that originally did not seem very likely. ten downing street also, jim, really trying to emphasize that he is still able to carry out his affairs and run the country from the hospital. >> we know you'll stay on top of it, clarissa ward. poppy? >>> there is a blood test to figure out who recovered and may have immunity from coronavirus. there are dozens of tests available, so far only one has been approved by the fda. >> we don't want to tell a person you've had it in your immune and that's not the case, so we are very optim

. >> our clarissa ward joins us again at the hospital where he's being taken care of.do we know of this morning about his condition. >> reporter: it is hard to believe it has been three nights now that british prime minister boris johnson has spent in this hospital behind me. two of them in the intensive care unit. from what we know, his condition continues to be stable which is good in the sense it is not deteriorating. but also a little concerning in the sense that it is not actively improving either. we know that he is not ventilated, intubated, not breathing on a ventilator, breathing on his own. he is conscious. he is continuing to get oxygen treatment. but really no one has given us a sense of when we might here more on his condition, when doctors might expect his condition to move in one direction or another. and meanwhile there is certainly growing anxiety in the country about all the things that this country is dealing with, of course, in the midst of this coronavirus crisis. monday is a big deal because it will have been three weeks since the quasi lockdown w

now from london, max foster, live from parliament and cnn's chief international correspondent clarissa ward live at the hospital where johnson is being treat. clarissa, let me start with you. what can you tell us about the condition of the british prime minister? >> reporter: well, we know he is still in the intensive care unit. he was not been intubated, he is not on a ventilator. but i've been speaking with a number of emergency physicians here in the uk who are working on covid and they all say that for the prime minister to be moved into the icu even as a precautionary measure is indicative of the fact that he likely had very low oxygen saturation levels. probably was having some difficulty breathing properly. and so what they want to do is keep him in that icu area where if he does need to be intubated, if he does need to go on to a ventilator, they can do it in a very quick and timely fashion. the real concern is how on earth things change so quickly if the was just 24 hours ago, john, i was talking to you and, you know, 10 downing street was telling us everything was absolutely fine,

clarissa ward is outside the hospital where the prime minister is being clarissa, what are you learning? >> reporter: jake, i've been standing here for the better part of the day reporting lines given to us by 10 downing street who have been saying the prime minister was in good spirits, that this was a precautionary measure, that he was just going in to get some tests because he had had these persistent symptoms that have lasted ten days. you yourself remembered that just on friday boris johnson was saying, oh, it's still mild symptoms, but i can't seem to shake this fever. what a difference a few hours make, jake. now he is in the intensive care unit. there's no indication that, from what i'm hearing, that he has been intubated, which is to say he has been essentially put on a ventilator. but certainly [ inaudible ] business for him to have been admitted to the icu at all. i just want to give you a little bit of a picture here in the uk of how most of these emergency rooms are operating. basically what happens when you enter the emergency room, there is a clean bay and a dirty bay. th

clarissa ward, please keep us posted.s so much for being with us. >>> the mayor of new york city will join us coming up next. "new day" continues right now. >>> our hospitalizations are beginning to flatten out. >> now is the time to double down on your social distancing. >> we have to be operating as if covid-19 is circulating in every community. >> we need to keep working to flatten the curve. >> hospitalizations are going down now. that could suggest that we should see a decrease in deaths later on. >> concerns that people are staying home because they may be afraid they'll get sick at the hospital. if you're sick, still come see us. >> the director of the cdc saying the u.s. death toll could be far lower than previous projections thanks to widespread social distancing. >> this is not a light switch that we can just flick one day and everything goes back to normal. >> announcer: this is "new day" with alisyn camerota and john berman. >>> welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "new day

clarissa ward reports on one doctor at mount sii brooklyn hospital who gives us a glimpse into her daythere are but i have to say couple weeks ago when we had 86 to people is in the intensive care unit. it's a similar scene. >>just wanted to keep you guys think you look at the icyyou so we have a full i see you we have every patient in here on a ventilator as you can see it's not a huge space. ut it's quite everybody warehouse buildings over. always been dreaming of issues its heart. >>it's hard to being >>for doctor milloy the challenges don't end with her shift. a widow e is raising 3 children on her own. >>so it's almost10 o'clock at night on my way home i t to face time from my youngest child for i think they're far as part i think that's like just just being. andwhen i come home, knowing that you know my child care is going to go home i. helpers are going home an and it's just me and whatever state my children e in. and i i don't really have a lot left in me. >>that was close a ward reporting york's coronavirus dea toll has now topped 10,000. at a time when inrmation about this pa

. >> i am clarissa ward in london where the government is fighting back in the "times" on sunday borisf mishandling this crisis saying he missed five cobra emergency cabinet meetings on the subject of coronavirus and he was too focused on brexit and internal politics and under estimated the threat of this pandemic. ten downing street fighting back calling the article sloppy and inaccurate. >> i am arwa damon in istanbul. turkey surpassed china of confirmed coronavirus kacases. the government is not implementing a full llc, limited liability compa lockdown or cu curfew. they're only doing curfews on the weekends. there are no problem when it comes to ppe or life saving medical equipment. that could all change quickly if the government does not decide to implement severe measures. >>> some shops are able to reopen and already seeing a lot of people on the streets and a lot of people want to go back into these shops and the other things are zoos here opening in germany as well. we were able to go to the zoo where the animals thought it was strange to see all these people around all of a s

clarissa ward, cnn, london. >>> here in germany, authorities announced the country's biggest festiv festivalthe oktoberfest value will not be taking place this year, it has been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic. all this comes after angela merkel announced that germany will be ramping up their effort of contact tracing to find out where the coronavirus infections in this country have originated. of course skblegermany loosen t restrictions that were put in place as far as physical distancing is concerned and allowing smaller stores to open. many people were seen in pedestrian zones and in some shops around the country and now merkel is warning people to remain vigilant and adhere to the physical distancing measures that have been put in place. germany does not want to risk another wave of coronavirus infection. cnn, berlin. >>> here in hong kong, this city had some real success battling the pandemic. they only had a bit more thousand of confirmed cases. authorities made it clear to extend social distancing guidelines and loosening up a little bit letting restaurants have 50% cap

our clarissa ward has a look inside of one of new york's hospitals, a doctor fighting on the front liness so much on her plate. clarissa, tell us about her. >> reporter: so full disclosure, poppy, i'm a little bit biased on this one because dr. melanie malloy is a very dear and old friend of mine, my college roommate of four years. she's also an attending physician at mt. sinai brooklyn hospital. it's a relatively small hospital and it's been completely inundated since the pandemic began. take a look. >> hello. my name is dr. melanie malloy. i am an attending physician at mt. sinai brooklyn in mt. sinai in queens. i'm on my way to work. >> reporter: we've asked my old friend to tell us what life is like in one day at one new york hospital. >> i'm picking up my ppe. i'm going to get some scrubs, i'm going to get mask, face shield, everything that i need to be safe on my shift. >> reporter: for dr. melanie malloy, this is the new normal. >> i am going to start my shift. >> reporter: the emergency room at mt. sinai brooklyn hospital has been overflowing. >> i walked in and they said, everyo

cnn's clarissa ward introduces us to someone she knows well, dr. malloy, a doctor on the front lines. >> hello. my name is dr. melanie malloy. i am an attending physician at mount sinai brooklyn in mount sinai, queens. i'm on my way to work. >> reporter: we asked my old friend to show us what life is like on one day in one new york hospital. >> so picking up my ppe. i'm going to get some scrubs. i'm going to get masks, face shield, everything i need to be safe on my shift. >> reporter: for dr. melanie malloy, this is the new normal. >> i am going to start my shift. >> reporter: the emergency room at mount sinai brooklyn hospital has been overflowing. >> i walked in and they said everybody is intubated. and it looks like it is true. most of the beds are taken up by intubated patients, patients who can't breathe on their own and who are on their ventilator. almost everybody is on oxygen and almost everybody is a covid patient. >> reporter: since the pandemic began, more than 1200 corona cases have flooded in, pushing the hospital to 150% of its capac

. >>> clarissa ward has been covering the story. she joins us now outside the hospital in london. clarissa, what more do we know about the prime minister's condition? questions raised about how fulsomely the government has been sharing information about this. >> fulsomely is right, jim. what we know is his condition has not detear ratedeteriorated. he's in the icu, he is breathing on his own. he is getting oxygen treatment though they were emphasizing to say it was standard and not severe. but very clearly, the mere fact he is in the intensive care unit does underscore just what a serious situation this is. and that has not really been matched by the rhetoric that we've heard coming from 10 downing street who just yesterday were telling us that, you know, everything was essentially fine, this was a precautionary measure, he was just getting some tests because he had these persistent symptoms. now it's become abundantly clear that it is more serious than that. certainly we haven't heard of any improvements in his condition, either. but the good news is that he does not appear to hav

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. >> reporter: i'm clarissa ward in london where the uk government has announced a three-week extension of its lockdown. uk authorities saying that although there are indications that the restrictions put in place have been successful, it is still a mixed picture and in some places the numbers are continuing to spike. some european countries are already beginning to loosen those restrictions, officials here saying that that would risk a secondary wave of infection that could be even more devastating for the public health system and the economy. >> our thanks to all of our correspondents. >>> back here in the u.s., we have an update for you, from a couple we introduced you to earlier this week. this was a couple in kansas, brian and kristen ward, and they had been trying to get a loan through the government's paycheck protection plan to help save brian's restaurant and his employees at vikings grill. well, after seeing our interview on tuesday, state government officials, a bank worker, and even total strangers reached out to help the wards. kristen now tells us their loan has been appro

we have clarissa ward now showing us all that one doctor has to go through during just one day treating covid-19 patients. >>and today there e i have to say a lot better than a couple weeks ago wh we had 86 to people is in the intensive care unit. it's a similar scene. >>just wanted to keepyou guys think you lo at the icy you so we have a ll i see you we have every patient in here on a ventilator as you can see it's not a huge space. and put it everybody pascoe these over. always been dreang of issues its heart it's hard to i'm just tired. >>for doctor milloy the shift. a widow she is raising 3children on her own. >>so it's almost 10 o'clock at nighi went home, i got to face ime from my youngest child for i think there for his part they think that's like just just being. and when i ce home, knowing that you know my child careis going to go home i. helpers are going home and and it's just me and atever state my children are in. and i i don't rlly have a lot left in me. >>just after seeing that i want to remind you about that program are v's for andy's going to their facebook page these p

repoer clears clarissa ward takes us into the day in the life of a doctor mount sinai brooyn hospital. >>i have to say a lot better than a couple weeks ago when we had 86 to people is in the intensive care unit. it's a similar sce. >>i just wanted to keep you guys if you look at the icy you so. a full i see you. we ve every patient in here on a ventilator as you can see it's not a huge space. is everybody as for these ov. always been dreaming of issues its heart. from his sight. >>for doctor milloy the challenges don't end wi her shift. a widow she is raising 3 children on her own. >>so it's almost 10 o'clock at night. ient home, i got to face time from my youngest child for i think hardest part think that's like just just being. and wheni come home, knowing that you know one child care is going to go home i. cooper's are going home and and it's just me and whatever state my children are in. and i i don't really have a lot left in me. >>a widow is speaking out toght aer her husband passed away ata hayward rehabilitation center earlier this month, the family of costal acrid say that he

. >> i'm clarissa ward in london where there is some optimism as scientists and oxford university beginrst human trials for a vaccine against the coronavirus today. this is one of four vaccines currently being tested on humans of the more than 70 being developed across the world. those behind this vaccine at oxford university say they hope it may be ready as soon as september, but experts are saying it will likely take quite a bit longer. >>> the mitigation efforts to slow the spread of the virus have slowed air pollution. can the worldwide pause do anything to reverse decades of environmental damage? we'll take a look at that next. n is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. whoo-hoo! great tasting ensure with 9 grams of protein, 27 vitamins and minerals, and nutrients to support immune health. andthat liberty mutual customizes your insurance, i just love hitting the open road and telling people so you only pay for what you need! [squawks] only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ that's why working together ist more important than ev

. >> i'm clarissa ward in london where prime minister boris johnson is back at work more than two weekser being released from the intensive care unit of saint thomas hospital where he was being treated for the coronavirus. the prime minister spoke to reporters here earlier today. he said that there were encouraging signing that the u.k. is close to succeeding against covid-19 but warned it is a moment of maximum risk and that restrictions need to stay in place to prevent a second wave of infection. >> reporter: i'm ben wedeman in rome where the prime minister announced one week from today the lockdown will begin to ease. construction and manufacturing will begin and funerals with a limit of 15 people per funeral and given that more than 26,000 people have died from coronavirus, it's expecting that the churches will be very busy. >> reporter: i'm melissa bell in paris, here in france the country is under par shall lockdown for several weeks and the police in paris and france and making sure people are still respecting what the french call the confinement. they only leave to go to the sup

clarissa ward has more. the curve is flattening but not enough to relax regulations? reporter: exactly. basically the message we're hearing is that it is still quota mixed picture. that in some parts of the country the numbers are still rising. so unlike many european countries which we've seen over the last few days announcing the first tentative baby steps towards relaxing some of those restrictions the uk says simply but they are not in a position to do the same thing. they went so far as to outline five criteria that would all need to come together in order to go ahead and relax those restrictions. the first they said is that it's essential that the national health care system the nhs is up to capacity and able to cope with the flow of patients moving through its hospitals. number two, there needs to be sustained and consistent fall in the death rates. so far there has been plateau but not a sustained consistent fall of the death rate. also there needs a fall in the rate of infection. there's a lot of different metrics they are using, anderson, to kind of measure

cnn's clarissa ward introduces us to dr. melanie malloy, a physician on the front lines.hey were college roommates and remain close friends. >> hello, my name is dr. melanie malloy. i am an attending physician in queens. i'm on my way to work. >> reporter: we've asked my old friend to show us what life is like on one day in one new york hospital. >> i'm picking up my ppe. i'm going to get some scrubs. i'm going to get mask, face shield, everything that i need to be safe on my shift. >> reporter: for dr. melanie malloy, this is the new normal. >> i am going to start my shift. >> reporter: the emergency room at mount sinai brooklyn hospital has been overflowing. >> i walked in and they said, everybody is intubated. it looks like it's true. most of our beds are taken up by intubated patients, meaning patients who can't breathe on their own. almost everybody is on oxygen and almost everybody is a covid patient. >> since the pandemic began, more than 1200 corona cases have flooded in pushing the hospital to 150% of its capacity. >> so today there are 43 people in the departmen

clarissa ward, thank you so much. >>> back here in the united states, south dakota, one of the few states that did not implemented stay-at-home order. up to 70% of the states could ultimately be infected with the coronavirus. the governor did cancel school for the rest of the academic years. there are more than 280 confirmed cases and four deaths. the governor says government should be weary of exercising such power and she worries the economic disruption would be too great. as we have seen in many other states, some local officials are taking steps of their own. with me now is the mayor of sioux fall, south carolina. do you this i the governor is wrong or do you think this is left up to you? >> john, good morning. f the position that we are taking, local municipality and local counties, we want to see you respond as you see best fit for your municipalities. we have a dense population that populates the state. on some cases it is probably should be taken right now. in places like sioux falls have the density. i have to able to do that at a city level. as you have said with other segments

. >> reporter: i'm clarissa ward in london where parliament is back in session but a new temporary hybridn. only 50 lawmakers will actually be allowed into the chamber with another 120 members calling to join via individual link to preserve social distancing. this comes as the u.k. government continues to come under fire for the lack of ppe for health care workers. according to a recent survey by the doctors association u.k., 47% of doctors do not have access to long sleeve gowns. >> reporter: i'm barbara nadu in rome. we're tracking a town where the last passenger cruise ship is set to begin disembarking around 1,600 passengers and 900 crew members. they left the port of venison january 5th for 115 day around the world tour. many calls were canceled which kept them safe. there is not a single case of covid-19 on board the ship. >> our special coverage continues now with brianna keilar. i'll see you later tonight on 360 at 8:00 p.m. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> hi there, i'm brianna keilar in washington on tuesday, april 21st. and we begin with the push in some states to r

clarissa ward is live in hospital. what's his condition? >> reporter: hi, alisyn. we're at st.homas' hospital where prime minister boris johnson is likely to be -- the downing street and the hospital are not confirming that yet. this is just five minutes away from 10 downing street at the exit we can see increased -- we see photographers waiting presumably for the possibility that the prime minister may leave at some point today. but so far, alisyn, we just don't know when that could be. all we've been told by downing street is that the prime minister was admitted here last night for precautionary tests because of, quote, persistent symptoms ten days after contracting the coronavirus. as you probably know, alisyn, when you continue to have those symptoms for ten days, that's when it starts to get worrying. we're being told that there is no cause to worry yet. that the prime minister is still in charge and able to essentially run the country's business from the hospital here. of course, many are concerned not just for the possibility that the prime minister may be making himself

clarissa ward joins from us london. >> reporter: these were key emergency could be net meetings, fivey times" in january and february that prime minister boris johnson did not attend, this part of a blistering critique of the prime minister's performance that came out yesterday in britain's newspaper "the times" on sunday. ten downing street firing back on multiple fronts, firstly to the accusation of him missing those c.o.b.r.a. meetings. ten downing street's response is this is normal, that the prime minister does not always preside over c.o.b.r.a. meetings. whoever is the relevant departmental head may in fact preside over them. so they are really trying to fight back against this. other accusations he was preoccupied with brexit, too slow to recognize the serious threat that covid-19 posed and perhaps most importantly that he was too focused on the politics and resufficientlying his own cabinet. as i said ten downing street firing back saying they are grossly unfire allegations. jim, poppy? >> clah ris ka ward, thank you. >>> a russian jet intercepted a navy american aircraft in t

joining us now, clarissa ward live at the hospital where johnson is being treated. clarissa, the very latest on the prime minister's condition, please. >> reporter: well, so sfar no indicati indication that there have been any changes to his condition. we know he continues to be kept in the intensive care unit. that apparently being done out of an abundance of caution should he need to be intubated or put on a ventilator. but at this stage, he has not been intubated. he is breathing on his own. we know that he has received oxygen therapy, one of the most common side effects, of course, of the coronavirus is that sort of struggling to breathe and very low saturation of oxygen in the blood. the question on everybody's mind, of course, is how long will the prime minister be kept in the hospital? how long will he be kept in the intensive care unit? and when will we start to get really substantive, factual, informative updates on his health? because a lot of people here are really feeling that they did not understand the fooul fuull grav the prime minister's symptoms. eve

. >> reporter: i'm clarissa ward in london.t is up against a big deadline on thursday that mark the end of april, when they should be able to test 100,000 people a day for coronavirus. this per their own promise. as a couple of days ago, they have been testing roughly 30,000 people a day. that is still a huge discrepancy, not clear whether they will be able to make that target. meanwhile, across the country, this morning, people observed a minute of silence to commemorate the more than 80 health workers who have died on the front lines fighting corona. >>> our thanks to our reporters from all around the world. so, remarkable unintended consequences from the stay at home orders. california couple making an incredible discovery. how their neighbors turned out to be way more than just that next. my patients i often see them have teeth sensitivity as well as gum issues. does it worry me? absolutely. they are both very much hand in hand. so you should really be focusing on both and definitely at the same time. the new sensodyne sens

clarissa ward is out front. front of the hospital where the prime minister is being treated. clarissa, what is the latest on prime minister boris johnson's condition? >> reporter: so what we know, erin, is that he is in the intensive care unit, that he was admitted there earlier this evening because his condition was deteriorating. it does not appear at this stage he's been intubated or he needs a ventilator to breathe, but i did speak to one er attending physician at a different hospital who basically explained to me that they would have moved him into the icu as a precautionary measure. that also gels with what downing street is saying because on day 10 or 11 things can go badly very quickly. you do often see patients start to deteriorate very rapidly. and what they wanted to do is have him in a situation if they did need to intubait him, it wouldn't need to be done in sort of an emergency manner. he would be ready, there, the staff would be ready there and he'd be getting the full resources of the st. thomas

clarissa ward, cnn, london. >> reporter: here in tokyo, eight infants have tested positive for novelcared for by a nurse who also tested positive. there was a group of 29 infants that this nurse was looking after. and the hospital tells cnn in a statement that 21 of those infants did test negative. the other eight are positive and they're in good condition right now, but they are being monitored for covid-19 symptoms. meantime, the number of cases continues to climb here in japan. it has now exceeded 12,000 nationwide. that is counting passengers from the "diamond princess" cruise ship. despite increasingly dire warnings from the government that hundreds of thousands of people could die without social distancing measures, some people are ignoring the state of emergency nationwide, still packing public transportation, even going to gambling parlors or the beach, despite warnings that if they don't change their behavior, a lot of people could end up in the hospitals that are already being pushed to the brink. will ripley, cnn, tokyo. >>> here in mexico, president lopez obrador has chas