data from johns hopkins university. final follow from you, dr. frieden, assuming it comes you feeln would comfortable going to a broadway city restaurant or sporting event in the big apple? dr. frieden: we're going to have this one step at a time, coming out in phases. gradual reopening, wait a month or two, make sure there's not an explosion of cases, reopen the next step. see if we have the box in place -- rapid testing, isolation, contact tracing and quarantine. so that when there are cases and there are clusters, we can stop them before they become outbreaks that force us back in home again. that's why it's so important we build our public health infrastructure not just in this globally because if we don't have that, we won't be safe. health that has given us the longer, healthier spendthat we have yet we 1-40th the amount of health than on healthcare. we need to get back to the new normal as soon as and as safely as possible. steve: dr. tom frieden is former director of the centers for control and now the c.e.o. of resolve to save lives join

that's according tojohns hopkins university in the united states.announced that the british prime minister, borisjohnson, will return to work on monday a little more than two weeks after being discharged from hospital where he'd been treated in intensive care for coronavirus. he's been recuperating at his official country retreat. the governor of new york state, andrew cuomo, says independent pharmacies will be authorised to carry out tests for coronavirus. it's part of efforts to expand testing in the state, which is by far the worst hit by coronavirus in the us. the coronavirus pandemic is likely to be the most expensive event

he has provided philanthropy to at johns hopkins university, and their public health school. mergency room realities and we now speak of the frontline, nursing. jason farley is the head of the phd program in nursing at johns hopkins. it is world-class. he is focused not on the classes but on the survival of nurses. how desperate is it to get funding from washington to protect at the most basic level our nurses, interns, and residents? jason: there is no question there has been a delay in receiving funding, receiving ppe. we are starting to see improvements in that availability, but it is far too long and too late. we have seen health care workers around the world who have succumbed to this virus and been infected. not only does that increase the morbidity and mortality within their family but it takes them out of the health force, which has a ripple effect. tom: why can't the administrations of these hospitals go to the politicians and say, here is a video as i saw yesterday, of eight ambulances outside mount sinai in manhattan? leadership of these hospitals explained to the p

people now confirmed to have died of corona virus infections the figures were reported by johns hopkins university the number of infections stands at more than 1600000 news comes as christians around the world and into the easter weekend one of the most important celebrations in the calendar the pandemic means religious and other gatherings have been banned in many countries italy home to vatican city has been locked down for

marty makary, professor of public health at johns hopkins university, also fox news contributor. we appreciate your time. dr. siegel, i want to start with you. face coverings. obviously not ever been in, because we need to give those to as many health care workers as possible. face coverings, the president mentioned a scarf. the doctor on the virtual cows last hour said make sure you wash whatever you use. your thoughts, dr. siegel? >> dr. siegel: well, dr. fauci -- this is an evolving situation. dr. fauci is talking about an article, a study that was just published in "nature medicine," one of our top journals. it referred to the idea, the fact that you are literally spewing this virus. respiratory droplets still, harris, but you are spewing it even when you speak and much more easily than we had realized. we are realizing how highly contagious this is. to see him move on this, it's clearly something we have to move on, as well. i have a concern, though, about

marty makary, physician and professor at johns hopkins university and fox news medical contributor. he, as we say, is "outnumbered." great to see all of you today. there is a lot of heated discussion going on across the country, and, katie, i'm going to sit with you about this whole process of "open, don't open?" >> katie: well, we all know that one-size-fits-all policies are not going to work for everybody. that is why the white house has deferred to the states with the three-phase program. they don't believe georgia is meeting the mark. i found what the governor said about giving business owners the benefit of the doubt when it comes to managing this reopening interesting. i think businesses have an incentive to do this as safely as possible. they also know there's a

that's according tojohns hopkins university in the united states.he governor of new york state, andrew cuomo, says independent pharmacies will be authorised to carry out tests for coronavirus. it's part of efforts to expand testing in the state, which is by far the worst hit by coronavirus in the us. south africa will begin to ease some restrictions next week. some economic activity will be allowed to resume, but the government says the approach will be deliberate and cautious. the country's borders will remain closed to international travel and only essential goods would be transported between provinces. now on bbc news, dateline london.

that was doctor doctor eili klein from johns hopkins university. this is bbc news.d as a result of the virus has passed 200,000. the british prime minister borisjohnson is to return to work in downing street on monday after recovering from the coronavirus. spain, which has had one of europe‘s most deadly coronavirus outbreaks, is starting to take steps to ease lockdown restrictions. children are being allowed out of their homes for the first time in six weeks and the prime minister has said people may be allowed to exercise outside from next week if conditions allow. from madrid, here‘s our europe correspondent damian grammaticas. across spain, children have been confined inside homes and apartments since schools were shut, some six weeks ago, barred from even setting foot outside their front doors by some of europe‘s strictest lockdown rules. now, though, with the number of new coronavirus infections declining to around 3,000 a day, they‘re finally being allowed out, but only for an hour each day, and all parks and playgrounds remain out of bounds. in an address to

coming up, we have been talking to health experts around the nation and focusing on johns hopkins universitytheir clear statistic leadership. jason farley will join us from johns hopkins with his expertise on the trenches, on what is going on with physicians and nurses. stay with us worldwide. this is bloomberg. ♪ suggests nationwide, we are past the peak on new cases. hopefully that will continue and we will continue to make great progress. these encouraging developments have put us in a strong position to finalize guidelines on reopening the country, which we will be announcing, talking about that tomorrow. we will be announcing guidelines and talking about various dates and it is very exciting. it has been a horrible time to see such death and destruction. was president donald trump hinting that new guidelines for stay-at-home rules. the disease is showing time -- signs of plateauing. business.t, says more coronavirus testing needs to be in place before people feel comfortable coming back to work. he spoke to more than 200 business owners about reopening the company and will come out with

conversations last night on our immigrant, our immigrant doctors and nurses, michelle patch of johns hopkins universityerg. ♪ ♪ welcome back. this is bloomberg "surveillance." we continue to track the virus. bloomberg has developed a unique partner and partnership on the covid-19. hopkins, and every day we bring you an expert. we are thrilled to be joined by michelle patch, school of nursing assistant professor. we are focusing on the emotions of this all. how much more difficult all this be if we do not see -- will this be if we do not see a significant slowdown in cases, difficult for the nurses, the front liners, and everyone at home? michelle: that is a great question. nurses,entioned, our physicians, all of our health care workers are working around-the-clock right now to try and fight against this virus. what we have seen after other disasters like for instance theicanes or tornadoes, or tragedies we all experienced there are fairly predictable phases we go through collectively. it starts with the impact of the disaster when it first hits, we experience fear and confusion. difficulty believing it

than all of the americans killed over the nearly 2 decade long vietnam war a tally by johns hopkins university also shows the death toll has gone beyond $58300.00 and more than a 1000000 people have been infected total confirmed $1000000.11 total deaths $58343.00 total test results that we know of in the us 5000000 776000 almost 8000000 let's go live now to washington d.c. and our correspondent mike hanna mike some grim statistics to deal with this. indeed e.s.p. turn other grim statistic that the death toll in the corona virus epidemic in the u.s. is now surpassed that suffered during the vietnam war as it goes past a 1000000 president trump still insisting that the testing protocol is working affectively this despite the opinion of many health officials that states opening up to early at great risk without proper testing put in place but president trend continues to insist and once again did today at a news conference that the u.s. is testing better as he put it then any other country in the universe but certainly there's been a lot of mixed messages coming from the administration one of whi

soil than ole of the americans killed during the war in vietnam a tally by johns hopkins university shows the death toll is beyond 58300 and more than 1000000 people have been infected let's go live now to washington and our correspondent mike hanna so another grim milestone of a statistic mike. indeed yes. membrane to that that death toll in vietnam was over a 10 year period whereas the death toll in the pandemic has been within a 2 to 3 month period so certainly a very grim statistic over $1000000.00 americans infected what that means is that roughly one in every $330.00 americans contracted the virus but observers point out too that the figure could be far far higher because this is just those who actually tested for the virus and many are infected who never tested at any point so some health experts say that that infection figure could be as much as 10 times as high very very grim statistics indeed but from the white house still mixed messages the vice president mike pence went to the mayo clinic in rochester in the course of the day and to the surprise of many he did not wear a face

pandemic around the world is now more than 150,000, according to latest figures collated byjohns hopkins university in the united states. almost one quarter of those deaths have occurred in the us itself — the number is now almost 37,000. four european countries — italy, spain, france and the uk — make up half of the worldwide toll. as efforts continue to develop effective antibody tests, experts at the world health organization have cast doubt on the idea. they said there was no evidence that having had the virus would guarantee immunity from future infection. a lot of the preliminary information that's coming to us right now would suggest that quite a low proportion of the population have actually serial converted. so it may not solve the problem. there's been an expectation that maybe herd immunity may have been achieved, and that the majority of people in society may have already developed antibodies. i think the general evidence is pointing against that and pointing towards a much lower zero prevalence. so it may not solve the problem that governments are trying to solve. donald trump has said

soil then all of the americans killed during the vietnam war a tally by johns hopkins university shows more than 58300 people have now died and more than 1000000 people have been infected eberle and is on the reports from new york the epicenter of the u.s. outbreak. we could needed fly over by u.s. air force and navy planes over new york city a display of gratitude for health care workers and 1st responders here in what is the epicenter of the u.s. krone by risk crisis a crisis that has put more than $20000000.00 americans out of work in only one month and at one point had more than $300000000.00 americans under stay at home warders transforming even the busiest cities like new york into ghost towns the crisis has now hit a new milestone over. 1000000 cases in the u.s. president trump is accused of being slow to take over the bank teen seriously in late january when the 1st cases were in the u.s. he said it was under control and repeated similar sentiments for many weeks the risk to the american people remains very low fast forward 2 months and that forecast has proven to be spectacula

soil than all of the americans killed during the war in vietnam a tally by johns hopkins university shows the death toll now is beyond 58300 and more than 1000000 people have been infected you can see there how the numbers are unpacking the total confirmed well over a 1000000 total deaths 58351 if you go to this website left hand side you can see there a running tally the united states spain italy france the u.k. number 4 germany turkey russia all the way down to and including belgium as well let's go live now to washington and our correspondent there mike hanna mike more than a 1000000 infections it's an astonishing figure to get to grips with. indeed peter and to put that reference to the vietnam war and to come to. so there were 'd $58000.00 people killed in the vietnam war that was over a 10 year period the death rate we've seen in the u.s. has basically in the last few months more than a 1000000 infected that means roughly one in every $330.00 americans has tested positive for the corona virus and now the fear among many health workers is that this figure could be as much as 10 perce

that is according to john hopkins university. the area has almost 4900 reported cases. 133 people have died. santa clara county has the most bay area cases. more than 1500 cases, and 51 people have died there. san francisco reports 857 coronavirus cases. 13 people have died there. and 845 casehave died. the sheriff's office reports and active cases dropped from 15 to 14 after one of the inmates recovered fully. alameda county wants 115 inmates released immediately. releasing them could help stop the spread of the virus. the time is full 4: 03. the atlantic is reporting ghastly photos from lujan china where the outbreak started. mayor bree became one of the nation's first mayors to declare a state of emergency. >> there are now more than half 1 million cases of coronavirus in the united states. research at john hopkins university says the overall confirmed cases has climbed to crazy numbers. there have been more than 9300 deaths in new york state alone. that is three times higher than the number of deaths at the world trade center

tom: thank you so much for joining us, alessandro rebucci joining us, with johns hopkins university.oored -- forward. london, whatee in captures your attention? guy: what captures my attention is what is happening to the prime minister. that is the focus of intention -- attention. boris johnson is receiving oxygen but he is conscious. on trading floors, virtual trading floors, the u.k. could be headed for some kind of -- government. maybe not of people as well-known as prime minister johnson really struggling through this pandemic, and the doctors and nurses truly exposed. we will have much more for you through the morning, including conversations on global wall street. no one better to lead that off then stephen schwarzman. please stay with us. rising equities today. futures are up. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ alix: markets risk on for a second day as the virus spread slows and china reports no new coronavirus deaths from first time. you crunch time. european finance ministers meet on joint backstops and liquidity lifelines for companies. and private equity in crisis time. we speak to st

according to johns hopkins university, zero confirmed cases in falls church. not too far away from fairfax, 532inia which has had confirmed cases and two deaths. -- all of this available on the johns hopkins university coronavirus dash board map. from richmond, virginia. caller: good morning. i am one of the seniors here in richmond -- it really scared me. it is ironic, the nursing home that we have here in richmond that have had over 32 as of yesterday -- deaths -- the canterbury. canterbury used to be lexington court. years ago, i was at lexington court because i had a stroke. they took good care of me. over i think, with -- itople tested positive is not a nursing home. it is a rehab. for the fact that trump is always no pushing that drug. it is a shame. friends who have been turned away when they go to the hospital to try to get help. even just to be tested, to see if they have the virus and they have been turned around. my doctor, i told him -- i had an ear infection three weeks ago. i have been inside here for a month. i refuse to go out, but it is scary

we do want to turn to one of our experts, on this pandemic from johns hopkins university.stay with us, worldwide, this is bloomberg. ♪ good morning, everyone. we are looking at the markets. oil quite fragile. futures negative today. we are also looking at a pandemic. let me state, i was wrong. i mentioned over the weekend that without question here on the east side of central park near mount sinai hospital, i believe i heard less sirens. i can report to you on a monday morning, that is wrong. there have been too many into the first light of this new york city. joining us now from john hopkins university and their bloomberg school of public health is someone we spoke to last week, joshua sharfstein. i should mention the philanthropy of michael bloomberg comes from bloomberg lp. mr. bloomberg is the founder not only of our terminal business, but also this television and radio network as well. dr. sharfstein, i need an update, and i need an update on something that was in the press over this holiday weekend, this weekend of religion. it appears that so many people are in the

coming up, we consider nursing at the johns hopkins university.s is "bloomberg." ♪ you doing okay? yeah. this moving thing never gets any easier. well, xfinity makes moving super easy. i can transfer my internet and tv service in about a minute. wow, that is easy. almost as easy as having those guys help you move. we are those guys. that's you? the truck adds 10 pounds. in the arms. -okay... transfer your service online in a few easy steps. now that's simple, easy, awesome. transfer your service in minutes, making moving with xfinity a breeze. visit xfinity.com/moving today. viviana: let's get your first word news. new guidelines released soon. they will give americans the confidence they need to start returning to a normal life. this from president donald trump. it is for governors who want to begin relaxing social distancing practices. they were designed to curb the coronavirus outbreak. now to france, extended lockdown pushed the economy deeper into recession. for the second time in a week, the government was forced to revise its economic and f

that is according to johns hopkins university. new york's governor says his state may be flattening the curve, but as abc news reporter adam dimber tells us other states are preparing for a possibe surge in cases. >> reporter: more than half a million cases of coronavirus now confirmed in the u.s., and that number still growing with more than 8,600 deaths in new york city alone, the pandemic taking its toll on first responders. >> it's weighing on me. >> reporter: but new york state may be seeing the curve begin to flatten after weeks of social distancing and stay at home orders. >> the number of hospitalizations appears to have hit an apex, and the apex appears to be a plateau. >> reporter: new york governor andrew cuomo with this warning. >> the worst thing that can happen is we make a misstep and we let our emotions get ahead of our logic and fact and we go through this again in any manner, shape, or form. >> reporter: president trump now looking to create a task force focused on reopening the country. >> this is the biggest de

now according johns hopkins university there are more than 1 million 300 thousand cases worldwi and over 75,000 death now in the u.s. there are more than 368,000 cases worldwide over 289,000 people have died. excuse me ecovered, excuse me. well here in the bay area there are more than 3700 coirmed cases of the coronaviruand here's a breakdown of those cases county by county. now in santa clara san clara county house, the most cases with over 1242 deaths. alameda county and san francisco county have both surpass san mateo county in terms of the total confirmed cases orall there are 92 deaths. also sc south a shelter in a san im francisco they've tested positive. the homeless shelter is the largest shelter in northern california and san francisco leaders are trying to protect the omeless population kron four's kate rooney reports. >>with the first covid-19 diagnos for san francisco shelter resident friday city supervisors began making donation from the united methodist church 17 residents of hospitality house in the tenderloin were moved into private hotel rooms, these folks we in a small

think we're just doing much better than those numbers. >> johns hopkins university says as of wednesday, more than 14,000 people in the united states had died from the coronavirus. an expert on infectious diseases attributed this to americans following government guidelines on social distancing. as for when the country's economy could be reopened, trump did not give a time frame. he says the number of cases and deaths must first start to fall. >>> now,, new data from the word health organization, europe regional director reports men made up two-thirdsds of the deas from the coronavirus. it's u unclear why thehe mortat rarate is higheher than women. the officiaial says the situati in europe is stitill serious. >> now i is not the timee to re measureses. it is the time to,, once again, double and triple our colollecte efforts to drive towards suppression with the whole support of the society. >>> stur >>> turning now to the weather. jonathan, we've had a stretch of fair weather around tokyo this week but there were showers north of here late in the week. how's the forecast? >> it looks li

numbers fromed the the johns hopkins university coronavirus dashboard. aboutnumbers have at just 3000 confirmed cases in mexico and about an hundred 41 deaths so far. you want to add anything to that in terms of mexico's response? they have been working with the trump administration runningin regards to more protection for the residents. especially when they have seen the numbers escalate. especially when the trump administration has rolled out its policy of closing down the southern border, they have stated that migrants who try to come to the u.s. at the southern border, they are working with the mexican government to see if they can take in these migrants. it is still unclear how they are theying this pandemic, but are in close communication with the trump administration. especially when congress is still trying to come to the border. more callsple of with camila dechalus. good morning. caller: thank you for taking my question. undocumented, and those that are here, quote unquote illegal, i guess, and all of those trying to be legal. is important that

blessed in baltimore to have some of the greatest hospitals in the entire country with johns hopkins, the university of maryland and sinai and medstar. we have some world class hospitals here in baltimore and we have formed a public private partnership with care first, johns hopkins and the university of maryland, many we are going to have two-on-one number where people can call in and get real time information and also refer them to a physician if they need to do so. we are prepared. we have been prepared. my health commissioner was on this ever since january when we heard about this virus. we wanted a -- we were one of the first in the state to set up our operations center. we are really prepared in baltimore and we also set up what you call a testing sight at pimlico. the racetrack. thanks to the family. we are really focused on making sure our citizens get tested. we know we might be a hotbed. i am hoping and praying we're not. but with the medical institutions that we have in baltimore, we are ready. we also have our convention center set up as well for 250 beds. so baltimore is really ahead an

cases topped 337,000 according to johns hopkins university. at least 25,000 new cases and more than 1100 deaths were reported on sunday alone. >>> u.s. president donald trump is again promoting the use of an anti- anti-malarial drug to treat the coronavirus even though it has not been proven to work. as a news conference on sunday, mr. trump acknowledged he is not a medical expert but recommended the medicine anyway saying he is using common sense. >>> british prime minister boris johnson spent the night in the hospital where he's said to be undergoing tests as a precautionary step. mr. johnson continues to have coronavirus symptoms days after he tested positive. on friday he said he was still experiencing a raised temperature. >>> well, this hour futures for the u.s. markets are looking up, but make no mistake, the coronavirus has been a massive economic problem here. look at the red lines on this graph showing a record 10 million americans filing for unemployment claims in just the past two weeks. that's hitting small businesses where nearly

confirmed coronavirus cases in the world is now approaching 41,000 deaths, according to johns hopkins university. and as the numbers continue to rise, the debate over the government's response and when to reopen is also escalating. president donald trump on sunday promised to have more testing swabs like the ones he's holding up produced -- there they are. he also says there is progress on funding for more tests and hospitals and for small businesses devastated by the pandemic. now, the president also defended protesters who are fed up with the coronavirus restrictions, restrictions that his own administration has put into place. he called them great people who have cabin fever and denied inciting such protests to, quote, liberate such states. now, the president touted his own record, praised himself, and lashed out at the media. cnn's jeremy diamond with more. >> and the president in large part was focusing on the accomplishments of his administration, the president talking about the successes of his administration's response and also playing clips and reading clips of praise from other people

pandemic around the world is now more than 150,000, according to latest figures collated byjohns hopkins universitythe united states. almost one quarter of those deaths have occurred in the us itself — the number there is now 37,000. four european countries — italy, spain, france and the uk — make up half of the worldwide toll. as efforts continue to develop effective antibody tests, experts at the world health organization have cast doubt on the idea. they say there's no evidence that having had the virus would guarantee immunity to future infection. president trump has defended a series of tweets encouraging protests against lockdown measures in minnesota, michigan and virginia, three states with democratic party governors. at a white house briefing mr trump said the measures imposed in some states had been too tough. he also announced a $19 billion financial aid package for farmers and ranchers affected by coronavirus. i think some things are too tough. and if you look at some of the states you just mentioned, it's too tough. not only relative to this but what they have done in virginia with res

that is according to the hopkins university of the united states. mass burials are taking place as the death torments high with more cases reported in new york state than any other single country. back in uk, the prime minister is out of intensive care and continues to improve in hospital, according to downing street where he has to think the whole clinical team treating them for the incredible care he has been receiving. and his thoughts are with all of those have been affected by this terrible disease. the european union finance ministers say an emergency package worth e1 trillion for the economy were stated by the pandemic. 0urfirst report comes from our health editor. work on birmingham's new temporary hospital has progressed so fast it's ready to take patients today. that was the message from local health leaders at the latest nightingale hospital for coronavirus cases based at the national exhibition centre. it will be well—equipped, but it comes at a time when some health staff elsewhere are worried about their safety. they say they're still

that is cording tojohns hopkins university in the united states.rk a mass burial has been taking place and the death toll barrett remains high with more cases of the virus remains high with more than every single country. prime ministerjohnson has out of intensive care and is walking about we are told and continues to improve in the hospital where he has been thinking the whole clinical team who have been treating him for the incredible care he has received. he says his thoughts are with all of those who have been affected by this terrible disease. elsewhere in the european union finance ministers have agreed to emergency rescue package with half e1 trillion to the worst hit by the pandemic. the first report this evening comes from hugh penn. work on birmingham's new temporary hospital has progressed so fast it's ready to take patients today. that was the message from local health leaders at the latest nightingale hospital for coronavirus cases based at the national exhibition centre. it will be well—equipped, but it comes at a time when some healt

figures from john hopkins university say 2,108 people have died in the past 2a hours.care workers at mount sinai hospital in new york city have held a vigil for their colleagues who died from coronavirus. the world health organization has warned governments to be cautious about lifting restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the virus. and you can find out more about the pandemic on the bbc website, including the latest on the british prime minister and how president trump plans to support coronavirus hot spots in the us. that's all at bbc.com/news — or download the bbc news app. that is it from me for now. do stay tuned. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @sipusey. hello there. good friday brought temperatures of 25 degrees in parts of cornwall and in jersey. the warmest day of the year so far. i think saturday will be every bit as warm. high pressure not far away from the british isles, but also areas of low pressure and frontal systems encroaching from the north—west. as these fronts work in, they will be bringing areas of cloud and some splashes of rain. so rathe

the united states has suffered its largest one—day death toll, according to numbers byjohns hopkins university2108 people have died injust the past university, 2108 people have died in just the past 2a hours. the united states has the highest number of cases in the world, nearly half a million. it has also suffered the second—highest number of deaths, 18,000, it is onlyjust behind out of italy. —— 18,500. and new york state alone now has more confirmed cases of coronavirus than any single country in the world. pictures have now emerged of a mass grave being used in new york city as the death toll there continues to rise. hart island has long been used for people with no next of kin, or by families who can't afford a funeral. here's our north america editorjohn sopel. it is somehow unimaginable, unbelievable, that in the most famous city of the richest country in the world, they're digging mass graves for those who can't afford a funeral, and for those who died of coronavirus with no next of kin. this is hart island, just off the bronx in new york city. nearly 8000 people have died in this stat

number of confirmed corona virus cases worldwide has now passed 1000000 according to johns hopkins university in baltimore maryland more than 51000 people have died the united states has by far the highest number of cases.

according to johns hopkins university, unfortunately, 264 people have died statewide. gov. newsom says 901 patients are in intensive care units, it hospitals across the state right now. that is it 10.4% increase, from yesterday. now, during a briefing in sacramento today, the governor confirmed the state is facing a massive testing shortage and backlog. health officials believe there are more people than confirmed. also a major focus of today's briefing was caring for the homeless in our state, who may have been exposed to the virus and potentially could spread it. >> we are already seen hundreds and hundreds of individuals now, off the streets, and sidewalks, and into the nontarget sites, and i will reinforce that frame, nontarget rights. what we want to do is relieve the stress in our shelter systems. and ultimately, relieve the impact in the medical care delivery system, if left unaddressed. we allow our most vulnerable residence in the this virus. >> he said the state now has possession of 7000 hotel rooms to house homeless people with fema picking up 75% of the cost th

more than 15,000, according to johns hopkins university.t number seems to be leveling off as well as the number of coronavirus patients needing icu beds. we're in rome with that glimmer of hope. we'll take it as you've been reporting now for weeks and it hasn't been good. >> italy had some good news yesterday with the question of new patients in their icu for the first time they saw a drop in that by 74 patients. that's a small but significant number because it's the first time it's happened and the authorities here say that that has lessened the pressure on those hospitals and on the doctors and nurses that are working so hard to confront these cases. that was a little glimmer of hope. in addition to the total number of new cases, we see daily increases now that are far fewer than in weeks past. that's giving hope that this curve is flattening. of course, as in spain, here in rome, palm sunday, this would normally be a time where we would see thousands of people in saint peter's square. he's saying it from inside an empty saint peter's squ

joining us now from johns hopkins university and the bloomberg school of public health is joshua sharfas been more than generous to help johns hopkins. it is percolating as it does with every viral and -- pandemic. it is not in the headlines but in the minds of all, the ,uestion of viral reinfection mutation and the idea of how we will respond, infected or not infected, to the virus in the future. what is the current belief you have? i think the current reading is, like with most infections, there will be some degree of immunity. for much and how long is unknown. it is also not known which tests will capture that. not think there is concern this will behave very differently than everything else. a desire to understand the specifics before making policy. the -- is clearly getting better. when do we get to where we flatten the curve? theou extrapolate any of algorithmic glide paths, is it days, weeks or months to flatten the curve like new zealand? new zealand is going to be a high bar. particularly where there are a lot of people living together. i think the curve may look different in

according to johns hopkins university, there are now over 20,000 confirmed cases across our state, and unfortunately, 556 people have now died from the virus. at least 49 lives were lost just since yesterday. and gov. newsom says 1145 people are in intensive care unit. that is 13 more patients than yesterday. that is daily coronavirus briefing, gov. newsom urged californians to stay the course, he's a social distance thing is helping to slow the spread of the virus and counties across the state. he also talked about the recent spike in cases and deaths at senior nursing homes. the state is now monitoring nearly 300 nursing facilities were people have tested positive for covid-19. >> what we have done in addition to broadening those supports over the last number of weeks is we have put out specific, new guidelines and strategies, that have been backed up by what i would refer to as s.w.a.t. teams. individuals, infectious control professionals, that are working with the cdc and others to saturate those areas of concern, and focus. >> he also says the state has trained 600 nurses to give

coming up next, we have our daily up date on covid-19 with john's hopkins university, speaking to jasonor of nursing. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ "surveillance, "surveillance," from new york and london. conference andss with the backdrop of data over the last 24 hours, including chairman powell's conference, this will be history making. we are going to get an update from the johns hopkins university with jason farley joining us, a professor there. i want to use a phrase from dr. fauci yesterday but take it across all of our medicine from this crisis, which is proof of concept. i don't want to talk about a drug or the fact that we will go at work speed and find some miracle drug. i want to talk about proof of concept in the halls of these hospitals, the nurses, the doctors. what is the proof of concept you are learning about caring for people will with this virus -- ill with this virus? jason: there are several. we have great data about how we position patients that will improve oxygen saturation or the amount of oxygen in the blood. down progressing the need toward ventilation by placing the

according to thejohns hopkins university, there are no more than1 million confirmed cases full of lifethough the truth could be much higher. the global death toll vest, passed the micro passed 50,000 people. the uk wants to test 100,000 people a day by the end of april. spain has registered 950 coronavirus deaths in a single day, the highest daily number anywhere in the world. and in russia, president putin has extended the country's partial lockdown until the end of april. the coronavirus crisis generates new and shocking numbers every day. but one figure released earlier — about the effect on the us economy, really stands out. unemployment claims there have surged to a record—breaking 6.6 million. that's on top of the previous week's record of nearly 3.3 million. here's the nobel prize—winning economist paul krugman. let's go to europe. spain's unemployment figures for march have just been released too. the country recorded its highest monthly increase ever. the number of jobless jumped 9.3% from the previous month. the total number of unemployed people in spain is now around 3.5 mil

figures from johns hopkins university say 2,108 people have died in the past 2a hours.t behind italy. meanwhile, the world health organization has warned governments to be cautious about lifting restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the virus. economies have been crippled by lockdowns, but the head of the who says a premature relaxation could be dangerous. meanwhile, healthcare workers at mount sinai hospital in new york city have held a vigil for their colleagues who died from coronavirus. the world health organization has warned governments to be cautious about lifting restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the virus. that is just about it from us for now. you can find out more about the pandemic on our website. and on that is also news of the british prime minister and his condition and how president trump plans to support coronavirus hotspots in the us. thank you for watching and to stay tuned to adhere to bbc news. —— do stay tuned right here. hello there. good friday brought temperatures of 25 degrees in parts of cornwall and injersey — the warmest day of

for more on this we can speak now to dr evan block he is a professor of pathology at johns hopkins university school of medicine thank you time what do you know about whether recovered coronavirus patients can become infected again or is this more likely to be a relapse in your opinion so it's pretty uncertain at this point it's too early to say i think that there is a high proportion of those who. the result of the infection are shown to be positive by some of the by some of the tests molecular. even obtained by by maze ole nasal pharyngeal swabs and still uncertain as to whether that represents a virus or is just residual nucleic acids nucleic acids from from the virus most think that is probably not infectious another thing that they have been small studies which which support that but it really is a it's quite since to say exactly what you know what that means so just to be clear do you think that these people could have fully recovered and then become re-infected or is that option sort of off the table. it's think it's possible think the more 'd that it's less likely think that most of.