on the front of the sun come in the national health service call for the quarterfamiliar national healthall for the quarter familiar volunteers but also highlighting the death toll which hasjumped highlighting the death toll which has jumped 87 highlighting the death toll which hasjumped 87 in the highlighting the death toll which has jumped 87 in the last 24 hours and that is giving us an indication of how steep the rise in the number of how steep the rise in the number of fatalities is from the coronavirus. exactly. i've got a friend whose keen to join the volunteer force, but i think underlying that we also need to see come in at the other people have highlighted this to the nhs staff have not been tested yet and given the infection rates that we are seeing in the death toll from the fa ct seeing in the death toll from the fact that there have been estimates over one intent of this people getting infected are nhs workers i think it does underline this need to make sure that we have got adequate testing facilities to make sure that people who are out there, particularly volunteers as w

insurance data with the national health insurance id ca rd national health insurance id cardeople are travelling from china, particularly wuhan, that when they see the data, the data will be alerted that this person has been to china to begin to ask more questions about symptoms and begin to activate a more aggressive screening strategy. that is one of the things they did immediately. the other thing that they did was to use mobile technology. so because there is a need to triage a large number of passengers being —— in airports and other ports, they had a qr code where you just kind of scanned the qr code and it takes you to an online website where you could enter your travel information, whether you have any symptoms, and if you fall into the high readiness —— high risk category which means you travelled to a level three alert area, they triage you to get more detailed questioning and then those travellers will be quarantined for 14 days. if you didn't and you had no symptoms, you belong to the low risk category and you could just get out of customs relatively quickly so th

china's national health commission reported there are 44 new cases of the virus on saturday.is a drop of more than half seen the day before. it's the lowest daily number of new coronavirus infections in the country since january. staying with china, officials say rescuers in the city of quanzhou have managed to pull out 38 survivors, including a child from the rubble of a virus quarantine facility that collapsed on saturday. at least ten people were killed, more than a dozen others are still feared trapped. four suspects are set to go on trial on monday in the hague over the downing of the malaysian plane mh—i7. three russians and one ukrainian are accused of playing crucial roles in the shooting down of the aircraft in 2014. the defendants won't be present and relatives of those who died are calling on russia to co—operate more fully with the trial. for us, it's important to be here today. what we try to signify is we think that russia still has some answers to give us and to explain a lot of things that are still hidden in shrouds. turkish president recep tayyip erdogan has

health organization. but more than that, the u.s. national institutes of health are second to none in the world and its capacity for vaccine development. we will be in the vanguard but nih fauci and others at the will not go it alone. they are working in partnership and collaboration around the world, so global solidarity around the vaccine is there. my only worry is that if it comes in short supply, which countries like the united states , germany, and others, will they hoard the vaccinations and let potentially millions of people poor areas like sub-saharan africa or the middle east? these are hard questions. just imagine what will happen when the virus gets embedded in places like syria, yemen, and other fragile state. we have a lot of challenges ahead of us globally. question from the audience. does the power does president have the power to order cruise make theiries to vessels available for conversion into hostile at all ships? -- hospital ships? >> the last place on earth i would want a hospital is a cruise ship. it is a petri dish and

health organization. but more than that the u.s. national institutes of health are second to none in the world in their technical capacity for vaccine development. we will be in the vanguard. i also know that tony fauci and others at nih, they are not going to just go it alone. they are working in partnership and in collaboration around the world. solidarityt global around a vaccine is there. my only worry is that it may become in short supply. if so, will rich countries like the united states, germany, and others poured the vaccine -- and lethe vaccine others die in sub-saharan countries, like africa. these are hard questions. just happen when the virus gets embedded in places like syria, yemen, and other fragile states. we have got a lot of challenges ahead of us globally, not just nationally. gostin, i have a question for you on text, text a question for you. does the president have the power to order u.s. cruise ship companies to make some of their vessels available for converging to hospital ships -- for converting to hospital ships? la

saying if people don't adhere to social distancing then the national health service, the hospitals will be completely overwhelmed. they're also warning people, they're imploring people to stop panic buying. they're saying it's affecting the health care workers who might go to grocery stores and find empty shelves and they're saying u.k. citizens have been stockpiling about a billion pounds worth of food, more than they normally would in other circumstances, and that is absolutely not necessary. as of right now they have not put national restrictions on food, but the grocery stores themselves have started to restrict people from buying food, and of course we've had the complete pretty much lock down here since friday. pubs, restaurants, gyms. they are all closed. you can only get take out and carry-out. people are still allowed to walk around outside, but essentially all other activities are canceled. >> is there any bright side here in the u.k. from what you see? >> reporter: there is a slight bright side, michael. i mean, there was a call for retired health care workers to come out of

health-care system can our businesses and communities and schools all have action plans. senators have a number of briefings from officials at the centers for disease control and the national institutes of health. they are t working on ways to identify the virus and test ways to treat people who are infected by the virus. they are working on quarantines in the vaccine and that is what they should be doing. this is a massive nationwide undertaking. i've gone to meetings on this since it was first noted around the beginning of the year and this issue in china whereas people noww know that the doctr who tried to get the word out to the world was the first to notice this specific new virus, the coronavirus. he was reprimanded by the chinese for trying to do what he learned as a doctor which is to share medical knowledge and information to get ahead of the disease that is progressive and reprimanded by the chinese government and subsequently died of the disease but there are a number of us as bipartisan would go as senators to briefingss we have been going back since the time of the impeachment. we would have an impeachment in the afternoon in discussions ifs about the virus in

or other national health authorities depending on the country. same goes with platforms like facebook, pinterest, instagram. we worked across the board trying to get the right information. and we just launched whatsapp platform w.h.o. that will provide to people updates on where we are. >> yes, that's very important. i want to ask you one more question. are you any closer to learning how long this virus is going to be with us? right now, you know, the united states, new jersey is about to lock down today, sunday. other states are doing that. it seems people are getting the message but everyone is, you know, understandably stressed about how long this could take. >> natalie, you can hear, you know, from different people, different modeling and different predictions. we at w.h.o. are not going into predictions simply because we don't know. but one thing we know is the course of this epidemic depends on how it is being addressed by all of us. so better we do now in trying to contain and slow down the spread of the virus, the sooner we will be over.

the peak it is not in that declining in size we heard from the representatives of it to these national health institute and they see the only thing they can point out terms of a slight light at the end of this dark tunnel is that the curve of contagion appears to be slightly flattening especially since the 20th of moxon they believe that that is a good sign now the president of the long but the region that's the hardest hit region that saw some 50 percent of those deaths that we saw in that one day close to a 1000 that massive he said that this region means see a decline in the next few days it's hard to understand how these figures work when you send such massive numbers but what's clear as well is the members of the institute of national health that told us it's inevitable that the lockdown period at least will be extended beyond that april date that was set earlier in this crisis we seen these uplifting videos of tally and singing from their balconies what is it like there now i mean how difficult is it to keep that sort of spirit going in italy. well call those flash mobs seem to have sto

it might be abortion and it might be national health. the supremeole with court and congress play in what you are talking about if a secession movement is declared and we start walking down that path. guest: inevitably everything ends up in front of the supreme court. they do?d there is an 1868 case which says no right of secession, that was decided when the civil war was over. if secession was in the future, i think the supreme court would hesitate before giving a loaded gun to the president and also the originalists on the court would pay attention to the fact that the framers thought secession was perfectly possible. host: we are talking with frank buckley, the book is "american secession: the looming threat of national breakup." if you have phone calls, phone lines are region. 202-748-8000 in the eastern or central time zones. 202-748-8001 in the mountain or pacific time zones. 3 for your text messages. please say those, your name and where you are from. caller: mr. buckley, i am concerned the lack of understanding in the country cur

we need to do our jobs even in times of national crisis, whether it's a national health crisis or terrorism. let's devise a week, let's work on a way that the senate and i hope the house debrises that will give -- debrises that will

the headlines: the national health service could soon be overwhelmed if people don't practice social distancing to tackle coronavirus. that's the warning from the british prime minister. london's mayor urges people to act responsibly. unless people stay at home, unless people stop using public transport, unless people stop interacting with each other, more people will die. three scottish people who were suffering from coronavirus have died. first minister nicola sturgeon said pubs that refuse to close are putting lives at risk. my message to them is close now. we have emergency powers within days to force you to close, and we will use these powers if we have two. nhs england writes to 1.5 million people, who are most at risk, strongly advising them not to go out for 12 weeks, to protect themselves. spain reports nearly 400 more deaths from coronavirus. that's up by a third in 2a hours. the country's state of emergency has been extended by 15 days. holland sees a 16% rise in confirmed cases of coronavirus. the death toll has gone up by 43 since yesterday. hello, and welcome to viewers

the national health service could soon be "overwhelmed" if people don't practice social distancing to tackle coronavirus. that's the warning from the british prime minister. london's mayor urges people to act responsibly. unless people stay at home, unless people stop using public transport, u nless unless it is essential. unless people stop interacting with each other, more people will die. borisjohnson urges people to "make the heroic and collective national effort" to slow the spread of the virus. he cautions against visiting loved ones on mother's day. nhs england writes to 1.5 million people who are most at risk — strongly advising them not to go out for 12 weeks, to protect themselves. spain reports nearly 400 more deaths from coronavirus. that's up by a third in 2a hours. the country's state of emergency has been extended by 15 days. the netherlands sees a 16% rise in confirmed cases of coronavirus. the death toll has gone up by 43 since yesterday. in india, more than a billion people have been asked to observe a 14—hour—long curfew to try to limit the epidemic. and in the unit

minister boris johnson has warned the coronavirus outbreak is accelerating and could overwhelm the national health if people don't do more to slow its spread. he's urging people not to visit parents on mother's day, and says everyone should join what he's called a "heroic and collective national effort" to follow social distancing advice. the number of people who've died in the uk from coronavirus has risen to 240, with 7 new deaths in wales reported this morning. there are more than 5,000 confirmed cases. the world health organization has told the bbc it will take at least a year to develop a vaccine against the virus. globally, more than 300,000 people are confirmed to have been infected with the virus, and more than 13,000 have died. spain, one of the worst affected countries, has just extended its state of emergency for another two weeks. we'll have reports from around the world over the next half an hour, but first, simonjones reports on the situation in the uk. borisjohnson says he's been forced to take measures never seen before either in peace or war. he warns that the uk is no more than t

minister boris johnson has warned the coronavirus outbreak is accelerating and could overwhelm the national healthervice if people don't do more to slow its spread. he's urging people not to visit parents on mother's day, and says everyone should join what he's called a "heroic and collective national effort" to follow social distancing advice. (gfx)the number of people who've died in the uk from coronavirus has risen to 233 with more than 5,000 confirmed cases. nhs england is to write to one and a half million people most at risk, strongly advising them not to go out for the next 12 weeks. globally, the number of coronavirus—related deaths is now more than 13,000. we'll have reports from around the world over the next half an hour, but first, simonjones reports on the situation in the uk. borisjohnson says he's been forced to take measures never seen before either in peace or war. he warns that the uk is no more than three weeks behind italy when it comes to the spread of the disease, writing about the need for social distancing, he says: if you do it, if you follow the advice, you are saving som

together, we can defend our nation's health and together, we can help prevent the spread of covid-19 and save lives. house democrats are continuing to work hard for the people every day to protect you and your families health and make sure communities across our nation have the resources they need to stay safe and healthy. we have your back. thank you. sandersnday, bernie hold a rally in michigan i head of the state's primary. watch at 12:30 eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on their free c-span radio app. ♪ it comes out today, a campaign in which we have one candidate who is standing up for the working-class and middle-class, we are going to win that election. have beense who knocked down, counted out, left behind, this is your campaign. >> the primaries and caucuses continue tuesday for six states. idaho, michigan, mississippi, missouri, north dakota, and washington. what our coverage of the speeches and results tuesday evening live on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. next, a panel on human rights and democracy with former state department official

a young yoga teacher suggested a doorstep show of support for the nation's carers, health workers andt,, this... cheering and applause ..in what is a time of isolation and fear. street after street, after street. a national moment of thanks and togetherness. glasgow. . .. applause belfast. . .. applause leeds... applause london. . .. applause as you can see, it's an extraordinary sight. on this street alone, everyone has turned out. a reminder ofjust what this has done, notjust to help the carers, but also bring communities together. people are working as cleaners, people are working as nurses, people are working as doctors and we've got some people out in the street as well who work in the local pharmacies. and this is an absolute nightmare so it's time we alljust have to stand together, shoulder—to—shoulder and show our appreciation. they're doing such a sterling job and i take my hat clean off to them. i could never do it. my heart goes out to them. and all of this from that single online suggestion just a week ago. so this was just an idea of yours and it took off really quickly,

s national health service being swamped in the weeks ahead but although coronavirus hospitalizations and deaths are expected to keep going up the u.k.'s chief science officer does see some cause for optimism you would expect to see a continuation of this at least over 2 or 3 weeks then a stabilization and a gradual decrease there after the number of hospital admissions to repeat has gone up roughly the same amount each day suggesting that we're not on a fast acceleration at the moment. if this is the last thing slow down it suggests that the government stay at home campaign for the shuttered shops the social distancing all of this is working but the scientists warn loosen the restrictions too quickly and all that progress could be wasted some of the 750000 people who volunteered to support health workers have come from furloughed companies easy jet has grounded its entire fleet and staff are heading to the new hospitals by slightly just. now really not. and. you know it's. the government's chief scientist say it could be 6 months maybe more before the u.k. returns to anything like no

and protect our nation's health. i hope these discussions will bring agreements. they must reach agreement by the end of the day today. that should allow a bipartisan package focused on immediate challenges. the crisis is moving fast. here, we are working, and we are working, and we're going to deliver. sen. schumer: the coronavirus coue

a young yoga teacher suggested a doorstep show of support for the nation's carers, health workers andt,, this... cheering and applause ..in what is a time of isolation and fear. street after street, after street. a national moment of thanks and togetherness. glasgow. . .. applause belfast. . .. applause leeds... applause london... applause as you can see, it's an extraordinary sight. on this street alone, everyone has turned out — a reminder ofjust what this has done... well, notjust to help the carers, but also bring communities together. people are working as cleaners, people are working as nurses, people are working as doctors and we've got some people out in the street as well who work in the local pharmacies. and this is an absolute nightmare, so it's time we alljust have to stand together, shoulder—to—shoulder and show our appreciation. they're doing such a sterling job and i take my hat clean off to them. i could never do it. my heart goes out to them. and all of this from that single online suggestion just a week ago. so this was just an idea of yours and it took off really qu

service the $58000.00 national health service health care facilities that they're on the country but you're talking about pharmacies as well dentists care homes for the elderly as well as also the social care workers those personal protection equipment that's going to be rolled out to them over the coming week now when you look at how the n.h.s. has been dealing with this as well there's also a concern that about testing as well and equipment not getting quickly enough to them the government did pledge on saturday that it was cutting the red tape to be able to have access to things such as hand sanitizers also said that there was a. alaska globe well why did not just like this but also. to have things like for example components for tests testing for health workers in the u.k. as well it is a been enormous concern as well and the emergency to get those as quickly as possible done and gold is of is paramount importance really because of course those who are feeling any of the symptoms have to stay away for 2 weeks thereby putting more strain on the health system now with. in relat

it's reported more than 300 new cases in the past week and most are brought in from overseas the national health commission says that's raising the chances of a new outbreak china is already preventing nearly all foreigners from entering the country talk about the u.s. now they are more than 124000 people have now tested positive or than 2100 have died the centers for disease control is urging residents of new york new jersey and connecticut to avoid non-essential travel for at least the next 14 days and half of 'd the total number of people who have died around the world are from just 2 countries in europe italy and spain spanish army has now been asked to transport bodies because undertakers are unable to cope so let's go to clark now inhibits to what is happening in china she is in hong kong so what is it latest with china sara more about that the concern that there could be another outbreak. well china's key concern and the new battleground is certainly look at the number of imported cases that are coming back into china these are travelers from abroad who are returning to the country that c

workers are told — stay at home. 20,000 britsih doctors and nurses say they'll return to help the national healthce through the cornavirus crisis. donald trump extends federal coronavirus guidelines, to the end of april. the leading government expert predicts it could kill 200,000 americans. created in days — a collaboration with the mercedes formula 1 team develops a breathing aid that can help coronavirus patients. and — the german personal trainer who's lifting weights and spirits during these trying times. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments in britain and globally. tighter coronavirus restrictions have come into force in spain, which has been in lockdown for two weeks. all non—essential workers have been told to stay at home for the next eleven days. the uk government is expected to announce plans to acquire thousands more ventilators by the time the outbreak reaches its peak. a breathing aid that can help keep patients out of intensive care has been created in just a few days by engineers at university college

and we need to continue taking action to stand with medical professionals and protect our nation's health. laid-off workers cannot wait. struggling main street businesses cannot wait. our hospitals and health centers cannot wait. so as i said, i hope these member-level discussions will be able to produce agreements in principle on all four components by the end of the day today. in fact, they must reach agreement by the end of the day today. that would leave tomorrow for drafting legislative text and for the first procedural vote. and that should allow a bipartisan package focused on immediate challenges to pass the senate on monday. the crisis is moving fast. the senate is here. we are working,

role and powers of the local,, state and federal governments during a health emergency with georgetown university law center nationalnd global health law director. and with arizona state university center a public health's director james hodge. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7 p.m. eastern tuesday morning. join the discussion. earlier today, senate leader mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer came to the senate floor to discuss the coronavirus response and how the

hardest hit countries but speak now to fly very categories of roland just that they tally a national institute of health she joins us now live from rome adam thank you so much for joining us at the new measures that the government has put in place across the nation have been in place for about a day and a half but of course we had seen a lockdown really of northern italy a red zone in some parts of northern italy as was the question is is it too early to see whether these measures are actually working in containing the virus. well what i can say is that we're starting to see some good initial signs from the 1st affected areas and this is also a reason why we really felt the need to expand and to you know protect this to a next step and also what this is also helping is really to gain an awareness and a community engagement that this is something unusual and we need to react in a different way than we would normally you've obviously been following the developments of this fire is since people started to know about it what would you say the reaction has been from the average person i guess in italy who pe

reporter: they are needed to stop the national health service from being swamped in the weeks ahead. andnavirus hospitalizations deaths are expected to keep going up. the u.k. chief science officer -- >> you would expect to see increase over the next two or three weeks, then stabilization and gradual decrease. the number of patients has gone up roughly these amount each day, suggesting we are not at a faster the ration. reporter: if this is a lasting slowdown, it suggests the government's stay-at-home campaign, social distancing is working. thentists worn loosened restrictions too quickly and the progress could be wasted. people who 750,000 volunteer to support health workers have come from furloughed companies. dz jet has grounded its entire fleet and staff are heading to the new hospitals. i like the organization. while i am not flying, it would be nice to get back to the community. reporter: the government's chief scientists say it could be six months or more before the u.k. returns to anything like normality. it will be counting the cost of such a deep economic shut down for a wh

each has a multiple sites averaging eight to nine so there is about 12000 committee health center sites.tr around the nation they are very strategically placed in every state, territory, the district of columbia, and also puerto rico. we offer comprehensive care which includes primary care medical care, dental oral health, disorders, and many other things that we do. we are the connection to relate the safety net. we have 49% medicaid patients, we have 23% uninsured, we are the ones on the front lines providing primary care to the communities that really need it. >> those uninsured, what happens with those folks? how much i paid back your services? >> it is a great benefit, we have a great relationship with the bureau of healthcare. they administer the public health 330 grants, which includes the community health centers. about 60% of each budget goes to that. it enables us to take care of people that 23% that have no health insurance. so we had a sliding fee according to their family size and their annual income. so they can afford to commit and see us. >> for funding you just saw the congress and the pres

was also highlighted today in today's press conference on saturday with the help of the english national health health service where he said that if the deaths of 19 in the u.k. would be kept to 20000 then the u.k. would have done very well indeed to have kept ahead of that but of course the numbers have increased dramatically just a week ago there were some 5000 cases of coronavirus in the u.k. and a week later it's 17 thousands more than that in fact but so what pressure to try and keep the numbers down really is on the government right now but it's also upon everyone else so everyone is so the government is saying that everyone now has a responsibility to stay at home to practice social distancing and to not really. mix with people. if they are to try and stop the flow which already is looking like it's rather dramatically sort of quite late for that now it really doesn't deeds and so new this advice. the prime minister is going to be ramming home in this letter i mean there's nothing new there they've been giving this advice for several days now do you think this letter will be enough to ch

claire: a call to service that to heart,ok volunteering with the national health service, heeding theovernment's plea. an army of volunteers that will play a key role in avoiding the outbreak, according to the prime minister. pm johnson: they will be driving medicines from pharmacies to patients, they will be bringing patients home from hospital. very importantly, they will be making regular phone calls to chcheck on and d support peopleo are staying on their own at home, and they will be absolutely crucial in the fight against this virus. claire: as of wednesday, the u.k. has recorded more than 400 deaths, more than 9000 cases, including prince charles, first in line to the british throne. he has mild symptoms but is otherwise in good health, according to buckingham palace. since monday, the u.k. has been on lockdown, with all nonessential business i closed. they faced criticism for failing to impose quarantine similar to those of its european neighbors. authorities have also announced plans to convert a london convention center into a hospital with 4000 beds dedicated to coronavirus

charlotte: at the current state of the national health service in the u.k. wouldn't be able to cope, i think, with the number of infected people. there are not enough intensive care beds, there are not enough ventilators, especially in comparison to other european countries. now the authorities are finally stepping up, and we are seeing that british industries are producing thousands of ventilators, 35,000 doctors and nurses new and retired are going to join the national health service, and here in london, a huge conference center is going to be open its doors as a giant hospital in the next week. authorities are stepping up. at the moment, the worry is that there is not enough protective gear for the staffers at the hospitals, and this is why the military is stepping in to provide access and to distribute that to the hospital around the country. brent: dw's charlotte potts in london, thank you very much. you are watching "dw news." after a short break, i will be back to take you through "the day." in just a few moments, after the day, we have extensive cove

victims race is higher the country struggling to cope as faith thomas the surge again in the nation's health care workers are paying a heavy price as they work to save lives. yes welcome to the program italy has set another grim record for the most deaths from corona virus in a single day almost $1000.00 people have died in the last 24 hours bringing the total death toll to over 9000 that's the highest number of any country and health officials say the worst may be yet to come hospital wards are still full and though doctors say the number of patients is not steady and contagious. rates appear to be slowing giving hope that the strict social controls may be working but the lock down is hitting the italian economy hard the homeless are among the most affected churches and charities are overloaded with people looking for basic supplies. now for more let's bring in journalist sima who is following the developments from rome so more and more bad news for italy how are authors he's explaining this new record figure of almost 1000 deaths in just one day yes you're absolutely right i mean that in m

nine of 10 of them have national health care and so, you have two concentric sources there where you have national health care systems with the government essentially, as well as employers who are kind of sources of information. and do we see them coordinating enough? how would you, a, advise an employer to navigate that system or communicate with the government about what they need in terms of from the health care system in their country? and how would you advise the government on how to address employers if the health care system is partly or-- in part or wholly national. i'll turn to richard and lisa if you want to chime in. part of what richard referenced and i will pull out more in our overall data that there's a perception of competency or lack of competency in the four arenas that we look at. but there is a desperate need for government and business to work together. there's a need and there's an expectation for government and business to work together and i actually think this is the prime opportunity to showcase how working together makes a difference and it's a natural expe

it is to cover all walks of life,articularly the national health service.t's about whether, for example, former cliniananseturn to work, those who are retired, can they return to the work force. about making things easier the pandemic spreads. the big fear is that the national health service with hospitals will be overwhe by the number of cases. other measures brought in today asking those who are mos risk with underlying illnesses, 1.5 mlion of them in england alone, to stay at home for 12 weeks. not to leave the house. they wil some of tm need food parcells delivered to the door, medicine delivered, as well. these measures that you could never have dreamt of but which we've seen in other countries and the call tonight from many politicians is.khat the needs to go further to try and stop this virus spreading. anchor: we'll wait to hear what the prime minister say vickie, for the time being, thanyou very much. vickie young outside number 10 do you downg street. i want to move to the united states, update you on an economic rescue plan which has again failed

it will rush new resources onto the front lines of our nation's health care fight and it will inject trillions of dollars of cash into the economy as fast as possible to help american workers, families, small businesses, and industries make it through this disruption. and emerge on the other side, ready to soar. the bipartisan cares act will squarely address each of the big four priorities that i laid out in my legislation at the beginning of the process about a week ago. it will rush financial assistance to americans through direct checks, to households from the middle class on down, and through a significant and creative expansion of unemployment insurance during this emergency. it will deliver historic relief to main street america through hundreds of billions of dollars in emergency loans so more small businesses can survive this and keep paying their workers. it will help secure our economic foundations and staebllize key national industries to prevents as many layoffs as possible while keeping big companies accountable as both sides have sought to do. and of course, it will pus

health to save lives. they are performing a national service. the numbers of infected individuals and the rapidly rising death toll with staggering. if we do not follow public health experts advice, the totals could be truly horrifying. in new mexico we have over 100 diagnosed cases and today the first death in our state was reported, a senior citizens from edy county in the southeastern part of our state passed away. all americans are facing new challenges, a threat to our health, a threat to our economy. my top priority is easing this hardship and making sure new mexicans have what they need to stay healthy and to stay economically afloat. with that in mind, i'm rising it today to tell new mexicans relief is on the way. we relief to american workers who have been put of work and to small businesses that are making impossible decisions because of the coronavirus pandemic. relief to our hospitals and front-line health care workers facing an overwhelmed health care system in the coming weeks and months and relief to local states and governments th

the national health service could be, quote, overwhelmed if people don't act now to slow the spread ofovid-19. the latest new plans for the uk after a change of tactic by the government. >> you rarely hear the message don't go see your mother but that's exactly what prime minister boris johnson told the nation yesterday warning that despite the fact that today is mother's day in the united kingdom, he urged everyone to practice social distancing and to avoid seeing people saying the best present to give their mother is to not expose them potentially to coronavirus. now the lockdown in the united kingdom really got started on friday evening when the government shutdown pretty much any place that people would congregate, pubs, restaurants, gyms, leisure centers, schools finally closed down. this comes after some criticism the united kingdom did not do this sooner. and boris johnson was warning yesterday that the uk is not far behind italy. he says italy has a very good health system. and if they're being overwhelmed that the nhs will be overwhelmed unless people take these social distanc

i think there is a real nervous n'est that the national health service could get overwhelmed a little bit like it's a least bit overwhelmed the figure that came out today is that one quarter of all the doctors working for the national health service are at the moment not reporting for duty because they've been forced to go into isolation because they've got all the risks or because members of the family thought too of course the virus so if they're functioning on 83 quarters of the doctors in the system and we've nowhere near reached the peak yet which is probably going to come in 3 or 4 weeks' time i think that's the great. and the criticism of the government has been they've simply had not been doing enough testing to know who is infected and who isn't if they could test these doctors they might be a lot able to have the back of. the shocking number there were a quarter of the physicians not reporting to work the u.k. we understand quit in the u.k. missed out on a scheme from the european union to buy them to later years in bulk at a reduced price because that offer appearing lee la

this week mexico's deputy health minister called for a voluntary 30 day isolation period and declared a national public health emergency. this is our last chance to avoid contagion all we cannot limit the damage we do not want to live in the situation that other countries are facing. in brazil concerns are growing that public health services could collapse by the end of april as the number of covert 9000 infections continues to grow authorities in rio have begun repurposing schools and events spaces to tend to the most vulnerable like the city's homeless population. this space will be for shelter from those who accept being protected from coronavirus because this population is the most vulnerable and the streets they are very exposed in latin america calls for self isolation as the best defense against covert 19 are intensifying in cuba a lot down is in effect until at least the end of april and only citizens or foreign residents are being allowed into the country all travelers arriving from abroad are sent to a quarantine center for a period of 2 weeks. i live in the united states but i came as

britain's national health service starts recruiting medical students and retired staff in the drive to build an n.h.s. army that is staff face increasing pressure and abuse amid the coronavirus. there's a lot of. questions left on and on so we need all the help we can get. more than 10000 coronavirus cases have not been reported in the west on from shifts the blame to chinese officials saying that they failed to share information on the outbreak. just on 6 pm here in moscow the watching r.t. international coronavirus pandemic has claimed more than 10000 lives worldwide more than 246000 people have been infected so far and the death toll in italy has surpassed that of china meanwhile the world health organization has begun the 1st trials of a possible vaccine although it will be that what is estimated it will be another 12 months before it's available. well russia has also started its own code with 19 vaccine trials the country already has 200 confirmed cases. visited moscow sheremetyevo airport to see though possible reasons why the number of infections in russia is relatively low comp

health systems across the nation are beginning to identify, isolate, and care for patients with covid 19. health care must prioritize the protection of patients and health care workers including appropriate training on infection control practices, personal protective equipment, and surge capacity. unfortunately, funding for the hospital preparedness program which helps prepare the health care system to respond to and recover from emergencies has been cut nearly in half since 2003. fourth, congress should support the medical countermeasures enterprised including the barta and then the strategic national stockpile which build the pipeline of vaccines, treatment, medical equipment, and supplies for health security threats. fifth, we must build the pipeline of the public health work force. although supplemental funding may help with short-term hiring, this temporary funding does not allow for recruitment and retention of workers. emergency preparedness and response are personnel intensive endeavors that require training, exercise, and coordination across sectors. this experience just cann

and the other thing the government are trying to do is ramp up the national health service preparationsbreak really hitting its peak. we had that announcement, quite a dramatic announcement, that they are creating this sort of field hospital in east london with 4000 beds. yes, a big drive from the health secretary, matt hancock, today to not only get that temporary hospital up not only get that temporary hospital up and running in the east of london, in docklands, the xl centre there, a big venue with capacity for 4000 patients. it will be staffed by the military and also medics from the military and also medics from the nhs, but also to recruit 250,000 volunteers, that is the government saying, to support volunteers during the crisis, and those are people who will be in many cases delivering essential medical and food supplies toi.5 essential medical and food supplies to 1.5 million people who are being contacted to 1.5 million people who are being co nta cted by to 1.5 million people who are being contacted by the nhs over the next few days, and being told to stay at home for 12 weeks

it perhaps get your take on another big issue we're speaking about today in britain with the national health service the the big debate with the government there professor is is to try and really. as you're saying the plot to the c's they really want to level at all it's so that people will in fact get the disease but the be able to get treated by the national health service now it's a risky strategy because it means that the government is in essence saying more people will die particularly the elderly what is your take on what the british government is implementing. well all i can say is as someone viewing it from afar i think it's a very risky strategy and. unfortunately i think that in these sort of situations there are not a lot of easy answers i guess my perspective is that they're probably moving in the wrong direction but then again i don't consider myself an expert in these matters and unfortunately these people are facing a lot of very difficult decisions i don't envy them there are the responsibilities of the case well thanks very much for taking the time to speak to us and staying

the headlines: the national health service could soon be overwhelmed if people don't practice social distancing to tackle coronavirus. that's the warning from the british prime minister. london's mayor urges people to act responsibly. unless people stay at home, unless people stop using public transport unless it's essential, unless people stop interacting with each other, more people will die. borisjohnson urges people to make the heroic and collective national effort to slow the spread of the virus. he cautions against visiting loved ones on mother's day. nhs england writes to 1.5 million people who are most at risk, strongly advising them not to go out for 12 weeks to protect themselves. spain reports nearly 400 more deaths from coronavirus. that's up by a third in 2a hours. the country's state of emergency has been extended by 15 days. in india, more than a billion people have been asked to observer a m hour—long curfew to try to limit the epidemic. and in america, one in five people are ordered to stay at home as state authorities struggle to control the pandemic. now on bbc new