a question i put to sir paul nurse.we get through it, we will have the potential vaccines. we will have potential treatments. and we will learn how to manage it if it doesn't go away in the future. but make no mistake, two things, it has damaged us, and the second thing is, the only way through this is through scientists and experts finding their way through it. drive—through testing centres for nhs staff in the london area have been set up, but this one appeared strangely quiet today, even though many health workers are very keen to get tested. a government source said it was a trial, and a little time was needed to get it fully operational. hugh pym, bbc news. there are two types of tests for this virus. one is the swab test, which tells you if you currently have the virus or not. the other is an antibody test, which will be able to tell you, weeks later when you've got no symptoms, whether or not you actually had coronavirus. many people may get it without ever knowing. a number of different companies and research in

a question i put to sir paul nurse.e do we will have potential vaccines and potential treatments and we will learn how to manage it if it doesn't go away in the future. but make no mistake, two things, it has damaged us and the second thing is the only way through this is through scientists and experts finding their way through it. the nhs in scotland has set up a drive—through testing centres for critical care workers, including this one in fife. similarfacilities in the london area appeared very quiet today, even though there is clearly a demand for testing amongst health workers. hugh pym, bbc news. there are two types of tests for this virus — one is the swab test — which tells you if you currently have the virus or not. the other — which is being developed — is an antibody test — which will be able to tell you — whether or not you actually had coronavirus — many people may get it without ever knowing. a number of different companies and research institutes are working on this antibody test as our medical correspond

a question i put to sir paul nurse. have potential vaccines and potential treatments and we will learn how to manage it if it doesn't go away in the future. but make no mistake, two things, it has damaged us and the second thing is the only way through this is through scientists and experts finding their way through it. the nhs in scotland has set up a drive—through testing centres for critical care workers, including this one in fife. similarfacilities in the london area appeared very quiet today, even though there is clearly a demand for testing amongst health workers. hugh pym, bbc news. in the united states there's more evidence of the massive impact the virus is having on the country's economy. six and a half million people applied for unemployment benefit last week alone, that's the highest number the country has ever seen. the latest death toll in america is now more than 5,000. from washington, our north america editorjon sopel reports. it's a perfect spring day in washington and this is one of the city's busies

carrying out 100,000 tests a day, by the end of this month, has been described as a ‘stretch‘ by sir paul nurse sir paul made his remarks in evidence to the house of commons science committee. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, looks at the government‘s performance in meeting its testing target. the planes may be grounded, but there is some activity at gatwick airport as part of a response to the coronavirus. a long—stay car park is being used as a drive—through testing center for nhs stop. other sites like the 02 in southeast london are already in operation as health workers wanting to come out of self—isolation get tested to see if they are cleared to get back to work. another in surrey still seemed very quiet. after repeated criticism over low levels of testing, the government last week called on academic and business laboratories to help a national effort to help boost capacity, with a highly ambitious new target of 100,000 a day by the end of this month. we all have to work together to try to achieve what has to be achieved. 100,000 is a stretch, though. it is a stretch. three new large laborato

carrying out 100,000 tests a day by the end of this month has been described as a "stretch", by sir paul nurseent research unit the francis crick institute. the current figure being tested is about 14,000 per day. sir paul made his remarks in evidence to the house of commons science committee. 0ur health editor hugh pym looks at the government's performance in meeting its testing target. the planes are grounded, but there is activity at gatwick airport, as part of the response to the coronavirus. a long—stay car park's being used as a drive—through testing centre for nhs staff. others have been set up to allow health workers to come out of self isolation and back to work if they test negative. the government's working with academic and business laboratories to boost testing for patients and nhs staff, but the new target of 100,000 a day by the end of this month looks ambitious. we all have to work together to try and achieve what has to be achieved. 100,000 is a stretch, though. it is a stretch. three new large laboratories, including this one at milton keynes, have been set up to process test

earlier i spoke to sir paul nurse, who's the chief executive of the francis crick institute.t covid—19 so we made the decision to re—purpose this research institute into accommodating a diagnostic testing facility, not what we normally do but we have the equipment facilities and the ability to make chemicals and the ability to make chemicals and so wants to allow us to do that. we have been working round the clock for the last two weeks to do that. we have volunteers working in here come up to 100 trying to put that in place. this week we have managed to get our assays are working to a national standard, putting through 50 200 per dayjust to check it. as you said, we should be able to roll out 500 per day next week which is 3000 per week and we hope soon after that to go up to around 2000 per day which, as you know, it impacts the total number of nhs workers who have been tested up until now —— is in fa ct. been tested up until now —— is in fact. 0ur been tested up until now —— is in fact. our objective to support those on the front line, care workers, to give them very rapid

out 100,000 tests a day — by the end of this month — has been described as a ‘stretch‘ — by sir paul nurseunit. the current figure is about iii—thousand per day. sir paul made his remarks in evidence to the house of commons science committee. 0ur health editor hugh pym looks at the government's performance — in meeting its testing target. the planes may be grounded, but there is some activity at gatwick airport as part of a response to the coronavirus. a long—stay car park is being used as a drive—through testing center for nhs stop. other sites like the 02 in southeast london are already in operation as health workers wanting to come out of self—isolation get tested to see if they are cleared to get back to work. another in surrey still seemed very quiet. after repeated criticism over low levels of testing, the government last week called on academic and business laboratories to help a national effort to help boost capacity, with a highly ambitious new target of 100,000 a day by the end of this month. we all have to work together to try to achieve what has to be achieved. 100,000 is a str

perhaps you heard the employee at the los angeles nursing facility paul vercammen spoke with earlier ing about people who are caring for folks in these nursing care facilities, i mean, they're working very close confines and having to be very personal. you can't social distance. you have to bathe them. you might be feeding them. you know? you are also, you know -- really showing them love. you know, so it's a very difficult situation, because many of the care workers have to be in close confines. you know? and you are talking about what may be a very vulnerable population on top of that. >> absolutely. fred, it's really difficult, i think, for a lot of these front-line caregivers. most make minimum wage and for them it's potentially not worth it to go into work if it means exposing their family, putting their families at risk. i've seen communities where nursing homes have to transfer patients and shut down in states, because they haven't had enough staff show up, or dozens of staff simply said we're not going to risk it or show up to work puting our own families at risk to transfer t

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barely glance at the view in the effort to combat the virus there is no such time to waste paul brennan al-jazeera a nurse in spain has taken to facebook to express her frustration she says the number of infected is nuts higher than the government is willing to acknowledge her stuff doesn't. what is happening in madrid is i know what's happening in other communities but i'll talk about what i know myself we are completely overflowed health workers are exhausted physically and emotionally because this is awful this is an inferno the numbers that i'm seeing on television are false why are they false because they are not testing people if anyone has light symptoms he's staying at home and that person does not count as positive but he is that person is infecting his partner or his parents. mexico has declared a public health emergency as the number of confirmed cases surges past 1000 several countries across latin america and the caribbean are extending calls for people to stay in their homes and will repel reports now from mexico city. mexican health authorities are warning the country's health system could

. >> california is also struggling with a surge of infections in its nursing homes as well as paul buchanan reports. paul. >> reporter: the mayor of los angeles delivering an evening address, a state of the city address, and saying that los angeles is grieving but not broken. it's grieving in part because of what has happened at nursing homes. briar oak, east hollywood, 80 residents have tested positive for coronavirus, 62 staff members. throughout the state more than 3,000 cases linked to nursing homes. in central california redwood springs has had 107 residents test positive, 10 have died. 54 residents have tested positive, including one we spoke to over the phone. she wanted to keep herself anonymous. she said she came down with covid-19, passed it on to her daughter. she told tales of working with just a paper mask and said that nobody wants to do a job that requires people to be very close to those residents, including giving them baths. >> nobody wants to sign up for that. >> reporter: tough work? >> yes. it's back breaking work. it's rewarding to see like, you know, your patients get

glance at the view in the effort to combat the virus there is no such time to waste paul brennan al-jazeera. now a nurse in spain has taken to facebook to express her frustration she's convinced the number of infected there is much higher than the government is willing to acknowledge. what is happening in madrid i know what's happening in other communities but i'll talk about what i know myself we are completely overflowed health workers are exhausted physically and emotionally because this is awful this is an inferno the numbers that i'm seeing on television are false why are they false because they are not testing people if anyone has late symptoms he's staying at home and that person does not count as positive but he is that person is infecting his partner or his parents. now disease specialists are criticizing the mass spraying of disinfectant in the fight against corona virus footage emerge on sunday of a group of migrant workers in the indian state of pradesh being washed down by men in protective suits the video has caused widespread anger in india and the local administrators apologized saying n

the icu at this brooklyn hospital, there is a hopeful sign for doctors and nurses saving lives by any means necessary. dr. paul saunders is using a rare treatment for younger patients and it temporarily draws blood out of the body to oxygenate red blood cells in patients whose lungs aren't functioning. >> with such limits resources, we have to be careful as to who we'll offer it to and make sure they have a good chance of a good benefit. [ applause ] >> reporter: just before deploying that treatment, dr. sade thcoronavirus himself. >> thank you very much. totally unexpected and undeserved. >> that is the one thing he's wrong about. well deserved there. and, meanwhile, researchers at columbia university say they've discovered an ultraviolet light that may kill the coronavirus and could be used in places like airports and schools and waiting for fda approval. >>> the virus has been devastating for nursing homes.is statidsihave nowies say mor and in ohio, workers at two assisted living centers are going to new lengths to protect their residents. the nurse, cooks and housekeepers have been living at the facility f

nurses like him are invaluable. the village is always grateful. business leaders is both to buy the brass paul. business leaders is both to buy no brass path. russia has jeopardized the united states security interests we know what you are doing and you will not succeed perceptions from the outside looking. but more to the picture from the inside. i think russia's foreign policy is too soft to us russian goals have be achieved not peace and more diffuse full russia on al-jazeera. what's most important is. understanding what they are going here and i can see it or we believe everyone has a story worth hearing. this is al jazeera i'm terry navigator with a check on your world headlines the official global death toll of the corona virus pandemic has now passed the 100000 with more than 1600000 confirmed cases the world health organization has warned governments against prematurely rolling back restrictions as the number of cases level out in some countries the us president donald trump is among those taking an optimistic view of the statistics his daily briefing on friday he said the number of inf

nursing homes. reporting from los angeles, i'm paul very cammen. now back to you. >>> joining me now is dr. michael wasserman. such an important thing to be reporting on here. this is one of the great tragedies of this pandemic, not just in the u.s., globally. i mean, we don't even know how many people have died in care facilities. what we do know is it's incredibly high. you've devoted yourself to the needs of seniors i think for 30 years. what is it like to see what's unfolding in these facilities? >> michael it's really been difficult and tragic. these are the people who cared for us when we were younger, and many of them fought in wars for us and really have dedicated they're lives. and to see them suffer the way they have has really been tragic. >> yeah, what already-existing issues have been, i guess, exposed by the crisis? i mean, things like staffing level, staffing pay, proper regulation of infectious diseases? a lot of these places are privately run for profit. has there been enough oversight? >> i'll be honest. i'm not a huge fan of overregulation and oversight per se. i believe

nurse just. before my son was born and i always wanted to learn a professional. knowledge of john. paul but if i left now i do miss my son and my mother too much. couldn't have giacomo my cooking wanted to prove me wrong there no not next year. you know. you're you're. you're done what you're facing some major challenges you know. something i haven't realized it yet but this land will not go into people asking where you. seem. to be. getting. ne ne ne ne win. europe. what unites. us what divides. the man the driving force. what binds the content together. the answers and stories of plunging the. spotlight on people. some good. evening to minutes on w. . the global corona crisis you can find more information online at e.w. dot com and on t.w. social media channels. with him had a big gun because i'm ugly as well by a spy you know if i had known the boat would be small i never would have gone on a trip to cuba i would not have put myself and my parents so much danger to the bottom of the name of the going to give us leave would. love one son to deposit one little woman to give them i had

. >> registered nurse kyle navarro from san francisco. instagram influencer jackfroot. paul zaffo.nd jeff rosen, santa clara county district attorney. let's start with russell jung. you lead the stop hate online reporting center. so what do the latest numbers show us about hostilities against asians locally and across the country. russell? >> hostility is pervasive and growing. we've received over 1100 cases of anti-asian coronavirus discrimination in just the last two weeks, without even advertising or publicizing the site. asian americans are experiencing harrowing incidents of being yelled at, shunned and even physically attacked. what's striking is a lot of times people are being spat and coughed upon. so it has a sort of public health threat as well. >> okay, russell, thank you. there have been so many instances like this of people spitting and attacking and saying horrible things. let's turn to paul sappho next. you study society, paul. it's so fascinating about the nature of human behavior. what is it about the pandemic that brings out and magnifies our send stendency to bla

the icu at this brooklyn hospital, there's a hopeful sign for doctors and nurses saving lives by any means necessary. dr. paulen ventilators are not enough. the treatment temporarily draws blood out of the body to help oxygenate young patients. >> with such limited resources we have to be very careful to -- as to who we're going to offer it to, making sure those patients are ones that really have a good chance of a good benefit. >> reporter: just before deploying that treatment, dr. saunders received this warm welcome from the hospital staff. when he returned to work after beating the coronavirus himself. >> thank you very much. totally unexpected and undeserved. >> it's very well deserved there. with so many new yorkers dying, governor andrew cuomo's authorizing out-of-state funeral directors to work in the state to ease the load. >>> now to the economic toll of the crisis. a new u.n. report says 81% of the world's workers are being affected by workplace closures right now. some of those workers were among the 6.6 million americans who filed for unemployment last week. the labor secretary says some states ar

hope the world learned from 19 is that we must invest in nurses and midwives without them the world would indeed be in a very dark place right now paul brennan al-jazeera the u.k.'s prime minister johnson is spending a 2nd night in intensive care as he battles covert 19 foreign secretary dominic robb who stepped in to lead government says that johnson is stable if barker reports. this is where the most powerful man in britain is on the close observation downing street say the prime minister who is 55 is stable and a good spirits he is conscious and does not have pneumonia he's been given oxygen but house and been put on a ventilator as one nearby if needed. the foreign secretary dominic robb will stand in for johnson when necessary leading the government's daily coronavirus cabinet meeting and a briefing in downing street he's an experienced politician but he's had little time to prepare it comes as a shock to all of us he's not just the prime minister for all of us in cabinet he's not just our boss he's also a colleague and he's also a friend so some prayers are with the prime minister at this time with kerry and with his whole fami

world learned from quoted 19 is that we must invest in nurses and midwives without them the world would indeed be in a very dark place right now paul brennan al-jazeera. the u.k.'s prime minister boris johnson is spending a 2nd bite intensive care as he battles covert 19 foreign secretary dominic robb who stepped in to lead the government says that johnson is stable and has been given oxygen but isn't on a ventilator he was 1st admitted to hospital on sunday after suffering persistent symptoms including a fever and a cough for more than 10 days live out of london and 2 others under serious charlie angela what's the latest on prime minister boris johnson's condition shyly. well not a huge amount beyond what you have just said because downing street has not given a briefing since then but it is the 2nd night in intensive care and sent thomas' hospital in london which is one of the country's leading hospitals and was one of the 1st to take in patients with corona virus that has as much experience with this virus as doctors can possibly have dominic rob who is the foreign secretary and now boris johnson's designated deputy said that th

personal protective equipment for doctors and nurses and that's after coming under growing pressure following new guidelines which tell medical workers to reuse some. paul brennan has more from ashford. towards the tail end of this past week it's really built up to a crescendo it's no longer just a health care issue it's become a real political hot potato when the government here in the u.k. is getting considerable amounts of flak for it i mean they're kind of a confluence of several different things the chairman that the head of the public health care providers. and he's the chairman of the n.h.s. providers who look after represent hospitals basically said that gowns the fall downs that are worn in intensive care will be exhausted supplies could be exhausted within 24 to 48 hours. soldiers in a suit to have not returned to the barracks after the prime minister ordered them over to the streets to in his words restore peace and order tamas them bonnie is under pressure to step down over allegations that he was involved in his a strange wife's murder. forces from libya's even recognize government have killed 8 fighters loyal to warlord cleef and after the

i want to thank the many nurses, men, and women, whose care has been so astonishing. i'm going to forget some names. i want to thank paulannon, becky, rachel, nikki and ann and i hope they won't mind if i mention in particular two nurses who stood by my bedside for 48 hours when things could have gone either way. they're jenny from new zealand and louise from portugal, near porto. and the reason in the end my body did start to get enough oxygen was because for every second of the night they were watching and they were thinking and they were caring and making the interventions i needed. so that is how i also know that across this country 24 hours a day for every second of every hour there are hundreds of thousands of nhs staff who are acting with the same care and thought and precision as jenny and louise. that is why we will defeat this coronavirus and defeat it together. we will win because our nhs is the beating heart of this country. it is the best of this country. it is unconquerable. it is powered by love. so thank you from me, from all of us, to the nhs. let's remember to follow the rules on social distancing, sta

world learned from globe 19 is that we must invest in nurses and midwives without them the world would indeed be in a very dark place right now paul brennan al-jazeera britain's prime minister is spending a 2nd bite in intensive care or is johnson is said to be in a stable condition and in good spirits he was admitted to the i.c.u. on monday evening with persistent virus and. protesters in ivory coast's commercial capital of torn down a coronavirus testing facility that was under construction there angry residents said that they were afraid it would spread the virus through their district the city has been under lockdown since march 23rd the main treatment center for covert 19 cases in libya has been attacked by forces loyal to warlord khalifa haftar as for the escalation and facing in the last 2 weeks despite calls for a cease fire to deal with the pandemic those headlines the news continues here out of syria after tell the world next. northwest china what's called the seen jang week autonomous region. in august 28th seen a united nations committee said it had received reports suggesting that new government policies were transfor

wood learned from quoted 19 is that we must invest in nurses and midwives without them the world would indeed be in a very dark place right now paul brennan al jazeera. the us president has criticised the world health organization for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic donald trump says the agent agency is china centric and issued bad advice at the outset of the pandemic meanwhile a leaked memo reveals new details about warnings the trumpet ministration received on how bad the outbreak in the u.s. could be reports out of the u.s. meanwhile say the acting navy secretary has offered to resign because of his harsh criticism of the former commander of a coronavirus stricken aircraft carrier thomas mowgli called captain of brett crow 0 quote named and stupid for sending out a letter describing the worsening situation on the vessel cozier was fired after that letter was leaked nearly $200.00 crew onboard have tested positive for the virus there's a top stories al jazeera world is coming up next. 'd from to time that i start understanding the ward surrounding me and questioning the life and asking the same question that everybody's

nurses and midwives. without them the world would indeed be in a very dark place right now paul brennan al-jazeera. epicenter of the us outbreak new york state has announced some really bad numbers another 731 people have died there it's going to kristen salumi who joins us now from new york a kristen's you were listening in as the governor gave his as regular briefing what else did he say well it's not just new york actually it's new jersey as well both states have now seen their same ghosts single day death toll new york being the 731 new jersey being 229 that's now the state that comes in 2nd to new york terms of the most cases so some some big numbers there are a glimmer of hope and hospitalizations in new york while they continue to rise are showing some signs of leveling off the governor said that that indicates the spread may be slowing but the numbers again are just staggering and new york city now of the fatalities have surpassed those of the attacks of september 11th in 2001 and that tactically 20 years ago that seminal event killed nearly 3000 people the vast majority of them new yorkers

paul. you're. welcome back one new york hospital battling the coronavirus demick has received much needed backup. 46 nurses who came from across the u.s. were given a surprise welcome by stothard northwood health the city's largest health care provider that training to help treat cope with 19 patients. i just feel like this is a calling that i felt several weeks ago i left family kids grandchildren behind to come up healthy people that need our help i've never been more proud to be a nurse and this is by far the most rewarding career i've ever had in my life and i'd like to thank them for welcoming us so much and no doubt sports fans around the world will now be cheering as far comes to bring us some sports news yes our fingers crossed tour de france coming back a day after it was postponed new dates have been announced for the tour de france the world's biggest cycling race will start at the end of august on tuesdays organizers said it wouldn't be possible for the race to begin as planned in june due to the french government's ban on mass gatherings and 3 week events will now start on august 29th the spor

paul brennan brings us this reports. maria espen are can only speak to her mother through a distant window 85 year old concepcion lives in a bus alone a nursing home where half of the elderly residents have been isolated with suspected coronavirus but if concepcion tests positive and is isolated herself in rio may never see her again. these are the people who have gone through a lot they have got war post war actually don't die like this it's very sad very sad they don't deserve it. on friday the european union executive admitted it's struggling to procure large numbers of ventilators quickly and member states are scrambling to manufacture their own with spain seeing new fatalities exceed 900 for the 2nd consecutive day the spanish prime minister visited a ventilator factory going to the shooter. with this visit i don't just want to pay tribute to the work of this company and all its workers but also to the company's workers and professionals who have been working these weeks against the clock to save lives not as europe grapples with the virus that is yet to hit its infectious peak here governments are struggling to expand medical facilities

wood learned from quoted 19 is that we must invest in nurses and midwives without them the world would indeed be in a very dark place right now paul brennan al jazeera. still to come from acacia seats to fruit and ginger the myths that people are putting their faith in for protection from the coronavirus from new mothers to family planning how the current advice pandemic is affecting women's health service it's. bringing some positive news from china where for the 1st time it has reported no new deaths from covert 1000 in the past 24 hours only 32 new cases have been confirmed at all from people who've returned from overseas china is now reporting some of the lowest figures worldwide well as many around the world remain in lockdown china is also gradually getting back to normal life al-jazeera cameraman paying paying was among millions of people trapped in who by a province where the virus was the scuppered katrina you has a story. a final call for the train to beijing for these hundreds of passengers a celebratory visit to an who became a nightmare as the province was locked down for more than 2 months now the lockdowns over bags

nursing has arrived ahead of time. adam mclean, bbc news. some of the biggest names in music have joined forces to celebrate health care workers in a globally televised concert. lady gaga, paulamong the artists who performed songs from their living rooms and the rolling stones even managed to play together from four separate locations. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson was watching. # when i saw her today at the reception. # a glass of wine in her hand #. it has already been dubbed, the living room live aid. many of the biggest names in music rocking where they reside for one world together at home, not a fundraiser, but designed as a celebration of front line workers tackling covid—i9 around the world. the rolling stones had filmed their parts individually on mobile phones and then been edited together to look like a rock and roll zoom call. # see, we are going to fit our frustration! # lady madonna #. indeed, this was not a live concert. due to the reliance on the internet, each act's song for the two hour event had been recorded in advance. # to make end's meet #. there was a beatle via broadband, sir paul mccartney. let's tell our leaders that we need them t

final question for you because paul was talking about this earlier in the show, in terms of just health care workers, the folks that work in the hospital with you, doctors, nursesalso janitorial staff and support staff, is there enough testing that all those folks can get tested if they need to or is it still being rationed enough they can't? >> it's not enough. there's not even close to enough. i count tell health care workers at home seeing me on telemedicine how to get tests in new york city if they need it. it's variable. whether or not you have testing facilities that were federally supported but aren't now. maybe they are federally supported. they are definitively is not enough testing and we know that which is why we need the federal government to take leadership because without them we're never going to be ahead of testing and surveillance we need in a city like new york city. >> all right. dr. crasass, great to sea you feelifee -- see you feeling better and on the recovery end. appreciate it. >> thank you so much. >>> coming up, tremane lee is reporting on people in jails facing a pandemic. what is happening behind bars next. ♪ oh, oh, oh, ozempic®! ♪

we're calling on doctors and nurses and respiratory therapist and other health professionals to sign up and help us fight covid-19 and save lives. >> joining us now is dr. paulull mo pulmonary and critical care physician on the front lines treating coronavirus patients. doctor bosik, tell me what your evaluation is of the situation now. michigan is starting to see -- becoming a hot spot for this. we're starting to see a lot of pressure on detroit, the streets of detroit are empty and people are observing stay at home. what's the situation where you are? >> thanks for having me. i agree with all the physicians that commented earlier opening up this segment. these are unique sick type of patient that comes in to see us. no question the surge is coming. the water is rising. i mentioned earlier, our head is still above the water but there is no question the water is rising and the controlled chaos we're living in from day to day to get away quickly depending what happens next. >> and even if it doesn't, let's look at the numbers in michigan. 12,744 confirmed cases of coronavirus as of this afternoon you had 479 deaths. that's a 16% increase. by april 9th, you ar

paul hunter. in the next few minutes we will talk to the sister of a nurse who died after testing positive for covid—i9minutes. because he to come on airto pay few minutes. because he to come on air to pay tribute to her sister. —— because she wants to come on air. the national domestic abuse helpline has seen a 25% increase in calls and online requests for help over the past week — that's according to refuge, the country's largest domestic abuse charity. it says there was also a 150% rise in people visiting the helpline's website. these are the first statistics which give a picture of the potential consequences of social distancing for abuse victims. tomos morgan reports. it's been bad. i didn't care if i didn't wake up from the night before. i just knew what was going to happen. ijust wanted the days to go past, but itjust got worse. tara told me she has been mentally and physically abused by her partner for six months. he deleted her social media account, stopped herfrom seeing herfamily, and controlled all aspects of her life, and, since having to isolate with him, things escalated. you must stay a

nursing staff medical staff of being put on the front line. well at the risk of not having to correct protection pub running bringing us up to date live from london thanks a lot paul cheers. well pakistan's prime minister wants more information about how to stop the spread as the reported infection total so passes 7001 khan's asking the leading agency in the fight against corona virus to get more accurate data on infections health care workers are concerned the total could be much higher because of limited testing some hardline clerics are defying the government's ban on groups of more than 5 people in mosques president arafat's v. is chairing a meeting with religious leaders about adopting precautionary measures jewing ramadan hiders in islamabad with more now on how the government and some religious leaders are other dogs this is proving to be a big challenge for the government because the government has imposed restrictions on congregational prayers and marks all over the country however a bunch of cleric ready and to enter one of their dad came up and said that they would not take their particularly during the holy month of ramadan return less than a week away

paul, go ahead, you're on. caller: yes, i think people are doing a pretty good job with social distancing. the problem i have is our governor didn't do anything for nursesorking in convalescent homes until a few days ago. they didn't even get p.p.e. they got no financial help or nything in this state. host: scott is from adrian, michigan. caller: thank you. i also thank you for letting the people voices be heard. sometimes every once in a while a good idea will get out there, and when you hear it, you think, why didn't we think of that? i actually watched a youtube video last night that lined up with what i kind of thought all along, and in these times, kind of seems like a crazy idea, but i really believe that 20 years from now, that we're going to see social distancing as an impediment to solving this problem rather than the solution to it, because the idea of trying to quarantine everybody, not quarantining throughout history in these situations, they've always quarantined the people that have the disease and not the people that didn't have the disease. and in this case it's impossible to quarantine millions and millions of people without massive neg