rob: trey yingst is -- carley: trey yingst is live in tel aviv to break it down. >> reporter: reportse the chinese government is limiting the public's ability to publish research conducted about the coronavirus as the information war between china and the united states rages on, two top chinese universities reportedly released information on their websites detailing that academic papers about the coronavirus must undergo a new vetting process. the information has since been removed. the true number of chinese coronavirus cases cannot be known as the government likely concealed evidence of deaths and new sicknesses. this according to reports and evidence uncovered by international bodies. global criticism surrounding china's handling of the virus outbreak comes as the world health organization is under new pressure to answer questions about what they knew and when. the u.s. death toll from covid-19 reached 22,000 people over the weekend and president trump is once again blaming the world health organization for their lack of action. the president pledged last week that he would be maki

trey yingst. trey: good morning, update first on british prime minister boris johnson. reportedly hospitalized after being admitted last night. he does have some minor symptoms from covid-19 but is in stable condition. the 55-year-old according to downing street will just be in the hospital for precautionary measures. the development does come as queen elizabeth addressed the nation last night in a rare public speech. her son and heir to the throne prince charles tested positive for coronavirus though reportedly in good health. during the address the queen thanked healthcare workers and offered unity to the british people. take a listen. >> i'm speaking to you in what i know is increasingly challenging time. a time of disruption in the life of our country, a disruption that has brought grief to some, financial difficulties to many and enormous changes to the daily lives of us all. trey: in another part of europe italians are seeing strong decline in new cases of coronavirus there. the news comes as italy saw the lowers number of new deaths since march 18th. over the wee

trey yingst is live from our jerusalem bureau with the latest on that. trey?reporter: jon, good evening. it's a mixture of positive and negative updates when you look at the spread of covid-19 across the middle east. we did see some striking images though today out of turkey. that country struggling with a rise in new cases, but fresh video shows a 1,000-bed hospital actually being built on the grounds of an airport in istanbul. the government issued a lockdown this weekend for 31 provinces and put into place new age restrictions on who can go outside. turkey's health minister announced over the weekend the total number of positive covid-19 results rose to over 85,000. turkey has overtaken iran now for the most number of cases in the middle east. the iranians are reopening some parts of their country, more than 1,000 new tests coming in each day with positive results. the economy does remain under heavy international economic sanctions, the iranians reporting over 82,000 cases, though that number is likely much higher according to analysts. prime minister neta

carley: trey yingst is live in jerusalem as the u.s. nts to decision into the origins of the outbreak. trey. >> reporter: good morning. president trump is making clear, he is not happy with china for their handling of the coronavirus outbreak after previously praising the country and its leadership. speaking on sunday at a lengthy white house press briefing, the president said he wants u.s. investigators to go to china to determine more about the origins of covid-19. the president said his administration is talking to china right now about having americans go into the country to gather more information. the administration has been critical of china when it comes to withholding accurate statistics on the number of total cases and deaths from coronavirus. vice president mike pence was pressed on this issue sunday when speaking with fox's chris wallace. take a listen. >> china was not as forthcoming as they should have been with america or the world about what was happening. the president's made it clear, he's not happy. we're going to make

leland: trey yingst is following the outbreak in the middle east from our jerusalem bureau. >> reporter: good afternoon. it's a mixture of positive and negative news when you look at the spread of covid-19 in the middle east. we did get some striking images out of turkey today. take a look at this, as the country is struggling with the rise in new cases. fresh video shows 1,000 bed hospital being built on the ground of an airport in istanbul. the government did issue a lockdown this weekend for 31 provinces and put into place new age restrictions on who can go outside. anyone under 20 and over 65 is ordered to stay indoors. turkey's health minister announced over the weekend the total number of positive covid-19 results rose to 85,000. the turks will free thousands of prisoners amid the outbreak. one area of concern is the syrian revenue gee refugees. iranians are reopening some parts of the country, though there are going to be some other areas that will continue to struggle. all of these updates do come as china, the location where the outbreak first began, reported just 16 new cases

jon: trey yingst from jerusalem. thank you.esearchers at stanford university conducting what is described as the first large scale coronavirus study in the united states. those scientists testing the blood of more than 2,000 volunteers, part of an effort to see how many people there had the virus without becoming sick. talk about some of the latest medical developments, dr. ken redcross, board certified in internal medicine and author of bond, he also works in the hard-hit area of new rochelle, new york. doctor, for people who don't know the new york area, new rochelle was locked down before the state-wide lockdown was ordered because there were so many cases of coronavirus in new rochelle. how is your city doing now? >> oh, gosh, thank you, jon. look, this is unbelievable. here we are a community of only 80,000 people and we were totally on shutdown but we've been able to kind of bring down that curve as you hear a lot about flattening the curve. really with a concerted effort that you hear dr. fauci talking about. we're getti

trey yingst will take us inside one of the largest hospitals in tel aviv for a closer look at those onne of the battle there. >> the coronavirus has taken the lives of more than 170,000 people around the world. the israeli doctors and nurses that we met today so they don't have time to be afraid of, they are too busy saving lives. it is a look inside a coronavirus intensive care unit. >> all of the patients in this intensive care unit are infected with coronavirus. each time a doctor walks into one of these rooms they have to assess the situation different differently. the common denominator for all of the nurses and doctors here and around the world's exposure to this deadly disease. despite the fact that these patients have tubes, wires and monitors hooked up to them come doctors treat each individual like a human, introducing themselves when they walk into the room and trying to reassure these patients that they are going to be okay. amid the sickness there are small moments of health and happiness. one of the medical workers holding the phone up to a patient so he can hear his fami

ainsley: trey yingst is live in jerusalem as the world makes progress in its recovery. y, steve, good morning. we do know that british prime minister boris johnson is still hospitalized this morning after being admitted last night. displaying some symptoms. he was diagnosed with covid-19 just over 10 days ago. the 55-year-old is in stable condition according to downing street and the hospitalization is simply a precautionary measure. the development does come as queen blid addressed the nation in a rare public speed. her son and heir to the son prince charles tested positive for coronavirus though is in good health. thanked healthcare workers and offered a message of unity to the british people. in another part of europe italians are seeing a strong decline in the new cases of the coronavirus. the news comes as italy saw the lowest numbers of new death since march 18th. a representative from italy's health institute discussed the declines saying italy must prepare for phase 2 of the outbreak. officials are urging people not to let their guards down. in vatican city yeste

trey jinks yingst is live in jerusalem. >> reporter: a unique easter sunday in the holy land as someoday. easter mass was celebrated at the church of the holy selpechur. a few clerics were allowed to attend. the priests wore face masks. amid the coronavirus outbreak, the streets of jerusalem's old city were empty. a senior church official told fox news this was a week of sorrows here in jerusalem as the easter sunday tradition had to be practiced at home. this as the latin pa latin patrf jerusalem gave a message. >> despite the death and fear we are seeing all over the world, we have to look at the good and all those are giving their life for the others. the message of ease deer i eastt the life despite all will prevail. >> reporter: this year easter in the jewish holiday on passover do coincide. in another part of the old city worshipers took part in a passive blessing today. jerusalem is the worst hit city in israel with nearly 2,000 cases of covid-19. in total, israel has around 11,000 total cases but maintains a death toll of just over 100 people. there are 17 hot spots around je