in the u.k. health officials say the corona virus outbreak there hasn't yet reached its peak despite the death toll now nearing 10011 year old was among the fatalities announced on saturday the british government is urging people to stick to the lockdown restrictions to ignore the fact that there is a very nice weather up there this weekend in latin america more than 30 people 30000000 people this is brazil in fact have signed up for emergency financial relief is locked down restrictions affect the economy governments trying to streamline the payment process after thousands lined up at tax offices this week because of bureaucratic hold ups and former workers are entitled to claim $119.00 a month. pacific island nations have been struggling to prepare for more cases while dealing with the effects of a powerful storm cycle in harold told through a number of islands just throwing stones and leaving tens of thousands without power thousands are also forced into evacuation centers at a time when governments

these are just incredible numbers depicting incredible loss and pay u.k. health officials say the corona virus outbreak there hasn't reached its peak yet despite the death toll nearing 10011 year old was among the fatalities announced on saturday the government is urging people to stick to the lockdown restrictions. more than 30000000 people in brazil have signed up for emergency financial relief as lock down restrictions affect the economy the government's trying to streamline the payment process after thousands lined up at tax offices this week because of bureaucratic hold ups informal workers are entitled to claim $118.00 a month. prison as of right or to jail in southern believe inmates say the conditions inside are right for the spread of coronavirus prisoners gathered on the roof calling for face masks and proper health care riot police then use tear gas to try to stop the protest many bolivian prisons are overcrowded and so the government's announced some people on lower level charges will be released to reduce the risk of an outbreak and pacific island na

reporter: the u.k. healtheeaetary saids in care homes would be included in the government's daily figures which have until now only reported hospitaleaths. matt hancock was pressed on e whether cmes had been overlooked. >> i wonder if you will take this opportunity to apologize to the families of loved ones who died in care homes because the pegovernment didn't py protect them. >> the thing is, i think that is unreasonable as a question actually. now you care an awful lot about heis. but from start we know, we knew there was a significant challenge with care homesca, not least e of the frailty of the residents. and the enormous work that has gone on within government, public health eland, local authorities and the cqc. it has been difficulto data going. s ve thsuppt th neehas been front of anchor: the new figures today an. tmehe -- the u.k. could have the highestat adult -- toll in europe. this is the number of days that heve passed. toight hand side there is a line showing deaths in u.k. ath lispke france and

u.k. health officials said the corona virus outbreak there hasn't yet reached its peak despite the death toll nearing 10011 year old was among the fatalities announced on saturday the government is urging people to stick to lockdown restrictions. 2 weeks after zimbabwe imposed a nationwide lockdown it's easing some restrictions the country's already facing its worst economic crisis and a decade and the measures are threatening the livelihoods of people out of work tasa has more from harare yet. some relief was the barbarians who rely on relatives living abroad to send the money for days some people haven't had cash to buy food and other essentials it's forced the government to ease at 3 week coronavirus lucked out that means money transfer agencies can now open but only 3 times a week they're opening which will ease a little of creation model for families was most of these guys are relying on not just put it in the changes which is a big big contribution of over 700000000 us that comes to the des

u.k.'s national health system. with the u.k. has seen more than 21000 people die after contracting could the 19 years of underfunding and staff shortages and now a severe lack of personal protective equipment have all left the british national health system and its workers buckling under the strain of the coronavirus medics knowing that their work makes them a target of the virus. but on and on sleeve down that protects him from coronavirus doctor assays munaf almost feels guilty every time he puts one on he's an emergency doctor so he doesn't have access to past not protective equipment or people. that supplies across the u.k. are very limited there simply aren't enough gowns for every doctor i want to go to and a kitchen it's a. conscious user to you they call one box of supplies going last and last and that's every time because they only asked about it you know we are in a high risk aren't 3 quarters of all u.k. doctors say they don't have access to protective clothing mises and mosques are also in short supply some doctors ar

meanwhile u.k. healthepartment said -- in italy, the new coronavirus cases levels are facing a two-week low and officials say the nation has reached a plateau. assign it may be finally coming under control, but spain suffered its deadliest day yet as well as a record number of deaths in france and the u.k.. the u.s. plans to meet with saudi arabia and russia. if it happens, it will be the first meeting since the collapse of the opec plus coalition in early march. since then, both countries have vowed to flood the market with millions of barrels of oil in a battle over market share. stocks of started to fall below their march lows, according to investor jeffrey gundlach. saying the s&p 500 won't match recent highs for long time -- for a long time and projections for a quick recovery or to optimistic. he predict's a panic will return to markets in april. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. manus: if

the u.k. healthecretary has pledged to do more testing as anger grows over coronavirus deaths in care homes. the european union has unveiled a roadmap to ease restrictions across the block italy, spain, and france reporting high death tolls. here is the european commission president. >> if member states start slowly , step-by-step, to lift measure, t is of utmost importance they notify t commission and the neighboring countries so we do not have unnted effects. good neighbors speak with other. >> here is our editor on he strategy. >> what it is saying to member countries is, before you lift your lockdowns, can you coordinate. don't think about it unless the number of infections is going down for a sustained amount of time, unless your plic health system and deal with the spike of new infectis and you have testing capacity in place to protect the general public. the hope is to prevent a new wave of infections across europe. to normal.ackbou it is about the easing of restrictions ath reintroducing if n

u.k.'s national health service captain tom moore was hoping to collect a $1000.00 by walking $100.00 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday at the end of the month but his drive has drawn messages of support from celebrities politicians and even a sinew from soldiers. so good to fool proof. good now. if you look. to see. who he was a brave. the a telegram mrs al jazeera and these are the headlines president all trump says the number of new corona virus infections in the u.s. is slowing that's despite a wreck or 2300 deaths that in the last 24 hours he says restrictions could be lifted up to 30 states in just 2 weeks chinese state media have criticized donald trump's decision to cut off funding to the wild health organization the global times called it a move against humanity to distract from the trumps mismanagement of the pandemic katrina you has more from beijing. state media newspaper global times launched a scathing attack on president trump today saying that his decision was a move against humanity and setting a horrible precedent at a time when the world really should be rally

also coming up tonight to the u.k. health system is being hit by the full force of the corona virus outbreak tonight we'll hear from the doctor on the front line so trust that even. if you get people about this if you find a lot. it what you owe. it to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we begin the day with an attempt to hold china responsible for. with a pandemic and an attempt to make china a pig it is nothing new that u.s. president considers china part of the problem when reporters ask about the u.s. is slow response to the coronavirus outbreak trump has been accused of scapegoat china for his own lack of action accusations and insinuations labeled as presidential hyperbole that's one thing but a formal investigation into china on orders of the us government well that is another level with serious consequences for all parties not just the president yesterday trump once again attacked china saying that beijing could have stopped covert 19 from ever leaving the country and for the 1

china businesses shut up shop and the economy slows to a standstill short of protective chiari u.k. health care workers are forced to improvise to keep safe on the frontline and 5 traditionally vulnerable to the spread of the disease 1st nation communities in canada prepare for the corona virus and that. hello we've got lots of lovely spring sunshine across much of europe at the moment laws the clear skies big area of high pressure still very much in charge acting as a lid on the atmosphere keeping it fine dry bright and sunny but we have got some of the way some windy and at times wintry weather up towards the northeast there pushing down across that western side of russia had some nasty storms into greece and turkey still on the cool side here the wet weather will pull out of the way he makes way for this next weather system which will drive its way in across the southwest the spine in portugal seeing some cloud and right as we go on through the next couple of days somewhat weather to into the malt west of from sis pushing up across parts of southern england and wales through island 14 c

health care support worker who could light up a room with her infectious laugh just some of the u.k. health care workers who've lost their lives to covert 19 often for want of proper protective equipment my basic understanding of infectious diseases increased exposure equals increased risk of contracting that disease and as and key workers as health care workers particularly we are at increased risk of exposure because we are working with people who have current virus every single day and without the right protective equipment then there will be people who die because of being at work every doctor is a nonprofit organization run by doctors campaigning to keep health workers safe as well as highlighting how far behind other countries the u.k. is in the provision of protective equipment or p p e every doctor hears daily from medical staff forced to use improvised methods to keep themselves safe this is happening months after concerns about corona virus were 1st raised by health workers in the u.k. and despite repeated government promises that items of p.p. have been procured in their hundreds

but over $100.00 frontline health care workers reportedly dying in the u.k. from covert 19 medics not to complain online about shortages of protective gear and testing kits counting out wage. the n.h.s. has a consistent record all. of them the reputation of release those before clinical concerns and safety issues. question doctors say they have successfully helps treat coronavirus patients by giving them transfusions of blood plasma from those who have recovered we visit one of the hospitals using this technique. blood plasma with crew.

u.k.'s health secretary says he may ban public exercise in spain the latest figures provide a little hope for the 3rd day the death toll has fallen with $0.67 down $135.00. the previous day and the infection rate is also slowing and in iran the president will allow low risk economic activities to resume from saturday 2 thirds of government sector workers will head back to work despite warnings of a possible 2nd wave of infections well let's go live now to jonah hull who joins us live there he is jonah just tell us about these latest numbers and put them into context for us. what will an increase in the previous 24 hours of 621 as you mentioned there is of course a big number but it's a smaller number a smaller daily increase that we've seen in most of i think this last week certainly the last 3 or 4 days where we saw a number 708 the day before the late 600 the day before that so it's a decrease if you like in the daily increase while still being a very substantial number of it there are a couple of caveats to apply to this though this daily death toll that is announced each day is in fac

lives are being put at risk by dangerously low levels of protective equipment more than $100.00 u.k. health workers have reportedly already died from the corona virus of the government so far has only confirmed $69.00 deaths amid the shortages the national health service the n.h.s. has controversially changed its guidelines now advising medics to reuse gowns and aprons doctors say that's extremely dangerous and goes against all safety advice that's prompted unions to call for an independent inquiry into the government's policy on protective equipment. the n.h.s. confederation and the doctors union say they will now support medics who refuse to work without adequate protection we discussed all that with dr and having an n.h.s. commentator or lightly. i think it's a very personal thing that each doctor or nurse is an individual and they have feelings about 8 how they do their job and we all have a and want to help and care for people certainly at the moment that also you have to protect your workforce and there are people that are going to work that have maybe children already tis with asthma

where covering the latest the u.k. health issued a stark warning that more people will die if the public doesn't adhere to government measures to prevent the spreadf the virus. people in the u.k. are urged to stay-at-home thiseekend, over fears a warm sunny forecast could tempt people to go tside. almost 700 more people have died in the u.k. after becoming infeed with covid-19. the u.k.'s newe and largest hospital is preparing to take in coronavirus patients needing the nightingale hospital at the exit sl exhibition center in london was constructed in just ni days -- xl exhibition center in london. w york has suffered its deadliest date yet. governor andrew cuomo said the number of victims had gone up on morehan 500, to nearly 3000. spain has overtaken italy as the european country with most cases. the number of confirmed coronavirus cases -- deaths in th country has reached almost 11,000. we will have more on all of those aspects from around the world, but first the situation in the u.k.. correspondent: this is one of two nu

u.k. and the e.u. have to find a trade deal in the summer exactly i want to talk about hancock here from all but the health secretary he is an unknown figure side of the u.k. i mean he is really not known as being one of the main brics it's yours if breaks it is to blame for anything in this pandemic where are the leaders why are they so silent now. well they are not really silent to be honest men hand called might not be a brave big breaks in the house secretary but. deputising for prime minister boris johnson the reason why he is in the cabin and he's a foreign secretary now as i said deputizing 4 and still recovering from 19 at this point he is in the cabinet because he is a break because he's always supported that and you really have a bunch of pigs. and a saying very mixed messages really about this crisis that might not be in the headlines at the moment at the front pages but it really is on everybody's mind you feel like in the cabinet and they are saying no matter what happens at the end of the year the transition period is over and we are leaving the european union even if there is no trade deal a

with over $100.00 frontline health care workers reportedly dying in the u.k. from kovac 19 medics are urged not to complain online about shortages of protective gear and testing kits prompting outrage. at the end i share this as a consistent. future i should the future i should have released before clinical concerns and safety issues. russian doctors say they have successfully helped treat coronavirus patients find given them transfusions of blood plasma from those who have recovered we visit one of the hospitals you think this technique. blood plasma crucial antibodies that will help those who are right now perhaps in critical condition but like me dizzy. a very warm welcome to you it's 11 am here in moscow and this is our international with the headlines from around the world well let's begin with the latest figures on covert 90 since the outbreak of the new virus in december last year over 2500000 have been infected with it the number of fatalities currently stands i don't know 177000 but almost 696000 people have managed to recover from that deadly disease

jon u.k. healthetary has said that the social distancing measures, the national lockdown appears to be helping. that they appear to be flattening the curve. but the peak could still be a couple of week withs away, and ministers here have been hinting that the lockdown when had is set to expire next week could be extended perhaps into may. that's what italy has already done, and that is what's spain is warning its people it may do as well. jon. jon: brian, thank you. more team coverage on the coronavirus pandemic just ahead. up next, how senior citizens and nursing homes are using virtual reality to cope while they are in isolation. ♪ provide you with the financial strength, stability, and online tools you need. and now it's no different. because helping you through this crisis is what we're made for. jon: across the country nursing homes have been hit hard bit coronavirus. and with no visitors aloud, with social isolation a depression is a real concern for patients. but one tech company she knowings

this new figure into saturday of 917 broadly in line still going up and on saturday morning the u.k. health secretary stated on the radio that. we're far from being of able to relax restrictive measures here in the u.k. because that peak is at least 2 weeks away that chime in with what senior scientific advisors have been saying at these daily briefings the health secretary hancock has been under fire from the british medical association representing doctors and prom the nursing body here in the u.k. they say that their members are putting their lives at risk and i'm not receiving the cortex the correct protective equipment still we know that 19 health workers have died so far of coated with a copy of 19 that was revealed by mr hancock who says he's in setting up an inquiry or investigation into whether they caught the virus at work but clearly many practitioners very angry still about the level of protective gear that they're getting now the government now is pointing to the arrival on friday of a shipment of equipment from turkey 250000 individual items like face masks surgical masks and

u.k.'s national health service and the policy response of the u.k. government. on germany's health minister has declared the pandemic is again manageable he says the success is the result of a month long lockdown in response to an early surge and cases germany has the 4th highest number of cases in europe behind spain italy and france that's a different story in russia which has reported 4000 new coronavirus cases just in the past 24 hours bringing its total number close 228000 the government says 2 $132.00 people have died there is a partial economic shutdown in place there until the end of the month how members of the ultra-orthodox jewish community and westerners from have hurled objects at police over coronavirus restrictions police responded to the violence by throwing fun going to one of which hit and injured a child the israeli government has placed a ban on gatherings of more than 10 people and has banned communal prayers. well palestinians are marking prisoners day to commemorate the plight of thousands being held in israeli military jails but this year

and the u.k. health officials say the corona virus outbreak there hasn't yet reached its peak despite the death toll nearing 10011 year old was among the fatalities announced on saturday the government is urging people to stick to the lockdown restrictions. parts of the philippines capital has had its 1st day of mass testing but the rest of manila and the rest of the country indeed are still waiting for a national plan a catholic majority country has been under strict quarantine but there is a challenge this easter sunday to that. of 30000000 people in brazil of signed up for emergency financial relief as they lock down restrictions affects the economy the government's trying to streamline the payment process after thousands lined up at tax offices this week because of bureaucratic hold ups informal workers are entitled to claim $101000.00 a month. and prisoners of riot headed to jail in southern bolivia inmates say the conditions inside are ripe for the spread of coronavirus prisoners gathered on the ro

the u.k. health service wants a lot, now they say. alth workers, officials all want a test, but that's just not possible. >> it's really i said like a worldwide tsunami and you don't have the life jacket for the whole world. >> reporter: and here in a cramped airless office in old street london a life jacket for sale. right angled used to do health dna testing and is now repurposing kits to test the coronavirus for about $250 less if you are a health care worker you receive it at home and express mail it. the results come about three days later. >> we are talking thousands in the period of time of one week since we launched. >> reporter: something in the region of 200,000 pounds at least worth of inventory coming to you at the moment? >> it's not all coming from individuals. bulk orders coming from private clinics. >> reporter: so you open this straightforward, sterile there, put it in your mouth, back of your thout? >> back of your throat and gag. keep doing this for a minute. >> reporter: it's cramped here, not ideal. they declined t

these are just incredible numbers depicting incredible loss and paid u.k. health officials say the corona virus outbreak there hasn't yet reached its peak despite the death toll nearing 10011 year old was among the fatalities announced on saturday the government is urging people to stick to lock down restrictions. more than 30000000 people in brazil have signed up for emergency financial relief as lock down restrictions affect the economy the government's trying to streamline the payment process after thousands lined up at tax offices this week because of bureaucratic hold ups informal workers are entitled to claim $118.00 a month. in other world news pakistan and india have been locked in renewed military skirmishes over the disputed indian administered kashmir region for the last 2 days pakistan says indian shelling has killed 6 civilians near the so-called line of control and the indian army says it killed 5 pakistani backed fighters in a gun battle after losing 5 of its own soldiers at least 2 people have been killed and 4 others are missing after a dam collap

are not in thanks very much did not in bob and following that briefing from the u.k. health sector met hancock. let's move across to the united states now and new york's governor has made a desperate plea for more medical supplies with a number of creative hours cases in america's worst affected state now exceeding 100000 new york has recorded 562 more deaths its highest daily death toll to date a total of 8 toiletries across the state are approaching approaching 3000 and the governor andrew cuomo says hospitals are at capacity and cannot handle the influx of patients forget testing vaccine is that's a separate project that's not where people are going to die in the near term people are going to die in the near term because they walk into a hospital and there's no bed with a ventilator because there's either no bed or no staff or no p.p. or no ventilator that is what is going to happen. spain has recorded more than 900 new deaths for the 2nd day in a row health authorities say that 932 people died in the past 24 hours at slightly less than the number on thursday it brings sp

with disease striking at the heart of government and as u.k. health service staff die from corona virus without protective equipment or adequate testing going underground speaks a legend rejoin the filmmaker john pilger about new liberal destruction in a time of you in the plate plus what does the coronavirus pandemic mean for imprisoned wiki leaks founder julian assange and major nation imperialism using coronavirus as a cover for covert and overt was all around the world all this more coming up in today's going underground but let's go straight to jump ilja his film the dirty war in the n.h.s. arguably predicted the kind of crisis today at the heart of britain's response to the cove in 1000 pandemic he joins me from sydney in australia john thanks so much for coming on before we get even just specifics millions of people watching this will know that your films your work costs doubt on nato nation governments and other governments can we trust our governments in what they say to us about coronavirus no we can't absolutely not but this virus has manag

we end with the u.k. health secretary pledging to ramp up coronavirus testing by the end of april. it's a massive increase to current capacity is still far short of the daily targets promised by the prime minister. described testing as mission critical to get through the pandemic. global news, 24 hours a day on air, on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. francine? francine: thank you so much, viviana. spiked asacebook has communities around the globe are trapped at home. messaging and voice calls have jumped more than 50% and the live feature has seen viewership search. the company has also built products to help businesses affected by the pandemic. i'm delighted to be joined by the vice president at facebook for em ea. thank you so much for giving us a little bit of your busy schedule. i know facebook has pledged quite a lot to help smaller companies out there, giving hundreds of millions to help small businesses. is that because the government is not doing enough or you are just reaching a diffe

and that is my hancock you're watching to the u.k. health secretary who's been. sell for the past week after testing positive for corona virus he's back now to say that the death toll has risen by 569 over the past day now stands at 2921 the rate of infection doubling every $3.00 to $4.00 days more in the coming hours coming right up. to the. u.n. headquarters in new york now this is a building i work in most days and i have to tell you eighty's very early quads now normally there's about 10000 people come into this compound every single week day now at the moment there's only about 300 people accessing this building every day they all the skeleton stoff most of them working trying to get the video conference and systems working to allow the rest of the u.n. to continue its vital functions those peacekeeping missions mainly in africa and the humanitarian agencies of the u.n. that are helping the most vulnerable people. it's worth telling you that the u.n. is most worried about those people about the refugees and those living in conflict zones that's why one of th

we don't want to die in the line of duty we just want to be protected say that we can do our job u.k. health care workers accuse the government of letting them down is the number of dead surpasses 10000. and we'll hear from some of those in russia who say the cuts in closures left health care system unable to cope. china has reported its highest number of new coronavirus cases know most 6 weeks authorities say 108 people were infected over the past day mostly travelers returning from abroad while that is a low number is adding to concerns of a possible 2nd wave of cases on the economic front all prices have risen after a major producers agreed to their biggest ever cut in output the world is oversupply because of a price war. between saudi arabia and russia and demand crashing because of corona virus but in the u.k. the death toll is supposed to 10000 and this prime minister bars johnson recovers after being released from hospital nurses and doctors say his government is failing to provide enough protective gear let's begin with china sara clark joins us live from hong kong so is this the un

u.k. is expected to announce an extension to its nationwide partial lockdown the health minister says it'stoo early to relax restrictions that came into effect about 3 weeks ago well let's go to rory chalons in london rory just bring us up to date with the latest on this extension and what the situation is in the u.k. generally. well the prime minister's spokesperson in the last hour or so has essentially confirmed what we already know without actually saying formally we still have this decision which is coming at some point later today about whether or not this lockdown is going to be extended but we are pretty much sure that it is going to be the prominent spokesperson said we shouldn't be letting things come back to normal too soon because of the risk of them obviously making the health situation worse and the corona virus outbreak last thing longer and costing more lives the politicians have been saying this the scientists have been saying this this is certain high streets on the on the southern outskirts of london and this is a pretty typical scene you can see this high streets up and

what his real condition that he is now are people concerned there about the indications of the u.k. health sector said it wasn't imminent of the lock down being tightened. yeah i mean that that the government is still trying to walk this the delicate line between more draconian measures and kind of allowing people to mingle in parts and whatnot over the weekend which might lead to further problems down the road if the corona virus infection rate isn't brought under control at the moment it's kind of playing the stern parent wagging its finger and saying look you really should be doing what we're telling you to do robert generate the community's minister was on the radio today saying that he would caution councils against shutting down parks and closing public spaces unless it was absolutely necessary because as we heard in enjoying his report there are people who you know might be cramped in small flats and going down to the park is their only real way of getting outside getting some fresh air so the government does not really it seems wants to push the restrictions on people's lives much

u.k. health care workers accuse the government of letting them down the number of deaths the passes and 1000. and how indigenous communities in malaysia are trying to protect themselves from coronavirus. china has reported its highest number of new coronavirus cases normal 6 weeks authorities say 108 people were infected over the past day mostly travelers returning from abroad while that number is low it's adding to concerns of a possible 2nd wave of cases begin with china now sarah clark joins us from hong kong so is this the 2nd wave the much feared 2nd wave. well so this is a cluster that's been reported out of china on monday with 100 new cases there the latest figures from the national health commission in china and that's up from 99 the previous day and that's the highest number of daily cases we've seen in the last 6 months 6 weeks i should say and most of these cases have been reported in a province in the north east of china this province is called the heilongjiang province and it border

meanwhile, the u.k. healthsays the first ventilators will be delivered to the nhs on the weekend. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in i'm than 120 countries, viviana hurtado. this is bloomberg. we are getting a little bit of data out of the u.k. this is for the month of march, pmi coming in a touch lower than expected. anything below 50 means it is a contraction. that is u.k. march manufactory pmi. in italy, the number of new coronavirus cases have leveled off, hitting a two-week low. officials say the nation has hit a plateau. it is a side that the outbreak at the epicenter is getting better. spain has had its worst day yet. professor, thank you for joining us. if you look at how the european model has worked, and italy and what kind of recession we will see, how difficult is it at this point to model in out? i think we have just lost the professor, so we will get back to him in a second. this happens when you work from home so

prime minister at least for the time that's going to be an interesting one also i know that the u.k. health secretary said it's not imminent but how much concern is there among people among the markets about a further lock down or tight a lock down. well there's some obvious 2 different things about that we're now into the 3rd and supposedly final week of the existing. now clearly it's going to have to carry on because the peak isn't going to arrive here until probably this weekend coming at the earliest and if any any other countries anything to go by then it's going to carry on earth couple more weeks of that so the reality is a lot to much finish up to 3 weeks is obviously going to carry on anyway for several more weeks there's a separate question there about whether the lockdown has to be extended because as you saw in that report there are still people who are refusing to do what the government says you should which is to go to texas and then go back home again and that's obviously that's not sunbathing in the park all day isn't the same i don't think they get about exercise i think yo

now are people worried about the lockdown being extended and strengthened i know the u.k. health secretary said it wasn't imminent but what's the feeling amongst the for. the long term got to be extended to the current lockdown last for 3 weeks is due to end in this coming sunday easter sunday where they say that we're likely to see the peak in cases and that may last for another couple weeks after that so there's no way that the conflicts and the lockdown it is going to have to be at least probably $3.00 to $4.00 weeks there's a separate question about whether lockdown needs to be reinforced because it's been an seasonally sunny and people want to use your to get outside i think on the ministers are whites worried about lecturing people who might live in a tower block and thousands of them you can't go outside when the same government is might have a very large garden of their own in scotland the chief medical officer just had to resign last night because she was eligible stateside the most photographed at her 2nd home on the coast so obviously just just a completely hypocritica

these are just incredible numbers depicting incredible loss and pain u.k. health officials say the corona virus outbreak has not yet reached its peak there despite the death toll hearing 10011 year old was among the fatalities announced on saturday the government's urging people to stick to lockdown restrictions that have been long queues outside supermarkets in turkey after the government put 31 cities including istanbul and ankara under a 2 day curfew bakeries hospitals pharmacies and factories making medical equipment are exempt lockdown is due to end on sunday at midnight researchers in china have discovered airborne traces of corona virus can travel up to 4 meters away from patients that had been thought to only reach 2 meters the study tested surface and air samples from wards treating infected people at a hospital in walk on the researchers found the virus was mainly concentrated on the floors some medical staff picked it up on their shoes pacific island nations have been struggling to prepare for more coronavirus cases while dealing with the effects of a p

and that is my hancock you're watching to the u.k. health secretary who's been. sell for the past week after testing positive for corona virus he's back now to say that the death toll has risen by 569 over the past day now stands at 2921 the rate of infection doubling every $3.00 to $4.00 days more in the coming hours coming right up. to the. u.n. headquarters in new york this is a building i work in most days and i have to tell you eighty's very early now normally there's about 10000 people come into this compound every single week day now at the moment there's only about 300 people accessing this building every day they all the skeleton stoff most of them working trying to get the video conference and systems working to allow the rest of the u.n. to continue its vital functions those peacekeeping missions mainly in africa and the humanitarian agencies of the u.n. that are helping the most vulnerable people.

u.k.'s health service unable to cope another hospital has closed its doors after running out of oxygen overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of patients. later on sunday queen elizabeth will make a rare televised address to the nation she will appeal to britons to show courage and resolve as the coronavirus continues its seemingly relentless onward march. let's take a look at some of the other stories making this hour in uganda all storage fees are donating food to vulnerable people living in the capital camp hala a lockdown has hit the poor especially hard in the city where many of living selling goods in the street activists have been accused ugandan security forces of using beatings and shootings to enforce the restrictions. hundreds of migrants are being forced to return to venezuela from neighboring colombia despite an economic crisis in their home country there and able to earn a living in colombia due to strict quarantine measures bus services have been cuts amid the pandemic and most have to make the long journey on foot. or thora tees in southeastern france have officially opened a terrorism i

u.k. so health minister says the government will start to include deaths outside of hospitals in the government's published figures it comes after the independently run office for national statistics of the number of people who died england and wales is 52 percent higher than government figures show. to the us now the number of confirmed coronavirus cases is fast approaching 1000000 president donald trump is promising to expand testing as some tate's states begin to ease lock down restrictions florida's governor is in washington to meet with the president of the moment let's go live now to our white house correspondent ghibli hell could of florida kimberly is one of those states that is planning to ease restrictions. yeah it's a populous state is a state that many people flocked to for tourism it's also the official residence of the u.s. president who no longer calls new york state as his home but now calls florida as his home state of course has a very big property there some would argue that he even has an interest in this reopening this is a meeting that is taking place with that state's gover