deaths that we know of and if that wasn't bad enough now david beasley the head of the united nations world food programme told us on tuesday that co.

deaths that we know of and if that wasn't bad enough now david beasley the head of the united nations world food programme told us on tuesday that covert 19 has exacerbated hunger problems around the globe and that if we don't prepare and act now to secure access of void funding shortfalls and disruptions to trade we could be facing multiple pam winds of biblical proportions within the next few months well here in the united states of america while we may rank 27th in the world in education and health care we do hold the distinction of ranking number one in coded 19 infections and deaths with close 290-0000 confirmed cases and roughly 50000 bess. if that isn't american exceptionalism out of spite is that i don't know i mean hey we might not be good at math and science and all that but you know that whole reading thing but you know we can we can rack up some covert 15 recovered 19 numbers thanks to our poor profit health care systems. so with us citizens near and far battered and beaten down by this virus we now turn to our great and powerful elected officials to find out what ideas are plans they have in

deaths that we know of and if that wasn't bad enough now david beasley the head of the united nations world food programme told us on tuesday that covert 19 has exacerbated the hunger problems around the globe and that if we don't prepare and act now to secure access of void funding shortfalls and disruptions to .

that's the warning from the united nations' world food programme, which says covid—19 is "potentiallyady hanging by a thread. most of those at risk are in a small number of countries affected by conflict, economic crisis and climate change, including south sudan, yemen and syria. dentists in england are facing "critical shortages" in ppe, forcing patients with urgent problems to "take matters into their own hands". that's the warning from the british dental association. it comes after practices were told to suspend routine appointments and set up emergency hubs instead to help slow the spread of coronavirus. the government's chief dental officer said work is ongoing to ensure ppe is available. paul woodhouse is a dentist in teesside and sits on the board of the british dental assocation. welcome to the programme. give me an idea ofjust how bad the situation is on the ground. locally i can speakfor, is on the ground. locally i can speak for, we were told to stop treating patients on march the 25th and our two local sites went live on monday and i had been informed five minutes ago that

that's according to a new report released today by the united nations world food programme. the world? yes, so unfortunately hunger has been going up even before coronavirus for the last four years, and we released a report today which looks at hunger levels compared to what it was in 2019, and that is today 135 million, so these are 135 million people who are already in acute hunger because of conflicts, because of economics, —— economic stability. it is a 70% increase in just four years in terms of acute hunger. on top of that, now what you are seeing is that we have the impact of covid—19. and our initial analysis shows that they are about 130 million more people who will become acutely hungry, who will become acutely hungry, who will become hungry over the course of this year. and these are the people, if you look at those working in tourism, those working informal sectors, those working in the service sectors, those working in manufacturing, who have suddenly lost theirjobs. manufacturing, who have suddenly lost their jobs. many manufacturing, who have suddenly lost the

the united nations has warned that the coronavirus pandemic could almost double the global number of people suffering from acute hunger. the world food programmeaid that unless swift action was taken, there could be multiple famines within months. oil prices have tumbled, with brent crude falling by 25%. president trump promised to support american oil and gas producers after the price of us oil plunged to its lowest ever level. you are watching bbc news. now, another chance to see the uk government's daily coronavirus update — today led by the health secretary, matt hancock. at the heart of our plan is ensuring that nhs capacity is always ahead of need. this means that if you or someone you love need. this means that if you or someone you love needs hospital care with covid—19, then you will always get that care. if god forbid, you need care in intensive care unit, then you will have that bed, and the life—saving equipment and team that you need. the latest figures show another record high of 2963 spare critical care beds available across the nhs. we said at the start of this that our primary goal in our battle plan was to slow the spread and

the united nations has warned that the coronavirus pandemic could almost double the global number of people suffering from acute hunger. the world food programmeultiple famines within months. oil prices have tumbled, with brent crude falling by 25%. president trump promised to support american oil and gas producers after the price of us oil plunged to its lowest ever level.

united nations official warned tuesday governments must act t immediately to prevent the second pandemic of hunger from economic freefall unleashed by the virus. david beasley, executive director of the world food programme, told the u.n. security council tuesday the number of hungry people worldwidide could sosoon doubleo 265 5 million unleless urgent ts are taken. >> there are no famines yet, but i must warn youou if we don't prepare and act now, , to secure access, avoidid shortfalls, and disruptions of trade, we could be f facing multiple famines of biblicalal proportrtions withina short few months. amy: the un security council was meeting virtutually online. in the u united states, the epicenter of the pandemic, the dedeath toll from covid-19 has topped 45,000. on tuesday, the u.s. senate approved $484 billion in new coronavirus aid on a voice vote, with many senators remaining at home due to the pandemic. the bill adds another $310 billion to the paycheck protection program providing loans to small businesses, $75 billion for hospitals, $25 billion for testing, and $60 billion for emergency disaster loans and grants. the house is expected to vote on the legislation today. the bill provides no new s