the covid wards are still busy. would have expected. i was really worried about what this would be like and that we'd be thrown in at the deep end and it was a bit of a baptism of fire. we will probably, hopefully, never see anything like this again in ourentire careers. while i was in the hospital there was news that someone in this close—knit community had succumbed to the virus. lei dayrit, a nurse at st cross hospital, rugby, part of this nhs trust. she had asthma and died at home a week after showing symptoms of covid. adrian was herfriend and colleague. i could proudly say that she was the epitome of what a great nurse should be. being selfless, being dedicated, her loyalty is commendable, you know, she had worked in this trust for 16 years. she was definitely an unsung hero. so she was working despite the known risks of this? unfortunately, with her background of having an asthma, that puts her to the vulnerability. and, unfortunately, she deteriorated and it was a massive shock to all of us that have known h

downing street said, ‘the prime minister has been moved this evening from intensive care back to the warde he will receive close monitoring during the early phase of his recovery. he is in extremely good spirits.‘ we will have the latest outside the hospital where the prime minister star has now been moved out of intensive care. we wish him all the best. they confirm number of cases in uk arejust over 60,000. 881 deaths reported, this wasjust over the past 2a hours and this is the third day in a row with such high numbers here in the uk. 0n tuesday, there were nearly 800 deaths and on wednesday, 938 people died. it was the highest daily total so died. it was the highest daily total so far in the uk, pushing the total of people dying from the virus above 7000. let's go back to some positive news. the premise has been made from the icu. -- the the premise has been made from the icu. —— the prime minister. let's cross live to st thomas‘ hospital to speak to keith doyle. this news passing in the last hour also. we have had a statement from downing street sing the prime minister has left the i

they created a partnership called grant and ward.it was only time grant allowed his name to be used in a business. grants name attracted a lot of money. for those who don't know this story, ferdinand was the bernie madoff of his day. it was a ponzi scheme. he was using money from new investors to pay outrageous rates of interest to old investors. grant imagined he was a multimillionaire and he wakes up one day to find out that instead of being a multimillionaire. he is worth $80 and julia is worth $130. not only had his fortune been wiped out, all of his children had invested. he had a lot of cousins, friends. the entire grant family was engulfed in this catastrophe. colleen: in 1884, grant falls ill. what was wrong with him and what was the prescribed treatment? ron: the illness coincides with the exposure with ferdinand ward. grant one day, they had a house in long branch, new jersey. julia serves him a plate of peaches and he bites into one of the peaches and says, ouch. that peach stung me for some reason. it was the first time h

that is certainly the view of some on the ward.afe but making do with a shortage of ppe. ppe has needed to be rationed now and it doesn't seem fair to me that health professionals who feel they are at risk, who may be at risk, are not being given that full ppe equipment because the government failed to prepare and failed to do the stockpiling that was needed for this equipment in advance. where did that guidance leave nurses? vulnerable. vulnerable and at risk of their own health and safety and at risk of dying. do you think some of your colleagues will die because their protective equipment is not good enough? yes, i do. yeah, ido. i do. the government says it has taken the right steps at the right time and has been guided, at all times, by the best scientific advice. it's been working day and night to battle against coronavirus and to protect our nhs and save lives. but as things stand, nhs staff in a&e and covid wards are being issued protective kit that is not as good as what the world health organization recommends. i love the

i still remember, he was not a patient in my ward, but one of the wards close by, we heard a soldier screaming because they wanted to take his arm off. i can still hear him screaming at times. you knew it could not be helped. i had enough confidence in our doctors that if that arm could not be saved it was not, you know what i'm saying? it just wasn't possible to save it. i felt that we had some excellent physicians, doctors, surgeons. we had orthopedic surgeons, everything. plastic surgeons, yes. we also had medical doctors back then we had nasopharyngeal is, pneumonia, basically. the winter was brutal, we had medical doctors. and i always felt that the colonel we went overseas with, he was tough but fair, but you respected him and he built an outfit there. i think we were all proud, you will always have the guy, but basically we were proud of what we were doing and trying to do the job the best we could. i'm not bragging, you know what i'm saying, but that's the way i felt about it and what i feel about it when i step back and reflect on this after it's all over. it was a tough dea

when there were moments of crisis on the ward, 01’ were moments of crisis on the ward, or amongst thestepped forward to do catering and to get her arms around people and support them. late last night, a second nurse died after being confirmed with coronavirus. amy 0'rourke was 39 years old and died in the kent hospital in which she had worked. my sincere condolences to their families, their friends and their colleagues, because they were one of us, they we re because they were one of us, they were one of my profession, of the nhs family. i worry that there is going to be more, and i want to honour them today and recognise their service. today, friends and family took to social media to remember both nurses. 0ne family took to social media to remember both nurses. one of amy 0'rourke's three daughters wrote, her mother is an angel, and will wear her nhs crown for ever. so, with temperatures across parts of the uk set to soar this weekend, the temptation to head outdoors will also increase. borisjohnson has called on people to stay at home and stick to the rules — even if they are in wa

and that is us done so we're going to start our ward round for this evening.hone outside, so that we do not bring it in with us and we will touch base with you again later. so, it's now 5:20am and we've had a really busy night here in intensive care. the nursing staff and doctors have worked non—stop and it's really important that we look after ourselves as well as our patients. sadly, there's some battles that we're not going to win. the team try not to phone families overnight, but they have to call if they think a patient is about to die. but even then, relatives can't come here for their own safety. at these times, normally families would be present in intensive care all the time by their loved ones‘ sides, and with visiting rules being changed and the risk to relatives coming in and catching coronavirus themselves, we don't have visitors any more. and we're therefore providing relatives with daily updates about their loved one. we all know in the nhs as health care workers that these are unprecedented times. we also know that there may come a time when we

the wards are full, but nobody can visit. the lockdown inside this hospital is as complete as the lockdown outside. to return to the outside world, we must remove our protective clothing for disposal. it's possible the suits are carrying tiny particles of the virus, even though we've touched nothing and nobody. if putting it on is called donning, taking it off is called doffing. carefully, one must follow the same procedure in the same order every time. each piece of clothing removed is followed by more sanitizing. we don't want to infect ourselves, and we don't want to infect anyone else. you must follow the rules. everyone must follow the rules. there are no exceptions. motor? nope. not motor? it's pronounced "motaur." for those who were born to ride, there's progressive. for those who were born to ride, if we weren't able to stream anything, i think they'd be lost. (vo) we are all home right now. that's why verizon is giving you more of the entertainment you want. dayley is usually watching a tv show, and mckenna is almost

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ward. coming up in the 9:00 hour, jonathan ferro in conversation of the international monetary fund. this is "bloomberg." ♪ good morning, everyone. tom keene and francine lacqua. quite a good conversation yesterday. howard ward, the vice chairman talks about bridges. help us with the bridge of this bull market. do you reframe a bull market in a lower level than down 29,000 or do you frame out longer-term where you are really not worried about 29 or 30 or even higher statistic? i am really focused on the trajectory of this economy looking out over the next six months to a year, tom. the key thing for the stock market right now because investors are doing the right thing, which is essentially or atg off 2020 earnings, least the first two or three quarters of earnings this year, probably will be down something like 25%. but what is very important for equity investors is the ability to see the light at the end of the tunnel, to have confidence that there will be an upturned in economic activity

michael cox moved down to the general covid ward a few days ago.t's time to try to stand up and take his first step. this is what success looks like. slow, painful and exhausting. but genuine progress. great! that was your first steps. everybody that i've had dealings with here have been brilliant. absolutely brilliant. so it's two o'clock now, and we're heading back onto the wards for the afternoon session. the team sees patients who have been weakened by the virus. theirjob is to get them well enough to start their lives properly again. when stanley came into hospital, he was told he had maybe two days to live. that was over a month ago. cheering. i had to have the mask on my face all the time. as soon as i took it off, i started suffocating. and bit by bit, with you guys and the doctors and nurses and everybody else, thank god for them, we started turning things around. and we've all seen a fair few number of patients being discharged home or back to their care homes today, so some really nice, positive stuff going on today. and then back to his

staff on the covid wards are busy but not overwhelmed.mily and friends are much more nervous for me than what i am for myself. i feel like we're quite safe here, we're wearing the ppe, we are not in with patients very long. it's a minimum amount of time. in terms of my day—to—day working life here, i don't really have any anxieties about my safety, and the way that the senior team have been running things. it all seems very under control to me. once they get to this point, the risk of covid increases, because we have covid—positive patients through here, and we will go through there now to show you what kind of precautions we're taking. just a few weeks ago, this was an orthopaedic ward. now, it belongs to covid patients. you have to remember that this is a brand—new virus, that we as humans have not come across before, so we have no immunity to it. another thing we do know is that there is regionality to the infection rates. we're hoping that in areas of scotland, particularly, where social distancing has been taken up much more readily

the wards are full, but nobody can visit. lockdown inside this hospital is as complete as the lockdown outside. to return to the outside world, we must remove our protective clothing for disposal. it's possible the suits are carrying tiny particles of the virus, even though we've touched nothing and nobody. if putting it on is called donning, taking it off is called doffing. carefully, one must follow the same procedure in the same order every time. each piece of clothing removed is followed by more sanitizing. we don't want to infect ourselves, and we don't want to infect anyone else. you must follow the rules. everyone must follow the rules. there are no exceptions. (mom) were you planning on mowing the lawn today? [thunder] (son) no. (burke) seen it. covered it. at farmers insurance, we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. so get a quote at farmers-dot-com. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ from anyone else. so why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase relieves your worst symptoms which

he described what happened when he and a colleague were looking after a patient on a covid ward last and then he had a coughing fit, and we both knew that everything he coughed up was hanging around in the air while we were completing his personal care. and we had to... and that we were at risk of breathing that in, because the masks are not up to standard and don't provide the full protection we require. the trust that runs st thomas‘ says it has no shortage of ppe and is acting in accordance with government guidance — guidance which ministers say was based on advice from the world health organization. but another hospital in the south of england which wants to stay anonymous says that there are severe shortages. one trust said it had only two days supply of protective gowns left, and, as a result, had been carrying out ward rounds online. it has emerged in eyes that another major trust has called the bbc, requesting phone numbers for burberry and barbour, to ask them for stocks of gowns because it not have enough to get through tomorrow. it also says some trusts are now washing and

now we know that he has been moved from intensive car tbut remains ward in st.homas is. >> it was last thursday night that the whole u.k.ou camto clap for the nhs services, that we saw the pictures of boris johnson on the steps of downing reetclapping for the nhs. d to most observers, he t look well in those pictures. certainly looked like he was not making the type of recovery that everyone would have hoped. of course, just a few days later tathat he wan here to st. thomas's hospital. within the last hour, that statement comi from downing street to say the prime minister has been moved from intensive care back into the ward where he will receive close monitoring during the early phase of his recovery. >> good news. anyou so much, kate doyle, outside st. thomas hospital in been moved from intensive care.s let's move from the spread of the coronavirus in the u.k.. the untry heading into the easter holiday weekend with warm weather being forecast. will breaches of the lockdown continue to be recorded? police released this, places where they had received reports of

we are the last hand they've probably held, bar the nurses up on the ward.o reassure people that if we take your family out, we will love them like they are one of our own. for their dedication, a tribute from communities across the uk. we meet the emergency services teams of craigavon. these people in such an intense time is right now but pausing just briefly to share this moment. the real heroes are not used to the spotlight are curtain calls, they work behind—the—scenes. but tonight, once again, they have our applause. emma vardy, bbc news. jobless figures in the united states have surged for a third week as the country struggles to contain the coronavirus outbreak. the latest figures show another 6.5 million people filed unemployment claims last week, bringing the total new claims to almost 17 million. three weeks ago that figure wasjust under 300,000. almost 16,000 people have now died in the united states. it's feared up to 60,000 americans could die, though that is lower than previous estimates. as nick bryant reports, the pandemic continues to hit ha

now the hospital says it plans to close the ward at the end of may.hristina urbana delivered her son at regional just a few miles from her home. >> it's very heartbreaking. i know a lot of moms are expecting to have babies and starting moms are really concerned about this. >> reporter: dr. kenneth phan is the ob-gyn chairman at the hospital where he's worked the past 18 years. he says closing the maternity word will put lives at risk. >> we have the aft side which is the mostly poor and minority patients of the city. and to deny them these kind of services, this is crazy. >> reporter: he and other doctors are especially concerned about shutting the ward down during the covid-19 pandemic. >> they could not have chosen a worse time. >> reporter: in a statement the hospital said, "we have had a small ob program at regional hospital but have determined that our current volume of patients can be easily handled by good samaritan hospital, sainta clara valley medical center, and other community hospitals. we will make sure the transition to these hospitals i

york city highest contract labor is to bury dozens of bodies in a trench on heart island wards simply unable to cope with the soaring number of fatalities. in russia and opec agreed to slash oil production to stabilize the global market for the plan hits a roadblock as mexico refuses to comply meaning more talks ahead. either here with your global news update this is r.t. international. will start with an update on the latest figures on the covert 90 pandemic the number of confirmed infections worldwide has now passed 1600000 the death toll is approaching 97362000 people have recovered. what's become clear that elderly people are at greatest risk from covert 19 and an alarming picture is emerging from care homes across europe there's been a surge in mortality rates but the numbers are still unclear because of a lack of testing and delays in reporting in italy the health director of one nursing home says that there are no resources to cope with the crisis. i mean i would describe what's happened as a tsunami losing so many people at the same time is terrible to have not even had time t

then we moved here, where we have since grown to include two women's wards and a men's ward. >> wanderingime for a couple of favorite patients. >> this is maya. she was discovered by the king while he was making a journey about eight days from here. poor thing had club feet and was literally walking on her ankles. he sent her to us with a message to do what we could for her. look at her now. this man is a sherpa porter. he was a guide for a british climbing expedition. three men were lost, buried by an avalanche. this fellow lost his footing. he fell 200 feet. [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> the eyes of this mountain land, and the eyes of the all-seeing consciousness, are fixed on the himalayas beyond cathkathmandu. snow-crowned, the highest of them, the names conjure a spell. challenging their foothills and preceded by porters carrying supplies and camera equipment, the march of medicine, in search of still another american doctor, perhaps more remote and inaccessible than any, moved for two days on foot along this rocky, winding trail, toward a town called

i know we have on our ward, soldiers. civilians could have been some other place. >> where were you when the war ended? andrew: a concentration camp. >> i'm sorry, for you transferred out. -- before you transferred out. townw: we wound up on a --led britain, germany that's where we were when we got our orders to ship home. atould tell you by looking the book what the date was. theeft germany heading for stationing areas. it was in the middle of september. 25,und up home on november 1945. it did not go as smooth. i did not like it. but with the number of troops -- it took several years to get all those people over here. all of those soldiers and so forth. you are not going to move them back in a couple of days. we went to camp philadelphia first, i think. we went to cap phillip or vice versa. -- campon the ship versa.morris or vice we got on a ship, it had to be the 10th of november heading home. boston november 20 of 1945. a tuesday.ded it was .hursday was thanksgiving day that is when they started splitting up. headed to

as you can ward so whether it's the coronavirus e flu or standard coldwe all could use a bost to our body's immune systemto help ward off illness us in today's heal minute where meredith wood brings us some tipson how we can do that. >>isolating due to the coronavirus isn't the only way you can help keep yourself from getting sicklosi your immune system is a good y to ward off illness. and you can do that from the comfort of your own homeeating a balanced diet th includes fruits and vegetables as one of the best ways you can get your body. theimmune-boosting vitamins minerals d antioxidants it needs we need some milk and nuts can be great source of protein while some scenes, this civil you activities unknown stress reducer but it caalso help ur immune system regular exercise may reduce the risk of ma chronic diseases such as diates and heart disease that weaken your immun system. stre can impact your immune system so take a moment and medite slow down and focus on your breath even for just a few minutes a day. one of the st important things ovall is get enough sleep. the national sle

jackie ward, kpix 5 in san francisco. >>> and san francisco is also shutting down 13 miles of streets to cars. it will allow residents to take walks and maintain social distancing. closures include kirk ham and and ortega. >> the coronavirus death toll in california is up 5%, and hospitalizations are up 3% according to governor newsom. foam he'll give an update on where we stand toward the goal of reopening the state's economy and will provide more details on the six criteria that he laid out last week, and reveal the state has a new website geared toward volunteerism during the pandemic. >>> developing news in san francisco's tenderloin where a police standoff at blithe memorial church has been going on for nearly 12 hours now. this is a live look at the massive presence there now. police say a man with a knife holed himself up in the church basement after an early morning altercation with an officer. we're told a shot was fired, and it's unclear if the suspect was hit. >>> an accused car chief in alameda county was arrested on suspicion of carjacking just 35 minutes after he was rel

boris johnson is in intensive care after his symptoms worse and following a night in the hospital ward johnson was moved as a precaution in case he needs a ventilator with the prime minister out of action foreign secretary dominic robb is stepping in to lead the government or a challenge reports from london. the news came after a day of scant information and repeated lines the prime minister's hospital stay was just a precaution said downing street boris johnson himself tweeted i went into hospital for some routine tests as i'm still experiencing coronavirus symptoms i mean good spirits and keeping in touch with my team as we work together to fight this virus and keep everyone safe but the reality was his condition was worsening later on monday doctors moved him to the intensive care unit that's in thomas' hospital in london during the course of this afternoon the promise his condition worsened and on the advice of the medical team who's moved in to a critical care unit so in light of those circumstances the prime minister asked me as secretary to deputize for him when necessary and dr

and that it is us done, so we're going to start our ward round for this evening. in with us, and we will touch base with you again later. so it's now 5:20am and we've had a really busy night here in intensive care. the nursing staff and doctors have worked non—stop and it's really important that we look after ourselves, as well as our patients. sadly, there's some battles that we're not going to win. the team try not to phone families overnight but they have to call if they think a patient is about to die. but even then, relatives can't come here for their own safety. at these times, normally families would be present in intensive care all the time by their loved ones‘ sides and with visiting rules being changed and the risk to relatives coming in and catching coronavirus themselves, we don't have visitors any more. and we're therefore providing relatives with daily updates about their loved one. we all know in the nhs, as healthcare workers, that these are unprecedented times. we also know that there may come a time when we start looking after people we know, col

from the cleaner, raj, at charing cross, to the clinical trials manager, serge, who has become a wardars in nursing, and wanted to pass this message to the public. stay at home. and not put our resources under more stress than they are because we don't want this spreading, it's quite simple. for staff, it's deeply personal. three colleagues have died since the crisis began. the latest was 60—year—old nurse melujean ballesteros, from the philippines, a mother of two and one of 18,000 filipinos working for the nhs. st marys is 175 years old and sacrifice is part of history here. staff fell in both world wars. but in the spring of 2020, it is in critical care units like this that staff willingly face a potentially lethal virus. we were invited to see the work of the cpap unit, where air is applied through a mask to help breathing. it can help some patients, not all. in the process, infected droplets are exhaled. we use it for things to be passed through, so medications or equipment. staff communicate with the outside by video link. the ward is specially ventilated to create what is calle

he has been moved out of the intensive ca re has been moved out of the intensive care unit onto a wardhat he is going to receive close monitoring during the early phase of his recovery. note the word, early. it appears this will not be over for the prime minister very quickly stop of course he needs time to recover on the ward. in terms of the question you ask about any updates that we have not had any news this morning. not surprising, downing street would only tell us if there is something significant to say. i think we might get more detail on a daily news briefing to journalists takes place at around lunchtime today. better news for the prime minister in that he is out of intensive care and on a ward here at the hospital. thank you very much. new york state now has more coronavirus cases than any other country outside the us, according to latest figures. there are almost 160,000 people infected, more so than spain or italy. the state has started to bury some of its dead in mass graves. images, taken by drones, show labourers working on hart island near the bronx, laying pine coffin

so these are all the numbers break down as we head in ward tomorrow afternoon. let's plan on near 70 degrees in the golden gate park, 70 in the mission about 68 downtown san francisco 65 degrees in half moon bay, clear 74 degrees and burlingame temperatures along the peninsula 75 degrees palo alto plenty of 70's in breaking out in the south bay 77 degrees in morgan hill 77 in milpitas 80 in livermore about 80 degrees and cocker to 74 in oakland 76 in hercules wow this is some nice weather all arou the bay area, some of the nice temperaturesall year long make sure to get out there go for a walk and enjoy it. it is going to last for at least another day and then things begin to change clouds move in thursday chance of rain late in the weekend justi back to you. thank you so much. >>now bernie sanders has ficially endorsed joe biden for president the 2 appeared together monday on a live announcement. the >>so today i am. asking all americans i'm asking every democrat i'm asking every independent i'm asking a lot of republican the come together in this campaign. to

headquarters here in doha also coming up hours after launching another attack on tripoli libya and ward cleaver have to says its forces will stop fighting joining the holy month of ramadan and ickes ations of the syrian government is blocking medical supplies to the country's northeast. welcome to the program the u.s. economy is falling deep into one of its most severe recessions in recent times it's seen a decade of growth wiped out in just 3 months shrinking by almost 5 percent and this concerns of the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic is any going to worsen she has returned has the story. the 4.8 percent decline for g.d.p. between january and march represents the largest decline since the 2008 recession consumer spending which accounts for 70 percent of g.d.p. dropped by an annualized rate of 7.6 percent the largest drop since $1080.00 moreover this is just a preliminary estimate analysts expect the eventual number to be far higher than these numbers are for a quarter in which the economic locked down only accounted for a few weeks she. 2nd quarter g.d.p. figures for april to

the next person is julia ward howe. motivation in time of war represent a combination of circumstances. the civil war was no exception, victories on the battlefield, inspired sense of purpose, visionary effective leadership must combine to inspire what the soldiers who fight in citizens who support them. in the early stages of the war, 1861-1863, with few exceptions was a time when union victories were rare and union more out was at its nadir. the sense of purpose was rekindled by the emancipation proclamation and julia ward howe's moving in them. victories and lincoln's moved to change the leadership of the union army in spring of 1864 would coalesce to turn the corner for the union victory for union victory. this destiny was anticipated in the hunting cords he has sounded forth a trumpet that shall never call retreat, he is sifting out the hearts of men before his judgment seat ♪ be swift my soul to answer, be jubilant my feet. the next person i would like to talk about, some examples of what she had done is clara bar

her dad tom was allowed to be present for her birth but was soon asked to leave the ward.after our baby had just been born. the midwives on the ward were amazing and really, really supportive but it's just not the same as having your husband there for you. the coronavirus has hit maternity services hard. staff shortages mean hospitals are having to reduce services. though some are having to do it more than others. the situation is constantly under review, though some women have told us the uncertainty is making a stressful situation even harder. we've asked 16 nhs trusts and boards across the uk about their maternity services. all said one birth partner can be present during labour but only a quarter are allowing partners on the postnatal ward. around a third of trusts and boards that we spoke to are still allowing home births and in the weeks after a birth, there's now an increased reliance on virtual support. home visits are still happening, but one trust only allows face—to—face contact if it's deemed absolutely essential. having a baby at any time can be an uncertain a

in a statement downing street said, the prime minister has been moved this evening back to the ward,here he will receive close monitoring during the early phase of his recovery. they add that, "he is in extremely good spirits." for the latest on the prime minister's condition here's keith doyle from outside st thomas' hospital in central london. these statements is the prime minister has been moved back this evening from intensive care, back to the ward. he has now been moved back onto the world. a statement from downing street said earlier this evening that the prime minister has been moved this evening from intensive care, back to the ward where he will receive close monitoring during the early phase of his recovery. the spokesperson went on to say that the prime minister is an extremely good spirits. he was brought here after suffering coronavirus symptoms for ten days, then great shock when he was moved to the icu on monday. we had seen pictures of the prime minister on the steps of downing street, really not looking well at all and then he pasted a sellthe video where, to any ob

while julia ward was inspired by battle hymn of the republic. and also to demonstrate the patriotism to advocate for a national day of thanksgiving. plumb is the author of your brother in arms come in has written for montgomery county historical society, the "washington post" and magazine among others. please join me to welcome to politics and prose robert c plumb. [applause] >> thank you very much for that kind and warm introduction i feel like if you are a minute musician and you are invited to play at carnegie hall if you are invited to talk here it is wonderful. especially for me because this part one - - this book was released on march 1st it is women's history month but also coincides with the 100th anniversary of the signing of the amendment giving the women the right to vote i want to talk about a guide early in the 20th century so they never got a chance to vote for what they did during the course of the american civil war pave the way for suffrage that came later. what i'm going to do today is give you a snapshot of who these five wome

clarissa ward is live at the hospital where he's being treated. i said he's battling worsening conditions. i'm not sure that's true. what's the current status of his condition compared to yesterday? >> reporter: well, basically, john, it's still the same. so it's been 36 hours now, just over that he's been in the intensive care unit. we're being told that he is still stable, which is good news in the sense that his condition is not deteriorating at all. it's also concerning news in that his condition is not yet improving. we know that he's conscious and reportedly comfortable. he's still receiving oxygen treatment but he's breathing on his own. according to the british cabinet, he is still the one making some of the most important decisions. so, of course, we know he has deputized some of the day-to-day affairs to the foreign

staff on the covid wards are busy but not overwhelmed.y have any anxieties about my safety and the way that the senior team have been running things. it all seems very under control to me. once they get to this point, the risk of covid increases because we have covid positive patients through hear and we will go through now to show you what kind of precautions we take. just a few weeks ago, this was an orthopaedic ward. now it belongs to covid patients. you have to remember that this is a brand—new virus that we as humans have not come across before so we have no immunity to it. but another thing we do know is that there is regionality to the infection rates. we are hoping that in areas of scotland, particularly, where the social distancing has been taken up much more readily than in some areas, bigger areas in england, that we will be able to flatten the curve and that yes, infection is going to happen but we are going to be able to spread that out. everything has been scaled up. this hospital had eight intensive care beds, now they have

with the coronavirus keeping millions of people around the world indoors many are struggling to ward off boredom and took a positive attitude and young kids to the mix and you've got a very challenging situation even for the most patient of parents did amuse alex forrest whiting is one of them she gave us her inside look at her normal life from the confines of her berlin apartment. welcome to our home which is now also the home office the home school and the home kindergarten this is my husband nick working in what's supposed to be a bedroom. this is charlie who's almost 10 and he usually found slugging it out of the kitchen table with his mountain of homework and this is 3 year old cecilia known as c.c. who is the one member of the family thriving in this new reality. we live in an apartment in berlin right next to a rather beautiful church but we don't have access to a garden or even a balcony so at times things can feel a little bit claustrophobic. none to arts is not mum's thought. through for need me me me me me. this was a hot this is. she she joined the board everyone has to h

touring covid wards and testing facilities at a huge hospital, no mask. a short flight away from returning to the white house to come in contact with the most senior members of our government, no mask. earlier today the clinic posted that it has, quote, informed the vice president of the masking policy prior to his arrival today. that post was since taken down. then came a statement that the masking policy had been shared with pence's office. note that the cdc issued guidelines recommending masks earlier this month. also please note pence is the head of the coronavirus task force. here's how pence responded when questioned about his decision to defy the mayo clinic policy. >> i'm tested for the coronavirus on a regular basis, and everyone who is around me is tested for the coronavirus. and when the cdc issued guidelines about wearing a mask, it was their recognition that people that may have the coronavirus could prevent the possibility of conveying the virus to someone else by wearing a mask. and since i -- i don't have the coronavirus, i thought it woul

desperation outside the emergency ward enquire kill ecuador this woman's parents are dying. they said they could admit my father but they have no oxygen i was supposed to get the oxygen myself. nurses are sounding the alarm hospital staff are fulling ill with suspected cases of covert 19 people in guayaquil have been living with disaster for a week every day people are dying on the streets or in their apartments the virus is spread here on a massive scale it takes authorities days to collect the bodies. like this and then as awful as i don't know what to do i'm worried that we are infected myself my brother and my mother. would always economic capital was unprepared for this there is hardly any testing taking place authorities are overwhelmed and afraid they might get infected while the government is trying to play down the situation all the way the government hasn't grasped the dimensions of the catastrophe that we're witnessing here epidemiologists say the next wave of illness is imminent that the worst thing. relatives wait for days of the symmetries for they did to be bu

of rules the way these vultures those promising promising a cure medicine or a secret formula to to ward off coronavirus spirits and for a pretty penny they'll tell you it came from god god gave us this product yeah i believe yes you're saying that silver solution would be effective there's no silver bullet there's no silver pill and i promise you there is no silver toothpaste yes toothpaste that's not a joke patented now. the pentagon has come and documented in homeland security and so. disturbed the whole sorry strain of family it point blank range so ludicrous were his claims that authorities in new york cata step in to tell him to stop this charade it's easy to blame the victims here you can call them silly or stupid we could try to understand them the elderly especially who are trusting who are told daily on television that they're in the high risk category that they're likely to die 1st of course they're desperate can you blame them for for grasping at straws know what you can do is you can blame the the car not ists who are waving these straws in front of their faces not only do t

line so we've also built these other bigger units like the nice ingo hospital which is to 2000 bed wards i mean that's extraordinary so the capacity of the n.h.s. has increased dramatically but that means there are still many doctors around to deal with those conditions that are nothing to do with coronavirus itself however the national health service is still sharing some strain and waiting times for example in london have tripled and many hospitals have that this is to private clinics we heard from a cancer patient. operation shirt george said next week and it was cam saltus recurrent breast cancer. i had a lot of treatment about 5 years ago and ongoing treatment and unfortunately it's returned and it needs an operation sooner rather than later this will be outsourced to a clinic but it's an n.h.s. clinic. and the the consultant hasn't operated there before so his very. being very very cautious and very careful to make sure that he thinks a. wee while scientists are warned that a vaccine for the corona virus is still likely to be more than a year away although that gap in the market ha

at another facility, doctors are preparing for their shift in the coronavirus ward.al is already overcapacity. but its head doctor is used to emergencies — he was a paramedic in chernobyl. translation: the pressure on us has increased. we're getting around 150 new patients every day. we're not at breaking point yet, but we're getting close. when georgiy got sick with suspected coronavirus and was struggling to breathe, twice he called for an ambulance, but none came. the system was overloaded. translation: when i did get to hospital, it was like watching a conveyor belt — a m bula nces co nsta ntly coming and going, bringing in new patients. the strain on the system is close to catastrophic. i decided to go back home. most of the patients were sicker than me. but coronavirus isn'tjust a medical challenge. it's a political one too. in the 20 years he's been in power, vladimir putin has never faced the challenge of this magnitude. a virus, an invisible enemy that's not threatening lives but the entire russian economy — and with it, the image that vladimir putin has bee

stretched to breaking point the wards are philippa's hospital the now the county so coronavirus patients lie in the corridors just north of barcelona medics have turned the hospital library into an intensive care unit spain is one of the worst hit countries the number of coronavirus day says no jumped to more than 10000 after a record 950 deaths in the space of a day. the health workers on the frontline say they are being put in an unthinkable position. we're lacking the staff at the moment and the few staff that we have available are in a dangerous situation themselves and at risk of becoming transmitters. got infected because of the lack of protective measures as we don't have enough resources there are fewer and fewer suitable protective masks. and these ideas of markers when somebody is doing things really badly and we need them to rectify this because if they don't do so to morrow we will double the number of infected health workers if we continue like this there would be enough professionals to take heed of our patients. but there are glimmers of hope the recent new infections in s

cases that test would have given the false comfort of sending someone with coronavirus back on the wards approving tests that don't work is dangerous and i will not do it china's foreign ministry has criticized the u.s. after president donald trump said he thought there coronavirus statistics were a little bit on the light side beijing labeled the comments as shameless and accused washington of politicizing a public health issue and 600000 people in china are in lockdown after new infections were reported in. a province where the coronavirus outbreak began a cases of further raised fears of a 2nd wave of infections that show up today stay with us an al-jazeera inside story is up next. how can health workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic be better protected doctors and nurses around the world are risking their lives to treat the growing number of patients and the enormous mental and physical strain on them be reduced this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm homages to him the war against the coronavirus pandemic is being fought in hospitals around the world doctors a