the globe thanks to come to this friday evening here in moscow at 7 pm here now live from our world news center it's kevin i am with you for this 30 minute world news round up 1st the latest covert 19 figures as they stand this hour sad to say we're heading towards another somber milestone to report to you the number of infections globally is now close to $4000000.00 in terms of fatalities more than 271000 people are known to have died many are also recovering though from the illness of course that figure currently stands at over 1300000. you. hear russia's health ministry says more than 1200 coronavirus patients are currently on ventilation nationwide the country currently ranks 5th in the world in terms of infections at over 187000 the daily rate has been rising rapidly health officials though say there are enough beds and there are enough ventilators course putting people on a ventilator as a last resort measure for doctors it means it's become all but impossible for the patient to breathe unaided even many gravely ill in some countries up to 80 percent of patients needing ventilation do not

good afternoon from moscow just to midday here and i think should company live from artie's world news center here it's kevin owen with this 30 minute news round up for you and 1st the covert 900 figures as they stand this hour controlled infections around the world of no exceeded 3700000 the number of lives lost also continues its troubling rise is currently more than 258000 but the number of people who have recovered 2 from the illness is also soaring 1200000 people are well again . in today's developments president putin is set to chair meeting later on possible ways to lift the lockdown here in russia the national norm working period currently runs till next monday may the 11th people hear of the promise that restrictions might be eased if the situations improve by then but the country continues to see sharp daily rises in registered infections russia is no the 5th most affected country and has the highest rate of new infections in europe but just to deaths though currently remain low at $1451.00. the numbers of course don't reveal the extent of the very deep personal grief suffered by fa

other things the companies choose day life from artie's world news center here in moscow money is kevin 0 in a 30 minute news round up for you as it stands so far today and 1st the latest covert 19 figures than the pandemic still has a grip around the world with over 3600000 coronavirus cases confirmed the number of deaths is now risen above a quarter of a 1000000 but more than 1200000 people are known to have made her recovery. so in today's are the main developments world leaders have pledged almost 7 and a half 1000000000 euro to fund development of a coronavirus vaccine at a video conference on monday fully just slightly short than of the target set by the european commission which organized the fundraiser with a moron who stepped up to the plate and who didn't show up is our europe correspondent peter oliver. monday's online summit ended with a presentation hosted by european commission president on the line and which they said how much these nations were going to be giving and why this was an important joint cooperation honestly the presentation looked a little bit like a cross be

for a good morning cheer live from art international's world news center here in moscow is kevin owen here for the next 30 minutes with the latest round appreciate your company as we get them with a quick check on the latest global coronavirus figures total infections no standard more than $4800000.00 teletubbies have topped 316000 now the number who recovered stands at more than $1800000.00 around the world. in some of today's developments britain's opposition labor party is demanding an investigation into coronavirus deaths an elderly care homes we should describe as mishandled about a quarter of the country's cobra fatalities have happened in residential facilities labour's deputy leader says people have been tragically let down they should be there should be some investigation into that and care stammers requested that because everything is tragic and we've had medical experts on to miss that we see that the virus into our care homes and the guidance wasn't there for care workers i think we've been tragically let down on friday it was revealed the number of care home residents in

company this wednesday live from artie's world news center here in moscow my name's kevin 0 in here with this 30 minute round up for you and 1st the latest covert 19 figures as they stand this hour confirmed infections around the world of no exceeded 3700000 the number of lives lost also continues its troubling rise and is currently more than 258000 globally but the number of people to have recovered from the illness is also soaring to 1200000 people well again. so in today's developments president putin is set to chair a meeting later on possible ways to lift the lockdown here in russia the national normal working week period runs from to next monday rather that's made the 11th people here have been that promise that restrictions might be eased if the situations improve by then but it's very up in the air the country continues to see sharp daily rises in registered infections russia is now the 5th most affected country and has the highest rate of new infections in europe registered deaths though remain low currently at $1451.00 the numbers of course that reveal the extent of the very da

by the ever good afternoon chill live from arts international's world news center here in moscow it's kevin o. into likely to be if next 30 minutes for the latest round of stick with me to begin with our final for now a quick daily roundup of the latest global coronavirus figures as they stand this hour total infections now stands at more than $4800000.00 fatalities have talked 316000 of the number of those who've recovered sounds at more than $1800000.00 around the world. in other developments today then britain's opposition labor party is demanding an investigation into coronavirus deaths an elderly care homes which he describes as being mishandled about a quarter of the country's covert fatalities have happened in residential facilities labor's deputy leader says people have been tragically that. should be there should be some investigation into that and kissed on earth requested that because everything is tragic and we've had medical experts on through with that we see that the virus into our care homes and the guidance wasn't there for care workers i think they've been tragically

over good afternoon from moscow welcome to the world news center with me kevin though in a move for the next 30 minutes for the round up for you as it stands today let's begin with the latest global infection figures since the outbreak of the new virus last december there's been more than 3500000 registered cases the number of deaths is heading towards a quarter of a 1000000 but overall positive note more than 1100000 people have recovered so far . you know. at the news to brief you on this hour the u.s. is again trying to keep the focus well and truly on china over all this with the u.s. secretary of state saying that there's enormous evidence that the outbreak started with a leak from a lab in will but that's in contradiction then to the united states' own intelligence community which says that assertion is far from certain have you seen anything that gives you high confidence that it originated in that will have in the lab or is that there's enormous effort is that that's were the speedier trial has a history of infecting the world the intelligence community concur with the white sci

this with all. 3 in the afternoon here in moscow thanks for company this wednesday live from world news center it's kevin i am with you for the next 30 minutes so you can stay with me to well 1st the latest a covered 900 figures to brief you on confirmed infections around the world today have now exceeded 3700000 the number of lives lost can continue this troubling rise it's currently more than 258000 the number of people to have recovered from the illness is also soaring 1200000 people are well. president putin secure a meeting later in the next few hours we think on possible ways to lift the lockdown here in russia the national norm working period currently runs till next monday that's made the 11th people here have been promised that restrictions might be if the situations improve by them it's not looking good at the moment the country continues to see sharp daily rises in registered infections russia is now the 5th most affected country and has the highest rate of new infections in europe registered deaths though remain low currently at $1537.00. the numbers of course don't reveal the exte

hi good afternoon thanks come to this choose day life from out international's world news center here in moscow i'm kevin irwin with a 30 minute round up for us at stand so far today and we're beginning the program with the latest on the covert 19 figures the pandemic still has a big grip around the world with over 3600000 coronavirus cases confirmed the number of deaths is now risen above a quarter of a 1000000 but more than 1200000 people are known to have made a recovery as well. world leaders have pledged almost 7 and a half 1000000000 euros to fund development of a coronavirus vaccine at a video conference held on monday falling just slightly short than of the target set by the european commission which is the old gold in a station that organized that fundraiser in the 1st place with more who stepped up to the plate and crucially who didn't show up to is our europe correspondent peter oliver. monday's online psalmist ended with a presentation hosted by european commission president on the line and which they said how much these nations were going to be giving and why this was an

good afternoon thanks to come to this thursday live from our teams world news center here in moscow my name is kevin know and i'm here for the next 30 minutes with a round up for you 1st the latest covert 19 figures then since the outbreak began 3800000 people are now known to have been infected with the potentially deadly virus around the world the number of deaths as a result has now surpassed 265000 but the number of people making recovery 2 is also rising but currently stands at 1300000. europe may be moving on from the worst of the pandemic but there's new trouble ahead the e.u. says the region's on course for a recession of historic proportions with already hard hit countries suffering the most is a europe correspondent 1st then peter oliver. gloomy times economically are being talked about as a result of coronavirus the e.u. spring 2020 economic forecast is looking at a 7 and a half percent contraction of g.d.p. over this year just a few months ago although same analysts were talking about a small 'd rise in that index over the same period now those in the know talking about say

international zone world news center in moscow is kevin now in here for the next 30 minutes with the latest round up and let's begin with our daily quick check on the latest global coronavirus figures that total infections now stands at more than $4800000.00 fatalities have topped 316000 or the number of those who've recovered stands at more than 1800000 around the world. britain's opposition labor party is demanding an investigation into coronavirus deaths an elderly care homes which he describes as mishandled around a quarter of the country's covert fatalities have happened in residential facilities neighbors deputy leader says people have been tragically let down they should be there should be some investigation into that in case downwards requested that because everything. and we've had medical experts on to him is that we see that the virus into our care homes and the guidance wasn't there for care workers i think they've been tragically let down on friday it was revealed a number of care home residents in britain who died from the corona virus was actually 50 percent higher tha

president told citizens they won't be jetting off. 6 pm here in moscow 8 2nd though in here at our world news center for the next 30 minutes we're going to stay with me to take you through today's latest developments but we're starting with as has become customary lately the latest. to say wedding towards another milestone around the world the number of infections globally is now close to 4000000 in terms of fatalities more than 271000 people are known to have died many more are also recovering though from the illness of course that figure currently stands at over $1300000.00. russia's health ministry says more than 1200 coronavirus patients are currently on ventilation nationwide the country currently ranks 5th in the world in terms of infections at over 187000 the daily rate has been rising rapidly health officials though say there are enough beds and there are enough ventilators because putting people on a ventilator is a last resort measure for doctors it means it's become all but impossible for the patient to breathe unaided leaving many gravely ill in some countries up to 80 percent of patient

company this wednesday live from artsy international world news center here in moscow it's kevin owen he was here for the next 30 minutes so we can stick around to take you through the headlines mostly talking about the latest on covert 19 and we'll start with the figures show way as we've done of late well confirmed infections around the world of note seated 3700000 the number of lives lost also could continues its troubling rise and is currently at more than 258000 but that said the number of people who have recovered from the illness is also soaring 1200000 people are well again. today here president putin set to cheer a meeting on possible ways to lift the lockdown here in russia a bit later the national non-working period runs currently till next monday that's made the 11th people here have been promised that restrictions might be if the situations improve by them but the country continues to see sharp daily rises in registered infections in fact russia is now the 5th most affected country around the world and has the highest rate of new infections in europe registered deaths tho

so put to talk about how their function company this monday live from artie's world news center here in moscow it's cover now into lighter to have you company for next 30 minutes i hope with the latest details as they stand today and let's begin with the global infection figures this hour since the outbreak of the new virus last december there have been no recorded more than 3500000 registered cases the number of deaths is heading towards a quarter of a 1000000 but on a more positive note smaller 1100000 people have so far recovered 2. you. these are the big developments the u.s. is again trying to keep the focus well and truly on china with the u.s. secretary of state saying that there's enormous evidence he put it that the outbreak started with a leak from a lab in will hand but that's in contradiction to the united states' own intelligence community which says that that assertion is far from certain. haven't you seen anything that gives you high confidence that it originated in that will help the lab where there's enormous effort is that that's where this began trail has a history

life has changed in cities arou the world the past tworban mo centers? to "world newmerica" on pbs and around the globe. omijing is working to clamp down on political fren hong kong, making it a crime to undermine the central stvernment's authority, bthut waedo wesorn'l'. the problem is that much of the rest orethe world doesn't erwestti condemned the national security office concern. at a time prayed because of hahnco sud tworth vihas mod,re. hn: beijing's tiananmen square was quiet. there are no protest over lockdowns here. inside, china's presidentnad a spring i his step, bringing the virus under control seen as vindication for him and for a system on troubled by messy democrat debate. there can be no starker illustration of that than this, a new national security law imposed on hong kong with 2,878 votes in favor and just one against. the fear that any anti-china purchase might be classe as subversion has led to internationa outcry, including this surprise announcement for the 200,000 hongheh ovseas passports. --british overseas passports. >>path, we will changhat

center. >> world news is next, forra foa >>> tonight, the coronavirus here in the u.s. and in the middle of it all, the state of emergency now unfolding tonight. homes being swept away. families forced to evacuate amid horrific flooding. >>> the developing situation. two dams failing in michigan. thousands of families forced from their homes. water at record levels. houses seen floating away. a dow chemical plant evacuated. the nuclear reactor nearby already shut down because of the virus. tonight, the concern there. families who were trying to stay safe because of the pandemic, now trying to maintain social distance in shelters. some sleeping in cars. and this evening, the flood alerts at this hour from ohio all the way to parts of the east coast. rob marciano is standing by live tonight.g era.

south america has become a new at the center for the disease. china thing europe and now the world health organization is declaring in latin america the new at the center of the brand of virus pandemic. we got more blustery showers moving across the northwest and possibly a more cool weather rattling in here as well you can see this circulation just to the north of the british isles that's going to face some more heavy showers safely across the highlands of scotland will see that west of where the grassy making its way through the north sea heading towards norway some rather wet weather to into central parts of europe sinking across france germany down into the alps could see another $4050.00 millimeters of rain here over the next 24 hours south of that it's fine and dry cooler than it has been recently athens at around $25.00 celsius of the moscow 8 degrees celsius here and 10 degrees below the seasonal average so certainly on the cool side here but few more busters shows cold again as we go on through sunday we'll see the shallows making their way across the central parts of euro

south america has become a new at the center for the disease 1st china then europe now that america the world health organization declares another new phase in the coronavirus pandemic. it is to protect that hard one progress and prevent a devastating resurgence in the 2nd wave of the virus in the u.k. announces a magic trick or untamed for anyone to rounding off to june 8th and punishments for those who don't comply. also hong kong leaders say they're ready to work with china on a new security law for critics including the usa it's the final blow to the territories autonomy. an airbus jet liner with almost 100 people on board has crashed into a crowded neighborhood near the airport in the coastal pakistani city of karachi there are 2 survivors but it's not known how many people were killed or injured on the ground there harding reports. the crash happened as the pakistan international airlines flight was attempting to land for. a 2nd time. initial reports say the airbus pilot sent a mayday message reporting problems with both engines and made a go around. a few minutes later the airliner cam

life has changed in cities around the world the past two months, but will it ever be the same in our great urban centers? katty: welcome to "world newsmerica" on pbs and around the globe. beijing is working to clamp down on political freedom in hong kong, making it a crime to undermine the central government's authority, but doesn't want that to affect the way hong kong does business with the rest of the world. the problem is that much of the rest of the world doesn't agree. western nations including the u.s. and britain have condemned the national security office of japan, too, says it is concern. at a time when relations are already prayed because of covid, this has made it worth. john sudworth has more. john: beijing's tiananmen square was quiet. there are no protest over lockdowns here. inside, china's president had a spring in his step, bringing the virus under control seen as vindication for him and for a system on troubled by messy democratic debate. there can be no starker illustration of that than this, a new national security law imposed on hong kong with 2,878 votes in favor and just one against. the fear that any anti-chi

the early part of 1993, january, there was anttk on the world trade center by a specific group of islamic extremist terrorists from a mosque in new jersey and their intent was to take down the entire world trade center. they didn't but they skillkille sufficient number of people and they had a history of killing people. >> during and after 9/11, you, the mewor ofork city, would sit at a table with governor pataki, the governor of the state of new york three times a day, twice a day to cut through red tape to make decisions and to work together. what do it that way? >> because it gets things done every decision was a joint decision. when we made a mistake, we made it together. t we are not goibe pointing fingers at each other, so things got done very, very, very, very quickly. >> would that degree of erordination be useful now? >> it would be iive for the city that is the epi center. remarkably the governor in cuoma taken interesting jabs at each other which, as a new yorker, i can't imagine they would spend ur weeks talking about it and not do that a little bit. r i see a goationship. that is about as good as it gets. the problem

in here in their first language what the cooling centers are doing to make sure that they are safe and let's face it marty we live in a whole new worldoling centers are probably more important than ever because in the past if you didn't want to go to a cooling center. you can go to the malls you can go to the movies you can do a lot of other things but covid-19 shut down those locations as well which is why those cooling centers had to scramble come up with new guidelines, we'll try to talk to some people if they happen to walk by here. but we do know it's a whole new world right marty back to you it sure is thank you will thanks for that live report from san jose. >>all right now we want to check out the weather because will was talking about the need for a cooling centers in the bay area. let's check in with dave spahr who reporting on the changes ahead right dave. >>yeah we're going to be taken right kind of beating up this a heat advisory for us it's with us one more day then after that forget about even the 90's in the inland valley sorely can improve you notice already tomorrow and then we get into saturday or changes how about

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to say this pandemic is worse than both the attack on pearl harbor and the attack on the world trade center in new york. >>if we tested every single american in this country at this moment, we have to retest them an hour later and then an hour later after that because at any moment you could theoretically contract this virus. so the notion that everyone needs to be tested is just i'm simply nonsensical. >>the notion of testing has long been an issue during this pandemic doctor anthony fauci has said that testing is important an important factor when considering reopening the country to its fullest today. the new white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany clarified who president trump believes should be tested. more than 57 need to be tested are vulnerable populations that's why doctor birx has repeatedly emphasized the need to surge nursing homes with the testing. >>meat processing facilities. that's where the testing is needed we have to be strategic with our testing and we have done that so far. >>more than 7.7 million americans have been tested that's according to the johns hopkins coronaviru

is concerning health care professionals and public officials here in new york and around the world in the united states the centers for disease control has actually asked new york state now to develop a response criteria for this phenomenon basically what are the symptoms and how should it be treated there also partnering with other institutions here in new york to see if there's a possible genetic link between these cases that weakness perhaps triggered by the corona virus but really a lot of questions a lot of concern but no real answers right now certainly worrying situation for parents who thought that their kids at least were protected from from any serious consequences with this virus thank you very much in new york kristen salumi. a prominent saudi prince has reportedly been detained according to human rights watch senior saudi royal prince face up until i saod was detained at the end of march and hasn't been heard from sense he is the son of the late king abdullah and the former head of the country's red crescent society saudi authorities have faced global condemnation for carrying out a spate of arrest ta

getting out there and having a good healthy exercise as far as the cooling center, you're absolutely right. james is a whole new world now. last year i did cooling centers, they never talked about covid-19 right what was that about but this year it is on the center right dead center of their mind their brains and that's why yesterday was not open. but it is open for you today so take a look at your screen. not open this morning because there's no urgency just yet it's going to be at the heart of the day from 1 o'clock in the afternoon all the way until 9 o'clock at night. so you have 8 hours a relief and yes they had to make some arrangements for social distance so too many to mention at this time, but i'll touch upon a few there's the camden community center located at 3, 3, 6, 9 union avenue, there's the roosevelt community center at 9 oh one east santa clara street and cypress community center at 4 '03 cypress avenue if you did not catch all of those locations don't worry about it thank goodness for the internet just go to kron 4 dot com and we'll post all of those locations and other locations that could be poppi

it's take a look at some of the stories making news around the world hungary announced it will close refugee reception centers in so-called trance of on its southern border with serbia the $280.00 asylum seekers they are being moved to reception centers within hungry the country is complying with an e.u. court ruling that being the trans is illegal in spain a new law on face mosques has taken effect it requires anyone over the age of 6 to weigh a protective mosque in the indoor public spaces as well as outdoor was rated a distance of 2 meters cannot be kept this comes as the spanish government cautiously eason's coronavirus restrictions michael cohen the former lawyer of us president trump has returned home after being released from prison as part of a push to stem the spread of corona virus among inmates cohen has been serving 3 years behind bars and connection with campaign finance violations he will serve the restore peace time and the house arrest. severe flooding has hit the u.s. state of michigan off to 2 dams failed following his view of rain officials warn a city of 40000 people could end up under alm

world transformed. it's exploring how the coronavirus pandemic is reshaping global leadership and exposing a new world order. the u.s. isn't the main or only center of that order, and other countries, global institutions, global n.g.o.'s and private sector groups are rising to the occasion. our guest today is the managing director of the international monetary fund, the i.m.f. please tweet us your questions using #askpolitico. i've had the privilege of getting to know her over the course of 10 years, first as a colleague, now as a journalist, and i'm delighted she's going to help us understand what she calls the great lockdown. the i.m.f. is pushing emergency liquidity into emerging markets. it succeeded in getting a debt mother tourm. it's got $1 trillion in lending capacity. is it enough? we're go b to find out. welcome. >> thank you very much. hello to the audience. >> absolutely. we've got people all over the world. so glad you made it to the office today to be able to do this. i'll start with the easy one. larry summers says we might have unemployment in the double digits for a couple of years. all the g.d.p. numbers seem to be going one dir

we'll have to adapt to a much different world, and tonight that different world very much includes day care centers. abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley has more from the east bay. >> the love and care learning center in walnut creek usually has 100 children a day in their care. now there are only ten. >> we did lose some clients because those families lost their job, and some families are reluctant to return. it's hard to say if we can accept children because the restrictions that the state gave us doesn't allow us to operate at our full capacity. >> a new study out of uc berkeley center for the study of child care employment looked at 2,000 preschools in california in late april. only 34% of child care centers were open while 72% of home-based child care was open. looking ahead, the study painted a bleak picture. >> in a lot of cases, folks are hesitant to return to child care, families are hesitant to return, and some programs just are not able to reopen for financial concerns or safety concerns. we can expect a lot of closures. we're anticipating mass closures across the state. >> 62% reported having troub

world. center magic. al-jazeera bringing the news and current affairs that matter to. how does the. war. hello again peter be here in doha the top stories from al-jazeera more than 500 medical personnel have been sent to china's jilin province as it deals with a new coronavirus cluster at the same time china's mass testing program is underway the local health authority says more than $113000.00 tests were carried out on friday sarah clarke is monitoring developments from hong kong some the latest dust we've got from the national health commission out of china we've got 5 new cases reported on sunday at 2 of those cases are imported and 3 are from this our province.

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world. center matter. al-jazeera bringing you the news and current affairs that matter to leave. out is the. 2 major powers one disputed himalayan border india and china blaming each other for confrontations over the past month but why is this happening now and could the tension trigger a military conflict this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm bernard smith trouble is brewing up the roof of the world india and china both claim territory along the himalayas the world's tallest mountain range the border dispute goes back decades and tension is on the rise again the indian military says in the 1st week of may indian and chinese soldiers scuffled and threw stones at each other in the penguin so lake a nakoula areas chinese state media say indian troops trespassed on chinese territory and accuse them of trying to build the fence facilities but india's government says its soldiers stayed on it signed. both sides appear to be bolstering their presence an australian security analyst posted these satellite pictures on twitter last week they appear to show both sides build

so the world health organization says now is not the time to ease restrictions across the americas as it says the region is the new at the center of covert 90 but is growing and he looked down protests across the region with poor people saying that they're the ones suffering the most and next year brown begins our coverage. and ecuador they marched in defiance of the lockdown angry of the government cuts to jobs and salaries brought in to tackle the pandemic. the mayor of the capital quito had asked the crowds to stay home because of the risk of infection. but these protesters believe the stakes are too high. we have no fear of contagion on the contrary we were afraid of the hunger that our comrades and hundreds of family members who live jobless will go through. this anger to intially where demonstrators have pleaded for help saying they don't have enough food. this is not legal but it's the only way to make them listen to us to protest and to create barricades chile's president sebastian pinera has warned the health system is reaching its limits there's been a rapid increase in infections in recent days with a new field hospi

south america has become a new happy center for the disease 1st china then europe now that america the world health organization declares another new phase in the coronavirus pandemic.

world. center matter. al-jazeera bringing the news and current affairs that matter to. al-jazeera. 2 major powers one disputed himalayan border india and china blaming each other for confrontations over the past month but why is this happening now and could the tension trigger a military conflict this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm bernard smith trouble is brewing up the roof of the world india and china both claim territory along the himalayas.

the world health organization has identified south america as the new center of the global coronavirus pandemic, and no country on that continent is as hard hit as brazil. there are more than 330,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in brazil, and more than 21,000 deaths, according to the country's health ministry. amid the crisis, brazil's president, jair bolsonaro, has downplayed the threat, and clashed with local officials who have imposed lockdowns to try and slow the spread of the virus. for more, i recently spoke to "new york times" reporter ernesto londono, who is in rio de janeiro. ernesto, we've been hearing quite a bit about latin america and how covid-19 is working its way through south america, as well. where is brazil at right now in terms of infections, deaths, how people are affected? >> brazil is now clearly the epicenter in latin america. we're seeing upwards of 80new deaths each day, and contagion is growing. so, health officials here and local officials are warning that the next few months are going to be very, very hard. they're looking at a breakdown of health care syst

tavenner let's start with brazil where are we today so brand the world health organization has declared south of there. as the new epic center for coronavirus specifically with brazil being the hardest in fact this week they passed both spain and italy internal to total confirmed cases and is now number 2 in the world surpassing 3 165000 cases and with over 22000 deaths a let's take a look at what's going on in brazil in details now on may 22nd so far they had the highest cases so far with over 22000 just in one day and moving over to deaths we're seeing in brazil in just one day on may 21st they had over 1100 that it's so grand what's even more troublesome is that all of these numbers that you see behind me that very scene behind me is that brazil's testing levels are extremely low and to give you an example in comparison here in the u.s. has around about 45000 tests per $1000000.00 people now in brazil that rate is only about $3500.00 per $1000000.00 people so many health officials fear that the real numbers there might be at least $20.00 to $20.00 times higher than reported and specifically the indigenous people in more r

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senate from his home sumi sings have become the new normal for people all over the world during this pandemic on the popular took center stage in the u.s. senate us as the nation's top infectious disease expert warns against rushing to reopen the economy there is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak you may not be able to control which in fact dark simply will set you back only leading to some suffering and death or it could even set you back row to try to get economic recovery. anthony fact she has served under 6 us president bush in his role on the white house coronavirus task force he's had to walk a tightrope between public health and the unscientific theories promoted by donald trump. but this very issue is going to disappear. it's a question of when that when you talk about will this virus just disappear and as i accept publicly many times that is just not going to happen because it's such a highly transmissible virus and with the virus not going away she had another message for the senators safeguards like testing and contact tracing need to be in place before states open up. so if the community orders

new at the center for the disease. first china then europe now latin america the world health organization declares another new phase in the current virus pandemic and trillions of dollars are being handed out but do coronavirus loans help or hurt countries in the long run. we got some slightly dry weather into southern parts of china now our seasonal rains have nots a little further southward so with this system just making its way off into the open waters you could still see want to share was into taiwan and us a good deal dry sticky side there in hong kong temperatures at around 31 celsius still some showers but not as intense as they have been recently had some other weather to moving across north korea pushing into the far east of russia japan stace life on it was because for sunday temperatures in tokyo would around 24 celsius the tat warmers to go on into monday by that stage you could see what to show us all such a stretch in the way across flooded to much of northern china $27.00 celsius there in beijing just notice how the rain returns into southern parts of china so we will see more rather heavy and thundery