A leading Health Experts slams the governments pandemic response. Also the u. S. President unveils his plan for reviving the Worlds Largest economy but there are doubts about whether it will work. And the rush to make masks in kenya as the World Health Organization warns 300000 people could die across africa. Welcome to aljazeera because in china where the credit virus pandemic has stopped decades of Economic Growth the countrys g. D. P. Is in the 1st 3 months of this year that shrank for the 1st time since records began the news comes as the government revised the death toll in the city of new hardware the pandemic began officials now say 50 percent more people died there the previously reported from the Capital Beijing has katrina you. The coronavirus pandemic has Strained Health systems around the world and now its caused the growth of the worlds 2nd largest economy to falter for the 1st time in decades for the 1st quarter of 2020 chinas g. D. P. Contracted by 6. 8 percent that woul
About whether it will work. And canadians come together to help societies most vulnerable get the goods and services that they need. Hello welcome to the program the w hate show have just been giving of their Daily Press Conference from geneva and talking about the upcoming concert a global concert that will be that many will be participating in from the music world a world that continues james bays our diplomatic editor joins me now from the u. N. Of course a lot for the w. H. O. To talk about not just the Upcoming Events change and also their Daily Briefing along with the u. N. Lets just start with what the w. H. O. Had to say about the general pandemic news that were facing. Well all weve really had from the w. H. O. Of this briefing that happens 3 times a week is their latest figures 2100000 cases 140000 people dead around the world we know that the numbers that they publish are not going to be the complete numbers we know that many people are not being tested so certainly the numb
Worst Nuclear Accident causing pollution levels to soar war in ukraine. The air. Thank you very much for joining us in many ways theyve been the forgotten victims of the coronavirus pandemic but now the impact of the outbreak on elderly People Living in camps is becoming fully apparent and is fears many deaths is still going on reported a survey in new york state has found 90 Nursing Homes reported 20 or more deaths in recent weeks but the report only included a fraction of facilities in the states where the figure is believed to be in the thousands and much higher nationally in canada a nursing home near montreal is under investigation after 31. 00 deaths were in ca uncovered that authorities found other residents in and fed in their beds after some staff fled the facility in the u. K. Many deaths in care homes arent included in official figures its estimated they could be as high as 7500. 00 Health Workers if they did for more protective equipment to keep themselves and residents saf
The overall death toll the coronavirus nears 50,000 globally. [indiscernible] 100,000 military body bags for civilian use. U. S. Officials say china concealed the extent of its outbreak, but futures rise in europe and in the u. S. After the worst drop for the s p 500 in two weeks. And President Trump voices optimism that russia and saudi arabia will end their oil spat soon. Brent and wti each jumped 5 or more. You can see here a 20 jump over the past three days. We are just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading in europe. We will take a look at where futures are trading now. We have, in terms of european slighterder gains then we had in the u. S. If you look at the dow jones and s p 500, they are each up about 1. 5 in terms of futures, so bigger gains in the u. S. Picture , though further away from the open of cash equity trading. What does it look like on the gmm right now . Just had numbers come through on the u. K. House prices, i will come to that first. House pr
Die after spending months adrift on a boat. Battling poverty and decades of repression we look at how one Indigenous Community in canada is no working to prevent the fire spreading. And on santa hamas has support around the world continues to take a big financial hit u. S. Soccer federation asked me no 4th deployment of the knows its Youth Development academy having a World Champion at womens team. The covered 1000. 00 pandemic has left no country touched and its having widespread ramifications not just in health but in politics and diplomacy to china which was the initial epicenter of the outbreak has once again strongly. Decides the u. S. President s decision to cut funding to the World Health Organization state media is calling it a move against humanity that affects every country by the International Monetary fund says the crisis will cause asias economy to stall at 0 percent for the 1st time in 16 years it says the outbreak has taken an unprecedented toll on the region trump donal