As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, putting the country technically into recession. The World Health Organisation says up to a quarter of a billion people in africa could catch coronavirus this year. But says the outbreak is likely to be less deadly than in europe and the us cafes a nd restau ra nts have begun reopening in many parts of australia, but with limits on the number of customers allowed in. And calls for nhs workers in the uk whove treated coronavirus patients to get the same Mental Health support as soldiers returning from war. It would be like having, you know, 15, 20 patients who are really on the edge who are going to die in the next few hours if you dont do anything every 12 hours. That is how bad it is. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Im Annita Mcveigh with the latest developments on the coronavirus outbreak in the uk and around the world. Here, unions representing teachers and school staff will meet the governments top scientific advisors today, as they dem
More people expressing concern tonight after a cancer causing chemical was found on the a climb as high school in west oakland. Thank you for joining us at 10, im pam moore and im ken wayne officials revealed yesterday they found trace amounts of the toxic chemical try coral ethylene and ground water under the high school campus. That chemical is commonly called tce the school was closed yesterday and again today. The concern is a chemical maybe vaporizing and coming up from the ground into the school building. District Officials Say theyll Start Testing the air tomorrow and continue those tests through next week Environmental Health officials will also test the soil around that school another concern is that the high school is in the area already known to have to see we showed you this map yesterday the school is less than half a mile away from the lane metal finisher site which is currently labeled as hazardous. The state has been cleaning up that site since 2007 and tca is among the
Little better to the north generally speaking here swinging things around the golden gate. There you see some of that haze this looked over this breeze already in place. And it actually will get a little bit more on the windy side as we get into tomorrow really but this is what were talking about this low is going remain to the south. But its drawing up some of the scattered cloud cover even couple radar echoes were not getting any the stations in the bay area actually reporting any rain from that. But again places like Half Moon Bay looks like some going its stock and well continue to remain with some fog and overcast conditions. This is what im talking about as you can see all day long at 1230. This but the only trouble spot right down here to the south then its for us to spread out a little bit more so in the east bay by tonight. You can see at a little bit up to the north bay by tomorrow morning. From the delta. And now as where the areas of looks like an affected by that for tonig
A lot of travelers are coming to a crossroad. Do you cancel vacation plans or carry on as usual . The state department issued a level ii travel advisory today for italy. Which jumped up to more than 350 cases of the weekend. Level ii means americans should exercise increased caution. The cdc does not recommend canceling or postponing travel to italy. We are going to be in some deep trouble. Reporter the Vice President of supplier management for direct travel. He sent the warning is a concern because italy is the Top International travel destination for americans. The normally busy streets are emptier than usual. D pulp of prayers for victims as many in the crowds in st. Peters square wore masks. What you tell clients what they say i want to cancel . Is it just a reactive measure to the News Coverage . Once we walked them through the process. Walk them through the steps the cruise lines or the tour operators are taking to secure. That often they return and say actually i feel much more
To lead the department. Of facebook. We are in the middle of flu just out of executive session, season but medical experts say the head of oaklands Police Despite what seems like a high commission, regina jackson, said number of cases, the flu vaccine she made the motion to dismiss is working. The police chief. The cdc says the flu shot this the Oakland Police Commission Year has been 45 effective. That means its cut flurelated voted unanimously to join mayor doctor visits almost in half. There have been about 26 million schaaf in terminating the chief of police without cause. Reported cases of flu in the u. S. So far more than 14,000 people reporter during the news have died of the regular flu. Conference following the announcement, mayor libby schaaf this isnt quite affordable said she supported the decision housing. While also praising the progress this is housing if youve made made by oaklands first female it big. According to Bloomberg News for police chief. Under her leadership,