On, because of the nature, the scale of the nhs and the sheer quantity of masks that are rightly being used, it isa masks that are rightly being used, it is a massive effort. Stay at home the message from the Prime Minister as he warns further measures could be brought in to enforce social distancing. Mps will debate emergency legislation that would include giving police the power to force people with virus symptoms to isolate. Meanwhile, in the rest of europe, germany bans public gatherings of more than two people, while italy remains the hardest hit country registering 651 deaths in the last day. Pressure grows on the International Olympic committee to postpone the tokyo 2020 games. Canada becomes the first major country to officialy withdraw. And, at a difficult and confusing time for childen across the country we take a look at the drama group that found a way to save a pre schoolers Birthday Party. Good morning. In the next hour, were going to talk about self isolating if youre on
Good thursday morning, everybody. It is april 30th. Im yasmin vossoughian. We have a lot to cover this morning as the u. S. Death toll surpassed 60,000 yesterday. The president seemed to revert to his old line of thinking that the virus will, in fact, disappeared. This claim has been refuted time and time again by the administrations top medical experts who say the virus will come back in the fall and will likely be worst if it coincides with flu season. Here is dr. Anthony fauci on tuesday. And then the president contradicting him yesterday. Its not going to disappear from the planet, which means as we get into next season, in my mind, its inevitable that we will have a return of the virus or maybe it never even went away. When it does, how we handle it will determine how fate. If by that time we have put into place all of the countermeasures that you need to address this, we should do reasonably well. If we dont do that successfully, we could be in for a bad fall and a bad winter. Wi
Future. It is sunday. It is may 10th. It is mothers day. Im kendis gibson. Im lindsey reiser. If youre socially isolated from your mom, you can give her a call. By zoom. Lets look at rochester, new york, after a historically cold night. This is the hometown of one of our producers. And yesterday, the city set a record low for may 9th with 29 degrees. I remember those tempts in may and june. The little theater, kittycorner from the nbc affiliate, channel 10, that gave some people their start. Like yours truly. Good morning, rochester. The city will begin miailin five free face masks to every folks. And more states are gearing up to reopen. Kentucky and New Hampshire will be easing lockdowns. Restaurants in arkansas, arizona and indiana will be open with new restrictions. Mississippi and most of florida will open up salons and barbershops. Passengers on amtrak and American Airlines will have to wear face masks while traveling. Theyre the latest to implement the new Safety Measures to pre
Hopes will be a post pandemic economy. Hello. Were covering all the latest developments here in britain and globally. So to start, lets just set out the Main Development which we will focus on in this bulletin. Officials at Public Health england say an Antibody Test for coronavirus has been evaluated and positive development. The test, to establish whether people have already had the virus and may have some immunity, was assessed at british governments porton down laboratories last week. They say it is the first to offer serious potential. The World Health Organization has warned the coronavirus may never go away, and that humanity needs to brace itself for a long battle. The United Nations is urging countries to make Mental Health support a key part of their response to the pandemic which it says is causing widespread psychological distress. Qatar airways is to cut about 20 per cent of its Global Workforce thats about 9,000 jobs. Like other airlines, its seen a huge fall in demand for
Months of this year. Ministers in england want some Primary School children back in class in two weeks time, unions still have concerns. Music. Also in the programme, musicians have been performing bedside concerts over the phone for hospital patients in the us. Hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. First. The rate at which coronavirus can be spread across the uk has gone up, and is close to the point where infections may rise again. The reproduction or r number, needs to stay below one to control the spread, but rates vary across the uk, and could result in stricter lockdown measures in some areas. In lockdown measures in some areas. Some areas pai northeast in some areas particularly in the northeast there are concerns. Latest figures show 384 people died of coronavirus in the latest 24 hour period in uk hospitals and the Wider Community as well as care homes, taking the over