A packed show today so lets go and dive right in. And we lead the program with us President Donald Trump laying out a roadmap to reopening the economy. Our approach outlines 3 phases in restoring our Economic Life we are not opening all at once but one careful step at a time and some states will be able to open up sooner than others some states. Are not in the kind of trouble that others are in healthy americans will now be able to return to work is conditions on the ground. Instead of a blanket shutdown we will pursue and focus on sheltering the high is. Risk individuals so important were stablish ing Clear Scientific metric and benchmarks on testing new case growth and Hospital Capacity that must be met before advancing to each phase. For his briefing thursday the us president said it will be up to individual states to tailor the approach to meet their unique set of circumstances he although he was also quick to point out contingencies will be in place if the virus were to return. If
Tunnel things more conflicting information from the u. S. President as the leading medical official in charge warns the worst is yet to come. And how donations of mass to medical supplies could be changing the way some countries view china. Bouquets Prime Minister baraks johnson has been taken to hospital as he battles a corona virus infection a Spokesman Says hes been admitted as a precaution because he still has symptoms 10 days after testing positive he will remain in hospital for further testing johnson has been running the government while in isolation earlier Queen Elizabeth made a rare televised address to the nation she urged people to remain united and resolute to overcome the outbreak then the u. S. President donald trump sounded a note of optimism saying theres light at the end of the tunnel but this came from. Right after a Top Health Official warned americans to prepare for what he called the hardest and saddest week of their lives more than 1000 people have died and at le
Fighting has intensified despite a saudi led cease fire the cease fire comes at the recommendation of the United Nations over the corona Virus Outbreak during the 2 week suspension yemens internationally recognized saudi backed government was supposed to work on bringing its yemeni rival the who these to the table for peace talks however who the Officials Say they are skeptical of the cease fire calling it a political and media maneuver. To remind everybody yemen has been roiled in a civil war since 2015 after the who these captured the Nations Capital ousting then president revenue and for hadi who now leads the internationally recognized government from exile in saudi arabia this year the International Rescue committee ranks yemen the worst humanitarian crisis in the world the war has made the country particularly susceptible to the pandemic unfortunately hospitals in yemen are already ravaged from the war and medical workers struggle to help the Saudi Led Coalition has launched at l
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A new global milestone. Saying its. The pandemic is feeling anti asian racism and the United States. And austria joins 3 other European Countries in making the wearing of masks outside the home compulsory. Fellow is growing numbers of people follow the advice of governments and stay home cities empty and businesses shut up saw the rapidly spreading coronavirus continues to yield a bleak string of statistics spain has marked another record high 864 more people dying in the past 24 hours while infections pasta 100000 its hope though that the peak might have been reached and the World Health Organization says the number of deaths internationally has doubled in the past week and in the next few days the 1000000 infections mark should be passed wall street slumped on the news that the u. S. Should be prepared for as many as 240000 deaths the jones closing down near the points or 4. 4 percent and a further 563 people have died here in the u. K. Its worse daily death figure and 2000 Frontline