More cases of chronic virus have now been confirmed in the u. S. Than anywhere else in the world president onil trump says hes committed to getting people back to work as soon as possible but that is against the advice of medical experts a record 3300000 have registered as unemployed in the past week auburn also has more. The number of confirmed cases of coded 19 in the us now tops 83000 more than have been recorded in china or italy more than 1100 people here have died from the corona virus with no vaccine and no proven drug treatment the countrys top medical experts say social restrictions are the only way to curb the rate of infection whenever you put the clamps down and shut things down you do it for 2 reasons you do it to prevent the further spread is because the medication but he also do with the buy yourself time to get better prepared for what might be a rebound. In new york which has been hardest hit by the outbreak hospitals are becoming overwhelmed with worse predicted to co
Commission president calls for unity as the death toll continues to rise across europe. The partys over fears a new orleans could soon be dealing with an outbreak rivaling new york. Authorities in spain have just reported a jump in the number of deaths from the corona virus with nearly 800 new fatalities in just 24 hours countries across europe are ramping up their response to the pandemic as the death toll climbs restrictions on people and testing for the virus are being increased lets go to lauren sleigh now who is live in london so lawrence these numbers are sounding like what weve been hearing out of italy. Yeah exactly and its going from disastrous to worse in spain i mean its the least payback day death rate was 796 the other day. And spain as you know say is exactly in parallel with its the other disastrous thing thats happening in spain at the moment is that the obvious lack of Reliable Equipment the Health Minister just announced. They they have brought in a lot of testing kit
A 1000 infections now. And the. Coronavirus patient in london sends a message that itself goes viral across europe. To hamas now have all the sporting puting. That crickets most lucrative t 20 tournament at the Indian Premier League will be able to get underway next month because of the current a Virus Outbreak. Of there have long been warnings that the right of corona virus infection in the u. S. Would be worse than thought and now there is proof the United States has surpassed all other countries with 85000. 00 plus infections close to half of those are in new york state alone and chinas president xi jinping says he is offering his support to. Help the u. S. To fight the virus well be talking about that a little later on weve also got these 3 correspondents bringing Us Developments this hour laurence lay there he is in london with the latest updates from the u. K. And youre in johannesburg i mentioned this of africa with its 1st 2 deaths katrina you also with the latest from beijing
A call for unity chinas president xi jinping says the u. S. And his country must Work Together to fight the Global Pandemic. And in sports germanys top 4 football teams pledged more than 20000000. 00 to help of the club sleep process a quarter of a 1000000 jobs are at stake due to the football shutdown. It is a little after 1 pm in london where the developing news is that the u. K. s Prime Minister has confirmed hes tested positive for the code 19 coronavirus bars johnson says he has mild symptoms he is now self isolating in his residence at number 10 downing street but that from there he will continue to lead the u. K. And its efforts to fight the virus British Health secretary has also just tested positive. And its also self isolating i developed model symptoms oh the corona virus thats to say a temperature and a persistent cough and on the advice of the chief medical officer ive taken a test that has come out positive so i am working from home im so far isolating and thats entirely
News the u. S. Charges venezuelas president Nicolas Maduro would not terrorism. Hello the u. N. Secretary general has told leaders of the worlds 20 major industrialized countries that humanity is at war with the virus and were not winning and when you go terrorists called for a Global Response at an emergency virtual g. 20 summits support a way out of a crisis where a leader has vowed to do whatever it takes to combat it and he said the numbers of confirmed cases which have now passed half a 1000000 are only the tip of the iceberg the real number is believed to be many times higher well the number of new deaths has surged in spain and it remains high in italy where its feared deaths are now rising in the poorest south and as economists predict a deep global recession the u. S. Saw 3300000 people make new jobless claims last week its biggest ever jump the barker begins our coverage with this report on the situation across europe. This is how spains hoping to win the war on the Coronavir