A week 3 nights of which he spent in intensive care i have today left hospital after a week in which the n. H. S. Has saved my life no question its hard to find words to express my dad he paid tribute to those who looked after him. Ive seen the personal courage not just of the doctors the nurses but of everyone the cleaners the cooks the Health Care Workers of every description physios radiograph was pharmacists who kept coming to work kept putting themselves in harms way kept risking this deadly virus. The number of people who died in hospitals after being infected with the coronavirus in the u. K. Has now surpassed more than 10000 the u. K. Government says record amounts of personal Protection Equipment is in the system but staff treating the sick say there are still vulnerable im sorry if ministers to feel that they have supplied adequate p. P. To n. H. S. Staff but thats simply not the case of what we are experiencing on the ground and its just our dont want to be seen as heroes we
People risking their lives to help to decide which one afghanistan on aljazeera. Im going to announce that. If im going to get more hours to walk out here to work with me on air travel. Probably because theres people much smarter and more african it. Hello im richard yes britain youre watching the listening post here are some of the coronavirus stories the media angles that were tracking from home this week india and the pandemic much of the coverage is defined by politics and driven by religion reporters must choose their words carefully europe remains under lockdown and e. U. Countries are in a standoff with big tech over how to use data to track the outbreak 3 photographers from 3 countries and the still images they are capturing to tell the covert 1000 story and finally past self meet present self lets talk about the coronavirus do you want be good or bad india is now one month into the worlds biggest lockdown just hours before it was announced Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with
There has been this trend of finding now more than 100 cases amongst this population of several 1000 people who have tested positive again so these were people who were clear and they had had tests either in hospital look at clinics Testing Centers it proved to be negative and more than 100 now 3 have now tested positive 7 questions here for the experts is what is causing this is this a reinfection people coming into contact with a carrier and getting the infection again or more worrying they use a reactivation that somehow they were may not have been asymptomatic at they may not have been its certainly on the face of it infectious but seem to have possibly still being carrying the virus in some dormant form possibly deep in body tissue that somehow has managed to become reactivate so it is a worrying trend here does that mean that there has been a problem in testing and does it mean certainly that there are many more questions about this virus that the experts simply dont know about i
Woodruff all that and mo, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by fidelity investments. Bnsf railway. Financial Services Firm ond james. Carnegie corporation of new york. Supp innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers lu. Thank you. Woodruff yet anoer momentous day in the relentless march of this pandemic. As of tonight, covid19 has infected more than one Million People around the world, and already left well over 50,000 dead. The u. S. Count is nearing 6,000 dead, and President Trump has now ordered steps to make more ventilators available. White house Officials Say he may also call for wearing face masks hot spots. Meanwhile, there is fresh evidence that the u. S. Work
They are you should know about it so were going to tell you but lets go ahead and begin with the very latest number where theres good news and some countries and some not so good news from other countries china south korea seem to be getting over that the proverbial or infamous curve while other countries not so much the United Nations is declaring tonight that quote humanity faces its greatest challenge since world war 2 meanwhile here in the United States as we report to you just a block from the white house the new prediction for how Many Americans will not will die is now at 240240000 but i want you to keep something in mind as i share that number with you you know how many people most of them elderly die annually in the United States on average about 2800000 people 2800000 people of course the difference is that they die of ever. Then from Heart Disease to cancer and many other ailments and their deaths are spread out over a much longer period of time with corona virus for example