Namazie in london ill have the top stories from europe including. People are dying every every minute every day. The 1st woman to run a hospital in neutral syria tells us why she has little hope the situation in libya will improve. And in sports steph curry has made his long awaited return to the n. B. A. He scored 23 points for the Golden State Warriors in his 1st game in 4 months. We begin this news hour with the latest on the coronavirus all break which is forcing people around the world to drastically change the way they live travel restrictions are being tightened millions of students are off school and the Global Economy is feeling the pinch all those developments in a moment but 1st lets take a look at the global picture a covered 19 as the virus is official. Known as being tracked by Johns Hopkins university in the us has come up with this dashboard was using figures from various sources including the World Health Organization the centers for Disease Control in the u. S. And eu
Our thoughts are with them and their families , and id like and their families, and id like to pay tribute to figen murray, who joins us in the gallery for her courage and her bravery of her courage and her bravery of her campaigning in her son martins memory. And i look forward to meeting her later today , too. Mr speaker, can today, too. Mr speaker, can i also add my personal welcome back to parliament to my friend and colleague, the honourable member for south thanet. No one who watched his interview last night could have failed to have beenin night could have failed to have been in awe of his incredible resilience. Mr speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in this house. I shall have further such meetings later today, jenkinson thank you, mr speaken i speaken i too welcome the honourable member for south thanet back to his to the house and wish him well in his duties. Can i also associate my remarks with the Prime Minis
The Governor Andrew Cuomo closing schools, places of worship and other large gathering spots in the hot spot of new rochelle where most of the states cases come from. New rochelle is a particular problem. It is what they call a cluster. The numbers have been going up. The numbers continue to go up. The numbers are going up unabated. People tell me the media is overreacting and blowing it up. Take it seriously. Assume its coming to you. Ive never experienced anything like this. Its surreal. I dont know what to at to say, know . I dont know how much risk im at. Sandra Rick Leventhal is standing by in new rochelle this morning. Rick. The National Guard is often deployed for combat missions overseas or help out to major disasters here at home, the aftermath of hurricanes and fires and glaods. The governor here in new york decided he needed them for the one mile containment zone. The hottest spot in the country. The most dense cluster and says the virus wont stop spreading on its own. No la
Reporter its not just the numbers that keep changing but our phones are blowing up with information around the country. Everything thats happening. A local and a state level. Here in new rochelle where i am, this is the first day of the official containment zone here in new rochelle. What does that mean . The mayor stressing again this morning, this is not a lockdown. This is not a quarantine of this one mile radius. What this is is simply an attempt within that area to limit large public gatherings. To limit large gatherings of people to ideally contain the spread. So theyre waiting to see for the next two weeks how that works. For the first time in the city of new rochelle, we did see some of the National Guard and the mayor said they are here for logistical and operational health. They are not here, again, to put this area on lockdown, but new rochelle, of course, just one of the many areas across the country that is feeling the change as life becomes a new normal. Up to 15 minutes,