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 the right thing to do but be in no doubt that i can continue thanks to the with technology to communicate with all my top team to lead the national fight back against corona bars elsewhere spain it is now recorded the highest number of deaths on a single day 769 people dead in the past 24 hours that means the total number is up approaching 4900 and in amongst the almost 65000 infections are more than 9000 Health Workers but the highest number of confirmed cases of corona virus it is in the United States nearly 86000 people have been infected with iran half of those in new york state alone and 1300 people have died nation wide ok here is the tame this hour for you. Herrera in madrid looking at spains worst daily increase in deaths of course fred ware is in moscow as well on the russian governments increasing restrictions weve got all mussed up in new york of course the most easily affected part of the u. S. But lets start in london jonah how outside the gates of downing street there not just the Prime Minister but the Health Secretary as well. Yes that is the latest news that weve received just in the last couple of minutes kemal Health Secretary that hancock has been tested positive and has also gone into self isolation no word on his actual condition the Prime Minister we know is suffering from mild symptoms and very keen to put out the word on his twitter feed and number 10 spokesmans briefings but hes very much in control of what we understand that hes that hes inside his flat in number 10 and number 10 number 11 actually he lives next door to the chancellor of the exchequer hes moved into rishi soon after Chancellors Office to be closer to his apartment that is now hes sort of cordon sanitaire hes working inside there other members of staff in number 10 have also gone into self isolation after displaying mild symptoms no positive tests as yet johnson was last seen in the flesh as it were outside the door of number 10 downing street today pm last night when the entire country was called upon to come out step out onto their balconies on the street to applaud front line Health Workers in the National Health service he did that soon i was standing nearby although well outside the to meet a distance it was noted last night mr johnson hadnt appeared at the press briefing shortly before that now transpires that he developed mild simpson symptoms during the afternoon on the advice of the chief medical officer he took a test that was positive at midnight this morning at 915 g. M. T. He continued to chair a meeting of senior ministers remotely of course before announcing afterwards on twitter that he was positive and will now be self isolating for 7 days not the full 14 days guidance for households but 7 days we havent heard a cogent explanation for quite why possibly because number 10 is being treated as a workplace rather than a residence so hes still very much in charge joyner i know the u. K. Doesnt officially have a deputy Prime Minister but you would often think in situations. That some sort of deputy would step up and take the reins. Thats already been agreed so there wont be any complications there should in the Prime Ministers condition worsened in any way its already understood and agreed that dominic rob the foreign secretary he of course is positioned to opposite number 10 downing street behind me there in the Foreign Office he would become essentially promise to take on the Prime Ministers role and duties for however long it takes for the Prime Minister to return but again i stress that this is the word were getting from number 10 his symptoms are mild hes not incapacitated he is very much in control and just a few hours ago did as a chair an emergency meeting of senior cabinet ministers via video link. Stored developments out of london the south thank you jonah hall in london bear. Spain we mentioned as well recording nearly 800 deaths in the past 24 hours mother herrera is in madrid for us what an extraordinary number this is nonsense. Yes says hes saying in the future sources give us today the day figures and theyre giving us a 5000 of death to the cole and a total of a little bit more about 64000 people infected by corona virus in spain from which nearly a 15 percent 9100 of people infected in spain are doctors and nurses this is quite worrying as the last few years released on tuesday there will be 5400 of the workers infected by corona virus and today weve got photos and more people from the help her from the Health Care System infected this is very worrying because experts are saying we shouldnt rely on these official figures that the minister are are giving us daily because we dont have enough test case here in spain so we might be talking in about 100000000 of people infected in spain by coronavirus because we cannot we cannot diagnose people because we dont have these testing kits and even more health care were workers could be infected all these have coworkers are running out of protective equipment equipment and scorn a virus and theyre demanding immediate supply of glasses gloves or we keep saying based there really are angry at the states because theyre fighting the confronting the current of ours in the front line so this is the biggest problem with now springs facing thank you for that update in madrid then we move on to russia where the governments bringing in more restrictive measures right across the country fred ware is with us from moscow this is no mean feat in a country that spans i think Something Like 10 or 11 time zones can you give us more detail of what the government is proposing. Well sure russia is still pretty much behind the curve i mean theyre there the number of cases total cases in the country topped a 1000 today but thats pretty remarkably small compared to a lot of places but any sense of complacency about that has evaporated in the kremlin over the past week or so theyre now bracing for a wave that they consider to be inevitable. So they did do some of the things right early on they they sealed their border with china in january they started corn teeming people coming back from abroad they have almost 150000 people in quarantine. And so far theyve only had 4 deaths as of today but as i say theyre bracing for more. Did declare a National Holiday thats what he called it a paid holiday starting tomorrow for a week in which almost all nonessential services in the country will be closed down and there are rumors theyre not confirmed yet but there are rumors that moscow will lock down. And that would be quite a remarkable feat for a city of 12000000 but it is where the majority of the russian cases are located. So in in in russia i think theyre theyre doing most of the right things and theyre no law and theyre building a giant Emergency Hospital not far from where i live outside of moscow. And so they are definitely bracing for the worst. Thank you fred we for the update from moscow and now to the United States gabriel its on those without seen in new york outside of a hospital youve got your own so is everyone behind you and they wont fool. To see a doctor these are all people that are sick that need to see a doctor and also want to get tested as well theres certainly a building a Health Care Crisis thats building here in new york city and where you can see it is right here at elmhurst hospital that im at here in the queens neighborhood of the city the line goes for more than a block long. People arrive here before sunrise these are all people that are waiting to get into the hospital to see a doctor the problem is however is that this hospital is fool its an emergency room hospital that is at or over capacity and doctors and nurses are struggling to try to get people the help that they need just in this hospital alone there was 124 hour period where 13 people died as one doctor said the only way were able to free up beds here is when someone dies and theyre taken out of the hospital so the situation is very very desperate here for not only the patients that are trying to get in to get help but also for the medical workers you might have saw a couple nurses just walked by there a minute ago you also have Police Officers here managing things as best they can and there are over 300 new york Police Officers that actually have coronavirus themselves right here is where the crisis is playing out and probably the most ominous part of all of this is is that officials in new york say we are still 2 weeks away in new york from getting the peak of the most amount of people rushing into the hospital to get care and were already seeing scenes such as this. Its quite something gabrielle is on the great live reporting there outside the hospital in new york thank you. So governments around the world are using different methods to keep people in duels which is of course the main way to contain the outbreak but a few of them for you here in mexico for example a superhero cartoon named suzanne has been created to remind people to keep their distance from others in vietnam the government advice to people on how to wash their hands and maintain personal hygiene was followed by a dance video apparently. That went viral led to hundreds of thousands of people taking part in the dance challenge and in some countries governments of even deployed soldiers to enforce quarantine restrictions Rights Groups say in some nations including the philippines hundreds of people have been arrested for violating rules on social distancing with some being locked in dont cage weve got fabrizio bony here with us now from the middle east regional director for the International Committee of the red cross hes on skype from geneva taking all these precautions different proportions all over the world but its here that there are plenty of places places weve reported on for years weve got their own problems im thinking of a country like syria for example where i mean how do they deal with. Any potential coronavirus problems. I dont believe in such a situation the place next year young but not under syria yemen iraq media you have to think 1st about prevention. Because it just before my intervention you show images of new york you can imagine that if such a situation takes place even a country was affected by conflicts you could be just a mattress or its prevention and then we face the 1st challenge which is isolation social distancing if we talk about people who are lost they are all people who are displaced i mean they have no hole. They are you know a prominent place so social distancing becomes a luxury and on top of this most of the those people have to struggle every day who are in something you know to buy food full. Civil very dire situation very worrying and more than that her you might turn a system is needed in places like syria and all compounded by the fact that pretty much every country in the world is having to deal with their own level of coronavirus issues so the usual avenues of aid and assistance i mean are they starting to dry up. No but you have to think differently we have many restriction of movement. And saw in the scares you have to rely on local resources on local capacity always keeping in mind that you have to protect those people the 1st thing we need to do is to protect the 1st line responders because if theyre sick if the affected there is nobody has the hind to take care of the prevention and later is needed to cure people so each a global problem i think the all of us and the only option is a very cooperative enough. You know that you know approach. We do be honest we dont know how im going to get out of this but for sure its going to be together. Im just thinking about the point you made in your 1st answer about social distancing being a luxury and yet when weve seen any pictures coming out of refugee camps and the lights all over the world i mean you its easy to understand. What other steps can be taken that if that is the number one thing which every other government in the world. Is recommending then what else can be done in these situations. You know when we talk about social distancing in the west its mainly to stay home and thats it but when youre in places like this you know when i was faced strangely in the northeast syria. You know you stay home but you have no water at all saw in this case the response not only be whole the response needs to be also to bring basic services to those people so thats why its important not to focus on only protecting us but also on making sure that what do it keeps on coming down to what and tracking keeps on happening is the same with food health so i would see the response in such an environment where you saw all the crowded people on the surviving its 2 combined of prevention at the same time the provision of basic services and im going to be. Honest with you i mean to the size of the units hes hes hes down to hes really daunting. And today all my colleagues in the red cross red for small in the i. C. R. C. National society they are all on the front line. From italy who into yemen. Really taking risk they are really going the extra mile and we all of the possible supports Political SupportFinancial Support and its not argument for Greater Company from the i. C. R. C. Thank you for your time we do appreciate it thank you for ever seeing me to south africa now which is reported its 1st 2 deaths from corona virus it also has the highest total of confirmed infections in africa its got more than a 1000 police are now warning anyone who violates the 3 week lock down will face 6 months in prison more from farming in johannesburg. Weve understood from the department of health here in south africa that those 2 deaths happened in the western Cape Province one in a public facility and the other in a private hospital one think for many South Africans the it really hits home thats an effort to see these 1st 2 deaths on day one of this lockdown because we are still seen people going out of their homes despite the government telling them to stay at home despite the government giving them a few days a hit of up down to do what was necessary in terms of the shopping and and preparing for the lockdown the scene long queues in some areas in johannesburg where people are trying to get groceries we also understand that they are. Stores that sell alcohol also still open despite the government saying that this would be bad and entirely i think the concern for the government at this point is people it hearing to these regulations just as it announced that so left because now see that 1st 2 deaths and also. Just 6 days ago there were 150. 00 cases now were looking at the end of this all africa only has about 7000. 00 critical. Thats divided and between back some belong to the public and others belong to the private sector between the 2 there potentially in theory about 3000 Critical Care beds available all of that perhaps on the hog. There is a big worry that there arent enough beds available in south africa so that it continues to see these numbers rise 4 people have died in democratic republic of congo from corona virus and more than 50 new cases have been confirmed president phoenix has declared an emergency borders and are closed and there was a ban on travel to and from the capital kinshasa welcomed weapons are poured. Over these people want to buy bus tickets but no pass hes going to come the government of the democratic republic of congo has banned travel in and out of the capital kinshasa as part of its measures to try and stop the spread of coronavirus for many who struggle to get by made life even harder. Can you imagine a president taking the decision to ban travel and restricting other ways to do business freely but without any measures to help the population even the price of everything has gone up nothing works well for us now in this town of conscious and the streets and normally packed the governments also closed congress borders but almost no food is produced here in the city it depends on supplies brought in from elsewhere we become bts business of preparing shoes has dried out he says hes expecting Food Shortages and price hikes. We believe the president is right to take measures against coronavirus them but he must also be aware of how daily life as im astounded because of our no one lives in contrasts and without going out with every day the lack of food people daily in this country more than. Ministry of health has confirmed more than 50 cases. Most are brought to this hospital not all of come out alive and experts say the lack of Testing Capacity means they could already be many more restrictions should slow the spread but it is a city where millions are living hand to mouth day to day economists wonder how long they can be practically kept up its unbelievable to think that we can go out and copy. The mechanism that is put in europe which means that we