The Freeman Foundation by judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; ng solutions for americas neglected needs. D by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Im ro atkins. Welcome to outside source. First warnings ocovid19. Global cases have reached 60 million and the infection rate is escalating. The latest on the u. K past decision to impose a 14 day quarantine on arrivals from spain, and we will look at vietnam who sees ist fir yoronavirus cases and three months and react flying tourists out of one city. We will look at lebanon, where there are warnings on the brink of losing control of the virus. Thes pictures are of an underground. Of an underground car parked to train medics. It has been almost six month since covid19 was declared a Public Health emergency, and this is what is happening now. The virus continues to accelerate. The past six weeks, the total doubled. S has roughly ros we will have a detailed look at th pandemic, how it is escalating anyhow it is being tackled. Lets start witthe headline statistics. Fatalities in more than 60 million confirmed cases. Look at the infection rate the w. H. O. Was talking about. Took 38 days to go from five to 10 million confirmed casesrom 10 to 15 million took 24 days. The last million confirmed cases took four days. The infecti rate is increasing, and you can see the global story of the pandemic in theseraphs. The virus was first identified in china. Thereer major outbreaks in europe and north america in april. As they began to ease in may, latin america and asia saw outbres of their own. Ile europes case numbers have continued to fall, north america has seen a resurgence in infections, mostly in the u. S. , and latin america is the epicenter of the pandemic with brazil the wst affected. W. H. O. Says essentially, this is a simple challenge. Find, isolate, test them and care for ces, and quarantine their contacts. Keep your distance from others. Clean your hands. Avoid crowded and enclosed areas good and wear are mask when mmended. Where these mensures these measures are followed, cases go down. Where they are not, cases go up. Ros t says the only will end to all of this will come when there was a w vaccine would have a caveat against that. Plate a key role played a key role in the pandemic saying ivmost will not rea vaccine. It could take two to three years before the virus has affected a large majority of the population. He goes on. Is not the vaccine th will end the pandemic. Theirus will burn every piece of dry wood it will find. The fire will not go out until the last susceptible person is infected. 80 of the vaccine production is located ieuropean countries , and the u. S. U. S. It will not immunize that many people. To iunize that many people before t virus would have spreader globally to almost person by most likexy, the end of year. Ros around a quarter of confirmed cases of covid19 a been in the u. S. And close to 150,000 people have died because of it there. The numbers continue to worsen, both in terms of reported cases and deaths. Florida, louisiana, and mississippi are focused between 400 and five people and 500 people per mlion. Most stas are below 200. Is graph from dean l. A. Times ys from the l. A. Times sa the infection rate is going in the wrong direction. There is a gap between wa street and main street. This is why. When the scale of the virus became clear, markets tumbled in march, but since major u. S. Companies, have seen their share value recover in some fashion. Twof point 4 trillion emergency spending helped, but while wall street f has had a good months, this is what is happened u. S. Unemployment. Is graph is from june, but there are 30 Million People claiming Unemployment Benefits around 750 a week. Unless there is a deal by the end of the week, that will op to 150 per week and will impact peoples lives and reduce the money they are able to spend in the u. S. Economy to. Here is a report euom michelle on this issue. Michelle within 30 million unemployed americans are getting next to 600 a week and benefits. That is one in five u. S. Workers. A music merchandising tool manager is one of them. My income has been zero, like from the second the pandemic stard and the Music Industry shut down. Michelle what has been keeping him afloat is the payment from i cannot explain how much of an impact this had on me to anything groceries, rent, car payments, everything. Michelle a fight in wasngton could change that. If the money is about to disappear at the end of th month, unless congress renews it. For those who depend on these checks, it is frusating. How will you cope . That is something i have been thinking about for the last month. How they feel about people that need this money. Michelle the additional money is not just helping him, but helping the economy at large, allowing unemployed workers to keep spending. Two thirds of all economic activityes crom consumer spending. If the payment were to disappear, it could lead to a 2 reduction in gdp. The republicans are unlikely to extend it its current level. They want to write smaller checks, arguing the extra cash discourages americans from finding new work. Brandon, who makes more on unemployment than he did as a cook, says those fears reflect the reality on the gund. Brandon you cannot get a normal job now. It is depressing good is ut it is depressing, it is true. Everyone is depressed and anxious. There was no hope for the future. Youre just sitting inside of your house waiting for something to chang michelle with three openings on pause, Economic Conditions are deteriorating, and with millions of americans out of work and ngny more in danger of lo their jobs, lines at food pantries, ls e te in brooklyn them are getting longer. Congress looks unlikely to act in time. The extra Unemployment Benefitso may lifelin many americans, will end temporarily. More and more American Workers will struggle to feed their families. Ros next to the ongoing follow impose a 14 day quarantine from people arriving from spain. The w. H. O. Says travel restrictions are not a Sustainable Way of controlling the pandemic in e long term. Here are more comments. It is going to be almost impossiblecoor individual tries to keep their broader cellhe for foreseeable future. Economies have to open and trade hasesoe. Continuing to keep International Borders sealed is not necessarily a sustainable strategy for the worlds economy , worlds pour, or for anybody else. We have to make progress. But we have to do it in a way that is least risky. Ros the u. K. s gornment decision is affecting holiday plans. Those in spain have to decide whether to stay on. Here are some people heading home. It is slightly annoying. But at the moment, it is a risk you want to take. If i get home, i will work from home, as i hav been doing anyway. Im more concerned about the children. I cnot understand why we are doing it. That is all right. I just have to qrantine. Doesnt matter. At least we are safe. Is been a good holiday. It is absolutely disgusting. When we go home, we have debt 14 days with no pay. Ros you will not be surprise is finished l government wie the u. K. To change its mind, especially for parts of spain th low case numbers. This graphic shows the situation. The darker the blue, the mite severe thetion with covid. Iscatalonia xperieing the worst outbreaks. Numbers. Spain is arguing they do be left off the quarantine list. U. K. Has doubled down on this the phone office extended itss advisory against nonessential travel to maland spain to add both sets of violence. The bbc has be told by a source that talks to make those islands exempt are underway. Lets see what hapgons. Leto our correspondent in madrid. The Spanish Government has made a point that the spikes in the coronavirus has been localized. There are in certain areas of the country, but notcrs the whole country. The northeast of spain, catalonia, that area has had problems with outbreaks, but the foreign minister made the point the Canary Islands have a relatily low instance of coronavirus, much lower then the u. K. The feeling is they want to get some kind of exemption forhose islands, but they are insisting thats spainll a safe country to visit. It had to act rapidly and decisively on what was happening in spain. David has been assessing if the evidence backs that up. Whyid the u. K. Government change its rules were travelers coming from spain . Well, Health Officials noticed a rise in cases in o a series different regions in the country. They have not releasedntheir assessbut no one wants to repeat the way the virus reache. The ack in february. After the change of policy on spain, what other countries might be added to the quarantine list . In theory, any country with a rise in infections could see w rules imposed on travelers. In france, after a massive spike earlier this year, numbers came right down, but has climbed back up again. In germany, which was never t badly affectere has been a slight increase, but only to about 300 cases a day while greece, which is widely praised for its handling of the virus, has seen a slight rise, but only toas about 30 new every day. And if there are fre ups why involve whole countries rather than regions within them . The spanis Authorities Say catalonia has had more than 8. 5 8500 cases, but the iands have had only 92, so it is said they should allow easierral. With most visitors to the islands flying directl to and from them, some countries, like the netherlands, areakg an exception. There is a hand that the u. K. May do the same. St when holidays are so desperately needed, these are nervous times because the virus is still around, which means we will seeore spikes and more disputes and how to respond to them. Ros stay with me here on outside source. We will turn our attention to lebanon. Heal officials are commending a two week lockdown is imposed. We will be live in a a root. We will be live in beirut. Salmost two thi of adults in england are overweight or obesee in the on gove obese, and theta government thiling the problem. These new measures for england and the u. K. Are being welcomed as a bt mom by some obesity experts. One described them as totemic saying it was t the fire a Prime Minister had truly recognized the harmful impact of junk Food Marketing and advertising. And the easyvailability of them and our shops and restaurants. There hasru beenration from the obesity experts about ministers talng a lotin about doing , but not actually acting. We know that being overnight cancer, diabetes hardeases problems and puts an enormous strain on the nhs, but t risk from cov19 to those who are heavier seems really focusing on the minds of ministers here. Ros we are here in the bbc newsroom. The global coronavirus cases have reached 60 million and the infection rate is escalating. The w. H. O. Is saying the pandemic is the most severe Global Health emergency ever declared. Lets continue our coverage of t covid19 aned to asia. They are seeing virus emerging in countries that have previously done well at containing it. Vietnam first, used strict travel restrictions to keep recorded cases below 500. It has had nfatalities either. On top of that, there is on top of that, it has been 100 a sense a transmitted case, but for new cases have appear to vietnam is taking no chces. Authorities have started to evacuate 80,000 mostly vietnamese tourists in the area will be locked down for 14 days. Here is morfrom our correspondent. Given that their borders are sealed, few foreigners were allowed in. Where did these infections, . That is what is boring authorities. They are looking into the possibility of people being allowed to come in illegally, being smuggled in as a source for this infection because otherwise, it is hard totr uted to it. Where do these people, three of em here did these people get their covid19 from . Ros hong kong was praised for its hourly handling of the virus. On monday, it reported 145 new cases, record a me the reaction has been swift. Dining and restaurants will be banned. Only two people can meet each other and face masks have to be all public places. These residents are in support. It is the best decision for everyone to keep healthy. Thisha iswe have to do right now. I think we need to follow the guidelines. Since hong kong cases are getting worse, therare a lot more cases, i think having the new restriction is lets do it early and end early. Ros the philippines president has used is addressed to outline a postcovid recovery for industri badly hit. There was this request for china. With the containment measures that were undertaken, what tse cities plan toward a now the cases are on a downstream. Fact, in deadly in fact, ros we apologize. That was not that president. Ouria next focus in s india. It is the highest numbers of cases inhe world and its biggest cities bore the brunt. Now that the virus is impacting rural areas now, the virus is impacting rural areas much more. With the containment measure that were undertaken come out what the citieplan toward, and now, the casesa are o downswing. In fact, in delhi about 80 of covid beds are empty. But conversely at the same time, and this month, slowly and more rapidly, cases are increasing in the smaller cities in the towns, which were previously not affected. And that is a matter of great concern becausespecially in the smaller towns, the Health Care Facilities are not as good. Ros he lets hear about impact virus on one person, scottish pilot who spent more than two months on a ventilator in vietnam because of covid19. He has been talking to the bbc. I had multiple blood clots. I had another couple of organs flow on me. My lungs were at 10 capacity. Vietnam has yet record a single death from coronavirus. Stephen king posted in anyone keelse. Ing him alive came a matter of National Pride aer 114 days, he left hospital as a celebrity. The vast t majority country new. We went through the lobby, mustve been 10 deep with people. Everybody have their phones out. When i got to the back of the ambulanceer and wdriving away, there were traffic cops Holding People back again. May be 15 to 20 people deep on the streets and on the roads. For somebody who does not seek out a variety of [inaudible] that was surprising. I could not believe it. E as ckdown eases in scotland and the u. K. , do you have a message for people and their approach to the advice and guidelines . I am a living example of what this virus can do and how serious it is. People may grumble about having to put on gloves or socialdistancing and all th stuff, but i contracted it and i was under for 10 weeks on life support. It is not a laughing matter. It is a very serious thin i think people cannot be blase aboutt. Oliver barnes bbc news. Clear focusing on the paemic. Next we turn to lebanon where Health Officials have recommended a two week lockdown. Th tweet explains why. It is from the head of the main hospit treating covid19 and says, i believe we are on the brink of losing control. We need a timeout to allow us to nireor. We won the first battle, but this is a war. Lebanon pot Health Minister says if the o current rat admissions is maintained, the country will run out of beds to treat covi patients by the end of next by the middle of next month. Ortheavirus problem in lebanon is compounded by the countrys economic and political crisis. This article said people will die within months. S lebanon her famine as pandem accelerates hunger. Food prices have doubled to slow start of the year am and lebanese government is bankrupt and in no position to fund a massive emergency response. Some people are getting desperate. I tweet from a journali beirut shows a series of acebook posts of people offering furnitu sho in exchange for cooking oil and baby formula. The countrys middle class is being destroyed in the lower d class is beiapitated. Here is a photo of a man stealing in beirut. The foreign minister was in lebanon and this is his diagnosis. This country is on t brink of collapse. If action is not taken come to wristsecoming a country adrift. Ch one knows the path to be taken. There are ways to recover. Frce is ready to support them, provided the political authorities make necessary decisions. Ros there have been protests in lebanon for months. Weariness is setting in. As a lebanese friend said to me, countrys leaders would rather let lebanon burn then to gid up power, s a person. S sharif reporter at the daily star limited newspaperjo thank you foing us. Moment, what restrs are inthe place . At the moment, ihe restrictio place are not 100 confirmed yet. The government will be needing the government will be meetingto in a session tomorro approve preventive measures. Today, however, the interior minister did confirm the country would be gng into a sort of twopart lockdown from july1 to august 3, and then, from august 6 tougust 10. In that time, he said that bars, nighlubs, restaurants will be closed. Religious gathers will be banned ctwhich will definitely im muslims celebrating this weekend. But nothing has yet been confirmed regarding the airport. Ros is there anying the government can do to protect banese economy while it goes through this . Oh wow. Sthat very tough question. Right now, it is a precarious balance between resuscitating the economy and making sure that health care syst is not overwhelmed. Which is why we have been seeing aha surge we have been seeing in the last few weeks. Lebanon did everly good job managing coronavirus initially go lebanon did a reall job managing coronavirus initially. But you know, becauseockdown coincided with an economic crisis that has been growing for almost a year, you know, the economy waforced to reopening. Forced to reopen. Nightclub, bs, restaurants who had been restricted prior to the beginning of the month, total lifting of curfew, as well as a general lack of adherence to socialdising measures byub the generalc, and a number of travelers arriving in beirut fortunately failed to quarantine properly, whi lead to infection clusters. But on the other hand, lebanons economy is in severe crisis, and the government needs both tourism and expats coming back into the country and me they need people to spend money here because there is a real economy crisis, so they need the industry. Ros it is their polal more restrictions . We saw on e committee dealing with, or combating the coronavirus, provide recommendations for to be lockdown. Today, the interior minister did say that nightclubs, barss i apologize. Here at the end of t program. Lets speak a