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  • Now let's look at what's been happening in the rest off the world.

  • They're now over half a 1,000,000 recorded Corona virus cases globally.

  • That's the number over there on the number.

  • Here, sadly, is the number of deaths over 23,000.

  • Sadly, that number is rising all the time.

  • Of course, you know, testing isn't readily available in many places, so number of cases likely to be much higher.

  • I take a look at this tweet from the United Nations.

  • That language here is really start.

  • We're at war with the virus and not winning it.

  • And this is an interesting way they've laid this out.

  • It took the world three months to reach 100,000 confirmed cases.

  • The next 100,000 cases happened in just 12 days.

  • The third took four days, the fourth just 1.5 days.

  • This war needs a wartime plan to fight it.

  • Well, that was tweeted ahead of a video conference amongst the G 20.

  • That's the 20 largest economies in the world where they pledged $5 trillion to help counter the economic impact off fighting this virus.

  • And well, here's one example off why that's needed if we move on to this map, which basically shows us that it was actually released by the European border Force, shows the status off the border of each country's every one of them, restricted or closed.

  • That's having a huge impact on Europe's economy.

  • But the impact off the virus on lives well, that's massive to, of course on Spain hit a grim landmark today.

  • Death toll past 4000.

  • Another 655 deaths in the last 24 hours.

  • Like so many countries, Spain is in locked up, people ordered to stay at home, and that's now been extended for another two weeks on Spain's prime minister.

  • This man petro son show has been accused of failing to let health care staff by the opposition that, as 14% of those infected are medics.

  • Sophomore his guy Hedge Co.

  • Whose immigrant while the healthcare personnel of the country have Bean lauded as heroes.

  • A lot of people believe that the health care system is rather underfunded in certain areas on that has been exposed by this crisis now.

  • Ah, whole batch of test kids were imported from China use this week, and it turns out that Many of those were what one batch of those is false here.

  • It's not as good as the government had hope.

  • So there's Venus of diplomatic issue today between China and Spain over these thes kits, which the government had hoped would improve testings that they're having to turn to other imports of test equipment in order to improve that aspect of their management of the crisis.

  • Well, let's move away from Spain now.

  • We're gonna head to Italy.

  • That's the country with the highest death toll in the world.

  • Over 600 people have died in the last 24 hours.

  • Over 8000 people in all were also to be is on error, possibly in the data collected by the country's civil protection agency.

  • Because take a look at this.

  • It's reported that Piedmont, that region there, had no deaths on Thursday.

  • Now it's the third worst affected region, So that would be pretty surprising if that turned out to be true on their fears that southern Italy could be facing a similar outbreak to that experience in the north mark.

  • Glowing reports now cities like Bergamo, the epicenter where they blessed the urns of 113 victims grouping together the fallen wearing a sash of the Italian flag, is the mayor who we reached with the UK finally emulating the Italian locked down a warning.

  • Britain had an advantage of being two weeks behind Italy with the outbreak.

  • They should have used it better.

  • I'm afraid Boris Johnson lost precious time.

  • There is a risk it could cost many lives.

  • Losing those days could turn out to be a serious mistake.

  • The containment measures may have started toe work in northern Italy, although there is again today and increase in new infections.

  • But concern is now growing in the poor south.

  • And here in the capital, where cases and deaths are rising in Rome, this hospital has opened a new Corona virus wing on its already under pressure.

  • The peak hasn't yet been reached here.

  • With crematoria bursting, the army is clearing coffins away.

  • It's that word again.

  • They're more used to war.

  • Man versus virus on the latter is still winning.

  • Well, let's move away from Europe now and head south in Africa.

  • The country with the highest registered number off covert 19 cases is South Africa, 709 of the country is preparing to begin a 21 day nationwide locked down at midnight tonight.

  • Andrew Harding is in Cape Town.

  • In those poorer communities today, clear signs of trouble.

  • The message about social distancing has not got through to some.

  • What's gonna journey my to be son and millions of small businesses like two knees gin fear the government won't help them survive this locked down.

  • Now they're not helping in financially to support your yeah, but the immediate challenge here is overcrowding and hygiene.

  • No running water here on 40 people sharing this toilet.

  • If ever that virus, then a music room toe, affect 59 people.

  • This is famously the world's most unequal society.

  • The virus looks set to expose that cruel fault line that chasm between the very rich and the rest in the harshest possible way.

  • Okay, we are going to leave Africa and head over now to Asia and India, which had a second day of a huge, nationwide locked down Let's take a look.

  • This was called cutter in West Bend goal.

  • At many Indian cities, now, streets are quiet as the country moves that contain the spread off Corona virus.

  • On our police are enforcing strict rules across the country meant to limit the movements of 1.3 billion people.

  • While our correspondent today Mukherjee is in the capital Delhi, he says there's growing concern over access to essential supplies.

  • The primary worry among citizens is to get access to essential supplies.

  • While the announcement was made by the prime minister at the top down below on the ground where the police is implementing those orders, there seems to be some confusion.

  • But in this regard, fresh guidelines are being issued telling the police who they need to stop and hoping to give you access to an official say that in the next few days, at least, the supplier for central commodities is likely to be restored.

  • The other big challenge for the government is to address the poor.

  • The homeless and migrant labourers were stranded without shelter.

  • Well, I want to take you to one country that appears to have succeeded with the Corona virus where others have failed.

  • That's South Korea.

  • It's managed toe flatten the curve of new infections.

  • It's done it without China's extreme restrictions on movement or a large scale locked out Laura Baker has been given exclusive access, one of the country's intensive care units in Seoul, to find out exactly how all of the patients struggling to breathe in this I see you are over 65 their one of a dwindling number of people who need critical care in the country.

  • The benefits off flattening the carve mean there's even time to smile with the modules whole new.

  • Those who come to the I.

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  • U are really bad cases, so it's hard to completely predict whether they will live or not.

  • But when thes tough cases get better, it's especially rewarding.

  • This is the key to saving lives, according to South Korean health officials, staying ahead of the Vitus by tracing potentially infected patients and testing them.

  • But doctors are worried about a second wave of covert 19 and see this country needs to be ready to respond as well as we did in the first wave.

  • Will there be 5 10 times more patients?

  • I do not know.

  • We don't have immunity, so all countries scientists should work together to develop a treatment and vaccine.

  • There's also a new threat from overseas.

  • Thousands of arrivals from Europe on many from the U s are no being tested to prevent a fresh outbreak.

  • South Korea may be breathing a sigh of relief for now, but this crisis is far from over.

Now let's look at what's been happening in the rest off the world.

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冠狀病毒。目前全球有50萬人感染了這種病毒 - BBC News (coronavirus: Half a million people have now contracted the virus globally - BBC News)

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