Coronavirus: Italy infections jump 50 per cent in 24 hours - as global death toll pass 3,000

While the country most affected by the

coronavirus

in Europe is Italy, where

infections

have increased by 50% in 24

hours

and 52 people have died, the

death

toll

worldwide has already exceeded 3,000 with more than 80. 9,000 confirmed

infections

, some of the last countries to report cases. They include Azerbaijan, Ecuador, Latvia and Senegal. Iran is experiencing a serious outbreak. 66 people are said to have died from the disease. 19, but it is feared that the government has not reported its true magnitude. In France, two more people have died from the disease, bringing the total to four four more have been diagnosed with corona virus in England there in Hartfordshire Devon and Kent the total for the UK now stands at 40 and the four new UK cases had traveled to Italy i chateau has latest top government advice today a patriotic washed his hands as the Prime Minister shared his first Cobra emergency meeting on the

coronavirus

outbreak.

He is keen to reject criticism that the government has been too slow and absent. Yes, I just shared a Cobra meeting about the coronavirus and I think it's very important to stress that this is an issue that I think is likely to become more significant for this country over the course of the next few days and weeks and therefore , we will make every possible preparation for this, the latest figures show that 40 people in the The UK have tested positive in four, including a pupil at this school in Devon. The principal said the student is receiving all the necessary support.

Anna made stone in Kent. A confirmed case forced the local television news studio to close schools, pubs and health

cent

ers across the country. I have temporarily closed to try to stop the spread of the virus. The Royal British Legion club is one of the latest venues forced to close due to Irish fears. We spoke to a woman who was inside and she said that public health in England touches me because one. of its members tested positive for the virus, it said they also sent them instructions on how to do a deep cleaning themselves which they have been cleaning since yesterday, but they are still unclear when they will open The first confirmed case in Surrey is the type that will worry the most health authorities, with no history of apparent travel to affected areas or known contact with people who could have infected him.

She could be the first person in the world to contract the virus in the UK. Almost 90,000 cases have been confirmed and more than 3,000 have been confirmed. People are known to have died, but more than half of those who contracted the virus, more than 45,000, have now fully recovered in China, where it all began. There seems to be more good news: this 98-year-old woman from Wuhan was filmed being discharged from the hospital by a large crowd. Most

global

cases are still limited to one province, but almost nine times as many new cases were reported outside and within mainland China in the past 24

hours

.

Xi Jinping seemed unusual. President Xi is ready to send his country's message and aggressive social control of it. The measures are slowly winning the battle against the virus away from China, the country with the second-highest number of cases in the world. South Korea, its fight is just beginning. Soldiers armed with disinfectant, a daily sight on the streets of Daegu in Iran The world Health Organization is particularly concerned as the official

death

toll

has risen to 66, but there are concerns the real figure could be in the hundreds closer to home. The coronavirus has reached all Western European nations.

Italy, the hotspot, the number of deaths there increased dramatically today. 252 people, but as the virus spreads, life goes on around them in Israel, which has its third election in less than a year, disinfects polling stations, makes sure even those under quarantine can get their vote, politicians are still interested in getting the numbers they need. completely under control today we have taken all the necessary precautions people can go vote with complete confidence while people around the world are still figuring out how to deal with the new corona virus even world leaders are not so sure about a handshake a bump on the elbow or a pat on the back a look at how the virus could be changing the way we interact well that's what we've heard the largest outbreak in Europe is in Italy Juliana D'Antoni returned home to London last week on vacation in the most affected area of ​​the north.

I spoke to her before and asked her what it was like in Italy. The city I was in was not considered a red zone, but there are many

pass

ions in the hospital in that city and the nearby city was completely closed, so the trains were canceled or they cannot receive anyone else or whoever is visiting alone friends or family can't leave the city, and so what happened when you returned to Britain? I received it from my work. I realized I had to be home for about 14 days and in the meantime I had to get tested and I felt some symptoms like fever or cough, it was a really difficult identification and I called one which was really difficult because it literally happened.

Over an hour on the phone like holding the line and I tried to call many times and then in the afternoon they pick up my coat and say they asked me about my symptoms where I've been in Italy they just came to my place on Saturday this was kind of fun and it takes the same amount of time because it's like it looks like a science fiction movie, the nurse who comes here is completely covered in the protective uniform, so basically I have to wait three or four. days to get the results in the meantime I'm socializing so I share my apartment with two people and these two people need to stay in a different room than me so we can't share the same room or if we are the same.

In the room, everything has to be open, we can't get closer than two meters, so how do you think the system has worked for you? I mean, do you feel safe? No, really, because you know I've been waiting for the results for a long time. also because they come here and when they call they have the feeling that the waiting line is so long that they need to wait a long time; They finally answer your call, so in the meantime I think you're feeling nervous because you want to go out because in the end you need to keep your job and all these things make you a little stressful, but it's like you're waiting for something that you're not 100% sure about and You depend on it to keep going.

In life, I am working remotely, but at some point, to also think as a human being, you need to leave your house or interact with your roommates or something, so I need to wait until Thursday to have any results, whether it's yes or no on the Meanwhile I have to wait, good luck, I hope everything goes well, thank you very much or we asked the health secretary to appear on the show but we were told he wasn't available. I'm joined now by Neil Dixon, the chief executive of the NHS Confederation. representing hospitals and NHS bodies and dr.

Helena microRNA GP, President of the British Medical Association, dr. Helen corn first just to respond to what we just heard from Juliana and Antony there and she waited a long time for the NHS woman to respond and she still doesn't have the test results from her. It's a pretty typical image. Do you think NHS one one has the resources we have heard at the British Medical Association that some patients have to wait quite a long time for NHS one one and I am very sorry that Juliana is waiting for the results and as I understand it?

It's over the last time more NHS staff were seen in a month, they were recruited to do extra hours to reduce this weight and there is also a way to email the NHS, a mother, but I would really recommend to people who are patient and continue to do it. that because that is part of how we are going to contain this and containment is still a very real possibility Neil Dixon, tomorrow we will receive the government's battle plan in quotes what is the worst case scenario that they are preparing for, well there is a plan of escalation clearly and one I have to emphasize that we are still in a containment phase.

I think one of the concerns, obviously, is that there are two people that we know who we're not sure where they got it from. It appears to have had transmission issues and that is cause for concern. In trying to trace them, the other cases are less concerned because we managed to trace, we know where they got the virus in the first place, so I think the answer is they will announce it tomorrow and I haven't seen the details. This is an escalation plan and that is what the NHS is normally prepared for, so as more cases come in, then of course routine operations may have to be postponed.

Clearly, in routine clinics, anything that can actually be postponed will be postponed depending on the level. pressure new rooms will be created to care for patients who need treatment in schools, not in hospitals, that is where people will be treated if they are vulnerable and need that type of special treatment. The good news again about this virus is that for the vast majority of people it is a relatively trivial illness, which actually also makes it harder to detect, but it means that for most people except the most vulnerable , it's not a big deal how worried you feel when you hear that.

How worried are you? Is this something you are downplaying or are you concerned that the NHS could fall to its knees? I am very concerned because I am aware that if you go to an emergency department if you go to a hospital, if you try to get a routine appointment with your GP, the service is what I would consider 99 per

cent

full. It is good to hear from Neil that there are spaces in hospitals that could be split into two wards, however, I am very concerned about the NHS staff survey just ten days ago that 56% of our NHS staff are already going to work bad and I can't ask people to do it now because that could spread disease and the NHS is already causing stress on 40% of our workers and you talk about more wards, I mean in Wuhan they built a whole series of new hospitals and are you sure that in a worst-case scenario, which suggested one in ten people could be hospitalized, you would have enough critical patients? care beds in NHS England no, there will eventually come a time when the virus takes hold absolutely everywhere where of course the NHS will have to prioritize even more but in practice we are fine, that means in the practice you will say, for example, that you will be Treat your previous patients twice so that the most vulnerable patients receive treatment.

Those who are less vulnerable are less likely to be treated. This is the normal situation where the NHS would normally deal with any crisis situation, i.e. people will die. Without wanting to be alarmist, it is inevitable that if this virus hits in a big way and a significant number of people will die as they do every year from the common flu, but I think it is important, firstly, to recognize that the NHS is under enormous pressure . Right now, actually, all the hospitals are full at the moment, but what the NHS does well is relax and then pick the sickest people and keep those who are less sick or those who come in as a routine in hospital. . operations will not need it, which will create space to treat those who will need treatment at some point, of course it may be that there are too many people who require that formal treatment.

When we look at NHS England figures, there were only 1,000 intensive care beds available in December. Do you think there is a case for making hospital beds available elsewhere? Germany has a similar economy. Can you answer no? I think we need more intensive care beds. The reality is that the healthcare system has been consistently underfunded for a long period of time and only recently has enough to invest or more investment. are being made, but I think even that level of investment leaves us a long way to catch up to be able to provide the type of services that we need, so really this pandemic, if it becomes a pandemic, has come at the worst possible time .

Worry about my patients, you come to see me and they could be healthcare workers on zero hours contracts. I already know that if they don't go out to see vulnerable patients in their homes, they may not have money to buy food for their children. there is investment in the health and social service the prime minister says schools and public places will be closed on scientific advice what would be his advice to him about when that should be done to prevent the spread of this? It's clear he's worried about the implications of widespread spread, how to nip it in the bud.

Well, I'm not a doctor, so I would absolutely trust clinical advice onwhen those measures should be taken. There is no doubt that there are many things that people individually. can do right now and I would say just regarding one of them that there is now an online version and that is a better way and you are likely to get a better answer faster, you are a doctor so this answer is very Quick to that, we need to close schools and public places, so I will listen to the chief medical officer regarding schools, but my GP practices, my colleagues there need to be treated as professionals and allowed to make decisions about when to close things like direct access. to face-to-face appointments, so you should allow GPs to make those decisions based on their knowledge.

Helena microRNA and Neil Dixon many thanks to both Chris. Well, Ryan Air has become the latest airline where canceled flights were reducing demand due to the virus. The Dublin-based airline said it is reducing frequencies on some routes by up to 25%. British Airways and easyJet. However, they have also canceled several flights. There was some relief for stock markets today after central banks, including the Bank of England, indicated they would intervene to support the

global

economy. Our Washington correspondent, Siobhan Kennedy, joins us now from the New York Stock Exchange for almost the latest, while Krishnam is welcome. green on the screens, as you can see around me here, as all the major stock indexes have really recovered today after the carnage we saw in the markets last week, it was the worst week for the markets since the financial crisis of 2008, all because of real fears that the coronavirus would lead to a global economic slowdown.

Now those fears have not disappeared. There's still a lot of uncertainty, but investors, as you said, have found some comfort in central banks around the world, in the Bank of England, in the Bank of Japan, and in the Federal Reserve here in New York. that they are going to intervene to boost markets and shore up their economies if it looks like things might be getting worse and I have to say that in the short term it looks like things might continue to get worse. That certainly seems to be a scenario painted by the OECD economic think tank, which said that if there were a more intensive outbreak of the virus and that it could see global growth from half this year to about one and a half percent in terms of figures here.

In the US there are now 91 cases, the first case was announced here in New York last night and there have been two deaths so far. Much earlier I met with some of the traders here and asked them what it would take to cause another panic. settlement this is what they had to say expansion we continue to see the headlines that have identified the coronavirus in certain countries now we are seeing it in certain states in the United States and if we continue to see that expansion I think that's when we will have another round of fear.

I also think we're going to have another round of fear if you know that the US government that you know steps in, gets involved, and starts shutting down government offices or certain aspects of our daily lives, whether that's you. I know public transportation and things like that. I think that's when we'll see another scare line. I imagine cases will increase and hopefully the death rate will decrease to where we can find some belief that this is not as bad as we thought. and the panic would be over, but we still have a lot of volatility. You know, a three percent increase is still a volatile time, so I would think that for someone, if they don't have a real understanding of the markets, it's a scary time to invest, whether it's up or down.

Traders here point out that central banks could help stabilize the situation here, but this is not a financial crisis. Money is not the cure here, it is a vaccine that will be the cure. That's why Donald Trump is taking advantage of a scheduled meeting with the pharmaceutical companies today to pressure them to speed up the delivery of a vaccine, but we still know that that is a good year or a year and a half away, we know that he is desperate for the economy picks up again, he is very concerned about linking the future of his successful re-election campaign to a strong economy, so he will no doubt be happy to see these threads behind me turn green, but traders do not forget a warning, but it will take several days of constant calm, consistent green screens before I can declare that this panic is over for now, thank you all.

Well, join me now from Paris. He is the chief economist of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the OECD, who has been making these predictions. Could you tell us what is the basis for what do you suppose the scale of an outbreak would be to cause a halving of global growth and where would it come from? You know what would happen here, so you know there is a lot of uncertainty about this health episode about how the epidemic is moving across countries, so we have a base case that is based on the current situation, so most of the epidemic is contained in China and some groups everywhere and with this scenario we actually project global growth.

The goal is to be around 2.4 percent this year now, given the prevailing uncertainty about how the virus is spreading. We have also drawn a downward scenario in which the epidemic would be more or less similar. I must say that the measures to contain the epidemic would be more or less similar to those in China, but in North America in Europe and in the rest of the unsurprising Asia-Pacific special region and in that case we have a GDP growth that it goes from half to 1.5 percent and we have these two scenarios because there is a lot of uncertainty and we are trying to provide a range of what is possible and then the policy that would address this range of possible recessions, which of the industries or sectors would be affected by a large-scale coronavirus pandemic, so there are sectors that will be affected first by our tourism, business travel and student tourism.

In addition, we have everything that has a production chain that is deeply integrated with China, so we can think of the mobile sector and there is a beauty in the computer and electronic equipment sector, for example, the US produces around 20% of computer and electronic equipment. because 24 percent of their inputs come from China and there is also the pharmaceutical sector, so to get to 1.5 percent global growth, I know we are focusing on the disadvantages, but presumably some countries would be in recession in that scenario, which What countries do you think would be seeing shrinking economies, so that if we got to the negative scenario we would effectively see a cut in our projection for regions like Europe or Japan and the North and North America would be closer to zero? some will be negative, yes, in Europe and in Japan we would probably have a negative number, that's true, but again, this is a range where the disadvantages now, one thing we haven't talked about is that this is not the worst of the cases because in our disadvantages now, we do not include an outbreak in the southern hemisphere, so it could be much worse.

In reality, we could be seeing a global contraction if it spreads around the world. I mean, from Britain's point of view, you know. We are also in a post-Brexit scenario and we are entering into trade talks because this puts us in a strong position to be able to go our own way or in a weak position, so there are a couple of things that I think there was some relief after putting the brakes on it. . was agreed last year, so we would have seen a slightly higher first quarter this year before the coronavirus episode, at the same time, you know, the word is the kind of containment measure that we have that restricts trade, obviously because there is less production supply.

The chain was disrupted and trade growth last year was negative and in both scenarios, the best case scenario and the negative scenario, global trade is also negative and Britain, as you know very well, is a very open economy. , so it will be affected by this slowdown in trade, so do you think Britain would be worse off than the rest of Europe? I'm not saying I'm saying you know what we project in our best case scenario for the UK is 0.8 per cent GDP growth in the negative scenario when we get Europe. if it sank about 1.2 below our baseline the UK would also approach zero Louis Pugh, thank you very much indeed