Lots of developments in the past 24 hours. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in intensive care at a London hospital. He is not on a ventilator and he’s reported in stable condition.
In the United States, 731 people have died in the state of New York since Monday – the largest number of deaths in a single day since the crisis began.
And a glimpse of hope from China. For the first time since January, the country recorded no deaths related to the outbreak. And after 10 weeks, the city of Wuhan – home to 11 million people – lifted its travel restrictions. Zhou Jiaxin reports from Wuhan.
To talk about all this:
- Brittany Kmush is a professor of public health at Syracuse University
- Peter Chin-Hong is a doctor treating COVID-19 patients in San Francisco
- Olly Barratt is a CGTN correspondent
- Einar Tangen is a current affairs commentator
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Wuhan celebrates the end of its coronavirus lockdown after 76 long days: https://t.co/WJZWamPVN6 pic.twitter.com/Rnwvy1UnNW
— TIME (@TIME) April 7, 2020
The severity of Boris Johnson’s illness has shocked Britons and intensified doubts about his government’s unorthodox response to the pandemic https://t.co/GIhcHjPsAU
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) April 7, 2020
Nurses protested the lack of protective equipment outside Harlem Hospital in New York, as they scramble to save as many lives as possible during the coronavirus crisis https://t.co/rVzUmhnovS pic.twitter.com/2UaknsRHZb
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 7, 2020