Wednesday 29th April 2020. World News.

Simple English News Daily in 7 minutes.World news in easy, clear language, for English learners and people with English as a second language.Wednesday 29th April 2020. Transcript- Note: The transcript may not be complete, because of a lack of space. Also, it may contain errors, and does not include external audio. -In the United States, one million people are confirmed to have COVID19. Confirmed cases have doubled in 18 days.President Trump has said that they will investigate the beginning of the disease in China. He believes that China did not do enough to stop the spread of the virus…China denied doing anything wrong, and accused Trump of trying to distract from his own poor performance.The US has seen a rise in the number of people ingesting dangerous chemicals. A reporter asked the president if it this could be  connected to his comments about injecting disinfectants…Medical experts say that ingesting disinfectant is incredibly dangerous. -In Indonesia medical experts say that the real death toll from COVID 19 may be much higher than is officially thought. Reuters news agency say that 2200 Indonesians have died with symptoms of COVID19, but their deaths did not reach official statistics. Indonesia has confirmed 9500 cases, however, it has one of the lowest testing rates in the world. In Syria at least 40 people have been killed by a   bomb blast. The explosion was in the town of Afrin, controlled by Syrian opposition groups, supported by Turkey.The United Nations have said that COVID19 might be circulating in Yemen. Three and a half million people are internally displaced in Yemen, and 100,000 people have been affected by recent floods. The civil war which started in 2015 has left 80% of the population relying on aid.-Argentina has banned all flights until September. Internal and external flights will not operate until then. Argentina’s football season was cancelled yesterday.Japan say that the Tokyo 2021 olympics can only go ahead if a COVID19 vaccine is ready. The Olympics were originally planned for this s