Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up.

Together we are tackling this disease and I want to reassure you that if we remain united and resolute then we will

overcome it. A rare prime time address from Britain's Queen Elizabeth as the

Prime Minister Boris Johnson languishes in

hospital with coronavirus. Physician and author Siddhartha Mukuji lays out the

toll of this disease as it sweeps across the world.

Then how did Iran become the Middle Eastern epicenter

for this virus?

My exclusive interview with Vice President Mohammed Naha Vandian.

And the countries that have managed the crisis of the pandemic most successfully

have been Asia's democracies. Author Parak Kana on how coronavirus has connected the whole world,

providing a playbook on how to survive it and finally

and you can't do what you do you do what you can

singer you can. Singer John Bon Jovi and his fans come together to create a song for these trying times. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpoor working from home in

London where the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson becomes the first major world leader

to be hospitalized for coronavirus more than a week after he was infected and tested positive.

This as Queen Elizabeth urged Britain's to stay strong and stay home.

Take a listen.

I hope in the years to come everyone will be able to take pride in how they

responded to this challenge.

And those who come after us will say the Britons of this generation were as strong as any. While a fierce debate rages over whether Johnson should hand over control while he's

out, he tweets that he's still running things saying I'm in good spirits and keeping in touch with my team.

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