K.

Instead proudly saying he was still shaking hands, of course, coming down with the virus now recovering and tonight with a different message.

ABC is James Loman now.

President Trump today speaking to the British prime minister for the first time since his hospitalization for covert 19 Boris Johnson is still recovering on Britain is still suffering.

His critics say he acted too late.

This is him last month.

I won't distress that for the vast majority of the people of this country.

We should be going about our business as usual, appearing to make light of the threat.

I was at a hospital the other night where I think there were a few.

There were actually a few credit buyers patients, and I should counted everybody.

You'll be pleased to know that I continue to shake hands.

And but now, having had the disease, Johnson is reportedly wary of lifting the lock down and further crippling the economy.

Denmark, meanwhile, is re emerging because it acted so early schools and small businesses back in action.

That's because they shut down the country on the day of the first death, Denmark might have locked down, but just over the water, its neighbour Sweden has gone in a very different direction, no lock down at all on a higher number of cases, but crucially, an economy still moving too early, perhaps to say if the gamble pays off.

But across the continent, different approaches are being tested to their limits on around the world.

Female leaders are being praised for their decisive actions from here in Denmark to Germany and New Zealand countries, led by women showing some of the best results in battling the pandemic.

There is some hopeful news from the UK tonight.

David 500 people have come forward to take part in vaccine trials, and they'll start this week.

David, that is promising news, James.

Thank you.

Hi, everyone.

George Stephanopoulos here.

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