Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240713

Iran looks to relax its lock down some fairly our break there may be far worse than reported. And a critically ill patient turned away from 6 hospitals a bag with its fears grow over an escalating outbreak. Now have all the schools including us the president dana white says that hes close to securing a private island to make sure he can keep staging events to the core of our spending but. We begin in the u. K. Where foreign secretary dominic robb is stepping in to lead the government thats after Prime Minister baraks johnson was moved to intensive care in london he was transferred to hospital after his covert 900 symptoms got worse on monday night the father with this report. This is where the most powerful man in britain is under close observation every branch of government was already under strain and now this downing street say the Prime Minister who is 55 was moved to the intensive care unit on the advice of his medical team hes been given oxygen but hasnt been put on a ventilator there is one nearby if needed a senior cabinet minister michael gove himself isolating said johnson is receiving excellent support as we speak bronzer is in intensive care being looked after by his medical Team Receiving the very very best care from the team and says the hopes and prayers are with him and with his family soon after arriving at hospital johnson tweeted i went into hospital for some routine tests as im still experiencing coronavirus symptoms i mean good spirits and keeping in touch with my team as we Work Together to fight this virus and keep everyone safe but his symptoms worsened on monday evening there was clearly much more cause for concern. The foreign secretary dominic will stand in for jobs and when necessary chairing the governments daily coronavirus meeting in downing street hes an experienced politician but theres been little time to prepare the governments business will continue in the Prime Minister is in safe hands with the Brilliant Team sometimes his hospital and the focus of the government will continue to be on making sure the Prime Ministers direction all the plans for making sure that we can defeat Creative Arts and pull the country through this challenge will be taken forward messages of support have been flooding in for the Prime Minister across britains political spectrum including the newly elected leader of the labor party we will support the government where we can do that but we will challenge that when its necessary but the purpose of the challenge is to make sure that almost 8 they could be put right or things need to happen more quickly that can happen more quickly president of france his wish johnson a speedy recovery and the us President Donald Trump described johnson as a good friend i found boris to be a fantastic person just like a fantastic warm strong smart guy he loves his country you see there i mean he fought like like hell for his country. And intensive care is big stuff this is a challenging time for johnsons family his fiance Kerry Simmons is recovering from the virus herself she is pregnant with their 1st child they havent been able to see each other for several weeks johnsons personal battle with the virus has shaken the government and the country just as Scientists Say britain is entering one of the most deadly weeks of the pandemic neave barkha aljazeera or italians is our correspondent in london this hour joining us from outside the hospital where bar stanton is being cared for so rory do we know any more about how mr johnson is doing. Well kate we had a date from the Prime Ministers Spokes Person about an hour ago and it seems there hasnt been a significant change since the Early Morning and since he was admitted to intensive care last night were being told that he is stable that hes in good spirits hes been given oxygen but he hasnt been put on a ventilator and that there has been as yet no dog notice of pneumonia but the fact is Boris Johnson is pretty much out of action for the time being and as we heard there in needs reports dominic rob is deputizing where necessary now the United Kingdom does not have the same kind of constitutionally or danes chain of command as say the United States for its president Vice President etc its a bit more vague here but dominic robb is deputising for now if he is incapacitated then really soon as the chancellor of the exchequer steps in and i suppose with dominic we can look at it as you know the Prime Minister is still the Prime Minister he has set the course dominic rob has been given the tiller for a while to keep the ship on track basically he cant hire and fire ministers and any matters of National Security are being decided by the cap on the principle of collective responsibility rory talk to us about this new report this modeling thats come out from the university of washington regarding the outbreak in the u. K. Is that cause for concern. Well i think it certainly is because these figures from the university of washington the institute for Health Metrics and evaluation of the school of medicine there are very alarming they are suggesting that the United Kingdom could have 66000 deaths at the end of the 1st wave of this pandemic now thats far in excess of the numbers the the u. K. Was using with its modeling when it brought in the social distancing measures it was anticipating the with social distancing it could limit deaths to about 20000 well 66000 deaths if that transpires would put the United Kingdom is definitely the worst hits country in europe this same institution is suggesting that its really that would be the 2nd but 2nd worst hit might have 20000. 00 deaths it points to the fact that the u. K. Was comparatively late in bringing in social distancing measures and the what it says is the lack of capacity in intensive care units like the one that Boris Johnson is currently in but i think perhaps responding to this worrying reports the spokesperson for the pm said hold on a 2nd we do have capacity in intensive care units theres plenty of capacity around the country and we do have enough oxygen thank you for that. Live from london. Spain has recorded an increase in daily Coronavirus Infections and deaths for the 1st time in 5 days the Health Ministry says 743 people succumbed to the virus in the past 24 hours compared to 6 137. 00 reported on monday the rate of confirmed cases also increased slightly on the previous day but the editor has the details from madrid. We have 5478. 00 new cases of corona virus in the past 24 hours leaving a total of 148510 lost cities some part of iris in spain in the past 24 hours of 4 percent increase since yesterday despite these figures we have been this is increased in the figures we have seen these these evolution every tuesday this is so cold choosey effect and its because of the adjustment of the data up during the weekend so we will see a high increase in the numbers of of of of infections and in the number of fatalities today we have 91900400. People or steal all Health Care Workers infected that this means a 14. 4 percent the new number of fatalities today and since yesterday 743 death toll has increased up to 13800 sweden has reported its the highest jump in corona virus related fatalities with 114. 00 more deaths in the last 24 hours and brings the total to 591. 00 killed with more than 7000. 00 infections the government has pushed through of urgency powers which could be used to step up restrictions sweden is here to implement the lockdown missions seen across here of. Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abbott has declared a state of emergency after a surge of infections in major cities its set to last one month and allow governors to call on people to stay at home and for businesses to close. Has more from tokyo. Many here believed japan had been spared the worst of the pandemic but an alarming rise in the number of new infections has prompted Prime Minister shinzo to declare a state of emergency the officer took a look if we can reduce social contact between people by at least 70 percent or possibly by 80 percent we can assure the virus peaks and 2 weeks and that number will decrease the emergency measures will be in force in tokyo and 5 other prefectures but will rely on people of serving them voluntarily residents can be requested to stay home except for essential tasks schools can be closed and public gatherings spanned land and buildings can be requisitioned for emergency hospitals along with food and medicine but some are concerned it might not be enough. I think its a bit late because other countries issued the state of emergency at a much earlier stage more to talk and i think japan should take tougher measures like other countries. Japanese companies are suffering this time of year would normally be busy for this tour bus firm but business is down by 90 percent with only 2 of its fleet of vehicles out on the road. Were asking employees to take pay cuts in early retirement so we can survive and see better days but to do that we need the government to help us. In addition to these emergency measures the japanese government has also announced a stimulus package of nearly a trillion dollars to help the economy survive thats double the amount the country spent on tackling the 2008 financial crisis already hurt by the postponement of the summer olympics the economy needs help quickly we have one negative impact after the other so what is coming now is a huge fiscal package of 20 percent of g. D. P. This is totally unprecedented and comes much faster than before the government is appealing for all japanese to support its measures so that we after other cities effectively close down still bustling tokyo may finally join them i asked the quran aljazeera tokyo. For the 1st time china has reported no new deaths from covered 19th in the past 24 hours only 32 new cases have been confirmed all from people who returned from overseas china is now reporting some of the lowest figures worldwide however the accuracy of chinas figures have been questioned by many analysts sarah clarke has more from hong kong on what this will mean for People Living in harlem. Well looking at the scenario when i pull i think the lockdown the full lockdown will be lifted across the city of we head of course this is a city of 11000000 people this is the epicenter of the crime the Virus Outbreak the lockdown has been partially lifted over the last week and a half or so where people have been allowed to return to hand but they have been allowed to leave now the day that that lockdown was partially lifted we had 60000. 00 people into the city by train buses and cars but on april 8th the airport will reopen and the people will also be allowed to leave and thats a 1st time since january 23 that that lockdown will allow travel in and out of the city now as you mentioned this is the 1st day on tuesday that the chinese recorded no new coronavirus related deaths now if thats the case thats the 1st time Chinas Health commission has done this said no new deaths since i started releasing that publicly their daily figures as you mentioned as well the 50 new cases of the crown of ours in fiction reported on tuesday but of course this is all of those cases were imported cases are not local transmissions. Cameramen peng peng was among millions of people trapped and who by province where the virus was 1st discovered have been visiting relatives for the Chinese New Year holiday finally being able to leave the province and return to beijing where hes found himself back in quarantine 20 year reports. A final call for the train to beijing for these hundreds of passengers a celebratory visit to an who became a nightmare as the province was locked down for more than 2 months now the lockdowns over bags are packed with masks on everyones finally free to return to life in the capital. Among those boarding this government organized bullet train is al jazeera cameraman. 76 i was traveling with. The family. Were going to take years. To go back to. Each passenger has had to apply for that ticket good health a prerequisite phil leaving the province. The threat of the pandemic is never far from sight many are happy to leave the lockdown behind. Im so excited to be going back to beijing but im worried about my apartment because my contract has lapsed and also my job because im the only employee who hasnt come back to work yet for the 6 hour journey is spent counting the cost of the destruction. Because when i go back to beijing i have to pay for the koren see how its how by myself that would cost. The government. People but if they do they should support us financially. Beijings bustling train station feels like business as usual chinas leaders have ordered major cities back to work but declaring victory over the outbreak those from greeted by welcome signs and mocked by stickers the city skyscrapers can be seen from a chartered bus window but the journey isnt over yet one last stop at a makeshift health check hub. For another 2 weeks of corn team between e. U. Aljazeera beijing. The philippines has extended lockdown of its main island until the end of the month quarantine measures on news on wood due to End Next Week but will now continue until at least the 30th of april its home to more than 50000000 people many of whom work in the capital manila. Iran is reporting 133 deaths on tuesday and a drop in new infections from the day before but a member of its Coronavirus Task force has been quoted as saying that the number of cases is more than 8 times higher than whats been reported iran is said to relax its lockdown mischas from saturday. Because in tehran with more on the. The reporting here is incredibly significant what were seeing is the state media news site interviewed mr home in syria hes an epidemiologist on president Hassan Rouhani is and he Corona Task Force speaking to the government he said that the actual number of infections is closer 2500000 far higher than official figures and he has said that the curve has not been flattened that the virus is continuing to spread and that normalizing control measures on Public Public movement too soon will inevitably make things worse however we heard from the public Health Ministry official the Health Minister himself this morning saying that the government is in lockstep that everyones on the same page in terms of the Coronavirus Response this days after on sunday president rouhani said that normalization will begin as of april 11th things will begin to go back to normal in certain places and in certain provinces but this week in the next week theyll continue to do the same however members of parliament at a session of Parliament Earlier today floated a bill to try to lock down cities to try to keep control measures in place that was voted down so there seems to be a political will to move forward to address the health of the countrys economy while trying to maintain some sort of control on the Public Health crises that were seeing but we have to go back to what mr siri the epidemiologist said in this interview he said that if the virus continues unchecked if control measures are loosened on the public then there is a worst Case Scenario to look at 60 percent of the country could be infected there could be as many as 400000 people that in the dying of covert 19 in iran. Thousands of doctors in pakistan have been arrested while protesting against the lack of Safety Equipment for the future of the question is the pain at least the medical they demonstrate the same many of them not being infected while treating patients because a severe shortage and personal protective equipment talkathon recorded its not just single day spike and causes 19 cases on monday putting its total now 4000 the mahanta as an aside. With more on that protest. They decided to go and protest outside the chief ministers residence some of them of course. Then trying to cross into the premises which time the police used for and also 50 of the dr dreaded it but several large later they were released on the orders of the provincial government and today we are doors their desperation military transport aircraft are scattered special equipment to baluchistan to address the issue of the young doctor. There while her birth records their nord relic wear and the fact that if they get infected in large numbers their day will be no 103 dogs who have been affected by coleridge 19 so indeed a difficult situation that the medical stuff again but the government on the other hand now rear shorting everybody that day will be given the b. P. Meanwhile thousands of afghans living in pakistan a streaming home across the border i should have been closed as part of the effort to stem the spread of the virus from the pakistani government has reopened it for a few days off a request from afghanistan with a small window to make the journey the route has become crowded its the Afghan Government to set up a Quarantine Center close to the crossing but thats causing concern among local residents. The memos surface showing that a senior white house advisor raised grave warnings with Trump Administration officials as far back as january it details the severity of the coronavirus and how much it would cost the u. S. Economy in place millions of american lives at risk can be helped at joins us now live from washington d. C. So can we toss more about these revelations. Yeah the memos that are being reported here in the United States coming from the trade advisor to the us president and also the National Security council in late january Peter Navarro laying out the risks to americans not only in terms of Public Health but also to the economy that the coronavirus could because of a lack of a vaccine and a cure cost as many as a half a 1000000. 00 lives 6 trillion dollars to the u. S. Economy that was later revised in late february and a 2nd memo we understand warning that the coronavirus here in the United States could cost 2000000 lives now in this memo by Peter Navarro it lays out a couple of recommendations one that there should be an immediate travel ban travel warning from china that was something that was implemented and as well it makes the case that there is going to be a tremendous financial need in requests from the u. S. Congress something that has only come just in recent weeks and what this memo does essential e is it lays out what the president knew when he knew it and whether he acted in time because of course there are accusations that there may have been too little done too late particularly when it comes to testing as well as preparing in terms of the needs when it comes to personal protective equipment like gloves masts and ventilators and can really separately theres been a lot of reports about states individual states having to bid against each other for personal protective equipment and now there are reports that the federal government is swooping in and know in a helpful way. Thats exactly it and for weeks we have been hearing about chaos and confusion in the Distribution System and it seems to now come down to whats being widely reported by a number of u. S. Governors across all 50 states essentially is that they were left hanging on their own initially told look at youve got to find the equipment that you need only later for the u. S. Government to set up kind of a federal Distribution System one theyve defended as saying that they have almost like the all seeing eyes the control tower at the airport to see what is available in the private system and get it to the public system but what weve been hearing from governors is the system has not been working what its done this essentially pit states against each other its also allowed some of the better connected bigger states for example like california to get the equipment that it needs while other states that may be smaller in population numbers may not have the same relationships here in washington being left behind what one governor called it is essentially the wild west as they tried to get the equipment that they need many saying that and accusing the federal government of the trumpet ministration essentially of playing playing political games that are costing lives thank you that can help cut their line from washington d. C. India is to partially lifted a ban on exports of an anti malaria drug thats being tested as a possible treatment for covert 19 patients thats often the u. S. President sent to india could face consequences unless it stops reducing its supply of hydroxycut a queen donald trump has praised the drug as the game changer but scientists of woman is not enough evidence that it can be used to treat corona virus. Are you worried about our retaliation to your decision to ban export of medical goods like indian Prime Minister modise decision to not export hydra across the core point to the United States or other countries like that decision is that i dont i didnt hear that that was his decision i know that he stopped it for other countries i spoke to him yesterday very very good talk and well see whether or not this is i would be surprised if he would you know because indias does very well with the United States for many years theyve been. Taken advantage of the United States on trade so i would be surprise of that worst decision hed have to tell me that i spoke to him sunday morning called him and i said we appreciate your allowing our supply to come out if he doesnt allow it to come out that would be ok but of course there may be retaliation why wouldnt there be. The u. S. State of wisconsin will go to the polls on tuesday after the Supreme Court rejected a last minute bid to postpone the elections the governor tony evis had tried to delay the vote through to concerns around the coronavirus the state is under a state home order but the court ruled 5 to 4 against him residents are voting in the president ial primary as well as state and local elections more than 1000000 people requested absentee ballots already huff arrived a day before the vote. John hendren joins us now live from chicago so john why is this spawning the election such a controversial issue. Well its been a whirlwind 24 hours its been largely about politics and theres a good reasoning behind it now amid the career. Virus that is really hitting wisconsin in force now along with all the other us states. The concern is youve got a lot for president ial candidates it is a primary so most democratic voters will vote between joe biden and Bernie Sanders but for everyone else all the local officials this is a general election and its an important one in the state and in particular is a controversial Supreme Court seat in this state a man named daniel kelly is running for reappointment there and its been so important the Republican Party the donald trump just tweeted this morning vote for just as genuine cali and be safe now the issue is that republicans seem to believe that the coronavirus is going to depress voting in largely democratic urban areas and will do so less in the rural areas thats important because democrats tend to be in those were those urban areas republicans tend to be in those rural areas so they think a low turnout actually benefits the republicans and in particular this one Court Justice and it was that court just 24 hours or less ago that ruled that the election must go forward even though tony even as the governor there it issued an executive order saying that election must not go forward and then the u. S. Supreme court just hours later ruled overruling a lower court that had said ok because of the coronavirus you could extend absentee voting until the 13th yesterday the u. S. Supreme court said no they have to be postmarked by today the 7th otherwise they dont count so this is really playing out in the political realm both of those Court Decisions by the way were made along party lines in the u. S. Supreme court you had the 5. Republican appointees versus the 4 democratic appointees so highly charged political case and ultimately what it means is that in places like milwaukee where they were usually have about 180. 00 polling places and now have about a dozen the National Guard is manning some of those because the poll workers dont want to go there it means a lot of people either wont want to go or they will be crowded crowded because there are so few and because they have to wipe down the machines in between likely what this means is about 42500000 voters who havent gotten their absentee ballots in probably wont and many people probably wont show up at the polls thank you that john hendren there live from chicago. Sometime after the weather has jenny with news of both snow and forest fire in the us yet i know every time the weather of course can leave it as i came but its a big country course in the usa and you stop wishing and such like because this has been a day where we got the weather its actually streaming out of the south ago small possible severe thunderstorms but its actually florida where weve had these forest fires that theyre not entirely sure how these fires started and what youre looking at is actually drawing footage take you across Southwest Florida International Airport you can just about make out something down there 3 and a half 1000 rental cars were actually damaged by this fire took 2 days to put it out well the course is the strong winds and the dry conditions really fuel those fires all this red you can see put on the temperatures you can see where the warm air is in place across much of the u. S. And the blue of course is the rain developing this go through tuesday those are more potential severe thunderstorms the cold air still across much of the west different down into the Central Plains and in fact we had a woman were actually about to go into a bit of a cool off over the next few days still very warm along these gulf coast and more of that rain work its way eastwards over the next few days but this is what i mean by cool off so in denver the average is 16 is tom it is said has been mild and then by thursday its down to 12 and in fact it is going to get even cooler over the next few days very similar story in dallas the average if april is 25 degrees celsius so the next couple days it is very warm and it dips way down again so when you actually combine all of this a look at whats going on as we go through thursday there is that warm air in place still across the south but this cold air really beginning to push in taking the top of all those temperatures but at the same time california continues to see very heavy amounts of rain some heavy mountain snow and you kumin asians really could be fairly big over the next 2 to 3 days kim thank you for that jenny well still to come here on aljazeera. South african Health Care Workers confront police and the government have a shortage of equipment to protect them from corona virus. And its course italian food. Paul is locked in a pay dispute prompted by the code of a 19 pandemic tells us on later in the show. Join the global conversation possible to the people to expand their brains maybe have a different view this is a dialogue women in cambodia are in fact selling theyre here we dont know how much theyre getting paid for it its hard to track its hard to treat everyone has a voice tell us what you think and youll come to say she could be alone right here in the street we need to step away from gaming people are not necessarily game perfect this is a journey of progression not perfection on aljazeera. Aljazeera. Right. Down. Why. You watching aljazeera reminder of our top stories this hour british Prime Minister Abbas Johnson is in intensive care after his coronavirus symptoms was that he was moved as a precaution in case a ventilator was needed foreign secretary dominic rob has stepped in to me because. For the 1st time in 5 days spain has recorded an increase in daily corona virus infections and deaths well over 13 and a half 1000 people have died since the start of the outbreak. Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abbott has declared a state of emergency after a surge of infections in major cities its set to last one month. Bangladesh has reported its highest single day increase in corona virus cases at least 41. 00 new infections were confirmed taking the total to more than 160. 00 while 5 more people died this comes as many hospitals a turning away patients with covered 900 symptoms of a child has more from the capital dhaka. In a country with a population of more than 116000000 than 3000 have been tested for the virus thats one of the lowest testing rates anywhere many hospitals all over bangladesh are turning away patients even the critically ill because of fears of coronavirus infection. Died last week after he was denied treatment at 6 different hospitals in the capital diverting Freedom Fighter of the war of independence in bangladesh was a brain haemorrhage patient suffering from mine in the morning look beneath that it is only daughter says the Health Care System is failing to serve the people the vulnerable is the thing not a political model even after admitting him they later discharge him under a fuse. Treatment i could understand those who didnt have the gear might be at risk but many of the doctors had full protective equipment some of these hospitals hard karuna isolation units why didnt they admit or treat him bangladeshs Health Minister has issued a warning to health care professionals. This is not the time to backtrack on your duties and it is not justified at all stand by the people and serves recently we have noticed a dereliction of duty as the warning came too little too late for sharon or offered those see her sister in law died recently because of what she calls medical negligence by. My sister in law was diagnosed with gastrointestinal disease at a City Hospital in khulna she had a Successful Surgery there put on 25th march for the treatment was denied after the surgery says there was a corner virus patient who died in that hospital the previous night media reports say more than 50 bangladeshis died recently from respiratory illness symptoms similar to corona virus but the government didnt record that as virus linked the reports Say Health Experts expected the high number of patients during the summer. Because many of their symptoms will probably be similar to the coroner virus but many hospitals in the city remained close and if this thread made any patients recently leaked u. N. Memo warns that bangladesh is facing up to 2000000 deaths from their pandemic if immediate and appropriate steps arent taken. Dhaka bangladesh whereis van der straten is with Doctors Without Borders shes been a bangladesh for 2 months and joins us on skype from ok thank you for your time are you surprised to hear these reports of people being turned away from hospitals and bangladesh. Look i mean people are very scared here at the moment and everyone is scared. They are trying and everyone is trying to do their best tool stop the spread of the virus that theyve been here is very political in year how prepared is the country or otherwise for a widespread outbreak so everyone is trying to work to get there to prevent. Massive case load at one time and said is preparing different isolation facilities in the camp with the blood at 300 beds and we are training we are training starts we are trying to get a response all together to this. Crisis that is going to write me a few days to put more specifically i mean how many ventilators are in the country what are the levels of personal protective equipment. So for the whole of the country i cannot fortunately not give you numbers but i can tell you that for emma said we dont have any ventilators. 0 growth it would last as about 3 to 4 weeks. That is that is dire what are the Underlying Health conditions generally in the population we know of people who are sick generally who have Underlying Health conditions that thats a major factor in terms of fatality rates with coronavirus how healthy how healthy is the population genuine generally. Well indeed get specific the population unfortunately suffers from a lot of chronic diseases even at a very young probably your parliaments who get your access to health care and very. Very soon began to believe altogether well who could still be people in one house 12 metres of water so this started at the very very bad. Thank you for your time maries van der straten there are project medical reference with Doctors Without Borders. The messaging for whatsapp says its putting new limits on viral posts in the hopes of curbing misinformation about the pandemic starting on tuesday if a message has been forwarded more than 5 times users will only be able to send it to one recipient at a time whatsapp says it seen a significant increase in fords messages since the start of the pandemic much of it was fake medical advice circulating on various platforms protesters in ivory coasts commercial capital of tore down a coronavirus testing facility which was under construction angry residents in a district of abidjan said they were afraid it would spread the virus through their District Police fired tear gas to break up the demonstration the city has been under lockdown since a state of emergency was declared on march 23rd 3rd. Medics in south africa are taking the government to court over a lack of personal protective equipment tens of thousands of Health Workers say shortages of putting them at risk amid a mirror has more from johannesburg. Police opened fire with rubber bullets behind the tear gas hospital workers protesting against what they say are unsafe working conditions including a lack of personal protective equipment 2 protesters are injured as South African Police fear the demonstrators from blocking the hospital entrance as more people test positive for covert 1000 Health Care Workers are increasingly why read about a shortage of protective gear one of them is a rich cleaner hes a nurse at a Public Hospital in johannesburg east grand mrs reagan told you to leave. We are using them others are told to go to decontaminate you are using the road but you know they will go to day. To day and. Just i dont know how to say how to sanitize rich says the emergency ward at the hospital where he works has had to borrow moss and gloves from other departments potentially affecting operations at a hospital in durban has had to shut its Emergency Department after 11 of its 20 Health Workers tested positive for call the 19 a clinic in how 10 closed when a nurse is there to support it or for the buyers the department of health says its concerned about the number of Health Workers who are testing positive. What his union the young nurses and dad says its 10000 members on the front line of the pandemic all rick risk. Every day. With nearly home full volkova 1000. 00 infections in south africa the halting province is appealing for donations of protective gear and ventilators thats despite being the wealthiest province in the country it says it wants to protect Health Workers by having at least 2 months worth of protective gay and stock but that target appears unlikely they say are more men where we are willing to say. I hope it wont be exactly about where thats all its everyones out of a warning as south africa completes its 2nd week of a lockdown that its leaders hope will cope the spread of the corona virus. Aljazeera johannesburg. A group of doctors campaigning for human rights in zimbabwe is taking the government to course of a what it says a dangerous working conditions the group has applied in the countrys high court to force the government to provide protective equipment to frontline workers including Police Officers and public transport drivers. Abbas so closure of the Us Mexico Border in response to a pandemic has disrupted the lives of thousands who depend on cross border travel but under the policy the us is also implementing strict anti immigration measures human rights advocates are warning that the virus is being used as a way to discriminate against migrants and Asylum Seekers repellent reports from mexico city. Closed this is the view many motorists see when arriving at the Us Mexico Border last month the 2 nations agreed to restrict all nonessential border crossings an effort to mitigate 900 contagion under the new emergency coronavirus measures the u. S. Also announced that strict new immigration policies would be imposed every week our Border Agents encounter thousands of screened and vetted in honor of the race entries from dozens of countries and weve had this problem for decades for decades you know the story but now its. With an issue emergencies and all of the other things that weve declared we could actually do something about it were taking a very strong hold of that and we have before but this is now at a level that nobodys ever approached. Taking a very strong hold has meant the closure of immigration courts and the suspension of hearings for migrants into silence seekers most of whom come from countries like. And honduras illinois people get on that but its a big concern for all of those who are waiting for a Court Hearing it was meant to have a human on the 30th because of coronavirus that has been postponed all over cases here everyones its very important. For the arnell thing. Thousands of people like o. C. S. The other who are in limbo with no idea how long theyll be forced to wait in mexicos migrant shelters and Detention Centers under the new emergency measures u. S. Authorities are conducting fast track deportations and in forcing policies that have faced strong criticism in the past this amnesty international. Says the coburg 1000 pandemic should not be used as an excuse to waive any countrys International Obligations to human rights 1st of all of all done it is in this is relevant to understand. The pandemic is not the result of my brace and i think that this is extremely important precisely because coleman said that were all that particularly lacking a merry go in the caribbean in the area just get out the u. S. Cattle that are starting to use the narrative about late ration about refugees stigmatized seen these population as if they were you know whos to blame about these this sunday and. Since 2019 some 60000 non mexican migrants many of them Asylum Seekers have been denied entry into the United States under a Controversial Program known as remain in mexico often left with no choice but to stay at shelters with new tory asli unsanitary conditions. And at a time when Health Officials are calling for pointing and self isolation as the best defense against contagion mexicos Migrant Centers are becoming even more crowded. And as eda mexico city. And libyas capital hospital has come under fire as fighting between forces loyal to warlord holly for half ton the un recognized government continues after us forces have attacked they cover a hospital which was designed as the pandemic hospital for covered 19 thats despite the uns repeated calls for a cease fire to allow authorities to respond to the challenge posed by the pandemic libya has confirmed 19 cases of the virus so far. The mood of our head joins us now live from tripoli just whats the latest. Will kim. On the main hospital in the Capital City Center has been called a violation of humanitarian into humanitarian or International Humanitarian law by. Cold nature of the United Nations in libya. As you know that 6 Health Workers were wanted by the random rockets launched by forces loyal to the warlord cleaver have to on that i mean hospital in the city center and a substantial damage was caused in the. Facilities of the of the hospital in the city center now the United Nations support the mission in libya says that all the calls by International Organizations including the United Nation for the warring parties to deescalate and to give a chance to the concern the authorities to face covert 19 have gone into a thin air if a may say. The United Nations support mission also says that these calls for deescalation have been met with complete disregard and more deescalation as you know kim that that hospital that was targeted is not the all the hospital or medical facility is being targeted by. Forces and that was that hospital that its one of the biggest and measured hospitals in the city of tripoli and not only that it has dedicated a main facility to treat covert 19 patients who have been transferred yesterday in the aftermath of the attack the situation. In the vicinity of the hospital remains very tense as random rockets by have to as forces continue to land in residential areas and there is a state of panic among civilians there kim thanks for that mode of though ahead live from tripoli the taliban in afghanistan says several parties are trying to forte the peace deal with the United States was signed in dalhart in february but the group says a Prisoner Exchange agreed by the u. S. Has not yet happened the taliban also accused afghanistans government of trying to undermine the deal by delaying intra afghan talks in order to stay in power the agreement is meant to pave the way for the withdrawal of foreign troops and end americas longest running war the vatican has welcomed a strategy as High Court Decision to overturn a senior catholic officials conviction for child sex abuse Cardinal George pell has been freed from jail he was convicted in 2018 of abusing 2 choir boys in the 1990 s. But the High Court Ruled there was evidence from several witnesses in the trial that should have raised reasonable doubt about pells guilt the vatican says its committed to preventing cases of abuse against minus. Coming up in sports. German football champions and munich but social distancing in practice but i will explain in just a moment. The. Business leaders just want to buy no bra spot. Business leaders just want to buy no bra spot. So not a sport has some thank you very much a camera while the ultimate fighting championship are determined to not let the coronavirus stop them from putting on shows and on monday the promotions president dana white revealed a bold plan to sage events on a private island why it says that he said days away from securing one to sports he also revealed that the company will be making a comeback on april 18th having 3 events so far because of the Global Pandemic while theyll be staging a u. S. C. 2 for 9 with thout any fans of form an undisclosed location so i lock this venue up for 2 months im just thank you for 2 months im certain that shop here were going to be pumping out flights every week wow i am also on my day or 2 away from home securing a private island im an island and im secured were getting the infrastructure for that now so im a star 2 of the International Flights to actual fighters because i wont be able to get National Fighters and them into the u. S. So i have a time when i when im just off line a ball in the private island and International Flights from there. Always spoke to a mixed martial arts journalist ryan mckenna who expand why dana white is so keen to get d. F. C. Back in action as soon as possible. If were being honest i think number one theres a lot of money at play i think that is probably 1st and foremost for a couple reasons right 1st of all the for the 1st money component i guess i would be talking about is the money that the u. F. C. Still owes on their sale from a few years ago that was a 4000000000. 00 sale there are people that still need to recoup some of that money they can only keep their fights off of t. V. For so long so i think there is an element of that at play if and when they do get back on television especially if theyre looking at you getting back on t. V. Later this april for u. F. C. 249. 00 theyre going to be the only showing d town right like its not going to be baseball theres not going to be n. F. L. Theres not going to be n. B. A. Theres not going to be any International Sports it will be the u. F. C. So if they can get back. On television on pay per view it would be a huge coup for the u. F. C. And i guess the last thing would be at least from what were hearing from dana white in terms of why are they so i guess hell bent on making this fight card happen it is that old sort of i dont know if its an american credo but its certainly a credo of of american entertainment and spore is is the show must go on and i think that dana white and the u. F. C. Is kind of using that credo to motivate themselves to tell themselves that it needs to happen that that we need to move on and we need to have these these fight cards whether right or wrong theyre her whether theyre actually acknowledging you know Public Health and safety experts. Now there might be some good news for baseball fans as the m. L. Be considering playing the entire 2020 season in the state of arizona the league and the end of the union i have been discussing a plan that would have the season a start as early as may putting all 30 teams in the phoenix area with all the games played in empty ballparks or baseball like all other major north American Sports leagues is shut down due to the corner virus pandemic for one has placed around half of its workforce on enforced leave senior staff are also taking a 20 percent pay cut it with c. E. O. Chase carey likely to take a bigger reduction if one is based in the u. K. And employs more than 400 people its taken a bit of a financial hit at the moment it with no races so far this year and theres a chance the season could be lost completely it is Football Players union has rejected a proposal by syria clubs to cut their pay by a 3rd if the season does not resume it was agreed to on a buyout 19. 00 of the 20 clubs it would eventis not included because they already have a deal with the players but the union dismissed the idea claim in the shows that the league just wants to shift the cost of corn a virus on the players. Who are liverpool have a verse that decision to place some of nonpaying stuff only even that the 7th richest club in the world but originally followed other premier league teams like top them in applying to the u. K. s job or attention scheme funded by taxpayers the sparked a black backlash from former players and fans and the liverpool have apologized saying they made an error of judgment little done which you can see dont you know. Anybody and. All our own specific. You know our own cliques will accept censure of not being seen with a sense that. You know you know the way you got people look at this is the same as people so happy to share a little bit of movement. Which should be only because we should be only celebrating this then. Were going to the Legal Defense and if the education you know people say it will but at any cost you know we. Saw something about okaloosa. You have a president Alexander Savannah believed to have a poor should be declared a premier League Champions if the seasons on able to restart they were poor 25. 00 points clear at the top but when the play was suspended tottenham strike a homing son is using the break in english football to complete his military service back home in south korea spurs have given the 28 year old permission to travel on and exemption of form of the mandatory 21 Month Service by helping south korea when the asian games in 2018 by still has to complete a much south koreas main domestic competition the k. League has updated its logo to promote social distancing features a ball wearing a mosque which hasnt moved away from its original place in the batch also the letters are spread further apart than before the start of the k. T. Exists and is currently on hold and there was some social distancing as by munich and other teams return to training in germany no fans were allowed on players train to small groups to reduce the risk of infectious it was league as been a whole since march 13th with no restart scheduled yet. With Global Transport restrictions the World Antidoping Agency is finding it hard to carry out testing when british n n p n is worried that some athletes who will use the opportunity to cheat face will kurt home told the Times Newspaper it is such a blatantly obvious advantages to those who see sport just as a way of winning at all costs and making money this is a gift its a really big outlook you can get huge gains in a 2 to 3 month period where you know you will not be tested the british open has been canceled but u. S. Golf ball says are doing everything they can to sell that the major championships the mosses was supposed to be this week but a thats now being shifted to november after the ryder cup before that the p. G. A. Championship will be in august followed by the u. S. Open september thats it for me ken thank you. And thats it for me for this news hour but i will be back in just a moment with more of the days news so keep it here and ill just. April on al jazeera. Countries are imposing drastic measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic well bring you all the latest developments from around the world. And Untold Stories from across asia in the pacific one i want east brings new insights from the worlds most populated region as the democratic president ial race narrows how will the corona Virus Outbreak impact the u. S. 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Because it isnt trying to bring their way into the city ive been covering all of latin america for most of my career but no country is alike and its my job to shed light on how and why there are people in the world who want all forms of verification to just go away so we need people fighting against that were either trying to see if its a fake video may be in syria but in a different time they risk a great deal to find out the truth in very complex situations that include major global play as weve been told to 5 Cyber Attacks from russia but there are dangers in through this conflict belling kept. Troops in the post truth world and on 00. Questions about the u. K. s leadership as british Prime Minister Ponce Johnson is kept in intensive care after his coronavirus symptoms worsen. Can be dealt this is all just there live from doha also coming up japan declares a state of emergency in the capital and other regions to tackle the alberich. As a rom looks to relax its lock down something of the outbreak there may be that its