Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240713

Than reported. Rumor Home Remedies and political conspiracies have misinformation and denial or complicating sudans fight against the pandemic. Comes on how much will all the sporting commuting. U. F. C. President dana white says hes close to securing a private island to make sure he can keep a staging events during the course on the fire spent it would. Be a case top diplomat foreign secretary dominic robb is stepping in to lead the government filling in for the Prime Minister who is an intensive care for stauntons coronavirus symptoms worsened in the hospital on monday night all across the u. K. Another 854 people have died from the virus in just the past 24 hours or a challenge is outside the hospital were forced onsen is being treated also this hour well speak to mark a hero in madrid about the numbers coming out of spain they have edged up and White House Correspondent kimberly how that report on new revelations about warnings and the lead up to this pandemic live to all of them shortly 1st barkers of court on the u. K. Prime minister. 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 says. 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 where 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 a Brilliant Team sometimes his hospital and the focus of the government will continue to be on making sure the Prime Ministers direction or the plans for making sure that we can defeat coronavirus 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 the when its necessary but the purpose of the challenge is to make sure that all mistakes they can be put right or things need to happen more quickly that can happen more quickly president of francis wish johnson a speedy recovery and the us President Donald Trump described johnson as a good friend i found. To be a fantastic person just like a fantastic warm strong smart guy he loves his country you see there. 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 al jazeera. Ari challenge as our correspondent in london right now soraya what else do we know about or stantons condition. Well we havent been given an update now for a few hours and downing street has said that if there is any significant change in the Prime Ministers condition then they will put out some sort of statement expected next will it is that the day the 90 press conference in a couple of hours time but what weve been told so far is that the Prime Minister is stable that he has been given to oxygen but that he hasnt been on a ventilator or into bated he hasnt needed that. There has been no diagnosis of pneumonia so you know that is very cute news in what is obviously a very serious situation. What we are aware of and swore and he was explaining there in his report is that the u. K. Effectively without the Prime Minister at the moment is still Prime Minister in name but most of his duties some of his duties at least are being delegates to dominic rob who is the foreign secretary the u. K. Doesnt really have a chain of come on in the same way that say the United States does things are a bit more ad hoc here but we know that tomic rop is taking on some g. C. s if hes incapacitated then those pasta rich assume that the chancellor of the exchequer. Effectively whats happening is that the you know that you can think of and as the captain of the ship he states the countrys course its coronavirus policy. Dominic robb has now got his hand on the tiller and is keeping that course he doesnt have the power to hire or fire ministers and things like masses of National Security. To be decided on to the cabinet principle of collective responsibility ok amery there is no modeling from university of washington about this. They potential future of the numbers in the u. K. What does it show and what is the cause for concern. So yeah these are this is a new report has been published by this institute the institute of Health Metrics and evaluation at the Washington University school of medicine and it is very very worrying if this turns out to be true because what its saying is that they think that the United Kingdom is on course for perhaps 66000. 00 deaths at the by the end of the 1st wave of the coronavirus pandemic now that puts. Way ahead of the modeling that was done by the United Kingdom governments looking at what its policy response should be just before it brought in social distancing that mottling was saying that if social distancing was implemented then the u. K. Could limit its debts to perhaps 20000 but 66000 would put the u. K. Ahead of its earlier put the u. K. Had a spain any other european country and they since you just saying that it believes that the u. K. Is going to be its because of a couple of things maybe one is the comparative delay that it has in implementing social distancing measures and the other is the stretching all of the intensive care unit resources that the u. K. Just doesnt have enough intensive care beds to be able to have for the number of people who are going to be affording sick i think the u. K. Government those being stung by this in a short while ago that the brahman spoke to us and said hold on 2nd we do have enough intensive pekka has a t. V. In the system and we do have a not enough oxygen to be able to help these people who are going to be 40 its a brief a or a challenge for the last hour from london thank you. For the 1st time in 5 days spain has recorded in encrease on the rate of its daily and factions and deaths the Health Ministry says 743 people died in the past 24 hours compared to 637. 00 reported on monday the rate of confirmed cases also increased slightly on the previous day lets go now to mar terror in madrid with the latest from spain and martin oh youre very good at explaining not only the numbers but the context for the numbers in the way the reporting is also brought to us so get us up to speed yes well according to Health Minister feeders released today spain has registered 5400 new positives some call 819700 43 new fatalities in the past 24 hours do the figures have an enormously every tuesday well serve an increase in this case the number of people infected has has increased you know 7 percent while the number of people of the death toll you fatalities has increased in the 5. 6 percent this is due to that adjustment during the week and that easily elected him to do speakers will have talked of certainly coming days to go and for him with the least slowing down trend progress its slowing down tranquil duties are not also had ministers sources saying today that the lockdown measures that would create to create since march 24th this is the 3rd week of the lockdown in spain are showing that starting to be affected specially in the Health Care System that these bringing a little bit of oxygen because its starting is starting up a progressive recovery this means that dont they are working out 4 times a capacity that intake of critical patients is slowing down so at least these are good news ok are to her thank you very much with the latest out of spain thanks mark. A memo has surfaced showing that a senior white house advisor warned the Trump Administration officials as far back as january details the severity of the coronavirus and how much it could cost the u. S. Economy and placed millions of american lives at risk for more unless its good Kimberly Halkett and washington d. C. Can really obviously for several weeks on the Top Administration publicly downplay the fact that there was any risk just flat out deny facts but theres been extensive reporting that at least behind the scenes there were warnings that the trauma Trump Administration has specifically that the h. H. S. Secretary tried to get trumps attention and now theres a new report that there was somebody else in the administration trying to ring the alarm what do we know about this. Yeah this is somebody from President Trumps inner circle hes a trade advisor Peter Navarro pretty well known to reporters in washington what he sensually said back in late january which has now been made public in a couple of memos that were made public the 1st late january to the president and the National Security council he warns of the impacts of coronavirus not only that they could be financial costing the u. S. Economy some 6 trillion dollars but also that there could be a high number of american deaths he made at half a 1000000 he later in a 2nd memo operated that number in terms of deaths of americans to 2000000 lives now we do know that he also made the recommendation for the travel ban from china something the administration did do in january and also that there was a need for an urgent request from congress in order to prepare for this but of course we know that request to congress came quite late in fact was only approved in the last couple of weeks so this is really put in the spotlight what the administration knew when they knew it and whether there was too little done too late and the fact that they were still publicly saying there was nothing to worry about even with all of that so kimberly theres been a lot of attention on this one particular navy captain of the u. S. S. Theodore i believe who tries who wrote a letter who wrote a public letter saying i need help my people on the ship they are testing positive for crime to buyers see a sense basically been been been fired but theres still something that the president had to say about this. Yeah a lot of controversy surrounding this the video that went viral of this captain be relieved of his command of this Aircraft Carrier which is currently off of quad and we should point out the captain himself tested positive for covert 900 it ripped through his ship he was not getting the support he needed he wrote a scathing letter it was made public and thats why he was relieved of his command well the controversy around this continues because in the midst of all of this the acting Navy Secretary just yesterday a speech that he made to the crew has since become public and in it he accused this captain of being naive stupid and accused him of betrayal well this was brought up to the u. S. President to see what he would have to say whether he would even were burst the decision involving the ousted Aircraft Carrier captain heres what he had to say we dont want to be doing writing letters we dont want to have literate in campaigns were the fake news finds a letter gets a leak we dont want that so the letter excuse me so the letter shouldnt have been sent with all of that said his career prior to that was very good so im going to get involved and see exactly whats going on there because i dont want to destroy somebody for having a bad day. Now we should point out that the u. S. President is continuing to stand by the acting Navy Secretary is to sit in that the Aircraft Carrier captain should be relieved of his command of that Aircraft Carrier but that is not sitting well with particularly democratic critics on capitol hill not only has this acting secretary he has in fact apologized for what he said but democrats say thats not enough in fact theyre asking for him and recommending that he be fired ok kimberly how can washington can really thank you. India is set to partially lift a ban on exports of an anti malarial drug thats being tested as a possible treatment for covert 19 patients thats after the us president said india could face consequences unless it starts or leasing its supply of drugs. Donald trump has praised the drug as a game changer but scientists scientists of war and theres not enough evidence that it can be used to treat chronic virus elizabeth chronon is in new delhi with more on the indian governments decision they reached this decision after the 1st banning you know adding hydroxy quinn to its list of bad exports on march 25th and then reconfirming that ban on on april 4th just a few days ago we had the government the ministry of external affairs say just a few hours ago that after assessing and confirming the veil ability of a number of pharmaceuticals for the indian market that they have decided to. Release exports that they are going to continue supplying hydroxy clark when they said to neighboring countries which rely on india for supply and also to some countries that have been badly affected by coronavirus no mention of the United States in this statement of course this follows that phone call from President Trump to Prime Minister morning on sunday are asking him to make an exception for the United States and that and saying that india might face retaliatory measures if it doesnt do so india is the wools one of the worlds biggest suppliers of not just generic generic drugs but it has some of the biggest supplies of the finnish hydroxy talk when the anti malaria drug malaria is a big problem in india and Indias Health care workers have also been a lot of them you know asymptomatic treatment coronavirus patients accept or have been advised to have been advised to use it. Breaking news we do have some new numbers to bring you for what is happening in new york state that state has recorded 731 more coronavirus to s. That is the largest single day increase the governor though enter pomo says he believes theyre reaching a plateau in the total number of hospitalisations but again 731. 00 deaths in one state kristen salumi is in that state she joins us via skype with more so crystal what else is the governor been saying. Well just to put this in context richelle the numbers are disappointing because on monday we were talking about the fact that for 2 days in a row in new york and also surrounding states connecticut and new jersey had seen decreases in faith tallies for 2 days in a row and that was seen as a sign of good news and possible plot towing hitting the apex of cases in this region sooner than expected but a disappointing day today as those numbers again are increasing and Governor Cuomo warned that this might happen that we can let our guard down some of the success and lowering the number of hospitalizations and fatalities has been credited to the stringent social distancing measures that have been taking place here and elsewhere around the country as well he said that those measures would have to continue and that we could not get a false sense of security because things seem to be peaking and that was borne out today as those numbers again appear to rise the concerns here in new york remain the same as they have been in terms of protective gear and overworked medical staff on the hospital bed front theres been progress in that Governor Cuomo thanking President Trump today for converting the u. S. Comfort a naval ship that was sent here to help relieve pressure on hospitals converting that to a hospital that will actually help serve coded 1000 patients initially it was meant as an overflow hospital for patients who had other issues Governor Cuomo says there are no other issues in the state at this time its really all about treating coronavirus and so that transition is now being made he talked about available beds in other parts of the state but still this ongoing concern about protective gear for medical staff and also overworked medical staff. Half as well as more of them get sick and injured sick on the job and need breaks the need to recover that could become a crucial issue not enough staff so that is something that theyre still working on in terms of volunteers and recruiting people from other parts of the country but in terms of the numbers not great today but still some hope that it least new york is going to be plant telling soon not out of the woods yet but. Some signs Going Forward but you know it could it could be worse and worse and the governor is try to try to manage peoples expectations for lack of a better term and yet telling people that they they have to be in this for the long haul what is he said trying to get people to understand that this social distancing that that this need we need to work our way through this before you can even consider life going back to normal. Yes well he is saying that if anything we need to be more stringent than we were before about the social distancing measures and he has stressed time and again that while you yourself may not feel personally at risk it is the spread to vulnerable populations that we need to stop or at least slow so as not to overwhelm these hospitals its really the same message that hes had from the beginning and just because this is working doesnt mean we can stop it means we have to double down on our efforts and continue doing these social distancing measures to keep that rate of spread slowing and away from our most vulnerable populations and keep the hospitals as able to deal with this crisis as they can. Ok kristen salome. Live for us in new york thank you kristen very much. Japans Prime Minister shinzo abbay has declared a state of emergency after a surge of infections and major cities its set to last a month that allow governors to call on people to stay at home for businesses to close to korea 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 officers carry off if we can reduce social contact between people by at least 70 percent or possibly by 80 percent we can assure the virus peaks in 2 weeks and that number will decrease the emergency measures will be in foreseen tokyo osaka 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 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 on the road. Were asking employees to take pay cuts and 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 that happen his 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 after other cities effectively closed down still bustling tokyo may finally join them i asked aljazeera tokyo. For the 1st time china has reported no new deaths from cove at 19 in the past 24 hours only 32 new cases of bank confirmed all from people who returned from overseas china is now reporting some of the lowest figures worldwide however the accuracy of chinas figures that has been questioned by many analyst. And donald trump has tweeted this in the last few minutes criticizing the World Health Organization this is a story the w. H. O. Really blew it for some reason funded largely by the United States shit very china centric we will be giving that a good look fortunately i rejected their advice on keeping our borders open to china early on why did they give us such a faulty recommendation and just to add to that the New York Times actually reported that sense or structures were put in place on travel from the us from china to the us 40000 people still arrived in the us from china so its questionable what type of ban was actually in place dozens of doctors in pakistan have been arrested while protesting against the lack of safety equipment. Place in the city of quota detained at least 15 medical staff the demonstrators say many of them are being infected while treating patients because of a severe shortage of personal protective equipment pakistan recorded its largest single day spike in code in 1000 cases on monday putting its total near 4000 and medics in south africa taking the government to court over a lack of protective gear saying their lives are being put at risk i mean a miller reports from johannesburg. Police opened fire with rubber bullets behind the tear gas hospital workers protesting against what they say unsafe working conditions including a lack of personal protective equipment to protest as injured as South African Police to demonstrate is from blocking the hospital entrance as more people taste positive for code 19 Health Care Workers are increasingly water to eat about a shortage of protective gear one of them is a rich cleaner hes a nurse at a Public Hospital in johannesburg strand mrs i didnt told you to leave. We are using them others are. Told to do quantum you know it you are using the robot the know the old. You put it there and. Decided just i dont know how to say how to sanitize it rich says the emergency ward at the hospital where he works has had to borrow masks and gloves from other departments potentially affecting operations 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 houten closed when a nurse there tested positive for the virus the department of health says its concerned about the number of Health Workers who were testing positive. 12 his union the young nurses and dogma says its 10000 members on the front line of the pandemic alric risk. With nearly hall full covert 19 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 gear and stock but that target appears unlikely days or more may where we are willing to say. I look at one executive with. A warning as south africa completes its 2nd week of a lockdown that its leaders hope will cope the spirit of the coronavirus. 0 johannesburg. Similar label action has been launched in neighboring zimbabwe a medical Human Rights Group there are suing the government on behalf of 1500 doctors a lawsuit demands they be provided with adequate protective gear as well as Police Officer soldiers and drivers of public transport vehicles and then will situate landlocked country and circled by south africa batiks are refusing to treat people thought to be infected they say their pleas for profit tech to of gear and more training have gone ignored. In a city as senior academic administrator of Health Services at university of africa he joins us from and sharing his capital of vision we appreciate your time very much. This is come down to money to having the money to get what it is these these workers need. Yes. You know most of the countries in the continent no challenge by the print on the. Phones and the. Print of the. Economy of this country so. When mcluhan would you know how to establish the treatment and Isolation Centers you know is a huge. You know but. The 2 of them this is very protective. And protective equipment to ensure the safety of the care workers so you know we hear about the u. S. And other countries you know purchasing things in bulk from china and theyre arriving you know on these planes to be distributed it seems that just for the most part there are countries in africa that are able to do that that that carry that kind of weight to be able to do that. Yeah some countries. The im the 1st to go into they going to wear. Protective equipment or so but. You know a shortage of this. Equipment somehow part is. You know increase in the. Decrease in the t. To respond effectively to these as koch so. What is most important known is even where to get the d. P. S. From and how to secure them and so many governments i know you know didnt only kind to ease import export restrictions to be sure that you could bring in this equipment from going to hand the world how concerned are you that this could really potentially spiral out of control i mean there are other countries where weve heard you know italy and spain have extremely High Percentage of medical workers that are getting sick i mean when they go home they came and be around their families for p. R. Contaminating are you afraid that some people are are just going to refuse to put their lives at risk this way. Absolutely definitely we know what will happen if in a 2nd your Interest Mission from titians to health care what kinds of husbands unsing prison in the continent it will affect the confidence of the Health Care Law because you know to improve my service and let me go to the. General the mitchell who says if there are no people hes not be able to stop the corner where i was. 18. Pandemic so is. That we should get these in the protective equipment and even you know its important to have the protective opponents you know that. Reduces contamination and attention of. The bodies so its not for countries who can afford all the protective equipment and you know for the not care that critical care. Team should also something you know from where in this. Sector the ones produce in the years a mistake so. You know to start reducing the contact between the person and and and and. The and the patients and also i mean a city thank you so much for your insight on this we appreciate it thank you very much. So we have had an heir to the Daily Briefing at the governor of new york state gives andrew cuomo he has said that there has been a record jump any daily fatalities in that state 731 so he announced this announcement a background news lets listen. That is the largest single day increase. And we talk about numbers but that 731 people who we lost behind every one of those numbers is an individual is a family is a mothers a fathers a sisters a brother so a lot of pain. Again today for many new yorkers and there are no thoughts and prayers are also getting some numbers and from the u. K. Its now 786 more coronavirus deaths and 24 hours also a daily record. Bangladesh has reported its highest single day an increase in crime cases at least 41. 00 new infections confirmed taking the total to more than 160. 00 while 5 more have died this comes as many hospitals are turning away patients with coburn 1000 symptoms more in the capital dhaka. In a country with a population of more than 168000000 fewer 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 almost died last week after he was denied treatment at 6 different hospitals in the capital defection 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 receive enough that. Even after admitting him they later just charge him under a few years 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 issue one up with well. This is not the time to backtrack on your duties and it is not justified at all stand by the people and serves only recently we have noticed a dereliction of duty is the warning came too little too late for shiner offered though see her sister in law died recently because of what she calls medical negligence my mother by. My sister in law was diagnosed with gastrointestinal disease at a City Hospital including now she had a Successful Surgery they 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 governor. And didnt record that as virus link the reports Say Health Experts expect that the high number of patients during the summer already is them because many of their symptoms will probably be similar to their current virus but many hospitals in the city remain closed and refuse to admit any patients it recently leaked u. N. Memo warn that bangladesh is facing up to 2000000 deaths from their pen demick if immediate and appropriate steps arent taken. To Dhaka Bangladesh famous sitting platform whatsapp says its putting new limits on viral posts in the hopes of curbing misinformation about the pandemic so starting on tuesday at the message has been forwarded more than 5 times users will only be able to send it to one recipient at a time but sap says that its seen a significant increase in forwarded messages since the start of the pandemic much of it was fake medical advice circulating on various platforms and misinformation and outright denial are emerging as a big problem and sudan to morgan has more from the capital khartoum. This market in battery 102 is known for its vegetables and fruits its where most people who live in the northern part of sudans capital come to shop but groceries are on the only thing that are in high demand in this market and many of those these days even say got my money i use a face mask but ive also tried it casey is seeds and sandal wood ive seen on facebook that it works against corona virus so i tried it was a lie to me and ive heard from some Media Outlets that ginger works for immunity so i use it and weve been told by a grandparent since you were young that cassie is also good so i burn it as incense to avoid getting coronavirus. Are just one of many ideas being touted as a means to prevent coronavirus traders in the markets have been promoting them along with some fruits as remedies theyre a source of profit in a country where inflation is above 70 percent and the currencies value seems to drop every day. Prior to coronavirus people dont really care about some herbs we used to sell acacia seeds for about 10 to 20 pounds but now theyve started buying more black seeds more sesame oil weve even increase the prices of those things because theyre now in high demand but its not only the economy thats being affected myths about how to prevent corona virus infections were circulating in sudan even before the 1st amount and many people continue to repeat what they hear despite the lack of scientific proof its presenting a challenge to both fighting to contain the virus people are less likely to listen to their advice because some believe theyre immune to dizziness and its not only meth putting lives in danger the former ruling party is among several Political Parties that have accused the government of using the pandemic today bred peoples attention from the economic crisis its the flood warnings against gatherings to organize a protest accusing the government of making a big systems of the virus in sudan and this sparked anger when he made a similar claim urging people to break curfew imposed by the government. This is nonsense telling us to stand a distance all of their advices are against islam and this government is anti islam and they want to distract us with a disease that is not in this country. The country of 40000000. 00 has about 200. 00 intensive care beds and less than 100. 00 ventilators and the government has previously admitted that its Health Infrastructure would not be able to cope with the disease if it spreads its issuing warnings to those denying the virus is present or not. Theres been a lot of Incorrect Information about the current virus growing your own without reliable sources Media Outlets can have people doubting the existence of the virus this is not an issue the government can risk allowing to spread their lives at stake and we can take steps against spreading false information even Media Outlets but with no cure and no means to get health care should be false fake many people are listening to math and that seems a reflection of the desperation and fear of people here have even more going on just their own. King at other news from around the world now a hospital in libyas capital has been attacked by forces loyal to warlord Khalifa Haftar are several projectiles with the grounds of the hospital in tripoli during a day of heavy fighting between forces and allies of the un recognized government the un has repeatedly called for a cease fire to allow authorities to respond to the challenges posed by the pandemic libya has 19 confirmed cases so far the Afghan Taliban says several parties were trying to board its peace deal with the United States it was signed in february but the armed group says a Prisoner Exchange agreed to by washington has not happened yet the taliban also accuse the Afghan Government of trying to undermine the deal by delaying talks in order to stay in power agreement is meant to pave the way for the withdrawal of foreign troops and americas longest running war. The state of wisconsin will go to the polls on tuesday after the Supreme Court rejected its last minute on elections decision or raises the question as to whether its safe to be voting in person and a pandemic more than 1000000 people requested absentee ballots but only half of them had arrived the day before the vote john hendren reports. Wisconsin is doing what no Health Authority is advising and what critics call undemocratic is the coronavirus pin demick has 3 in 4 americans are in some kind of lock down the dairy state home to milk bearing counts shes in now an out of control viral outbreak is Going Forward with its tuesday election some mayors say wisconsin is asking people to choose between their health and their right to vote the legitimacy of elections or are pretty sacred saying in a democracy and im worried that after the fact. Being 2020 people will say yeah you know what there are a lot of people that wanted to vote and didnt feel like they could safely do it and so they chose not to and this is not an accurate reflection of the will the people. It is to put it mildly a bold move 15 other states who postponed their primaries or moved to vote entirely by mail more than 100 wisconsin cities and towns lacked the poll workers to open a single voting booth so the governor is called in the Army National guard to do their jobs. For president ial candidates this is a primary assume most democratic voters will choose between joe biden in burning sanders for local officials its a general election and democrats say the Republican Controlled Legislature opted to go forward for cynical reason they believe that fear of the virus will drive down turnout in urban democratic areas but less so in rural areas dominated by republicans i want to tell you even Bernie Sanders who won here in 2016 but is behind in recent polls calling for a delay you dont want people to have a lot of people know that it cant be made with no delay many wisconsinites are left with a choice one is to vote by mail but there are drawbacks there will inevitably be some significant shareholders who are unable to participate in the election because they have difficulty getting the ballot or returning it on time because they have difficulty getting the signature of a witness on the ballot on the look which is required of those cards and or because they have difficulty getting an id that is required to request the absentee ballot in the 1st place otherwise voters can risk getting the virus by going in person or simply not vote at all john hendren aljazeera chicago plummers a democratic strategist and a former press secretary for the u. S. Department of housing and urban planning and the Obama Administration he joins us via skype and marilyn way appreciate your time so much so the Supreme Court refusing to extend absentee voting or by just a few days are you surprised by them stepping in and blocking that. Yes and no i think as your package just this pointed out the back that this is a political moment in time and what you have in wisconsin in particular is a participant in or and right now theyve decided that. You know in this Public Health crisis in this moment in which people are literally fearing for their lives that delaying this primary vote to june 9th with what governor. Ever has been recommended would be problematic for their political purpose and i think thats really really a terrible. Moment for an ocracy and for the people with cross again as youre courting joan we know that going to have a deleterious effect in turnout and its pretty shocking although not unexpected because of the artist and when weve seen from that. I mean to be quite frank donald trump said it so in the course of these relief packages the democrats tried to get some funding specific funding related to voting and how it would be affected by the krona virus they wanted. In their 2 trillion dollars proposal they wanted money to go towards helping with absentee voting things of the the like they actually got 400000000. 00 thats it and what donald trump said was they meaning the democrats had levels of voting that if you ever agree to it you would never have a republican elected in this country again hes very very clear that his goal is a low voter turnout so does that mean you think Going Forward states are going to deal with this based on what party is in charge. Hopefully or i hope it doesnt happen i think what its really important to recognize is that here in the us there has been a historical dynamic in which when you have higher voter turnout democrats tend to win and we have a lower voter turnout republicans to win and so what the president of the United States has said is that he doesnt want many people to participate in this democracy and youve seen it happen in space across the u. S. Whether its been a georgia or a what youre seeing in wisconsin people you know on the president you know in the present party as well as the president fundamentally believe that its in their interest to not have a robust democracy and thats a shame and this is not anything new to the u. S. Experience but it is very tragic and unfortunately it is now literally a life or death situation for many people seen in states that have moved forward in this moment hire her and keep it going cope with. Higher impact on hospitals and its really really tragic not only again farther back but for the people who literally are risking their lives to vote and so let me ask you this so obviously november is the big vote right that is the big do you so when Congress Comes back i think its april 24th im not sure of the day but soon later this month they say that theyre going to try to work on another package do you anticipate the democrats pushing for more money or pushing for a way for there to be a mail in vote for november can you actually see that happening. I guess you can rest assured pushing it Speaker Pelosi has said that thats a priority for her and democrats have said that they want to make sure that were able to participate in this democracy so well see what happens i think it will be something that theyre going to fight for and i think its really important that in this moment in time in which theyre practicing social different we have to do everything that we can that ensures the safety of voters and its really really unfortunate the president United States has not shown the leadership that we would expect in that we need from him as well as from his party to ensure that people are able to safely and participate in democracy in a way that does not threaten their lives or their family their clark thank you so much joining us from maryland thank you thank you very much. Still ahead and sports time football is locked in a pay dispute prompted by the pandemic. Back the un is sounding an alarm about the impact the coronavirus pandemic is having on reproductive and sexual Health Services for women is worried too about the Health Impacts on unborn babies gupta reports. Have a box of the final glass julia mork is 16 weeks pregnant and working from home in where your shes expecting her child in september and keeping a video diary of fun life under lockdown she says shes trying to take enough precaution to protect herself for cover 19 but shes worried and concerned about how it would affect me. Being cranky. And i am also concerned about how its going to. Impact. The birthing process and also how can you talk. 2 as hospitals around the world struggle to cope with the rising number of patients many women are worried about giving birth at a time of a Global Pandemic they are going into or without or person or Family Member that are. But then on top of that. Delivering in a place and i dont know. With someone i dont know the World Health Organization says pregnant women with symptoms should be part ties for testing while there is no evidence yet of transmission to the fetus new mothers who have symptoms are being urged to take precautions they should cover their mouth and remember they are infectious they can and they could put the droplets under the baby so we dont think that through the breast milk but you could transfer it through the normal way that everybody else is transferring the wire through the nose in the mail so where a mosque at all times when youre dealing with a baby and again. Be rigid about washing your hands aid agencies say the pandemic and lockdowns may destruct access to life saving sexual act reproductive Health Services for millions of women want why. Especially those in poor nations but up adamic has impacts on multiple levels particularly when it comes to access to Family Planning and safe abortion care. When women dont have access to these services we see big rises in unplanned pregnancies as well as unsafe abortions so we can expect a huge devastating consequences for women and girls around the world because of this lack of access to Reproductive Health Care Services although severely restricted life hasnt stopped because of this pandemic but it seems to have many things more difficult for Womens Health and they will be. On to 0. Down for support with ana thank you very much oversell while the ultimate fighting championship are determined to not let the koran a virus stop them from putting on shows and on monday the promotions president dana white revealed a bold plan to stage events on a private island white says at that hes days away from securing one speaking to gnc sports he also revealed that the company will be making a comeback on april 18th having spawned 3 events so far for because of the Global Pandemic be staging a u. F. C. 249. 00 without any fans from an undisclosed location so i lock the stand you up for 2 months im out to stand you for 2 months im certain that shop. Youre going to be popping out fights every week wow i am on my way i am securing a private island. Secured. Were getting the infrastructure put it now so im a start 2 of the International Flights to actual fighters because i wont be able to get National Fighters all of them into the u. S. So im a private island im a star flying all in the private island International Flights from there spoke to mixed martial arts a tennis tie and a camera who explained the why dana white is soaking it to get us back in action as soon as possible before 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 that 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 i 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 show d in 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 the show must go on and i think that dana white in the u. F. C. Is kind of using that credo to motivate themselves to tell themselves that it needs to happen that we need to move on we need to have these these fight cards whether right or wrong there whether theyre actually acknowledging you know Public Health and safety experts. There might be some good news for baseball fans as the m. L. Be are considering playing the entire 2020 season and the state of arizona the league and the n. L. The union have been discussing a plan that would have the season start as early as may putting all 30 teams in the phoenix area with all games played in empty ballparks baseball like all other major north American Sports leagues is shut down due to the chrono virus pandemic for one has placed around a halt of its workforce on in force. Senior staff are also taking a 20 percent pay cut with c. E. O. Chase carey likely to take a bigger reduction f 1. 00 is based in the u. K. And employs more than 400. 00 people theyve taken a bit of a financial hit at the moment with no races so far this year and theres a chance the season could be lost completely. Football clubs in cross england could vanish because of the koran up of financial implications once the chairman of the England Football Association craig cluck cluck says that a footballer faces economic challenges beyond the wildest imagination of those who run the game and follows a turbulent a few days in english football with clubs and Players Union on able to reach an agreement on wages cuts to help teams that change the suspension of action. Well it is football Players Union has rejected the proposal by assyria clubs to cut to pay a by a 3rd if the season does not resume it was agreed to on by 19. 00 of the 20 clubs or the event is not included because they already have a deal with their place but the union dismissed the idea claiming those shows the league just wants to shift the cost of corn a virus on the players. May be shut down at the moment but looking ahead to next year Trevor Immelman have been named captain of president s Cup International team the 2008 mostest champion it takes over from fellow South African else who was anally beaten by tiger woods american it last year while the internationals have only won one of the 13 president cups. And thats also manhunter back to rachelle thank you very much donna thank you for joining me for the news hour keep it here ill be right back on the other side of the break. 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Explaining terms policy towards africa its the Challenging Mission set to secretary of state mike pompei on a 5 day visit to the continent the visit comes after the white house announced a travel ban on 4 african nations and a withdrawal of troops from west africa. I think it just demonstrates the phone. Call is. You once and for me the station. Despite trumps travel ban being extended at the end of february to take in the 4 african countries including the continents biggest economy compare were insisted that the u. S. Is open for business. Or shots and office says the u. K. Prime minister is and stable condition after being transferred to intensive care where coarsening coben 1000 sometimes. Im Richelle Carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up new york state remains the epicenter of the coronavirus in the u. S. With 731 more tatts the highest daily toll yet. To panic clares a state of emergency in its capital and other regions