Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240713

The troops have seized control of 3 cities from the warlord khalifa haftar. Fears of a 2nd wave in some parts of asia over 100 covert 19 survivors in south korea test positive again. But the economic fallout of the pandemic hits aid budgets the World Food Programs cutting rations for more than a 1000000 ugandan refugees. And install professional baseball has made its 1st appearance of 20 twentieths on one is hosting games behind closed doors with mannequins replacing real specked sites. More than half of the 115000. 00 people who have died worldwide in the coronavirus pandemic a from europe but the rate is slowing and parts of the consulate in some countries are now cold. Starting to ease restrictions in spain some workers in the construction and manufacturing sectors returned to their jobs on monday from minister Pedro Sanchez as warm that his country is far from victory with strict rules still in place for most people and its only as allowing some Small Businesses to reopen including bookshops stationers and Childrens Clothing stores the nationwide lockdown the will continue until at least made the frances president emanuel mccrone is expected to reveal later on monday how long his countrys lockdown is to last hes already warned that it will extend beyond the initial end date which had been shed yield for this wednesday we have Francisco John button a standing by in the land for more on its obvious response but 1st lets hear from that oh who is in madrid. Not everybody happy about the fact that these social distancing measures are being relaxed in spain. Yes many criticism has prompted we have from many different Political Parties and even amongst the Spanish Government his decision of lifting the tougher measures of the state of emergency lockdown that was decreed march 14th than 2 weeks later these non essential work on economy were banned were talking about mental workers builders only new construction cleaners factory workers and security going back to work today and thousands of people you know going back to work all the people that cannot work remotely from home or a people that happening in touch with the. People infected or have symptoms i dont allow to go to work but all these people have given directions i have to how they have to return to their jobs the they have to provide personal protective equipment they have to keep these social distancing of leads to meters between each worker in the office and also in the public transport metals. As a metro stations buses and the police have been handing to date maps all the people returning to work and as you said this has been hotly criticised the because many many People Experts and politicians are saying that this is very early to leave this this this stuff and decisions of these tough measures seem spain because we could have a 2nd wave of a coronavirus outbreak nationwide so we think that the Spanish Government has taken this decision due to their economy situation the huge crisis spain is going through we didnt see this is narrow since the civil war spanish civil war 936 so the situation to collapse edition is quite critical not and i think steve not out of the live in madrid lets cross to italy then francescos out but today is in milan for us how do people there francesco feel about the lockdown being eased albeit slightly. Well distracted will be all the in one region in a sensible way in the rest of the country as the government announced a few days ago only a few Business Activities her such as book shop and baby stores will be allowed to open again from tomorrow but they will have to make costumers respect distancing rules and let in a few people at a time this measures will concern all the to the bill will not be implemented in the Northern Region of a longer de that is the hardest hit region because according to the president of the risk of undermining the efforts done so far is too high and also the number of infections and the bets is still very high here despite this in the confining region of beneteau where the numbers of new infection and bets are sensibly lower the local governments just sign a northern and step will let open air markets return to work and will allow people to practice sporting activities close d to home but without the limit of 200 meters that has been in place until now so this new regional or soft lockdown will not include factories and firms contrary to what some rumors claimed on the Central Government can restart these activities and its not planning to do this at the moment italy is still 20 days far from the socalled 2nd phase which should begin on the 4th of may the time when many more activities could go back to their business is but the discussions on a which which ones which activities should have the priority and how this process will work of still ongoing francescos opportunity there live for us in many thanks indeed francesco. Because thomas is an associate professor at City University of hong kong hes also a specialist on Health Security and the editor of infections diseases and security he says that its crucial for governments to have a clear picture of the outbreak before they consider lifting lockdown measures irrespective of what type of political system were looking at whether it be a liberal democracy or an authoritarian system politicians always have to focus on the the feeling among society but they also have to lead because people do understand the fact that there has to be some sacrifice if were going to get ahead of this now unfortunately were seeing some politicians playing to very much the dice political mood which is putting politics ahead of Health Policy and ahead of good science saying that we can restart the economy that we can all be back to work within a week or so that just doesnt play out to be fair i need Public Health emergency always does balance the health against economic and social considerations but in most cases were not there yet and the major problem with coated of course is that a lodge proportion of all the cases are a symptomatic we simply dont know how many cases there are out there now if we cant maintain the quarantines of social isolation the social distancing enough to get that flattened so that were not going to see a resurgence in the disease later on or were going to be doing is playing catch up to a disease that moves from being a pandemic oneself to being endemic in a number of countries around the world. Russias president Vladimir Putin says that the coronavirus situation is worsening in his country and that the Defense Ministry may have to be involved in containing it he made the remarks to the country had its largest daily increase yes it infections 2 and a half 1000 new cases the total number of infections 18000 the government says that 148 russians have died maybe gives. Me a break each the as we can see the situation is changing almost every day unfortunately its not changing for the better the number of infected people is increasing and there are more severe cases as well as ive said already the coming weeks will be decisive the russian government to spend here is reforming the Health Care System to try to make it more efficient but critics say that its left hospitals too short of beds doctors and nurses aljazeera steadfast in reports from moscow. This is one of the 3 major Infectious Diseases hospitals in moscow a city of nearly 13000000 people 2 of its buildings were recently demolished when to cope with 19 pandemic had already started last year moscows mayor announced that a new hospital will be built here but its unclear when. Genco has for years but tested against cuts. I think whats happened here is a crime and maybe prosecutors should look into it i want to officially demand that prosecutors should get involved and find out why it needs to pandemic they demolish one of the Major Centers in moscow to could pack some statistics show that nearly half of all hospitals have been closed nationwide here in this video opposition figure estimates 60 hospitals were closed in moscow alone the government calls it up to my station of health care merging hospitals are turning them into poli clinics in an effort to be more Cost Effective but experts say in reality this often meant closing them down this hospice. Close in 2015 and an estimated 400 medical workers lost their jobs or even if they didnt close a hospital we could have received 570 patients thats how many beds we had officially im an infection ist this profession has its own specifics we know how to follow an anti epidemiological regime they were no cases of into hospital infection and our hospital. Medical workers around russia have been complaining about the lack of protective equipment and the heavy workload they are facing working with grown up patients yes lisa truss if the same happens us what we see in the south of europe we can fail to cope even in moscow i dont know how the situation will develop its impossible to predict but this teaches that you cant sort lessly reform the Health Care System you should think what the consequences might be what risks appear as a result of it. Mosco authorities have not responded to our requests for comment a new Infectious Diseases hospital is rapidly being built outside the capital and extra bets have been added to existing hospitals but medical experts say detox spittles lead to specialist covert 900 patients need they fear these measures might not be enough when russia reaches its peak of the epidemic step fasten aljazeera. Some countries in asia facing the challenge of preventing a 2nd wave of infections south korea is preparing to lift some restrictions on social gatherings but Health Authorities there are concerned after another 116. 00 people tested positive for the virus for a 2nd time despite having earlier been treated and cleared and china has reported 108 new infections the highest of almost 6 weeks or but 10 were in people who derived from abroad half of those were chinese nationals returning from russia cities near the border or introducing strict quarantine for incoming travelers now lets hear from 00 riot in seoul on those apparent re infections in south korea. It is a worrying development this is a phenomenon that epidemiologists in the center of Disease Control here have been studying for quite a while the months this Large Population of people here who got sick towards the end of february beginning of march who got the virus who were there not treated in hospital or treated at home and some 7000 of those people have recovered and as part of their own going treatments have gradually been retested and worryingly there has been this trend of finding now more than 100 cases amongst this population of several 1000 people who have tested positive again so these were people who were clear and they had had tests either in hospital look at clinics at Testing Centers it proved to be negative and more than 100 now 3 have now tested positive so the questions here for the experts is what is causing this is this a reinfection that people coming into contact with a carrier and getting the infection again or more worrying they use a reactivation that somehow they were may not have been asymptomatic at they may not have been its certainly on the face of it infectious but seem to have possibly still being carrying the virus in some dormant form possibly deep in body tissue that somehow has managed to become reactivate so it is a worrying trend here does that mean that there has been a problem in testing and does it mean certainly that there are many more questions about this virus that the experts simply dont know about it. Clemens is a professor of Infectious Disease epidemiology at Curtin University he says that countries that have overcome the pandemic must stay on guard. Firstly i dont think that theres any evidence emerging that its becoming symptomatic again if that. Was the case then that would be very concerning but i dont believe that theres any clear evidence that that is the case. I think even with a very very large number of people being tested for rape in the issue but one of arson and in most countries that is still anything infecting a very small percentage of population you will see a high. Positive right and i think that is to be expected in the you know most perfect test to avoid that situation what the critical thing is is that people need to interpret the data correctly and so you know when youre monitoring population of. The 20000000 people as you do in south korea and you guessed it up a 1000000 people you will expect a number of false positives. But usually in a pandemic with things are rapidly him changing way and learning more about the bars its to be expected that the diagnostic test will have limitations the important thing is the Public Health response so. And then of course erring on the side of caution so it will testing positive that need to be are isolated the content pricing needs to happen. And social distancing mate continue certainly recession this thing is the thing they stay in for a considerable time to come. Here with the news on aljazeera still to come on the program theres doing this is that as a possible opportunity for actually make more money Health Insurance in the United States how the pandemic is highlighting confusion in the industry. Indigenous communities in malaysia take action to protect themselves from the coronavirus. And will hear from a leading voice on elliptic sports who believes the delay in postponing this years tokyo games will put athletes lives at risk. Soldiers fighting for libyas internationally recognized government say that theyve seized control of 3 cities from the warlord coming in the past 24 hours. Video apparently shows soldiers on the streets of subatomic having also entered and she laughs they also control the city of seoul man puts the government of National Accord in control of a stretch of coastal territory from the tunisian border to the capital tripoli have tossed faces of battle for the past 12 months to capture tripoli and speak to what libyas libya correspondent of the one head whos there whats the significance of the government of National Accord taking these towns. Well a dream its very significant remember the city of sobriety the coastal city of sobriety about 80 kilometers to the west from the capital tripoli is a key city and the west of libya and military sources with the government say that whoever takes control of surprise can move on to many other cities and the west of libya including get sheila to take the lead and also more importantly along with the aid of babies which is a stronghold for pro hospital forces and from that aid bases perhaps the warplanes have been taken off to target Government Forces locations in southern tripoli to say that they are now preparing a fresh offensive to take control of a lot of the aid base now taken control of these cities in the west of libya can definitely pave the way for the Government Forces to take full control of the highway the international highway connecting the coastal highway connecting tripoli to the tunisian borders remember adrian that half of this was have been blocking get this way for the past 3 years by taken full control of both cities of sort of man and sobriety the gun forces say that by now by eliminating that threat from half of the process from the western direction of tripoli they can now focus only on defending the capital tripoli repairing have to his forces in southern tripoli as you know adrian that this is a major setback for half of his forces especially after they lost other cities before remember this is the 2nd set back to a house that had forces losing major cities after they lost the strategic city of at the end in sight in the south of tripoli last june ok but in all cases this is also a big gain for the Government Forces because they can now only now join their maziar but forces in the city of as wara and they can move on there was here a. Base adrian out of the hold up all the while had there reporting live from tripoli many thanks theyve taken life geneva but the World Health Organization is holding its regular press briefing on the corona virus pandemic thats less than human held and guided by what we know about the virus and how it behaves since the beginning this has been an area of intense focus. As we have said many times before this is a new virus and the 1st bundle me closed by a quote on a virus we are all learning all the time and i just noticed strategy based on the latest Available Evidence we can only say what we know and we can only act on what we know evidence from several countries is giving us a clearer picture about this bias how it behaves how to stop it and how to treat it we know that 19 spreads fast and we know that its deadly 10 times deadlier than the 2009 flu pandemic we know that the virus can spread more easily in crowded environments like Nursing Homes we know that early cases finding testing isolating caring for every case and tracing every contacted. For stopping transmission we know that in some countries cases are doubling every sorry to 4 days however while covered 19 accelerates very fast it decelerates my church more slowly in other words the way down is much slower than the way up. That means control measures must be lifted slowly and with kontrol it cannot happen all at once controlled measures can only be lifted if the right Public Health measures are in place including significant capacity for Contact Tracing but while some countries are considering how to is restorations others are considering whether to introduce them especially many low and middle Income Countries in africa asia and latin america in countries with large poor populations the stay at home orders and other restorations used in some high Income Countries may not be practical many poor people migrants and refugees are already living in overcrowded conditions with few resources and little access to health care how do you survive a lock down when you depend on your daily labor to eat news reports from around the world describe how many people are in danger of being left without access to food meanwhile schools have closed for an estimated 1400000000 children this has hold their education open to increased risk of abuse and deprived many children of their primary source of food. I as i have said many times physical distancing restorations are only part of the equation and there are many other basic Public Health measures that need to be put in place we also call on all countries to ensure that where stay at home measures are used they must not be at the expense of human rights which government must assess their situation while protecting all their citizens and especially their most vulnerable to support countries in making these decisions w. H. O. Will tomorrow be publishing its updated strategic advice the new strategy summarize what we have learned and charts the way forward it includes 6 criteria for countries as they consider lifting breast reductions 1st that transmission is controlled 2nd that whole system capacities are in place to detect test isolate and treat every case and tress every contact said that outbreak risks are meaning in a special settings like Health Facilities and Nursing Homes 4th that preventive measure to sign in place in workplaces schools and other places where its essential for people to go 5th that importation risks can be managed and 6 that communities are fully u. K. Did engaged and empowered to i just to the new nor every country should be implementing a comprehensive set of measures to slow down transmission and save lives with the aim of reaching a steady state of low level of not transmission. Countries must balance between measures that address the mortality caused by 19 and from other diseases due to overwhelmed Health Systems as well as the social Economic Impacts the pandemic has spread its public colds and social economy impacts have been profound and have disproportionately affected the vulnerable many populations have already experienced it a lack of access to routine essential Health Services out of global connectedness means rescore introduction and resurgence of the disease will continue ultimately the development and delivery of a safe and effective vaccine will be needed to fully interrupt transmission finally i would like to tank the United Kingdom for its generous contribution of 200000 pounds to the Global Response to corbett 19 and out out up shit also the Prime Minister for his leadership and generosity we greatly appreciate this demonstration of Global Solidarity united he told me last week there were elements ministers from the u. K. Denmark iceland finland germany norway and sweden calling on all countries to join this common and over they said that tackling this does is together is our only option i couldnt agree more the way forward is solidarity the rule of the game is solidarity so dirty at the National Level and solidarity at the global level i thank you. Thank you very much i look at that its all these are pretty remarks we will open the floor to questions with alaska journalist to the short and ask only one question so we try to get as many as possible and we will start if possible with jamila. And we just need a 2nd to get our lines on a. Genuine can you hear us now yes can you hear me yes now its ok jamil please go ahead thank you sir this is a mission from your well brazil of the churches what is your position and specially in this new strategy by the late show regarding clarke and what is the valuation w. H. O. Has on this medicament is it supposed to be used is it not supposed to be used do you recommend do you not recommend where we end is issue thank you so much. Yeah thank you thank you so much before i pass this to mike i would like to say a few words 1st of all correction the generous support from the United Kingdom is 200000000 pounds and i im glad also that the Prime Minister has recovered and is back home and we wish him well and i would like to appreciate him and his government and the people of United Kingdom for their generosity thank you mike. Thank you. The question was regarding the door going yes indeed sorry about that the the issue of chloroquine is. Licensed medications all over the world for a large number of indications and in many cases are lifesaving and many patients which was very difficult in chronic conditions are managed and have good lives in to in taking that drug. The initial and some initial indications that the drug may have some use in the treatment of Coronavirus Infections and specifically go cold with 19 and in fact those drugs are being in have been introduced to do we have chills collaborations on trials under the solidarity trials and also into the discovery trials and other trials at all over the world so their medical and Research Community are really taking the potential of hydrochloric seriously or not or and seriously and its currently as i said involved in a number of different trials some countries have issued guidance to clinicians that allows a clinician in the case treating a patient to use hydrochloric when oratorical went in an off label med and mechanism that means they may under their current licensing of the vaccine choose to use that in the care of a patient we call with one thing there is no empirical evidence there is no evidence from randomized controlled trials that it works and clinicians evolve also been cautioned to look out for side effects of the drug to ensure that 1st we do not harm we are we eagerly await the outcome of the trials that are underway and maria may have more details on that. If you think you very much. Thank you very much sir we will go to. India today. And meet kumari from not to mistaken. My name is my name as and get to come on at present and yet my question is an indian province had placed an order of 500 hours on that big that it would be best at some china for the boppers of moscow and it just and now in the local authorities are telling us that only beers before the delivery they have been told that those tickets men still committed to staying in india have now been diverted there the United States a country which is already distinct 1000000 than any other country on the planet as you deceived in any communication from indian go rent it out in such issues as the global body very used and on such issues what kind of look to possibly who is us and i and you. To my knowledge we received no such communication on this incident. But the there is in general around the world a lot of pressure of supplies of diagnostics a lot of pressure of supplies of protective equipment and other essential supplies. And it is really important. That everyone remains disciplined in this process and that we dont allow a market thats already failing to fail and entirely. In that regard. And the director general announced on friday has been working over the last months with other agencies and so the United Nations and other multilateral organizations to create a Global Supply chain process a task force that tries to bring together. Procurement allocation of supplies around a set of essential products like diagnostics. Protective gear oxygen supplies and and ventilators another important support equipment we have produced a global catalog for that equipment and our endeavoring to work with our Partner Agencies and dollars to do both purchasing of that material in order to distribute that in a more equitable way around the world but that doesnt the World Health Organizations are to michael ryan there speaking at the World Health Organization. Latest press briefing the director general earlier said that decisions are nothing or imposing restrictions must be based 1st and foremost on protecting human health and guided by what is known about the virus that softer about spain and italy when looking to work relax social distancing measures not allowing some workers to go back to work lets get some analysis now from our zeros Maryam Namazie who joins us live via london from skype what do you make of what you had. Well were hearing the w. H. O. Are really trying to tackle one of the key dilemmas facing many governments right now because of course we are seeing in many countries these lockdown measures and of course the purpose of this is to reduce the spread in the transmission of this my wrists and to allow Health Systems have enough time to boost capacity in order to deal with those patients that get sick but the problem with this right now is that its also coming at a great social economic and financial cost and there are now questions being asked more and more in many countries particularly in western countries it has to be said about whether the lockdown measures and the restrictions that are in place could end up doing more harm than a virus itself so we were hearing the World Health Organization saying that theyre going to lay out in a detailed report to laura as a sort of a detailed blueprint if you like for certain criteria that needs to be met in order for restrictions to be loosened but at some of those that we were hearing about were already seeing this play out in a couple of countries so even if restrictions at least it should be Done Gradually it should be staggered and it should only it should only come up when there is enough evidence to suggest that the virus has been suppressed and of course for that to happen many to be extensive testing and Contact Tracing so the 1st you make sure that the virus is suppressed and that you have a much lower end infection within the population of course that also means that you have a few a desk if you are registered cases and then perhaps you look at loosening some restrictions very gradually but that should only happen when your Health System has the capacity to cope so the needs it needs to be a company with measures like extensive Contact Tracing were already seeing some European Countries doing this with look with smartphone apps and distill technology to try and. Isolate one dental fight certain clusters of cases with the corona virus and then hes absolute send out what warnings to people who might have come into contact with those cases of course that does raise certain ethical issues but these are some of the options be explored right now and then of course he spoke about efforts to protect the vulnerable because right now there are a significant number of deaths taking place inside cams and i was actually a report today from the London School of economics saying that up to 50 percent of the deaths might have taken place in care homes but its very difficult to. Clarify those because theyre not being properly counted some countries in europe include deaths in the community and the overall death toll many have countries like the u. K. Where the daily figures that were getting are only those deaths deaths that have taken place in hospital so the death toll is likely to be much higher than the official figures because of the deaths taking place elsewhere but he also spoke about Global Solidarity he touched on that and he said that and then to be more of that and then thats because the ogunnaike the World Health Organization itself has come under a great deal of pressure he didnt emphasize at that point that as strongly as he might have done because of course we are seeing many countries right now looking inwards eric travel bans and restrictions and everyone is very much focused on their own numbers but if you think about the way in which the Health Care Systems in the capacity in the west has been overwhelmed by this really the big dilemma that were going to hear about more and more is the way this is going to impact poorer countries. 0. Reporting live from london many thanks did that to press briefing from the World Health Organization still going on we will stay listening to it and well let you know what comes out of it Something Else thats happening right now is. New york state Governor Andrew Cuomo speaking live with his Daily Press Briefing in albany new york again we here at aljazeera are listening to what the governor is saying and well bring you anything newsworthy come out of his press briefing. That the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic is making it harder for International Agencies to raise money among those the World Food Program which says its been forced to cut rations for more than a 1000000. 00 refugees in uganda after failing to secure additional funding malcolm webb explains how critical the food aid is from nairobi the uns World Food Program has been calling for donations the evidence feed refugees in uganda since the end of last year donations havent be forthcoming amal it is normal for the World Food Program to not receive as much money as it requests and this case the shortfall is critical thats why theyre cutting rations by about a 3rd so thats going to made a hard life even more difficult for those 1200000 refugees in uganda these camps are not good places to live even at the best of times northern uganda hundreds of thousands of people who fled the conflict in south sudan living there in landscape dry for much of the time that farmed the land is not suitable for farming it makes it difficult to be able to produce their own food and so they depend on the food from the World Food Program which is now going to be cut we just heard ms with the uns World Food Programme for east africa and says that funding was already difficult before the coronavirus pandemic so the u. S. Had to act now to ensure that it can still help refugees into next year. Theres a lot more that can be done as long as people have funding but the difficulty is we will 137000000. 00 short of what we needed to give the refugees in uganda which is the country that is hosting the largest number of refugees in all of africa. To give them a full russian for the year 2020 so we had to make this cut otherwise we would have had to make more severe cuts later on in the year if we didnt receive more support so it was unrelated to covert 19 but its a symptom of a difficult situation in funding globally for humanitarian operations we saw it coming in many ways in as much as uganda is a situation where the refugee situation is relatively stable and donors find it very difficult understandably when there are emergencies in the world where life need to be saved to keep giving refugees enough food to eat when other operations with other emergencies come up and they are required to also commit funds to lose so now with covert 19 the situation is even more difficult globally for humanitarian operations and more longstanding refugee operations u. S. President ronald trumpets read tweeted a call to fire the countrys top Infectious Disease expert it comes after dr anthony found she said that more lives could have been saved if the u. S. Are taken certain measures soon up the u. S. Has the highest global toll with more than 22000 deaths so far has come by about to washington our White House Correspondent kelly how could joins us from there this is all to do with the. Fire found she has tag that circulating on social media with the president really go as far as to to fire such a high profile expert. Well i think he would and weve certainly seen that where hes had no problem dismissing certain the inspector generals on committees for example even the head of the f. B. I. Of course james comey and that certainly had an enormous amount of followers so theres no question the present if you feel inclined maybe would move forward with firing at any fashion but i can tell you it would be another one of those a controversy all moves on the part of the president but this is certainly heightening the speculation in washington with regard to whether he would do that given the fact that there has been some on display of public differences between the 2 for some time of course the u. S. President continues to be a cheerleader for the u. S. Economy and often times will downplay the significance or the advice of the Public Health officials but what seems to have really sparked the president s frustration over the weekend is his criticism that he may have acted too slowly maybe not have put in place some of these stringent social guidelines in terms of distancing in the public and this may have cost lives and that is where he has taken exception to dr anthony fatties comments in fact as you pointed out the u. S. President reed tweeting criticism with the hash tag fire fallacy this is certainly the president s most Public Statement so far that he has differences of opinion with dr anthony and of course this all has to do with the president s Reelection Campaign given the fact that he really pinned his hopes on reelection on a strong u. S. Economy that of course has been decimated or liber literate as a result of coronavirus social distancing and in fact the u. S. President has just tweeted in the last few minutes or so about the reopening of the economy insisting that that would be his sole decision i can tell you though thats not the case in the United States there are strong states rights in the United States and very much the governors would have the ability to exercise what opens as much as local. Mayors would as well but the president system this is something under his control that is not 100 percent tiredly true and one other development too to ask you about kimberly a sailor on board the u. S. S. Kidd a Theodore Roosevelt whose whose captain of course was dismissed recently. When a high profile firing a sailor aboard the vessel has died. Yeah and this captain has been looked upon as a hero by many of those on his ship the u. S. S. Roosevelt which of course is a very well known Aircraft Carrier its in guam right now where the captain sounded the alarm publicly leaking letters after he felt that his chain of command was not responding to the threat he saw that what it was happening to cruise ships and the fact that the virus had ripped through cruise ships and he was seeing the same thing happen to his own sailors now of course there is some vindication for him given the fact that one of these sailors has died its not obviously very good vindication but certainly this underscores the urgency that he was trying to alert higher officials in the Defense Department about but youre right he lost his job as he left the ship the sailors were cheering but he was ridiculed the following day by the acting Navy Secretary who called him stupid he was criticized for that had to resign the u. S. President has given some sympathy to this captain but we can tell you his job has not been restored and there is an Ongoing Investigation one that may be bolstered in terms of his defense but the fact that now there has been sadly a sailor that has died following his sounding of the alarm of chronic virus on that ship i was there as White House Correspondent kelly how could reporting live from home in washington many thanks indeed kimberly. U. S. Health Insurance Companies say that they will cover testing and treatment but some doctors say the still a lot of confusion about who will really end up covering the bills. Reports for a pos when donald trump announced this earlier this week i met with the leaders of Health Insurance industry who have agreed to waive all d copayments for coronavirus treatments it just highlighted a particular confusion the u. S. Faces as it deals with the pandemic alone among developed countries the u. S. Health care system isnt universal but run by for profit Health Insurance Companies Even after the Affordable Care act or obamacare was passed in 20 term 30000000 remain without Health Coverage and the number of under insured those whose out of pocket expenses for treatment is over 5 percent of their income has risen 50 percent over the last 9 years to an estimated 44000000 in fact when donald trump was speaking in early march no Insurance Companies were covering treatments now congress has forced them to cover testing and some companies are covering treatment for a limited time but its a confusing patchwork for patients that leaves many Unanswered Questions but what if you test. Is your bill going to be higher. It its impossible to that question in addition your coronavirus test is covered but your visit to a physician may not be if other covert diagnostic tests are conducted like a white blood cell count or chest x. Ray that actual qubit 19 tests they may not be covered the millions with employer supplied Health Insurance may face large out of pocket expenses even hospitals covered by Insurance Companies perform procedures not covered by insurance and the list goes on in the best of times patients and doctors often dont know whats covered until the bill eventually arrives my greatest sadness as a physician is that i often dont have the answer to that question when someone asks me how much is this medication going to cost me often dont have the answer especially with the added layers of a hostile ization the pandemic highlights another issue that was already a problem prior authorize asians Insurance Companies requiring doctors to prove the treatment is necessary a process that could lead to delays of 1. 00 to 3. 00 days in freeing up hospital beds crucial time during a pandemic a recent American Medical Association survey found the process led to death or disability in 30 percent of cases and that was before the coronavirus a prior authorization its a question to the Clinical Team a saying are you sure and we dont trust you seems a little inappropriate for quick efficient Compassionate Care such practices have contributed to Insurance Companies massive profits since obamacare was passed and now according to former Health Insurance executive turned whistleblower Wendell Potter the industrys expecting to clean up as a result of the coronavirus theyre saying this is that as a possible opportunity for them to actually make more money and to have a net savings it will save some of the c. E. O. s and even told wall street financial analysts that theyre expecting that because spittles and doctors are canceling a lot of routine care also the executives are saying to. All straight that if we have to spend more money than we had it dissipated this year we will just raise rates for everybody next year thats what they do and they can get away with it because there is no other game in town its a tremendous challenge this Global Pandemic how some specifically local characteristics here in the u. S. She ever tansey aljazeera Washington Life was tough enough for indigenous subsistence farmers in malaysia before look around a virus now they cant sell their produce because of the lock down traditional but they speaking people have a higher risk of catching the disease due to the lifestyle as it was Florence Louise explains keep out the signs say indigenous communities in the lazio have set up roadblocks preventing outsiders from entering their villages these are photos and videos we obtained from the center for our astley concerns a local Nongovernmental Organization that works for Indigenous People on a ski which means all riginal people in the main language are more vulnerable to disease like the krona virus because of poverty and malnutrition that even someone like ameena thinks and now its safer to return to the forest many indigenous communities live in remote areas with no access to Running Water and electricity. And as malaysias tough restrictions on movement continue these communities face additional crotchets many only enough to live on and have little savings i needed my income is mostly from women grass i have lots of plants around my house its not a steady income i mike around 90. 00 to 100. 00 a month. But farmers have no means to get to the markets and have not been able to sell their produce. I cant sell enough my produce now eliminate. Chimeric economy so prince which used to be my main practice the government has promised assistance to poor communities while the restriction order is in place the director general of the department of our asking development told al jazeera that the agency has applied for and imagines he ground to help those in need but the center for our concerns says not old villages are officially registered with the agency and those which are not will likely be left out the n. G. O. S one of several that are now raising funds for indigenous communities the donations are paid to local Community Coordinators to purchase food which is then distributed to the villages its not a perfect system but its one way to ensure that aid reaches those who need it most Florence Louis aljazeera. Just ahead here on the news in sport Football Club some bellerose have found a creative way of filling the seats stadiums and they will be here with the rest of the sport in just a few moments. And again time to support his andy thank you so much as you know all the president s of the International Olympic Committee Says the postponements of issues games will cost his organization hundreds of millions of dollars thats almost bikes admitted that japans organizers face paying an even bigger price tag for that. That could hit 6000000000. 00 in an interview with a german newspaper back also said the i see how insurance to cover the costs of a consolation but not a postponements 1. 00 critic of the are a safe release the delay in postponing the shiz games to put athlete lives at risk of global athletes also says many sportsmen and women will now need financial help all events are suspended global athlete is an independent body that believes competitiveness should have more of a say in how their sports are run and were talking a one percentile that is make your are making a lot of money and thats one percent of the entire big population very most that can barely get by cover their rent alone because its a really unique breed because they devote everything every hour of their day to achieve that dream and im speaking with a few athletes were talking what it meant to have postponed for another year and a half and one of the things they said was we had 4 months to go to the games its been so tough ive been mentally and physically drained and now ive got to wait another year and a half so were concerned about Mental Health were concerned about their finances and thats where both National Committees and really like to see the International Olympic committee and the Paralympic Committee step up and provide some support for all athletes that are going through a difficult time. C. Has billions of reserves and i think there is a use of good will need to be happen to distribute some of those funds to directly to the athletes that we have so many questions that wed like to see the International Committee be more transparent what are the cut off time lines in the dates of this pandemic is hitting countries at a different time at a different rate and different people. Thats going to provide a level Playing Field for athletes will be depending on how long this goes they may have some countries that are opening up you have a freer flowing society and others that are still shut down or we want to see some type of a roadmap how do you are cut off date or allows outfits that ability to successfully train before the games and to allow a safe and healthy preparation nascar says its investigating a language used by star drive a car loss and join the live stream of a virtual race i mean you know every. One of the 27 year old was competing in an eye racing event hes now been suspended from his team without a loss in news hof japanese action suit passing an anti Discrimination Campaign and 2016 in a Statement Released on monday nascar said it was aware of insensitive language used by driver german are racing events on sunday and is currently gathering more information. Fractional baseball has made his 1st appearance in 20 twentieths i want is hosting games behind closed doors organizers still determined to create some sort of atmosphere of cardboard cut out some mannequins dressed in team colors are filling the empty stadiums there are also drum playing robots apparently silence for the legal side kicks off on sunday. Something similar is going on in valorise the only Football League in europe where games are still happening fans arent banned but many are now staying away promising reigning champions the breast to find some creative ways of filling the empty seats more than a 1000 real spectators that attend this game the World Players Union 5th process it cant comprehend why the league is being allowed to continue in this way. Italian Football League is making it sensitive plans for a return to action its hoping that players can be tested for coronavirus at the start of may with the intention of finishing all remaining sariel fixtures the league was suspended on the 9th of march with events is one point clear at the top of the table. An english team sort of backtracked on a decision to cut the wages of their normal playing at a staff last seasons European Champions League runners up to face huge criticism from many of their own founds said earlier announced that more than 500. 00 of its employees would have their wages reduced by 20 percent so to now say only Board Members will be taking wage cuts. Full time sort of friends want to chris froome says his recovery from a horrific accident last year is now almost complete the 34 year old was speaking during a virtual team in the last race on sunday the British Royal spent more than 3 weeks in hospital after breaking several bones including his neck and he crashed into a wall at high speed showing a training run. Over is going really well i dont go as far as saying its pretty much complete. I mean i am still doing some exercises i just strength and that right side which is into it but its back to normal or training load and thats going really well. Good to finish on some positive news for once thought aside exposed looking for now. And even a thanks indeed that is as far as the news is concerned the course the news never stops ill be back in just a moment to update you on the days top stories so you. Join the global conversation off the bubble people to expand their brains maybe have a different view this is a dialogue women in cambodia are in fact telling their 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 think it could be a law right here in this case we need to step away from gaming people are not necessarily game perfect this is a journey of progress and not perfection on aljazeera. Another Early Morning another ceremony to bit Health Workers by well. 29000 cuban doctors and nurses working in 59 countries around the world has confirmed cases of coronavirus increase so does demand for cuban medics medical services at the on its main export while western commentators assume cuba sends doctors mainly to expound influence experts on the other Health System draw a different conclusion youre making a big stock of why are you willing to go. Because there are other people that need me people that are sick and dying and not just and right people shouldnt be dying when there are people who can help them. Take the worst possible material you radio. Into dust comparable to the make up you. It and put it into a place where people live it is a colossal event. As well and so many people are thinking this is the silent heat. But does it make you feel nice you feel like a murderer we have created an enormous amount of mental disaster. And investigation south africa toxic city on aljazeera. Former. European nations go in Different Directions and relax the restrictions to control covered 19 but the World Health Organization is warning about any case the actions. Solutions must be based 1st on foremost on protecting human health. Like. A lottery and forget this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. Fighting