Immigrants out of the u. S. The 60 days to protect american jobs. Across latin america fear the crash in oil prices could push the region into its worst recession ever. And a warning from a new harvard study air pollution makes coronavirus even more dangerous than it already is. After weeks of negotiation politicians in the u. S. Have agreed on a new bailout package to protect the Worlds Largest economy from turmoil caused by the coronavirus pandemic the last few hours the Senate Passed a nearly 500000000000 dollar relief bill to help struggling Small Businesses it will also provide more funds for hospitals and testing the package follows a 2 trillion dollars stimulus package signed last month the bill now goes to the house for a vote. This gives us another 310000000000. 00 for the p. P. P. We look forward to the house passing this tomorrow in being up and running quickly after that this also gives us 50000000000. 00 for disaster loans idle loans that will allow the s. B. A. To make 300000000000. 00 of disaster loans all 1st Small Businesses. Also allows us as the president said more money to hospitals and unprecedented amounts of money for testing and again i think we understand hospitals not only the hospitals that have been impacted by coronavirus but more importantly many hospitals that have been shut down and making sure that the doctors and nurses get money. And present donald trump says an unprecedented executive order to halt immigration for 60 days will be signed as soon as wednesday chom says he wants to protect American Workers above all else by posing immigration will help put unemployed americans 1st in line for jobs as america reopens so important it would be wrong and unjust for americans laid off by the virus to be replaced with new immigrant labor flown in from abroad we must 1st take care of the American Worker take care of the American Worker. Who is also promising tell by allowed the oil sector as prices for u. S. Or oil dipped below 0 for the 2nd time in 2 days lock downs over the pandemic have caused a massive slump in the Global Demand for energy well mike hanna is in a washington d. C. For us mike lets talk about this Small Business package that the senate has passed what does entail and what happens next. Well its some 330000000000. 00 which will go to Small Businesses with the express intention of them being able to pay their employees during this time of crisis what it does it goes directly to the employer who can then pass it on to the employee its essentially to stop Small Businesses from going out of work and to protect those employees whose jobs were in threat now this is a critical issue for the Administration Given the amount of unemployment that is already resulting from the pandemic so this is a way to try and stop the bleed in the workforce as it were now incidentally this is the 4th stimulus package that has been passed by congress and there were previous. Money to Small Business however that ran through within a matter of weeks so essentially they are now replenishing that Small Business fund to ensure that the Small Businesses keep afloat and to ensure most importantly that a large sector of the u. S. Workforce maintains their jobs my thought on this whole is on immigration this pause on green cards what more do we know about that. Well very little because the details have not really been made clear President Trump said that yes he was going to sign an executive order on immigration he said in his news briefing the c evening that it would be for a period of 30 days and then would be reviewed but the exact details of it have not yet been clarified who it applies to whether its going to entail blocking at airports a huge amount of details theres been speculation for example that some workers who come in to work on farms during the growing and harvesting season will be allowed to come in President Trump said in his briefing that they will be exceptions so certainly not much clarity apart from one specific point the president from mentioned that those applying for green cards would not be allowed in at this particular point so there he was specific but essentially one must remember too that travel from Foreign Countries is largely blocked at the moment borders between mexico and canada for example are completely closed u. S. Consulates are shut to around the globe so people cannot apply for visas so its not quite clear exactly what the impact such an executive bill would have at this particular time well have to wait and see the details when it goes to the president for signing later tonight or sometime in the next 24 hours thank you for that update there mike hanna live in washington d. C. The governor of new york andrew cuomo has met President Trump at the white house whether to discuss the need for more federal help to increase testing for coronavirus new york is the worst affected state in the u. S. With over 250000 infections and nearly 15000 reported deaths the 1st such meeting between the 2 who have often starred publicly in the course of the outbreak this time they say they had a productive an honest discussion about increasing the states Testing Capacity and budget issues. Earlier in the day a group of nurses protested outside the white house demanding more personal protective equipment some of them held photos and read out names of colleagues who died after treating covert 19 patients more than 9000 American Health workers have tested positive for the virus so far. South sudan is one of the worst affected countries where more than 5000000 people rely on a to survive the pandemic is making their lives even harder the outbreak has slowed down humanitarian operations that deliver essential Food Supplies as he reports from juba. Even prior to the 1st coronavirus case in south sudan many face starvation thats the result of 5 years of fighting between forces loyal to rival political leaders the conflict ended in february with a new Transitional Government sworn in. Really. If my children survive i want them to go to school and learn to take care of themselves before the coronavirus emergency aid organizations estimated more than half of the 12000000 population would need food aid this year nearly 30 percent are women and children were forced a 3rd of the population from their homes 200000. 00 of them are now in u. N. Camps around the country hundreds of thousands of others are in hard to reach areas for them food drops are sometimes the only way theyll get food last year we had to feed 5000000 people due to fighting and flooding already in 2020 weve had locust invasions and now there is the code 19 plan damage which we predict could almost double the people in the queue hunger by the end of 2020 across the world the only way we can hope this trend is if generous funding for humanitarian crises like the one here. Continues floods last year affected nearly a 1000000 people forcing the declaration of a state of emergency in some parts of the country then a plague of locusts in the eastern part worsened an already dire situation the u. N. Describes the insect threat as extremely alarming and president farmers who have relied on their crops fear another invasion as eggs hatch from the 1st wave. Ive tried to chase them away but they wouldnt leave theyre everywhere in my backyard in my banco plantation the mangos the papayas the glovers that i plant is what provides me with food and income well i do if theyre being eaten by locusts preventive measures by the government and aid organizations have been imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus they include restrictions on movement making many in need even harder to reach people more going on just they are. The un is warning of multiple famines of biblical proportions in a few months if countries dont take immediate action a report by the World Food Program says the coronavirus pandemic could push more than a quarter of a 1000000000 people to the brink of starvation of this they get help people from 55 nations already experiencing a food crisis are especially at risk most are in africa the middle east Asia Latin America and the caribbean the countries of the largest populations facing cute Food Shortages are gonna stop the democratic republic of congo and yemen among others their food supply has been interrupted by war poverty extreme weather and refugee displacement the wild bank has cautioned countries against hoarding food and says global Grain Production and stocks are now all time highs making restrictions on necessary. The uns food agency has asked for 350000000 dollars to set up a network to keep humanitarian supply chains moving around the world there are no famines yet but i must warn you that if we dont prepare and act now to secure access avoid fundies shortfalls disruptions to treat we could be facing multiple famines of biblical proportions within that short few months the actions that we take will determine our success or failure and build a Sustainable Food systems as the basis of stable and peaceful societies the truth is we do not have time on our side so lets act wisely and elicits a i do believe that our expertise and our partnerships we could begin we can bring together the teams of the programs their search to make certain the night team candidacy has not become a human and food crisis catastrophe. Some European Countries gradually lock down restrictions the picture is quite different in the u. K. The death toll there is continuing to rise and the government is facing criticism of her lack of protective gear for how for if back reports from london. An intensive care unit in scotland. Where the youngest to test positive has only just been born. The medics here are traumatised by what theyre dealing with. For the staff to. Research by the office of National Statistics suggesting the actual death toll in england and wales in early april was 40 percent higher than the number reported by downing street those daily government figures dont include deaths outside hospital in care homes hospices or in the community they also classify what counts as a covert 19 deaths in a slightly different way there are concerns the u. K. Could soon have the highest number of deaths in europe putting pressure on the search for a vaccine human trials will begin at Oxford University on thursday this is uncertain science but im certain that we will throw everything weve got at developing a vaccine. The u. K. Is at the forefront of the global effort weve put more money than any other country into the global search for a vaccine the crisis is now also defining the shape of britains democracy with m. P. s making plans for a Virtual Parliament the proposal allows up to 120 m. P. s out of 650 to join the debate by Video Conference a further 50 will be in the chamber sitting spaced apart there are some who believe the parliament should close altogether given Boris Johnson the prime ministers recent bout of coronavirus but others insist it must remain open to continue scrutinizing the Government Technology offers a compromise. But it doesnt provide easy answers on the rising number of deaths elsewhere in Europe Germany where infection numbers have fallen sharply carmaker voles vagrants began preparations to restart production as some kind of for the countrys foreign minister said normal travel in europe is unlikely to happen this year italys the latest hard hit country to announce it would begin lifting some restrictions starting in early may and in austria restaurants churches and some schools will reopen in 3 weeks time the World Health Organizations warmed governments that lifting lockdowns must be gradual these are europes 1st tentative steps towards normality neve barker aljazeera london. Still ahead here on aljazeera refugees and migrants put under quarantine in greece softer more than 100 people test positive for the virus. And weve looked at how candid is the Energy Sector is being impacted by the well plunge. However weve got the rain clouds gathering once again across southern parts of china be seeing some rather heavy rain pushing out of the central areas up towards japan the area of low pressure is swirling away here its moving out of the way that will push over into the open waters of the northwest pacific still a legacy of showers just tucking in behind with that keen easterly wind just pushing its way through process guys come back in behind 9 celsius in seoul so struggling a little in the temperatures but there is that wetter weather for southern parts of china if anything it gets wet a stale as we go through thursday some heavy downpours sunny a possibility to northern parts of vietnam we could see some rather wet weather to into central southern areas the vietnam as we go through the next couple days little more clout just popping up here from time to time bright skies there for the philippines plenty of sunshine for the 2 shells and the possibility the majority of the showers will be 3 malaysia and also be affecting parts of indonesia as we go through the next dials but i potentially seeing some sharp showers full of that area of cloud and shabby right across southern parts of the. Some showers into sri lanka southern parts of india northeastern parts of india and bangladesh continue to see those bacon foundry downpours as we go through of the week. But. A policy imposed decades ago pregnant woman thought that she could selectively goods and have only boy its. Changing demographics across asia with far reaching consequences are creating a pool of socially disadvantaged young men so you have the system where people at every level will be get being given money money to agree to searles ation or money to get other people to agree to services how does their examines the politics of population control. To the heavy am. You know what you are just are a reminder of our top stories this hour the u. S. Senate has passed a nearly 500000000000. 00 relief package to aid struggling Small Businesses but also provide more funds spittles attesting will now go to the house for the. U. S. President donald trump says the executive order to halt immigration for 60 days may come as soon as wednesday trump says its aimed at protecting American Workers who lost their jobs through the corona virus pandemic. The u. N. Is warning that more than a quarter of a 1000000000 people could be pushed to the brink of starvation by the coronavirus andranik the World Food Program says countries need to take immediate action or risk multiple famines. A coronavirus and Climate Change currently the 2 greatest threats the planet is facing a new harvard study has found they may be closely linked the u. S. Based Research Shows coronavirus death rates were significantly higher in areas where air pollution was even slightly above normal people with long and hot issues are particularly vulnerable to the effects of the virus and exposure to air pollution can make both of those issues worse with that in mind the study found that in the u. S. For every microgram increase in long term air pollution the coronavirus mortality rate rises by 15 percent and thats alarming because in the u. S. Alone more than 20000000 people live in areas where air pollution exceeds the National Stand it. That follows another study which found exposure to nitrogen dioxide found diesel cars could be links to the number of deaths reported in parts of italy spain france and germany where v. J. Lim a is a science fellow with the Natural ResourcesDefense Council in the us every said he wrote a blog about the harvard based study on the correlation between covert 19 and air pollution he joins us live from Charlottesville Virginia via skype so this must be really Important Information for a lot of people and how many people live in places around the world deemed to have an unacceptable Quality Standard and what does this mean for them absolutely you know were talking about millions of people around the world its up to me to buy scientists that more than 5000000. 00 people die early every year due to exposure to air pollution and so thats especially concerning in light of the current pandemic situation because we know that the same help problems that put people at risk of severe complications from cope at 19 are the same problems that are worsened by long term exposure and short term exposure their pollution has spent in black americans are already being hit hardest by the coronavirus and youve reported that air pollution the air pollution burden is also higher for them can you explain that. Absolutely you know we have seen in the United States a legacy of environmental injustice and systematic racism that has put pollution and people in a combination that has delivered an undue disproportionate impact on communities of color and People Living in poverty in this country we know that people in those communities are more likely to be exposed to Dangerous Levels of air pollution and were unfortunately seeing the danger play out in the coronavirus accounts in new york city for example d the death rates among africanamericans and latinos are about twice the rate of death rate for white americans and similar patterns are emerging in other cities as well. We are of course saying short term improvements right now and tens of equality but will that make a difference long time unfortunately not you know the harvard study identified the risk to so did with long term exposure to air pollution and so any short term gains that we might be seeing in terms of air quality are unlikely to outweigh the Long Term Health problems that are caused by exposure to air pollution in every country in the world im wondering because there are so many factors at play when we talk about how susceptible someone is to coronavirus i mean whether they smoke you know what their immune system is like where they live did this study take into account all of those other factors that must be very difficult to try and get a handle. Absolutely the task of epidemiology is to really isolate cause and effect and account for all of those other factors you mentioned like population density or preexisting Health Status that might affect the relationship here the researchers at harvard did a terrific job of accounting for a lot of factors that could confound the relationship and even after adjusting for all of those factors they still found this very strong signal between exposure to air pollution and heightened risk of death from the growth of iris ok so youre raising the alarm that evolution makes people more risk with corona virus presumably for other types of influenza and other coronaviruses as well whats the likelihood do you think that governments big organizations will listen and make a change long term i have hope that you know we have plenty of evidence from epidemiology decades of research that shows that there is really no safe level air pollution and that we need to work hard to cut that pollution as much as we can and at the same time we can address the Climate Crisis because the same primary sources of air pollution are the same problematic possible fuels that are driving the climate process so addressing the air pollution problem is really a win win for Public Health and the environment i guess we do have a unique opportunity right now to look at how we want the future to be we will have to leave it there for a time thats v. J. Limaye their science fellow with the Natural ResourcesDefense Council in the u. S. At least 150. 00 sonam seekers have tested positive for the virus in greece the hostile outside the which is home to nearly 500. 00 people has been in lockdown since april 16th when a pregnant woman contracted the virus its the 3rd migrant facility in greece with confirmed cases of covered 19 has to answer up a list with an update on the situation there. The government placed this hoto where these 470 Asylum Seekers are being kept under quarantine last thursday because on that day a woman who works at the Hotel Cooking and cleaning for these people tested positive on sunday one of the Asylum Seekers tested positive and that was an accidental discovery she is 6 months pregnant and had gone to hospital for a checkup so now everyone in that facility is being tested what makes that different from previous cases because there have been 2 Asylum Seeker camps that have also had infections in the past is the quantity the number of people infected presumably because they are living in close courses. We had a case of 28 positive tests but in a camp that holds about 2000 we had 4 positive tests and a 2nd camp that holds 1400 so to have roughly a quarter or whole of the population of this hotel infected means that it is by far the biggest outbreak among refugee populations in greece so far the government is taking precautions as well because this is exactly the kind of outbreak theyre trying to prevent and i have to say on the whole theyve handled this fairly well for example in the supremely of the present camps on the highlands of east asia and they have put preemptive measures in place people working in the camps have been pared down to skeleton crews the Asylum Services have stopped working so that neither interview is no interviewees and inspect each other both camps are being ring fenced in order to prevent people coming and going from them freely as they have been until now. The recent crash in the price of oil is likely to have a devastating impact on many of her and americas economies which depend heavily on fossil fuel exports will contribute to a new un for costs which projects to raise. And will face its worst recession in its history reports from chile. Venezuela has the Worlds Largest oil reserves but youd never know it by looking at the endless patrol queues in the capital caracas. Any of them but weve been in to queue since 11 last night and still there are more than 100 cars ahead. Was already in shambles unprecedented low production u. S. Economic sanctions and low prices made it hard to import chemicals needed to produce petrol now the little money that was coming in from oil exports is gone with the collapse of the market. Venezuela isnt alone neighboring colombia and ecuador which is already deep in debt depend heavily on oil exports as does mexico with the number of infections from cold with 19 is rising sharply admitting that the crash in oil prices will hit mexico very hard president and the. Load tried to comfort his compatriots. I want to go on t. V. And give you all the security that we mexicans will be able to feed this crisis. On the 42 the world country and of the mexican people. The crown jewel of Argentinas Oil Industry the vaca muerta shale gas formation is now practically paralyzed at a time when the country needed most to offset a steep recession and debt commitments here in chile the problem is the plummeting price of its main export copper but along with the caribbean islands this is one of the seal latin american countries the practice of practically no fossil fuel which means that the drop in the price of oil is actually a bit of good. But not for long the u. N. Economic council for latin america and the caribbean has just downgraded the forecast for the region even further ever that is what we want to say. Is that this crisis will create the worst recession in the region since 9141930 this is the magnitude of it a forecast to could be even worse if the price of key commodities like oil does not recover soon to see in human aljazeera center. The Oil Price Crash in the United States is also having a major impacts north of the border canada is the largest foreign supply of crude to the u. S. Thats david nasaw reports from the haas of the Canadian Oil Industry in alberta redundancies have started drilling has stops background for more than 16 years glenn karat has been providing fire and Safety Management in the heart of canadas oil industry with 3 shops and dozens of vehicles the Business Owner would normally have 40. 00 to 50. 00 employees working at oil and gas sites around western canada but these days hes down to just 5 or 6 workers while hundreds of thousands of dollars of least equipment sits idle its disheartening to have people sitting at home theyre following me on a regular basis to find out if were going back to work and the bills keep piling up and you know if we dont have all this equipment out work and its cost a lot of money every day every day its kind of this oil industry has been reeling since late 2014 when crude prices haft from around 100. 00 a barrel to less than 50 that drop led to bankruptcies and the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs in oil and gas a vital sector in kind of this economy now with more than 3000000000 people locked down in their homes because the krona virus the demand for oil has evaporated prices for western canadian select albertas benchmark heavy oil have plummeted to less than 5. 00 a barrel over the past few weeks if prices dont rise substantially the impact on oil workers here could be devastating opecs record cut in oil output has failed to prop up the price of crude and most canadian producers are now well below their breakeven point we have called it a perfect storm. And in many cases you know the folks that i work with. We have been through many different cycles in this industry quite frankly ive never seen anything quite like this and i dont think anyone. Will possibly ever see anything like this again chad miller was laid off a few weeks ago and with just 30 out of 515 oil rigs in operation across the country he knows hes not alone miller hopes his Facebook Group oilfield dads will help provide support for those worried about how theyll pay the rent or put food on the table its nothing worse than hearing about someones Family Member you know turning to drugs or alcohol or even suicide and thats it touches all of us because its dear to our hearts that could be any one of us last week the canadian government announced a 1700000000. 00 aid package to try to save thousands of Energy Sector jobs but with Oil Storage Facilities already close to capacity and demand at historic lows the worst may be yet to come david mercer ill just sarah in Central Alberta canada. This is not just there are these are the top stories the u. S. Senate has passed in the early 500000000000. 00 relief package to aid struggling Small Businesses it will also provide more funds for hospitals and testing the bill will now go to the house for a vote yes President Donald Trump says an executive order to halt immigration for 60 days may come as soon as wednesday from says its aimed at protecting American Workers who lost their jobs due to the crown of our us and them by posing immigration will help put unemployed americans 1st in line for jobs as america reopens so important it would be wrong and unjust for americans laid off by the virus to be replaced with new immigrant labor flown in from abroad. We must 1st take your the American Worker take care of the American Worker. The u. N. Is warning that more than a quarter of a 1000000000 people could be pushed to the brink of starvation queue to the pandemic the World Food Program says countries need to take immediate action or risk multiple famines the coronavirus death toll in the u. K. Could be much higher than the government figures indicate the office for National Statistics says by april 10th that had recorded more than 13000 deaths in england and wales thats 41 percent higher than the governments figure of around 9000. 00. A new Harvard University study has found there might be a link between air pollution and the coronavirus mortality rate the Research Shows the number of virus deaths was higher and more polluted areas in the us at least one 150. 00 Asylum Seekers including children have tested positive for the virus in greece hostile outside which is home to nearly 500. 00 people has been under quarantine since april 16th when a pregnant woman contracted the virus but they say the death toll in canada is worst mass shooting has risen to 23 the gunman had driven across the province of nova scotia shooting people and various communities he went on for nearly 12 hours before being shot by police. Those are the headlines up next is inside story stay with us. Why did u. S. Oil prices hit negative territory an unprecedented fall in American Crude Oil sales has added to the hardships caused by coronavirus so what will that mean for the u. S. And the Global Economy this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im Richelle Carey its one of the worlds most valued commodities but the coronavirus lockdowns to overturn the dominance of oil 4th of a barrel of u. S. Oil fell to less than nothing on monday