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Muslims around the world are urged to stick to social distancing guidelines at the start of the fostering month of ramadan. Tinkering with toys irans mr fix it and how hes bringing more than just dulls back to life. And in sports the 1st round of the n. F. L. Draft takes place virtually. The cincinnati bengals. Quarterback well if you choose to do problems like joe burrows big momenta rides in his parents living room. Its a figure that says extraordinary as it is just the amount of emergency money the u. S. Is spending and the economic fallout from the coronavirus nearly 3. 00 trillion dollars when you write that down it looks like this 3 followed by 12 zeros now its reached that number with another stimulus bill thats set to be approved by President Donald Trump the latest relief was agreed to in congress say its the 4th aid package so far and. Its going to support Small Businesses that pandemic has made more than 26000000 americans unemployed in just 5 weeks thats one in 6 jobs gone trump though says the economy will bounce back quickly despite the number of cases and deaths continuing to go up some states like georgia are preparing to reopen their economies later on friday. Economy will start to pick up very substantially as soon as the states get open and thats happening as we speak and its actually very exciting and. People are just its just thrilled to see it because our country has to get back to work they want to get back to work you see that whether its a demonstration or just in talking to people they going to get back to work and theyre going to get back to work very fast or within the space of a few weeks who are leaders have mobilized an astounding amount of emergency relief outside the u. S. The e. U. Has agreed to a huge Recovery Fund it says will raise a trillion dollars of investment theres also a separate short term aid package worth 590000000000. 00 thats going to start being released in june. International Monetary Fund has approved more than 8000000000. 00 in Emergency Assistance to 41. 00 countries its committed to spending up to one trillion dollars the world bank has allocated 240000000000. 00 well the special focus on helping Health Systems and economies in developing countries were going to have more on that story in a moment let me take you live to geneva and a conference by the World Health Organization which is making an announcement about coronavirus lets listen in. World wide. Because we have an increased number of speakers at the launch today the event itself well go beyond 90 minutes probably and therefore our next Virtual Press conference on covered 19 will take place next monday that 27th of april i will give a default immediately to dr tetras who will tell us more about event and introduce guests. Your excellences good morning good afternoon and good evening there could be 19 point to make is an unprecedented Global Crisis that has been met with and president to Global Response research and development have played a central role since january w. Joe has been working with thousands of researchers all over the world to accelerate and track Vaccine Development from developing models to Clinical Trial designs and everything in between we have also developed diagnostics that have been used all over the world. And we are coordinating a global trial on the safety and efficacy of 4 therapeutics against 19 the world needs distills and it needs them fast. Past experience has taught us that even when tools are available they have been not been equally available to all we cannot allow that to happen today doubly sure is proud to be uniting with many partners to launch the axis 19 tools accelerator or the act accelerator this is a landmark collaboration to accelerate the Development Production and equitable distribution of vaccines that you know sticks and therapeutics for 19 out shared commitment is to ensure all people have access to all the tools to divvy to defeat called deed 19 the act accelerated brings together the combined power of several organizations to work with the speed and scale each of us are doing great work but we cannot work alone we are coming together to work in new ways to identify challenges and so lucians together. Im especially grateful to a president a man with a marker on president to assume lavender len and bill and Melinda Gates for their leadership and partnership in call hosting this act accelerator launch we are also grateful for the support of many World Leaders who you will hear from today and i would especially like to tank said andrew witty and looked at him. For our getting to act as a special invoice for the accelerator we are facing a Common Threat which we can only defeat with a common approach i would now like to invite either of course to speak beginning with this excellent c. President in my own oil market on missile a president you have the floor. And you. Thank you. So. What are here getting me to action and therefore a snap list this he said to accelerate or to fight against call that 19 and thats why we are gathered all here together. I would also like to pay tribute. To the Health Care Workers who are fighting against covered. Every single day must pay tribute to them as well as to the researchers that are working around the world to tackle covered 19. 00 either from the Public Sector the private sector we would also like to thank the humanitarian sector those are from the United Nations or from the n. G. O. S that are working on the ground very actively against this virus and i look at something negative consequences together. We. International Health Actors original are going as Asian Civil Society organizations and they are working together there uniting their forces in an Unprecedented Partnership to work effectively against confident 19 around the table we have the World Health Organization who will be at the helm of the cornish and we also have got to you know take the Welcome Trust we have the world bank who are also working with us so we have the bill and Melinda Gates. Private sector actors as well as actors from a pharmaceutical sector they are all gathered together and this is absolutely unprecedented i would just like to speak to certain aspects that are extremely important and its have to be there are 4 pillars that we have to succeed so 1st of all as our collective effectiveness to help with Health Care Systems i he see my friend mr ramos theres a conference we have an opportunity to speak about his role and leadership in south africa already in a previous conference so if we want to defeat this illness we must support all Health Care Systems especially primary Health Care Systems to fight against all pandemics especially covert 19 everything that we will be able to do against covered 1000. 00 will not to be effective if we dont have the support this backing of all of these actors over the w. H. O. And all of the others that are already called it if. We must to construct a bridges between countries and we cannot have any inequalities in our Health Care System so we have to bridge these gaps i think that this. Act will help the most vulnerable and will help the. Health care systems and we will also come to aid of 2 of the most a vulnerable the most deprived in our country and this will also help to reinforce the Health Care Systems this is absolutely indispensable the 2nd pillar of our initiative our diagnostic tests the deadlier joe has already imagined as if you would say god there is this challenge that exists in our country which is to develop a Screening Test to be accessible to all of. In the world especially in countries that are the most fragile the most vulnerable ones so on that particular topic this is something that this initiative will be working on and there is going to be a lot of that knowledge and expertise that will be mobilized especially for example Civil Society organizations so we will be working with the most vulnerable communities on this aspect the 3rd tell there will be access to treatment. There are many of our researchers and Health Care Personnel that are working that are coordinating their efforts in europe and around the world to be able to achieve a treatment so there are multiple ass eyes that are as these that are being developed at the moment are to fight against the action of the virus to react to take action against and from attorney reactions to better resist when there are situations that arise in ers around the world to accelerate these treatments when you develop treatments. So this is absolutely essential for this initiative. The 4th where of course is vaccines. We are waiting for these vaccines and what we are trying to do. It is to be able to make sure that there is less time necessary for the development of this type of a vaccine we are investing in at many Different Solutions to try to develop these types of vaccines we are trying to speed up efforts we are investing with more money with more resources more people are becoming involved we are trying to manufacture this vaccine as quickly as possible for to be as effective as possible. We are also having an effect on that on a space and hearing what i mean is that a vaccine will be developed in a certain country of course not by a certain pharmaceutical group but it will be we need to make sure that it is rendered accessible to all to everybody around the world therefore i think that this initiative that is spearheaded by all of us that. We must make sure that we make sure that theres a boxing is that available to all of our populations around the world to make sure that we come back to our normal lives as soon as possible i know that scientists will be able to tell us about when theres a vaccine will be available with knowing that it is going to be very difficult to ramp up the development of this vaccine some people are saying that perhaps by the end of the year some others are saying 18 months or is a reasonable time right but in any case we need to speed this up and im sure that if we mobilize all our efforts and use all our resources we will be able to do so were going to mobilize all countries of the g 7 the g 20 for them to back Us Initiative i hope that we will be able to rican so this initiative. With the china and the u. S. So i hope that both of these countries will be able to fight against a covered 90 by developing together vaccine there should not be any divisions between countries we need to join forces. On the 4th of may we have a meeting with the European Union to speak about this very clear plan of action where everybody is there united and we are going to be talking about fund raising we hope that we will maintain its collective momentum to fight against future pandemics as well what we are working on now is extremely put we must be successful must unite our forces and my dream is that for the future we are able to capitalize on that energy on that momentum to fight against turkey llosa as malaria hiv and all sorts of other and m. X. s that affected the most of all knowable. And i think that therefore all together we will go a further and we will be able to vanquish this disease and i would like to thank once again dr titus i would like to also take that up and we do thank all members of the private sector and all others to make sure that we Work Together and we fight against and defeat covert 1000 thank you very much for attention. The president of the European Commission you have the floor madam. Grown. And out other cause is the European Commission and i call upon dr or soula wonderland to make a speech dr. Wonderland the president of the European Commission you have the floor madam. Out of sharing this coming today with our partners worldwide to deliver a message of hope hope that we can defeat coronavirus together and that we can go back to our normal lives so we are rather than later and i warmly welcome todays call for a Global Action and we are ready to respond indeed in just 10 days on the 4th of may we will launch a global pledging effort on that day we will also known as next milestones of the Global Campaign this campaign is to kick off an ongoing rolling replenishment they must to rise raise 7500000000 euros to ramp up work on prevention diagnostics and treatment and this is a 1st step only but more will be needed in the future because beating coronavirus really require sustained actions on many fronts we need to develop a vaccine we need to produce it and to blow it in every single corner of the world and make a developed lead affordable prices this vaccine will be our universal common good and i want to invite everyone governments Business Leaders philanthropists artists and citizens to raise awareness about the pledging effort and to help us create a whole night to front against coronavirus European Union will spare no effort to help the world come together against corona virus because united we will make history was a Global Response to the Global Pandemic. Thank you thank you so my dear doctor president bundling. United we will defeat this pandemic this by it is now the next speaker will be the cochair of bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Mrs milind gates you have the floor. Ok i think we have a technical problem we will come back again to bill and Melinda Gates foundation and i will proceed to the next speakers and the next speaker will be his excellence in mr Antonio Guterres secretary general of the United Nations your excellence you have the floor thank you very much this launch brings together World Leaders the private sector scientific and humanitarian actors and other partners to promote else keep the world safe and advance the public good human else is the quintessential warble public goods and today we face a good public enemy like no other in an interconnected world none of us is safe and all of us are safe. Maybe in respects no borders of 19 anywhere is a set of people everywhere. The world needs of Development Production and he quickly will deliver your safe and effective government 19 sex internet bill ticks and they. Are not a vaccine articulates for one country or one digit or one of the worlds but the vaccine addict meant that affordable safe effectively easily administers and universally available for everyone everywhere it was feared could be made in requires the most Massive Public us efforts in history. Data must be shared Production Capacity prepared resources mobilized communities in gauged and politics set asides i know we can do it i dont we can put people 1st these neutrons must be very clear that essentially example of a global probably goes for too long we have and a variant and invested in Global Public goods a Clean Environment Cyber Security peace and the list goes on so let this be one vital lesson of this pandemic they need from you watch and see in support of Global Public goods and universal coverage we are in the fight of our lifes we are in need to gather and look at what a bit stronger together thank you. Thank you thank you so much secretary general. Thank you so much for your leadership and now i move to my own continent africa and i would like to invite his excellent c president city and im a former president of the republic of south africa and the chairperson of the African Union your excellence you have the floor. Thank you very much. Dr to take this opportunity to congratulate the World Health Organization and their law in showbiz landmark go could operate should. Brings together. Leaders Health Scientists and their Business Leaders now we should commend to their w. H. O. All d for. Excellence to worship. In defined against cold 19 and also wants to single you out for the leadership that youre providing to address the lying to do with the work that you continue to do and we want to play just support the severe consequences of this pandemic will be experienced by all countries around the world for some time to come. Appreciate the time the launch of this collaboration. Is now more than ever the word means solid honored and cooperation to mobilize and guide all efforts and drive delivering to us. Says to new converts 19. X. Therapeutics and vaccines that show has been instrumental in supporting african governments with detection of the pandemic the training off house workers on the continent and also in strengthening some valence in communities including wicking with a network of experts to address the containment and prevention of the pandemic many of us will know that africa is extremely vulnerable to that of a just of this virus and is in need of every possible support and assistance as africa we are pleased to be out of the close thought that we are all involved in to tackle this pandemic place because of the African Union is handling the epidemic through is Africa Center for Disease Control and prevention. Which is guiding the continent to working together with a w h o o we have also initiated a call it 19 Response Fund to direct resources to boast of the continents response so for us it is really a joy to be paddled this effort to raise the resources in order for all of us to get engaged ready in fighting against this and enemy and today a number of countries on the continent have contributed money to once this effort all o m m and each other. We see this law in just an important milestone to governors Global Support and to help accelerate to the work that the w h o is doing i want to conclude by saying africa sense of anyone. Provide the necessary support to the work that is being done into this effort and to the w. H. O. And to its leadership in dr ted dress so i take the opportunity now to call upon the International Community well the sake of all humanity to continue to support in the me. In fun easy to find him a citizen who isnt well and me though we really do like him to be part of discoloration and thank you very much for taking us through this thank you ted thank you very much praise the mccrone thank you very much the secretary general of the u. N. As well. As the evil gang q thank you so much eric 70 thank you my brother and narrow. I would like to invite excel and see mrs angle and then chancellor of the federal republic of germany good excellent see you walk the floor. You having some technical issues can be just one who may be. Amused. Your excellence you have and you have me no no yes yes we can you ok i was a good talker could not make that would not. Issue an issue that i had to say and having some technical issues can be just the one who may be. Your excellence you have now and you have me know yes yes we got here you. As a good dog could not have got wooden arm good morning. Good afternoon good evening for others. Im very pleased to be with you this afternoon im very happy to be able to participate in this conference that is of such great importance. I would like to remind you that this conference a is a property conference for the 4th of may and this is a preparatory conference or to fight against a common enemy of course covered 19 and i met just did so pleased to see that the World Health Organization is playing its leadership role here. Oh i was at the International Level and the health care all working together working side by side and. Of course our keeping in mind as d. G. Number 3 and im very pleased to see all these the different initiatives that have been taken up we will only be able to succeed if we. Unite our forces and if we Work Together in close cooperation in germany we are ready to support. As vigorously as possible all political initiatives as well other nations and other areas what is essential and of course we are all aware of this is that we have to live with this pandemic but we also have to deploy all our. Efforts to be able to develop a vaccine as well as improved diagnostic tools and treatments i have listened attentively to the secretary general of the un this is a Public Health good for all of humanity we must therefore be able to manufacture this vaccine and distribute it roll it out to all regions around the world once we will have to develop the vaccine we will have made it an incredible step forward and i think that the conference of the 4th of may will be extremely important in this area there are a certain number of shortcomings of course we need to mobilize more Financial Resources whether these are Public Resources or private Financial Resources we will have to of course close this gap of 8000000000 euros for preparing this summer. Our country is a 2 state Health Emergencies we will have to develop new methods methods try new approaches. Notably to for example a ramp up of Production Capacity in many Different Countries around the world we know for instance that there are countries in which a virus that has been particularly very ill and well know that also the president of the African Union already mentioned this and we have committed ourselves and favor of africa to help africa but also to help other countries around the world that are just as important. Very encouraged to see that we are having this meeting on the 4th of may germany will support this meeting with our Financial Resources we hope that we were able to mobilize all of these resources to achieve our other objectives that are extremely important at the global level and i would like to commend all of those who have been undertaking all of these efforts to make sure that we have this possibility of holding this conference on the 4th of may i take this opportunity to thank a president emmanuel my car france a doctor touches of the b. H. O. As you have for the initiative that has been launched and i am sure that with this an initiative of the 4th of may we will be able to move forward and make crop progress thank you feel you feel and your excellence thank you so much for your leadership. Now we move to latin america and i would like to invite his excellent see mr carrados. President of the republic of course study. Your excellence see you have the floor and thank you so much for joining. Thank you very large dr dan it was good after. All those years ago. And a very good morning here in costa rica. Representing costa rica for me is and on and on and to be witness to this initiative and im delighted supported. Very firmly so that everybody around the world can have access to development and production. Of. These tools which is so vital for combating cover 19 over 19. Doesnt care for countries larger small it makes no distinction between rich middle income and poor countries therefore we need a global reaction. We must make distinctions in the way in which we deal with this we must show solidarity with each other and we need to deal with this pandemic in. A very humane way and this very decisive moment in our history we fully support multiculturalism in costa rica and there we need multilateralism more than ever so its an honor for me to participate in this. Conference and hopefully in the future vaccines treatments. And diagnostic kits will be available for everybody all over the world. On the 23rd of march we sent a communique to dr douglas in launching a Common Initiative to build a pool a patient pool. In order to make available. This Vital Technology for supporting efforts to combat covert 19 and making available to everybody we have moved forward with that project. And prior to the will of assembly wed like to share this with the world. So its an honor to firmly support this act accelerated today we need to bear in mind that this is an example. People around the world are looking to our leaders for action. Now we are taking decisive steps and this must be an example for other sectors such as finance in countries all of the world because this situation is putting a lot of stress on public finances all of the world so thank you very much the cohosts hosts to watch this and jeff and i just like to say how costa ricas supports him fully and. We sincerely hope that we can deal with this pandemic together with solidarity thank you very much look at us. Which as we just said are my no. Thank you very much but i put your leadership and thank you so much also for taking the initiative to send me the letter and this is part of what were doing now were really proud of your initiative and now we move into italy and i would like to invite is excellent see mr giuseppe. President of the council of ministers of the republic of italy thank you. For joining your excellence in the floor is yours. Just the same as the usual. 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While we are listening to them i do back there in the bend where is one thing we have to understand well finding and distributing the vaccine is the is the only way to win this battle let me commend them in your Research Service and use it to show us that theyre working to making this happen. The same thing from burris is a share of the wealth. Is a leader for its our way responsibility to support it by promoting good in governance terms by. Since it will tell accountability you know that to ensure you need the ball in the saloon read access to the vaccine and treatments. Im a confident that the alliance will go in the spirit of the fact they multilateralism put into one of the best brains and their resources in their interests over the entire main kind. Entirely and Government Spending no force to protect its people and we had early start its social and economic engine. Also you can be sure that the delhi will keep. The issue of a global solidarity. We will stand by our brothers in this government and there were and you can count on italy. To get the we will make you think you very much. To give then we will make it thank you very much does it mean your excellence he know. I would like to invite is excellent seed mr mustafa. Youre watching our dizzy or it is 1338 g. M. T. This is a Live Press Conference from the World Health Organization in geneva giving details or at least an outline of a plan to accelerate the development of a vaccine for covert 19 our diplomatic editor james bass is joining us live from the United Nations james weve heard from a great Many International leaders they are all of them putting their force behind this initiative we still dont have many details yet but of course this is also initiative i understand that the u. S. Is not going to be taking part and where does this leave it diplomatically. Well this is the sort of event when you have a Global Crisis the world coming together what you would expect normally is a u. S. Leadership but of course the u. S. Of boxed themselves into a corner the World Health Organization is the organization coordinating the Global Response President Trump has blamed the World Health Organization for siding with china and not coming out fully against china and talking fully about chinas role in the pandemic and has said he will cut future funding to the w. H. O. That means that the u. S. Diplomatic system really cannot push behind this effort so the u. S. Is in many ways and its been pretty much like this for much of the trumpet ministration the odd man out into the in the International Community so you have a situation where youve got the speakers aligning up from all over the world from every single continent youve got people light anglo merkel and Emanuel Mccraw the president of france and the chancellor of germany youve just heard the Prime Minister of italy i understand were going to hear from the Prime Minister of spain i understand were going to hear from the acting leader of the u. K. Dominic robb the foreign secretary there during this event so by my count at least 4 members of the g 7 are going to speak at this but President Trump and the u. S. His voice is completely absent now that is embarrassing potentially for the u. S. But it also makes fighting this difficult because they are trying to raise a huge amount of money theyre talking about over 7000000000 euro as 7560000000 euros i think that works out of those over 8. 1000000000. 00 that they need to raise for this fund the idea is to try and coordinate and push the search for a vaccine for tests and for treatments for covert 19 all those 3 different elements and to make sure that those are available around the world not just. To those that have the money and a prepared to pay for it the richest countries on earth theyre very very worried about the developing world and what happens when the disease potentially spreads more widely than it has done now and the fact that some of the countries with much less sophisticated Health Care Systems could suffer really greatly james is it too simple to suggest that this is also an effort to essentially sideline the United States and to their points that weve seen the involvement of the bill and Melinda Gates foundation which has been a significant contributor to the w. H. O. China has recently said its going to ramp up its money that goes to the w. H. O. As well. Certainly theres an interesting dynamics going on in the International System and that echoed here in new york at u. N. Headquarters or there arent many people here at u. N. Headquarters just a skeleton scar staff but negotiations are going on for example on a meeting of the 5 permanent members of the Security Council at leader level no thats got bogged down in disputes between the u. S. And china but also some separate disputes involving russia which wants to see sanctions lifted in various parts of the world so there are there are all sorts of different diplomatic dynamics going on and certainly with regard to trying to get a Security Council resolution on cease fires around the world following the call from the secretary general thats what got bogged down again with more discussions between the u. S. And china china now pushing very very hard for the World Health Organization to be mentioned in that resolution of course that thats a red flag red flag to the u. S. So certainly from the chinese side i think they are potentially trying to make a diplomatic point here others of course though would like the u. S. Involved would love the u. S. Involved because they want the u. S. Is technical or medical expertise and of course the u. S. Is financial firepower they want money from the u. S. To help with this massive amount of money that they want to try and raise james for now thanks very much indeed thats james beers our Diplomatic Correspondent talking to us from the u. N. Weve just been watching a press conference by they World Health Organization held in geneva or at least is centered in geneva at which they have been releasing an outline plan to develop an accelerated program for developing a vaccine against covered 19 details have not yet been given but we have heard from several World Leaders who have been throwing their weight behind the intention that press conference if there is more information is coming out of that press conference which is. Still ongoing at the moment we will of course bring it to you in the meantime lets move on u. S. President donald trump has caused further control over say now after discussing more ways to fight coral in a virus including using ultraviolet light on the possibilities of injecting disinfectant but medical experts are once again warning about the dangers of trump using his position to tout unproven treatments like so brian reports it was the headline they dominated President Donald Trumps daily news briefing and most striking observation to date is the powerful effect that solar light appears to have and killing the virus both surfaces and in the air promoting a theory that sun heat and humidity appear to shorten the life of the corona virus that research is unconfirmed and it may prove not to be true but that didnt stop President Trump broadcasting it to millions and going one step further and then i see the disinfectant but not in a minute one minute and is there a way we can do Something Like that. Injection. Or almost a cleaning suggesting disinfectant could be used inside the body but it sounds it sounds interesting to me thats prompted a warning from Health Authorities and the makers of popular cleaners lysol and day show that no one should ingest bleach disinfectant or any other Hygiene Products the us st is for Disease Control says it saw a spike in calls to poison hotlines last month because of peoples exposure to such chemicals which can be harmful even to our skin theres no serious the. Earth is there you know and im here to talk about why that we havent studied we dont do that within that lab our labs its not the 1st time President Trumps used his podium to push what he calls potential cures for the virus. There are promising therapies produced by gilly. And thats. Where m. D. s are. Desart are hydroxy torak when and. Theres the pack i think is a combination probably is looking very very good and bad according to early trials in china the drug graeme disappear has failed to treat covert tain and its too early to know about hydroxy clark aim is not a medical or Public Health expert and he doesnt pass on the advice of is true medical and Public Health experts and i think most people are smart enough to know that they should be taking medical or Public Health advice from President Trump they should be listening to Expert Opinions as for trumps hate and some theory the World Health Organization pointed to examples where the virus has spread around the equator and Southern Hemisphere the way evidence is not providing supporting that theory so im sorry we cannot but the summary is going to have the effect that many people hope but will the president is convinced hes giving hope to millions im not a doctor im here to present ideas but many Health Professional say those ideas could prove dangerous and next year brian aljazeera. Muslims across the globe are marking ramadan their holiest months of the year but while traditional rituals include gatherings for food and prayers many people will have to forgo these and that coronavirus lockdowns saudi arabia announced 2 of islams holiest mosques in mecca and medina will be closed to joining ramadan the kingdom has the highest number of cases of cover 19 in the gulf region. In afghanistan the usually busy markets were quiet with fewer people out on the streets lockdown restrictions have been in place in the city since march meanwhile traders in bangladeshs capital dhaka are stocking ramadan markets with goods but few people have so far come out to shop evening prayers and mosques have been restricted to just 12 people in croatias capital zagreb only 3 men prayed in a mosque to mark the beginning of ramadan that says the countrys preparing to start easing lockdown measures but in indonesia many ignored the warnings and gathered for prayers in the indonesian city of banda it was a different scene in the capital jakarta mosques remained empty as people opted to stay home. But for some the cost of staying in indonesias big cities is becoming too great that normally more than 20000000 workers leave the capital jakarta for their hometowns for the holiday but as jessica washington reports the pandemic has disrupted that tradition. The bags are packed and theyve paid for the tickets but this family wont be traveling anytime soon nearly all domestic and International Travel in indonesia is now on hold until june yeah well yeah i always travel before its the only time i can see my family im sad but there is nothing we can do we must follow the governments instructions on a normal day a station like this one would be packed with people and it would be even busier in the lead up to that wont happen this year stopping people from travelling to their hometowns should help slow the spread of the virus but it also brings new challenges but those who have lost their income and say they can no longer afford life in indonesia as big city. Hours before the ban came in this was the scene at one jakarta bus depot social distancing gave way to desperation thousands of people trying to get out of the capital before it was too late barring the army because of the announcement from the president about the travel ban many people panicked here is the epicenter of the covert 900 outbreak in indonesia and these travellers could spread the virus to provinces with no Proper Health facilities but many here feel they have no choice anyway is one of them millions of low income earners have lost their jobs because of the virus the factory eddie works is shot indefinitely his rent is 50 dollars each month and he cant afford that now anyway. The corona Virus Outbreak has made this ramadan different to previous years i lost my job im very sad i cant live in jakarta without a job i cant afford it so i decided to go home before the ban this virus hasnt just disrupted the annual homecoming of millions but their livelihoods too just to washington aljazeera to counter. And there are fears infections in pakistan could rise rapidly jaring ramadan the government decided to keep mosques open and people gathering to pray must follow social distancing measures the doctors of urged the government and most of the leaders to the verse that decision kemal hyder is following developments from the capital islamabad doctors have certainly made a plea and theyve said that the government and the clarity must reconsider that decision because of the threat that dishpan demick go to spiral out of control as far as bog astonished concerned and they say they will not be able to handle that situation now or earlier the bug astonied imposed a lockdown they closed all of the mosque and told people to stay away and pray at home however tend to let a cleric date took matters into their own hands they started defying go in or does that put pressure on the government that they would not listen to the government and that of course led to our top talks between the president and the clerics the government then a buckling under pressure and allowing them to hold these congregational prayers including dharavi prayer which i had that night and in the month of ramadan and that of course attracts a large number of people that hate really age that every days social distancing measures on your dog and what we have been able to find today and that people have not been paying any attention to that some of these religious leader do a scene in large crowds announcing the beginning of ramadan and that of course showed that did no attention being paid to Safety Measures so indeed a lot of british there meant as far as the people are concerned and apprehension that this could all lead to an escalation and the number of call read 100 cases head in pockets on. Tens of thousands of students in hong kong are sitting important academic tests jury in the Global Pandemic Strict Health measures are in place to ensure 52000 people safe students will mosques and had their temperatures checked schools have been closed for most of the year and Students Learning online instead despite the precautions some students say theres still concerned about the health risk sarah clarke has more from a Testing Center in hong kong. This is one of the 350. 00 Examination Centers set up a process from home where the final year they could be students taking their final end of year exams these tests had been put on hold but the government gave the education the go ahead just last week after decided that the number of coronavirus had been falling and it was psyched to allow small groups together now a number of tough social distancing measures have been put in place to avoid human to human contact the students and the teachers have also been trying to deal with emergencies we would like to be back to to do whatever we can to make sure that. The proper exam that the have been spend. To be one of the memorable moment no regrets despite the 2nd precautions that have been put in place some students have told others here that theyre concerned about large groups gathering in one place the risk of an outbreak of the crime but if the government records a spike in the number of cases in hong kong these exams would once again be put on hold. Brazil is reporting its highest single day death toll with 407. 00 people dying from the virus that takes the total to more than 3300. 00 at least half of those on the state of south paulo brazil is epicenter for the pandemic president jalal sanaa who has dismissed scientific advice and has led a number of anti lock down protests a new toy can be a source of joy for a child but in iran economic sanctions are making it harder to get consumer goods so one mans doing his best to put a smile on childrens faces simple shopping has more from tough on. The pieces of broken toys are put back together again. Were giving new life to old things has been a Family Tradition for nearly 50 years if you are someone you love have a favorite toy that needs fixing there are people here who are able to help and said listen to this doll belongs to my daughter thankfully they repaired it because it was very expensive under sanctions and. If we could send it back to exchange it with a new one but here we have to bring it to be repaired. Many of the toys that come through the door sentimental value for the owner but sanctions have made good quality toys. What is available is expensive so iranians also find it cheaper to repair than replace we enjoy living a life back to something that is broken and it gives you good feeling. Brothers are often the 1st to see the broken toy they say there is no manual for this kind of work. Is mostly mechanical fix newer ones require a working knowledge of Electronics Circuitry Online Research spare parts they cant make inhouse whatever it takes it disappointing a customer does not seem to be an option. To go. To. 7 stone because of the virus he doesnt come into the main shop and the suns the front end of the business well he continues to repair childrens toys from his workshop and. Began his career at his fathers workshop in iraq. He opened his own business after his family moved to iran in the 1970 s. The money. My father used to repairing gramophone as a kid i always spent my time with him i used to see the mechanical movements in the gears and i loved them so i used to buy broken toys and repaired them and my father helped me fix them seeing a girl or boy happy when their toys are repaired brings me joy. This room in a small house and all to ron is a sanctuary for a lost and forgotten toys once perhaps a childs favorite thing now a little worse for wear. But on sub us table they all get a 2nd chance. His work he says requires patience and creativity and from gramophone aerial drones 3 generations of the Family Business is a reminder what is broken can be fixed zain busser aviel jazeera iran. And thats it for me rob matheson for this news hour im going to be back in a moment with more of the days news including more on our breaking story from the World Health Organization which is announced a plan to accelerate to research into a covert 19 vaccine the head of the w. H. O. Dr said the world needs these tools and needs them fos he said experience has told us that even when the tools are available they have not to be equally available to all we cannot allow that to happen we have from other World Leaders who are throwing their weight behind the program ill be back in a couple of minutes with more on that but for now. Throughout history humankind has prevailed in our darkest all coming together to face the very thing that would extinguish our light. This is not one of those moments. At all. This is a moment for pretty much the opposite for hiding for laying low. Now is also. Saving humankind by really really not getting mirrors. Where playing games staring at screens staring at any. All of the stuff of your hours. Every generation has its most were individual sacrifice makes way for the good of those who will come after a higher purpose. This one is ours. Aljazeera one goes on a roller coaster journey in iran and discover how for an entire Refugee Community itself and identity. Of law. To prove to the world. I will be able to prove myself to my townsmen friends and myself. To the psychic child afghan unite on aljazeera. Rewind return this can bring your people back to life im sorry and brand new updates on the best of aljazeera documentaries in the liberal i was the floods and now im like any other student rewind continues with children of conflict. Wed love some peace in this world especially ingersoll children do not have any rights here rewind on aljazeera. We can not work alone. A Global Response to a Global Pandemic and leaders from around the world unite in the fight against covert 90. Percent this is all just a live from doha also coming up the u. S. President s under fire again for touting unproven treatments for the virus. Testing times in