Contributed to our understanding of the universe. Welcome to the Program Leaders from around the world have announced theyre teaming up to develop and deliver a Coronavirus Vaccine that will be accessible to all the program is being called a landmark collaboration work will start with a global pledging effort next month aimed at raising 8000000000. 00 the un and politicians all stressed the need to make vaccine widely available to everyone there was a notable absence though from the meeting of the United States which says it has no official involvement the w. H. O. Chief says its important all tools used for fighting the virus are available to everyone but the experience is stored as that even went to the side a veil a bill they had 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 accelerator or the accelerator this is a landmark collaboration to accelerate the Development Production and. Distribution of vaccines that are no sticks and turn out due to export of corbett 19. French president Manuel Mccollum for size the importance for the world to unite behind the initiative. Were now going to continue to mobilize all countries of the g 7 end the g 20 for them to back this initiative i hope that we will be able to reconcile this initiative with china and the u. S. Because the fight against covert 19 as a common good for humanity this shouldnt be any divisions between countries we need to join forces to win this battle diplomatic editor james bays is at the United Nations with more. This time of Global Crisis if you look at times past you would have expected the 1st or 2nd speakers event like that to be from the u. S. And probably be the u. S. President instead you saw other members of the g. 7 the use or germany you saw france you saw italy you saw the u. K. All taking plant but a very big absence from the United States clearly though they couldnt attend because the event was coordinated by the World Health Organization the World Health Organization coordinating the whole Global Response to this pandemic but of course its the World Health Organization that President Trump has picked a fight with he said its not doing a very good job it wasnt tough enough on china and hes cut all new funding to the World Health Organization last week so really there was no way that u. S. Officials could take part in this let me just give you their official line because we did ask for a statement this is what we got back by email from the u. S. Mission to the u. N. In geneva thats where the World Health Organization is based they said theyll be no official u. S. Participation where we were informed of this event last week and look forward to learning more about this initiative as soon as possible dr john bailey me as a professor of medical and medicine at the George WashingtonUniversity School of medicine she joins me now on skype from washington d. C. Good to have you with us on the program where are we in terms of the testing that were hearing about obviously theres a lot going on in europe and the americans have a great deal of a great deal of facilities available how do you assess where we are. Well i think that being in washington d. C. If my assessment of the United States is different than the rest of the world right now the highest area where testing is going on is in the state of new york other places such as in washington d. C. Where remember we have some of the highest poverty rates and some of the worst Health Outcomes in the country are actually not as good in terms of testing thats one right now the testing is limited to people who have symptoms and number 3 we do not have a test a reliable test anyway not yet to actually test and see if people who have been exposed or who have gotten sick with the virus actually have antibodies and are immune to the virus so we are still in need of more tests more of the ingredients to help us run that sounds and then of course were all waiting for the antibody tests but of course that coordination comes with the w. H. O. So if you dont mind id like to ask you your view of the w. H. O. Because the u. S. President really doesnt have time for the organization how important or not has the w. H. O. Been medically research on its global coordination as far as your concerned when it comes to not just covert 19 but a bowl and all the other diseases that weve seen over the decades. The w. H. O. Is essential and it has been a world leader for decades i think that the crisis of covert 19 underscores the importance of having a holistic Global International approach with putting the best minds from all over the world together both in the Public Health that main the clinical domain and of course the Research Domain and that cannot be separated from issues of poverty of war even of Climate Change you must have a holistic view because. These issues are interconnected the w. H. O. As leadership has while imperfect in some cases but certainly admirable i completely support their mission. The doctor by amy is very good to have your insight on that thank you very much for your time. Now medical experts in the us are once again warning about the dangers of donald trump using his position to tout unproven treatments hes been criticized after discussing the possibilities of injecting disinfectant in using ultraviolet light to fight the virus and now the food and Drug Administration has warned against taking an anti malarial drug the president was promoting saying that there is a risk of heart rhythm problems alexy obrian explains. 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 see that in a minute one minute and is there a way we can do Something Like that. By 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 u. S. Centers 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 us here in the. Earth is there you know i think im here to buy that we havent studied we dont do that within that lab in 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 gilliatt and thats. Where m. D. s are are. Desart or 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 via 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 true medical and Public Health experts 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 they evidence is not providing supporting that theory so im sorry we cannot hurt that summer is going to have the effect that many people hope it 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 brian al jazeera. These are pictures just a few minutes ago of the president signing that nearly half a trillion dollar corona virus relief bill lets get straight over to our correspondent Kimberly Halkett the white house and can before we talk about the president s disinfectant and chemical comments this is talk about this bill hes obviously signed it now but who is it going to benefit. Its going to benefit Small Businesses and the idea is this will allow Small Business owners to keep their employees on the payroll now the president and his staff speaking just a moment ago one of the Staff Members inside the oval office there as that signing took place saying that this could save in excess of 30000000 jobs theres no way to prove that number but in fact this is the number that the white house keeps repeating they say that what this will do it will help of minority owned businesses one of the concerns has been that in the previous round of Small Business loans that was so successful the money ran out because so many people needed it that it went to Large Companies like restaurant chains like shake shack a National Burger chain also Harvard University with an enormous and downward find we should point out that those businesses have returned that money because of the negative publicity that they received as a result but the argument is that this time around there will be more careful scrutinization of who is receiving this money and it truly will supposedly go to the mom and pop type businesses that it was designed for and of course the president having just signed yet another big tranche of money for those moment pop businesses as you say but whats been the fallout of his comments. Potentially using disinfectants and u. V. Rays as a remedy to covert 19 its come over its coming from its coming with criticism slightly from the International Political sphere that the 1st secretary of scotland saying that sound science is required before statements like thats made from respectable world leaders. The us presidency in just the last few moments has insisted that he was being sarcastic when he made those comments suggesting that it might be wise to in jacked disinfectant to or even to have u. V. Light inside the body as a way of treating covert 19 now i think anyone who saw that press conference we just played the president s comments just a moment ago it didnt appear the president was being sarcastic but this is the latest spin coming from the white house and from the president he was asked more on the injection he says i do think disinfectant on the hands could be a very good a fact says the impact being examined in laboratories has tremendous impact but im not a doctor they have to work with their doctors asked again if he was encouraging this he says of course not i could be held because i was house correspondent thank you. In the u. K. Millions of key workers have become eligible for corona Virus Testing if they show symptoms of the illness the British Government has made testing a key part of its strategy to fight the pandemic but its faced criticism over the slow rollout of mass testing chalons is following events for us from london lets bring quiet behind you rory. It is quiet its quiet because an hour or so ago this testing site here at chessington world of adventures usually an Amusement Park it closed for the day an hour or so ago but even when it was open after say there wasnt a whole lot more activity going on than what you can see at the moments there was a bare trickle of cars coming through here its one of the the strange conundrums of the testing situation in the u. K. That there seems to be huge demand for tests lots of Health Care Workers care workers who look after people in Retirement Homes etc have been saying for weeks that they cant get a proper test and now you have 16000 apparently according to the government key workers logging on to the governments new sites to book their own test today so many that they exhausted the available slots but come down to places like this and theres nobody here its really very strange i mean he can try and find reasons for it and it might be because these places are actually fairly few and far between and if you want to get tested then maybe you have to get in your car and drive from many many kilometers away and if youre feeling sick because this is a test to find out if youve got the got the deal miss then thats certainly not something that you would really want to do and you cant so the moment go just down to your local g. P. s and get tested by a doctor so thats perhaps. One reason there are also questions over the reliability of the tests done and the ability of the centers to actually sort of process them properly yeah its one of the weird aspects of this as the government is trying to reach 100000. 00 tests today by the end of the month obviously the government has been able to get started amount of people so whats the fallout of not being able to test the public and test key workers in terms of the public image of whether the government to do a good or a bad job over this. Well there are 2 main problems that the government has faced for the duration of the corona Virus Outbreak here in the u. K. Has been p. P. Personal protective equipment for front line medical staff for those working in care homes and also the kind of sluggish nature of the testing and certainly when you compare to countries such as germany which were on top of the testing pretty much from the get go the u. K. Is look very very slow indeed and its been accused of that by opposition parties here its so clear starmer whos the leader of the labor party the Opposition Party was pushing the government on that recently and there is a sense here that the government has been promising for weeks saying that these thousands of people are going to be tested and not quite delivering on that at least yet. In london thank you. Still ahead here on aljazeera concerns growing greece as more silent seekers tests positive for the virus after showing new symptoms and. Only for. Muslims around the world are urged to stick to social distancing guidelines at the start of the holy month of ramadan those stories after the break. How its warming up across the middle east now were getting up to wards the 40 degree mark as we go on through this weekend largely clear skies loss of dry weather lots of sunshine further north weakens showers just spinning out of eastern turkey just around the coax is pushing across iraq into iran some of them on the shop soggy much see the odd shower there into georgia maybe it as a passion and armenia but also as you can see its largely dry quite a stiff wind blowing in across northern parts of saudi arabia into iraq for a time when those winds swing around some of a southerly direction as we go through sunday hence that rise in temperatures 39 celsius a possibility here on sunday could touch 41 in kuwait meanwhile across the other side of the red sea we got the usual scattering of showers there around the therapy and highlands somalia still seeing some live downpours showers not quite as widespread in places say into kenya but they are still there showers extend across the gulf of guinea into a good part of west africa as per usual well see some rather heavy rain for a time into the democratic republic of congo just spilling in across western parts for a time the showers seasonal ways they continue across a good part of the area that we go with the heavy rain its a day ill say further south wales got a few showers to the east of south africa. I easily test trades and trace frank assessments why is it so hes struggling to cope with the number coronavirus failure to take really aggressive action at them behind the herd informed opinions its going to be much more challenging in a place like haiti where there is one ventilator 3000000 people indepth analysis of the days global headlines as india done enough to nip the spread of coronavirus in the inside story on aljazeera. Welcome back youre watching out as a reminder of our top stories Global Leaders have joined the World Health Organization to launch an initiative to speed up work on drugs tests and vaccines against covert 19 but there was a marked absence with the United States announcing that it would not be getting involved. Also President Trump has signed the latest Coronavirus Relief bill into law it releases almost 500000000000. 00 to help hospitals and Small Businesses affected by the shutdown is the 4th round of pandemic relief funding. And in the United Kingdom millions of key workers have become eligible for proVirus Testing if they show symptoms of the illness p. Pritish government has faced criticism over the slow rollout of mass testing. Brazils Justice Minister has resigned in another blow to present government surgeon moros stepped down shortly after also the federal police chief now the president is under fierce criticism as brazil struggles to cope with the current Virus Outbreak is the worst affected country in latin america with more than 50000 people infected. Prisoners have staged a protest after a prison officer tested positive for cope with 19 inmates at the german border is always a demanding transfers and some a tree control over worries that theyre vulnerable to the infection at one point they threw sharp objects from the roof this could have the latest number of correspondent trees in but as i would be monitoring events for close to where the protest is happening what is happening right now. What argentina was one of the 1st countries in latin america to impose a lockdown because of the spread of cold 1000 but in spite of that the virus is spreading argentina has now around 3000 confirmed cases and some of them are happening inside this country is prison what we know is that very early this friday morning a group of prisoners started a protest they set matches on fire and control of at least 2 floors is side of this prison where i am right now right now theyre right on the rooftop theyve been protesting there for the past 2 hours and their demand has been that they want those who are above the 60 years old to be transferred to other prisons as you just said this is something that has many of the prisoners worried one of the guards apparently tested positive for covert 1006 others where isolated in this whole incident at least 11 Prison Guards have been resulted in jury because of whats been going on here on the grounds theres negotiations ongoing some of the relatives of the presenters are coming right here to check on whats exactly going on and what will happen and weve seen an increase in unrest in prisons in argentina in the past months 5 inmates inmates who lost their lives back in march and right now theres over 1200 prisoners who are on Hunger Strike because of what they say is the Current Situation of prisons inside of a lack of sanitary conditions among other things that many have is are saying thats whats happening in argentina could also happen in other countries in latin america and they say that prisons in the region iraq time because theyre at risk of the spread of covert 19 for the trees a bow is thank you. In southern greece 470 Asylum Seekers have been placed under quarantine in a hotel only a 3rd of them are infected with corona virus and as John Psaropoulos reports from puerto henley there are growing concerns over more outbreaks in other refugee camps whew hew truck sprays chemicals to disinfect the air around the galaxy hotel 148 Asylum Seekers and 2 Staff Members here have tested positive for corona virus most show no symptoms which may be how the disease a scape the authorities attention until now but that may change we saw one man taken to hospital with breathing problems the outbreak has led to concerns of infection among people from the local community here in southern greece who supply all maintain the hotel and i mean im a guy you can rule out this check up and we tested 177 people who came into contact with refugees like supermarket workers couriers bank workers and pharmacists and were tremendously relieved to find out today that all these samples are negative which means theres been no spread of the infection there have been 2 previous outbreaks in facilities housing Asylum Seekers but infection rates there reached one percent of the resident population or less before storage fees quarantines them here for the 1st time they have reached 31 percent it is exactly what authorities have sought to prevent and this is what they want to prevent happening in the more crowded camps only a jian islands home 235000 Asylum Seekers here people live in cramped huts and tents and theres limited access to Running Water and soap fears of a corona Virus Outbreak earlier this month caused a riot at the refugee camp on heroes which destroyed offices the International Organization for migration which runs 30 refugee camps on the mainland including the galaxy hotel says information is vital to prevent panic what you say in. I have a community understands what is going on we tried to identify community. Knowing that we were taught to convey a message they are important to the us lives the same thing that we did is to create a network of whats up so to try to keep their need for because if they are not informed you know they dont understand and they make assumptions that lead me again to cross the greek government has put the entire region under quarantine and it says it will stop using hotels to house migrants this year but the hilly relies on tourism for revenue and its leaders want to open up for business as soon as possible jumpstart ople us al jazeera part of the hilly. Muslims across the globe are marking ramadan the holiest month in the year but while traditional rituals include gatherings for food and prayers many people will have to go these amid coronavirus lockdowns saudi arabia announce 2 of islams holiest mall 6 in mecca and medina will be closed during ramadan the kingdom has the highest number of cases of covert 1000 in the gulf region but the government in pakistan has decided to keep mosques open during ramadan people gathering to pray must observe social distancing measures but there are concerns the number of infections could rise. Now for 3 decades the Hubble Telescope has been pairing deep into the universe and beaming spectacular images of distant galaxies back to earth as nasa marks its 30th anniversary lee harvey reports on hubbles contributions to science and how theyve changed our understanding of space. 54321 and. They started discovering how to place. Window on the universe public is the 1st major optical telescope sent into space taking edges from above the distortion of the atmosphere and Light Pollution nasa has called it the ultimate mountaintop when the possibility of a telescope in space opened up astronomers jumped on the idea scientists have used hubble to observe the most distant stars and galaxies as well as the planets in our solar system its most famous photo was taken in 1995 a socalled deep field image showing areas of the universe as they were billions of years ago during 3 decades in orbit hubble has influenced many people back on earth its my job to make things up for a living and constantly use my imagination but hubble and the dedicated scientists behind it take all of that a step further ive been fortunate to work on shows like your vel than star the lack of i spent almost 2 decades on star trek a space is kind of my guess. But you know when you look at the vistas gifted to us. Changes not just mine changes. Hubble orbits the earth once every hour and a half giving us a great witness in space hubble was also the 1st telescope designed to be visited in space so astronauts could carry out repairs but early in its Mission Engineers found a problem that shocked them the images sent back to earth were blurred. Just like i think. The spacecraft just going out of its misery. After 12 years of construction at a cost of billions of dollars astronauts were sent to space in 1903 to fix a faulty lens for your bar or your record. That mission was a success in fantastic images began to be transmitted back to earth when people talk about the legacy of hubble. I think among its greatest legacies will be. Helping humanity understand that you know when things go to space we can in fact theyre not its not hopeless if theres something wrong we can service them in many cases if we make some preparation to do that. But hubble does have an expiry date scientist estimate it should last another 5 years or until its solar batteries stopped working until then hubble can build on its like a c. Revealing yet more images from far depths of our universe well you heard in aljazeera. Got your jazeera with the cell robin a reminder of our top news stories Global Leaders have joined the World Health Organization to launch an initiative to speed up work on drugs tests and vaccines against covert 19 but there was a marked absence with the United States announcing that it would not be getting involved u. S. President donald trump has signed the latest Coronavirus Relief bill into law it releases almost 500000000000. 00 to help hospitals and Small Businesses affected by the shutdown is the 4th round of pandemic relief funding and in the u. K. Millions a key workers have become eligible for coronaVirus Testing if they show symptoms of the illness the British Government has faced criticism over the slow rollout of mass testing largent in prisoners have staged a protest after a prison officer tested positive for covert 19 inmates at the jail and burned as our reserve demanding transfers unsanitary control over worries that theyre vulnerable to infection trees a boat has more from outside the prison. Group of prisoners took over at least 2 floors of this prison many of them you can see them right of the top of the prison there have a blanket thats been painted where it says where you can read we do not want to die in here theyve been banging some scrap metal among other things and we just saw that the police was firing tear gas inside the prison and what the prisoners are doing is basically throwing. The back onto the streets weve been seeing also lots of the relatives of those who are inside this prison coming around here extremely worried about the ongoing situation brazils Justice Minister has resigned over what he calls political interference in another blow to president john bolton or his government so tomorrow who is a former Anti Corruption judge stepped down shortly after balls and arrows sank to the federal Police Chiefs and muslims across the globe are marking ramadan the holiest month of the year so to arabia and owns 2 of islams holiest mosques in mecca and medina will be closed during ramadan the kingdom has the highest number of cases of covert 19 in the gulf region those are the headlines and back with more news in half an hour next its inside story with Bernard Smith do stay with us. The wildlife trade under scrutiny the Global Pandemic has led to a debate on the way markets live animals are sold for food so should they be closed this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program and its the scientists still trying to confirm exactly source of the new corona virus sweeping across the world its believed the virus may have jumped from exotic animals to humans