A spike in cases of malaria. And america after a long down could reopening the economy place long term limits on Civil Liberties. Hello the World Health Organization has warned that people who recover from the corona virus may not be immune from re infection so the w. H. O. Says theres no evidence people who developed antibodies after contracting the virus were protected from getting get a 2nd time and without that guarantee that the Organization Says plans by some governments to roll out socalled immunity passports could be risky but an increasing number of countries are easing restrictions India Pakistan spain and some american states are among the latest to lift some of their lock down measures and its now been confirmed that more than 200000 people have died from the virus globally but in china where it all began there is optimism the country has not reported any deaths from the virus for 10 Straight Days or a challenge begins our coverage with more on that warning from the w. H. O. The u. K. Is one of many countries that has been looking at the idea of immunity passports this would be a way for people or some people at least to go back to work if they could prove that they already have had covert 19 and therefore its assumed that they have an immunity i would be able to get it again or pass it on but the w. H. O. The World Health Organization is not keen on this idea for this reason well we do certainly understand the intention of trying to see who can go safely back who were who be of french julie risk free or the other people but unfortunately from the scientific point of view we simply dont know if the person who has been infected with. 90. 2. Gets this immunity and if it gets the immunity how long this immunity is lasting now there are always problems with the immunity passport idea to start with for one thing its very divisive if you have some people who are allowed to go back to work and some people arent at a time when most governments are trying to unify their populations and say were all in this together but this verdict from the w. H. O. That people dont necessarily have immunity anyway and also saying that the testing to prove this or not is a bit sketchy at the moment at best well i think that kills the immunity passport idea for the moment at least until a science can suggest otherwise lets talk about this with Chris Matthews a consultant medical veralyn just an elector at the university of cambridge whos joining us from cambridge via skype thanks for your time with us on al jazeera what is your opinion or reaction to that warning from the w. H. O. When a person catches this new coronavirus the body responds by mounting an immune response and we know that happens because people recover the vast majority of people recover and if we look in the bloodstream we can try and antibodies and its almost certain youll find white blood cells that have been programmed by the immune system to fight off this infection you can repeat those sorts of studies in animals as well there are there are studies in monkeys for example there are also studies in other animals now and most animals get exactly the same sort of infection that humans do they become unwell they clear the virus and they get an immune response and if you keep looking downstream of them having been infected you can continue to detect an immune response so all this is adding up to the fact that the body does make a successful immune response and it all comes down to well how long does that last for and i think what the w. H. O. Are doing is urging caution which is always sensible to do because we dont know the answer to that and we couldnt possibly know the answer because weve only known about the viruses existence for about 6 months so the longest time that were going to know anyone can be immune is 6 months but at the same time one should also bear in mind that we do have a good immune system it seems to work in the long term for a lot of other infections so its not a given that it wont work i think theyre just being cautious and theres a number of reasons about it i might be right so what more that needs to be done to get more clarity on exactly the degree of protection that these antibodies actually provide and for how long. I think the w. H. O. Are taking the stance they are because what they want to actively discourage is the possibility that there could be the voluntary or coerced self infection back in the 1980s it was very popular and even into the 990. 00 s. To have chicken pox parties where a parent who had a child with chicken pox would invite all that childs mates around and everyone would share the infection as well as birthday cake and about 14 days later youd have a big crop of people with chicken pox but then youd be immune for life theres a concern that if people thought that this was their passport not just to travel internationally but not worrying about this anymore there might be a temptation of them to go out and actively seek out infection that would be a high Risk Strategy it would be uncontrolled and as a result it could lead to another surge in cases such a transmission and a surge of people getting very unwell despite the fact the risk is still very low of that happening so i think theyre probably choosing their words very carefully to discourage this but what we will find out inevitably in the coming months is how long this immunity last fall but because weve only known about the virus for a relatively short time we cant possibly know about its long term performance in terms of immune response for longer than weve known about it and that amounts to about 6 months can antibody tests be more effective on specific populations or groups of people rather than individuals. Well the way antibody tests work is that youre looking in the bloodstream for a type of antibody called g g these are long lived long very stable antibodies that are produced about 3 or 4 weeks after an infection has been cleared by the immune system and they provide immune memory or at least part of your immune memory and theyre also a molecular marker in the bloodstream thats long lived in some cases life long that tells our scientists but also remind your body that youve seen that threat in the past and theyre a to neutralize that threat if you encounter it again and also to help you to rev up an immune response against similar threats if you meet those in future so we can use this as a good marker for whos had the virus and thats going to become a very important part of our strategy because well be looking in the population of various countries to see how many people have those antibodies because that will tell us how far the disease is spread in future well be able to use this also as a way of dictating whether or not someone can or cant work in certain areas without adopting appropriate protective equipment for instance a person whos got those antibodies if were able to reassure ourselves that theyre providing lifelong or long term immunity that person could go safely back and care for people who have the active infection or go in care for Vulnerable People who could catch the infection knowing that theyre not going to pass the infection on to that Vulnerable Person right to leave it there Chris Matthews thank you very much for joining us from came permission thank you. Well in china the author already has havent reported any new deaths from a coronavirus for the 10th straight day a virus is believed to have originated in the chinese city of war hong late last year and it comes as singapore confirmed 618 new infections making it the country with the highest number of cases in Asia Sarah Clarke reports. More than 3 months after the corona Virus Outbreak the city at the original epi cinta is standing down some of its medical teams Chinas National Health Commission says all critically ill patients and will have recovered but the last group dispatched from hospital on saturday. The number of patients in severe in Critical Condition and we had city finally became 0 which marks a decisive victory in the battle against the virus means that the covert 903 men in china has reached International Advanced levels you mentioned the government is now focusing its efforts on a rise in imported cases in the Northern Province of helen jiang which borders russia china has recorded more than 83000 cases of the virus but a study published in the journal lancet says the numbers could be 4 times higher if they are just presenting with cold symptoms at a time of winter in china then they simply would have got infected so i had the cold maybe being diagnosed with having the cold or pneumonia like symptoms and then gotten better 85 percent of cases singapore now has the highest corona virus infection right in asia its reported another spike in its daily cases the majority of new infections a Migrant Workers living in crowded dog treats medical teams have been deployed to step up testing and Health Checks and the government has extended the nationwide lockdown until june but as singapore totnes its conte measures vietnam is starting to lift its restrictions the streets in hanoi are still empty but some shops are reopening for business but the Health Authority there reporting no new. Cases this week do you observe that the governments decision instructions are very well thought out and logical and in recent days the outbreak has been pushed back a few grateful. Citizens its a downward trend being shared in south korea which suffered the 1st major outbreak outside china its government has outlined a 2 year Recovery Plan after reporting the lowest number of cases since the peak in february but the south Korean Health minister has warned citizens to accept the reality that life wont return to normal for some time yet sarah clarke our dizzier of sir lanka has reimposed the nationwide lockdown until monday after the countrys largest daily increase in cases of the coronavirus 66 new cases have been confirmed over the past 2 days bringing the total number of infections to 440 the majority of cases were recorded among navy sailors who were searching for those evading quarantine the month long lockdown was partially lifted on monday during daytime hours and more than 2 thirds of the country 7 people have been killed by the disease in the now fernandas has more from the capital colombo she says more than 35000 people have been arrested for violating the measures. Checkpoints like this door to the country all over the 25. 00 districts this one the special task force of the police the sum of 55000. 00 Police Personnel that the Police Spokesman tells us are on the roads policing this complete lockdown over the weekend now the government had hoped a centrally to start easing curfew indeed in most of the districts on monday things have eased from 5 oclock in the morning to lakes 8 oclock at night however with a huge spike in the numbers seen yesterday theyve had to clamp down once again not just in those districts but also here in the capital colombo and 4 other districts now these are the scenes this generally very busy street in newgate go to columbus suburb is teeming with people on a saturday afternoon but as you can see the only vehicles that are being stopped and searched are essential services they cause invariably lots of food deliveries Health Service workers and people like that who are the only ones who are allowed on the streets the essential services but everyone everyone else has been urged to stay put in fact 35000 more than 35000 people arrested for violating curfew more than 1000 acres being confiscated by the Law Enforcement authorities. Still to come on aljazeera the worlds biggest lock down a little india allow some small shops to open. And with coronavirus hospitalisations falling the state of new york turns its attention to antibody testing. Had a plenty of warm dry sunshine across much of central and Northern Europe it was eventually out across the south this was still going to say a fair few showers want to scout the thunderstorms but its not so good i want to just point us to denmark in the secular to the region because dealing with some really very dry conditions in fact just a few minute meters of rain in the last few weeks and this is what the ground looks size the farm is a really having a lot of water to actually water the crops and theres no real rain in the forecast meanwhile to the north a good a fair amount of cloud just pushing through into areas of norway on into sweden of course some fairly strong winds as well maybe since scattered showers into more northern sections of the u. K. And then we have got more rain in the 4 calls into southern areas of france and once again on into will central and Northern Areas especially want to scout a chance through the Central Mediterranean they were just lingering as we go through monday and again so of a rash of showers really across areas across the southwest and again through the southern areas of france to the north a little bit more in the way of rain across scandinavia so lets hope some of that finds its way further south into denmark and still a few showers into Northern Areas of africa once again geria tunisia where were going to see the bulk of the shallows and maybe a few reappearing monday across into morocco. Al jazeera was. On a roller coaster journey in the wrong and discovered. That she. Self belief and identity. Id like to see the world. I would be able to make myself my. Friend and myself. To the site child afghan you know on aljazeera. Hello again or minder of the top stories on aljazeera as the global death toll from a Coronavirus Process 200000 the World Health Organization says there was no evidence anyone who has recovered from covert 19 is protected from further infection and without that guarantee the w h o says by some governments to roll out socalled immunity passports would be a risk. China hasnt reported any new deaths from the corona virus for the 10th straight day but there are new and growing doubts about the accuracy accuracy of the chinese dot. Britain has become the 5th country to report more than 20000 deaths from the corona virus an increase of more than 800 in the past day and belgium the european nation with the highest rate if it fades alkies per capita says it will start easing restrictions and has more. Mirai ring the. Bell to tell long live the 25th of april long live freedom the words of a former resistance fighter juries world war 2 something juvenility stuck at home in the italian capital rome. The nation wide looked means on the 75th anniversary of liberation and the end of fascism hung in floods from their windows up and down the country instead of holding parades and the 196 year old former parties on who fought most of lehmans forces thats heartening. Me yeah. Right now depend more important an antifascist demonstrations between must also keep them alive especially at this time because a dismemberment we might destroy everything of the italian Democratic State in the name up and demick it is very dangerous and very uncertain. Its that uncertainty thats behind belgiums approach as it plans to gradually lift restrictions despite having the highest coronavirus death rate capital in europe from the 4th of may when the 1st shots reopened everyone is 12 or over will have to wear a mask on public transport the governments policy to help it will have them over their lives or to fit it in a federal government and a different entities are implementing a common strategy to guarantee that every citizen will be see for free at least one protective mask covering both the mouth and the nose bars and restaurants across belgium will start reopening in june but the government says it will bring back restrictions if the medical situation worsens its not an easy question can release. Everything from the heart dont think so because i think we we will have a huge problem on the intensive care. He bets or almost full. In britain where the number of people recorded as dying in the hospital from cop it 19 has gone past 20000 people are being urged to be patient and stick to the stay home guidelines the 5 tests we have laid out must be met before we can easies life saving restrictions we must be sure that we can to continue to protect the n. H. S. That there is a sustained and consistent fall in the daily rates of death that the data shows the rate of infection decreases that the operational challenges on met and of course there is no risk of a 2nd peak of infections. The one in the french capital where restrictions are even tougher this neighborhood cinema is projecting films onto its walls for anyone living near enough a simple way of bringing people together until they are allowed to socialize once again the dean barber aljazeera or indias easing restrictions for its 1300000000. 00 people on lockdown shops selling nonessential girds can now open but only at 50 percent capacity areas considered infection hotspots such as Larger Stores and malls will stay shut Health Officials have reported nearly 25000 cases and 780 deaths thats what parana as a new delhi she says there are some cabinets that it isnt have restrictions. In areas that are considered known hotspots we are seeing shops reopening and people heading out this comes off to the Home Ministry released a statement very late on friday night to come as something those of a surprise saying that all shops which arent in morals marketplaces are allowed to open but with social conditions like everyone has to wear face masks and gloves and still observe social distancing the gloves aspects aspect as you they also said that all shops and markets in rural areas are allowed to open nearly 70 percent of indians actually live in rural areas weve had a clarification from the Health Ministry said that now baba shops and salons allow it to open because they dont sell ice and they Sell Services so not only essential items are being allowed to be sold but not known essential services were not seeing any easing of restrictions in places like delhi most of delhi is considered is filled rather with hotspots and were actually seeing more restrictions and other places like the Southern State of tamil nadu for instance indias most populous state of health and predation has extended the bad public gatherings until the end of june so the situation really depends on where you are in the country but certainly shops being allowed to open is a huge relief to the millions of indians again in no one hotspot zones who owned small standalone shops. And as we reported earlier the w. H. O. Has warned that there is no evidence that people with antibodies to the corona virus are protected from reinfection in the u. S. State of new york there has been a large scale rollout of antibodies testing doctors nurses and other employees for a new york citys worst that hospitals will be tested 1st independent pharmacists will be allowed to collect samples in a bid to. Boost capacity and the move is part of a broader strategy to identify how widely the virus has spread across the states Governor Andrew Cuomo also said that hospital is the zation across the state have fallen to the same level as 21 days ago. Testing is what we are compulsively obsessive lee focused on now both diagnostic testing which is the prize the negative deity by the testing we do about 20000. 00 tests per day average goes up and down a little bit depending on the day. While demonstrations are continuing across the u. S. Against the virus lockdowns testers say stay at home order is violate their Civil Liberties however thats what the government does when society does reopen that is of more concern to privacy advocates Shihab Rattansi has more from washington. Within weeks of 911 the patriot act was passed in the u. S. With no congressional debate it allowed unprecedented surveillance with minimal oversight over american citizens the alternative the government suggested was responsibility for another terrorist attack the laundry list. That the talibans community had wanted for many years at the time they were sure and says the measures would be temporary but theyve been routinely reauthorized by congress yet mass surveillance proved ineffective counterproductive and the data was being used for purposes unrelated to terrorism it was only 12 years after the patriot act passed with the whistleblowing of Edward Snowden that we discovered the extent of the mass surveillance and only then was the governments bulk collection of information about americans limited now with the spread of covert 19 snowden and others so theres an opportunity to learn from the past systems to monitor everyones location at all times of being formalized in secret at the point these policies are being sought these benefits are theoretical often there is no evidence for them and they may never materialize that keep ability will exist in 3 months in 3 years and in 30 years if we allow it to be implemented today clusters of disease do need to be located swiftly and closed off and smart phone data is being used to locate those not adhering to social distancing requirements but we have few specific details on Data Collection facebook and google have been in talks with the government on sharing information they collect about us Online Advertising companies that track our movements and discussing new covert 1000 Revenue Streams the firm pal into whose Data Collection has been key to the trumpet ministrations Deportation Program is creating 1000 models for the government they call it wasnt a good time for companies. Seeking takes. On to their education and to set themselves up to normalize it. Whats been called for is full transparency exactly what information is being collected by whom how long is it being kept for and how is it being used particularly by Law Enforcement agencies it is traditionally the disadvantage in society who bear the weight of surveillance right you know we talk about the color of surveillance well the color surveillance of black route and thats definitely something to be thinking about when you think about data when you think about health data when you think about the ways in which they could be used in a variety of particularly commercial context or to treat people differently when they shouldnt be the consequences of pandemic policy for Civil Liberties go beyond and act on it surveillance and president shows a robust debate needs to occur policies are not good and not after she obertan c. L. Jersey or washington doctors and nurses in the pakistani city of lahore have embarked on a Hunger Strike in protest against the lack of personal protective equipment theyve been complaining about the issue for weeks the Young Doctors Association says more than 150 medical staff have tests assess the positive for the virus nationwide more than 50 doctors were arrested earlier this month during protests in the city of qatar more than 250 people have been killed by the disease with nearly 20000 cases can 1st hundreds of people have been protesting against lockdown measures at the polish german border many of them are commuters who live in poland and work in germany poland has been on lockdown since mid march and has also imposed a mandatory 2 we quarantine for those who enter its territory. And in the german cities or berlin and still guards hundreds of people have also been demonstrating against coronavirus restrictions chanting slogans like i want my life back they demanded lockdown restrictions are calling them a violation of their fundamental Rights Police wearing riot gear and face masks detained more than 100 protestors germany has recorded more than 5800 covert 19 related deaths on the worlds military a day Health Officials are warning governments to move fast to prevent a rise in deaths a World Health Organization report says that covert 1000. 00 pandemic is causing severe disruptions to malaria medicines and leading to a weekly increase in infections across parts of africa leiria us presence in 41 countries it occurs mostly in tropical climates where mosquitoes thrive and transmit the parasites of people there were nearly 230000000 recorded cases in 2018 which resulted in about 400000 deaths on the w. H. O. Says if no action is taken the number of deaths could double or a burden manley has more on the situation in kenya where thousands of people have already lost their homes because a flash floods. When you through email has lost her and shes sick from malaria. A mother is doing her best to keep her safe in this temporary camp in northeast kenya. And the baby has been really sick we went to the hospital and they said she had malaria they asked for money to give her medication but we didnt have any so we came back home she hasnt slept shes sick and cries a lot. To have village near greece a rising flood waters from the tundra the submerged. With the flood ski many mosquitoes putting the people at risk of bleriot. Its a life threatening disease in hot humid climates across african countries musky to spread a parasite that infected nearly 230000000 people in 2018400000 died in a statement kenyan president hu kenyatta says its been able to learn malaria prevalence from a high of 6000000 infections to 4600000 over the last 10 years this progress is a result of support and cooperation between the Government Development partners and Frontline Health providers kenya has joined ghana in malawi in a pilot Vaccine Program that is focusing on the worst hit areas. With countries responding to the growing of ours pandemic the World Health Organization says this could directly impact the number of malaria cases its urging governments to take action we need to. Maintain our. Traditional tools we need to remain or all. Women to prompt treatment. And interests are without the means to give her him a medicine her mother has no choice but to hope shes Strong Enough to fight off the disease herself. Out as they are. Going to head online to al jazeera dot com to find all the days top stories and all the latest headlines for. Hello again the headlines on aljazeera the global death toll from the Coronavirus Process 200000 the World Health Organization says there is no evidence anyone who has recovered from cover the 19 is protected from further infection and without that guarantee the w. H. O. Says by some governments to roll out socalled immunity passports would be a risk and could actually lead to spreading the virus china hasnt reported any new deaths in the coronavirus for the 10th straight day but there are new and growing doubts about the accuracy of the chinese data for the u. K. Government has removed the country from a list of International Comparisons because of questions over the accuracy of chinas figures like the us thomas is an associate professor who specializes in Health Security in asia and he says the Chinese Government is not entirely to blame for any under reporting you have to remember that china was the 1st country to be hit so they got so much and they got overloaded. And that created major reporting problems for the chinese authorities to actually identify quite a few cases and to know what the true extent of the virus was such china has always been playing catch up with this so to a certain extent the numbers that you just change in the numbers out of beijing was always going to be expected were seeing something similar out of European Countries as well the u. K. Has become the 5th country to pass 20000. 00 coronavirus related deaths people there are again being urged to stay at home even though some other european nations are looking at easing restrictions belgium is looking to open bars and restaurants in june despite the highest per capita death rates and europe. Is also easing restrictions for its 1300000000 people in lockdown stop selling nonessential goods can now open but only at 50 percent capacity areas considered infection hotspots such as Larger Stores and malls will remain shut. And doctors and nurses in the pakistani city of lahore have started a Hunger Strike in protest against a lack of personal protective equipment more than 250 people have been killed by the disease there with nearly 20000 confirmed infections you have to dates with the latest headlines on aljazeera the listening post is up next. Prime minister. I spoke to our c. E. O. Hes Walking Around with. Eric drache trial. Probably because the prisoners might cost them more than it. Alone richard just brought in youre watching the listening post here are some of the coronavirus stories the media angles that were tracking from home this week india and the pandemic much of the coverage is defined by politics and driven by religion reporters must choose their words carefully europe or
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