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A do the figures add up. The pandemic has the structure the supply of vital medicines around the world and parts of africa that seen a spike in cases of malaria. And america after a lockdown could reopening the economy place long term limits on Civil Liberties. Thanks for joining us the World Health Organization has warned that people who recover from the corona virus may not be immune from reinfection the w. H. O. Says there is no evidence people who developed antibodies were protected from getting get a 2nd time so with that guarantee the Organization Says plans by some governments to roll out socalled immunity pos forts 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 lockdown 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 where we 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 wouldnt be able to get 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 would be a van surely risk free also expecting other people but unfortunately from the scientific point of view we simply dont know for a person who has been infected with. 90. 2 prior. 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 the best well i think that kills the immunity passport idea for the moment at least until a science can suggest otherwise. Lets discuss this with. A University Professor who did knowledge in medicine at Columbia University shes joining us now via skype from new york thanks for your time with us on the news hour an interest only where you are new york governor says that the state is pressing ahead with these Antibody Tests so despite those reservations expressed by the World Health Organization so how do authorities now deal with this information. I think there there is concern certainly should be a concern and hesitation in embracing this idea of developing this type of passport or immunity passport from a lot of Different Reasons number one is we dont know what percent of people who actually get infected develop these antibodies we dont know whether its higher in people who have disease centenary disease nurses those who dont have symptoms we also dont know whether how long such anybodies were last in the body most importantly we dont know whether these antibodies mean that someone is prevented or protected from acquiring or getting this corner virus and then as as has been widely reported are some the tests themselves are not yet or in awe of all meaning that you can tell for sure that somebody is positive that theyre actually means that they are positive so there are lots of concerns at present regarding this whole approach certainly concerns but also a court is what youre saying there are a lot of unknowns so how do you then turn the unknowns into knowing what needs to be done because as you are saying there are already a lot of Antibody Tests going on in various several countries around the world. I think theres a need for research theres a need for actually doing surveys and trying to identify for example at risk people at risk who may have antibodies or dont have anybodys and then following them and seeing who potentially is protected and whos not protected this can be done for example amongst the Health Care Workers or workers who work at Nursing Homes or contacts of cases of of this disease but most importantly this should not be done with the purpose of giving people a passport but on the other hand with the purpose of trying to understand whos more likely to be protected and whos not going to be protected. When youve got a lot of Research Still to be in to be able to answer this question ok and let me ask you about something thats related to this because if the presence of antibodies does not necessarily imply immunity as the World Health Organization is saying then what does this mean for some of the ongoing trials right now that are using the plasma from recovered kovar the 1000 patients which contains these antibodies to then treat people that have the virus that are infected with the virus yes there are several studies trying to do that but remember these are studies so it doesnt mean when you do a study it doesnt mean that a primary you know that its going to work so thats another means of demonstrating where theyre actually having antibodies does offer protection so these ongoing studies are very important because they were also shed light on this question how optimistic are you about a vaccine i am quite optimistic i think because i think we have been able to develop vaccines too similar to viruses of this nature respiratory viruses of this nature before and also im optimistic because of the there are a pity of innovations and. The large numbers of candidate vaccines there are in development and actually some of these can be vaccines are actually in trials in studies already hopefully well be able to get data soon to at least over say whether some of these vaccines are see if to be able to move them into larger studies that will tell us whether they work or not. How long will that process take though because i suppose that is what people want to know well when are we going to have a vaccine that we can actually use. Under the most after 6 scenarios probably a year at least if not a year and a half until we have in our hands a vaccine that we can widely use. For the population at large. And you were mentioning a moment ago doing antibodies and specific Health Care Workers i wonder if they can elaborate on that point in particular and what do you mean when you say that and why do you seem to suggest that Antibody Tests could work on specific populations or specific groups of people. I think when i was saying is that these are the populations in which we can conduct studies to show whether having antibodies can protect you from getting the virus so for example some of the studies could be done in Health Care Workers by looking evaluating whether they have antibodies or not and then observing them over time and see if theyre protected or not based on whether they have antibodies or not so what you want to do is do the studies and then be able to answer the question of whether having antibodies is protective or rights of other very interesting thank you very much for your time and for speaking to us from new york thank you thank you well in china the authorities havent reported any new doubts from the coronavirus for the 10th straight day virus is believed to have originated in the chinese city of who had been late last year comes to singapore confirmed 618 militant factions 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 santa 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 1003 mint in china has reached International Advanced levels. 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 a 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 dormitories medical teams have been deployed to step up testing and Health Checks and the government has extended the nationwide lockdown until june but a singapore totnes its quarantine 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. Are you observe that the governments decision instructions are very well thought out and logical and in recent days the outbreak has been pushed back i feel grateful for being a few citizen its a downward trend being shifted in south korea which suffered the 1st major outbreak outside. 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 sara clock out 0. Britain has become the 5th country to report more than 28000. 00 deaths in the coronavirus an increase of more than 800. 00 in the past day and belgium the european nation with the highest rate of faith per capita says it will start easing restrictions and more. Vir ill bring. The you are the better towel 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 the hanging fly eggs from their windows up and down the country instead of holding parades and the 196 year old former parties than he thought was a leading forces thats heartening to me yeah. Right now depend more important an antifascist demonstrations between must also keep them alive especially at this time because the dismemberment we might destroy everything of the italian Democratic State in the name up and demick that 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 shops reopened everyone aged 12 or over will have to wear a mask on public transport the governments promising to help it will have them over their lives not to trash it 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 their heart dont think so because i think we we will have a huge problem on the intensive care. He gets or almost 4. 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 theyre allowed to socialize once again the dean barber aljazeera sir lanka has reimpose the nationwide lockdown until monday after the countrys largest staley increase in the cases of the coronavirus 66 new cases have been confirmed over the past 2 days bringing the total number of infections to 440. 00 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 when our friends 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 full of the hiders districts now these are the scenes this generally very busy street in newgate go to columbus suburb 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 indias easing restrictions for its 1300000000 people in lockdown shops selling nonessential goods can now open but only at 50 percent capacity areas considered infection hotspots of those Larger Stores and malls will stay shut however 1st holes are reported nearly 25000. 00 cases on 780. 00 deaths was a peron is a new delhi she says there are some kravitz to that using the 1st rituals. 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 if something goes 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 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 on 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. Muslims in pakistan have observed the 1st day of ramadan with Prime Minister imran khan heating calls from clerics to keep mosques open despite the coronavirus pandemic some clerics said urged worshippers to fill out mosques saying their faith will protect them from the disease but the government has urged religious leaders to adhere its a social distancing rules. You know but. You took the boat down a little shops are closed theres Nothing Available in the market for breaking the i visited to get something but all shops are closed and i could not find anything in the market doctors and nurses in the pakistani city of lahore have embarked on a Hunger Strike in protest against the lack of personal protective equipment they have been complaining about the issue for weeks the Young Doctors Association says more than 150 medical staff have tested positive for the virus nationwide more than 50 doctors were arrested earlier this month during protests in the city of quetta where than 250 deaths have been linked to the disease with more than 12000 confirmed infections on the worlds military a day Health Officials are warning governments to move to prevent a rise in deaths a World Health Organization report says the code with 1000 pandemic is causing severe disruptions to malaria medicines and leading to a weekly increase in infections across parts of africa malaria is present in 41. 00 countries it occurs mostly in tropical climates where mosquitoes thrive and transmit the parasite to people there were nearly 230000000 recorded cases in 2018 which resulted in about 400000 deaths w. H. O. Says if no action is taken the number of deaths could double. As an organic chemistry professor at the university of cape town he says the economic downturn because of the corona virus is making malaria medicines on affordable for poor people. Firstly its the impact of covert 19 on not just the malaria of the disease in terms of the clinical symptoms or the pathology eccentrics extra but its also about the impact on the performance of malaria medicines and terms of the effectiveness but its also the other way around is the impact of malaria on cove 19 and or the impact of malaria medications and cause of making so often when you have comorbidity. One disease can enhance the other disease because of the down time in the economy and of course people losing jobs of course of then malaria medications can become. Very expensive and most of the poor communities can move really not afford them and that is also the impact of government apart from the fact that people are not easily able to access them in any case and its also that then they could result to other measures for example self medication self medication or relying on untested remedies for malaria which could have you know serious negative consequences on the disease including the development of resistance. One country calling on the International Community to step up red area prevention measures is kenny l. Recent flash floods in the countrys southeast have brought an increase an insect spreading the disease warburton rarely has more. One year old rahima has lost her home and shes sick from malaria. A mother is doing her best to keep her safe in this temporary camp in northeast kenya. Where 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 when the season rains swept to have village near greece are rising floodwaters from the town river submerged her home. With the floods came many mosquitoes putting the people there at risk of malaria its a life threatening disease in hot humid climates across african countries musky to spread a parasite thats infected nearly 230000000 people in 2018400000 died in a statement kenyan president hu kenyatta says if he lived 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 and malawi in a pilot Vaccine Program thats 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 the government to take action we need to. Maintain our coverage of. This traditional route we need to make or all. Over our. Women to perform treatment or malaria and in greece without the means to give him a medicine her mother has no choice but to hope shes Strong Enough to fight off the disease herself. Out to sea or a Police Officer has shot a person and so molly are sparking true days of protests the officer fatally shot a civilian a wall and forcing coronavirus restrictions and has been arrested crowd shouted no police no curfew on friday evening as they burnt tires with the demonstrations continuing throughout saturday the Police Commissioner in charge of the area where the shooting took place has been fired somalia has more than 325 Coronavirus Infections. Coming up on the news hour a worrying new trends emerges in new york young coronavirus patients dying from strokes and keeping the virus at bay in the gaza strip with lifesaving arts. Had a plenty of warm dry sunshine across much of central and Northern Europe it is eventually chad across the south this was still going to say a fair few showers well into scott the thunderstorms but its not so good on just point us to denmark in particular to the region because dealing with some really very dry conditions in fact just a few minutes of rain in the last few weeks and this is what the ground looks size the farm has a really having his lot of water to actually water the crops and theres no real rain in the fall cause meanwhile to the north dakota fair amount of cloud just pushing through into areas of norway on into sweden of course some fairly strong winds as well maybe some scattered showers into more northern sections of the u. K. And then we have got more rain in the 4 calls into southern i was a front and once again on into will central and Northern Areas especially want to scout a chance through the Central Mediterranean they will just linger 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 is algeria tunisia well again see the bulk of the shows and maybe a few reappearing monday across into morocco. For. More on the most uns initial response had been inadequate but now it was time for a bible buckle and list of muslims now moved from nearly reacting to taking action putting the western crusaders on the defensive with hindsight this is seen as a breakthrough as a revival of the jihad in the muslim near east the crusades an arab perspective episode to revive on the jazeera. And. Al jazeera. And. Hello were going to top stories on the aljazeera news hour as the global death toll from the corona virus passes 200 thousands the World Health Organization says there is no evidence anyone who has recovered from cover 1000 is protected from further infection and without that guarantee the w. H. O. Says plans by some governments to roll out socalled immunity pos for its would be a risk. 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. The u. K. Has become the 5th country to pass 20000. 00 coronavirus related deaths some european nations including belgium are looking at easing restrictions despite growing counts. So as we were portrayed earlier the w. H. O. Has warned that there is no evidence that people with antibodies to the corona virus are protected from re infection and in the u. S. State of new york theres been a large scale rollout of Antibody Testing doctors nurses and other employees 4 of new york citys worst hit hospitals will be tested 1st independent pharmacists will be allowed to collect samples in a bid to boost capacity the move is part of a broader strategy to identify how widely the virus was spread across the states Governor Andrew Cuomo also said that hospitalizations right across the states have fallen to the same level as 21. 00 days ago. Testing is what we are compulsively obsessively focused on now both diagnostic testing which is a positive negative the Antibody Test the we do about 20000. 00 tests per day average goes up and down a little bit depending on the day. When Nursing Homes in the us have seen rapidly increasing death tolls and theres concern that the elderly will be at even greater risk if there is a secondary spike in infections relatives an Advocacy Group say more testing is needed to control the outbreak in these facilities crystal salumi has more from new york they are the most at risk the elderly with underlying medical conditions making Nursing Homes a frightening place in the midst of a pandemic particularly for family members who arent allowed to visit like Sissy Sanders im just a mere common citizen who doesnt want to see my mother die after 2 months and more than 11000 deaths in Nursing Homes across the nation shes one of many advocates calling for more testing not just of nursing home residents but also staff. Currently West Virginia is the only state to mandate such testing one Industry Group estimates 2 thirds of Long Term Care facilities dont have access to enough test kits to help care workers and weve seen that work at both places both bullshit that are kind of like the silent carriers of the virus and unbeknown to them unintentionally they could be spreading out in the state of new york which has seen the most fatalities a quarter have taken place and Nursing Homes and adult care facilities this one facility the largest in the state has seen 44 of its residents die from fires here Staff Members have their temperatures checked when they report to work but like many possibilities they are to be tested for the virus the medical director worries his staff will be scapegoated its heartbreaking that being said the numbers really do need to be put into context we were mandated to take over positive patients right from the hospital as soon as theyre stabilize do you think its a good idea to have those patients coming in to a term care facility or nursing home facility we were doing our job to help help the hospitals with the surges that they have just made the governor has not backed down from that mandate but has promised an investigation says he says thats not enough there are residents and staff are being infected on a daily basis and dying in these Nursing Homes and public Health Officials and elected officials are not understanding that they are in a race against the pirates and not only way that they are going to win this race if they test test test a race with so much at stake for families against a virus that is yet to be contained christine salumi al jazeera new york. Well some doctors say younger and otherwise healthy patients infected with the coronavirus are dying of blood clots or strokes a stroke is a sudden interruption of blood supply and it can destroy the parts of the brain that are responsible for Movement Speech and Decision Making some covert 19 patients have appeared days or confused theyve had seizures or experienced tingling in their arms and legs doctors are looking into whether the blockages are caused by cope with 19 or the bodys attempts to fight off the disease and the team at new yorks mount sinai has detailed 5 stroke patients aged between 33 and 49 who were also infected with the virus one died and the 3 of them can no longer speak doctor. Is a senior scholar Johns Hopkins center for Health Security he says this is an example that 1000 can cause severe complications to healthy patients. This really illustrates that there are individuals that may have no preexisting conditions that are not elderly that can get severe complications from this infection well these are rare occurrences they are important in its really important for killing clinicians to be on the lookout for these types of symptoms and for individuals who may be recovering from coronavirus or having Coronavirus Infections that are young and think theyre theyre doing well to be on the alert for these stroke like symptoms and get care immediately were definitely seeing people coming to the hospital asking questions about a rare symptoms that might or may not may or may not be related to the coronavirus i do think this is an this is the early part of the pandemic we still dont know completely about all of the different presentations of this specific virus so its going to take some time before we can actually figure out what is completely consistent with corona virus and what is less likely and i think this really underscores the need for testing because theres going to have to be a low threshold for testing individuals even those with stroke like symptoms which you would ordinarily think might just be from the ordinary causes of stroke and that could be from grown a virus that makes it really difficult for clinicians trying to take care of these patients and understand who is at risk and who is not well demonstrations are continuing across the u. S. Against coronavirus law tells us a stay at home orders violate their Civil Liberties however thats what the government does want society does reopen that is all for concern to privacy advocates who reports 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. 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 abortions a good time for companies. Seeking takes. And to set out to normalize it dick need. I tip ensure profits whats been called for is full transparency exactly what information is being collected by whom how long has it been 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 browed and thats definitely something to be thinking about when you think about data when you think about health they you know 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 should 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 had a chance the aljazeera washington lets talk about this with kemar was a lecturer of International Political economy and Birkbeck College university of london hes joining us via skype thanks for your time with us on the news hour so as our correspondent was outlining from washington theres concern that the u. S. Government is harnessing data and ways that could reduce peoples privacy as well as several liberties do you share that concern. Yeah i mean i think thats a concern that people should have in many different contexts its certainly the case that in periods of crisis when similar duties have been taken away that its its difficult for those who are liberties to be won back without a degree of struggle now you see the protests targeting questions around Civil Liberties in the u. S. Particularly around the 2nd amendment in different states but those concerns and those protests are largely still quite marginal and i think mostly the Civil Liberties questions are secondary questions and the primary question is one of peoples genuine concerns about or some people genuine concerns about their ability to subsist without a kind of robust welfare state that you have in the u. S. So while theyre paying for various different security measures and surveillance measures theres very little indication and also for Small Business a port theres very little indication that the Trump Administration has been and at least congress has moved forward to give people the kind of economic and Unemployment Benefits or support that most western or advanced capitalist countries have been willing to at least moot right but on the issue of 1st sort of analyzing phone data and as the data surveillance i mean its not only in the u. S. Weve seen it in other countries as well governments in italy china south korea what theyve been doing is analyzing phone data to determine to what extent populations there have been hearing to lockdowns but given the Severe Threat for the virus poses some argue these measures could be justifiable so they have a point. I mean i think that its again it depends on the state i think in the us the problem has been historically the cozy relationship between businesses and the government and its certainly the case that early on in the announcement around when trump was announcing measures that even early on twitter a bit late into it it was done with sort of heads of telecom have ads of business Facebook Google and those companies wall sensibly in the press are suggesting a certain kind of benevolent approach and working hand in glove with the government the worry is that in particular in the u. S. You might be seeing the how that data will be harnessed not just now but in the future right so we are saying is that theres a risk that this could permanently or or a long term have long term effects on how much privacy and freedom we have as individuals yeah i think that thats certainly something that people in america are worried about no Civil Liberties groups have come out and suggested is is something that we need to be concerned of ok so what sort of debate needs to happen right now on the consequences of pandemic policy for civil liberty before these policies are actually an accident. Well i think some of the questions that need to be asked are. That of questions around oversight and you certainly to create case your your reporter suggested that that you know the issues that we had 20 years ago against terrorism and. The war on terror we didnt have access to that a lot of it was done behind closed doors now we need to know what are the question what are the actual measures that states private institutions in the federal government and state governments are taking that are undermining potentially undermining Civil Liberties theres no longer the question of state security that need to be applied so we dont need to necessarily make the same mistakes we did 20 years ago so i think sunlight and more in terms of allowing for Civil Liberties groups but also the public to know exactly what the government is doing is the 1st is the 1st step ok if we dont we thank you bill after kumar weve run out of time we thank you very much for joining us from london thank you thanks for having me well 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 are berlin and stuff carts hundreds of people have also been demonstrating against coronavirus restrictions chanting slogans like i want my life back they demanded lockdown restrictions are eased calling them a violation of their fundamental Rights Police wearing right here and face masks detained more than 100 protestors germany has recorded more than 5800 covert 1000 related deaths. The densely populated gaza strip has confirmed more than a dozen cases of covert 19 with fears an outbreak could have devastating consequences thats why artists have been decorating masks and giving them away for free in an attempt to encourage people to wear them but as the deborah him reports theyre running out of money and might have to stop. These are to say danger is inching towards gaza and people need to take precautionary measures against covered 1000. 00. So far officials here insist guards are thief from Community Transmission and they want to keep it that way theyve shut down many aspects of life in one of the worlds most crowded places. Artists hope drawing on masks will encourage many to wear them in public and raise the level of alert the fischel havent asked the population to cover their faces yet but a growing number of people are. Yet. We want to draw a colorful happy and joyous shape so people whom we have to help limit in fiction we are giving them out free and some people are giving us their own masks to draw on. Well the difficult financial situation and increasing costs of masts and paint might and during the shift of. Weve saved some money and wanted to help those who are poor and out of work but we are facing a crisis now the prices of masks are increasing and they are running out of medicine. Another challenge is trying to convince people to take the issue seriously by Wearing Masks border how difficult. If it wasnt for this project i wouldnt want the mosque in gaza were not used to Wearing Masks there are people who are too shy or dont want to look on still some clearly do not feel unsafe more than a dozen covered 1000 infections have been reported in the gaza strip its home to 2000000 People Living in close proximity. It has been under an israeli and egyptian blockade for over a decade that has weakened its Health System and palestinians fear they wont be able to cope with a disease that even britchka entries are struggling with. This means preventative measures including physical distancing are even more important. The police say with the weather getting warmer some are heading to the seaside as its one of the only places left to relax some say gazas relatively low number of infections is because its been cut off from the rest of the world for years but it also means that if the virus were to spread here it could have a devastating impact on its people. And deborah he. 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Hello thousands of people in the israeli city of tel aviv staged another answer government protests while keeping one and a half meters apart in line with social distancing regulations theyre angry that the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who is under criminal indictment in 3 Corruption Cases remains in power after forming an emergency government to battle the coronaVirus Outbreak the Coalition Deal was made after 3 inconclusive elections and will last for 3 years it will seem that sonia who serve as Prime Minister for the 1st half and his rival benny gantz for the seconds so also protested israels coronavirus restrictions saying it limits their freedoms bangladesh is facing criticism from Rights Groups for leaving 500. 00 refugees stranded on board 2 fishing trawlers there in the bay of bengal and are believed to have been at sea for weeks after previously being rejected by malaysia the bangladeshi foreign minister says the refugees are not bangladeshs responsibility houses in nepal are still being rebuilt 5 years after a powerful earthquake thousands of people were killed 800000 displaced and cultural and Historical Monuments were damaged or me as a member reports from kathmandu. Its been 5 years since the magnitude 7. 00 earthquake struck parts of nepal. Stand by a stock is home collapsed in the quake tired of living in a temporary shelter her family is rebuilding their house in boom with the near the capital katmandu where 800 homes were destroyed and 7 people died i never can man by many of our neighbors have left their temperature shelters we felt alone so we decided to rebuild our house and. The 16th century town is a draw for visitors contributing significantly to its tourism economy it is home to the temple of much in the not wicked mundell valleys farmers prayed for rain and a good harvest the temple collapsed during the earthquake reconstruction has been slow some of the Community Concerns and differences over conjuration. Reconstruction of the temple we have formed a local committee to move forward. National Reconstruction Authority says more than 80 percent of homes and Public Infrastructure damaged in the quake have been rebuilt across the country in body the number is significantly lower those behind the reconstruction effort are hopeful of progress so that its about 400. 00 homes have been reconstructed and in the next one to 2 years we expect more people to move out from temporary shelters to rebuild their houses local Officials Say 50 percent of reconstruction is complete but the remaining may take longer. To farm and Community People own land but very few. Resources to rebuild their homes to reconstruct. Until reconstruction is complete many families here will continue to live in temporary shelters. Got mandel. Mohamed june was reporting from the paul during the aftermath of the 25th day an earthquake and he described his experience of an aftershock while traveling to one of the effects of villages we were going to the gorkha district which was about 50 kilometers from the epicenter of that massive quake we wanted to showcase some of the villages there in our reporting whose you know the homes of the residents had been decimated and while we had stopped on the side of the road at one point there was i believe it was around 3 point aftershock and it was absolutely terrifying because it felt as though the road beneath us had completely turned to jelly it only lasted about 5 or 6 seconds but the team had much more of an understanding at that point of just how how horrifying this had been to all the people that we had been speaking with in the days prior to that i when we had spoken to residents of katmandu about what their experience in the quake had been truly truly one of the most terrifying few seconds that i had ever experienced in the villages again youd see 90 percent of these villages that have been completely wiped out and even when you were in the cities like kathmandu what we kept experiencing was youd see these these cultural sites these these pieces of history that had just come crumbling down and that was really a shock to see but beyond that there was a bit of a resignation that we were encountering when it comes to a lot of the residents of katmandu because what would happen is they would find out that there had been bodies discovered under the rubble of another collapsed building so we would be driving around we would come across a site where all of a sudden they had found bodies and you would talk to people and they would say things like if the government had been responding to this faster maybe these people would have been able to survive. A hong kong bookseller who is detained by the Chinese Government has reopened a new shop in taiwan after raising almost 200000. 00 online lamb one key was one of 5 booksellers arrested by the Chinese Government in 2015 for selling books critical of the countrys leadership they were later forced to make concessions confessions rather on Public Television when he sought refuge in taiwan last year over fears he could be deported to Mainland China because of a proposed citizenship bill would sparked a mass Anti Government protests. We know that taiwan is hong konger is last for if you know what i mean i want to ask our hong kong friends our young friends to think long and hard if we continue to stay in a repressive place and our safety is in danger maybe we should leave the dangerous place and rebel from the outside for example by opening this book store im also rebelling. A group of indigenous sami reindeer herders in sweden have been targeted by revenge attacks following a Landmark Court case in january the herders won back exclusive rights to hunting and fishing in their area of the arctic but thats led to heighten tensions between sami and local swedes whole race reports from near the norwegian border. This is modern day reindeer herding. Swedens indigenous saw me people crossing frozen lakes on snowmobiles to feed the reindeer by hand a symptom of their disappearing pastures here in the arctic reindeer herding so important for and disarm the culture in sweden we are struggling to you know skipping reindeer to sort of i really in 3 and its very costly and puts a lot of strains on families and rainier of the effects of Climate Change and the impact of mining and dams are part of a growing list of problems adding to that strain these reindeer have been moved up into the mountains for the spring and summer where the spike all the dangers that face them they should at least be safe from a new one the to merged over the winter that new danger was a spate of killings of reindeer suspected to have been carried out by swedish neighbors in retaliation for a court case that the Sami Community won against the government and which gave them back the right to decide who hunts and fishes on their land loss all that young uk is one of those who has found his animals slaughtered in the words. I let my reindeer loose here and a man drove up and said you dont come here with your reindeer or will shoot them weve already shot 7 or right and if i meet you alone in the forest ill shoot you too its been a tense winter most of the swedes are good people but we have this clique that has such hatred towards reindeer and reindeer hooters. Tensions rose in january up to sweden supremes call it ruled in favor of the saw meet reindeer herding union of getting whose line stretches some 300 kilometers from here near the norwegian border it could set a precedent for 50 other such as areas covering hoff of sweden and may also hinder plans for more wind and water power plants and mines which have already decimated reindeer passages the government in stockholm has condemned what it described as racism threats and hate against the saw me but hasnt commented on any strengthening of their rights so maybe the books on the Supreme Court stated that the International Indigenous rights conventions sweden is bombed by must be observed in decisions affecting the sami we must see changes in legislation and see it applied not least when it comes to mining info to stray. Back up north of the cases caused uncertainty both for swedish hunters who now need missions from the reindeer hood as union and facade me who dont have membership tempering enthusiasm for what is a rare victory for that people and while the coronavirus devastates the economy the creation of yet more industry on these lands could be a bigger priority than giving the salmi a real say in the destiny of the country. Aljazeera vice sweden or you can re watch pauls report online by heading to our website aljazeera dot com there youll find the days top stories all are a Global Coverage on the coronavirus a pandemic. Now pos 200000 thanks for watching the news hour on aljazeera back in just a moment with much more news coming your way. 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