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Under attack because the coronavirus pushes the economy closer to the brink of collapse. More lives have now been lost to the pandemic of coronavirus on u. S. Soil than all of the americans killed over the nearly 2 decade long vietnam war a tally by Johns Hopkins University Also shows the death toll has gone beyond 58300. 00 and more than a 1000000 people have been infected total confirmed 1000000. 11 total deaths 58343. 00 total test results that we know of in the us 5000000 776000 almost 8000000 lets go live now to washington d. C. And our correspondent mike hanna mike some grim statistics to deal with this. Indeed e. S. P. Turn other grim statistic that the death toll in the corona virus epidemic in the u. S. Is now surpassed that suffered during the vietnam war as it goes past a 1000000 President Trump still insisting that the testing protocol is working affectively this despite the opinion of many Health Officials that states opening up to early at great risk without proper testing put in place but president trend continues to insist and once again did today at a News Conference that the u. S. Is testing better as he put it then any other country in the universe but certainly theres been a lot of mixed messages coming from the Administration One of which in the course of the day was the Vice President mike pence going to the mayo clinic in minnesota and not wearing a thanks mask video of that particular then shows the Vice President being the only person in the clinic without a face mask the clinic has insisted that all guests wear a mask since april the 13th so theres been a lot of Public Comment on that particular point. A spokesman insists that the president at the Vice President tests for the virus once a week so that he does not need a mask because he cannot be possibly asymptomatic spokesperson adds that the Vice President wanted to look the directors of the mayo clinic directly in the eye as it was put in order to convey his gratitude but one remembers too that President Trump refuses to wear a face mask so youve got a situation where both the president and the Vice President declined to wear a mask even though its a central part of the white houses guidelines for combating the pandemic to wear a mask in public and the other big aspects of the coronavirus story where you are mike is this situation that weve got that were having to get to grips with when it comes to the meat Food Production process break that down for us. Well indeed yes says being certain apexes of the particular pandemic or areas in which it has spiked now this is being old age homes for example homes for the elderly its been in the Veterans Home just in the course of the day theres a statistic released some 70 veterans died in a hospital in massachusetts in an elderly home in massachusetts and then another area in which the pandemic spiked is a meat Packing Industries which have carried on operating throughout to the pandemic although in recent weeks a number of these meat operation plants have closed which is resulted in something up as a shortage in the supply chain but theres been much speculation the course of the day that president is going to use the National Procurement act to order that the meat packing plants open despite the fact that they were higher risk for the pandemic for spreading the particular virus so youve got a situation which may be coming up in the hours ahead with the president orders the opening of a plant to a number of plants that have been closed because of the risk to workers President Trump once again weighing the issues of a feeding the nation against the individual lives at risk within these meat packing plants so that is something that is going to roll out in the coming hours or indeed the coming days but certainly Health Officials are looking very closely at where the virus hits most fiercely and so far it is in these congested areas such as meat packing plants such as homes will be elderly these are obviously potential victors for a new round of the virus this of course of great concern to all mike thanks very much. But you can pilots unions British Airways staff are devastated after the carriers announced plans for up to 12000 redundancies. Nearly one 3rd of the workforce i. E. G. Says itll likely take several years for passenger numbers to return to where they were in early january b. A. Has suspended 96 percent of its flights for april and the months of may. Well people across the u. K. Have been paying tribute to Health Workers whove lost their lives to cope with 19 reports now from london a moment to remember them by the key workers all those who worked in Frontline Services and died in the service of others the Prime Minister Boris Johnson recovered from covert 19 also paid his respects for work i have heard of but that has not dampened criticism of the governments failure to provide Health Care Workers with adequate personal protective equipment and the death rates in england and wales reaching a new high way above previous government daily figures which count just deaths in hospitals the office for National Statistics said on tuesday that 22351 people died in england and wales in the week ending april 17 and a growing number of deaths the elderly in care homes where doctors warn the pandemic has not yet peaked from tomorrow will be publishing not just the number of deaths in hospital each day but the number of deaths in care homes and in the community to this is something that wasnt previously possible with the guidance from bridger scientific advisors there is little appetite from the government to relax lockdown measures yet but in france with a similar sized population to the u. K. And the 4th highest recorded death toll from covert 19 in the world preparations were announced to ease the restrictions on daily life. Never in the history of our country have we seen this situation not even during the war nor during the occupation nor sharing previous epidemics never never has the country be confined as it is today and evidently it cannot be so for long term in spain a drop in the daily death and infection rates has also prompted the prospect of unease and its locked down deaths from coronavirus fell once again on choose day now the government has set out a framework for regions to start phasing out one of europes toughest lockdowns. The most important thing is to protect Public Health and whatever they leave to save the lives of our citizens its a simple i stopped at it from their own words we want to kick start spraying every territory and every city. But amid the easing of these restrictions the shadow of corona virus still persists while there is no vaccine it will be up to the public to continue social distancing measures a far cry from the familiar in its place a new detached normality sunday agel aljazeera. Ok well have a lot more on the pandemic shortly but 1st at least 46 people have been killed in Northern Syria after a bomb placed in a fuel truck exploded in a busy market it happened in the city of afrin 50 others were injured after it has been under the control of turkish bank fighters for 2 years now turkey is blaming the kurdish wife p. G. Armed group for the attack. Millions of people displaced by the fighting in syria are facing whats being described as a potential coronavirus catastrophe the u. S. Based aid Group Refugees International Says nearly 3000000 civilians in italy a province a boxed into an area which used to be home to just half a 1000000 people the government announced 3 coronavirus deaths and 42 infections mostly in the capital damascus critics question those figures and doctors fear a major outbreak would be devastating because 83 percent of the population lives in poverty the war has put more than 80 hospitals in italy province out of Service Leaving fewer than 100 ventilators to treat patients chris doyle is director of the council for are a British Understanding he explains her cases in italy could spread quickly. The case of the World Health Organization reported that 84. 00 Health Centers hospitals have been bombed damaged roads closed because of the russian Syrian Regime assault on it intensified last december but its not only that it was habit doctors whove been killed and maimed you have when which that so many of those displaced people in it look but half the population of course are not. Well nourished something often acute. And you dont have access from International Aid agencies so all of this you know contributes to a very poor situation on top of that particularly in the internally displaced people peoples camps that you find now close to the Turkish Border very crowded very unhygienic you have to absolute perfect conditions for the spread of any form of our virus included covered 19 the idea of social distancing or cleaning your hands with clean fresh water let alone course also access to face masks or handjob well thats just a dream. Soldiers are patrolling the streets of lebanon 2nd biggest city tripoli trying to prevent another night of rioting protestors have been back out on the streets as the crisis it economy crumbles further because of the pandemic from tripoli his. Hunger and hopelessness are driving lebanese to the streets the economy is close to collapsing protesters vent their anger at banks for preventing people from accessing their savings and the long serving political elite is being blamed for mismanagement and corruption in recent days the local currency has sharply devalued against the dollar there were casualties among protesters in soldiers during confrontations that began monday night thats news that follows michael went to the streets because there are no jobs children are asking the parents for food and they dont have money to buy them any the young man who has mounted it was a father he had nothing to lose if his daughter asked for food what will he give up he had nothing to lose calls for a change in leadership are not new a protest Movement Began in october but the ruling elite has clung on to power. Apart from a few we have 128. 00 criminals in parliament they stole public funds and transferred billions of dollars outside lebanon even the Army Soldiers oppressed like us this salary is now worth 300. 00. Officials acknowledge inflation has increased by 50 percent and 45 percent of the nation of 6000000 people live below the poverty line but they havent presented any plan to restore trust in the economy and fight corruption. We are hungry the revolution is against corruption all official say there is corruption but what have they done we dont see any thief in prison instead they are shooting at the people should we then rival politicians who have been in power for decades deny allegations of corruption and are blaming each other for the states near bankruptcy. Of antigovernment protesters. To hold accountable for years. The states finances are under immense pressure lebanon has a huge debt to pay and not enough foreign currency the government also doesnt have many friends abroad these scenes could be a warning of whats to come. Still to come in the news ahead here on this program a large scale prisoner swap is in the works in yemen will have details from the United Nations senegal trials a quick and cheap testing kit to help it remain the country with the highest recovery rate from the coronavirus in africa. Hello once again back to grow some pretty big thunderstorms up his what is really Tornado Alley we come into the season as the stored start of it the rest a fair amount of tad around but thats what well focus on that large extends really from the Canadian Border all the way down to the Southern States got streaks in it may get streaks that it suggests thats the biggest thunderstorms the one that could produce tornadoes certainly produce heavy rain and therefore but a flash flood risk as well now once hes gone straight cools down a bit and things are settled but never quite as hot as it currently in the Desert Southwest where phoenix of 41 now that would be in a poor record least equal a pool record not heat waves staying around in Southern California arizona Southern Nevada for the next few days in the meantime they sharing the sunday rain goes off towards the eastern seaboard to make it wet in raleigh washington and then eventually new york later on thursday with thursday night now boston is growing the last frontal system that went through is this one here producing a few thunderstorms all more likely showers now just showers in the bahamas and back through cuba and towards the yucatan peninsula in fact that could well grow quite big showers in mexico and you look further south coming out of colombia into power are costa rica the seasonal rain is showing up. Pope and Untold Stories from asia and the pacific on how to see if the soon as the sun goes down or the salad bar russia is a very challenging place to work around i think on the left were always pushing boundaries part of the fan for most always on good love god we are the ones travelling the extra mile where are the media going to go we go there and we give them a chance to tell their story. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera live from doha my names peter dhabi your top stories more lives have now been lost to the coronavirus pandemic on u. S. Soil than all the 3 americans who were killed during the vietnam war a tally from Johns Hopkins University Shows the death toll has gone beyond 58300 and more than a 1000000 people have been infected British Airways is planning to layoff 12000 employees thats about one 3rd of the workforce the airline has suspended 96 percent of its flights for the months of april and may. At least 46 people have been killed in Northern Syria a bomb placed in a fuel truck exploded in the capital city of africa which has been under the control of Turkish Backed fighters for 2 years now. Ok lets get more on our top story more than a 1000000 virus infections in the u. S. Joining us live dr julie fisher shes an associate Research Professor of microbiology and immunology at Georgetown University Medical Center she joins us on skype from washington dr fisher welcome to aljazeera so the numbers are clearly significant some frontline doctors those seem to think itll be higher than what were seeing at the moment do you concur with that. All of the data that we have and the models for the spread across different states show that the virus is still increasing exponentially so until we see different measures or more aggressive ways to control the spread were still having more cases of the u. S. More aggressive ways to control it or does that mean. Shorten the beginning one of the challenge and has been that the u. S. Was slow to start implementing testing to start diagnosing people who are infected so that they can be isolated promptly and prevent transmission to others and so that their contacts can be identified and quarantined to stop setting up new chains of transmission themselves and unfortunately were still slow testing so the next step in responding to this outbreak is really to make sure that we are testing we are testing people as much as possible so that we can interrupt transmission otherwise when were looking at the social distancing measures happen to be continued in some way or another 4 months to come as someone who specializes in very precisely this arena of the world of medicine there seems to me to be certain contradictory signals and symbolism going on here weve got the meat packers being compelled to go back to work weve got congress saying were not going back to work weve got the statistics that were discussing right now and weve got mike pence going into the mayo clinic not wearing a face mask in your mind what does that tell you about step change when it comes to getting a grip of this. So i think it says that were still sending very mixed messages from the federal level here in the United States and although the real burden and the real leadership in the response to this pandemic in the u. S. Is at the state level with governors and at the local level we are looking to the federal level for clear guidance clear information on how to assess the risks and make sense of them and to manage them and when you see those those contradictions that youve just pointed out encouraging that from the federal level that everyone who goes out in public should face mask not to protect themselves but to protect others to reduce the risk that they might transmit disease if they are themselves asymptomatic and dont you know they are infected when you see officials at high levels not complying with that it undermines the message when you hear that we should be practicing social distancing and be disciplined but you see. Even encouragement of that in different regions in different states across Different Industries it undermines the consistency of that message and suggests that were not a client the same risk standards lets take a very hard for people to make decisions about what to take seriously and how to move forward when theyre hearing so many mixed messages. In washington d. C. Thank you so much thank you. Well in the u. S. State of massachusetts nearly 70 people have died from corona virus at a facility that cares for elderly veterans another 160 residents and staff at the hollyoaks soldiers home contracted the virus one nurse blames staff shortages. Aljazeera has learned that the u. N. And International Committee of the red cross have advanced plans for a mass Prisoner Exchange in yemen which could potentially take place in a matter of days it is part of the ceasefire proposed by the Un Special Envoy Martin Griffiths and for the 1st batch of prisoners to be released to a number about a 1000 heres our diplomatic editor james bays with this exclusive report a mass Prisoner Exchange was 1st proposed in the Stockholm Agreement in december 28th all sides agreed to the idea but it never actually happened now its being revived as part of a peace plan proposed by the Un Special Envoy Martin Griffiths he said he believed that plan was close to fruition when he spoke to the Un Security Council last week he didnt reveal that arrangements that now advanced for a Prisoner Exchange to be organized by the un and by the International Committee of the red cross we were asked to organize it relieves during this endemic of it and we had to balance the interests that you made there in the trust of the people to tame the fact that it could go back course you defy me after years of detention and the risk we were taking as you made 10 operate there is a factor who saw the risk of the dangers to be so balancing those interests we decided that we would go for it you seem to have everything in place what needs to happen for this exchange to take place. I would see that almost everything is in place. To me oh its a final alignment of the tree parties involved in their release. The government of our city it would be arabia and sarah and the government of yemen. We are there we still need a couple of days to be ready but we need this this this button to be pushed and for this we need an alignment and just to be clear on the timeline you mentioned a couple of days this could happen within days potentially but tends to yes u. N. Sources tell me the actual prisoners for the 1st stage of a transfer have been identified there are about 1000 of them. The number of deaths from the pandemic in brazil has now passed 5000 and with nearly 72000 and factions as the west country in south america the Health Ministry says the recent spike in numbers could be the result of more testing the president jalal sonata who recently fired his Health Minister says he is eager to reopen the economy despite tough restrictions imposed by state governors. El salvadors president has launched a crackdown on gang members in its prisons it comes after the country source highest single day homicide tally on friday with 22. 00 people being killed however human rights activists have heavily criticized president. Who they say has flouted social distancing measures in the process is john heilemann. Extreme measures in the. Ceiling of cells so that gang Members Company contact with the outside world know. No ray of sunlight will enter to say were going to look all lines of site so that they can not have any type of communication Authorities Say that many hits in the violence play country from jail in prison gang leaders have taken advantage of the covert pandemic would have moved killings. Last week and dozens of people were murdered after a period of relative calm in response to 30 strip to mate impact them together in a 24 hour lockdown. After the members of the warring gangs were mixed together and so is part of the new plan to break the communication lines. Before theyve been separated to avoid prison riots. Its all come from the top president. On monday he tweeted were going to make sure the gang members who committed these murders regret it for the rest of their lives hes also said Security Forces can now use lethal force against gang members on the streets human Rights Groups have denounced images is inhumane and authoritarian reminding the. Also recently marched into congress with soldiers to get a security bill passed but many in el salvador think differently gangs have controlled entire neighborhoods in the country for decades extorting raping and killing it will really be a last go were going to transport company told us theyve murdered more than a 1000 people in his sector and squeeze almost 20000000. 00 a year from operators. This is what every government needs to do if there are criminal groups to effect in the population is stopping the countrys economy from developing the least of the authorities can do is take a firm line and establish order they cant look away. From president remains extremely popular for now it seems many salvadorans support his hard line stance john home and how does it. Nigeria is expected to ease lock down restrictions in several cities including lagos and 6 days but all nonessential travel between states has been banned also wearing mask doors has been made compulsory in lagos the states governor says those who dont comply will be punished. Senate girls recovery rates are the highest africa and its government to start a trialing a coronavirus testing the cost about a dollar and gives results within minutes nicholas hack reports not from dakar. Senegal is doing what most countries count testing everyone symptoms are not entering a Health Center for the Novel Coronavirus it has no shortage of testing kit thanks to this lab at the best researchers are developing a one dollar quick diagnose ticket originally made to test for dengue fever patients drop blood or saliva on to the devices and wait for a blood line to appear like a pregnancy test explains researcher i do sound tests there is no need for a highly equipped lab its a simple test that can be done anywhere the idea is to record lea produce 2. 00 to 4000000. 00 kids. Not just for us but for african countries so that we can detect and isolate patients quickly the sick are administered a cheap anti malarial drug called chloroquine commonly found in Subsaharan Africa where malaria is endemic while the World Health Organization cautions the use of it to cardboard scientists says its an Affordable Treatment for poor african countries dealing with the outbreak. In these clearing. The virus from respiratory system proven in making said people on the more contenders. Know more see. With only 50 ventilator machines for 16000000. 00 people senegalese engineer using a 3 d. Printing machine to produce more well imported ventilators costs 16000. 00 this one is just 60. 00. Sinegal is counting the costs and its paying off more than a month into the outbreak the small west african nation suffered only 2. 00 death with most patients treated healed senegal has the largest rate of recovery in patients infected with the current virus in africa the 3rd in the world ahead of countries like the United States and france and while it has a tiny Health Budget compared to those countries it has a wealth of experience in dealing with Infectious Diseases and outbreaks over 3000. 00 children died of pneumonia last year in senegal thousands more from malaria coronavirus is one of many deadly infections the country is dealing with Lessons Learned from the aids epidemic the recent a bull outbreak were key in senegal strategy in dealing with the pandemic. Im interested because some already parked you know important case coming in the country to be station of movement. Confinement of people from 8 pm to 6 am i things so since. These measures were taken when there were less than 100. 00 cases scientific modeling predicted tens of thousands of infections and hundreds of deaths but this has not happened Early Detection and african led Research Means senegal is so far beating the odds Nicholas Hawk aljazeera the car. Recapping our top stories here on aljazeera more lives have been lost to the coronavirus pandemic on u. S. Soil than all of the americans killed during the war in vietnam and you tally from Johns Hopkins University Shows the death toll is beyond 58300 and more than a 1000000 have been infected mike hanna has more from washington. President trump once again weighing the issues up at feeding the nation against the individual lives at risk within these meat packing plants so that is something that is going to roll out in the coming hours or indeed the coming days but certainly Health Officials are looking very closely at where the virus hits most fiercely and so far it is in these contests areas such as me packing plants such as homes for the elderly and these are obviously potential victors for a new round of the virus this of course of great concern to all in the state of massachusetts nearly 70 people have died from coronavirus at a facility that cares for elderly veterans another 160 residents and staff at the holyoke soldiers home of contract with the virus one nurse is blaming staff shortages. British airways is planning to layoff 12000. 00 employees thats about one 3rd of its workforce the carrier has suspended 96 percent of its flights for the months of april and may at least 46. 00 people have been killed in Northern Syria after a bomb placed in a fuel truck exploded it happened in the city of a 3 in which has been under the control of turkish bank fighters for 2 years. The number of coronavirus deaths in brazil has now passed 5000 and with nearly 72000 infections its the worst hit country in south america the Health Ministry says the recent spike in numbers could be the result of more testing president wilson who recently fired his Health Minister says he is eager to reopen the economy despite tough restrictions imposed by state governors nigeria is expected to ease lockdown restrictions in several cities including lagos and for 6 days but all nonessential travel between states has been banned also Wearing Masks outdoors has been made compulsory in lagos state governor says those who dont comply will be punished those are your headlines up next is one of one east more news in 30 minutes aussie that. What impact would call did 19 on the drop in the oil prices the race to the white house. Donald trump survive these historic setbacks and does joe biden have what it takes to beat john special coverage ill just sit. Its a sad. Day 6 days away from the work here is fast and furious but its not because all machines that they buildings its bodies one place that it could be and as a target. To says he used the red cross his old defeated center in afghanistan has been a lifeline for people with disabilities victims of strikes accidents and congenital illness but no matter how many limbs they make the patients keep coming