Rising and the president flouts distancing guidelines. Is the last of her. And game set and mismatches tennis stars put on a virtual show for charity. Now 2 major Southeast Asian nations are taking tentative steps to lift coronavirus restrictions thailand and malaysia have spent weeks and locked down but at the start of the working week thailands allowing restaurants salans and pet shops to reopen no new deaths have been reported in days but all incoming flights have been banned until the end of the month while malaysia is allowing the majority of businesses to reopen but large gatherings are still not allowed and schools and universities remain closed people have also been asked to continue social distancing well hear from scott hyde like hes in bangkok shortly but 1st france who is in malaysias capital quantum of bull. Most businesses are now allowed to reopen including retailers like this one and shopping malls but theyre going to have to implement certain Safety Measures including temperature screening and making sure theres enough space within the premises for people to maintain a practice physical distance thing now and boy its however have been advised to allow people to work from home as far as possible and were seeing that on the streets on monday morning it seems the busier that they won the last 6 weeks but no way a regular day not schools and colleges remain closed malaysia hasnt reopened its border and interstate is still not allowed the Prime Minister has described the easing of restrictions as a controlled and cautious reopening of Economic Activity malaysia has lost 14 and a half 1000000000. 00 since the cubs were put in place 6 weeks ago but not everyone agrees with the governments Decision Making or you can go i think its still a bit unsafe the virus is invisible im just here to get a bit of banking done and then im going to head home as soon as possible. Thats a petition online urging the government to reconsider its decision to ease restrictions and as of 9 am on monday morning in malaysia that petition has gone more than 470000 signatures but Malaysian HealthOfficials Say the country has not asked to flatten that and thats very much a sense that what the government is trying to do is strike a balance between protecting lives and preserving jobs but the 2nd day the 1st business day of the relaxation of these restrictions that were imposed back in march you know its a slow and steady process according to the government you know its going to be every 2 weeks with a reevaluating how things are going and then the other side of the move forward in lifting some of these restrictions right now some more shops are allowed to open up restaurants are allowed to have people dying in but theyll be the social distancing very strict social distancing measurements within those restaurants though weve always had a and encourage were. From home directive from the government here never really fully enforced that remains in place also when you look at the Public Transportation here in bangkok very critical for this very very crowded city people riding on Public Transportation still have to wear a mask when it comes to the future of a big contributor to the Gross Domestic Product here in thailand how thailand makes its money comes from the Tourism Industry and there have been a couple of announcements about how things will be moving forward we know that there is a a ban on Inbound International flights that will stay in place until the end of may that is in place the airports here in thailand will only be open from 7 am to 7 pm to further curb the air traffic if you will some domestic flights restarted at the end of last week but still very limited at this stage now when you look at again the importance of it thats why were here in this neighborhood of old bangkok this is really a touristy area called zone area there are still very few tourists here obviously that is going to remain the case for several weeks if not months to come you know were looking at projects in numbers coming out from the government down at least 40 percent the 1st quarter of this year into his numbers thats going to be even bigger for the 2nd quarter and again thats very very important for the economy here so obviously the government is rambling to try to figure out other ways for the nation here to make money. With thailands deputy Prime Minister whos also in the Public Health minister. Says the majority of the population has been following the governments recommendations. We have done all the best we can we have limited resources so we have to utilize our resources in the area that we are. Out food that it might have been not safe but all in all really quite satisfied with what we have been doing and the most important thing is we have been keepin i suppose corporation from other peoples they have followed the recommendations and they have to abide to all the regulations that we have requested him to follow and i say now with the easing of restrictions International Incoming flights are still banned other than repatched reaction to the thai citizens but now people i believe can also travel between provinces are you concerned about a potential 2nd wave of infections as we saw in singapore. We we have we are concerned in every possibility thats why we. Are seeking corporation fled the mall from the people who make sure that we can. To. Put things at at the risk for as much as we can. We really have still restricted people from coming up a lot and we have urge people not to travel crossing the programs is because we have the sponge we have many long holidays so we know that to prevent the spread of these the seeds. Our people to to stay home to the spirit and we will see the results or we can always many. Regulations or restrictions. Now donald trump says the u. S. Could have a vaccine for the coronavirus by the end of this year the president made the bold prediction at a virtual town hall meeting has also dramatically revised estimates of the death toll whats happening stands at 67000 rob reynolds has. Were joined now by president in a virtual town hall style event broadcast on the u. S. Television Network Fox NewsPresident Donald Trump predicted Rapid Development of a covert 900. 00 vaccine we are very confident that were going to have a vaccine at the end of the year by the end of the year have a vaccine by the end of this year we think were going to have a vaccine by the end of this year and were pushing very hard trump went on to claim that he was not told till late january by u. S. Intelligence agencies about the spreading coronavirus some reports indicate that those agencies sounded the alarm on january 3rd on january 23rd i was told that there could be a virus coming in but it was of no real important other words it wasnt all we got to do some were going to do something it was a brief conversation trump blames china directly for the pandemic he promised to report with new information on how it originated and spread i think they made a horrible mistake and they dont want to admit it more than 68000 people in the u. S. Have died from coal that 19 and the numbers are rising trump said the toll could reach 90000 higher number than he has cited before many Public Health experts are warning against premature lifting of stay at home orders saying that could lead to a new surgeon infections without giving any specific dates trump said the u. S. Needed to restart its economy soon we cant stay close as a country were going to have a country left the president ducked a question of. Safeguarding vulnerable nursing home residents and called white house reporters questions horrible it is widely considered that the president ial election in november will be a referendum on trumps handling of the pandemic rob reynolds aljazeera when i spoke to pisa matthews hes a professor at petco science at Cypress College and he says at a critical time like this the economy should not be president trying to priority i think its more important you should actually see what can be done now to keep people safe they should be keeping the social distance using the mask and then the economy should come afterwards you know 1st of all you need to get people to be healthy and stay healthy in order to have a good economy later on look at denmark and germany did they had the government pay workers directly that the government put money directly into businesses that didnt go through the banks and was much more efficient that we keep people together in those Business Networks with when the economy does open up which weve been done it has been done that way and now hes flailing around trying to figure out whats going on and blaming china instead of saying what should be done right now taking action and he should stick to the quest actual distancing the Court Hearing of people who are infected who widespread testing as south korea did by the way south korean model was the best initially and soon they heard about what happened in china they started testing their people white a widespread basis and they had social distancing right away and theyve gone to negative growth and theyre in their disease right now whereas were going up and up and youre present top of the up so i think its in disingenuous for him to say that were going to have a white vaccine by the end of january to count on that instead of really doing things that are really appropriate for this moment time us having one 4th of the worlds people who died and one 4th we have 6 percent the worlds population and weve got 67 dead 1600000 deaths so he should be taking advantage you know credit for that in that he should put his shoulders to the grind to start working to listen to the scientists and use reason and science to get this thing fixed right away and not go through just thinking about the next election. Now brazils Amazon Region has become the new frontline in the battle against the corona virus infections there are rising quickly leaving hospitals overwhelmed and the city of laos but president continues to play down the pandemic. Reports a face mask is projected on the statue of christ the redeemer the symbol of religion its a call for awareness as the number of cases keep rising across brazil. Has been marking the seas from the start keeps hugging and shaking hands with supporters. On sunday he once again led a protest in the capital brasilia against stay at home measures ordered by local governors as he fights against accusations of corruption from the countrys congress and supreme court. We want the true independence of the 3 powers not only a fraction of the constitution we dont want that enough with interference we want to admit any more interference im being very clear patience has run out. Last week replace the countrys most popular Anti Corruption crusader former Justice Minister says who now accuses him of trying to meddle in Police Investigations against him and his sons but while the president is focused on his political problems the virus is spreading rapidly in the amazon state Capital Health services have been overwhelmed by the number of sick people the city is handling more than 100 deaths per day 3 times the normal average as a. Mass graves to bury their dead. The mayor of man made an International Plea for help as concerns grows that the virus could have devastating effects on the. Indigenous tribes. We have to save the lives. Of the forest for. Disaster. Like barbara rees. A call for help that so far has rung hollow for a president to scream 6 a seems more worried about political survival been keeping brazilians alive i listen but im just either. Well still ahead on al jazeera coordinated attacks in iraq killed 14 members of the Security Forces we visit the group that was targeted. And madagascar begins exporting a horrible topic it says can cure all the coronavirus. Hello the heat is really on the increase across much of the Arabian Peninsula to the north meanwhile were still saying quite a few showers in the last few hours but weve also seen yet will flooding across into the southwest of yemen so the streets of santa are under water again in some areas and of course the very heavy rain of the last 2 or 3 weeks has led to a lot of damage you can see this house here this being demolished by those heavy rains about 150000 people have been affected by the rains over the last few days now as i say there is more in the forecast as we continue on through monday because that developing later in the day we could have wanted to scottish. Really through central areas a saudi even across again into cattle and also across into oman but the shadows remain a widely scattered across much of turkey some heavy downpours at times im free to say a little air pressure is working its way through the eastern end of the map bring some heavy rain into southern over the turkey and eventually bringing the showers across into areas of israel and also into syria as well how much is though still on the warm side and then down into Southern Africa plenty all rain of course again in the last few days across much of kenya a few more like you know monday mostly heavy rain just sitting off the coast of towns and here. Likely to make will headway as they continue through cheese day. When covert 19 1st struck china and began to spread across asia and. Some in the west criticized countermeasures a stew hostile or too weak. But have the different experiences before asian nations in fact not shown the world to root out of this group pandemic. Coronavirus lessons from asia on a jersey in a. Way to mind her or were wounded. Hello again i am in the stands here today and a reminder of our top stories this hour donald trump says the u. S. Could have a vaccine for the coronavirus by the end of this here the president s made the bold prediction as a virtual town hall meeting the u. S. Has recorded the most number of deaths from the virus 67000. Malaysia is allowing the majority of businesses there to reopen but large gatherings are still not allowed and schools and universities also remain closed people have been asked to continue social distancing. Thailand also eased it down over the weekend its allowed restaurants salans and head shops to reopen no new deaths have been reported in days but all incoming flights have been banned until the end of the month. Well lets get more on this now with. Hes an associate professor of Infectious Diseases at the Australian National university and he joins us now from canberra this isnt such a difficult balance for governments around the world to strike right assessing the economic costs versus Public Health outcomes and now as we see Southeast Asia slowly reopening took us through what do you think has been the priority for the region. Hughes look i think the priority for the region has been controlling the outbreak getting the numbers under control so we can see where countries like vietnam are they brought in an extensive early lock down with quite heavy restrictions and they didnt extraordinary effort to get 200 confirmed cases and no deaths and they of course have lifted a lot of their restrictions australia has done a similar thing thailand has done very well and theyre starting to look destructions and malaysia while there are still having reasonable number of daily confirmed cases that started to lift restrictions well we have also say in the 2nd wave of infections in places like singapore and to some extent and hong kong after restrictions what is there now even if malaysia and thailand have managed to flatten the curve at this point surely theres the possibility if not the likelihood that it might become a little stepper again rice as things open up well look absolutely the efforts and the strategies that were using for this great will be the manual for the next pandemic when we have the next pandemic and there will be another endemic will know what to do but i think moving forward if we have got good control of the outbreak it is not unreasonable to lift those restrictions but it is important to do it in a manner that it stains and when you do it in a phase manner it has to be slow so you should have at least 2 weeks to see if there is a surgical cases and in order to see if theres a surge in cases you need to have good Testing Capacity and excellent Contact Tracing capacity well speaking of testing there have been concerns about low levels of testing and in some countries like thailand for instance in indonesia that could potentially be masking the actual scale of the contagion so is this all premature in Southeast Asia. You have to trust what the governments and Health Departments are saying is base theyre saying these are their numbers may have it under control i hope that is the case you are right that the testing levels have been lower than we might have say in other countries such as south korea australia germany and singapore but if they really feel that they have an outbreak under control it is reasonable to slowly lifted restrictions but i enter size again you need depth surveillance Testing Capacity to jump on any outbreaks which start to occur or many of these countries as weve been reporting are hugely dependent on the Tourism Sector so the next step for thailand at least is to potentially open its airports to International Flights again how can Something Like that be done safely thats a very good question and here in australia as were talking about slowly lifting restrictions the one that will probably lift last will be that for International Travel because about 2 thirds of the cases here have been associated with overseas travel in malaysia. On sunday they had 122. 00 cases about 50 yards were supposedly associated with overseas travel so i do think one has to be very very cautious about lifting International Travel restrictions and opening airports i would be very careful sanjay. From the Australian National university speaking to us there from canada thank you for joining us on out of there thank you so much now to other news and over the weekend i still conducted several coordinated attacks in iraq killing at least 14 members of the Security Forces and most of the victims were from the sunni factions of the Popular Mobilization forces our correspondent some on a fault and went to visit the great. These men from the Popular Mobilization forces or p. M. S. Are the 1st line of defense in one of iraqs most dangerous areas across the river lies and stronghold yet their outpost salahuddin province has no thermal cameras not even a generator to power the lights when electricity cuts out at night. There is no support for us no court meant no armor no clothes no have you open. The formed in 2014 to fight eisel are shia led but this unit is sunni and part of the socalled tribal which draws its fighters from local tribes though poorly equipped theyre often deployed deep into rule areas and are easy targets for eisel 9 were killed last saturday in the most brazen attack in months when i slipped governments knock up on their checkpoint at night and opened fire killing 3 instantly 3 others were burned alive 3 more were killed in a roadside bomb when they rushed to help. It wasnt until 6 or 7 hours after the incident that more help arrived its because of the lack of effort and support from the Security Forces around here. Until a few weeks ago an Emergency Police unit was based nearby but it was redeployed to urban areas to enforce coronavirus lockdowns eisel frieds on instability and the group has taken advantage of the Political Economic and Health Crises that have hit iraq over the past few months in addition to that political tensions and rifts inside Popular Mobilization forces have impeded the ability of Security Forces to contain the insurgency the unit commander blames sectarian strife for the lack of resources and accuses the shia based on the other side of the river of not doing enough to secure the area. Dont control the 7 kilometer strips facing us we also tell them that theyre not covering these areas but they dont deploy forces there its empty. The commander says his battalion enjoyed more support from the p. M. S. Prior to the association of its charismatic deputy chief of a 100. 00 he was killed in a u. S. Drone strike in january alongside it raining in general customs only money since then the pm has real from internal competition. Not in 100. Units across there is an outreach approach after that so i knew what was wrong go with you and very much all the vision and. Implemented that too we are the go to. Integration. The killings the Maki Sheaffer have sparked calls for greater empowerment of the sunni pm or in securing their own areas many tribesmen hope that the incident will usher in greater Material Support as they confront isis resurgence they want to 14 aljazeera. And 26 fighters during recent raids in the northern Sinai Peninsula the military has intensified its operations after an explosion hit a military convoy in the region on thursday killing 10 soldiers a group affiliated with eisel claimed responsibility for that attack a cousin of syrias president says Security Forces are pressuring him to step down from his business Rami Makhlouf says its part of a campaign to make him pay millions and tax a kloof owes his fortune to president Bashar Al Assad and bankrolled his war effort but he appears to a foreign out of favor last year and days ago made a video urging his cousin to prevent the collapse of his company. Well returning to the coronavirus pandemic and jordan has lifted all restrictions on Economic Activities after a lockdown lasting almost 7 weeks public transport will resume normal service but universities and schools remain closed as night curfews continue over the past 2 weeks jordan has been lifting restrictions to allow businesses back to work back with lower levels of staff and also strict social distancing and hygiene guidelines it has reported 460 cases and 9 deaths. It was decided from wednesday to open all economic sectors which have not been allowed to operate fully and allow them to work at full productive capacity provided that percentage of jordanian labor is not least than 75 percent while new zealand has recorded no new cases of covert 1000. 00 for the 1st time in just over 6 weeks its ended a Strict Lockdown which shut schools restaurants and all other public areas for a month so tour with strictures do remain in place with people still working and studying from home new zealand has 1137 cases in total we did better than many other countries we compare ourselves to and the own growing commitment to physical distancing in staying at home has normally doubt been the biggest contributor to our repeat drop in cases weve all for you or if its new zealand has put us at the front of the pick and everyone should feel very proud of that. Now the World Health Organization says theres no evidence that the hubble tonics houses by madagascar president as a cure for the crying a virus actually works but that hasnt stopped the drink from being exported 1st to Equatorial Guinea and now to Guinea Bissau how they were about and that may reports. This hoberman is proving popular in the past we can scoff at 19 who would know who it actually was mad against this president only resoluteness says its so effective hes exposing it to the other side of the continent getting the south president is also impressed he visited the airport to welcome the shipment here so i see this donation is a gesture in the fight against a Global Pandemic called cope at 19 id like to say with this Guinea Bissau will be seen in a very different concept of nationhood it will be seen as a country that always has good people and today the world will talk about. Its the 2nd country to the imported it the harp which is used as a tonic contains the autumn is a plant which is normally used to treat malaria but the World Health Organization warns that the effectiveness of the hype has not been proven even tested by scientists but that hasnt stand its popularity tanzanias president says hes in talks with madagascar to send a plane to collect a shipment to pick a sample we are origen touch with monica scott there are just an official letter informing us about the cure i shall send our airplane to go and pick the drugs so our citizens can also reap the benefits tanzania has recorded 17 deaths but the governments been accused of failing to take the virus seriously in the capital its business as usual schools a shot at markets most and churches remain open. And back in madagascar the army has been knocking door to door to give the tonic the most Vulnerable People the country has so far recorded few cases and no fatalities but government actions have gone beyond the hard. And social distancing rules have been enforced. Experts say fact and even if the tonic is not. Now top tennis stars have competed in a live streamed tournament. Oh yeah a few times. With the professional game on hold because of lock downs and social distancing players including the williams sisters know me and maria sharpe over joined in the stay at home sam they competed as nintendo characters to raise money for charity thats Reno Williams who is a Formidable Force on course this time was knocked out in the fast round. Her again mrs is there and these are the headlines several countries across asia have begun lifting restrictions after weeks of lockdown thailand and the philippines have still bothered incoming flights there and malaysia still not allowing public gatherings frontally has a more from kuala lumpur a lot of businesses shops and offices are now allowed to open but they have to implement certain Safety Measures including temperature screening and making sure that theres nothing spaces within the premises for people to maintain physical distance now people are also now allowed to exercise out of their homes something they havent been able to do in the last 6 weeks this allowed to play sports now outside as long as it doesnt involve contact and as long as it doesnt involve big groups of people weve already seen a couple of joggers out in the streets on monday morning. U. S. Health experts believe it will take at least a year before a vaccine is created and distributed but president says hes confident the u. S. Will have one by the end of this year the president s made the bold prediction a virtual town hall meeting the u. S. Has recorded the most number of deaths from the virus 67000. Brazils amazon rain Forest Region has become the latest frontline in the battle against the corona virus infections there are rising quickly leaving hospitals overwhelmed and thats prompted the mayor of mass to issue a plea. New zealand has recorded no new cases of covert 1000 for the 1st time in just over 6 weeks its ended a Strict Lockdown which shut schools restaurants and all other public areas for a month social strictures remain in place with people still working and studying from home new zealand has 1137 cases in total jordan has lifted all restrictions on Economic Activities after a lockdown lasting almost 7 weeks public transport will resume normal service but universities and schools remain closed as night curfews continue. Well those are the headlines the news will continue here on aljazeera after 101 east stay with us. Talk to al jazeera. What you were force was when you saw that document for the 1st story we listen to after the war saying your europeans go build you know at the stage of you but we will not be with you we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter oh just 0. With its tropical climate Natural Beauty and traditional culture thailand has long been a popular tourist destination. But now there is another reason drawing people here a Quiet Revolution in caring for the elderly the care system for elderly people in europe its not working anymore and its going to be a problem. In the west Horror Stories of abuse and neglect in care homes not to mention rising costs are driving families to look for alternatives forcing many to make difficult decisions i got the wrong