President flouts social distancing measures again as infections keep rising in latin americas hardest hit country. Thank you very much for joining us the number of people infected with corona virus is now more than 3500000 thats more than the number of severe flu cases usually recorded for an entire year and cold with 19 is feeling much more lethal the global death toll is close to a quarter of a 1000000 there are some signs of hope however with the rise in new cases and deaths beginning to slow but theres been a shop uptick in Latin America Africa and russia theres also concern some countries may be rushing to ease restrictions malaysia and thailand are allowing most businesses to reopen this week and in europe italy is beginning to open up again after 8 weeks under lockdown its been one of the worst hit countries in the worlds mascot heiler is in bangkok and he explained some of the restrictions being lifted by thailand. The 2nd day the 1st business day of the relaxation of these restrictions that were imposed back in march now its a slow and steady process according to the government you know its going to be every 2 weeks where they re evaluate how things are going and then will decide if 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 distancing very strict social distancing measurements within those restaurants though weve always had a and encourage work 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 is 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 and i am iconic. With thailands deputy Prime Minister who is also the public kathman history he says most 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 a corporation with some other people they have followed. Recommendations and they have to abide to all the regulations that we have requested them 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 possible detail thats why we. Are seeking corporation for them all from the people to make sure that we can. To we can put things at at the risk of for as much as we can. We really have still restricted people from coming up brought 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 seeds. Our people to to stay home. To the spirit and we will see the results or we can always amend the regulations or restrictions. As we mentioned malaysia is easing curbs on businesses and movements after weeks under lockdown this was a scene early in the capital this thousands joined the morning rush hour and speak to florence we in kuala lumpur for us so what do the easing of the Restrictions Mean for people in malaysia florence and what do they make of it. All it means a lot more businesses and shops and offices can now reopened but they have to implement certain Safety Measures including temperature screening and making sure theres enough space within the premises that people in there can practice physical distancing and people and also now allowed to exercise outside of their homes they can play sports that dont involve contact or huge groups of people earlier this morning we saw a couple of joggers on the street now. Employers however have been advised to as far as possible allow people to continue working from home and it seems many people are heeding that government that by the in that respect the seats on the whole a lot busier than they have been in the last 6 weeks but nowhere near a regular weekday schools and universities are still closed and crucially malaysia has been reopened its borders and into state is still not allowed now the Prime Minister has described this as a controlled and cautious reopening of Economic Activity that malaysia has lost 14 and a half 1000000000 dollars in the last 6 weeks since the restrictions imposed not many of you there are some people dont agree with the governments decision to ease restrictions however at least 6 local governments have said theyre not going to be doing it so soon theyre going to study the implications are they going to do that in stages are going to ease restrictions in stages and that even an online petition signed by more than 470000 people the government to consider so much concern then is there about a 2nd wave of infection and friends. Well Health Officials say that malaysia has managed to flatten the coop to the point that its Health Care System will be able to cope with any potential spike in new cases now over the last 2 days of the last week and weve seen the number of new cases creep up to 3 digit numbers when the last week has been that the 2 digit numbers but health care for Officials Say the Health Care System is still able to cope far enough ventilators in the country well only using about 30 percent of capacity a lot of the cases about 80 percent of that coronavirus cases in malaysia are considered moderate and thats a 70 percent recovery rate and Health Officials say even if the new cases Going Forward or the new clusters that going to employ the strategy that malaysia has been employing which is once a cluster has been discovered theyre going to put that area under complete lockdown which means people arent allowed to leave their homes not even before dont metson and everyone in that area is tested so thats the strategy the government is going to use Going Forward and it says people do have to start getting back to a new normal and Economic Activity has to restart you get the sense that the government is trying to balance protecting peoples lives and also preserving the livelihoods thank you very much for that drawing forests in kuala lumpur new zealand meanwhile has recorded no new cases for the 1st time in 6 weeks and lockdown has been partially eased although restrictions remain for schools restaurants and public areas around 1100 cases have been reported we did bisa than many other countries we compare ourselves to and the only growing commitment to physical distancing in steiner home has nor doubt been the biggest contributor to refute dropping cases will form. You know if its new zealand has put us at the front of the pack and everyone should feel very proud of that donald trump says hes confident the u. S. Will have a corona virus vaccine by the end of the year the president was speaking at a virtual town hall meeting answering questions from americans about his handling of the pandemic reynolds reports were joined now by President Trump 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 really important other words it wasnt all we got to do some we got to do something it was a brief conversation trump blames china directly for the pandemic he promised a 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 cold at 19 and the numbers are rising trump said the toll could reach 90100 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 surge in infections. Without giving any specific dates trump said the u. S. Needed to restart its economy soon we kids to close as a country were going to have a country left the president ducked a question about 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 al jazeera. Well President Trump is promising a vaccine by the end of the year but experts are warning its a difficult and lengthy process european leaders are holding a virtual pledging conference in the coming hours hoping to raise at least 8000000000. 00 for research there at least 100. 00 different vaccine projects in development around the world a handful have entered chemical trius last month the World Health Organization launched an initiative to streamline the site for a vaccine the u. S. Isnt part of it the e. U. Says a Global Response is needed to beat the pandemic and ensure that a vaccine reaches all countries at the same time rich and poor stephanie teka reports. The world is desperate for a vaccine against covert 19 and the race is on to find one thats been developed in many countries i think the largest number in the us a bullet by china market is a professor of vaccine epidemiology at the London School of hygiene and tropical medicine they are keeping an up to date database of all the vaccines being worked on there are over 100. 00 bad news is that they usually break the back seat is a problem that initial discovery who actually having a back seat to be given on a population level is usually about 10 to 20 years. But the urgency now means teams all over the world are trying to speed up the process we work day and night and. Calling 981 of her size we have a 3. People working group and for 24 hours several are at the stage of human testing including this trial that Oxford University were told there is never been a vaccine against a Coronavirus Group for approval and that the success rate of vaccine trials are between 5 to 10 percent even once there is a vaccine it will take quite some time before there is enough to vaccinate entire populations and while we wait there are questions about Natural Immunity it is still not clear whether we can develop long lasting immunity to the virus we have never been here before this is a direct thats emerged that has changed everyones life if you know bringing so many people to be sick to be in hospital dying its wrecked the entire economy is this is the fact that the world is desperate to have. For once the world is largely united in the desire to be able to visit and hug our families to walk the streets to fill the restaurants to travel and for so many to be able to work again to return to a life most of us took for granted our once buzzing news room here in doha has nearly full and silent with most people working from home its a similar picture in many places across the world now despite so many vaccines being in the works is going to take quite some time before one is available to all of us and that means that partial lockdowns and social distancing could remain part of our lives for a very long time Stephanie Decker at aljazeera headquarters in doha. Still ahead on the program madagascar begins exporting a herbal tonic it says can cure a coronavirus israels political future in the balance well have the latest on the legal challenge to a new power sharing deal. Hello there rather unsettled picture across much of central and Eastern Europe but it does come of course with some rain which is very much needed across many areas you can see plenty of activity the last few hours and the rain also bringing some thunderstorms and very often of course you get pictures of this off to a very dark skies here over there in hungary the beautiful double rainbow are all the striking one over the skies in front. Street monday some of these storms across eastern sections could be a little bit severe at times maybe some strong winds some heavy amounts of rain particularly these areas in dog blue areas the ukraine and across into a mania and we could also have some damaging hail at the same time so more showers across central areas germany again across into poland all areas where stress really need to see some rain and then waiting in the wings is the next system this will bring some rather heavy rain into the bay of biscay across into western france and eventually through choose a pushing up into most southern regions of the u. K. But all the while staying fine and dry across much of portugal and spain such homages coming back up again and as you can see some pretty skies throughout much of the man so tom ridge is there in the mid twentys and equally fine and dry across much of Northern Africa you can see temperatures are not too bad but again we have at least the sunny skies for the next few days choose as no different 23 and rip out. My. Ramadan a time of spirituality reflection and gratitude raise the flag. All the flags every color. Aljazeera world well how do you know how he reveals the stories behind some of the arab world songs and chants for the holy month you know this song touched the hearts of all arabs for ramadan songs on aljazeera. Who wore. To be a. Welcome back a reminder of our top stories on ologist year at the Coronavirus Crisis has now infected more than 3500000. 00 people worldwide each that is higher than the number of serious true cases each year but its proving much more lethal with the global death toll approaching a quarter of a 1000000 several countries are beginning graduate exodus from down malaysia and thailand are allowing most businesses to reopen d theyre still restrictions on launch gatherings and travel and in italy people can visit family for the 1st time in 8 weeks new zealand has recorded no new coronavirus cases for the 1st day in 6 weeks the lockdown has been partially easdale though restrictions remain for schools restaurants and public areas its. Lets turn our attention to other world news now in israels political future could become clearer on monday as its top court hears final arguments on whether a new power sharing deal is illegal the Supreme Court is considering 8 petitions against the coalition between the likud parties Benjamin Netanyahu and the blue and white parties Benny Gantz Benny Gantz is blue and white party opponents argue netanyahu has been indicted on corruption charges should not be allowed to form a new government that speak to our correspondent in jerusalem Harry Fawcett so whats the focus of todays celebration going to be. Yes well theyve divided up those 2 key issues one whether Benjamin Netanyahu as someone under indictment in 3 Corruption Cases should stand or should be able to stand as it would be Prime Minister and the other question about the legality of the deal that his party could struck with the party of benny gantz blue and white and so the 1st half of that was discussed the 5 petitions and on that front was discussed on sunday today monday is the day they look at the legality of the deal and whats interesting about the deal is that they have had to really reinjure near the way that governments are formed in this country theyre putting legislation through the knesset the Israeli Parliament behind me to try to change some of the fundamental basic laws to allow these 2 men both really to be sworn in as Prime Minister at the same time even though Benjamin Netanyahu would go 1st for 18 months under the terms of the deal and guns would go 2nd for the remaining 18 months of the deal neither man really trusts the other and so theyve had this kind of coequal status and genea into the deal and there are real questions as to whether all of this is legal or constitutional and that is what is being discussed and will be discussed as things get underway in the High Court Today and we could you know as party says that if any part of that deal is struck down by the court its all off and were back to 4th elections are there any clue as to how the high court might. Well there were clues from yesterdays deliberations and exchanges between the 11 justices and the various attorneys for the parties involved it seemed pretty clear that the court was extremely sensitive about overstepping its bounds it wanted to make sure that the arguments were about the actual niceties and exactitude of the law which says that a Prime Minister doesnt have to step down if indicted but a minister does what exactly is the status of netanyahu as a caretaker Prime Minister someone who is putting himself up to take on the job again properly does he hold a status a Prime Minister or a minister they were examining those sorts of things so that indicates that they are pretty likely to rule in favor of netanyahu on that question it doesnt necessarily mean that they will take a similar view on the intricacies of this deal we have to see how the arguments play out there is a huge amount of pressure on the high court though not to undo all this work after 3 consecutive elections which is not yielded a result theres a good deal of political pressure on that front and also there being threats on the high court that if they were to a netanyahu supporters terms overstepped their mark in all of this then there could be retaliation taken attempts to try to undermine some of their powers in the future so thats the context in which theyre operating today thank you for that hairy hairy faucet i forests in western slim. Returning now to the Coronavirus Crisis and jordan says its open for business from wednesday after almost 7 weeks under lockdown but universities schools religious institutions and cinemas will remain closed the announcement comes after the country reported no new coronavirus cases in 24 hours jordan had begun to reopen a few businesses earlier this week its reported 460. 00 cases and 9 deaths now brazils Amazon Region has become the new front line in the barrel against kobe 19 infections are rising quickly leaving hospitals overwhelmed in the city of man hours but president continues to downplay the pandemic and is on the run kitty has are reports a face mask is projected on the statue of christ the redeemer the symbol of religion nato its a call for awareness as the number of coronavirus cases keep rising across brazil. With president bush senator who has been marking the seas from the start keeps hugging and shaking hands with our allies and 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 accusation of corruption from the countrys congress and Supreme Court. The. Fear that 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 both sanaa to replace the countrys most popular and to corruption crusader former Justice Minister says your model 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. Mass graves to bury their dead. The mayor of mouse made an International Plea for help as concerns grows that the virus could have devastating effects on the amazon indigenous tribes. We have to save the lives of 2 of the forests from. The disaster. From seems like barbarism. A call for help that so far has rung hollow for a president to scream fix a seems more worried about political survival been keeping brazilians alive i listen that im just. Now more than 67000. 00 people have now died from the virus in the United States despite that most states are borrowing to pressure and reopening but its not enough for protesters who are so demonstrating in several cities. They are a minority but they are angry. Only across the country from New Hampshire to nevada and states in between protesters demand the government let businesses reopen its in gods hands what happens to my me and my house. And anybody elses for that matter now hes given other than other days and i believe after the big days hes gonna give out the not a bit days and days that come on the its that dr deborah berg leading the White House Coronavirus effort says its concerning so many demonstrators arent Wearing Masks its devastatingly worrisome to me personally because if they go home and in fact their grandmother are there ground there who has a comorbid condition and they have a serious our very own or an unfortunate outcome they will feel guilty for the rest of our lives the white house recommendation to stay reopened business only after youve seen 14 days of decline in cases despite the fact that no state has reached the threshold about half our loosen restrictions and the trend of ministration is again trying to turn the focus to china by sending what seems to be contradictory messages that the best experts so far seem to think it was manmade have no reason to disbelieve that at this point. Your office of the d. N. I. Says the consensus the Scientific Consensus was not manmade or genetically modified. Thats right i agree with that ive said ive seen their analysis ive seen the summary that you saw that was released publicly i have no reason to doubt that that is accurate the u. S. Secretary of state without providing evidence arguing the virus came from a chinese lab that wasnt created by its scientists but the country weeks into quarantine tries to come to terms with what comes next and at what cost paddy calling aljazeera. Now the World Health Organization says there is no evidence a herbal tonic touted by madagascar president as a cure for the corner virus actually works but that hasnt stopped the drink being exported 1st guinea and now Guinea Bissau now they are by demand he has a story. This is proving popular in the past we can scoff at 19 who would know who it actually was mother against this president only resoluteness says its so effective hes exposing it to the other side of the continent getting to south president its also in perth he visits the airport to welcome the shipment there is going to see this donation as a gesture in the fight against the Global Pandemic called cope at 19 id like to say with this 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 ultimately 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 their office and official letter informing us about their 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 campus its business as usual schools the shot that 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 as government actions have gone beyond the hot. Mosque and social distancing rules have been enforced measures medical experts say affective even if the tonic is not nor about eman al jazeera. That is force news in time tennis stars have competed in a live stream tournaments with a professional game on hold because of the long downs play is including the williams sisters mail me a sock and maria hsia over joined in the stay at home slam they competed as nintendo characters to raise money for charity Serena Williams a Formidable Force on court was knocked out in the 1st round. Her again im fully back to go with the headlines on the corona virus has now infected more than 3500000 people worldwide thats higher than the number of serious flu cases each year but its proving much more lethal with a global death toll approaching a quarter of a 1000000 several countries a beginning graduate exits from lock down malaysia and thailand allowing most businesses to reopen as still mr actions on large gatherings and travel in italy people can visit family for the 1st time in 8 weeks drawing 3 has more from kuala lumpur on how the changes in malaysia are being received. The Prime Minister has described this as a controlled and cautious reopening of Economic Activity that malaysia has lost 14 and a half 1000000000. 00 in the last 6 weeks since the restrictions imposed not many people know of the some people dont agree with the governments decision to ease restrictions however at least 6 local governments have said theyre not going to be doing it so soon theyre going to study the implications are they going to do that in stages they can ease restrictions in stages news even meanwhile has recorded no new coronavirus cases for the 1st time in 6 weeks along dons been partially ease although restrictions remain for schools restaurants and public areas Prime Minister just into ardor and says kiwis should be proud of their efforts donald trump says hes confident the u. S. Will have a Coronavirus Vaccine by the end of the year a sign. Believe it will take at least a year before its created and distributed brazils Amazon Region has become the netas frontline in the battle against coal read 19 infections are rising quickly leaving hospitals overwhelmed and its feared the outbreak could severely hit indigenous communities in other news israel as well as future could become clearer as Supreme Court judges hear final augments about than a galaxy of a new power sharing deal several petitions have been filed against a Coalition Agreement between Benyamin Netanyahu and benny gantz critics argue shouldnt be allowed to form a new government because of his indictment for corruption those are the headlines on aljazeera as always weve got much more news on our web site al jazeera dot com the very latest on all of our top stories on there up next here its inside story to stay with this. 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