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U. S. By the end of this not. China denies discrimination against africans afterwards accused of forcing them to be tested for the corona virus. And south korea is ready to play ball again but under strict safety guidelines. Now a fighting fund of 8000000000. 00 has been set up to boost research into a vaccine and treatment of the coronavirus leaders from the e. U. And other nations pledged that cash injection in a Video Conference on monday but the United States where almost 70000 people have died did not take part journal has. Grown a virus isnt going away so the world must find ways to live with it better ways of testing for it more effective ways of treating it most importantly eventually a vaccine against it. The partners are many the goal is one to defeat this virus and virtual pledging conference aims to channel billions of dollars into the Global Response its not just about pouring money into research but also about pooling resources and expertise for the common good. It measurable sense and. If were really. Now. Why. The u. S. Isnt involved and while china is offering to help there are concerns the worlds 2 Top Economists already had political loggerheads may engage in a vaccine war donald trump has already claimed a vaccine is just months away scientists point out that even if a vaccine is discovered in months it will be a lot longer than that before its up and available to the billions wholl need it which is why its so important to find drug treatments that work in the meantime both are central to the funds being pledged and both are at advanced stages of trialing and research here at the university of oxford professor Martin Landry is leading the Worlds Largest Clinical Trial into coronavirus drug treatments a project called recovery hes hoping to find an existing drug or combination of drugs that works to save lives well before a vaccine becomes globally available. I think your is probably too strong i dont think therell be a single drug that suddenly wipes out clone a virus but i think effective treatments are in sight and theyre critical theyre critical because patients are dying today and tomorrow and the day after and even with the best will in the world with 18 months of having a scaled up vaccine at best we need treatment that deal with the problem of now. Only in europe and parts of asia are there real signs of an infection slowdown globally new cases of coded 1000. 00 are being reported at more or less the same rate as they were a month ago heres a greatest for the developing world where social distancing is an adequate and possible the greatest hope lies in a global effort against a global threat journal how aljazeera oxford all this still a strong push to get back to business in the us despite startling new predictions on coronavirus casualties already its the west hit country with a 3rd of the worlds total cases of 3 and a half 1000000 but a report seen by the New York Times suggests the number of deaths a day will double by the end of the slugs. Reports the numbers are just hard to grasp a new assessment from the federal Emergency Management agency leaked to us media says the United States will have 200000 new coronavirus cases every day by the end of this month and as many as 3000 dead every day by june 1st but now the focus is on plans to reopen the economy california allowing some retail and manufacturing and new york making plans to move forward you open businesses 1st that are most essential and poll the lowest risk ok most essential and the lowest risk. Phase one were talking about construction manufacturing and select retail with curbside pick up they are the most essential with the lowest risk the u. S. Senate is back to work despite the fact that its doctor said it didnt have enough tests for the 100 senators they arent planning on taking up legislation just confirmations to executive posts and judges to the bench at the moment the republican leader has scheduled no significant covert related business for the floor of the senate tonight we will vote on the nomination to the Nuclear Regulatory commission while the senate isnt taking up a new relief package the Treasury Department is trying to find a way to pay for the last ones announcing it would borrow almost 3 trillion dollars and the Supreme Court went to work in a way that it has never done in its history honorable the chief justice and the associate justice green court of the united. O. U. Oh yeah oh yeah it heard arguments on the phone its expected to hear 10 cases over the next 2 weeks the country finding ways to move forward while acknowledging there will likely be a high price to pay for it pedicle hain aljazeera well jenny as an associate professor of microbiology and immunology at Georgetown University Medical Center she says its still true risky to lift those restrictions in the u. S. A lot of governors and local leaders under tremendous pressure to let people go back to work and help the economy begin to recover are beginning to relax those social distancing measures while the number of cases in communities is actually still growing and before weve gotten the the Logistical Support the planning and the decisions in place to make sure that people have access to testing so until we can make sure that we have access to testing and the ability to trace the contacts of people who are infected and make sure that we can isolate those who are infected and quarantine those who are potentially exposed then any move forward to relax those those distancing measures carries a significant risk that will see infections take off again in those communities and thats what those models were seeing a really were selecting that that concern that were going to see cases surge as measures to prevent exposures are relaxed with nothing else really in cleese to to even be able to monitor whats happening now in china has been accused by Human Rights Watch of discrimination against africans during this pandemic African Students living and longer reported being forcibly test for the virus and quarantine of the say they were evicted from their housing and harassed but the government rejects those accusations saying theyre an attempt by the u. S. To harm chinas relations with african nations larry i spoke to one shes the China Research action when rights watch and she says africans in china have a long experienced racial discrimination. A lot of africans i spoke in one show they told me that they have already they had already been tested negative however they were still taken to the hotels to be or indeed and during the course they were texted a negative again after they were released after 14 days and they again got kaga to get tested and so there was no reason this is a completely discriminatory and the racist Research Shows that. There are many documented and the government i think is trying to use discovery in 1000 as a way to you know check a war on document as a way to try to get them to out of china basically 2 things one used a force to quarantine and force the testy i think this is concentrated in one show and this is done by the government and theres another issue which is a lot of africans experience discrimination. And on a daily basis and i could be in turn away by restaurants to turn away by hotels shops mosques i think this is widespread it does is not just in business you know across the country and people have racist attitude and racist behavior towards africans in china now its back up in south korea in a sporting sign of life or tending to normal after the corona virus infection rates that slows down the governments allowing outdoor sport starting with the popular Baseball League but fans can also attend well our correspondent robert pride is in a stadium an enchanted that looks like a very empty stadium. It is a very empty stadium and i was about to say it is the incredibly eerily experience being here in a stadium so quiet and its just between plays and the p. A. System has just started up the drums of started over there and its now actually quite noisy and its from being quite empty yes this is the finally the long awaited start of south koreas much delayed baseball season this is the main stadium in. The s. K. Y. Suer taking on the hand one eagles and suddenly the sound level drops off again were just having a change between innings here and i do stand back and lets just zoom in here we can show the stands were not allowed to show any of the play here thats because of a rights issue more about that in a 2nd but these are stands that are completely empty devoid of spectators over the very soft side in the bleachers there we have some spectators of the 2 dimensional printed variety stretched out in where spectators would normally be but this is how we are starting the baseball season the players are starting very strict precautions to make sure everybody here stay safe everyone has their temperature checked when they come in. Not allowed to be any hugging or high fives or handshakes and most notably for Baseball Players and theres not meant to be any licking of fingers there thats quite tricky for the pictures i do also know spitting and that is a very big ask of everybody it seems in baseball now the big thing about this about match is that while this is going ahead here and with the other 10 teams in careers back Baseball Organization there potentially is a world wide audience because of course there are baseball fans all over the world south korea is one of the top 3 baseball the nations obviously coming behind United States and japan but south korea has got ahead of the game by playing 1st so this man. Being streamed live to an audience around the globe through the likes of e. S. P. N. Whove been starved of this kind of action now for many weeks. As lovely as those lovely 2 dimensional fans are in the stands that i mean i cant be a real baseball match breaking for the teams without real fans is there a sense of when the government mayans get real fans back into the stadium. Absolutely will be talking to the team manager here and he is hoping that maybe within the next one to 2 weeks as the coronaviruses very much seems to be under control here in south korea they can gradually start allowing them back in but its still going to be a long while before you have very crowded stands of cheering fans they simply cant do that so theyre going to be reintroduced gradually limited numbers empty seats between them but to try to give some spectator participation a number of the broadcasters here are looking at all sorts of innovative ways of using peoples web cams from fans who are sitting all around south korea watching these games to feed them back into the general feed that goes out to the public here so you do get a sense of people playing playing baseball fans at home cheering them on all mixed together on these multi feeds to at least give us a sense of the kind of game we used to know and love and hopefully here in south korea and the rest of the baseball the world will see once more from the private for us live and thank you rob. Well still ahead on al jazeera. Cramped conditions and a lack of health care a warning that its a recipe for disaster and a kenyan refugee camp. In the new research and chill a thats nothing out of the symptoms of the corner virus. Hello there plenty of warm air in place across much of the Arabian Peninsula all hussein wanted to show you can see a very widely scattered throughout much of turkey what we have out of the last few days is some pretty good clay conditions to the east and all of the mad so is the skies in beirut i say click conditions you can see some 80 dont threatening clouds above that but its the warm and for most part it has been sunny people even into the Mediterranean Sea but there is more rain on the way through choose a little of low pressure this will roll its way through tools the eastern end of the med that will bring the showers later in the day more rain across into the fall south and west of yemen and we could all this area of cloud here we could see one to scottish and thunderstorms but its a warm day on tuesday 41 in baghdad 40 celsius in kuwait and then that rain to the roll through turkey it does really become havea more developed some works its way through Northern Areas of iraq and iran as we head through the middle of the week and again theres. The 4 calls in the southwest of the Arabian Peninsula and then plenty of thunderstorms across areas of the Southern Africa most of the south africa the rain as we go through tuesday is generally going to be anywhere really from cameroon and around the coast we have got more heavy rain across coastal areas the tanzania and then wednesday heavy rains through the d. L. C. But warm and dry and cape town with a high the 26. On counting the cost famines of biblical proportions the coronavirus is at the end of the Global Economy so what does that. 4 brits and 5 plus grants or loans as italy and spain easter lockdowns can be youre great at times on a trillion girl rescue. Cutting the cost on aljazeera. Play an Important Role tempting it would. Hello again youre watching aljazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour the search for a Coronavirus Vaccine has received a significant financial boost dozens of countries have pledged 8000000000. 00 to speed up or such the u. S. China and russia did not take. The trumpet ministration is projecting coronavirus deaths in the u. S. Will reach 3000 a day by the end of this month thats according to documents seen by the New York Times that comes as a number of states and started to reopen. And Human Rights Watch is calling on china to end discriminatory practices against africans living there during this pandemic African Students reported being evicted from their housing as well as suffering from harassment china denies those accusations. Well lets take you to some other news now and venezuelas president Nicolas Maduro says that teen people including 2 americans have been captured after an alleged cool attempt the government says the u. S. And colombia are behind the plot to overthrow the dura the attorney general accuses the Opposition Leader one by jove also being involved right or denies those allegations saying the raid was organized by the state madeira says he has evidence they were trying to kill him. If you should already have told us a u. S. Official and a consultant in the war in iraq and afghanistan last night reported and showed the contracts signed by the venezuelan opposition which have privatized and preparing extradition of mercenaries and terrorists trained in colombia to storm venezuela and try to kill me. Now scientists have made a major breakthrough in the fight against malaria they found a microbe that prevents mosquitoes from being infected with the disease stopping them from infecting humans now the microbe is known as much crisper ridea m. B. And it lives in the guts and genitals of mosquitoes researches could not find malaria in any of the mosquitoes carrying that microbe the World Health Organization says more than 400000. 00 people a killed by malaria each year most of them children under 5 its thought at least 40 percent of mosquitoes in an area would need to be infected with that microbe for it to have a serious impact on malaria well jeremy heron is a Research Scientist at the International Center of insect physiology and ecology he led that study and explains how the mosquito populations could be controlled with the discovery of this new microbe. Theres a few characteristics that we found in this micro theyd actually give us some clues as to what we could use to get it out and so that is the vertical transmission so a mother mosquito sacks all of her offspring. By by by inserting the micro spirity into their eggs. So that is one way in which the symbiote can spread into population it is also infectious and weve actually found that it can be infected as mosquitoes mate and i assume we could mass release male mosquitoes which dont have the capacity to transmit malaria in any case its only transmitted by humans and they could then spread back in section. 2 females who truth and pass it on to their offspring so there are a number of different ways that we could go out there and thats really the focus for so the future studies weve made incredible progress in this been you know a lot of hard work to to get us to where we are but were still very far away from where we need to be and that and as youve pointed out there are too many people dying every year from larry or so. New developments such as this could could really be a Game Changing now back to the coronavirus pandemic and new zealand has reported no new coronavirus cases for the 2nd day in a row now Prime Minister just under our dan has also joined a meeting of the strain is cabinet on tuesday to discuss quarantine free travel between the 2 countries but she says itll be a long time before there are open borders with the rest of the world new zealand began easing its Strict Lockdown last week. The advantage we have Getting Better control control of the virus has been to try and get back to some form of normality International Travel wont feel like that for some time but if we can find a way to make it work with a stray leah and then that would give it since of normality if we can make it work neither of us want cases of credit coming between our countries neither of us would want the boonen of that so i think regardless of our future path well be looking for ways to do it safely. Well nigeria has joined the host of countries easing restrictions following a 5 week lockdown that but medical workers one that large crowds return to the streets could cause a major spike in cases amid a dress reports from the. Nigerians in the capital take tentative steps towards normal life after a week lockdown but scenes like this shock medical workers on the front lines of the fight against 19 it is not a good decision i distilled on their property which in india this is a step that is not strong. If we have like you know about people who are. Women who have the current capacity of the hospital beds to be able to take care of those who may have been affected. Some of the citys open markets remain closed frustrating many traders have not sold anything for more than a month. And there is no provision for the masses so i can see everything i. Dont. See treat the lockdown has taken a toll of my eyes and livelihoods and many here are in a hurry to recoup their losses. The collapse in oil prices has been another major blow for nigerias poor dependent economy. And heal our stores of full were trying to keep the prices as they are we dont want to even think about how losses as a businessman your priority is to keep your customer in good and bad times remember that many people didnt earn any money for weeks now but some Health Experts insist the government should continue to enforce emergency measures the government says are certain restrictions are being lifted night curfews will start from 8 oclock until further notice and wearing of mask like this well outside and social distancing will not be strictly enforced in addition to reducing presenter numbers on public transport. For now all places of worship will remain closed with government worried about enforcing social distancing. And other nigerians fear the lifting of restrictions when infections are on the rise could be disastrous. All nearly half a 1000000 refugees living in camps in kenya are at risk of a coronavirus outbreak because of crowded conditions there and a lack of Health Care Web reports. On the radio fled fighting in her hometown in south sudan when she was 2 years old her parents brought her here to calcutta refugee camp in northern kenya its been a home ever since over 2 decades its become a city of shacks home to nearly 200000 people trips to the water pump with the market are essential to the way people get food to eat. Shes worried about the spread of the corona virus in my company and you cannot talk on monday when i dont know where we fetch water we have to queue and social distancing is practically impossible that scares me. And is among nearly hoffa 1000000 refugees in kenya many escape the conflicts in neighboring somalia a 1000 on most live in camps like. So far no cases of the virus have been identified here. Refugee rights activists say cramped conditions and the lack of health care could be a recipe for disaster unfortunately it means possible devastation people who are infected will not be able to be isolated people. Will be a lot of transmission the spread. And the response was this. The uns Refugee Agency released this video showing measures that have been taken to prevent the spread of the virus during food distributions he says its added extra water points for washing hands but that doesnt change many of the realities inside and outside the camp protecting refugees from myers is not only about protecting refugees or about protecting unities really its about protecting all of us and everyone is not protected in the truth of this are. People in kenya and other parts of africa waiting to see if when the coronavirus will spread as much as it has in asia europe and the us Health Experts say could be disastrous. And i says lifes already become more difficult the crisis has pushed up food prices worried about her family in the weeks ahead she says all they can do is pray to god malcolm webb aljazeera nairobi kenya. Now a plane carrying medical supplies for the fight against the current virus has crashed in somalia killing 6 people the transport minister says the plane came down near bar dolly in the southern bay region syrias president has warned there could be extended strophe if Coronavirus Infection rates their spike theres been a few recorded cases but russia says Health Services could be overwhelmed if that changes a curfew has been in place now for a month 44 cases and 3 deaths have been confirmed while turkey has begun easing restrictions travel between 7 cities will be allowed for the 1st time in weeks more than 130000 people there have tested positive hundreds of people in honduras have blocked a highway to prevent funerals for coronavirus victims the demonstrators used boulders burning tires and even tree branches in the protest outside the capital riot police eventually cleared the highway has more than a 1000 infections with 82 deaths the formula one race track in mexicos capital will become a temporary clinic to treat patients whove contracted private 19 hospitals in mexico city report that theyre almost over capacity now scientists and chill a have developed a test that could help to diagnose coronavirus patients early and for a fraction of the price one of the symptoms of covered 19 is the loss of the sense of smell and now a university in santiago has developed an aroma test kit latin america at a cell you see in human with how it works. The swede aroma of a flower a pleasure meat possible by our sense of smell which is also one of our least used senses thats why scientists were late to catch that initiative needed 80 percent of people present no obvious symptoms of coronavirus in fact have partial or total unknowns mia many of them have experienced just a morse. Which is all faction. Of fact of fact it comes as no other symptoms no car no fever just im not. A fever can be easily detected with a some momentary or thermal graphic camera but not the loss a smell which is highly subjective. Now the school of engineering and center of aroma and tasted chiles Catholic University have developed an objective test to measure it. The kid consists of 6 extremely familiar aromas a person is asked to identify sri you can fail the test and not be infected but you cant pass if you are says professor i will see and then you can isolate the person that shows some of the. Fact that these functions corroborate this person. And the. Team we went to try it out so ive always prided myself over having a good sense of smell but now were going to see. One of those all correct so i passed the test and thank god and the amazing thing about this is that its not only very very quick its extremely inexpensive about 0. 30 per test which means that its a very viable alternative in countries that cant afford widespread testing with the with the classic covert 19 examinations. A Pilot Program is starting this week but already there is widespread interest in using the kids in areas where theres a high probability of infections but if theyre going to get in industries that can start for example like Food Production in mines or hospitals they can tease them frequently and if they dont pass seen them to take the traditional test to confirm indeed just like having a High Temperature does not mean that you have cold it 19 losing a sense of smell isnt proof of infection but this. Well test does provide a new Early Warning system to help detect those who are spreading the disease without even knowing it. You see in human aljazeera something i will. Play again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines the search for a Coronavirus Vaccine has received a significant funding boost dozens of countries have pledged 8000000000. 00 to speed up research that the u. S. China and russia did not take part weve made it today is a defining moment for the Global Community at a time when we are sitting further apart than usual the world has shown it is standing closer together than ever before and in the space of just a few hours we have collectively pledged 7400000000 euros for vaccines diagnostics and treatments and all these money will help kickstart unprecedented Global Cooperation and it will create a truly unique Global Public good well in the United States the trumpet ministration is projecting coronavirus deaths in the country will reach 3000 a day by the end of this month thats according to documents seen by the New York Times and it comes as a number of states have started to reopen Human Rights Watch is calling on china to end its discriminatory practices against africans living there during this pandemic African Students reported being evicted from their housing and harassment but the government rejects those accusations saying there an attempt by the u. S. To home chinas relations with african countries a plane carrying medical aid supplies for the fight against the corona virus has crashed in the southern bay region of somalia the transport minister says 6 people on board die and. And its game on says south koreas professional sports leagues as the Coronavirus Infection rate there slows down the government is allowing Outdoor Sports starting with the popular Baseball League that fans cannot attend venezuelas president Nicolas Maduro says that 200. 00 people including 2 americans have been captured after an alleged coup attempt the government says the u. S. And colombia behind the plot to overthrow madeira the attorney general accuses Opposition Leader why joe of being involved which he denies well those are the headlines theyll be more news here after counting the cost stay with us. From time to time and spirituality reflection and gratitude raise the flag the flag every called. The real world will how well how he reveals the stories behind some of the arab world songs and chants for the holy month this song touched the hearts of all arabs for ramadan songs on aljazeera. Shall carry this is counting the cost on aljazeera a look at the world of business economics this week famines of biblical proportions the coronavirus is up ended the Global Economy and supply chains with nations under lockdown so what does it mean for food supplies. From the richest nation where low paid