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International push for solutions and the game on south koreas baseball season restarts as the country eases restrictions on professional sports. India is launching one of the Worlds Largest repatriation missions to help hundreds of thousands of its nationals stranded across the world by Coronavirus Travel restrictions passenger jets and warships will be used to bring workers home back in late march india had suspended all flights into the country elsewhere the u. K. Has recorded another 693 deaths taking its toll past the 29000 that means it has now overtake initially as the country with the highest number of deaths in europe in home call restrictions are being lifted with cinemas and bars is set to reopen and secondary schools due to restarts later this month meanwhile in russia cases are continuing to spike more than 10000 infections have been reported now for 3 days in a row we start our coverage in india with Victoria Gate and. There are an estimated 70000000 indians who Work Overseas now some of those who desperately want to return home will be able to have gone to the Indian Government has given the go ahead to bring back indian citizens stuck abroad the travel will be done either by airplanes or naval ships all flights into india with suspended in late march because of the coronavirus epidemic since then those affected by the restrictions have been vocal in calling for a change of policy if you look at the 2 identical uploading the missions and the peace because they have been flooded by these indians what in saying that the. Other countries have been thinking oh that is an act why arent you being you know so this is basically a type of dignity in that the Indian Government says arriving passengers will be screened segregated and quarantined the critics are warning the virus may still spread. According to the information from the Central Government people be put on a plane without testing 1st with or they have coronavirus this is dangerous a plane has more than 200 people if one or 2 have the virus all the passengers will be in trouble the subjects the whole country and raises the possibility of the disease spreading further there are also concerns that poorly paid migrants may not be able to afford a ticket home who is representing stranded clients are calling on the Indian Government to do more to help. Good look at subsidizing or are only discounting these tickets specially for people who you know and if i do not have the economic ability of buying that but use of to get back home is estimated there are up to a 1000000 indians waiting to go home in what will be one of the Worlds Largest International Repatriation missions the tory gate and be al jazeera. The u. K. Government has defended the countrys rising death toll foreign minister dominic rob says accurate comparisons cannot be made until the crisis is over i dont think well get a real verdict on how well countries have done until the pandemic is over in particularly until weve got comprehensive International Data on all cause mortality but i think theres 2 points id make about the way the u. K. Has approached things there are different ways of counting deaths as we know weve had that debate in this country we now published data that includes all deaths in all settings and not all countries do that so im not sure that the International Comparison works unless you can youre reliably know that all countries are measuring in the same way and it also depends on how good friendly countries are in gathering their statistics. And as john paul explains from london where of course the u. K. At that figure is have exceeded those basically making the country now the place with the highest 1000 deaths in europe as john explains the figures dont tell the full story. The numbers by direct comparison dont tell us all that much what they do though is fuel questions which are being asked here almost every day of the government now or quite why this country appears to have been so ill prepared for this epidemic having had a good couple of weeks to look at with horror at the time of course what was happening in italy a country that had far less time to prepare and also a wider questions about quite why western countries in general in europe and in the United States were far less prepared or appear to be than Asian Countries take south korea for instance after all of this only recording just in excess of 250 deaths from coronavirus so they feel all the questions they dont necessarily provide very much in the way of balances the British Public are looking and listening all the time to pronouncements from government in the Daily Briefing and elsewhere from scientists and so on about when and it might be appropriate to start lifting the lockdown that speed in place in this country and others there looking of course at the reproductive rate of the infections from cocoa covered 1000 looking for that to remain below one this famous our figure the number of people that carriers with corona virus infect it is currently below one but not sufficiently below want to give them much wiggle room but theres an enormous amount of pressure from industry for business on the government to restart the economy the war is that if you go too far down the road in terms of saving lives you end up going too far down the road in terms of being able to save the economy and then ultimately that causes more problems than it helps down the line as it mentioned earlier hong kong is relaxing one of asias toughest lockdowns follow still weeks of the confections katrina has more now from beijing. The government and kerry lamb said that they were very confident that hong kong had stabilized its corona Virus Outbreak enough to be able to ease some of those very strict measures that have been in place for weeks so starting from this friday groups of up to 8 people will be able to gather in public and theyll be able to eat together for example in restaurants previously that maximum group number was for also some key venue some key businesses will finally be able to reopen that includes jims cinemas in 3 years has some bars as well as beauty parlors and finally they also announce some opening dates for schools which many families have been looking forward to so starting from may 27th older High School Kids will be able to attend school but they wont be all at once Younger High School students as well as primary School Students will be able to resume classes from the beginning of june and now this follows weeks of corn a virus cases in hong kong dwindling in fact in the last 16 days there have been 0 new local infections the have been some imported cases but there have been very few in the Single Digits if any on some days and it also follows months of real real economic battering that hong kong has seen the the economy in hong kong declined in its 1st quarter this year by about 9 percent compared to last year so the government is very keen to get the economy going again but its not quite out of the woods yet the government said that theyre going to give every hong kong to dissin reusable mascot theyre expected to wear when theyre out and about and some businesses including night clubs karaoke clubs as well as saunas and bath houses will remain closed for at least another 2 weeks. Russia has reported the largest number of new daily cases of the coronavirus in europe with the total number of infections now exceeding 150000 else workers there have been complaining about their working conditions after 2 doctors fell out of a window and died that in baba reports. When digging graves instant petersburg russia 2nd city victims of coffee 19 a scene thats becoming more common on tuesday the country reported the highest number of new coronavirus cases in europe and now there are disturbing questions over Health Workers whove raised the alarm about their working conditions but after. This video on twitter shows dr alexander shoot off on the left and a colleague is explaining how she had been forced to keep working despite having covered 19 the colleague previously criticised the Hospital Management for protective gear shortages and was questioned by police for allegedly spreading fake news but another video made 3 days later apparently at the hospital seems to show surely pove by now being treated for the virus retracting their complaints. I feel right my temperature is not rising why did the this a thing to mattick have a runny nose otherwise all is well what we said was said when we were high on emotions. On saturday according to local state television quoting Health Officials surely power fell from a 2nd floor window at the hospital hes now reportedly in a Critical Condition in intensive care after suffering skull fractures the same sources say hes the 3rd russian doctor to fall out of a window in the space of 10 days the 2 others died 3 incidents which are being investigated by Law Enforcement or thirtys have prompted intense discussion in russia about whistleblowers in the Health System everywhere we have a lot of problems then a lot. Of hospitals. Enough. Doctors with all her off lights dont have enough equipment. Across russia the number of recorded covered 9000 cases stands at more than 155000 in officially the diseases killed almost 1500 people now. Remains the countrys worst hit region accounting for more than half of new cases and his 90 percent of patients are younger than 65. Cities remain on lockdown while much of europe looks to ease restrictions the russian government says theyll stay in place to visit vaccine. Aljazeera u. S. President donald trump has made a rare trip out of washington to meet with native americans and tor an Aerospace Facility in phoenix arizona that expanded its production to manufacture a respirator masks for Health Care Workers and im goodman is a republican strategist and joins us now from floridas star thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera this is one of the 1st trips that really donald trump has taken out of washington of course because of the current a virus pandemic and the crisis at schools in the u. S. And elsewhere weve also seen his Approval Ratings take a hit the latest poll shows that now 42 percent say that trump is doing a good job as opposed to 46 percent in april how damaged do you think this president has been by his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Well i think you know just listening to the rest of the lead up into this interview all over the world everyones having in a way to learn on the fly the president was no different here in america i think he did very very well coming out of the box he held obviously a lot of press conferences barbara i think when those are to wear a little thin he. Tried to look for an alternative and he are seen the alternative now where he visited arizona the honeywell plant where they are manufacturing 91. 00 masks and will be a part of other productive protective equipment be coming online this is part of what america and i think the world is going to start to starve for which is a shot in the arm we know we have a health and we fear we also are looking at an economic endemic and its nice i think just to get a sense that maybe tomorrow will be a little bit better than yesterday and i think that barbara is what the president is trying to do youll see a lot more of it in the days ahead and as for the polls the polls are you know snapshots in time the polls really going to count start to count as this fall when i think the American People have a much better read on how the administration has done with the coated disaster. I mean of course youre right in saying that the coronavirus has you know caught a lot of countries a bit unawares and a lot of countries are having problems for haps not as many leaders are quite as optimistic as President Trump and not as many leaders made the kind of comments that he made a deal in the Coronavirus Task forces for example saying that people should drink disinfectant which is one of the reasons that those press conferences arent happening anymore and hes also a president in an Election Year and a president that thrives in front of a crowd and big rallies which cant happen right now how much do you think that damages his prospects for reelection. Well i think it he has to revisit how he campaigns as everyone has asked joe biden whose Biggest Campaign trips have been between his den and his kitchen as hes trying to communicate out from his home in delaware and change things but isnt it its kind of strange to say this barbara but even today in arizona where he was actually distance in the press conference we just saw from some of the others the governor of arizona and some others of the income Indian Country you cant relieved i think to get out of washington out of being sequestered him back into play but in the end a bottom line in all this in the in this election to come is is really whether or not people want to change horses in the middle of a tremendous challenge of tremendous hit not just in terms of our security but our Economic Security i think thats where the president s going to have a strong game when its all said and done and that the polls are going to be all over the place the pain and how we feel about how things are going today but its really what we want to do moving forward and whether or not what the president has done which is that basically barbara say to americans lets get at it its in of that but if i look thats been really only give me for interrupting about if you look at statistics well beyond the polls its nearly 1200000 americans infected nearly 7000 thats the infection reembrace who is rising is the president putting campaigning issues ahead actually of the safety of the United States and americans i think you know barbara he said constantly from the beginning to this that hes putting the health of americans 1st but as president unlike tony shes on an amazing job of trying to give us a sense of what the Health Aspects of this pandemic are as president youre responsible for every other part of life as well and its not just the the the thirst that people feel wanted to get out there again to try to feel some sense a. Normalcy again we have to make some very tough decisions and so theres a precedent about where those lines are and were not going to know whats you know how it all kind of turns out until we get out there and we start to try things and so were going to push the all blokes were going to as Kevin Mccarthy in the house said were going to learn to crawl walk run now we might be doing more crawling than one right now but at least i think the president is laying out kind of a of a path that america is going to say ok i think maybe just maybe i can see some of the light at the end of this tunnel had a good one republican strategist speaking to us from florida good to get your views thank you thank you barbara. Plenty more still ahead on the news hour including an attack on press freedom the president already got to test their cues the of being behind the shutdown of the philippines t. V. Network. And the President Trumped the nie is the u. S. Is behind what it calls a failed coup in venezuela despite the capture of 2 americans. Iranian scientists are collaborating with their chinese counterparts in an attempt to improve testing for the coronavirus iran is one of the worst hit countries in the middle east with more than 6300. 00 thats the from tehran. In laboratories like this all over the world scientists are trying to answer the same questions how can covert 1000 be stopped is there a cure when will this Global Crisis be over at the Pasteur Institute into iran iranian experts are working with chinese colleagues to try and improve testing for the virus something that has been a challenge since the early days of the outbreak so im coming here. Just to have a 10 to. Condense on training on how to use the test because you would seem all right out here but it has to if you please stop im sorry our interview with the visiting expert was cut short by security i mean i mean you know the government here has been criticized for responding too slowly to the pandemic and it seems officials and remain sensitive about anything related to its coronavirus response. Set up in 1920 the campus into herat is named for french scientist Louis Pasteur a 19th century pioneer of modern medicine this institute runs dozens of labs and employs hundreds of staff across the country the government Hopes Research and development here will enable iran to export diagnostic kits and medical equipment this facility is nearly 100 years old and one of the largest of its kind in the middle east for years scientists in these kinds of labs have been fighting all manner of diseases Infectious Diseases and now their priority the inescapable priority for these men and women is to try to find a way to fight over the 19 why is the virus more severe in some patients does it mutate and can survivors develop immunity. Answers to these questions and the discovery of a vaccine in a place named after a pioneer in the field would be an Outstanding Achievement and the head of the institute made it clear that is the ambition. Were working on producing the Technical Knowledge for a vaccine and focusing on. And treatment to see which medicine could be a good candidate for curing the disease but on the day of our visit irans president was more guarded in an address to his cabinet house and rouhani was clear there have been no breakthroughs social distancing is the best policy and everyones in this for the long haul. No about face on the assumption that this why i was unfortunately remain these people for some time and nobody in the world can predict when this epidemic will days weeks or months you have to observe those protocols while continuing Work Production and activities your view of course comes to chrono people have to be general there is no treatment no medication or vaccine for it so fundamental thing is to be careful about ourselves while finding a cure is the end goal testing is also important last month the revolutionary guards unveiled a handheld device they said was capable of detecting an infected person from 100 meters away but its effectiveness was criticized and Irans Health Ministry did not approve it for use with no easy fixes scientists carry on with their research how to end the pandemic remains an open question and of a intend to find the answer is in basra the old is here at the herat. Priscillas government is resisting calls for a new Field Hospital to be set up in the amazonian city of laos which has become a major coronavirus hotspot the Health Minister says existing facilities can be expanded but hospitals are overwhelmed and cemeteries are struggling to cope with the growing number of victims that is of our reports. Its the capital of the state of a muscle mass and it has become an example of the fear brazil has to cope with over 1000. Dozens of victims of the disease are being buried in this cemetery every day william l. May they lost his uncle in the past days he has now been authorized to bury him here. With us and the bodies are being buried together in these mass graves theyre left in containers there are 3 containers here sometime the funeral home stuff cant come in they stay by the entrance and the coffins are stored inside these containers until the. Can be buried. On the same day relatives of those who dies say the names of those buried where being put in the wrong coffins. Covered 19 at parent iraq to the city in the heart of the amazon imported by a woman who traveled from london one month and a half later hospitals are trying to cope with a spiraling increase of infections are still falling or he says the whole system is failing you see pitching one major achievement ours had an average of 28. 00 to 35. 00 burials per day now its more than 120. 00 it doesnt mean that all these people are dying from covered 19 there are other causes of death but its not being checked the postmortem examination system is lacking. Far right precedential you also nato is a strong opponent of isolation and has dismissed the virus poses a real threat for brazil hello im Sebastian Salgado of famous brazilian foreign journalists. And dozens of public figures signed an open letter to the brazilian government calling on officials to protect the nations Indigenous People with limited access to health care they say they are at risk of genocide many indigenous communities are located not far away from analysis finish made she in the visually saying that unfortunately i dont see it with good the doctors the professionals some government officials are trying to do their best but i think things will worsen until the 6th or 8th of may the curve will continue to rise. A curve that has already taken thousands of lives in a country where the president seems to be on denial about the tragedy hes people are facing every day. Lets go to libya now where the internationally recognized government has launched an offensive to capture an air base controlled by the warlord halley for half that hour what t. S. Has been used to launch air strikes on Government Forces the Government Troops recently seized control of major cities along the western coastline and they reject that have to call for a ceasefire during ramadan believing he did use it to regroup following the losses of territory our correspondent that they were hit is in libyas capital he says the tripoli government is trying to cut off half the hours supply lines. Have to his forces are still besieged inside a with. The most to throw. In the worst of libya for have to his forces especially after that they lost civil strategic cities in the worst of the country only a few weeks ago the Government Military sources say that the arctic sea change or they have been rather except taiji get heavy fire by artillery rockets with the forces loyal to the warlord really for have to go and also they say that the now have full control of the area above. Thank you spotty to the drones that have been controlling the air. Over and will to air base is giving get the Government Forces that chance to cut all supplies lines coming to have those forces from the south now their Government Forces say that they lost. The last number of fighters in this battle for a water but they say that they can now. Attack a base from civil axes especially direction close to the tunisian border. One of the ahead there were earlier we spoke to jason patch he is the founder of the Consultancy Firm libya and alice he says janney forces have now secured the air superiority with support of the Turkish Military there are 2 key components that the day which is half tars army has in d western libya thats where he has loyal allies fighting against the g. N. A. T. And then this air base and whats happened now that were 13 months into the war is that for the 1st 12 months of the battle for tripoli the l n a had air superiority and now in the last month the g. N. A. T. With turkish help has secured air superiority if watching the falls that theres a curiosity will be complete and the g. N. A. T. Will be able to use drones against her who are not and to repulse the attack on tripoli the philippines leading broadcaster has been ordered to shut down the Telecoms Authority says a. B. S. C. B. S. License has expired president or 3 for the theft there has regularly criticized the network opposition groups accusing him of targeting independent media a. B. S. E b. N. Has been given 10 days to respond to the decision to me to get his in the capital manila was more. The seasoned deceased order according to the National Communications commission is immediately executor and that something that the department of justice secretary also said however based on local interviews with the commissioners of n t c it remains to be seen how exactly he is going to implement that whether theyre going to need the help of Law Enforcement to come in and actually literally physically stop the network from airing the letter was received officially this afternoon a. B. S. E b. N. Continues to air today and this is a complete turnaround from what he said a few months ago that it may issue a provisional authority to e. B. s pending its approval of the extension of its franchise in congress now the spokesperson of president of the good that theyre doing for the past few months of said that the president has nothing to do with this although last year the president himself threatened that he will shut down a. B. S. E b. N. Because of the Networks Failure to air his president ial campaign ads in 2016 now this is seen as a major blow to press freedom according to rights experts here they see this is the time when the biggest Media Network in the country would substations across the country is needed for information dissemination of the current pandemic and the situation in the country now despite denials from the Philippine Government experts also say that this is seen as an impervious curtailment of press freedom and also spawned by political retribution of this government. Venezuelas president Nicolas Maduro sr a 1000 people have been captured strolling what he says was a coup attempt but says the group including 2 americans arrived in speedboats on sunday intending to kill him told home and has more. 2 americans captured along with 11 others after a failed on the incursion into venezuela they tried to get in by sea but the plan floundered off the coast 8 were killed according to the venezuelan government minister lionels this man said hed organized it jordan good roles the u. S. Expression forces Soldier Turned security contractor he was aiming to topple Nicolas Maduro together with a few dozen ex members of venezuelas armed forces but something 100 hours a daring and fabulous raid was launched from the border of colombia deep into the heart of caracas our men are continuing to fight right now but they were himself claimed that his longtime enemies were behind it here yesterday sunday made venezuela face down an attempted maritime incursion from terrorists mercenaries that were trained in colombian territory and financing and support from the United States and the current colombian government on tuesday President Trump dismissed that nothing to do with our government the venezuelan government also claimed that Opposition Leader one boy though recognized by more than 50 countries as venezuelas legitimate leader was in on the plan d he also roundly denied that saying this was a ploy to distract from the countrys many problems. They will be chaos and they want to hide it they want to hide the lack of gasoline in the main cities and want to hide the struggle of hundreds of thousands of in of sway ones here they are the fisherman protesting again asking for the rights to make a living to buy gasoline to feed their families when dura is chaos the opposition say they fear this will be used to persecute them. And the ministration is deploying 25000. 00 security personnel to search for anyone else involved they said im probably going to be out of the opera hes under pressure himself not just internally but increasingly from u. S. Officials who slapped a 50000000. 00 bounty on his head on narco terrorism charges. However real the press the incursion was it does give his government Something Else to talk about john home and aljazeera. Still ahead this news hour the faceless and poorly paid airport workers left struggling to survive as the coronavirus leaves airlines grounded and the hornets from hell giant killer insects that could wipe out be populations arrive in the United States for the 1st time. Hello european weather is becoming aligned such as the east is underneath the cloud with a northerly breeze and fairly frequent outbreaks of rain thats been the case for a while admittedly it is going to carry on with the the blue represents the rain the whites but its snowing there as well in the Higher Ground but to the west theres a lack of clouds it will increase to disappear and with the breeze other nothing at all or from the suns things warm up now it was hot in spain yesterday in the middle thirtys along the north coast thats come back down again bit more sensible but still hot in Southern Spain and temperatures will tend to rise i think where the sun is persistent days are long nights now and paris represents a quite nicely starting of a 20 when we get to 26 by the week since 3 days of full sunshine on the north coast of africa the wind very much determines the temperature took a trip really the forecast for wednesday is 38 has reversed the wind direction and knock it back down to about 27 on thursday please in north african coast is very much depend on the wind direction for the sas that was the tropics with this line of blue which represents showers coming up slowly with the sun kenya and tanzania have seen some heavy rain recently the still some on the coast is likely to get heavier. As italy went into Lockdown People in power are asked to filmmakers to document the effects on ordinary people from the immense suffering and loss the forgotten abandoned or exploited to sing a longs every day heroes and heartwarming acts of kindness the stories they capture reveal how the virus is forcing society to take a look in the mirror and exposing its inequalities coronavirus lockdown italy people in power on aljazeera. People have come to expect a lot from aljazeera over the years its their reporting the commitment to one the reporter places the commitment to the human story. But its also the idea of challenging those in power if a politician comes on this channel they will be challenged and thats what people expect of us they want the questions on such. That is what the way some of those but we will continue to. A reminder now of the top stories on aljazeera india is launching one of the Worlds Largest repatriation missions hundreds of thousands of its nationals stranded by Coronavirus Travel restrictions will be brought home the u. K. Has recorded another 693 deaths taking its toll past 29000 and making the country now the one with the highest number of deaths in europe after 2 weeks of snow new domestic infections hong kong is relaxing one of asias toughest stop downs cinemas and bars will be allowed to reopen. Kenya shelters nearly half a 1000000 refugees many of whom fled to neighboring somalia and south sudan they live in crowded camps and are at risk of a corona Virus Outbreak with little or no access to Health Care Welcome web reports from nairobi. And a radio fled fighting in her hometown in south sudan when she was 2 years old her parents brought her here to carcamo 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 a market are essential to the way people get food to eat shes worried about the spread of the coronavirus in the company and you cannot talk on monday when im a dentist and where we fetch water we have to queue and social distancing is practically impossible that scares me. And those among nearly hoffa 1000000 refugees in kenya many escape the conflicts in neighboring somalia and falsehood on most living camps like. So far no cases of the virus have been identified here but 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 who. Will be a lot of transmission spreads fast and the response will be so. 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 cruel admirers is not only about protecting refugees or about protecting Host Communities 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 u. S. Health experts say could be disastrous. And if his lifes already become more difficult because he has pushed up prices worried about her family in the weeks ahead she says all they can do is pray to god markham web aljazeera nairobi kenya. Coronavirus lockdowns implemented in some african countries have been particularly devastating for informal vendors small scale farmers and undocumented migrants more than 80 percent of zimbabwe ends are in their living from africas largest Informal Sector markets have been shot and the use of public taxis suspended since the end of march in mozambique small scale farmers account for 95 percent of the countrys Agricultural Production the state of emergency the cleared on april 1st has forced farmers to drop prices with working restrictions cutting off labor south africa has allowed spaza shops or informal Convenience Stores run from home to operate with a permit but undocumented migrants have been excluded from receiving Financial Aid or food parcels. Well that is a political and social commentator he joins us live now from johannesburg via skype sir thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera around the world the coronavirus has forced governments to make a bit of a balancing act between the economy and the health of people explain to us why in africa this is having a disproportionate effect on the economy and the lives of people there. Think you program. The problem african countries are facing is that there are issues that we predating the 19 and then make and chief issues which have come to the fore. High unemployment. Poverty and the existence of lodz in food economies which are not in time be integrated into. The main economies work and what the shutdown has done is exacerbate problems are around those 3 issues and this is causing quite a lot of. Unhappiness as well as hunger. And i think a lot of. Skepticism about governments ability to actually handle this. Pandemic well who to come up with a response that can at least accommodate the issues that most africans face of after asia europe was the 1st continent to be severely hit so i guess a lot of countries you know like a city for example almost made the template that then other countries followed if not that way if not a lockdown then what could be the ad for some african nations in dealing with the coronavirus. Well i dont i think you do need a lot on the suits but i think that there has to be some recognition of the fact that most people who. Just cant afford to sit at home they dont have any savings and what we did find is that in the initial implementation of the lockdowns a lot of people who fell through the cracks and they werent able to get access to any Financial Aid. Werent able to get access to food. So. A lot of people left in a situation where they couldnt work and they couldnt get a. And they were just facing a hopeless and its a bit better now but but the problem is that some countries on afford to actually provide this sort of a thats your plan at the moment. So explain to us when you said its getting a little better now i mean the lockdown is now being implemented in many african nations for several weeks so how are the people i suppose helping their neighbors wait because if a lot of employees arent registered with the government still so cant even qualify for compensation what is actually happening on the ground level that. Ok i think people have had to make do by asking others to help. Friends relatives or whatever it may be theyve been a journalist coming in with help as well. And i think governments have had to sort of walk back on a few things and they have been trying to accommodate as many people as possible but its still a very very difficult situation because not not even is in an ideal situation to get enough food or to get enough president ial aide were indeed just to get that aid because they are people who are in a position where they cannot work. And it looks as if they contact the city aid and they just have to fend for themselves so that they are people who are actually in a situation where. They just quote in this no mans land where they have to make do with whatever they had whatever they have at the moment. Well you wrote a fascinating article about this in more detail for the aljazeera website so its very interesting and a very interesting topic and the tough political and social commentator joining us from johannesburg sir thank you. Now as the number of new cases begins to drop in some countries capital still recording hundreds of new infections every day and that was the 2nd highest number of cases in the arab world despite having a relatively small population talked to al jazeera spoke to qatar as public Health Minister dr hi Don Mohamed Al quadea who says most of the countries havent tested enough to know the full extent of their outbreak. Number of cases has gone up but thats only natural and i believe that actually its a result of our very strong testing measures so as youve seen we are testing a lot and so weve been testing approximately 40000 per 1000000 so thats quite significant thats one of the highest rates of testing and and that reflects a true picture of whats happening in terms of infection rates so the rates are not high theyre realistic but you will find that a lot of countries at the end of their pandemic will realize that their curve actually looks like ours so if you see the number of cases and there may be high but theyre actually a mild cases so 93 percent of the cases are mild only one percent end up in i. C. U. And another 5 percent and up in the admitted in the hospital and thats actually quite a very quite a good rate to have in the country and thats because we are very active in seeking the cases were very active in finding cases tracing them late in the quarantining them and therefore managing the case and situation much better and you can watch the full interview with dr Hannan Mohamed El quarrian talked while jazeera thats at 1630 g. M. T. On thursday. Arab local councils in israel have gone on strike saying the government discriminated against them when allocating funds to deal with the coronavirus pandemic they say the government gave councils in jewish majority areas more money the government has announced a budget works nearly 800000000. 00 for all local councils this year but arab councillors say only certain 100000000. 00 has been allocated to that. Hundreds of boat men in pakistans lakeside a Tourist Spots are struggling to make ends meet during the final well the government is considering partially lifting restrictions parks and recreation areas are not part of the plan has more now from come poorly. On poor lake situated in the himalayan for taters and less than 50 kilometers from islamabad favorite. Attracting thousands of tourists from around the country and from nearby areas but as you can see hundreds of boards are now dated and there nor nerds of the board are what it about day future the face of the city which was there were too few boats here and there on fire this is speech season but no customers and the myth find ourselves otoh for doing budgets on rent into a state of log down on the 14th of march all public and recreational places with roads and that means there will be offended on these boards and now what about a future with full of these we do not want to go to these are hard times and if this crisis belongs i will have to find an alternative like the. Ministry of planning estimate that anything from 14 to 18000000 people may lose their job and their fear days an extended and prolong lockdown the Unemployment Rate would go high although the government is now eating some restrictions on movement over central goods and life are slowly coming back as far as the markets are going to. Be i like main chart. Well other places that remain nearly shut are airports and with most flights grounded low paid airport workers across the u. S. Have been hit hard by layoffs before the pandemic they were fighting for a pay increase now those who remain are facing years of Financial Hardship gabrielle is on the reports from philadelphia. At Philadelphia International airport wheelchairs used to take elderly or immobile passengers to or from their planes in gates sit empty and for the wheelchair attendants many have been laid off or facing difficult choices like Reginald Smith a husband and father forced to choose between possibly contract in coronavirus at the airport and bringing it home to his family or quitting his job knowing it would lead to Financial Hardship he chose his familys health my wife was high risk. At this had. Cost him her i didnt mind. It so when people come out all across were no matter who know me good turnaround were being. A Labor Union Representative says over 600. 00 Philadelphia Airport workers he represents from the Service Employees union have been laid off they were all contract employees hired by 3rd party companies. And you know they seem to be leaving them out entirely you know of the equation and theyre the ones who their wives dont know were at philadelphias Airport Passenger traffic has plummeted from 90000 travelers a day to just a few 100 a day of the 450 daily flights most have been canceled and of the 165 permanent airports stores less than 10 remain open its unprecedented this is different this is this is going to be challenging for us to come back many airport workers wont be getting their jobs back until people start flying again and airports returned to how they were before the coronavirus pandemic but some experts say that could be as. Long as 2 years from now empty airports devoid of busy commotion to provide livelihoods to so many people that used to work there gabriels on to. Philadelphia. Staying in the u. S. Honeybees are in decline in the United States and now a deadly species of hornet is threatening to wipe them out completely the asian giant hornet has already had an impact on b. Colonies in canada now the killer insects have been seen in the u. S. For the 1st time and the gallagher reports. Theyve been described as hornets from hell and with good reason the giant asian hornet is about the size of a matchbox it sting can penetrate a beekeeper suit and they kill around 50 people a year in japan in december the Washington State department of agriculture verified 2 sightings of the hornet reports of honeybee colonies being destroyed soon followed their one of the largest hornets that we have on a planet and so thats what makes them so unusual or makes them so striking. To people and they do not occur here its thought the hornets were either deliberately released or arrived to stowaways on International Cargo they become active in the spring and Scientists Say just 15 of these giants can destroy an entire colony of 30000. 00 bees in ours their habit of devouring native honey bees is now a real concern our biggest fear is that it will actually impact small beekeepers and maybe drive another business and raise costs a larger just something we dont want to see plans are now in place to begin trapping and killing the hornets before they established themselves as a dangerous Invasive Species for years now bees of being dying at record rates impacted by Climate Change disease and pesticides the Agricultural Industry is already been fighting a battle to keep healthy colonies alive now theres a new threat according to the department of agriculture one in every 3 mouthfuls of food is in some way a product of b. Pollination crops like apples blueberries and cherries all rely on these Scientists Say this new threat needs to be tackled before its too late pollination is a huge part. We have here in the United States and so if this were to become well established and then start spreading it could be pretty catastrophic members of the public a being warned not to approach the hornets if they see them for now theyre confined to the remote northwest of the United States stopping them spreading further is now a priority and a gallica aljazeera. Anyway youre watching aljazeera live from london still ahead a professional sport returns to south korea but fans arent yet being taken out to the ball game. The. South korea is easing restrictions with sports leagues restarting the baseball season is up and running after being postponed from the end of march but as rope a bride reports from in cheyenne it will be some time before the sport fully returns to business as usual. The final warm up for the long awaited start of the delayed baseball season local incheon favorites s. K. Y. Vns take on visitors and why eagles but conspicuously absent from the stands their fans instead many of the seats occupied by printed versions of spectators while real fans could only watch on t. V. Or online through a club stream that combines the action in the park with the cheering in homes. Pinioned the into look. We are hoping to deliver some of the atmosphere of the stadium to the fans at home so they feel as though they are here at the game. Theyre also joined by potentially millions of baseball fans around the world as the 3rd ranked baseball playing nation after the u. S. And japan south koreas live games are in big demand in a world starved of live sports action so good. We welcome the increased attention on korean baseball its great to promote it and its all thanks to our citizens for getting us to this stage south koreas success so far in defeating the coronavirus is also allowing the football k. League to start its season later this week but again without fans in another sport for which large cheering crowds seem indispensable so crowds are important because there they are part of what we expect when we go to see a game or when we watch a game the noise the tension the drama the anxiety the happiness the emotion this is this is not driven by empty stadiums this is driven by full stadiums south koreas baseball teams hope to start adding the essential family ingredient soon even when the fans are finally allowed back in there will still be a long time before we see packs stands again their numbers will increase only gradually with empty seats between them and for now their silent stand ins will have to do. And when they do return theyll find previously unheard of precautions for the players such as low hugging and no spitting the way baseball is played the way its watched is turning into a very different game Robert Bright aljazeera incheon south korea all to celebrate south korean childrens day during the pandemic the countrys 1st couple switched to the Popular Video game minecraft. There was a group. President mungy n. And wife kim jong soak offered a virtual view of their blue house palace instead of the traditional guided tour using their Minecraft Characters they sang to children for being patient with School Closures and reminded them to wear masks and wash their hands social distancing rules are expected to be further relax relax from wednesday when some businesses are allowed to reopen you can find out more on the latest there from south korea and across the world really in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic on our website the address al jazeera dot com. And that is it from a barbarous era for this news hour to stay with us stop going to have more news in just a few minutes i hope youll join me then thanks for having. Thousands of nepalese children the tropics in the human lives and forced to stay in a legal financial. When i won a follows one girls journey hard to her remote village. On al jazeera. Another Early Morning another ceremony to bed Health Workers farewell. 29000 to cuban doctors and nurses are working in 59 countries around the world as confirmed cases of coronavirus increase so does demand for cuban medics medical services at the on its main export while western commentators assume cuba sends doctors mainly to expand influence experts on the others Health System draw a different conclusion youre making a big sacrifice why are you willing to go for pay out of all because there are other people that need me people that are sick and dying and not isnt right people shouldnt be dying when there are people who can help them realize a city defined by military occupation has never been an arab state he would the capital of jerusalem everyone is welcome but this depot structure that maintains because on a project thats what we diffuse it was one of the founders of the settlement we put this and the story of jerusalem through the eyes of its own people segregation occupation discrimination injustice this is about died in the 21st century jerusalem a rock and a hard place on aljazeera. Save humanity i really really not getting any wrong. Donald trump aids out of washington as a former official slams the administrations response to the coronavirus. Hello im barbara sara this is al jazeera live from london also coming up india announcements plans to repatriate hundreds of thousands of its citizens stranded abroad by the coronavirus the u. K. Overtakes italy as the country with the highest number of coronavirus thats a