A pandemic and civil war when tragedies increase the suffering in yemen and the coronavirus is the tech that in a bangladesh camp home to more than a 1000000 will hinge of refugees. Live think you for joining us a whistleblower has issued a stark warning over the coronavirus pandemic in testimony before the u. S. House of representatives rick wright is the former head of the u. S. Agency responsible for developing a vaccine for the virus he says he was sacked for raising concerns over the u. S. Coronavirus response he told the house that unless urgent action was taken the country would be facing its darkest winter in modern history there have been more than 82000 coronavirus related deaths in the u. S. So far our White House CorrespondentKimberly Halkett joins us live now with more on this 1st of all what else did rick bright say to the house can really. Well overall he was sharply critical of the administrations response a response he says could have been prevented testifying that he personally went to top leadership in the health and Human Services agency trying to urge the agency at the highest levels to be better prepared saying it was well known that there were certain stockpiles that were very low particularly when it came to personal protective equipment even ventilators he told the house that he was told he was causing a commotion and he was removed from those meetings he also says moving forward there is not a fair and equitable way to distribute a vaccine if one should become available in fact he says theres really no coordinated response at all and his fear is if there is a 2nd wave in the fall things could be particularly dire thats why he says the time to act is now and it is urgent our window of opportunity is closing if we fail to improve our response now based on science i fear the pandemic will get worse and be prolonged there will be likely a resurgence of code 19 this fall and we greatly compound it by the challenges of seasonal influenza without better planning 2020 could be the darkest winter in modern history 1st and foremost we need to be truthful with the American People americans deserve the truth the truth must be based on science we have the worlds greatest scientist let us lead let us speak without fear of retribution. Now dr bright criticized one of the highest officials in health and Human Services specifically the secretary alex aids are who spoke here from the white house alongside u. S. President trump dr bright accuse secretary as are being dismissive of his dire predictions while the secretary pushed back on that saying that everything dr bright is complaining about was achieved in other words eventually there were enough ventilators and eventually there was enough personal protective equipment but that doesnt change the shortage at the beginning of this pandemic in the United States in fact the u. S. President for his part really attempted to discredit dr brights testimony at the tweet not only before he spoke but after as the u. S. President departed from the white house for pennsylvania take a listen. I dont know ive never met him i dont want to meet him but i want him anymore like a run for the boy right boarding some people to go over there. Ok so the president there pretty typical combative for him but i suppose hes got other issues to worry about as well thats the unemployment numbers going up the whole time now were up to 36000000 and kimberly whenever you and i speak and the numbers increase you always say that actually it could be worse so tell us a little bit about the latest numbers announced today. Youre right it feels like a broken record but the reality is the number is expected to continue to climb were in the mid 30000000 mark in terms of jobless claims but its not expected to peak until about 46000000. 00 now what were seeing essentially is the 2nd wave of unemployment jobless claim filings because initially there was a rush when the economy was turned off instantly retail jobs restaurants that sort of his hospitality sector disappeared but what were seeing now is kind of a 2nd wave secondary businesses who recognize the economy is going to come back in phases its not going to be back on like a light switch and so they too are laying off their workers but in the midst of all of this the white house is pushing back trying to say look at were actually encouraged by these numbers because well overall they are climbing the number of claims from this week to last week actually went down thats hardly encouraging for ordinary Americans Still the u. S. President s of pennsylvania right now making the argument that what needs to happen is the reopening of the economy and it needs to happen quickly that is the message hes carrying to pennsylvania we should note a battleground state but in the midst of all this some republican governors around the United States are saying we want to punish someone we want to take punitive action for the damages in the economy that we are experiencing there is a lot of finger pointing going on particularly towards china in fact i should mention the u. S. President has pointed to the World Health Organization as one of the people that hes blaming for all of this he has said today that he believes he will have an announcement as soon as next week regarding that withdrawal of u. S. Funds to that global body interesting to see what the Global Reaction to that will be for the moment kimberly hellcat at the white house as always thank you and just staying in the u. S. For one of the story the head of the u. S. Senate Intelligence Committee is stepping down because of an Insider Trading investigation richard burr allegedly sold hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stocks just before markets plunged on fears of an economic crisis from coronavirus if the ice sees the birds phone on wednesday. Public Health England has confirmed a new coronavirus Antibody Test is nearly 100 percent accurate Prime MinisterBoris Johnson spokesman has hailed the finding as a potential game changer the u. K. Is in talks with the swiss manufacturer rush which says it can produce hundreds of thousands of the tests per week for britain governments worldwide are considering mass Antibody Testing as a way to ease coronavirus restrictions the tests to show whether a person has had covert 19 but its not yet clear whether the antibodies confer permanent immunity john hall has more now from london he says an open letter has been signed by World Leaders calling for a vaccine to be made of ella available for all and particularly those in the developing world. Well the government has hailed this development as an important one the fact that there is now and 2 body tests that public Health England has verified is nearly 100 percent accurate in determining whether a person has had the corona virus in the past by the level of antibodies in that persons blood its something that Boris Johnson the Prime Minister previously had said might be a game changer in in in terms of lifting the lockdown further in terms of deciding who in Society Might be immune in future to the corona virus and therefore could go back to normal life in this talk of buying large quantities of this Antibody Test from the swiss manufacturer the Pharmaceutical Company russia and beginning by giving it to Frontline Health care workers scientists are already pushing back somewhat at the underlying assumptions here because its not to definitively proven in fact that you do get immunity having had coronavirus its not proven how long you get immunity and also there are questions about whether different people get different types of immunity if you were asymptomatic and had only a very slight infection with coronavirus you might have only a very low level of antibodies in the blood not conferring any sort of significant immunity and the government seems to accept that more needs to be known about immunity above all of course as everyone reaches for ways to lift lockdowns across the world the issue really is about a vaccine it is it is only a vaccine that will definitively bring this pandemic to a close and to that end as the race towards a vaccine goes on an open letter has been written by a pretty illustrious group of signatories more than 140. 00 public figures around the world including 50 World Leaders former and current the headline figure is Cyril Ramaphosa the South African president and the century what is better is doing is its the developing world urging the developed world where a vaccine is more likely to be discovered to ensure that it is made available for all payton to free specifically produced at scale very quickly to be provided to the billions around the world who will need it most as a gesture of Global Public good so the letter goes. Well meanwhile the c. E. O. Of a french Pharmaceutical Company has pledged that if his Team Develops a corona virus vaccine it will be available to all paul hudson who heads up the scent of fee has said the u. S. Government would be supplied 1st because it had funded the research said a fee is based in france and since issued an apology after the french Prime Minister filipe responded that equal access was long negotiable theres no guarantee any of the research being carried out around the world will actually be turned into a usable vaccine. The un envoy to yemen says the country is facing a perfect storm of color on malaria and the coronavirus confirmed infections have surged to 72. 00 in recent days but charity save the children says 385 patients have died over the past 7 days showing coronavirus like symptoms are diplomatic editor james bays reports now from the United Nations thank you very much giving his Monthly Update to the Un Security Council special envoy Martin Griffiths seem frustrated his efforts to achieve a cease fire have not borne fruit and the situation in southern yemen has got much worse the president im deeply concerned about the situation is course in the south where a perfect storm is brewing. The people of them in particular facing outbreaks of privet 19 and other diseases are believed to include malaria cholera and death is rising daily but nobody knows exactly why because the Health System is so ill equipped to diagnose and treat people. Ever since the coalition began its campaign upon bogland 5 years ago the un has been describing the humanitarian situation in the country as the worst on earth saudi arabia has led the coalition and the other main military participant has been the United Arab Emirates yet it is forces backed by those 2 countries who are now fighting each other in the south official statistics show there been 13 deaths in yemen from covert 19 but there is virtually no testing being carried out in the country and the real situation might be much more concerning save the children who published the to stick from doctors in the southern port city of aden suggesting in the last 7 days alone 385 patients have died with corona virus like symptoms james aljazeera at the United Nations well said mattia is a save the childrens advocacy and media director for yemen she joins us by skype. But published in aden youre saying 319 what what else would be this coverage from. Use it or similar can you hear me. Yes i can hear you now ok all right let me ask will thank you for joining us then let me just ask a question i dont know whether you could hear our diplomatic editor not hearing well he was mentioning the statistics that save the children have from doctors in aden saying 385 patients have died over the past week of suspected covert 19 tell us a little bit more about what your Research Suggests to have found in the area. So what ok szells was saying in aden is that about 50. Recording 50 cases of theft a day and that has been going on for the past week which hes when this situation has really become critical in terms of. The current iris pride in the south. In terms of comparison and the same officials back in april where only recording 9 to 10 deaths a day so thats a 5 fold increase most of these cases were presenting responded to recent tomes cocreate 1000 likes him tomes and thats giving us an indication that the number of cases is much higher than what is being reported possibly because its difficult to carry out testing only 800. 00 tests have been carried out across the country and hospitals as well and then are closing you have only 2 of the main hospitals the are open currently in didnt most of them are not receiving patients most private hospitals are closed Health Workers are not going to the Health Facilities because they dont have protective equipment to do not have b. P. And therefore they are afraid of catching and spreading to disease it does sound like a desperate situation of the also brought on by the civil war thats been going on for years in yemen what else can be done to help the population there i mean obviously medical equipment and support but im thinking education a lot of the education thats being spoken about in other parts of the world hit by covert 19 the washing of hands the self distancing how much of that is being told to the population. Exactly so when as messaging prevention is of course key save the children is one of the organization thats taking part in awareness campaigns trying to. Make sure as much as possible that people across yemen are aware of any kind of prevention measures that they can take like washing hands like coughing and elbow like social distance measures and thats something that is being broadcast in through radio Free Speakers trying to reach the most marginalized and we were talking briefly go for a tease and in particular helpful routines in order to spread the message that you have tools of think about the context and in particular for the most vulnerable like displaced people who are living in small flats with 7 families and then for social distancing and knocked down is going to have very little effect because its almost impossible to do that but you still have to think about the access to water because in particular in the past few weeks you had a number of plots that have been particularly damaging in denver as currently high off of the outbreak and thats also something thats affecting peoples ability to to wash their hands if they dont have access to clean water but its also spreading over diseases like thing if he were like cholera and that is going to be a triple threat for yemenis and the fact that they are of the diseases that theres a conflict does going on and a fact that no kobe does that. To that he is absolutely. Children the childrens advocacy media and colmes director for yemen madam thank you so much for telling us more about the desperate situation in that country thank you. Well still to come in this half hour south africas economic powerhouse johannesburg has almost a 1000000 households going hungry during lockdown u. S. Health officials warn children are being affected by a condition that related to the coronavirus. 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Now what happens in spain and portugal quite often curls off into rocker fraud is no exception and im sure strong wind cloud to run seems like to support you youve been rebutted 90 degrees whereas tripolis in the band of hot weather 43 degrees. Is still real. Family and freedom from my living years old you were at school we heard the sounds of large explosions. And the hardships faced in captivity they came for me at midnight they told me to leave my son i said how can i find him i saw so much pain in the eyes of the other female prisoners. In the our pricing. On aljazeera. With the early. Welcome back heres a reminder of the top stories on aljazeera a top u. S. Immunologist says the country could face the darkest winter of recent times if it does not improve its response to the coronavirus pandemic rick bright says he was removed from his government post for raising concerns about preparedness World Leaders have made a plea for the eventual covert 1000. 00 vaccine to be distributed free of charge to all countries under 40 current and former leaders laureates and academics and the open letter of calling for a global sharing of technology. The un envoy to yemen says the country is facing a perfect storm of color a malaria and the corona virus confirmed infections have surged to 72 in recent days but ongoing fighting is making it difficult to monitor the spread. Of 2 people meanwhile it has that positive for covert 19 in a refugee camp in bangladesh the government says that one of the people infected is a refugee the other is from the surrounding host Population Health experts warned the virus could spread quickly through the camps because of the unsanitary and overcrowded conditions the camps are home to more than a 1000000 refugees who fled the military offensive in myanmar more than 2 years ago. Louise donovan is a spokeswoman for the u. N. High commissioner for refugees and shes in coxs bazaar and joins us now via skype adam thank you for joining us here on aljazeera obviously very worrying news that 2 people have tested positive and the question is how many does that translate to when it comes to contagion how many tests have actually been done and do you see there is any clear idea of how widespread coronavirus could be in the refugee camp. Thank you yes and it is a its a very worrying development and todays the 1st positive case within the refugee camps so far just 180. And most of the refugee population but in the cost desired district as the numbers continue to increase leave 134 cases and causes district today and in bangladesh more generally that the number is not surpassed 70000 so the numbers continue to increase that there is a shortage of testing however it is increasing testing only began in concert with the beginning of april so we cant continue to increase the testing and whats particularly important for us at the moment is to establish adequate response capacity and weve been putting preparatory measures in place with the governmental partners since the beginning of march but at the moment what we need is to have adequate facilities to to cater for people who may be infected so tell us a little bit about what you think would be adequate facilities to for example one of the medical facilities there and even when it comes to things like washing hands regularly any kind of social distancing which i understand its a bit ridiculous to even talk about in a situation like a refugee camp but what is actually in place that. Well as you mentioned yes and social distancing is extremely difficult its the biggest refugee population in the world as we have had more than 40000 People Living living press square kilometers so its very very challenging in terms of motion we have established handwashing facilities all over the county were increasing distributions and in terms of response capacity at u. N. H. There is a stoppage to isolation and Treatment Facilities which would be operational from from next week and more there are other partners are also submachine isolation Treatment Facilities and also quarantine facilities so basically anybody who is identified as being over 1000 positive all contacts through the Contact Tracing in these people who put into quarantine at the moment the target is to have 1900 isolation treatment beds available which will be both for the refugee population and the local bangladeshi population but at the moment we want to reach the tigers very briefly how worried is the local population there in the refugee camp about a potential spread of the coronavirus i think like everywhere there extremely worried and particularly so when youre in a very densely populated very overcrowded area and i think access to information is extremely important weve been spreading awareness messaging that youre working with and with with refugee volunteers in particular theyve been extremely active in spreading and spreading awareness amongst their own population and ensuring that people have access to adequate information but the challenge we face the fact phones Internet Connectivity has been suspended in the camps in september so we continue to advocate that the government of bangladesh to reestablish by connecting the sea which also give people peace of mind and then he will them to access that reliable information donovan spokeswoman for the u. N. High commissioner for refugees speaking to us from coxs bazar adam thank you thank you. The mayor of south africas largest city johannesburg is warning a 1000000 households dont have enough food to eat the country was already in a recession before the coronavirus struck and its been made worse by a nationwide lockdown for me the mill of reports. Can displayed says shes making the most of the little food she has she lost her job at a Printing Company when it was shut as the lockdown began weeks ago with no income she depends on Government Support to feed her 4 children were moved from the log it was that he had from the linear times it was really difficult because it was for the whole month we had to wait for the whole month to get like the Child Support money so we did as a struggle for me every day and all we received the money last week last few days to go by and we lose him by going in stuff like that the wife of food like full groceries for them and by the end of that always those that are going to the mayor of johannesburg says people in a 1000000 households dont have enough to eat the National Government in petroleum has increased the Child Support grant and its created a special grant of 20. 00 a month to help workers whove lost a job survive the lock down government leaders say theyre spending the equivalent of almost 3000000000. 00 on the unemployed and the poor but even before the lockdown 45 percent of johannesburgs 5 and a half 1000000 people lived in poverty to make the crisis even worse many workers have lost their jobs since the lockdown began the government says its handing out food parcels to about 2000 homes every day but its simply not enough organizations like this one a crime to help or would go up by handing out to cooked meals every day. Neuron gain has run this food charity for 7 years but says she can barely keep up since the lockdown began. When i have. That the feeling we started with might have been 50. And its turned over in a matter of a week after the lock down to almost 4 to 5 and a day saturday as i did 300 right now is standing 112018 saturday and on the organization relies on donations and shes not received any help from the government dear jones has run this barber shop for 16 years its been closed for weeks leaving for Staff Members with no work and dleo without any income shes applied for a government grant but has not heard back instead her customers help her buy food with an economy largely stalled and no clear indication of when the lockdown will end many are relying on handouts to survive for me aljazeera johannesburg. Health officials are warning that children are being affected by a condition related to cope with 19 sri have died in new york christine salumi spoke to the mother of one child who recovered. Amber deen seen here with her son bobby thought she was one of the lucky ones the mother of 3 from her now in new york had a mild case of coded 19 in april and has since recovered but for bobby it was a different story started well what seemed like a tummy bug so you know were treating it as such and then it had progressed to a low grade and a heavy amount of bombing and he couldnt keep anything down the 9 year old spent last week in the hospital one of more than 100 children in new york struck down by a mysterious condition thought to be related to the virus bobbie recovered but at least 3 children in the state have died and more than a dozen other states have reported cases similar to a rare condition known as callous saki disease or toxic shock syndrome it causes inflammation in the blood vessels from what we know or what we think we know at this time its something thats occurring probably a few weeks after the initial inspection so most likely a lot of these children were infected a few weeks ago and now there are immune system is kind of wrapping up and causing this inclination to drop the body the leading u. S. Public health body the centers for Disease Control and prevention is warning doctors to be on the lookout for the syndrome experts are also looking at a possible genetic predisposition but the man leading the u. S. Medical response cautions there is still a lot they dont know i think weve got to be careful if we are not cavalier if thinking that children are completely immune to the deleterious effects with tens of thousands of People Killed and millions more out of work one saving grace of the coronavirus was supposed to be that children were spared the worse now as theres new evidence of this syndrome coming to light even that is being challenged kristen salumi aljazeera new york. A reminder now of the top stories on aljazeera a top u. S. Immunologist says the country could face the darkest winter of recent times if it doesnt improve its response to the corona virus pandemic dr rick bright has been testifying before the u. S. House of representatives right is the former head of the u. S. Agency responsible for developing a vaccine he says he was removed from his post for raising concerns about preparedness for our window of opportunity is closing if we fail to improve our response now based on science i fear the pandemic will get worse and be prolonged there will be likely a resurgence of covert 19 this fall will be greatly compound it by the challenges of seasonal influenza without better planning 2020 who would be the darkest winter in modern history public Health England has confirmed a new coronavirus Antibody Test is nearly 100 percent accurate Prime MinisterBoris Johnson spokesman has hailed the finding as a potential game changer governments worldwide are considering mass Antibody Testing as a way to ease coronavirus restrictions World Leaders have made a plea for the eventual covert 1000. 00 vaccine to be distributed free of charge to all countries 140. 00 current and former leaders Nobel Laureates and academics and the open letter calling for a global sharing of technology. U. N. Envoy to yemen says the country is facing a perfect storm of color on malaria and the corona virus confirmed infections have surged to 72 in recent days but ongoing fighting is making it difficult to monitor the spread 2 people have tested positive for covert 19 in a refugee camp in bangladesh the government says one of the people infected is a refugee the other is from the surrounding host Population Health experts warn the virus could spread quickly through the camps. Those are the top stories stay with us the stream is coming up next that im going to have more news for you and the latest of course on the coronavirus pandemic in just under half an hour i hope you join me that by. 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