Afghan Officials Say at least 300 inmates have escaped and 29 People Killed and i saw the tag the high security prison. Back in business zimbabwes Stock Exchange reopens giving some hope for the economys revival bus disagree major fires will be going on for a couple of days a wildfire in Southern California forces thousands of americans to flee from their homes. The World Health Organization has issued a stark warning that there may never be a Silver Bullet to end the coronavirus pandemic the w. H. O. Has want people against pinning their hopes on a vaccine saying basic prevention measures remain crucial to finding a way out of the crisis. And we all hope to have a number of effective vaccines that can help prevent people from infection however there is no Silver Bullet at the moment and then might never be for now stopping outbreaks comes down to the basics of Public Health and Disease Control testing isolating and treating patients and tracing and quarantining their contacts do it on sunday gager has more on the w. H. O. Chiefs warning from london. Even though there is this talk of vaccines in fact there are several vaccines which are being trialled right now you are still seeing death rates around the world spikes of new cases as well where in europe especially where it was deemed to have been squashed some time ago and after the initial worst bout solves of the infections but this is this make them a state care i mean this is really solid warning from the w. H. O. Even to the point where people are talking about you have governments which are talking about a 2nd way and this is really one long wave and there are searches because this is still part of that same pattern of infections that arises and then sometimes then gets suppressed now even though those vaccines are being trials the ultimate test of whether its going to be successful not as a Public Health systems manage to use it to use controls for example maintaining social distancing. Encouraging or if not enforcing mask wearing as well and personal hygiene really being underlined as being absolutely crucial to maintain that lower level of infection rate which is going to be absolutely crucial especially in the Northern Hemisphere as the winter approaches this autumn approaches and the winter of course it will coincide with the flu. Sort of rounds that will be down there as well which will likely complicate matters. The u. K. Government says its rolling out tests for the corona virus that can provide a result with a 90 minutes millions of these have to be sent to hospitals care homes and the bar truces early as next week. These technologies which deliver these rapid turnaround tests mean that we can expand Testing Capacity further and into settings where for instance in schools we have a currently we have survey testing so we have some testing that would be able to be expanded but also looking at looking across the community where we want to test people who dont have symptoms to find out where the viruses the pandemic continues to better portugals once voting Tourism Sector registered another bad month in june as coronavirus fares and travel restrictions continued to keep visit his away foreign tourist arrivals fell by 96 percent compared to last year around 45 percent of Tourist Accommodation was shot who had no guests. The philippines has reported more than 3200. 00 new corona virus infections pushing it close to overtaking indonesia as the worst hit country in Southeast Asia tougher restrictions are already being reimposed in and around the dinner after infections jumps to more than 100000 similar other dog and has more over Health Care Workers are only take care of patients at distress call with a clear message thousands of Filipino Health workers are appealing to the government to impose tighter controls saying the country is losing the fight against the coronavirus. You have told the line for much longer or Health Care Workers should not bared the burden of the saving lives in the days. Just you just well they really are they are. More than 5000 new infections were recorded on sunday the largest single day increase since the 1st case was recorded months ago the number of recorded cases is now over 100000 the 2nd highest number of corona virus infections in Southeast Asia after indonesia. The philippines government has already implemented one of the most stringent lockdowns in the world more than 50000000 people were forced to stay at home in the entire region of luzon for more than 2 months it began easing restrictions in march hoping to soften the impact of the countrys economy now in one of its worst periods of recession in recent years millions of filipinos have lost their jobs since the pandemic broke out. I fully understand why your Health Workers would like to ask for such a timeout period they have been in front lines for months and are exhausted next time you can ask for an audience those shelter and ask for revolution if you want the revolution no lets kill all those with go with. That means metro manila and some nearby provinces will face further measures not a lockdown at least for now critics say although the months long so its all locked down had slowed down corona virus infections it was also a missed opportunity they say the government failed to conduct widespread various tests there would help contain hotspots early on that the government too should also start to reassess its priorities in the coming months the country has long struggled with an adequate resources and Health Experts are warning that this pandemic may bring the Public Health system closer to collapse. Dogon 8 aljazeera. The australian states or toria has ordered large parts of its economy to close as it battles a 2nd wave of covered 19 infections that follows the introduction of a not because fewer more restrictions on peoples movements in melbourne reports. The heart of no been eerily empty and quiet as a 6 week citywide overnight curfew begins its near 5000000 residents work to a new normal and further restrictions the victorian State Government has ordered more parts of the economy to shut down including in retail manufacturing and construction. Never thought that i would be telling people not to go to work that is what we have to do in order to stop the spread of this warbly infectious virus on sunday the movement of people will spur the taj and with residents not allowed to move further than 5 kilometers away from their homes this is a little set up with schools again closed and millions stuck indoors many people including kate moulton are again juggling work on a fallacious and homeschooling. But it definitely. This time around we feel like its really looked down regional victoria is also facing partial lockdown though not as strict as melbourne some say the new measures will trigger thousands of job losses and stand downs statewide it is hard to businesses now to go through 6 weeks and then work out how they read. Out some businesses. Financial grants will be available for businesses forced to close as well as workers who have exhausted sick leave what were dealing with here is i disaster and we need to respond on the bices of the why we provide support in the midst of disaster while border closures have largely kept the virus within the state of victoria there are clusters emerging within New South Wales in particular sydney and the federal government has warned the economic fallout will be nationwide victoria makes up about a quarter of the National Economy and with coated 19 cases remaining in the triple digits direly many are wondering if its realistic that numbers can be driven down in 6 weeks nicola gage aljazeera sydney. Afghan forces have retaken a prison in the east of the country hafter a long gun battle with attack its also has claimed responsibility for storming the high security prison 46 people have been killed including 10 of the assailants afghan officials that more than 300. 00 prisoners escaped additional Security Forces were deployed to help end the overnight gunfire outside the facility in the city of jalalabad. Is linked i still in afghanistan have claimed responsibility for many recent attacks one of the worst so far this year was the suicide bombing which killed 32. 00 mourners at a funeral for a Police Commander in may the United Nations latest estimate is that are still has around 2200 fighters in afghanistan while i still isnt territorial retreat with its leadership depleted the u. N. Says it remains capable of carrying out high profile attacks in various parts of the country the u. N. Record 17 i saw attacks during the 1st 6 months of this year which caused civilian casualties. Clark is the codirector of the Afghanistan Analysts Network policy Research Think tank she says this year the situation in afghanistan has become more complex. The war is actually becoming more difficult to read and we had the agreement between the United States and the taliban right at the end of february which the on the back of that the u. S. Withdrew thousands of its troops it said that the taliban had also agreed to a reduction of violence the taliban said no absolutely not weve only agreed not to attack u. S. Forces and not to attack him in major cities in bases now sits and the taliban have really been probing to see how much violence they can get away with without drawing the us military back into the war and we know that both the taliban and the government have been under claiming attacks whereas before they would probably be exaggerating what they were doing on the battlefield now theyre there theyre not claiming so many so its actually quite difficult to read who is responsible for what anymore weve also had an a surge an unclaimed attacks or attacks that are difficult to pin down. Lebanon has a new foreign minister where there is a former ambassador to france he replaces now says he resigned early on monday he says he couldnt continue because of the governments poor performance lebanon is close to bankruptcy and had a has more from the capital beirut. The Foreign Ministers resignation is being seen as a blow to Prime Minister has given his government hes been trying really to gain credibility and legitimacy at home and abroad since taking office in january but he has largely failed to do so the Prime Minister made many many promises like to fight corruption to fix the Economic Situation nothing has changed in fact the situation is only getting worse and now criticism from within his own government the foreign minister saying that lebanon is becoming a failed state hes accusing those in power of not having a vision a saying that they are not carrying out the 4 reforms that are needed to be able to be eligible for much needed International Financial assistance in fact talks with the International Monetary fund to bailout the economy are now on hold and the statistics really are staggering more and more people are losing jobs businesses are closing in fact to an aid agency recently said that 500000 children are growing hungry just in the beirut area alone so the situation is worsening the foreign minister saying that the government has done nothing and really raising the alarm saying that the sink the ship is sinking and if it is not saved everyone will drown in a clear reference that the government itself and those who hold power who are starting to want to mentation power they too will drown if no solution is. Still ahead on aljazeera making a shop rebound chinas economy bounces back from the corona virus outbreak. And a refuge for sign language users open to northwest donia and it comes with a side of coffee. We have Tropical Storm making its way towards eastern china now there we go with the circulation very close to taiwan is going to continue drifting further northward eventually pushing up towards shanghai it will bring some very very heavy rain in the risk of flash flooding storm surge will be some major problems coming in the system continues to drift further north woods the winds well too much of a concern running gresh becoming a little lighter as he make our way into the 2nd half of the wake of that will pick up a little more moisture as it runs out towards the yellow sea towards the Korean Peninsula weve already got some heavy rain of course across the Korean Peninsula japan on the other hand looking fine and dry with plenty of sunshine south of us still what we still got very heavy rain there feeding into the far south of china in the remnants of the previous Tropical Storm heavy showers continuing to across much of in the china wanted to have a shower still in place there across a good part of the philippines but otherwise its the usual sunshine and heat of the day showers plenty of showers meanwhile across parts of south asia through into india we go to an area of low pressure developing in the babbin goal and thats bringing very heavy rain also into myanmar. Talk to old is there oh we earth is the government not taking the necessary action to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that air travel is the safest mode of travel and the spend that we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter just 0. Unprompted and uninterrupted discussions from our london broadcast center. On aljazeera. Coaching aljazeera or abbado of our top stories this hour w. H. O. Has issued a warning that there may never be a Silver Bullet to end the coronavirus pandemic despite strong hopes for a vaccine hundreds are in development with some of the final stages trials. The philippines has reported more than 3200. 00 new coronavirus cases its cost of taking it in asia as the worst hit nation itself the station tougher restrictions are being reimposed in and around the capital manila. Afghan forces have retaken a prison in the east of the country after a long gun battle 46 people have been killed including 10 assailants or 300 prisoners have escaped mysel has claimed responsibility. Vietnams capital has been placed on the locked out due for a rise in corona virus infections after being virus free from months spread across the country of the past 2 weeks or 600 people are infected and 6 have died for him her it has more. In vietnams capital hanoi the streets a bustling but many people a worried about a rise in corona virus infections. And. I am worried that the. Return to the country ive always been reminding myself to wash my hands frequently and avoid places. Often nearly 100 days with no local cases the country has reported the deaths of several people the 1st to die from the illness. But its very unfortunate that there have been people dying of cribbage 19 in vietnam but there are people who have been suffering severe illnesses for a long time and the virus was the fuel that further deteriorated their health condition. With bars and pubs ordered to close the usual nightlife in hanoi old quarter has come to a halt large gatherings have also been banned to vent the spread of the virus. Im sad that the new wave of the pandemic has come but juice the current situation. We have to try our best to stabilise ourselves so our businesses can survive break began in the coastal city authorities knocked it down and stop domestic flights but the infection has spread to other major cities like hanoi and what she meant to the Central Highlands region has also reported cases one city in the province is now on the lockdown. Health authorities a working to control the growing numbers around 52000 people have been tested more than 100 killings have been set up throughout the capital. I want to be tested so i can stop boring or perhaps a virus or not it is for me and for the community in the early stages of the pandemic vietnams government acted fast by putting infected people under quarantine introducing strict Contact Tracing and barring foreign visitors but authorities fear this break could be putting its population of 96000000 at greater risk. Chinas economy appears to have rebounded shop late from the. Start contraction but many people also a lot of job seekers have been encouraged to become Street Vendors to spur the countrys Economic Growth reports from. Food makes a living selling sunflowers to pedestrians in time to city in china southwest before the 1900 outbreak he worked as a Security Guard. My company for a lot of people because of that. At 1st they just to lower my salary but eventually they said they couldnt employ me anymore thats why. More than 20000000 Chinese Workers are estimated to have lost their jobs because of the pandemic. Like food many have taken up informal street selling to make ends meet street markets are now putting up across cities and towns with many vendors selling their own handmade goods. Lee lay decided to organize this market after losing his job as a hairdresser he says street vending is for many the only way to generate income but sales arent easy to come by. Numbers the fact is not many sellers can make good money some new sellers losing it all depends on the products and. The official data suggests strong recovery for chinas Economic Growth the emergence of legions of street sellers nationwide paints a bleak picture the Chinese Government says unemployment is at 6 percent but other estimates put it at closer to 20 Chinese Premier League a child last month encourage the development of the socalled street stall economy to help chinas Economic Growth get back on track but these vendors on 12 everywhere. Some local governments have banned unlicensed Street Vendors calling the stalls backward and unhygenic Chinese State media says the burgeoning street economy is only a temporary solution and not suitable for socalled 1st tier cities like shanghai and beijing but dong says he prefers this work to his old job but im not going to work as a Security Guard again there the salary was too low. If you work hard enough you can make more money and very happy. Thats one bright spot at least for this new worker katrina aljazeera. The Financial Security of millions of americans is hanging in the balance as politicians debate further relief for the unemployed for about 3 months a 600. 00 weekly payment has been a lifeline for people whove lost their jobs democrats and republicans have so far failed to agree on how the program should continue after it expired on friday. Antigovernment protesters are back on the streets of malis capital demanding the resignation of president Abraham Boubacar kater the opposition stopped the rallies for eat at least 14 people have died during demonstrations over the past few weeks while these opposition has accused cater of failing to deal with insecurity and corruption the regional bloc ecowas has been meeting mediation efforts its given both sides a deadline that expires on thursday to implement its proposals including a unity government. Video conferencing talks are underway to try and break the deadlock over africas largest hydroelectric dam in ethiopia ethiopians have celebrated the completion of the 1st stage of filling the dams reservoir. Government says the 5000000000. 00 project will boost the economy thats who done it egypt downstream on the river of worried about reduced Water Supplies trading has resumed in zimbabwes Stock Exchange after a month long suspension to try and stabilize the currency so bob when suffering 800 Percent Inflation and the worst financial crisis in more than a decade that has been worse than by coronavirus lockdown restrictions and police have arrested activists demanding the form of the ruling zanu p. F. Party in connection with corruption allegations vince most a way is that economist in her article and explains what else is making it difficult for people in zimbabwe to get by. The pandemic is different skating you know simply because number one we had to close the border waters because we locked down of south africa botswana countries that are around them and this is obviously stifled a lot of trade a lot of zimbabwean given formal market for example groups from south Africa Zambia and all over the region so the total closure would have meant that many of the people had become suddenly an employer and you know the government did promise that they would do some questioning but no one has seen that question coming so people are really in a fix regarding income back on or not you know on disposable income people dont have enough to manage went buy food and in order to survive during this particular knock that on the issue of inflation that we will continue to have in place should you know its sitting at 800 percent bound to continue simply because number one we always put in company we cant and we put a lot of them yet so we always price to meet in the u. S. Rate adulterate and long that keeps going up the cost of goods and services in the supermarkets would be to increase and they say no them increase in disposable income which means that everybody is really feeling this week. Hamas has described of a nice israeli airstrikes of gaza as a dangerous escalation the Israeli Military says it targeted several sites offer a rocket was initially fired from gaza this is the 1st such exchange in nearly a month. The Israeli Army Says its killed for 0. 05 in the occupied Golan Heights its released this video accusing them of taunting explosives along the border fence and then introduce god then as a terrorist squad says the Syrian Regime is ultimately responsible they can be verified and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. The fast major wildfire of the season in Southern California has forced nearly 8000 americans from their homes water bombing aircraft in the sky and firefighters on the ground are up against hot dry weather its forecast to continue for benefits reports from a sense of. The fire in Riverside County east of los angeles has burned more than 8000 hectares and destroyed at least one home as well as numerous other structures approximately 7800 people have been evacuated from their homes this is a major foreign it will be going on for a couple of days more than 1300 firefighters from across the state assisted by helicopters and planes dropping fire retardant are battling the blaze there working in temperatures well above 37 degrees celsius amid dry gusty winds the fire is still out of control flames broke out late friday afternoon investigators suspect it may have been deliberately set by an arsonist Southern California has seen little rain for months and the dense brush is tinder dry the fire is burning its way into rugged hills that are hard for crews to reach authorities said. Thank you what are you want to make sure. Everything youre saying people are going to think about repopulating due to code 19 the evacuees will not be housed overnight in large shelters instead the red cross is arranging accommodations at hotels which are largely empty due to the pandemic evacuees are getting their temperatures checked for fever and Evacuation Centers rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles. The 1st sign language cafe in North Macedonia has opened its doors at the capital its hoped the Business Venture will inspire thousands of other people with disabilities in the country who struggle to get work and rely heavily on the state for health care and it has. Martin and red mill a long wanted to start their own business and after meeting others like them with hearing and speech impediments while traveling abroad they came up with an idea a cafe that welcomes and caters to such people along with other customers yes. During my time abroad i saw many ideas and learned that many different people have started their own businesses this gave us an idea to do the same. They received a state grant to help them and after months of preparation were about to open the cafe in march but then the coronavirus pandemic broke out noting that the hardest thing was finding an interpreter that was the most difficult as time went by we thought we were going to make it the bank requires you to have an account but the law on the when some changes which was a shock for us we somehow managed to find an interpreter but the problem was how to pay him martin and i were struggling to make our own living we could not paid interpretation services. But the pair overcame the challenges and hope their success can be an example to others customers can use a digital menu to make orders and also learn sign language they and government officials hope they can help change peoples attitudes to those with disabilities and show others they dont need state aid to start their own business. He does like when the aim is to amend the law in this regard so this is many people with disabilities as possible can join the open market rather than the particular one we have to raise awareness and consider people with disabilities as equal to all of the workers in the country for now sign language is only used for ordering beverages but the couple intends to supplement that offer very soon with food car or leg aljazeera. Watching are just there and these are the top stories the World Health Organization has issued a stark warning there may never be a Silver Bullet to end the coronavirus pandemic w. H. O. Says people should not pin their hopes on a vaccine and that basic prevention measures remain crucial to finding a way out of the crisis we all hope to of a number of effective vaccine to start could help prevent people from infection however the reason or Silver Bullet at the moment that it might never be for tomorrow stopping outbreaks comes down to the big easy acts of probably cold and disease gone through. Testing. And treating patients and tracy and quarantining their contacts on the pandemic continues to better portugals ones booming Tourism Sector registered and other bad months in june as coronavirus fares and travel restrictions continue to keep visitors away foreign tourist arrivals fell by 96 percent compared to last year. The philippines as reported more than 3200. 00 new coronavirus cases its close to overtaking indonesia as the worst hit nation in Southeast Asia tougher restrictions are be reimposed in and around the capital manila. Afghan forces have retaken a prison in the east of the country after a long gun battle 46 people have been killed including 10 assailants and more than 300 prisoners have escaped are still has claimed responsibility. Lebanon has a new foreign minister where they has a former ambassador to france he replaces ness of he who resigned earlier on monday he says he couldnt continue because of the governments poor performance lebanon is close to bankruptcy. Politicians in the u. S. Is still debating further relief for the unemployed after the program expired on friday for about 3 months to 600. 00 weekly payment has been a lifeline for people who have lost their jobs antigovernment protest as a back on the streets of malis capital demanding the resignation of president abraham. The opposition stopped for the rallies for and told al jazeera is coming up next. 10 years ago a mining disaster in chile dropped 33. 00 named the world watched as a 2 month rescue turned new tragedy into a miracle aljazeera revisits the men once celebrated as National Groups and asks how this ordeal changed their lives chilean miners after the rescue on a jersey all the way. Swedens an orthodox approach to handling the Health Crisis has made headlines throughout the covert 19 pandemic unlike most even members the swedes didnt impose any Strict Lockdown measures it remained business as usual in stockholm and elsewhere even when cases peak and opinions became more divided than ever. While the relaxed strategy is expected to ease the impact on the economy sweden has one of europes highest fatality rates and the worst death toll by far in scandinavia what went wrong and what should have been done differently some of the questions we put to one of the
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