Uncertainty over the health of north Korean Leader kim jong un has reports suggest medics have been sent from china to advise on his health well get the latest from our correspondent in style. Im rebecca read his welcome to the Program Medical officials in brazil have warned that the countrys Hospital Systems are on the verge of collapse with many clinics already too overwhelmed by corona virus cases to take in any new patients more than 53000 people have contracted cove at 19 in brazil and there are fears that it could become one of the worlds pandemic hotspots the countrys president john paulson r. O. Still maintains that covert 19 is a relatively minor disease and the broad social distancing measures are not needed to stop its. Bread. Bowls and are is also facing a fresh blow to his Political Authority is Justice Minister has resigned accusing him of meddling with the police and the president is facing a swell in public anger i was. Noisy protests rang out across brazil on friday dragging out the president s televised address to the nation. Shy and also not grow defended his sacking of the federal police chief amid accusations that he was trying to interfere in the countrys Justice System little to get digital so i dont have to ask for authorization from anyone to change any official or anyone else but both scenarios still provided no reason for the dismissal which had prompted the resignation the results popular Justice Minister on life t. V. I long for this mission will be unfortunately i have no way to continue with the commitment that i assure you and without any are able to preserve your tone a meeting of the federal police to carry out their work. About what you think of that i. Said geo moros departure was a body blow to a president already under fire over his handling of the Coronavirus Crisis both the naro has repeatedly described covered 19 as a little flu which now hundreds of victims are being buried in mass graves. State governors have brought in social distancing measures its dismissed by both a narrow as poison officials a warning that hospitals are on the brink of collapse. And the man at the top faces public anger growing lied to by the day. I mean ited states there have been discussions within the white house about changing the format of president Donald Trumps coronavirus briefings and could tailing his role in them it comes off to trump held an unusually short briefing on friday and didnt take any questions from reporters the day before that he caused alarm by suggesting people with corona virus may be able to be treated with ultraviolet light and disinfectant something that alarmed medical officials these since acclaimed his remarks with sarcastic and he wasnt encouraging people to drink bleach. Rejoin us President Donald Trump stayed true to form on friday claiming his comments were deliberately misinterpreted by the Fake News Media he said his remarks on the internal use of disinfectants had been taken out of context and hed been misunderstood. Everybody. But i was asking to start quickly kastigar a very sarcastic question to the reporters in the room about disinfectant on the inside but it does kill it and it would kill it on the heads and that would make things much better that was done in the form of a sarcastic question to the reporters donald trump claims the day before had left Health Experts speechless during the White House Press briefing trump suggested disinfectant injections and u. V. Lights could be used to treat patients infected with corona virus. Supposing we hit somebody with a tremendous whether its violent or just very powerful a. And i think you said. Youre going to test it and then i said supposing you. Can which you can do either through the skin or. In some other way and i think you said youre going to test. Very good disinfectant. In a minute. Is there a way we can do something. Injection. Or almost to. The remarks were criticized by Health Experts who say disinfectants like bleach are dangerous when injected or ingested but the outbreaks caused by trumps comments may lead to a change in how he handles his daily Coronavirus Press briefings on friday trump had this brief confrontation with reporters in the oval office i dont know if you continue to say you have. Any other questions for many other people ok you know what sort of you have to work out or not out a few hours later he cut short his Daily Briefing without taking any questions from the journalists. The reports are now circulating that the white house wants to reduce trumps participation in the Daily Briefings his approval rates are dropping and the president s advisers reportedly believe that the overexposure and his inaccurate remarks could be the cause trump hasnt personally committed to any changes but if his ratings continue to fall he might not be left with a choice. Lets take a look now at some of the other developments in the corona virus pandemic the global death toll from cove at 19 has almost reached 200000 according to figures from the Johns Hopkins university more than a quarter of all deaths have occurred in the United States which currently has the worlds biggest outbreak sri lanka has imposed a country reimposed a country wide curfew just days after relaxing its lockdown measures it follows a spike in infections among sailors and belgium has announced plans to lift its lockdown measures or shops will be allowed to reopen from the 11th of may with schools reopening the following week belgium has the highest death rate per capita in europe and more than 44000 recorded cases there are new questions over the health of north Korean Leader kim jong un reports from the Reuters News Agency saying medical experts have been sent from china to advise on kims health earlier this week made in south korea reported that he was recovering after a cardiovascular procedure but the later hasnt been same in public north korea is challenging suggestions that they later is gravely ill. And joining me for more on this story is our correspondent in seoul Frank Smith Frank hi according to this report joint china has sent medical experts to say the north Korean Leader why is that significant. Well thats significant because what we know about kim jong uns health hes obese hes a heavy smoker who reports that he has diabetes his father had a heart attack in 2008 died in in 2011 of cardiovascular disease and then the reports that you mentioned that kim jong un had undergone surgery and then c n ns report that he had been potentially gravely ill according to one u. S. Source there are also sources in china uncorroborated sources in with chinese twitter kind of a blaze that that kim jong il may in fact even be dead but again those are those are uncorroborated reports at this time. Your you are in cell thats less than 100 kilometers from the north korean border what more you hearing that well the south korean government has largely played down the reports that kim jong un was gravely ill if we go back to earlier in the week the initial report came out of a website called daily and u. K. Its run by kind of defectors here in south korea and it seeks to to paint the north korean regime in a very negative light so the south korean government a liberal government that seeks reproach not with north korea has has really kind of played those down at the same time we need to recognize that north korea is a very controlled state controlled media and even the foreign reporters that are allowed into north korea what they can report on is tightly controlled so the information that we get out of north korea you know is very very limited. What does this send to the main fest ability in the range and. While we need to recognize north korea is a dictatorial regime it has a very antagonistic relationship certainly with the United States and and the International Community it is pursuing Nuclear Weapons it has a Nuclear Weapons program its subject to sanctions from the United NationsSecurity Council and north korea itself is something of a buffer state between south korea a strong u. S. Ally with u. S. Troops here and china any sort of instability in north korea is going to represent another area of superpower competition between china and the United States frank smith from voting for us from south thanks very much. Now a quick look at some of the other stories making headlines commemorations have been held to mark the 105th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide with traditional events canceled due to the coronavirus on manias paid tribute to the victims at home a mania calls the killings a genocide a claim supported by many countries including germany rejected by turkey. Dozens of inmates have rioted at a prison in argentinas capital one of cyrus demanding improved Health Measures after a coronavirus case was confirmed in the facility several other riots have broken out knowledge and 20 in prisons in recent days leaving one inmate dead. Well some sport and the coronavirus pandemic has hit the world of professional cycling particularly hard with major races cancelled riders salaries cut and stuff laid off but now the sport is taking new routes in the Virtual World where races like the digital swiss 5 providing an alternative to their real world counterparts not everyone is convinced. The swiss alps a breathtaking setting for the prestigious tour de suisse but this year the race has been cancelled due to the coronavirus that is forced to change in thinking leading to the digital swiss 5 the 1st major bike race to go virtual from the comfort of their homes the cyclists guide their avatars over parts of the real root of the tour de Suisse Lennart care now from the german Team Bordeaux hans grower says it takes some getting used to. This. It was a special feeling youre looking out the window writing on here you only see your rivals on the screen. But it was pretty strange and i hope we can get back to normal racing soon. Back could take a while as our major races have been canceled through the end of july this virtual race goes 26 kilometers climbing 1200 meters to the Winter Sports resort of loike about the landscape is real as is the sweat but somehow it feels different. If you just get on it and go full throttle the normal racing there are a lot of other factors involved you. Can never fall behind early though and time trial World Champion rohan dennis takes the lead the australians in durance is exactly what matters here because theres no Wind Resistance in this virtual cycling world was pretty good. Its more lets. Bring in. White. Whites virtual racing could be a lifeline for financially strapped teams and organizers and some see its potential beyond the current crisis. In my opinion there will be something extra on offer in the very long term professional cycling will still take place on the road. But there will be opportunities to do something in the off season or for riders who arent competing on the road. You call it was the most back at the digital swiss 5 rowing dennis crosses the line in like a far ahead of the pack than i can now finish is over 11 minutes behind him and there are some riders who can do as well or even better on a stationary set up than on the road with me its the other way around the world but one part of the excitement is just as present in a virtual race as in the real world at the start no one knows who will emerge victorious. This is daily news from the headlines at the top of the hour im rebecca. Its a deadly sin. And the whim of nature. Motivates us. And threatens to ruin our city