Where why politicians are struggling to get teachers back to class. Barbara hello and welcome to the program. The death toll in the United States has passed 90,000, with more than 1. 5 Million People infected. Just as the country passed that mark, President Donald Trump revealed that he is taking the controversial and unproven treatment hydroxychloroquine to prevent coronavirus infection. Trump announces you medical regimen while addressing hospitality sector business leaders. The antimalaria drugs has been repeatedly touted by trump as a potential game changer. I get a lot of tremendously positive news on the hydroxy, and i say, hey, you know the expression of used, john . What do you have to lose . Ok, what do you have to lose . I have been taking it for about a week and a half, every day. I take a pill every day. At some point i will stop. What i would like to do is have the cure and or the vaccine, and i think that will happen very soon. Barbara mike has more on those comments from the white house. Word, utterlyin a astounding. President trump indicating that he started taking the drug a week and a half ago. Following a letter from an unnamed doctor in westchester in upstate new york, who touted the to of the drug in a letter president , which he quoted in the course of this News Conference. Its very important to note that the fda has cautioned against the use of hydroxychloroquine. President trump, by his own admission, started taking the drug a few days after his own fda advised extreme caution in terms of using it for the treatment of coronavirus, and also saying it should only be used in a hospital situation or in a clinical trial. The fda recommendation followed a report by the u. S. Veterans Health Administration which did take a look into a small study in the use of hydroxychloroquine and found that the mortality rate actually increased with people using the drugs. In the report, it said that 27. 8 of those who were being treated for coronavirus with hydroxychloroquine, the death , when czink was added to the hydroxychloroquine the death rate dropped to 22. But those who were not given either of these drugs or the cocktail, the death rate was half of that, 11 . So as a result of this report, along with a number of other global studies, the fda made this recommendation. Barbara u. S. Health secretary has attacked china and the World Health Organization over their response to covid19. Chinese president xi jinping defended his countrys response as open and transparent. During an annual Health Conference marked by the who. At a time when countries have been concentrating on their National Responses to the virus, tensions between china and u. S. Grown, the u. N. Secretary general sounded frustrated. Tos video link from new york wasnt working well. Ofthere has been talk solidarity but very little unity in response to covid19. Countries have had at time contradictory tragedies and we are paying a high price for this. The virus has spread throughout the world and is now heading toward southern countries where it could have even more devastating effects in risks of peaks and waves. Many nations wonderful inquiry into the response to the virus, including its origins in the city of wuhan. The issue has become increasingly politicized President Trump suggesting it may have been manmade pivot in his address, chinas president xi supported the idea of an inquiry, but with very clear limits. A china supports the idea of comprehensive review of the club will response to of the Global Response to covid19 until it is brought into control. But he wants the World Health Organization in charge of any inquiry and its the who under its leader that has been condemned by the Trump Administration for its poor response, in particular being too close to china. In an apparent attempt to conceal the outbreak, at least one member state made a mockery of the transparency obligations with tremendous cost for the entire world. We saw the who failed at its core mission of information sharing and transparency when Member States do not act in good faith. This cannot ever happen again. The status quo is intolerable. Who must change and it must become far more transparent and far more accountable. What we are seeing play out in geneva is likely to have reverberations around the world. The growing antagonism between the u. S. And china is compounded by the fact that other major nations dont want to take sides because the two countries have so much economic clout. That is a recipe for global diplomatic deadlock. James baines, al jazeera, at the united nations. Barbara the mayor of brazils largest city says its Health Care System is nearing collapse because of the rapidly rising number of coronavirus infections. Saying hospitals in sao paulo will run out of space in two weeks him and he is criticize people who flout lockdown rules. The city has become one of brazils worst hit areas, with about 3000 deaths. 8000 brazilians rallied against lockdown measures. President bolsonaro has been criticized for his handling of the outbreak. He wants governors to lift restrictions. City, letsmexico stay with the story of the mayor of sao paulo and the governor, they gave a press conference about an hour ago on the situation. What did they have to add . We are hearing from authorities in the region of sao paulo that a sickly they are doing everything they can to keep people in their homes. We are one proposal which is to make move National Holidays forward, another tool at their disposal to have people stay in their homes, not feel the need to go out and work or leave their homes. We heard from the governor of the state of sao paulo, who said, we have to beat this economic crisis him a but in order to beat the crisis, we have to be coronavirus. The added, the economy the enemy is not the quarantine, it is the pandemic. A sharp contrast to what we are hearing from president bolsonaro, but over the we, brazil became the fourth worst affected nation in the world by the coronavirus pandemic, and certainly the worst affected in latin america. Specifically the region of sao paulo is been the worst hit, with nearly 3000 confirmed deaths. Were talking about economies not ready to be reopened, and brazil would probably be at the top of that list. The rhetoric we are hearing from brazils president is that hair salons, gymnasiums, barbershops are all to be considered essential services, but right now the focus has been on the region up sao paulo. Again, almost 3000 dead there alone. The mayor of the city said that hospitals are at more than 90 capacity. Theives it two weeks before Health Care System becomes overwhelmed, and brazil has not even reached the height of contagion, so the expectation is the situation there will only worsen. Barbara mexico has seen its numbers of contagion in some parts of the country certainly rise. Yet it is still thinking about easing its restrictions. What is the situation like their . In brazil,ust like mexican authorities are under a tremendous amount of pressure to strike that balance between Public Health and health of their economies. Last week, the Mexican Government announced a new plan to reopen the economy, starting today, monday. 15 out of mexicos 32 states will begin to apply a reopening procedure. Certain municipalities that are considered coronavirus free will begin to reopen. I do want to point to some statistics here, barbara. This is the latest report on the number of deaths in mexico. As of sunday evening, there were deaths, an increase of 132 from the day before. This is significant, because Health Authorities forecast the height of the pandemic would be sometime last week. What we are seeing, the figures dont match that forecast. Mexico continues to see an upward trend in the curve of contagion, meaning that peak has not been reached, and we are already hearing from Health Officials and government officials saying they want to reopen the economy. This is causing quite a bit of controversy in the country, specifically when it comes to the Manufacturing Sector. When you look at mexicos northern border with the United States, this is where a lot of the manufacturing takes place. There is tremendous pressure for automotive manufacturers to reopen, specifically from the United States. What were hearing from Health Officials is that despite this being one of the hotspots in mexico, those lockdowns in the automotive and Manufacturing Sector could be lifted even before that june 1 deadline the government has set for the reopening of the economy. Barbara men well with the latest from mexico city, thank you. There have been violent protests in one of santiagos poorest neighborhoods. In chile, hundreds of protesters broke quarantined orders and demanded food and medical aid. Right please use tear gas and Water Cannons to disperse the crowd. Some threw stones and molotov cocktails at the police. The capital imposed a citywide lockdown friday after huge surge in coronavirus cases. France and germany have proposed a 544 billion relief fund to help europe recover from the coronavirus pandemic. The countrys leader suggests the people borrow the money together and use it to support europes hardest hit industries and regions. The tosha butler has more on this from paris. Aim ofr leader say the the Recovery Fund is to try to help provide certain economic sectors in the European Union for regions that have been particularly badly affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The idea is that this money would be borrowed off the international market. Both Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel said it was absolutely fundamental that the European Union come together at this time to show solidarity with some Member States that have really struggled over the past weeks and months and will continue to do so in the future because the coronavirus pandemic is far from seen even though we have the numbers of infections and cases drop in the past few days in some European Countries. The initiative is being welcomed new and bys of the the commissioner and head of the council, staying very much in line with their own thinking as they are formulating their own strategy. It has also been welcomed on the International Financial markets because we have seen global stocks surge. Barbara still to come in his halfhour, the coronavirus conservation threat. How the coronavirus can have an impact on where the wild things are. And, reading roald dahl for charity. Stormy weatherme rolling for the southeast of australia, bringing some wet and windy weather and maybe some thunderstorms and hail, just pushing in as we go through the next couple of days. Ahead of that were getting into the low 20s from adelaide and sydney. Further north some showers extending into the australian outback. Wet weather heading its way toward northern parts of western australia, feeding into central parts as we go through the next day or so. The wet weather to the southeast , temperatures falling back to. Round 16 celsius wet and windy weather driving through tasmania. The state largely dry, little on the cloudy side for new zealand. Cloudy weather making its way across the Korean Peninsula heading through japan. Bright skies will come back in behind and temperatures wiwill gradually recover. 25 on wednesday. Still rather wet to o the far south. H. Barbara a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. As the death toll in the United States passes 90,000, President Donald Trump has revealed he is taking the controversial and unproven treatment hydroxychloroquine to prevent coronavirus. The u. S. Has accused the World Health Organization of allowing the coronavirus pandemic to spin out of control. Chinas president , meanwhile, would condone an investigation only after the pandemic is under control. And a rapidly rising number of coronavirus infections. Italys Prime Minister says the country is taking a calculated risk, relaxing its lockdown measures, but cannot afford to wait for a vaccine. Most businesses including bars, cap cafes, and hairdressers, reopened on monday. Reporter a central part of Italian Culture but has been absent for more than two months. Customers ordering lunch at this rome restaurant are having to get used to eating out in a coronavirus world. We feel almost emotional, given and has been two months we have not been out to eat. Ill let you know my opinion once we finished eating whether there is a difference. Italy, bars,oss cafes, hairdressers and nonfood shops can now reopen as long as social distancing is maintained. Theyve all been left reeling by the enforced closure. Its a situation thats a bit apocalyptic, if i can say that, because we never thought in the restaurant business, in the Historic Center of european capital, that we would ever live through Something Like this. Reporter italy, the first country outside asia to be overrun by covid19, went into International Law down eight weeks ago. It has reported within 32,000 deaths. Italys economy is expected to shrink by nearly 10 this year. The government has to concede to the Small Business is to open up the doors again. Neverise the country will recover. We are envisaging a fall in growth that Gross National product of 20 . In some industries, 90 . If we go on this way, we will cure covid, but lose an economy. Reporter a major retailers estimates 30 of cafes and restaurants will stay shut. At pepes Family Restaurant in rome, it is one of them. Since the lockdown, shes had to pay her threestep from her own pockets. She wants the government to give people like her help with paying bills and tax breaks. I cant reopen because the restaurant is like a car. In order to turn it on, you need fuel, which is the cash we do not have. Even if we reopen, there would not be enough customers to cover the costs. We rely on tourists. Reporter with new coronavirus cases at their lowest level since before the lockdown, things seem to be going in the right direction. But here in milan, famous for its elegant shopping arcades, not everybody is convinced relaxing the rules will work out. Nothing will change. Everything will return exactly as before. The lockdown will be quickly forgotten and everything will return as before. We will go back into an emergency enter crisis. Month,ink after maybe a after a time, we will go back normally. Reporter so for now, meet many people are cautiously optimistic. They are aware that if the virus starts to spread again, the new freedoms will quickly disappear. Schools in england or do to reopen on june 1. They been closed for two months to curb the spread of coronavirus. Opening ishe happening too quickly. This report from london. Reporter for two months, u. K. Schools have been quiet. Closed but to a few children of essential workers. All other kids have been housebound, waiting out the viral storm, looking for brighter days. And they might be close, for england at least. A week ago, the Government TaskSchool Leaders with safely welcoming some groups back on june 1. In some schools, you introduce a oneway system using one set of stairs to go up and another set to go down, and different core doors for moving in different directions. Weve set out markings on the floor of two meters. Weve got enough ppe for every staff member or man and child. Therter the plan is for youngest to Primary School years and the oldest to go back first, and others would follow later. Teachers have been scrambling to find ways they can safely open schools to more peoples, but a week of frantic talks between Teachers Union and the government still has not convinced everyone thinks this is all happening too fast. Ministers have pointed to other European Countries were classes have started again. Or chuckle went back on monday. But liverpool and another county have both said theyre still too many local coronavirus cases to safely open schools on the governments timetable. Scotland and wales says they will not reopen yet either. Even teachers organizations that are on board are still extremely anxious. Ultimately we would save the decision around opening and closing the schools rests with the head teacher and their governing board or their trustees. We will definitely support them if they can safely do that and they need more time to plan towards it. Reporter there are warnings that the longer schools are shut, the more kids are affected by disparities in homeschooling. Areids from richer schools spending 75 more time per day than those in the poor areas. It adds up to more than a week and a half of fulltime in school. Reporter the same institute of physical studies reports that fewer than half of all parents are ready to send their children back to school, given the choice. Even a schools in england do open on june 1, classrooms may remain mostly empty. Al jazeera, london. Barbara the fbi says it has found evidence that a saudi military cadet was in contact with al qaeda before he shot and killed three people at a u. S. Naval air base last year. Heres the latest from washington. Reporter officials now say this was an attack on u. S. Soil coordinated with the help of al aeda we would last december, saudi arabia and cadet open fire on the pensacola miller military base where he was training, leaving three u. S. Service members dad and eight injured. Al qaeda initially claimed responsibility, but in a News Conference monday, u. S. Officials confirmed that, claiming the many months of delays on apple refusing to help them unlock his phone. In the months before the attack, while he was here among us, he talked about his plans and tactics, taking advantage of the information he acquired here to assess how many people he could try to kill. He was meticulous in his planning. He made pocket cam videos as he cased his classroom building. The u. S. Attorney general announced the information led to a military strike, but gave few other details. Indeed, the information from the phones has already proved invaluable in protecting the american people. A counterterrorism operation ap operative, one of the overseas associates, was recently conducted in yemen. Reporter after the shooting, officials quickly discovered he left any social media post that shouldve raised red flags, but were missed. They try to put the focus on the dispute with the technology companies, but it its likely members of congress will ask more questions about exactly how this individual was able to have so much communication with yemen while being a part of the military Training Program with access to sensitive u. S. Luke perry basis. Patti culhane, al jazeera, washington. It said President Trump may have fired a u. S. Watchdog. Saying he was sent to investigate Donald Trumps decision to declare an emergency did clear the way for the 8 billion sale. Trump set on monday that he fired him because secretary of state mike pompeo asked him to. President trump i dont know anything about him, other than the state department and mike in particular, i guess they werent happy with the job hes doing or something. Because it is my right to do it, i said sure, i will do it. Every president has gotten rid of a lot of inspector general. Probably more than i have. Barbara the Nigerian Military boko haram killed 20 fighters. The military said it intercepted a convoy that was on its way back the fighters were armed with mortars and rocket propelled grenades. Government troops nine Government Troops were injured in the operation. Millions of tourists normally flocked to kenyas wildlife preserves, but international rivals have been stopped because of the coronavirus pandemic. The loss of tourism income is putting hundreds of jobs that risks. This story from nairobi. Reporter these lines dont know it, but the coronavirus is a danger to them, too. While they probably cannot get the virus, the pandemic does indirectly threaten their habitat. He normally guides tourists who come to see endangered animals. Its near kenyas capital, nairobi. The government suspended International Flights nearly two months ago. No Foreign Tourists have come here since. Im afraid a lot of jobs are going to be lost. Reporter visitors normally eat and sleep in the camp where nicholas works. It had to temporarily close privy normally in camps like this, all the beds are fully booked during the peak season. Or than 2,000,004ontwos tourists more than 2 million Foreign Tourists visited kenya last year to see the wildlife that live in the reserve. The money they spend creates millions of jobs and provide crucial finding to conservation. The fees charged for visiting reserves help pay the salary of rangers who protect animals from poachers. Communities living nearby depend on incomes of those employed in thosector, but likelihoods are lost and people are forced to find other ways to survive. , cutting like poaching down of trees to bring household income. That is tied to the harsh economic realities occasioned by covid19. Reporter the reserve is unique because it is just on the edge of the city. Reserve land will be used for farming or Property Development instead. Just outside the park is a sanctuary for orphaned animals. Are usually teaming with visiting schoolchildren. Educating local communities are key could to conserving wildlife and its environment. [indiscernible] expects nobody here thing to change before the coronavirus restrictions are lifted. They are looking for other ways to fund the reserve. For the wildlife within them and the people around them to have a future. Malcolm webb, al jazeera, nairobi, kenya. Barbara finally, some of the worlds bestknown actors have been providing some relief for parents and lockdown by posting videos of themselves reading stories to children payment now, an oscarwinning filmmaker has listed a group of celebrities to the the novel, james and giant peach, on the rolled out youtube channel. They will read the whole book in 10 installments, starting on monday. All funds raised go to the Charity Partners in health. Hey, you, james, come over here at once and climbed this tree. I want