Restrictions despite an increasing number of cases. And a deal in israel as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu takes the lead in a unity government to end a long running from the tickle crisis. The worlds 3rd largest economy has slipped into recession japan has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic its economy shrank for the 2nd consecutive quarter by just under one percent in the 1st 3 months of this year but im as he had announced a massive Relief Program last month to keep the economy on track japan has recorded more than 16000 cases of the virus and close to 750 deaths michael pan is the president of the shin gets a news agency hes joining us from tokyo as always thank you very much for joining us on the aljazeera 8 its not just the pandemic is it though thats been causing these problems there was a lot leading up to this situation wasnt there. You know unfortunately we seem to have a few audio problems with michael there we will try and get him back later in the program but in
Economy but democrats say they are vague and inconsistent and are calling for a major expansion in coronavirus testing the u. K. Government expense knock down restrictions for at least 3 more weeks and Brazils Health minister is fired after a dispute with present votes in iowa over the corner virus response. Thank you very much for joining us chinas economy has suffered its sharpest fall since it opened up to the world in the 1970 s. In the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic Gross Domestic Product in the 1st quarter plummeted by 6. 8 percent the 1st time its contracted in decades and speak to our correspondent in beijing katrina you katrina a historic plunge but not entirely surprising. No we were expecting this we have some more information now about this plunge minus 6. 8 percent we havent seen this kind of fall since records began here in china mall figures above around this so manufacturing investment in china fell year on year by 25 percent in the 1st quarter Infrastructure Inv
A little its the longest iterates. A leading professor tells m. P. s the u. K. Government was too slow to react to the global pandemic. Raising to meet demand kenya steps up mass production so the government introduces tough rules to curb the spread of coronavirus. Now alarming new numbers showing the strain of the coronavirus pandemic on the worlds 2 biggest economies theres increasing doubt about the u. S. President s 2 week deadline for getting businesses back up and running in that he states 22000000 americans have made jobless claims just over the past month numbers not seen since the Great Depression of the 1930 s. And chinas Gross Domestic Product has plummeted by almost 7 percent in the 1st quarter that the shop just for since it opened up to the wild 40 years ago and theres been a big rise in the death toll in the original epicenter of the outbreak. 50 percent more people died there than was previously reported the total number of fatalities in the city is now said to be 3869.
Accident causing pollution levels to soar. So the World Health Organization is warning that africa could become the next center of the corona Virus Outbreak so far there have been fewer than a fouls and deaths from cave in 1000 across the continent which is a much lower rate than in the u. S. And in europe the United Nations says its likely the pandemic will kill it leaves 3 100000 people on the continent and pushed nearly 30000000. 00 into poverty a u. N. Secretary general intended to terrorism and said africa needs more than 200000000000. 00 to combat the virus the w. H. O. Fears the death toll could already be far higher in the past week there has been a 51 percent increase in the number of reported cases in my own continent africa. And a 60 percent increase in the number of reported does with the current challenge of obtaining testing kits its likely that the real numbers are higher than reported. Who is an m. P. Di meola just a professor at Mercy College joins us on skype from in
A border town struggling to survive amid a dispute between rwanda and uganda. Hello south korea has raised the alert level for the southeastern city of daegu thats after the countrys 1st death and an increase in coronavirus cases so medics have confirmed 156. 00 infections or 30 say dozens of them are linked to one church in daegu and the Prime Minister says special measures will be taken to stop the virus from spreading meanwhile china reported 118. 00 more deaths on thursday and confirmed more than 800 new infections which is more than double the number reported the day before theres also been an increase in the number of infections reported outside the outbreaks epicenter province and 2 australians evacuated from this cruise ship that had been under quarantine in japan have now tested positive for corona virus after returning home or theyre being isolated so lets get an update from katrina you joining us from beijing and we begin with the ongoing concern katrina of the rising number