Battling coronavirus in mexico where exhausted medical workers are getting infected at record rates. Close think you for joining us a crew of virus is of racing through the african continent infections have doubled to 200000 in less than 3 weeks and the outbreak is now spreading from urban centers into the hinterlands where medical Services Already stretched the World Health Organization is warning that cases will continue to rise until a vaccine is filed the agency says 75 percent of the continents infections have been recorded in just 10 days a quarter of those infections are in south africa but the western cape region including cape town the hardest hit overall more than 5000. 00 people have died across the continent the u. N. Says a lack of testing kits remains a big problem al jazeera has admitted wrists has our report it took 90 days for africa to reach 100000 corona virus infections and only 90 to pass the 200000 mark. The World Health Organization says infections in africa and
Economy to be reimagined and reconfigured in the way of a Global Pandemic that is shut down the daytoday operations of the economy. So that is a challenge that first order is to migrate my own job so the first person i thought of they happily complied dean baker senior economist for Economic Policy research the most recent book is called rigged and one of the reasons i admire as we go tonight as a fierce critic of the status quo and intellectual property. And its an ebook form also joining us is the staff writer kate i believe it is working on a book manuscript now and recently contributed the teacher is hours . So i want to thank you both for taking part in two dates discussion and the spirit of economic revival. If you are engaged of the topics of tonights discussion with the recent appearance on the podcast the politics of everything and reimagining the economy. Also to be a part of this discussion and its going live on facebook right now. And thats all i got. So to start with a ver
Chairman the committee will come to order. The department of health and Human Services, everybody is sitting six feet apart. All Witnesses Today are participating in person. We thank you for that. Participatingare by videoconference. I would like to say a word about masks. The office of attending physicians advised us we may remove the mask and talk to the microphone as long as we are six feet apart. Msak imask isy off. When i am walking the senate floor, i am wearing a mask. Simple clothsd, help from transmitting it to others. Unfortunately this practice has become part of the political debate that says if you are forced from you do not wear a mask, if you are against trump you do. I suggested the president occasionally wear a mask even though, in most cases, it is not necessary for him to do so. The president has plenty of admirers. They would follow his lead. End this help an political debate. The stakes are too high about this to continue. Masksrs and staff wear because we do not w
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Virus from strictures into confusion. But israels Prime Minister vows to push ahead with plans to and its more of the occupied west bank. Fleeing the frontlines and more russian mercenaries fighting for ward cleaver have to pull out of western libya. Welcome to the program the World Health Organization has temporarily suspended the global trial of the drug hydroxy chloroquine for treating covert 900 patients the agency referred to a study by a medical journal that says people taking the drug were at a higher risk of death u. S. President donald trump has been using the anti malarial drug as a precautionary measure for a short period his own Health Agency has warned people against its use to treat the virus. The executive group has implemented at temporary pause of the hydroxyl hydroxy clock in our within the solidarity trial why did the safety data is that i viewed by the did i say 50 monitoring board the other arms of the trial and continuing our White House Correspondent kimberly hel