System itself is set up to benefit those who understand people who actually believe things that are not true that is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line on aljazeera. For many in the west african country of guinea life can be quite a struggle. A quarter of the country is covered in forest and the government has neglected roads and basic services. Constant delays paralyze the nations economy. And yet guinea is a rich country rich in gold and diamonds. But most canadians never see the benefit. In. But today pierre on his assistant Bus Transport medicines in record time from the capital conakry to kiss a dugu on the other side of the country so were going to know. Guinea is still plagued by serious diseases like polio defeat area and rabies. The pharmacys primary concern is delivering the vaccines to where theyre needed before the climate spoils them. With no refrigerated truck or ice balls packed his vaccines in a box with just enough ice for the trip. For
The end. Malaysia has rolled out some of the most extreme restrictions after a big spike in corona virus cases many links back to a single event the World Health Organization is imploring governments to test far more people with a suspected infection its closing all its borders that is malaysia and says its own citizens cannot leave the country for at least the next 2 weeks but asia has reported more than 300 cases in just the past 2 days taking the total over 550. 00 in a year of francis president emanuel cole has declared war on the outbreak and is closing borders from 11 g. M. T. On tuesday the British Government which has been under pressure to toughen its approach is also asking people to avoid nonessential travel. And not go to pubs clubs and theaters meanwhile u. S. President donald trump has announced a 15 day plan to fight the virus and is urging no social gatherings of more than 10 people or sarah clarke is joining us from hong kong with the latest on the situation in asia te
The more common peter w. Watching aljazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up finally home over 100 South African nationals arrived back from china. Where the outbreak began. Was. Also heard singing in solidarity of people are doing their bit to ensure social distancing doesnt lead to loneliness during this pandemic. Has now become much harder for most europeans to enter the United States with a one month long travel ban on people arriving from 26. 00 countries now in affect the u. S. President donald trump took the drastic measures saying the e. U. Was too slow in reacting to the Virus Outbreak hes also declared a National Emergency freeing up billions of dollars to fight the pandemic. To unleash the full power of the federal government that the separate today i am officially declaring a National Emergency 2 very big words the action i am taking will open up access to up to 50000000000. 00 of very importantly very important and large about of money for states and
Contain the spread of the virus. The coronavirus pandemic is forcing countries around the world to take extreme measures affecting all aspects of life a billions of people heres the news were following this hour spain is reporting 1500 new cases in 24 hours the Prime Minister is due to speak after meeting with his cabinet right now iran is seeing a rise in the number of deaths 97 reported on saturday are now its ordered the closure of religious sites in combe and colombia has shut its border with venezuela a crucial crossing for people to get food medicine and work before we go to our correspondents lets take a look at the global picture right now this is the Johns Hopkins university virus tracker as you can see 147746 confirmed cases of the virus totaled. Thats 5539. 00 but the total recovered 71714. 00 you can see that big cluster there in italy but also look at spain right now big red blob of madrid there confirming that spike in cases in madrid lets go live to sania gago whos in lo
Spread. The u. S. President s travel ban on 26. 00 european nations comes into effect hours after he declared a National Emergency. China says the worst of the Virus Outbreak is over as the number of fatalities dips and life starts to return to something approaching normal. On a virus that wipes out most of the world that may just Sports Events the English Premier League the Boston Marathon a formula one all off try in the global sport calendar into chaos. The coronavirus pandemic is forcing countries around the world to take extreme measures affecting all aspects of life for billions of people in iran theres been a spike in new deaths with 97 reported in one day that brings the total death toll there to 611. 00. There are more than 12700. 00 infections colombia is shutting its land border with venezuela its a crossing used by thousands of venezuelans every day looking for food and medicine during the devastating economic crisis there in the u. S. A travel restriction affecting 26. 00