To keep the economy going at any cost. But now brazil has recorded more than 1000000 infections and the worlds 2nd highest death toll. And as pushes for people to go back to work 2 of his Health Ministers have walked away. Nansen patient taken office on april 17th but resigned just 4 weeks later. Had replaced luis in the game and did that not all had dismissed for supporting quarantines the president called it a consensual divorce but when did the sacking caused anger across brazil. With many banging pots and pans from their windows. So how would president also not his handling of this pandemic affect the more than 200000000 brazilians and are his decisions influenced by his friendship with the u. S. President will put those questions to one of the men whos played a central role during this crisis as those former Health Minister luis and became and that that talks to aljazeera. Recently given that the thank you for being with us you have said that a doctor never abandons his patient so
Will. Be. On february 25th brazil became the 1st country in south america to report a cold 19 in connection. And as the number of cases increased over the subsequent weeks and months its a president with views to take any strong measures. He fought state leaders who imposed lockdowns and mandated social distancing rules calling their actions economically ruinous. Still refuses to acknowledge the seriousness of the Global Pandemic hes called the virus nothing more than a little flu his priority has been to keep the economy going at any cost. But now brazil has recorded more than 1000000 infections and the worlds 2nd highest death toll. And as pushes for people to go back to work 2 of his Health Ministers have walked away nansen patient taken office on april 17th but resigned just 4 weeks later. Had replaced lisa. Who had dismissed for supporting quarantines the president called it a consensual divorce but mine did the sacking anger across brazil. With many banging pots and pans from the
Africa say no to reopening schools all the rest of the nation gets back to business. The famous grand bazaar istanbul opens its doors for the 1st time in months restrictions on that it plus. Im wayne hay in oakland new zealand we will tell you why coronavirus may change the way our cities are designed. The mayor of new york city says that immediate action should be taken against Police Officers who are heavy handed when dealing with protesters the city just like many other parts of the us a scene days of sometimes violent protests against the killing of a black man in Police Custody george floyd died after he was restrained by a white policeman who knelt on his neck for almost 9 minutes heres what bill de blasio has been saying about Police Officers who overstepped their authority. Any situation where an officer does something even in the context of a protest in a tense situation they do something offensive and inappropriate there must be immediate investigation that must be the approp
In Central London in solidarity with americas and to racism crowds. Also china moves towards greater control of hong kong britains Prime Minister talks of offering citizenship to millions im going to go just go with sports as the German Football Federation says it will not punish players who protest racism and the killing of george floyd saying the players have their respect and understanding. Welcome to the news with the fallout over the death of george floyd in the us and the mass protests across the country u. S. Defense secretary mark esper has spoken within the past hour and has a differing view from the president over the use of military to control crowds donald trump has increasingly put pressure on governments to mobilize troops but the pentagon has pushed back and asked for says hes trying to keep his department out of politics. Ive always believed and continue to believe that the National Guard is best suited for performing Domestic Support to civil authorities in these situa
A turning point. Accused of involvement in the murder of his former wife the suitors Prime Minister resigns after months of speculation. And left high and dry by the coronavirus endemic filipino maritime workers will now face an uncertain future. There will be an independent inquiry into the International Response of the coronaVirus Outbreak investigation will include an examination of the World Health Organizations role the 194. 00 w. H. O. Member states unanimously passed the European Union resolution that would allow for what they called a comprehensive evaluation of the Global Reaction w h o director general dr. Welcomed the resolution our own ways. That majority remains fairly quite muted to transparency accountability and continues improvement we want accountability. Anyone. But the resolution follows sharp criticism of the w. H. O. By u. S. President donald trump he says missteps by the organization came at an extreme cost basically they have to clean up their act they have to d