Why song out of tune why is song chinas dedicating to the fight against coronavirus is being condemned as insulting. And demonstrators defy curfews in lebanon to continue protests against a worsening economic crisis. We saw it with a bleak assessment from the World Health Organization of how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the treatment of other illnesses speaking in the past has director general said 21 countries are already reporting shortages of some vaccines and that could affect millions of children. Every year more than 116000000. 00 in funds are vaccinated or 86 percent of all children born globally but there are still more than 13000000. 00 children around the world who miss out on vaccination we know that the number will increase because of 19 already polio vaccination campaigns have been put on hold and in some countries routinely Immunization Services are being scaled back or shut down britains Prime Minister has returned to work by him to lead from the front in the fight against crime a virus Boris Johnson was diagnosed with a virus a month ago and spent 3 days in intensive care in his 1st speech since leaving hospital he says the u. K. Starting to turn the tide in tackling the outbreak johnson has pledged his government will outline plans for easing restrictions but warns of the risk of a 2nd wave if this virus were a few sickle assailant an unexpected and invisible mugger which i can tell you propose to experience it is then this is the moment when we have begun together to wrestle it to the floor i know it is tough and i want to get this economy moving as fast as i can but i refuse to throw away all the effort and the sacrifice of the british people and to risk a 2nd major outbreak and huge loss of life and the overwhelming of the n. H. S. Alterna has more damning strains in london. Rallying reassuring he did attempts to talk up a sort of positives up to now not easy under the circumstances chief among them of course bob simpson the simple fact that the Prime Minister is back standing behind a podium addressing the British Public outside 10 downing street a real achievement that in itself even if he does return to step straight back into a whole series of controversies of difficult questions and criticisms leveled at him or his handling of the crisis in the early days his governments handling of the crisis while hes been ill the perceptions of a slow rips response as the death toll the hospital death toll takes way past 20000 possibly much higher even than that there are still gaping holes in p. P. E. Protection equipment for Health Care Workers on the front line the testing targets are nowhere near being met and louder and louder calls for all sorts of quarters for quite when and how this lockdown is going to be lifted as it tears into the british economy here although many did different difficult questions for the Prime Minister to grapple with he put his best foot forward here trying to emphasize the positive the progress that has been made flattening the curve up to now the n. H. S. The Health Service has not been overwhelmed as many feared were approaching he said the point where we turn the tide but to those people asking when the lockdown will be lifted where there was disappointment the time is not right now he said the numbers are too high the risk of a 2nd wave still far too great and dangerous his message to the public to businesses to members of his own party even calling for the lockdown to be lifted contain your impatience theres still a long way to go. Italy is preparing to emerge from the longest coronavirus lockdown in the west from next week people will be allowed to visit relatives and some businesses will reopen its seen the 2nd highest number of deaths in the world after the us but on sunday the daily toll fell to its lowest level in more than a month Prime Minister decepticon day says people will still need to wear masks and observe social distancing francesco a jumper tony has more from milan on how the reopening plan will work. Prime minister does appear counter now last night how the country will enter now and phase 2 of the pandemic italy will try to restart the economy without pushing the curve of the infections up again factories and Building Sites in italy were reopened from may 4th this was the biggest announcement people will be allowed to leave their houses to go to work and also to visit their family social gatherings are and away still bend and its not possible to move from region to region sporting activities could be now practice also far from home but people need to do to do it on their own and have to keep the distance from each other parks will reopen but it wont be possible to meet their shops museums and libraries can reopen from may 18th so if the new wave of cases will be allowed will be avoided other businesses will follow restaurants bars and hairdressers will open from june 1st qantas said that the reopening is allowed on condition that all Companies Involved strict the respect new security protocols in the workplace wearing protective masks become mandatory in or enclosed spaces anyway schools will remain shut until september and this will gave families childcare problems for many months to come but some children are back at school in norway has the country gradually winds down restrictions a few pulls up to the age of 10 returned to their classrooms on monday older students will follow next month schools were closed for 6 weeks and theyve reopened with new safeguards in place including limiting class sizes to 15 students. All the kids and all the stuff need to be well silly if you will from coming here and you have to get this will have to be on you simply. Mean. If it was up to me entirely i would probably wait. A week. Because i dont think we know. We have all the information we need at this point syrian state media says at least 3 civilians are being killed in israeli rocket attacks near the capital damascus 4 others were injured the Syrian Military say they shot down most of the missiles fired by israeli jets the attack is the 4th in less than a month during rising tensions between israel and hezbollah in syria. Well in libya theres been heavy shelling of residential areas in tripoli by forces loyal to ward cleaver hafter been firing on homes in the capital for over a week in retaliation for losing strongholds in western libya as al jazeera is mahmud the glue i had that i reports from tripoli or men and their young son have been reported to been killed. As soon as the early in the morning were been hearing heavy sounds of explosions and military sources with the government of National Accord say that have that his forces have been shelling get civil areas in southern tripoli with indiscriminate shelling actually the art of now. For those forces the in the rains are in this southern outskirts of neighborhood in southern tripoli and from there the shelling get civil areas including the Government Forces locations in irons are also in the northern outskirts of ns out a neighborhood with mortal rockets and in many cases random rockets land in it is eventually yes today a woman was killed along with her son and 3 of her other sons were injured by a random Rocket Launcher where have their forces in the vicinity of a would get a bully town about 25 kilometers east of the capital tripoli recently have those forces have intensified their attacks by random rockets again as to many it is the areas in southern tripoli especially after their defeat in western libya after the last the whole cause still way over the course of the road that links the capital tripoli to the tunisian borders in western libya. Now the Lebanese Army has dispersed protesters who are blocking one of the main roads in the capital beirut demonstrators have been defying a lockdown and curfew to voice their anger over the worsening economic crisis last week lebanons currency reached new lows against the dollar sparking calls for the Central Bank Governor to resign so holder has more from beirut. Lebanon as currency has been depreciating for weeks but in the past few days the lira lost at least 60 percent of its value on the black market the government is hinting that the central bank could be intentionally engineering the collapse as the country struggles with the lack of hard currency and its worst economic crisis in decades. The central bank is either incapable absent or directly instigating the dramatic drop 101 that. Those in power say there is an attempt to topple the government by sabotaging Financial Stability opposition politicians who are backing the long serving governor riyadh selami believe the Ruling Alliance led by hezbollah is trying to take control of the central bank which implements u. S. Sanctions against the iranian backed group mr time amy is perceived as. An american ally inside lebanon but that does not mean that mr said made me is not responsible and im his Monetary Policy was the right one but definitely were phrasing it cool it. Is part of. Our game taking place that he took. Money transfer offices and banks no longer dispersed dollars and people are deprived of much of their savings due to informal capital controls. Hard Currency International donors wont help unless politicians reform the state that means giving up resources theyve been accused of using for political gain. All. While people are losing the value of their money protesters are reviving a movement that began in october not just against the Central Banks policies but a Political Class they accuse of corruption and mismanagement and now the vote option is back on the streets these 2 groups and these parties are trying to hijack the movement on the ground for political reasons and in the game fall of the 3 in both of them its seen as a struggle between those who hold financial power and those who have political power and its putting lebanon stability at risk center for their beirut. Still ahead here on aljazeera exploiting the pandemic china is accused of serving its ambitions in disputed territory on the high seas. A broadcaster in pakistan playing a crucial role in getting information out about the pandemic the stories after the break. Hello there fairly quiet picture across much of asia some good temperatures as well these guys the sunshine to come through and really warm if things up now we could just see on tuesday one or 2 more scattered showers across central more than one show up and it really is not a bad picture at all as a safe place guys so temperatures on at the rise 28 on kong on cheese about wednesday about the same maybe that more clouds and maybe just wanted to show this on shore flow but as i say the bulk of the region is fine and dry temperatures on the rise for soccer and up to 23 but that is not as warm indeed as it will be in beijing for the next few days of this by wednesday 32 and thats against an average in april of 20 celsius so a whopping 12 degrees above the average plenty of rain however further to the south across the southeast of asia and particularly indonesia and the Malay Peninsula some very heavy downpours over the next couple of days so wesley as well and across into north maluku that is where well see some of the heaviest rain but also very heavy downpours continuing through northern and eastern areas of india now these storms have been strong that has been some damage as you can see here big tree down not the only one more in the forecast on cheezy particularly through west bengal and addition and really very little change as we head off into wednesday. On counting the cost billions now to save trillions lost economic output the backplane hunt is gone and of all produced a covert 1000. 00 test kit for 1. 00 plus u. S. Oil drop all maligned as proof sinks into negative territory. Counting a cost on aljazeera. If you want to help save the world. Sneeze and euro. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera the cell romney a reminder of our top news stories the World Health Organization has warned that the coronavirus pandemic is impacting the treatment of other illnesses its director general says some countries are already reporting shortages of vaccines which could affect millions of children. Also britains Prime Minister has returned to work after being diagnosed with the virus a month ago Boris Johnson says the u. K. Is beginning to turn the tide in tackling the outbreak but warns of the risk of a 2nd wave. And the Lebanese Army has dispersed protesters blocking one of the main roads in the capital beirut demonstrators have been defying a lockdown and curfew to voice their anger over the worsening economic crisis. Workers desperate for money in one of the Worlds LargestGarment Industries are defying coronavirus lockdown orders to their returning to work in bangladesh saying that they have been paid for months the country is expected to lose at least 6000000000 dollars worth of exports to make up for some of it textile workers are selling masks medical downs and other in demand personal protective equipment bangladesh has recorded more than 5400 kroner virus cases and 145 deaths tanveer chandra is following developments from the capital dhaka. The Prime Minister has a stimulus package of 588000000. 00 now this was promised some time back many of the work has been protesting for the last several days many havent been paid for months some are on the brink of starvation now theyve been asked to join some of the factories that lets 1000 plus factories are opening all across the country is in a limited way. Because theyre under pressure from International Buyers to fulfill their obligation many buyers on the other hand have cancelled their order resulting in billions of dollars of loss another factor of main concern for the garment workers are their safety and of course their salary as you just mentioned garments on have a short theyll get paid and its guaranteed by the government and i spoke to one of the activists and leaders for the garment workers she said the main concern is safety and of course a salary as well and because many of them work in close compartment 3400. 00 workers in each floor they live in a densely populated area sometime in slums if an epidemic spread it is a potential time bomb for the workers. A song released by china to highlight its partnership with the philippines against the covert 19 outbreak is being criticized as propaganda its been disliked more than 100000 times on you tube many filipinos say the lyrics are a thinly veiled attempt by beijing to reassert its claims over the disputed South China Sea island has the story. The video is on you tube and the song is called essent that which in the filipino language means one scene the song was written by chinas ambassador in manila. The video is supposedly dedicated to those to contributed to the 1000 fight in the philippines and china but its causing outreach here mostly from filipinos who say their message is subliminal insulting. Calling this one c. B. C. Is this graceful because china could sing used to encroach philippine territory in the South China Sea but they say. That you know. Almost. So what there is. That. It was released just a day before the Philippine Government launched 2 diplomatic complaints against China Chinese Navy mounted a radar gun at the philippines biggest people warship in the spread please china also declared some of the philippine territory there as belonging to hina province on the chinese mainland the Philippine Government says International Law and its sovereignty are being violated chinas leaders are facing widespread criticism for its cover up of the Coronavirus Crisis it also denies supplying defective virus test kits and so it is building up its response even going as far as highlighting what it calls as failures of other governments to respond to the virus emergency some chinese diplomats tweeted accusations that the u. S. Is responsible for the pandemic in the philippines anger against china has been growing for years chinese who operate illegal Online Gambling activities have been implicated in murder and Human Trafficking in the philippines and the ramming of a philippine fishing boat by a chinese ship and then abandoning 22 filipino fisherman infuriated many others a few months ago contributing to low Approval Rating of china here critics say that it will take more than just what they call a propaganda video to improve chinas image both here and abroad duggan aljazeera manila richard hidari and columnist and the author of asias new battlefield u. S. China the struggle for the western pacific he says china is using its control over the distribution of medical supplies to further its geo political agenda. What we have seen in the past 2 months or so of these is what many critics see as a brazen act of strategic opportunism for instance and what were seeing also here is what you can call offensive charming so on one hand china is in gauging in a face mask diplomacy going around the region giving p. P. East and medical equipment and mass to indonesia the philippines and Different Countries who are struggling with this epidemic which of course originated from china but at the same time we see also china in march and increasing in april has also st