About their working conditions. And we discover what life is like from Migrant Workers in packs dormitories in singapore. The top administrations handling of the corona virus pandemic is coming under scrutiny once again with accusations that it looked for quick fixes by rushing unproven drugs to patients rights the former head of the u. S. Agency responsible for developing drugs says that included untested doses of a malaria treatment which has been pushed by President Trump it comes as trump has announced hes winding down the governments Coronavirus Task force he says he plans to create a new team that will focus on safety as well as reopening the economy and a top u. S. General says its still not clear where the virus emerged from and it definitely wasnt. None mate thats in stark contrast to secretary of state mike pompei oh whos repeatedly claim that theres significant evidence covert 900. 00 came from a Chinese Laboratory mike hanna is in washington d. C. With more on the damning criticisms from rick bright doctorow bright was insistent that there was pressure on him to approve drugs like hydroxy cora quinn and the associated chloroquine from officials within the trumpet ministration despite his warnings that they were not if v. A. Approved and that the source of some of these drugs were countries like india and pakistan where there had been no f. D. A. Inspection of the bar agrees with the drugs when they he insists in his 89 page report that he lost his position or was demoted because of the officials around President Trump seeking to placate the president he also has even more damning allegations in this report saying that a series of emails he wrote in january were ignored these emails specifically warned of the immensity of the threat from the pandemic and also warned very strongly that the National Stockpile of masks and ventilators needed to be augmented so certainly very serious allegations and the most senior official to come out publicly with criticism of the way in which the trumpet ministration has handled this pandemic ok Steve Clemons is the washington editor at large for the hill he also hosts aljazeera his weekly politics show the bottom line and hes joining us now from chesterton in maryland good to have you on the show as always steve thanks very much indeed so these are pretty serious allegations that are being laid out in this document what do you think 1st of all the reaction is going to be from the white house. I think its significant i think the white house is going to try to disparage the character of rick bright rick wright was head of whats called part of the bio medical advance research and Development Authority and while thats a long name what he basically had responsible for was overseeing all of the partnerships between the federal government and the private sector and University Research labs and eventually tasking that entire ecosystem with the production and manufacturing of various critical drugs and and therapies in the United States so its an enormously significant position and what i think he will do is bring a formidable amount of science and expertise to this and we know this administration doesnt have much tolerance for science and expertise in the way that it is postured itself so i think its going to go and try to disparage his character try to disparage his his reasons for taking the administration on and paint him as a partisan as were in an election season and i think its going to be a fascinating battle dr brides going to give evidence as a House Committee next week what do you think that trumps opponents particularly are going to try to do with what they hear. I think youre going to say this is a person who was the best in class in what he was tasked to do he had great insights into what the threats to humans all over the world but also to americans were and he had the greatest grass of how to quickly begin processing the partnerships to get to the kind of vaccines and their appease that americans would need and by the obsession that the administration apparently had with heidrick hydroxide or equipment which is the controversial drug at the core of this debate we saw associates of the president like Rudy Giuliani coming out in hawking hydrox a couric went on things like facebook and fox news and you know it kind of broadly and we saw the Veterans Administration begin to stockpile it hydrox a cork when very quickly so those who were able to be influenced by the president the white house move very quickly to move on a drug that had not been vetted had not been tested and that we have now seen the National Institute of health in the United States invalidate as a drug that looks as if it has any positive impact in fact they think it may have negative impact on patients that are suffering from cope at 19 so i think right now youre going to see a battle about science and i think the big thing right now that we have to look at is scientists like tony trotty Deborah Burkes folks like rick bright are beginning to have political weight in an election season this is not just science versus lack of science these are people that are threatening the president and he believes that theyre acting politically not necessarily just because of the science that may be motivating them as always good to get your thoughts on this thing thanks very much indeed that Steve Clemons thank you rob. South korea is further easing coronavirus restrictions as new cases have slowed in the last month on tuesday the country reported its lowest daily increase in cases since february more businesses and reopening and social events are being allowed to take place South Koreans had already started returning to work and lets bring in Robert Bright whos outside the museum of modern art in seoul rob what changes in practical terms are people in seoul and south korea going to see as a result of these changes thats right we are seeing from today wednesday south korea entering into this new phase of emerging from the coronavirus this is the museum of modern art and from today along with other public venue such as other museums galleries libraries they are all now reopening but only with very strict precautions in place if we take a look here we have the usual Temperature Check on anybody coming into the museum this wednesday morning and also anybody coming in here has already had to register online to be a visitor were told that a 100 people have registered today that about 70 or already inside it has to be said were not exactly inundated by people getting their fix of mud not this morning but if they do get a rush of people then there are the markings on the floor in our in place to make sure that people keep their distance its all part of whats called every day life quarantine its basically the new normal here in south korea that as we emerge from this as some of the restrictions are gradually being eased we can see that some religious gatherings are now being allowed also sporting events and these kind of events that attract people are going to head restarting once more but only so long as they follow the very strict guidelines that the government has put in place to keep a certain amount of social distancing. Rob im just looking at some of the latest figures from south korea never got this right there are currently about 10800 just over 10800 confirmed cases 9300 odd recovered 255 deaths how is that reflecting the way that the outbreak is being handled at the moment thats what i mean when you consider that at one point of the end of february we were getting 900 cases per day plus we have come a long way we used to be the 2nd worst affected country in asia and now we are well down the league table of countries that have been affected by the corona virus in the latest figures show that only 2 new cases and again no local transmission we have had for the past week or so several days where theres just been no cases reported locally of somebody contracting the corona virus here within south korea which is all very good news its very positive the government here has set itself very specific targets for lifting the restrictions that 1st of all they have to get less than 50 new cases per day will live easily done that the other possibly more important figure is that of all the cases you get that only less than 5 percent of those cases the from sources that you dont know about they have a mystery source and it has to be said that here in south korea they have such a testing and tracing in place that for well over 95 percent of any new cases they know exactly where those cases of come from theyre connected one case to another which when you compare what we have here with other parts of the world where theyre simply just dealing with waves of infection and just trying to deal with the sickness thats caused by that rather than anything more sophisticated then i think south korea has to be considered to be in a pretty good place right now probably giving us of the updates on the situation in south korea from seoul rob thanks very much indeed. Russias reported the largest number of new delhi cases in europe with total infections now exceeding 150000 now 3 health staff who complained about working conditions or fallen out of windows and died that in barber reports. Digging graves in St Petersburg russia 2nd city victims of covered 19 a scene thats becoming more common on tuesday the country reported the highest number of new coronavirus cases in europe and now there are disturbing questions over Health Workers whove raised the alarm about their working conditions that after 2. 100 this video on twitter shows dr alexander shoot off on the left and the colleague is explaining how she had been forced to keep working despite having covered 19 the colleague had previously criticised the Hospital Management for protective gear shortages and was questioned by police for allegedly spreading fake news but another video made 3 days later apparently at their hospital seems to show surely part of by now being treated for the virus retracting their complaints. I feel right my temperature is not rising why did the this a thing to mattick have a runny nose otherwise all is well what we said was said when we were high on emotions. On saturday according to local state television quoting Health Officials surely power fell from a 2nd floor window at the hospital hes now reportedly in a Critical Condition in intensive care after suffering skull fractures the same sources say hes the 3rd russian doctor to fall out of a window in the space of 10 days the 2 others died 3 incidents which are being investigated by Law Enforcement or thirtys have prompted intense discussion in russia about whistleblowers in the Health System everywhere we have a lot of problems then are a lot. Of hospitals and. Enough. Doctor. We dont have enough meds and we dont have enough equipment. Across russia the number of recorded covered 1000 cases stands at more than 155000 in officially the diseases killed almost 1500 people mostly remains the countrys worst hit region accounting for more than half of new cases and here 90 percent of patients are younger than 65 several cities remain on lockdown and while much of europe looks to ease restrictions the russian government says theyll stay in place until is a vaccine. Aljazeera still had an aljazeera house stay at home orders in the u. S. Have piled on the rubbish in households and the work for garbage collectors. President denies the u. S. Is behind a failed coup in venezuela despite the capture of 2 americans. Hello rain is developing quite widespread rain over china and i mean thats the last development thats on its way through into the western pacific just taking the small islands of japan and dumping rain on the some rain forecast in hong show in fact the temperature of 80 in tokyo is on the low side because its like to be a fairly wet day but that rain dissipate over time to get to thursday but it reappears or grows throughout china reaches finals almost as beijing so in the yellow sea and it will eventually get to Shanghai Hong Kong is staying probably on the dry side and its 33 its quite hard to showers a bound in Southeast Asia throughout the concentration has been recently further west in sumatra i think thats dying down a little bit we are seeing shouting in cambodia in the forecast for both wednesday and thursday and daily and in sumatra and properly. In singapore as well a regular event day the sun storms in the afternoon or the evening. The dangerous sun sounds or cowboy sharkeys that are represented probably by that line there are daily repeatable other west bengal were buying the best aspiring leaving the johnsons to observe days hale and lightning can be quite deadly that city once their house where his dry and hot. Or. Cold winds were time to turn up the volume on the untold story smelled way you dont know 6 examine the u. S. And its role in the wilds were going to bomb the taliban inside mission and bomb them to the peace table during gunfire coming from that direction were going to get i mean were holding the powerful to account killing him has cancer the nose of someone that lives here that has cancer. Fault lines coming soon on aljazeera. Move her order. More charges here a reminder of our top stories this hour the trump administrations handling of the pandemic is coming under scrutiny once again with accusations from a former top official that it looked for quick fixes by rushing unproven drugs to patients. South koreas further easing coronavirus restrictions as new cases have slowed down in the last month on tuesday the country reported its lowest daily increase in cases since february. Russia has reported the largest number of new daily cases in europe with total infections now exceeding 150003 health stuff who complained about working conditions have died after falling out of windows. Singapore has one of the highest number of infections in asia at almost 20000 the patients are mostly low paid Foreign Workers its a particularly Vulnerable Group as the majority live in overcrowded government wrong. Ports. This is what home looks like for 200000 Foreign Workers who live in government licensed dormitories migrants account for 85 percent of all covert 19 tases here aljazeera spoke on the phone to a Migrant Worker living in one of the dormitories he asked not to be identified for fear of being sacked when. Hes tested negative but still worries about contracting the virus right now. I. Want. One. Like an academic in new zealand whos done research on Migrant Workers in Singapore Says the inability to maintain physical distancing can cause a Workers Health to suffer. Big hunks of even if. It gets. Here and. It isnt me and safety in. Its place thousands of healthy or recovered workers have been moved to Floating Hotels or military barracks to curb the spread of the coronavirus the singapore government which already has one of the highest testing rates in the world is planning to boost its capacity to 40000 tests a day the manpower minister has promised to improve the dormitories as soon as the virus crisis easons but a Migrant WorkersRights Group SaysLiving Conditions are a sign of a much bigger problem. Even. Among. Those conditions. Its the same. All of this problem he says workers often pain allies to by employers probing absent which could have to ted some from seeking medical attention about 20 percent of singapores population are Foreign Workers there and relatively low paying jobs such as construction and manufacturing the city state doesnt have a minimum wage activists say the government has not only needs to reexamine its reliance on cheap imported labor but also the level of protection workers have lawrence louis aljazeera. Theres been a surge in the amount of household garbage being generated because of stay at home orders some places in the u. S. So this in domestic waste increased by 40 percent thats putting a strain on workers whove had their teams depleted by the virus on official reports from Fairfax County virginia. The neighborhoods look the scene but in the time of covert get different behind each door theres a family on lockdown. Which means move move one more stress on the system to collect garbage. We see a significant change in the amount of residential volume as opposed to commercial volume so with a lot of the businesses closed theyre not bringing in as much but most of that volume is now going through the homes because everybodys got to stay at home order that trash coming in a residential vehicles. With their protective must sing gloves the sanitation what hes awfully quickly leaping off the truck i am taking another container and feeding one to the next. About a 3rd of the stuff because of the virus mainly due to Underlying Health issues or child care problems in some areas theyre seeing that trash collection recycling is up by our own 40 percent since the crisis began here in Fairfax County is about 25 to 30 percent thats because more people are at home and also who people are filling out their houses because if nothing else to do. Is change the rules so theres less risk for the workers and there are some restrictions. Bulk collection is like this very rare and only if you can be handled with one person one