A pandemic entire households in south africa are struggling to afford enough food. Lockdown measures are reinstated in parts of china after a new cluster of corona virus infections. Around santa how much now have all the Sporting Community a look at how Major League Baseball is aiming to start its delayed season and to why. We begin this news hour with a global plea from World Leaders calling for covert 19 banks seen to be distributed free of charge to all countries in a new open letter more than 140. 00 current and former leaders Nobel Laureates and i could emic a call for the global sharing of data and technologies related to the virus and that when a vaccine is developed its district. Equally and according to need comes as French Pharmaceutical Company said it would give the u. S. Preference to buy the vaccine because it was the 1st to fund the research but the french government has said this is unacceptable the World Health Organization has warned the virus may never be wiped out without a vaccine it could take years for people to build immunity this where is may become just another in demi gross in our communities and this where its may never go away hiv has not gone away weve come to terms with the virus and we have found the therapies and we found the prevention methods and people dont feel as scared and as they did before and were offering life to people with hiv long healthy lives to people with a jury ok plenty to talk about here in the news journal hole is our correspondent live for us there in london so journal what more can you tell us about this letter calling for any vaccine to be patent free. Yes a very illustrious list of signatories to this open letter as you mentioned there more than 140 public figures including including 50 former and serving World Leaders its fronted by South African president s who will run a poser of the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan and it reflects concerns from the developing world the global south if you like that a vaccine when and when its discovered will likely be discovered in the global north in the developed world and of course concerns that they will be left to languish at the back of the queue while that vaccine is made available to rich populations around the world the police here is that any vaccine when its discovered should be made should be paid free should be immediately produced at scale to be made available to billions of people worldwide without preference and at no cost for the greater social good its essentially as i said a plea from the developing world for assistance from the developed world and it comes as the race to develop a vaccine stop it carries on at furious pace largely in europe and in the United States that are more than 100 Clinical Trials going on at various stages and sizes one of the most advanced is here in the u. K. At Oxford University and the best guess the best suggestion at this moment is that they may be lucky enough to discover a virus vaccine for the virus within the next few months september was mentioned as a possibility but that scaling up process the vos the amount of work that needs to go into producing billions of doses of that vaccine could yet take a year beyond that well into the middle of next year and the suggestion from the pharmaceutical companies feet that it would reserve 1st shipments of any covert 19 banks for the United States thats causing a few ripples across the channel in france. But its a particularly sensitive. Barges are to be leveled at any particular country that they might be holding the vaccine for their own good or selling it all for financial gain so yes the french government has been very quick to react to comments made by the director general of sanaa feet this is one of the worlds leading Vaccine Research and Development Companies based in france its had a lot of funding from u. S. Biotech firms and the u. S. Government into its coded 19 Vaccine Research the director general had said that it would be the u. S. Market that would get 1st dibs on any vaccine that they produced the french government has stepped in very quickly the deputy finance minister rejecting that claim and saying that it is unacceptable that any country be given preference for a vaccine for financial gain and that puts and not feel on the back foot its french boss immediately stepping in on thursday to say no no no any vaccine that we do in fact create will be made available to all journal for the moment thank you but do stay close we have another development coming to us out of the u. K. The Health Minister there healing and u n t body test as a potential course game changer in the fight against corona virus the test was developed by a Swiss Company ross and has now been approved for use in the u. K. It can reveal whether someones already had the virus or the disease and if they have developed their own immunity so jonah that on the face of it seems like a little bit of potential good news. Well its certainly being hailed here as a Big Development it was actually Boris Johnson some time ago who said an Antibody Test if and when it can be proven effective would be an absolute game changer because it allows you to look at the population as a whole and see whos had the virus and therefore who has developed antibodies to it and in theory is therefore immune from it so i mean theres talk of immunity certificates big issues here to people to allow them to go back to their normal lives based on the results of an Antibody Test with this test developed by the swiss Pharmaceutical Company russia has now gone through extensive verification by Public Health england and its labs here and it has been found to be almost 100 percent reliable in detecting the presence of antibodies in the blood the governor is in talks with russia to procure large quantities of this thing and say that it will be rolled out initially to Frontline Health workers but already the Scientific Community is pushing back pointing out various pretty salient issues to do with this antibody idea one of which is that it is not conclusively proven that the presence of antibodies. Or guarantees immunity hes also not conclusively proven what level of antibodies you might require in your blood just to have immunity there are people who are asymptomatic a lot of them who may have only very small levels of antibodies its unclear whether they will have any immunity at all and its also unclear how long that immunity might last you look at a disease like measles antibodies developed. Conferred with a vaccine to measles gives you immunity for many many years but much simpler coronaviruses look at the common cold for instance youre going to get a very very small window of immunity so lots and lots of questions lots more Research Required the government hailing this as a game changer but i would say picking more closely at the bones of it will reveal some gaps in that understood journey many thanks. Well the leader of the country worst affected by corona virus is going against the advice of his top Infectious Disease experts the u. S. President donald trump says he wants the u. S. Economy up and running again as soon as possible his message comes a day after dr Anthony Fauji warned that rushing to reopen could have serious consequences including needless deaths and suffering mike hanna reports from washington the president met with the governors of colorado and north dakota and urged them to look into reopening schools as soon as possible the country is getting hit back and its going to get back as soon as possible and i dont consider our country coming back and the schools are closed its a message at odds with that given by Dr Anthony Fauci who told a Senate Committee tuesday that there were real dangers in reopening states too soon making particular reference to schools we dont know everything about this virus and weve really got to be very careful particularly when it comes to children president ial candidate joe biden was quick to comment i would trust the guy whos one of our nations top Public Health experts he tweeted not the one who pondered injecting disinfectant into the body and look directly at a Solar Eclipse there are federal guidelines for governors to consider among the recommendations that the rate of infection drops for 2 weeks before mitigating measures are eased that a proper tracing procedure be established and that testing protocols be in place none of the states that have begun to reopen meet all these criteria. And in wisconsin another denial of the concerns of medical experts the Supreme Court has struck down the governors stay at home order siding with Republican Leaders who argue the administration had overstepped its Legal Authority its an argument that has received explicit support in tweets from the white house. Aljazeera washington. The mayor of the biggest city in south africa says people in almost 1000000 households dont have enough to eat johannesburg has been locked down for more than 6 weeks along with the rest of the country many businesses do remain closed leaving families without work is for me the middle. Candace played says shes making the most of the little food she has she lost her job at a job Printing Company when it was shut as the lockdown began weeks ago with no income she depends on Government Support to feed her 4 children will move from the log down it was really at from the linear times it was really difficult because it was for the whole month we had to wait for the whole month to get like the Child Support money so we did was a struggle for me every day and though we received the money last week last new day to go by and we lose him by going in stuff like that the wife of food like full groceries for the mind by the end of the day we still struggling the mayor of johannesburg says people in a 1000000 households dont have enough to eat the National Government in pretoria has increased the Child Support grant and its created a special grant of 20. 00 a month to help workers whove lost their jobs survive the lock down government leaders say theyre spending the equivalent of almost 3000000000. 00 on the unemployed and the poor but even before the lock down 45 percent of johannesburgs 5 and a half 1000000 people lived in poverty to make the crisis even worse many workers have lost their jobs since the lockdown began the government says its handing out food parcels to about 2000 homes every day but its simply not enough organizations like this one a crime to help or would go up by handing out 2 cooked meals every day. Neuron gain has run this food charity for 7 years but says she can barely keep up since the lockdown began. When ive started the feeding we started with about her then 50. And its turned over in a matter of a week after the lock down to almost 4 to 500 a day saturdays i did 300 right now is standing on 1200 and. The organization relies on donations and shes not received any help from the government delia jones has run this barber shop for 16 years its been closed for weeks leaving 4 Staff Members with no work and didio without any income shes applied for a government grant but has not heard back instead her customers help her buy food with an economy largely stalled and no clear indication of when the lockdown will end many are relying on handouts to survive. Aljazeera johannesburg. Plenty more still to come for you here on the news including. Coronavirus changes the way millions of people work one Swedish Company helps remotely driven vehicles can make a Truck Driving a stake in time job. And we find the lengths some communities are going to in mexicos when for so long in the face of a growing death toll. Also ahead newcastle fans who want to oppose a takeover bid for the club more details coming up with santa in the sports news in about often. More than 5 months since the 1st known case of the corona virus but theres still a lot to learn about how it impacts the human body early on people want to watch for fever a shortness of breath and a dry cough but as medical understanding of the virus does grow more is being learned about other ways the 19 appears to attack the body we now know it can cause damage to the kidneys organs that filter waste from the blood meaning some patients may require dialysis it can also weaken the heart and cause blood clots in some patients that can trigger heart attacks or strokes if blood clots lodge in the brain then theres vomiting inflammation of the eyes loss of smell and taste skin rash shoes and other issues relating to the human immune system is concerned too that a condition related to cope at 19 could also be affecting children the center for Disease Control and prevention says it may have claimed 3 young lives in new york kristen salumi spoke to the mother of one child who has recovered. Amber deen seen here with her son bobby thought she was one of the lucky ones the mother of 3 from her now in new york had a mild case of covert 19 in april and has since recovered but for bobby it was a different story started what just seemed like a tummy bug so you know were treating it as such and then it had progressed to a low grade and a heavy amount of bombing and he couldnt keep anything down the 9 year old spent last week in the hospital one of more than 100 children in new york struck down by a mysterious condition thought to be related to the virus bobbie recovered but at least 3 children in the state have died and more than a dozen other states have reported cases similar to a rare condition known as callous saki disease or toxic shock syndrome it causes inflammation in the blood vessels from what we know or what we think we know at this time its something thats occurring probably a few weeks after the initial inspection so most likely a lot of these children were infected a few weeks ago and now there are immune system is kind of wrapping up and causing this inclination the body the leading u. S. Public health body the centers for Disease Control and prevention is warning doctors to be on the lookout for the syndrome experts are also looking at a possible genetic predisposition but the man leading the u. S. Medical response cautions there is still a lot they dont know i think weve got to be careful if we are not cavalier thinking that children are completely abusing the deleterious effects with tens of thousands of People Killed and millions more out of work one saving grace of the coronavirus was supposed to be that children were spared the worse now as theres new evidence of this syndrome coming to light even that is being challenged kristen salumi aljazeera new york. Ok lets get more on this joining us here on the news are a car hes a National Health Service Doctor in the u. K. And a senior lecturer at the lead school of medicine also in the u. K. Dr khan welcome to the news hour watching anthony folksy 2 days ago giving evidence of that committee the committee in the states is clear to see given that given our reporting and given this the similarity to cover sakhi syndrome affecting children this is a perfect virus yet i think the 1st thing that is really important to say is that if x. Is very very small number of children in an adverse way that the vast majority of children do and we get mild on new symptoms whatsoever however they are not immune and i think thats what Antony Funnell she was saying there there and when they do get it that it is very very dangerous this condition callous sack hes disease which has been around for a long long time its usually after a lot of viruses it can develop in a small number of children and what it does is cause inflammation along the blood vessels particularly around the heart and it can form clots and even aneurisms around the heart and that can be potentially fatal for children so even though its a very very small minority of children when they do get it that is very dangerous out of the people who have recovered and a lot of people of course have recovered around the world out of that sort of study group if you will what impact or what Lasting Impact are they suffering and also how many people are suffering some sort of lingering aspect of this. Ok so again its a new disease so everything is new were learning new things about it all the time it was initially thought just to be your isp era. Like the coronavirus is the common cold saws. But we now know that the receptor that binds to the ace to receptive is it can get into the intestines and the kidneys quite easily it can travel along the nervous system as well so were seeing all these new long term problems developing so with with adults usually get the fever and cough with children it seems to have a predisposition for their intestines and they get that they gastroenterologist diarrhea or an abdominal pain in terms of long term consequences there is evidence to suggest that actually it can do permanent damage to the lungs something called Pulmonary Fibrosis where the lungs dont inflate and deflate as well even after the person has cleared the virus and that can lead to permanent problems with breathing shortness of breath or minimal exertion that kind of thing were also seeing people with Chronic Kidney Disease at the end of the virus because what it do is is a fax a tiny tiny bit vessels in the kidneys which feed the filtration system in the kidneys and once that filtration system gets damaged its simple so those people can end up with Chronic Kidney Disease and a small number again and upon dialysis and that isnt reversible they will be on dialysis for the rest of their lives and again this chronic inflammation inflammation along all the blood vessels in the body where normally blood likes to flow against a smooth surface in a blood vessel if theres inflammation in the surface becomes rough and to the inside of the blood vessels become rough and then that can cause a clot to form in the blood and that can travel to the heart to the brain cause a heart attack and a stroke so were not quite sure of the numbers in terms of how many people this is affecting but it certainly is affecting a small number of people and in a lot of different ways so its not just a virus of the response system its a virus that can affect almost any part of the body dr karl thank you very much. Thank you 2 cities in the northeast of china because of a new cluster of virus infections 4 and a half 1000000 people in jilin city have been ordered to stay at home public transport has been stopped and recently reopened schools shut neighboring shu land city was locked down on sunday tests of started on an entire 11000000 people of a population and hunt with the virus of course was 1st reported speak to our china correspondent Katrina Hughes joining us here on the news hour out of beijing katrina hi there what are the authorities so worried about when it comes to this cluster in jilin province. Well what is concerning is that this cluster is slowly growing and its starting to spread outside of jail into other areas in the country so in the last 24 hours we had 3 new cases reported one more in julian city but in the neighboring province of liaoning now in total we know this cluster has about 2 dozen cases confirmed and there are more than 700 people who have been isolated or are being monitored in hospital facilities that because theyve been in contact with these confirmed cases and authorities are urging the public to come forward if theyve had any symptoms or know that theyve been in contact with these cases as well and what this does seem to suggest is that the authorities suspect that this cluster was growing undetected for some time and thats why you see this reaction shutting down the studio locking down a city of 4 and a half 1000000 people just because of 20 or so or more cases we know of this cluster all the cases seem to be linked to one woman a 45 year old in the neighboring city of sure long city which was also locked down earlier this week she works at a laundromat and the mystery is that authorities dont know exactly how she caught corvet 19 she wasnt in contact with any imported cases she wasnt travelling around in any area but people suspect the pops you caught it from somebody is clothing so theyre very keen in this province to contain this cluster the last thing they want to see is it spread further across the country especially saying that theres the National Peoples congress buildings biggest political event thats starting to tick to take place next week to trina thanks very much. Tens of thousands of people have been forced into emergency shelters after typhoon hit the eastern philippines power has been cut off and homes destroyed by winds of up to 180 kilometers an hour has raised concerns about people being unable to feed social distancing you know position in overcrowded conditions. Which takes us to the weather with rob yes theyre not compatible really are they but well pick up on this typhoon as it was is the 1st tropical cycle of the season and here it is you can see the. Particular storm coming to east and summer which is what you just saw video now this thing came in as a category 2 equivalent if youre talking about a hurricane is called a local name but were going to use vol 4 which is the International Name in the winds 175. 00 they were going to try and divert it is now a Tropical Storm rather than a typhoon because the winds have dropped but the rainfall potential still exists about half a meter in its track and the coast to risk is still there for the few hours the surge or for me it is winds up to about 8 feet as that obviously this is called potential to do a lot of damage as it came in and you saw the video its clearly just a used to it but it will do a lot of monetary trees will come down by the 100 to clean banana palms this is the track of the next 2 days so the weekend is a wet one it goes of a big call and then lose all and its mostly over land but its a sin of country that you can draw in the few the wall on the moisture from the water to keep the strength up were indeed to increase the strike so thats the powerhouse in the immediate future the next 24 hours in friday goes over because it goes towards militarist east and then tends to get the edge affects a bit of wind and a bit of rain north of that and it spends a whole a saturday in luzon again mary used to these big dampens but there will be landslides so the streak of heaviest rain then is fairly healthy for in that truck and there it is 2 days of it beta rob thanks very much still to come here on the news for you from aljazeera. Iraq the bride in south korea with the Strawberry Farms looking ahead to a smart future in a post by rest world. And way of life threatened by the pandemic we hear from bedouin farmers in the occupied west bank. And the ultimate fighting. Championship continues a comeback after being put on hold because of the Global Pandemic more details in the sports news. When the news breaks over the night the dumping of garbage in the river by the government has wrecked our lives when people need to be heard and the story needs to be told to many coming to this place in the only chance they have to eat at least once a day with exclusive interviews and indepth reports for obvious reasons as the world battles in from pandemic well bring you the latest developments from around the globe aljazeera has teams on the ground to bring new moon to documentaries and life means. As we embrace new technologies rarely do we stop to ask what is the price of this progress what happened was people started getting sick but there was a small group of people that began to think that maybe this was related to the coming fiscal issue on the job and investigation reveals how even the smallest devices have deadly environmental and health costs we think ok well send our you waste to china but we have to remember that air pollution travels around the globe death by design on aljazeera. Welcome back youre watching the aljazeera news our live from the quick reminder of your top stories dozens of current and former World Leaders have made a plea for free and equitable access 281000 vaccine once its been developed the request was made in an open letter which also urged countries to share data on virus related technologies. U. S. President donald trump is ignoring the advice of his top Infectious Diseases expert he wants the u. S. Economy up and running he says as soon as possible but with 1000 Task Force Member dr anthony felt she says rushing to reopen could lead to needless deaths. In china there are fears of a 2nd wave of infections after new local transmissions were reported in the northeast julian city has been put back into partial lockdown and 700 people have been quarantined. In this china imposes fresh lock downs and harsh restrictions did remain in place across europe life in one country hasnt looked to dramatically different what it was before the pandemic hit in sweden theres been no locked up restaurant schools and shops of all stayed open while people have been trusted to adopt social distancing measures the approach has attracted curiosity and criticism its death toll now more than 3400 is much higher than its neighbors but the economic hit of the virus is projected to be lower than the eurozone average lets bring in neils culson in stockholm hes a professor linker ping university and c. E. O. Of the Ratio Institute a swedish think tank focusing on the economy and politics and welcome to the news hour here on aljazeera and so the swedish policy was it right or was it wrong. That remains to be seen of course it was 3 or 4 years i would say to assess the consequences of this this virus pandemic the short term consequences the deaths compared to other countries is a bit higher current click compared to norway denmark and so on its lower than for on steel ok but the long term consequences what will happen to the economy what will happen to total deaths after a 2nd or 3rd wave that may hit other countries harder than sweden thats the big question and are quite optimistic that the swedish swedish path or swedish model will be the most successful arm and yeah but if there had been a lockdown presumably that death toll would have been lower for sure for sure it would have been lower but keeping the school soaping cook keeping restaurants open keeping hospitals all in the intensive care and so on running has been successful i would say. The problem we have is step some elderly home some care homes and so on have been severely hit just like in the belgium or the u. K. So thats what explains i think the high numbers we have currently given whats happened in sweden and given that many other European Countries are easing their restrictions or almost lifting them completely in terms of how people behave is there anything that we can learn from your experience in your country that can or should be applied to other countries as they move forward to ease in this direction given that today in spain the death toll for the 1st time since the end of the 1st week of may has gone above 200 again and clearly critics of spain will say thats because youve been easing the restrictions there. I think what we know so far we dont have a vaccine a vaccine may take one year 2 years nobody knows so the efforts to contain the virus is doomed to fail i think so much of the world will have to handle to manage the virus and i think there are lessons here in sweden. We are approaching or at least augmenting immunity in stock on the projections on shore of course but some people say that made you know something we will reach something approaching herd immunity than the virus will the pandemic will go down automatically we have to find ways of handling this without a vaccine and we cannot do it by the severe lockdowns the author or terry in the us has that been houston all over the world because the economic social psychological contra consequences are dishonest rous we will see Unemployment Rates are heard of since the 19th thirtys and those costs have to be taken account as well as girls but i think or another ok we have to leave it there thank you so much thank you so much. Were staying in sweden and as many people continue to work from home one Companies Developing new technology that could allow Truck Drivers to do the same thing paul reese reports from san told in. This may not be the most thrilling driving experience just yet but it could be the future of Long Distance trucking this is a testing site for i mean right already in commercial operation with one Haulage Company in sweden on right builds remote controlled trucks driven from a far from the comfort of an aerodynamic office chair. We just have to show the general population that the trucks are safer or safer of them the trucks that we have on the roads today they will never get tired they will never fall asleep and the reality of today is that theres a shortage of Truck Drivers if youre doing trucking its very very hard to find drivers its hoped that some may find this less exhausting than life on the open highway now from the point of view of a truck driver taking this job instead of buckling up for a long day on the road there just arrived to the office drive the truck from here perhaps go to the gym at lunch time and even at the end of the day of the truck was hundreds of kilometers away they could be home in time for dinner. The trucks off fueled by battery and operated via mobile data so it stands out in progress he says measures the distance the government right now restricts them to 5 Kilometers Per Hour so the Trucking Company already using them only does so at their own premises the actual top speed is still secrets but is already much closer to National Traffic limits i write say the trucks can also keep the flow of goods moving during crises such as the coronavirus pandemic while the remote strivers remain isolated. Its not an idea as yet fully embraced by swedens existing army of truckers here in the Southern City of mile my. I like my job you meet many people say hello sometimes 60 stops a day this thing can work and thoughts would mean ferry terminals but the way we drive and i dont think so doing that let them make things easier when it works but its hard to replace a human being who doesnt force me into retirement anyway i dont want things to change too fast. Or to closures and reduced production have caused job losses in swedens Trucking Industry but the lack of a lockdown has helped to keep it rolling remotes driving maybe a vital addition if not a replacement for a system that keeps people and the economy alive pull race aljazeera some tilt sweden. Will be a lot more on the virus a little later here on aljazeera 1st well look at some of the top stories a suicide bombing in the southeast of afghanistan has killed at least 5 civilians and injured more than 20 it back happened at a military facility in Paktia Province the taliban claimed responsibility saying it was in retaliation for the governments decision to resume an offensive against the group the explosion comes 2 days after more than 50 people were killed in kabul and monger. Fighters loyal to the warlords after launched a rocket attack on the capital tripoli overnight thats where the u. N. Recognize government is based ospital in civilian areas were targeted injuring at least 14 people after has intensified attacks on civilians this month after the tripoli governments military repelled his forces recent advances even agencies are warning that libyans are being threatened by both facing and the coronavirus the u. N. Says theres a high risk the break will escalate following the deaths of 3 people and dozens of infections is also warning the fighting is hampering the delivery of aid and having a catastrophic effect on civilians including migrants and refugees. International Energy Agency says the Global Demand for oil may improve as nations begin to lift their lockdowns but its still set for a record decrease this year the i. A. E. A. Says demand is expected to fall by 8600000 Barrels Per Day last month that predicted a drop of more than 1000000. 00 but he warns that any resurgence of covert 19 cases will have major consequences australias Unemployment Rate has risen to a 5 year high the nationwide shutdown has caused hundreds of thousands of layoffs since last month government help is being promised a key component of the plan is not just to have the support and fight the virus but to reopen our economy and that is happening a National Initiative states and territories working together to reopen their economies to get its dragons back into the jobs to get the hours back to get the incomes back and to get these dried economy into our covert side environment brazil has reported a new daily record of 11000 new infections despite being the 6th worst affected country worldwide the government is pushing ahead with plans to reopen the largest economy in south america the president is continuing to deny the severity of the pandemic there. Pros president says new infections have reached their peak the authorities have been going door to door looking for infected people and have sent medical teams around the country to combat the virus proof as more than 76000 infections and 2000 fatalities. Monday is when the government in mexico plans to start gradually allowing some areas to reopen off to locked on but some vigilante groups have other ideas theyre warning that theyll only allow outsiders into their communities when the crisis has ended its reports from mexico city and the planet cloudy on tuesday Mexican Health officials presented a plan for returning parts of the country to a quote new normal the plan consists of a color coordinated Monitoring System that will update on which cities and states will be the ones to reopen 1st doggedness places in moon every country faces the question of is there a possibility of advancing towards a new normal and at what speed and what could be the consequences of. The gradual reopening of the country is scheduled to begin may 18th in regions that have not been affected by the outbreak coronavirus cases in mexico are still on the rise making the reopening of the economy a controversial topic. In some communities the subject is not up for debate residents of money does that big a small Mountain Town in the state of get nato have set up roadblocks and checkpoints to prevent outsiders from coming into their town i thought that this. Was going to allow them we have this territory controlled we dont have a coronavirus problem if we did we would need to re strategize but i ask you whats more important the freedom to transit or the right to life. Little state is home to dozens of indigenous villages the fear of the outbreak reaching these rural towns has prompted Community Defense groups to help enforce a regional lockdown the moment. We decided to act and we are doing it the right way those who do not obey well weve already made a decision for them this is the law of the people their Health Services in this part of mexico are limited only 50 hospital beds exist free scattered population of more than 400000. Locals say the decision to close off villages is the only preventative measure they can take. Our meeting very decided thats not a single sikh person to be allowed if people come they have to be healthy not seek. A debate in mexico is brewing over how the country will strike a balance between ensuring Public Safety and protecting the economy though mexicos president insists that no community will be forced to comply with the governments strategy to reopen the country. Mexico city. The chilean capital sense iago is to go into lockdown on friday following an increase in coronavirus cases there 8000000 people will be banned from going outside except for essential errands over 75 year olds being ordered to stay at home unless an american edison sian human has more now from santiago. The number of infections has just been going up and up and up and finally the government did what many people had been begging it to do now for the past few weeks and that is to declare a total lockdown here in the capital santiago just so you get an idea in the last 2 weeks the number of infected case of infected people went up 500 percent and that means that of course the hospitals are now practically full running at near capacity the government says that it will bring be bringing in more ventilators to morrow there are only about 550. 00 Still Available for patients but the thing the situation is looking quite dire not just in the capital but in other parts of the country as well another of the announcements that was made a short while ago by the Health Minister is that anyone over the age of 75 will be quarantined indefinitely they must stay at home he says that that is because they are the most vulnerable sector of the population and would also its the highest death rate so far chile does have a fairly low death rate 300. 00 and nearly 350. 00 people as of now but if the situation continues to deteriorate as i just mentioned that death rate could go up much much faster. Farmers and shepherds in the occupied west bank are among those hit hard by the pandemic a lot done has slowed an economy that was already in crisis has been left without markets to sell their produce and that could threaten their way of life that abraham reports not from the Jordan Valley. The impact of covered 1000 can be felt all across the occupied west bank even for those living in remote communities. In the way of her to be she is a bedouin living near an old a village in the Jordan Valley no cases of the virus have been deported here. Livestock has been had a main source of income for decades now she says its becoming a burden sales of she would increase before islamic holidays and in najaf was getting up for a high season but closures imposed by the Palestinian Authority to control the outbreak of coverage 19 have slowed down the market. Shes now having to pay extra money to feed the animals she couldnt sell and has stopped making good shes popular among palestinians i mean you know my gosh i made cheese and no one wanted to buy it it lasted for a week before it one bad and i threw it away so i switched to making a dried form of yogurt so it can last longer we dont have fringes because theres no constant electricity just several meters away from this Bedouin Community is an area declared as a nature reserve by israel any palestinian cost structure and requires a permit from the israeli authorities but theyre almost never granted palestinians in the Jordan Valley already have limited space to expand but limitations of movement because of covered 19 mean that shepherds and farmers are facing greater difficulties although the Agriculture Sector is not expected to be affected as much by the pandemic there is a growing risk. Shepherds that natural grazing lands in the Jordan Valley but they lost thousands of hectares of land its just the expansion of israeli settlements this increased cost of feeding birds by 75 percent to cover some of his losses are says he had to lower his prices by 40 percent. In the beginning of the state of emergency in march he couldnt find buyers and didnt want his crop of chickpeas to go to waste no cases of covered 1000 were deported here so he was still able to farm the land will see it hey theres a lock up i mean if we have more closures here it will be disastrous its my only source of living we fear that we might be asked to leave this is not a store to shut down if i leave the land for a couple of days i will lose it the Palestinian Authority in the west bank has decided to gradually relax its restriction but vulnerable communities like this one are expected to feel its impact for months to come. As the occupied west Bank South Korea is encouraging farmers in rural areas to adopt Smart Technologies to deal with the shortage of workers the initiative is proving timely as the country recovers from a break as bright discovered on a visit to the southern growing region of sun june. In the quest to grow the perfect fruit this is one strawberry farm that is increasingly turning to Smart Technology every aspect of the growing environment is carefully regulated from the amount of sunlight to let in to the water and fertilizers used its helping to compensate for the loss of young people not wanting to go into farming like their parents can. Get them we dont have enough workers in the rural areas but by using Smart Technology we can reduce the need for manpower. The farm is owned by a husband and wife team who gave up high powered jobs in large corporations to pursue their dream they are part of a growing trend of people with high tech backgrounds opting for a new life in the countryside and in the young people coming to rural areas these days are quite interested in Smart Farm Technology weve hired young koreans and are training them to share our know how to grow strawberries helping to spread the smart farm message to every younger people this Pilot Project in seoul has been running in a subway station since the end of last year it takes a news base to create a vertical farm under artificial light that is cheap so much greater productivity than growing above ground. And you can i hope that by exposing our children to High Tech Enterprises like this at an early age they can one day contributor koreas future and Smart Farming excellence in fact more engineering students in agriculture students are being attracted to this life in farming got tougher when south korea lost its developing nation status at the end of last year that meant it could no longer use tariffs to protect its farmers it speeded up the governments efforts to Harness Technology in agriculture and initiative now given more urgency with the coronavirus Smart Technology means less face to face contact. In how crops are grown and sold. After the corona Virus Outbreak people need to practice social distancing and Smart Farm Technology helps and by achieving a uniform quality is easier to sail online. New smarter ways for a new post virus reality bride aljazeera sun juice south korea. Still to come here on the news hour for you. Eyeing a starring role why saudi arabia is turning to hollywood to invest. And in sport details on what was a scary night for this England International football. In the war. As we know of course the Entertainment Industry is one of the sectors hardest hit by the Global Pandemic and thats giving some nations such as saudi arabia a chance to invest rob reynolds reports now from los angeles. As the World Economy staggers under the shock of the coronavirus saudi arabia led by de facto ruler crown Prince Mohammed bin sol mon is going. These are very speculative investments but it does seem like they will spend money at any place thats asking the 320000000000. 00 Saudi Public Investment Fund has bought big stakes in companies devastated by covert 19 as the funds governor explained in an investors video conference. Look and i me opportunities i mean if you look at different sectors like an alliance. And the saudi fund snapped up 8. 2 percent of Carnival Cruise lines some of whose passengers were sickened by corona virus in the early stages of the outbreak carnivals stock price was in the cellar the fund also invested 500000000. 00 in live nation Parent Company of ticketmaster and a leader in big live concerts featuring the likes of madonna they are little bit scattershot theyre mostly in entertainment as saudi led group is trying to buy Newcastle United Football Club in the English Premier League for about 370000000. 00 and the saudis are reportedly seeking a stake in warner music which owns and operates some of the worlds Biggest Record labels and Music Publishers look i think every company that needs money is lining up in cop and calling saudi arabia and that wasnt the case a few months ago indeed the saudi regime was for a time an International Business parise following the murder of the journalist joe moll khashoggi inside the saudi consulate in istanbul a killing investigations by the un and the cia concluded. It was most likely orchestrated by the crown prince but things have changed you know in a market where if you want to survive you have to go into business with the partners you dont want the plays a risky if the search for a covert 19 vaccine and treatments drag on for years cruise lines in Entertainment Companies could go belly up leaving shareholders like the saudis holding the bag even as the shopping spree continues the saudis are being asked to tighten their belts the government recently announced it would triple the value added tax to consumers pay after state revenues fell 22 percent in the 1st quarter due to a collapsing oil prices rob reynolds aljazeera Los Angeles Times is some of a very much of a pita well some breaking news from the wall the formula one its been announced that cut assayas will replace Sebastian Vettel at ferarri next season 25 year old spaniard to has signed a 2 Year Contract and will partner. He leave his current Team Mcclaren to and in return in turn to who placed the bias training than the ricardo who will leave no in case youre confused science is the son of a 2 time will the rally champion who has the same name there has been no formula one action this season because of course on a virus but its set to restart behind closed doors in austria and to life. Top levels fall continues its comeback in north america wednesday the ultimate fighting championship stage the 2nd of 3 shows in 8 days a light heavyweight champion of clover to beat Antonio Smith in the main event the show took place in jacksonvilles veteran memorial rina which is hosting all 3 events without fans in attendance such days at u. F. C. 2 on a 49. 00 pay per view and did a 7 week yes he hates this that prompted by the Global Pandemic the promotions next show is this coming saturday nascar makes its return on sunday ending and 9 weeks suspension juta the pandemic the racing up promotion makes its comeback and arlington has carolina like u. S. C. No fans will be in attendance. Major League Baseball owners are aiming to get the new season underway in july they have approved a provisional plan that sees the regular season the juice from 162. 00 to 82. 00 games that would mean a severe reduction in travel with teams only playing opponents in the division in addition to regional it and to league rivalries also the playoffs a will be expanded from 10. 00 to 14. 00 teams the league wants all teams playing in their home venues without fans in attendance and the shooting. The move the Power Forward to the Players Union must give their approval there are some obstacles however who spoke to us sports broadcaster Michael Colson earlier who believes that Financial Issues could be the main a sticking point. I think its relatively practical remember theyre playing professional baseball right now in career in south korea in front of empty stadium in empty stadium and in taiwan an empty stadium but they started letting fans in they had a 1000 fans at the 1st game spread around the stadium for safetys sake so theoretically its possible but there were more posing questions about how you actually keep the players and the and syllabary personnel who have to be in the stadium and be with the teams safe from the corona virus but even if the safety issues are sorted out the finances are still going to be the big stumbling block you remember back in march the owners and players agreed that decision to pro prorate salary once the season began that saved the owners a lot of money over a 1000000000. 00 probably in salary now what the owners are proposing is that for the prorated season which would be about half the season if they start on july 4th the players would be paid a pro rated amount but rather than their salaries it would come out of a split of the revenue between the owners and the players roughly 5050. 00 and that is a nonstarter for the Players Association because if you go to a revenue sharing deal like that it implies it almost requires a salary cap and baseball has never the Baseball Players have never agreed to a salary cap that was the root cause of the strike in 1994 that caused the world series not not to be whole held and i think that is probably a stumbling block which will be hard to get over. Now the fiance of murdered a saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has Newcastle United fans in an open letter to oppose a proposed saudi takeover of the English Premier League club he called. Can this came as news emerged that an Investment Group of funded by the gulf country was on the verge of buying the club the more than 300000000 takeover it would reportedly give the Investment Group a link to saudi crown Prince Mohammed bin salomon an 80 percent stake in the English Premier League side she said i know that many of you are tempted by his offer to get out of the dire situation that has crippled your club for so many is but the crown prince is accused of ordering jamals murder they are making this move not to help you and not with your best interests in mind but soley to serve themselves you as the loyal fans do have a big say in this for you all to unite to protect your beloved Club Tottenham midfielder was robbed at knife point during a burglary on wednesday the 25 year old and his brother were reportedly hurt in the incident after 2 men broke into the players home in north london and threaten them the police have reported that the 2 attackers again entry to the property and so items of jewellery before fleeing. And thats it for me if you want to thank you so much Nuclear Power plant has been demolished in the southwest of germany. The berlin government is phasing out all its Nuclear Plants by 2022 a decision made after the fukushima disaster in japan theyve mostly been replaced with power from coal plants increasing annual emissions by around 5 percent. Rachele is here in this seat at the top of the hour also you from 12 gene until then thanks for watching seems certain about. Examining the impact of todays headlines extraordinary times require extraordinary measures but these should not be at the expense of our privacy setting the agenda for tomorrows discuss truths i know and the life that was in these walls and now there is no live in the wall global experts in discussion in this democracy why are people not voting International Film make us and the world class journalists. On the road to sarah. Palin after public the. One issue the time. 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Hunger during a pandemic entire households in south africa are struggling to afford enough food also