Caught between the fighting and the pandemic to tragedies that are putting yemens people a greater risk. Of severe Flooding Forces hundreds of thousands of people flee their homes across east africa. The u. S. Vaccines expert has told congress that he was removed from his job by the trumpet ministration of the raising concerns about the governments Coronavirus Response dr rick bright led the federal agency in charge of developing a covert 19 vaccine he said that lives were lost because of government inaction aboard the was to the pandemic may yet be to come Heidi Joe Castro reports. A dire warning from the medical expert formerly in charge of the u. S. Governments effort to develop a coronavirus vaccine. Without better planning 2020 who would be the darkest winter in modern history immunologist rick bright told a house subcommittee he was removed from his position as head of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority after resisting pressure to expand access to an unproven malaria drug promoted by President Trump wright also testified that prior to the pandemic his calls for the nation to increase its medical supply stockpile went ignored from that moment i knew that we were going to have a crisis for Health Care Workers because they were not taking action we were already behind the ball that was our last window of opportunity to turn on their production to save the lives of those Health Care Workers and we didnt act right drafted a whistleblower complaint after his demotion a government watchdog office says it found substantial likelihood of wrongdoing in brights removal hes among several government scientists recently ousted from their positions after clashing with trump over the coronavirus i want him to be would like a good run to the boy the bright morning for some people that do a very good job trump discounted brights concerns about a 2nd wave of infections and headed to pennsylvania where without a mask he toured a medical equipment distributor as the economic pain from shuttered businesses continues to mount and the president ial election draws near trump says the u. S. Should begin to reopen a position championed by some protesters who are also his supporters but polls show most americans think its too early to reopen i dont know this is a very scary time and i dont think its over right now even as lines for food giveaways snake on and newly released unemployment numbers show 36 and a half 1000000 americans have lost their jobs to the crisis. How do you know castro aljazeera Silver Spring maryland dr Julian Fischer is from Georgetown University and says the needs to be more planning for the autumn months when susies begins i think what dr bright did today was called attention to the next steps that absolutely have to happen to make sure that we are prepared to respond to cope at 19 not just now but as we go into fall when the when the situation becomes much more complex as we approach the typical flu season. Im worried im concerned what he pointed out about the lack of planning is something that we should be paying attention to and following through and not simply dismissing as a political concern its absolutely critical that we plan and prepare to respond Going Forward this is why its so important in any event like this particularly a pandemic of this this magnitude that there is a Public Health expert with the Technical Expertise out front to help give good solid advice and help both the public and Decision Makers understand what is effective and to avoid rumors or any treatment that might in the end actually risky for their health i am concerned that we dont always have the scientists and the technical experts up front giving clear and unambiguous messages about what we know what we dont know and what we are doing to close those gaps in a in a situation like this its absolutely vital that the Decision Makers at every level the federal level and the state and local levels are relying on evidence based on the best information that we have from technical experts right now chinas economy is recovering from the coronavirus locked down faster than expected for action was up in april for the 1st time this year but the government says the economy still faces many challenges katrina you reports from beijing. So the Chinese Government here is at pains to emphasize that the momentum is looking good that there is a steady recovery and that these figures are better than expected but of course the devil is in the detail and what we are seeing a little deeper into these figures that is that the chinese economy is still struggling to recover from the core of a 19 standstill so Industrial Production has rebounded that is up 3. 9 percent year on year and up from a 1 point one percent fall in large so those numbers a looking good retail sales unfortunately are down they fell by 7. 5 percent which is even worse than what some analysts forecasted they forecasted a 6 percent fall and thats key because the chinese economy is very much powered by domestic consumption fixed Asset Investment was also down people are buying property here its 10. 3 percent lower and urban unemployment rose slightly thats at 6 percent and thats up 0 point one percent from march now that figure in particular is want to Pay Attention to unemployment is a big issue here in china because the government sees it as key to social stability but at the same time its very difficult to get accurate data on unemployment figures here analysts say urban unemployment could be spiking and we could see about 22000000 people lose their jobs and thats just in cities of course china has a huge Migrant Worker population and some estimates are saying that there could be as many as 80 to 100000000 people losing their jobs across china and that would spell a lot of trouble. Japans state of emergency has been lifted across most of the country but not in tokyo or in several other high risk areas Prime Minister shinzo abbay says that its important to try to stop a chain of bankruptcies so you know. You cannot deny there is always the fear of the next trained toward a new daily life full scale social and Economic Activities and that truly increases the risk if each and everyone is not vigilant enough the future after 2 weeks cannot be predicted unfortunately if the number of infected people increases it may be a 2nd declination of the mage unsee a powerful typhoon in the eastern philippines has forced tens of thousands of people into emergency shelters that are fears that typhoon vong could cause catastrophic landslides winds reaching 250 kilometers an hour destroyed homes and cut off Power Supplies in the central i dont have sama rescue efforts are being complicated by restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus i was a serious challenge over alan duggan im sorry joins us now live from the capital manila so this typhoon has now made landfall bring us up to speed with whats been happening. Well adrian im right here at the headquarters of the Philippine Coast guard and a few 100 metres away are at least 20 cruise ships that have been anchored here for the past few weeks with hundreds of maritime crews workers also under quarantine but the situation adrian in the region is far more dire where tens of thousands of civilians have been evacuated over the last 3 days in preparation for the brunt of typhoon vong form but local Officials Say the pandemic has actually may be back to wish an even more complicated because its very difficult to implement immediate evacuation at this time but they assure civilians that in the Evacuation Centers theyre setting up tents and giving masts and making sure that doctors are on standby morny touring the Health Status of civilians there now for a country that has often been you know hit by typhoons at least 20 typhoons every year the situation in the philippines is particularly difficult this year it starts do it with a volcano my young kid just a few hours away in manila where it shut down industries now after that they find dead because also shut down the entire region the blue zone where more than 50000000 people are actually have been under quarantine for almost 2 months and just as this weekend the government is planning to ease restrictions to slowly open up industries in this typhoon has started which means the typhoon season may about to start now the government also says that the Calamity Fund is already short over the past few weeks its been giving out cash aid and assistance to local governments but it also says that its doing the best it can and its asking for private enterprises industries to help into fish and really to to help mitigate the impact of this crisis and really important thing to remember as well in the region is the volcano in ill buy that is also threatening to spew the heart according to vulcanologists that might even complicate the situation. And more so we are on standby for that waiting for that at this point there is no reports of serious damages at this point but there are still islands that we have yet to hear from because coms and power lines are down still out of this challenge dogon reporting live from manila so many many thanks indeed the u. N. Envoy to yemen says that a perfect storm of cholera malaria and the corona virus poses a grave risk to the population confirmed infections have risen to 72 in recent days but the charity save the children says that 385 patients showing coronavirus like symptoms have died in the past week diplomatic editor james base reports from the United Nations thank you very much giving his Monthly Update to the Un Security Council special envoy Martin Griffiths seem frustrated his efforts to achieve a cease fire have not borne fruit and the situation in southern yemen has got much worse the president im deeply concerned about the situation of course in the south where a perfect storm is brewing. The people of arden in particular facing outbreaks of prove it 19 and other diseases believe drink chewed malaria all are dying and of those deaths rising daily but nobody knows exactly why because the Health System is so ill equipped to diagnose and treat people. Ever since the coalition began its campaign of bombardment 5 years ago the un has been describing the humanitarian situation in the country as the worst on earth saudi arabia has led the coalition and the other main military participant has been the United Arab Emirates yet it is forces backed by those 2 countries who are now fighting each other in the south official statistics show there been 13 deaths in yemen from cope with 19 but there is virtually no testing being carried out in the country and the real situation might be much more concerning save the children who published the to sticks from doctors in the southern port city of aden suggesting in the last 7 days alone 385. 00 patients have died with corona virus like symptoms james pays aljazeera at the United Nations the us special representative for afghanistan is blaming an eyesore affiliates the Islamic State of the province for 2 deadly bombings this week on tuesday separate attacks on a funeral and a Maternity Hospital left dozens dead including newborn babies but. Appealed to the Afghan People not to fall into what i saw trapped by delaying the Peace Process the afghan president has ordered the military to resume offensive operations against armed groups. A weather update next year on aljazeera then racing for resources zimbabweans struggle to maintain social distancing as they queue for water. And on the frontlines but still getting fired Health Care Workers in the u. S. Joining the growing jobless queues. For. The strong winds are dying has been quite a strong hot shower mom blowing dancer here theres little cloud in the sky so we just see temperatures slowly rise now up to 41 in baghdad the same in kuwait their house and middle thirtys are about the same in the usa its much hotter in mecca 42. 00 to 45. 00 is the range here in the weapon and weve hit 43. 00 in q 8 s he extends all about through turkey and greece a natural fact we could see record heat in the next 24 hours at least but records arent really the thing and were down towards the tropical belt of showers now in africa which is seen some as you know no significant flooding in uganda and kenya i think weve got a bit of relief at the moment but for one rwandan tanzania not so those showers bill daly and the coastal wind is the start of the monsoon change that will eventually go cross the arabian sea towards india the time being weve also got a pretty heavy but well spaced showers in tropical africa further cyrus so we have seen rain drug itself through the eastern cape its really suit to theres not much cloud left forecast wise 20 in cape town 21 joe has been not exactly hot but we are talking about an early winter and the sun shining beautifully. As the world fights the corona pandemic were learning more about this every day its a new passenger and join our Global Community its up to us on how we come together to fight im sorry your questions can i just ask you think this is me directly thats coming on on you tube as you were saying im concerned about the funny like oh nothing very quiet and keeping you up to date im using countries beating back and beating back successfully the stream on 00. Hello again this is al jazeera lets remind you of the main news this hour a whistleblower in the u. S. Has told a congressional hearing that the nation could be facing its darkest winter in modern history dr rick bright says that he was removed from his government post because he raised concerns over the white house Coronavirus Response chinas industrial output is recovering from the coronavirus lockdown faster than expected production was up in april for the 1st time this year the government says the economy still faces many challenges the u. N. Envoy see gammons says the perfect storm of cholera malaria in the coronavirus poses a grave risk to the population confirmed cases have risen to 72 in recent days. There are fears of a spike in corona virus cases across east africa nearly half a 1000000 people have been pushed out of their homes by severe flooding many countries have recorded the most amount of rainfall that theyve seen in 40 years ugandas Lake Victoria is at its highest level since 1964 the rain has led to widespread flooding and forced 240000 children from their homes in countries across the east of the continent including burundi djibouti and uganda most families are now living in close quarters with overcrowded camps public buildings like schools churches and mosques are also being used as makeshift shelters vital infrastructure across the region including dozens of hospitals roads and bridges have been washed away hindering access to health care deaf to cook is the spokesperson for east and Southern Africa for save the children she joins us now by from sydney we heard a little bit about how dire the situation is how a people coping right now. So yes as he said were seeing an incredibly strong right he can say hes in in full swing or at least in africa and screaming to be speed and deadly with rising floodwaters and devastating landslide as a result weve seen nearly half a 1000000 people displaced from their homes and nearly 250000 displaced children so people are really struggling we have to say these displaced families now living in squalid conditions theyre either living in displacement camps or in schools that have been abandoned because its covered 90 lockdowns there might be an empty churches and mosques anywhere where they can find shelter for many of these families they have no access to sanitation facilities like toilets and they dont have access to clean water so its extremely challenging situation for millions of people at the moment so how do you get aid to these people given the conditions. So its extremely challenging to get to people in these in these conditions at flood situations in general a difficult because of the. Difficulties around access routes and for us in flood in flood emergencies the biggest priority is around maintaining hygiene and fresh water to avoid the spread of say so currently our teams are on the ground distributing tents to families voting household kits to help families who might be stuck in close confines with others to reduce the reliance on sched the still ities and in places like somalia trucking out clean water and making our health teams mobile so that they can access it but it is an extremely challenging situation so you could have acute diarrhea cholera you moni. And also the risk of covert 19 this is the perfect storm of. It is indeed the perfect storm where extremely concerned about the increased risk of bentleys contracting those diseases you mention but also the kinds of 19 thanks to the limited water clean water and sanitation we all know that the best way to stop the spread of carbon 19 is through stations in saying and hygiene practices like regular hand washing its not hard to imagine how difficult that must be to practice when you dont have access to clean will chop you dont have access to twilit and youre living shoulder to shoulder with other families i