A controversial social media bill passed in turkey spocks concern about freedom of expression. Thank you for joining is. The most populous country in the world not to have recorded a single coronavirus related death and after being virus free for months it says its making preparations for a major wave of infections dozens of cases have been reported in the central city of don where a Strict Lockdown is now in place infections have also been reported in its 2 lodges cities the capital high noise and hoshi mean city the vietnamese government says the entire country is now at risk of infection as spring in our correspondent scott highway has in bangkok for scott vietnam was seen as a Success Story in containing coronavirus but is now on high alert. It absolutely is although you know you we you know you look at the last 3 months there what wasnt one case of locally transmitted coded positive case so obviously when we saw what happened over the weekend and then last weekend there was there was infection rate thats why the the government took the step of evacuating most tourists there about 80000 tourists were evacuated from demand because it was something that they hadnt seen in quite some time so there is great concern about that and now were seeing in the 2 largest cities this in these infections from they believe in being spread elsewhere in the country thats why theres such an alarm bell being wronged by the Prime Minister today no whats interesting when you look at that the reason there are so many people there in the reason so many were evacuated is these were local tourist they were tourists vietnamese tourists inside the country this is something a move that vietnam did to try to spur some type of economic recovery by getting people to travel inside the country the borders are still sealed a very large border with china but they seal the border so they wanted to start the economy by encouraging people to start traveling in country and then they saw this outbreak in denying and thats why you saw about 20000 people go to host city and to one of those the 2 largest cities and thats where this concern is right now i mean a 446. 00 total cases right now in vietnam seems to be a relatively low number when you look at the last 3 months thats why there is such a big concern and also this case is going to be a big concern for other countries like thailand who in a similar situation was viewed as a positive case of coded they are in a similar situation lock the borders down and theyre encouraging ties to travel within thailand so obviously thai officials are looking at what happened in vietnam very very closely and hong kong also caught another city that had done very well and is now said to be on the verge of a notch scale outbreak. Yeah the citys leader kerry lamb has really expressed concern that theyre on the verge of a major outbreak of covert 1000 know they too were looked at as a Success Story when it comes to containing 1000 spread particularly since its bordering china in the early days there was concern that there would be a massive spike in hong kong that didnt happen but what theyve seen over the last several days over 100. 00 locally transmitted cases each day that is very concerning to them today wednesday you know theyve ratcheted up their their control of the potential spread of the virus one thing they have done is now mandatory face masks in any public area and also no dine in dining in the in Hong Kong City at all so these are some restrictions they put into place to hopefully curb this kerry lamb also expressing concern if there is a surge of cases theres concern about what will happen with the hospital and the health care in the city because they havent had that spike so theyre really not prepared for it so theres concern with that as well ali thank you very much for that update. Health experts in india say theres been a shopping crease in the number of Coronavirus Infections launched me due to poor infrastructure nearly 40000 cases were reported on tuesday bringing the total number to more than 1500000 the regions of delhi maharashtra and tamil nadu account for more than half of the new cases india as a 3rd worst affected nation after the u. S. And brazil with more than 34000 deaths and a medical surveys revealing alarming statistics about the spread of the virus in mumbai more than 4000000 People Living in the citys slums have had the virus tests on nearly 7000 randomly selected people there found 57 percent of them bodies for the virus about 40 percent of mumbais population lives in shanties and its home to asias largest slum with an estimated 1000000. 00 people the survey suggests a high rate of infections without sin tends led speaks to our india correspondent Elizabeth Cohen in new delhi for is so is this survey done in mumbai only confirms what many people have suspected and that is the number of cases is much higher than whats being reported by the government. Faulty the results are very much a reflection of what independent Health Experts have been saying for a long time now which is that because india is still not conducting enough tests it has on the been lowest. Testing in the wote that the rail number of infections of india are at least 10 times the reported number and possibly even up to 40 times you mentioned whats known as asias largest dot of a well that has confirmed its confirmed cases around 2 and a half 1000 but the syrian article survey shows that nearly 60 percent of people who live in slum slums of shanties have been infected so the real number of cases and thought of it is more likely to be around a 1000000 outside of these densely populated slum areas the percentage of people who have the virus is around 16 percent while the official number for mumbai is around 110000 again its a fraction of the millions who the survey shows who the survey says have antibodies and the surveys very much in line with the last one which was done in the capital new delhi with the results last week showed that a quarter of its 20000000 people have antibodies have had coronavirus and here in delhi the cases have been coming down of the last few weeks but yesterday on tuesday daddys high court tossed the local government to explain why its conducting hof the number of the most to accurate swap tests known as the 2 p. C. Out tests that its capable off and conducting twice that number of adhesion tests which as accurate so well done these government has been boasting that its numbers are coming down the high court is just to conduct more tests and to conduct more tests all over the country the Prime Minister promised in that in the more he did launch retesting santa is virtually in mumbai not far from here where we are in new delhi in a place called noida and also in kolkata to continue with this drive to test more people to have more accurate picture of the situation in the country thank you for that in this with my forests there in new delhi. While governments around the world are feeling the pressure of trying to contain the pandemic while also trying to save their economies after months of lockdown chile has begun lifting restrictions in parts of its capital but some medical experts say the government is not following recommendations from the World Health Organization a lot america had a tendency in human has more. Free at last from monday to friday residents of 7 affluent neighborhoods are finally free to leave their homes to take their children out and to get exercise and nobody is happier than the elderly after 4 months theyre now allowed out for an hour 3 times a week i mean assuming for me this is wonderful why because if i dont then i will forget how to walk forget how to have a conversation forget places that i would frequent to go shopping. Footpaths have been marked to encourage social distancing a traffic light and 2 lanes marked so pedestrians will walk on the right side of the street but many ignore them and medical experts say the government is also ignoring the w. H. O. Guidelines for deep confinement that it claims to be following them they arent even following the recommendations of their own Advisory Committee which was created in order to make decisions based on science we see that theyre ignoring science and the need to strengthen the ability to test trace and isolate infections relaxing the confinement measures means that some shops can now open in this area but the problem is that those who work here come from other parts of town that are still under lockdown and where the infection rate is still too high and thats the sort of recipe that could lead to disaster exactly the sort of thing thats happening in neighboring peru. In lima 25 percent of the population is said to have been infected. Has the highest death rate per 1000000 inhabitants in all of the americas with no enforcement of social. Seeing even funerals pose a threat. As they say farewell to their loved ones dozens of people sing and drink many of them infected themselves. Jeanette how to eat pieces nervously outside a hospital emergency room entrance where her father is being treated for a pulled 19 nod at a moment of from the moment he went in the doctor said he couldnt believe im very worried about him in year. But at least hes receiving chair unlike in other areas where hospitals can no longer cope confinement measures were relaxed too soon to try to save the economy. And just like in chile its a decision that many applaud even though it can have deadly consequences if taken too early you see in human aljazeera sente algal the us is reporting its highest single day increase in nationwide calls of 19 deaths since may more than 1200 deaths were recorded on tuesday the death toll is now fast approaching 150008 state of florida is one of the worst hated seen a Record Number of fatalities in the past 24 hours mike hanna is in washington and reports on the reasons behind the rising rates. The rate of infection says continuing to surge as indeed is the death rate but the states governor on dissenters is insisting that things are Getting Better he maintains that there is a lag in terms of the reporting which is resulting in the spike in mortality is that he says that within days the and its mortality rate will begin to drop but this may be optimism according to the figures that we are seeing florida is now the most infected state after california which still leads the way in which the infection is still running strong as in other western states such as texas and arkansas but remarkably President Trump held a briefing in the course of the day and he contends that there is a downward shift in states like california and arkansas all this is simply not borne out by the figures that we are seeing texas for example has just reported a massive increase in its mortality figures now this may be because they changed the method of reporting however it is still a significant spike in the number of deaths recorded over 24 hour period so the position looking exceedingly bleak continues to look so not only in states like florida but in a number of other states across this country more than half of the states continuing to show increases in the rate of infection the annual muslim pilgrimage to mecca known as the had has began under a very different circumstances. Is a life excess or mecca its been drastically scaled back millions usually travel to saudi arabia but for the 1st time in modern history worshippers from abroad and not allowed to take part and no more than 10000 oprahs are expected to attend to reduce the risk of causing 1000 authorities have also poured out a holy kaaba saying pilgrims were not being able to touch or. Still ahead on aljazeera. When mr mr plan to remember sorry this be cleared and it was done you said get it done. By politicians the u. S. Attorney general defends the white houses heavy handed response to months of antiracism protests and being held to account will have more on why the socalled big 4 Tech Companies in the u. S. Are about to face questions in congress. Hello this a very nice warm sunshine across much of Southern Europe also across areas to the northwest that is beginning to improve as a head through the next couple of days you would think so at night so cools it is off for all the summer but people are slightly enjoying the weather through the swiss alps a good case skies a nice woman sunshine the same across into southern romania as well cooling off here in the spray from the fountains and taking a diff into the river to cool off in the central Czech Republic now there is some rain of course in the 4 cars in fact is a very unsettled picture wednesday throughout much of scotland and this line of rain showers which could be heavy at times working its way through ukraine batteries up into western as a russia but this next system here which is trying to push in across the u. K. That will be held by this little ridge of High Pressure literally nudging up you can see the temperatures also not showing up the 5 a very warm day thursday in bordeaux a jump of 10 degrees from wednesday to thursday the winds are coming from the interior and when you look at the heat on the heat you can see why this time which is also very high to the north where we have got those rain showers very nice in london for the next few days finally a real a feel of summer on friday sunny skies a high of 31 degrees it will cool off. Back in bordeaux will actually cool down closer to the average and still saying sunny in seville. 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Welcome back our top stories on aljazeera this hour after being virus free for months yet naam is bracing for a wave of profit 19 infections dozens of cases have been reported in the central city of the non meanwhile hong kongs leader kerry now says its Hospital System in the face collapse as it deals with a shop rising called the 1000. 00 cases more than half of those living in the slums of the indian city of mumbai have an article on a virus according to a new survey about 40 percent of the citys population of 20000000 lives in shanty towns and chile is lifting restrictions hope part of its capital santiago after months on the long down but elsewhere and not in america case numbers are rising brazil and peru are among the worst affected. In other news u. S. Attorney general william barr has defended the trumpet ministrations response to the black flies matter protests he testified at a Congressional Committee and face heavy criticism for sending federal agents into cities to quash protests they also face accusations of politicizing the Justice Department alan fischer reports from capitol hill. This is a time of turmoil in the united states. Contests and riots and questions about the future of policing. And youre about to give issue incorrect against that backdrop the countrys top law officer facing questions from members of the house of representatives with a lot of growing to cover the democratic chair of the Judiciary Committee made it clear he wasnt a firm. This is ministration has twisted the department of justice into a shadow of its former self capable of serving most americans only after it is 1st served those in power. Protests erupted across the country after the killing of george floyd by police in minneapolis and me this year from the attorney general a defense of the police in the wake of george floyd statue while violent rioters an anarchist have hijacked legitimate protests to wreak senseless havoc and destruction on innocent victims that demonization of the police is not only unfair and inconsistent principles all people should be treated as individuals but gravely injury to her City Community william bar has had to deal with court cases of people linked to the president former National Security adviser Michael Flynn an official Campaign Advisor roger stone but the attorney general insists he has never politicized his department i agree the president s friends dont deserve special breaks but they also dont deserve to be treated more harshly than other people and sometimes thats a difficult decision to make the attorney general was asked if he believed the upcoming president ial election would be rigged the claim the president has repeatedly made to apply i have no reason to think it will be. William barton i protesters were cleared from a park near the white house in june to give donald trump a photo opportunity not something readily accepted by one congressman so it was actually necessary the park be cleared for his for his thats had nothing to do with that the plan to move mr mystery planned a mural that really matters here in this park be cleared and it was done and you said get it done this was william barts 1st appearance before the Oversight Committee since democrats took control of the house it covered a lot of ground a sign of how important many of these issues will be in the election in November Alan fischer aljazeera on capitol hill. Back southern separatists in yemen say theyre giving up attempts at self rule and will work on a stalled peace deal the Southern Transitional council says its to give an opportunity to end a rift among its allies against the who sees the announcement follows one by saudi arabia saying it will present ways to implement macias power sharing deal between rival factions in the south and lets take a closer look at the 7 Transitional Council which has been waging whats been described as a war within yemens complex civil war in august its fighters seize the southern port city of aid in