actually let's get the dump truck right now and inject the analysis of the day's headlines because this movement is only getting stronger the more people killed it was a little resistant they will become the inside story on al-jazeera. on game the french president says we are at war as he places his country under lockdown telling people not to leave their homes as he drafts in the army. tape this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. with a simple message for all countries test test test the world health organization says the current response is not enough to stop the coronavirus pandemic spreading. stocks

comment on wall street as investors panic about the pandemics a devastating economic impact. as more flights are cancelled and borders closed to the leaders of the world's 7 largest economies hold a video conference to discuss a unified response. below in the past hour the president of france has announced dramatic new steps as his country fights the spread of the coronavirus told the french people they are at war with the disease as he warned them to stay at home it's the latest development in a day when the british prime minister presented a tougher approach telling people to try to avoid transport and the e.u. proposed banning all but essential foreign travel to the block for 30 days the world health organization says it is still not far enough. barkha. 19 has silenced entire cities this is the tourist metropolis of venice now look at

it 100000000 europeans are on lockdown in italy the number of dead and infected is rising steadily elsewhere in europe paris worked to its 1st business day of sweeping with strict sions the french president summing up the worsening crisis in one word to some. we are at war healthwise not against another country or another nation the enemy is there and it's advancing and that requires our general mobilization we are at war all the action of the government must now be focused on the fight against the epidemic by night or by day nothing must distract us in its latest crisis briefing the world health organization urged countries to strengthen efforts to control the outbreak you cannot fire a fire blindfolded and we cannot stop this bundle me if we don't know who is

infected we have a simple message for all countries test test test in the spanish capital madrid military were on the streets telling people to go home. spain's followed italy's lead confining citizens to their houses unless they have to buy food medicine or seek medical help germany the economic powerhouse of europe responded to the crisis on monday by was strict in public gatherings and tightening its borders with austria france switzerland luxembourg and denmark several of germany's neighbors including denmark poland and the czech republic already close their own front tears. as the virus advances the global race to producer vaccines gathering pace in germany this firm hopes to have an experimental low dose coronavirus of vaccine ready by june or july available for human testing

the company moved to deny reports that the us president donald trump offered large sums of money for exclusive access to it in the u.k. where things have been more relaxed the prime minister announced a new raft of emergency measures without drastic action now boris johnson said cases of the virus could double now is the time for everyone to stop normally essential contact with. and to stop on necessary travel we need people to start working from home where they possibly can and you should still avoid pubs clubs theaters and other such social venues as the number of virus cases increases in remaining a network of volunteers is growing in book arrest to help elderly people forced into self isolation for the vulnerable these are anxious times country after country the situation's been deteriorating rapidly europe's leaders are calling on

their citizens to remain united by being further apart. and move joins me live in the studio much more draconian measures from france which already had in place some pretty strict measures and it did indeed it is quite extraordinary the last few days we've had of leader after leader and i'm on your microphone boris johnson donald trump merkel the list goes on addressing their citizens live on television to tell them exactly how serious the situation is and to try and get them on board that was really the message from emanuel mccrone despite introducing a raft of measures including the closure of non-essential public buildings the tightening of social distancing involving the shutting down of cafes and bars and restaurants the closure of schools and universities all for all children and and students apart from the children of health workers nobody i think in france could have expected these measures to have introduced been introduced a week ago but then of course micron appears on national television saying that we are at war with this virus

a virus for many which is still an abstract concept despite people being told repeatedly that it's coming in your direction. very much trying to get the country on side what about the fact that the that some countries aren't doing quite as much to me the world health organization is saying it really needs to be testing testing testing that's not necessarily happening is it no but well particularly the comments made from the show a little bit earlier on the day seemed to hit struck a chord here in the u.k. where at least earlier on of the day the situation was a little bit more relaxed people were still able to go to social gatherings bars restaurants cafes are open there was no suggestion that there was going to be any you turn at all but then of course a few hours later the u.-turn came boris johnson saying that now is the time to unfurl these emergency measures now saying that people show showing signs of the virus need to quarantine possibly for 2 weeks or so saying that pubs bars restaurants should discourage people from going there that we should act

responsibly as individuals the only thing that he fell short of doing is saying that schools should close but giving the speed and which this advice is being given it's only a matter of time before that really is the next step here and thank you very much andy. now the us president has announced new guidelines to limit the spread of the virus including limiting the social gatherings to less than 10 people don't trump says he's not currently considering a nationwide curfew but one could be imposed in certain hot spots my administration is recommending that all americans including the young and healthy work to engage in schooling from home when possible avoid gathering in groups of more than 10 people avoid discretionary travel and avoid eating or drinking at bars restaurants and public food courts if everyone makes this. change or these critical changes and sacrifices now we will rally together as one nation and we will defeat

the virus and we're going to. have a big celebration all together. fisher who's in washington d.c. so a tightening of the measures but not perhaps as far as other countries are going. well he was asked specifically are you considering a national quarantine and he said no but the male look at some hot spots it's interesting that the man who is leading the medical response to the current virus here in the united states has some people may say is this too inconvenient to introduce these restrictions for 15 days we've gone too far the answer is no we have not because if you think you're ahead of where you are you're not you're actually always just slightly behind which slightly contradicts what donald trump said earlier later in the statement when he said we're ahead of the curve just in the last few minutes i've been listening to the rest of the the briefing which is

still going on he was asked how did would you rate the united states government how your administration has responded to this out of 10 and he gave himself a 10 here they're hoping that these restrictions will stop people transmitting the virus because we saw at the weekend pictures from across the united states of busy bars and clubs it is the time when a lot of colleges and universities here in the united states have spring break and so people head off and they party and they enjoy themselves but they're trying to stop that and. and alan the economy is the big fear i suppose 'd there was a mention of the recession there but president trump was reluctant to use it was. no one in the administration wants to see that part of that's political because donald trump is basing his reelection on the strength of the economy and there is no doubt that it is taking a hit they are looking perhaps specific measures to help the airline industry and

they talked about that there is also the possibility to the bill that was passed by the house on friday will be amended by the senate know that they have got their hands that know their back after the weekend one of the measures being considered has been put forward by mitt romney a republican senator you may remember him the run for president several years ago. here suggesting that perhaps you should be a $1000.00 payment made to every american to try and boost the economy the central bank did what they thought was right on sunday by cutting interest rates to almost 0 and also introducing elements of quantitative easing the most dramatic intervention in the american financial markets into 2008 financial crisis but that did not reflect well in the markets just before they closed the stock market was down about $3000.00 points which is a very very significant drop donald trump says it will come roaring back when they finally start to get things back to normal but i asked when that would be he says

that perhaps this may start to wash through in sometime in july or august alan fischer thank you very much indeed well as you mentioned fears are growing of a global recession as the coronavirus pandemic sends markets around the world plunging again this is despite central banks announcing a coordinated effort is the effect of the outbreak in the past few minutes and markets in the u.s. have closed down 13 percent. is in new york 1st so. it seems like every day is where the question. it really was and the market closed here on absolutely the worst note. when president trump started to speak about an hour ago at the white house coronavirus task force briefing that allen was there monitoring both the dow and the s. and p. were down about 9 percent and that's how it had been for most of the middle of the

day in the last hour of train of trading as trump was speaking and as a coronavirus task force was speaking there it dropped from 9 to 13 percent. that's the dow the s. and p. also dropping by about 12 percent all within the last hour the dow and the s. and p. had their worst day since 1987 the nasdaq closed just a few minutes ago its worst day ever this is the worst day of trading here on wall street at the new york stock exchange since the coronavirus crisis has hit the economy here it has it's the day started out with the circuit breakers being engaged at the new york city stock exchange stopping trading for 15 minutes it was so bad the markets stabilized a little bit but it was pretty much negative 9 percent on both the dow the s. and p.

for pretty much the entire mid part to early afternoon which is sort of the new normal and then it just cratered at the end of the day things got so bad that earlier today there were some rumors or some talks about perked up perhaps shutting the new york stock exchange it forced stacey cunningham the president of the new york stock exchange to come out and say closing the markets would not change the underlying causes of the market decline and would remove transparency this would only further compound the current market anxiety so things are quite bad here on wall street 2 things going on here number one the market is looking for some sort of assurances that this coronavirus pandemic will end soon that's not happening if anything we just heard from the president there that it could go through the summer so that's not helping the markets and then number 2 the federal reserve lowering interest rates to nearly 0 percent that clearly didn't help either there's not much

else to do here and so what the markets are starting to say is we think this is going to go on a very long time we do not see that so-called light at the end of the tunnel and that's why you see these historic drops on the new york stock exchange as one trader told me earlier today what we're all watching here is a slow shutdown of the u.s. economy gabriel is under thank you very much indeed. china's government has released numbers showing the full scale of the economic damage caused by the outbreak with widespread factory closures industrial output fell by 13 and a half percent while retail sales dropped by more than 20 percent but the number of new infections in the region continues to go down as when he reports. day by day there are more signs of life returning to the streets of who province where the corona virus outbreak began the simple act of police removing a roadblock was a welcome sight for residents and the government which wants to get the country

moving again the industrial engine which led china to become the 2nd largest economy in the world is also restarting after a disastrous 2 months which saw output collapse so companies are gradually recovering their general order of production the situation for factories and business and hiring is improving and the labor demands will continue to increase as the number of new infections in china decreases just 16 recorded on sunday the government expects the economic prognosis to significantly improve this month but with the outbreak bringing other countries to a halt demand for chinese exports will take some time to recover. the number of new infections is slowing in south korea too but preventative measures are continuing particularly in vulnerable areas here volunteer work is spray a housing project for the poor in the capital seoul in australia many people were angry they weren't given enough time to return home before tough new travel

restrictions were introduced by the government's anyone entering australia must now self isolate for 14 days to return to a farming property where you have no food at that property we're now trying to find people to buy for us so that literally we can eat 12 hours were in a foreign country it was all a warning we've got now i think it's deplorable the government of the philippines will extend quarantine measures beyond manila to the entire island of luzon the capital is a fake to be locked down with travel restrictions in place to try to slow the rate of infection after a spike in the number of confirmed cases the move came as 400 filipino crew members from a cruise ship that was stranded off the coast of california arrived back home the workers were flown back on a charter flight after some passengers on the ship became infected with corona virus wayne hey al jazeera. still to come this half hour as kenya braces

for a rise in those testing positive economists are. maintaining not down with our social welfare system. tasked with ending a political stalemate israel's president asks opposition candidates to form a new government. welcome back as we take a look at the weather across australasia tropical cyclone gretel what's left of it still goes pretty threatening on the weather map but is a weakening feature enough unless it's going to into some pretty strong winds along the north island of new zealand in particular and still some heavy rain associated with that system so generally a cool southerly wind across much of new zealand the temperatures dropping christchurch 14 degrees we've got

a front which is going to gradually pushing across parts of tasmania during the course of choose into wednesday and we still have showers for the gold coast meanwhile out across western australia those winds bringing showers to perth during the course of the day temperatures of just 25 degrees so head on through into wednesday the risk for a decrease is somewhat but with us so that the flow is not particular woman just 23 degrees in contrast to port hedland at 40 degrees celsius and the risk of showers the gold coast decreases significantly as we head on through wednesday up into northeastern parts of asia but one weather system clearing into the north pacific so brought to conditions across much of japan tokyo looking at dry weather highs of 13 degrees brightish across south korea but you notice we got some heavy rain across parts of southern china and we should see some showers affecting hong kong. young women with this space i used to dream about working in

a. small staff of the science that giant leap for mankind in congress don't mean for don't place it inside and at the scheduled time the satellite will be sent into space women make science gets down to space school at the south 5 on al-jazeera. org or earth order. form. one of top stories here on al-jazeera the french president emmanuel mccall has told the french public we are at war against her own a virus announcing a raft of new measures he said he's closing all french borders. fears are growing

of a global recession as the coronavirus pandemic sends markets around the world 100 again the dow jones is just closed down 13 percent the worst drop in 3 decades. the world health organization is urging countries around the world to test every suspected case traditional terrorists and an on says you cannot fight a fire blindfolded. cases of the coronavirus have now been confirmed throughout all the hoff of africa at least 30 countries there are grappling with nearly 400 infections in kenya the president has encouraged people to work from home but is covering so explains from nairobi many don't have medical insurance and have no choice but to risk their health but. most kenyans use public transport to get around that's why some bus service providers are taking no chances this is one of the busiest bass stations in nairobi city center that.

you know of but all of those that now are they are not idiotic enough for each and every one and you've got to understand those are yeah those are the missiles that i drop dead along. asking our conductors to and there sure are because i want a little but it's open in the above doesn't windows. on sunday the government put in place new restaurant sions after 2 more cases of corona virus were confirmed bringing the total to 3 president a working out to address the nation announcing the indefinite closure of schools and universities along with the burial of all visitors from corona virus affected nations and asking kenyans to avoid using cash among other measures government offices businesses and companies. are encouraged.

to work from home many kenyans in the city rely on casual labor for their daily income and do not have adequate medical insurance they woke up to these headlines and are afraid things could get worse people are bracing themselves for potential total lockdown if the disease continues to spread government officials say we're not there yet but some kenyans we spoke to here are concerned about how they will feed their families if they are told to stay home. doubt on much orcus else treats to passengers and ses he cannot afford to stay home even for one day. a month you've been told before that to be $800.00 my family means to be fed needs to be paid. health officials are telling kenyans not to panic maintain good hygiene and follow the guidelines being given they see the government isolation facilities are working and the country's prepared for the worst. this is

at one of the government hospitals are high over skeptical they say they don't have proper protective care and any way of ensuring their own families stay safe theirs is just one of the many problems the government faces as it tries to prevent its small outbreak from getting out of control catherine soy al jazeera nairobi kenya some other news now russia's foreign ministry says fighters in syria's lost rebel held stronghold are breaching the ceasefire it comes after russia and turkey which brokered the pores in fighting cut short joint patrols because rebels cut off a main road and his fine deal was signed this month by the russian president vladimir putin and his turkish counterpart but shipped out of one the agreement came after a direct confrontation between the turkish military and syrian government troops. israel's president has asked opposition leader benny gantz to form a new government ahead of current prime minister benjamin netanyahu and there are

still plenty of obstacles in front of him or a force that reports western. they've been here before israel's president driven rivlin last gave benny gantz the opportunity to form a government in october that time it ended in failure and eventually a 3rd election within a year now though gans has if only just a majority of parliament members recommending him for prime minister 61 out of 120 and he sounding confident. the time has come to fewer empty words and more big acts the time has come to set aside boycotts and saud's and reconnect again all the tribes of israel and all the citizens of israel we will beat the coronavirus we will pass through this crisis we will defeat the hatred because our hope is not gone yet days after israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu called on guns to join him in an emergency government grants returned the favor except with him not now at its head that israel's parliament the knesset cleaners disinfected the

chamber the head of the official swearing in of its newly elected and reelected members a measure to stave off corona virus infection but likely to raise a rueful chuckle from voters who watched their politics dragged through the dirt this past year then another sign of these times of pandemic parliament declared open by the president in the chamber empty save for netanyahu and dance in the knesset speaker. in democracy we may be able to replace the leadership but we cannot replace the people not some one half of it and not the other half of it with destined to live together and so have just one request to make of you give these people a government. israel's new coronavirus restrictions ban gatherings of more than 10 the members were sworn in 3 at a time there are questions how this new parliament will function under such conditions questions too about what kind of government benny gantz can hope to form one option is a minority government supported by the 50 mainly palestinian israeli members of the

joint list but some within god's his own ranks oppose that so he may not get the votes the other option is a unity deal with netanyahu but on dances terms that would require netanyahu to give up the premiership a position he's desperate to retain ahead of his corruption trial delayed by the coronavirus crisis until may dan says he will try to form a government within days he has 28 until his mandate expires a 4th election is still grimly possible are a force that al-jazeera westerners the death toll from the explosion at a gas processing plant in nigeria has risen to at least 18 people the blast happened on sunday in the commercial capital of lagos injuring at least $25.00 people and destroying around 50 buildings after a fire broke out the state owned nigerian national petroleum company corp said preliminary indications show the blast was triggered when a truck hit some gasland is near one of its pipelines

a japanese man has been sentenced to death by hanging for one of the country's worst mass murders. stand 19 people with mental disabilities at a care home west of tokyo in 2016 it claimed there is incapable of communicating with others where a burden to society and that his actions for the greater good. in guyana illegal mining is a vital source of income for many people but it's threatening fall lands and poisoning water sources random howard reports. the river problem in southern ghana is contaminated with mercury and cyanide and vegetation is drying off and gone as heartland of cocoa the main ingredient of chocolate. the river is also vital for fishing farming and filter. the pollution is blamed on frozen a small scale gold mines working round the clock at this one boys as young as 15 and dozens of men what they're doing is illegal many mines have been here for years

despite a government crackdown to close them. they operate deep in the forest hidden from the police and the military task force attracted by the precious metal mine is come from different parts of ghana and neighboring countries as well as china they say is their only source of income per goddess of the risks and injuries. i was able to provide money and help my family in the volta region until the government decided to ban small scale and illegal mining now police harass us all the time some of us tried to run away and others fall into the money hits those who can't swim get injured or die. there joe had his hand cut off 2 years ago while mining he received no compensation if you're going to be able going there were no decent jobs for the an educated and poor young people if we had training opportunities provided by the government it would be better. makeshift pumping stations are used to divert rivers

to do. so this is gold when they go to burn it will become yellowish gold. on this day these 5 miners found just a few grams and sold it for $128.00 u.s. dollars sent between them god has one of africa's leading gold export to us presidents not have pledged to continue his fight against illegal mining his guy. the mint regulates the industry the community by. that is meant a lot more. in the community service to get people in the community who want to get more money to be able to. drop a little serve more up large and small scale money but critics and environmental activists blame the lack of political will and corruption for government promises falling short who was always one of the sources of the problem with foreigners that have been from that part of the car and in the usa i mean the reason why.

anyone might have also been difficult one environmental groups call for tighter regulations minus say they have no choice but to continue digging for their survival for him a home and i'll just see where. this is out there these are the top stories the french president emmanuel mccall has told the french public we are at war against the coronavirus announcing a raft of new measures he says he's closing all the french borders from 11 g.m.t. on tuesday and restricting public movement michael added that no french company will be exposed to the risk of collapsing the u.k. prime minister has advised against all unnecessary social contact following a backlash against the country's handling of the crisis 1st johnson said citizens should work from home if possible and avoid pubs restaurants and transport previously he faced criticism for his response to the spread of the virus with the

u.k. being seen as lagging behind its european neighbors on social distancing measures. the world health organization says countries must test every suspected case of coronavirus more cases and deaths have now been reported in the rest of the world than in china and the show says the current response isn't enough to stop it spread . you cannot fly a fire blue unfolded and we cannot stop this bundle me if we don't know who is infected we have a simple message for all countries test test test global stock markets have planted again despite central banks around the world announcing a coordinated effort to ease the effects of the corona virus in the u.s. the dow jones closed down 13 percent the worst drop in 3 decades here in london the footsie $100.00 index is holding more than 4 percent with other major european

markets seeing similar falls asian markets also sank. the head of the european union has proposed banning foreign nationals from entry for 30 days in a bid to curb the spread of the virus the restrictions would cover the open borders own including $22.00 nations and 4 others airlines across the globe are making unprecedented cuts to flights costs and staffing as lock downs and travel restrictions take their toll on the industry virgin atlantic is grounding up to 85 percent of its aircraft and asking staff to take up to 8 weeks unpaid leave. do stay with us rewind is up next on news after fear.

hello and welcome to rewind. back in 2014 liberia was locked in a desperate struggle to control an epidemic of the ebola virus journalist sorious samura is from neighboring sierra leone and in a remarkable documentary he followed liberia's poorly paid and ill equipped health workers as they risked their lives to treat the infected and recover the bodies of the dead i'll be talking with sorious in a while 1st here is his powerful film not. area living with ebola. is named after a river a force of nature it flows through our countries and it feels like we had drowning . the border outbreak in west africa claimed its 1st victim in

a small village in solvent guinea. patient 0 was a 2 year old boy but how he caught the disease is still a mystery for months as the disease frayed no one knew what it was in march the war health organization or w.h.o. announced that the disease was a bullet but by then it had already infected almost 100 people and was on its way to neighboring liberia and sierra leone on august 8th w.h.o. declared the outbreak an international emergency today the disease has reached epidemic proportions bring in affected countries in west africa to their knees and spreading to the u.s. and europe. i have come to liberia where the bullet has claimed almost half its victims it is there be sent over this catastrophe galbraith 2 days before i wrote the 1st case of people who live in the us have been confined for months the

virus had terrorized this country now the whole world was grieved by fear. i have come to me to me as. a local journalist who will be joining me assign vest to get the reality of fighting the most deadly outbreak of this disease amy its recorded history. i asked me what she thought of the government's handling of the crises sometimes i would tell you the government did think here. oh man norman people were dying poor people were dying but when this guy from the finance ministry died that's when the government buckle up we are serious i'm going to form this task force that was announced july 26th yes that when people were dying by this every way people few the government. downplayed them and yesterday the government isn't doing anything money that comes to my way the money something i

agree but some people are equally very critical about the international community what's your take about their response their wessel slow in coming mandate has had announced that they are rabble 3000. what happened in july. in liberia alone almost 3000 people have died with over 6500 reported infections across west africa almost 5000 dead and almost 14000 infected. the next day we joined the liberian red cross who are responsible for collecting dead bodies throughout the capital city of monrovia. these burial team starting one of the most dangerous jobs in liberia and must we have protected through the people for their own safety this is not just an account of that but this is the kills disease the protocol of the you must you must weigh

a people properly you must have a spread of around to this in fact needed in barabant this in fed the border before the team moves into those that are picking the borders we are also very concerned about them that if you don't follow the protocol properly you could be in fact it could be a victim of the situation. before. you go move or. have a meeting with you something. the 1st collection of the day a young man on the outskirts of the city he's body left at this out house. with movie. last night also. divided more comes to.

a boil is one of the walls most deadly diseases they snore vaccine or cure it is transmitted through bodily fluids and this most contagious after death of the victim one mistake can cost any or all of these workers their lives. nearby i found robert the younger brother of the dead man we were at west saw so sorry about your loss. what really happened. you can go to hospital ignores with the war movies the food. they didn't allow you to us were to know why not. and you have been handling him. here. i became deeply worried for this young man against greek government advice robot hard physical contact with the sick brother

and even carried a dead body outside it is one of the worst things about this disease do we get to tax those given care every road that can tear a piece seeks a mother can't hold her seek child. this family will need to be monitored for 21 days it will last a maximum incubation period but for the burial team the id has only just started by mid-afternoon their pickup truck was stacked with bodies i'm. on its way to the crematorium. this is it this is it for people who die of a bullet here in liberia once they are driving through those gates into the commentary on that city disappear into thin air nor reach while snow ceremonies and this is very difficult for us africans because we are not used to burn in our loved ones we would bury them and put them in mark twain so that we keep the memories

alive but right now it is so clear to me that not only is ebola killing our loved ones but it's really killing our cultures and traditions. before leaving i spoke to robert a member of the burial team he is one of the heroes in this war every day he risked his life and he's doing it for no payment is there money you had to wait for like when people you were causing the war lost not to be who i'm not so ours to handle but you don't see me i leave you different country alone and people see not people dying he said he gives 11 years old we hear that a lot of people who are working with a ball of victims or the dead are being stigmatized have you had that kind of experience and my house. friends don't know who's in me now you know i personally know a 1000000 would be to do harm to citizens. if

a border lies to be beaten it will all in law to the correct answer for a service of people like robert but while he and his team are tending to the dead others are fighting to keep people alive. mid-season front you have been fighting it pooler since the early days of the outbreak these places are called ebola treatment units or use it is where people with ebola must go to be cared for. and isolated. these patients arriving would seem to him suspected to be buller can only be treated by workers in full protective clothing everyone else must remain at a safe distance watch mostly to feed like to be treated as such a threat. but the protocols are there for good reason the majority of patients do not leave to walk out. but it is not all bad news from the iti use

this young lady arrived here just a few weeks ago suffering acutely with the disease but she survived and is now a volunteer. even. if you have any you feel like. it's a signature and i don't know yet because. there's been some fear before noon here pools. even feed it be the model of the food. if only they just come in county come with. live their time in the you. know net. because if you're leaving the apartment you would we still be coming back in a dory how can you death stand you and i are those them with poor the what in the above with the question. i never really thought. that people can still find this

plane when i said i get mr armstrong. i willing is the place where i even with a decent gas in my face. for those who survived currently 40 percent of patients at the city you they develop immunity though for how long we do not know but for every survivor there are more dying and drew is the assistant medical team leader he's causing had just died during the previous night. i was on my way. we had this morning. i wasn't feeling good but then when i got here i. realized i have passed during the night he didn't make it. it doesn't care who you are wants to contact the disease. i mean if you believe fine but we are dying that's it that's just we have. a devastating side of this outbreak has been the huge number of infections and deaths

among the brave men and women working at these use in liberia alone over 100 of them have perished. while stuff here continue to their work oh it was not well that's the other government run 18 years after health workers had announced a strike medical staff were promised increased pay for risking their lives but the pay increases were reduced for years health workers have been fighting the government over bad working conditions lack of people meant. saw serious his despair to the leaders of the national health workers i see a show on our own the room without benefit of the elaborate people who sit in the obviousness and then make decisions against me free to position where they can get is are they afraid that with the vile in the. so they don't yet how many of you agree with what what he say. oh yeah well actually this is

a period when liberia needs everyone it's resources its people you know the right time for you guys to go on strike we asked our lives to see our presence. and you're going to tell you we are what you would you think that we do you misread what we could but we still don't know. that there are reports that money is being given by the international community on a go. governments in the west to help what do you guys think the government is doing with that money i was sure. that i won't disappoint that have we're cause you're bored and stuff that 231 of our you know we that linda that the when we are the only one here what are your goals for more as a bowler has exposed the terrible weakness of liberia's health care system but he says also explores the libyan people's deep mistrust of their own government and

you can see why this audit report of the ministry of health highlights many financial description sees yet nothing is seen to be doen and liberia's president ellen johnson sirleaf is viewed by many here we does much contempt as many of africa's most corrupt leaders despite her high international standing we try to interview the president to discuss the claims made against her government but it didn't happen for most liberians including me failure of leadership is what they expect this country has experienced to civil wars in the last 20 years alone and watching me go home in the evening to tutor her 12 year old daughter it was another stack reminder of the challenges facing this country and its people when i grew up and where a come back even if i'm tired i still have to tell my daughter any children most as

visionary goes there are good time is growing when i pass it for one year in a new go to school after the war we have now if we built this system. in then the border has condé again so this is there is completely broken down when are we going to pick up our book pieces for me ms ward's heat close to home my own country has also been deeply affected by ebola and has barely recovered from its own civil war ended. ninety's diseases breed on the weakness of our missions a weakness that has left us pleading for help to the international community after long and much criticized silence these pleas were finally had we spoke to the country representative of the world health organization it's true that the the rule of the act of late but the world started to react in august and definitely in september but i would say since i came 6 weeks ago here and i have seen

a tremendous change in terms of the response it's ramping up very rapidly right. how do we stand on the you how do you want to be done nothing not even to myself who just don't even go through the government just like with any other part they will have to enter an agreement everybody has to show the invoices and we in the end have to show that to our daughter you know what is eat that you think is standing in the way off the fight against people here the one thing that will end the outbreak is that when somebody doesn't feel well. nor she wants to protect his or her loved ones. i want to step out of my home out of my community and to go to a place. taking care of but i want to make absolutely sure that i don't affect my

family and that is going to be. the success of our our common effort. that come on air force continues our piece we joined on the investigation team who respond to emergency course they have been called to one of the city's most densely populated areas the sort of place where the bullet strikes we were told that a suspected ebola victim was on the roof of this building but that he was attempting to run a week. for him but i mean that you know now that. i feel. that. the depth of mistrust towards the government means many liberians continued to resist official advice when the outbreak started most people here believed it was a government scam to steal money the impact of the bomb and denial has been catastrophic

after questioning it it was clear the young man displayed ebola seemed to. us a suspected case he will be forcibly taken to an untested. we normal sit in no time vomiting from this morning all of your game you know if this mystery of all of you work on the will bring in the wood curing all of our fears no fear has. gone through we have nothing to do in the country or is shut down because of this in fear this country right now i mean after that gulf who. i live up being one of the low. this is a disgrace to africa the collapse of almost the entire health care system has devastated the country even the country's largest hospital j.f.k. is barely functioning. we came upon a protest about the death of

a young woman called lucky to fall who are died of an asthma attack at j.f.k. after hospital staff refused to treat until she had been fully tested for ebola. nucky tasty daughter for an elected member of parliament edward 4 but even he's part couldn't help. the finn you're alone the 10th of october was a stack contrast to the on ceremonial scrimmage shown that away to most dead in the city both these was clearly no consolation for the devastated family i took out of j.f.k. hospital but the one that called for they want to use the word i when i fly because of the fear for the boiler. in my arms i went to the emergency area. around out of breath a lot on the ground and asked where she lived and died after one hour. on

a interest or it was 1st when the rain was restless and with a verse on i wish she'd died and their consciences the most they must stand up to what they did they killed my brother the institution killed my daughter because it meant kill my daughter the death of young liberians like nikita reveals to he didn't impact of this terrible outbreak she was not infected by what he'd killed had known the lace. edward was at least able to bury his daughter and have a few neurons most of the beeves here will never have dot com front i went to check up on the family of the deceased man the burial team collected on our 1st date i was worried for the younger brother robert who had cared for his brother and carried his dead body when i arrived i was relieved to find he hadn't fallen sick there were concerns that if it looks like it should not.

be. afraid. to. be. feeding. you're going to look. normal because the new school i go to the study. the cruelty of the bull is how it's presented unnatural humanity just how many more families will suffer the same feat is yet to be seen. in the national war knew what the ball i was but bury it a little there where they have system of guinea liberia and sutherland did not have the capacity to deal with this situation now and the disease in europe is not america is going all over it were they are now coming because the seat of gravity

in my life is more like my disease a strike which will come together and why did. the border outbreak has exposed many difficult truths a border that coach toward flood through to here it is expose not only do weakness of the health care system but also the deep anger and mistrust of the people for their own government the mistrust born of decades of corruption that seems to be continued to this day for me the real damage is to call the barrier of fear it creates between people fear of a table disease that can kill in days fear of a disease that needs to be stopped liberia living it with ebola and i'm pleased to say i'm joined here in the al-jazeera studios by the very man who made that film sorious samura welcome lovely to have you with us with some film tell me about making it given my experience in africa you know to see more and more people are just dying all over the place it was very very traumatic and especially when you

know that the world could have done something more something better to help those in need and you go back to your comfortable home it haunts you yeah. and what about some of the people in the film can you tell us any updates on there was the young lady salome. she was one force in by card that actually put the fear of a bullet in me when she described what she went through during that period but then this woman survived and didn't already survived said you know what i should give something back and she went to m.s.f. and started working helping it wallah vixens because he realized that she would not only would i get to know and they need to see someone as well who survived they need to see that you can get through she really had lee attitude and everything to get through exactly she give people confidence and belief and now here is the sad thing that happened you know. cut almost a couple of years down the line she got pregnant and she went to give us and some.

you know she had some complications and they brought her in for treatment and they realize you know people remember this was the woman we saw in that this was the woman that time magazine cover that she had a bullet she's i mean will i survive or no way if we talk you know we will get a ball or so we're left to richard pointed out it's true exactly but do people in liberia know that in fact this was because he's a health care workers and this is why i think we always leave in a hurry because it looks like even the health workers have not been educated enough this is the time that i would love to ask questions to hold the governments to account so she gave birth she had the baby this woman had a baby but died because they nobody would touch her because she needed an operation and they thought she is an ebola survivor we cannot torture fleeted we cannot play

with her blood we might get ebola and these people who are health workers now if health workers can behave like that what about those at home so i think this is where it is important to have a program like these for us to rewind and see where it went wrong and hopefully just turn things around and change it for the future when i think we all let the people of liberia and the people of that's a bridge on guinea and sierra leone down and i think now we have left to ali. so it has been fascinating talking to your radio has thank you so much for coming in there appreciate it thank you so much for having me.

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