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the recognize the both sides have legitimate grievances do you believe the new movie is a fashion. has been kept. up front on al-jazeera. they called it wrong they call it the us president blames the world health organization for the coronavirus pandemic and friends to stop its funding. although i may variants it again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up rising coronavirus live related deaths in france spain and the u.k. but there is cause for optimism the number of new infections is falling. britain's prime minister spends a 2nd bite in intensive care boris johnson's condition is said to be stable.
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on the floor of the virus testing center torn apart in ivory coast protesters say it was too close to their homes putting them at high risk. the u.s. president has criticised the world health organization for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic donald trump has accused the agency of being china centric and has threatened to cut funding trump's attack on the w.h.o. comes as the us recorded 1600 covert 19 links deaths in a single day the highest number so far only half of those deaths were in new york state. that is the largest single day increase. we talk about numbers but that 731 people who we lost behind every one of those
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numbers is an individual is a family the mothers of others a sisters a brother so a lot of pain. again today for many new yorkers in the arena of the superiors france has become the 4th country to register more than 10000 deaths the government there is expected to extend a lockdown that's been in place since mid march to try to stop the spread of the virus and britain's prime minister remains in intensive care for a 2nd night or is johnson has been given supplementary oxygen but is not on a ventilator he's said to be in good spirits write more on that in just a moment but 1st let's take you to washington al-jazeera as mike hanna is for us mike let's start with the president's threat to cut the funding of the world health organization. well i do and it's not very clear whether that is a direct threat to do so or whether his administration is going to look into it
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president trump has used both types of phrases in the course of the day he issued a series of tweets earlier and then doubled down at the daily briefing on the virus insisting that the w.h.o. was china centric his point of anger it would appear in particular the fact that he bet into a trip travel from china at the end of february he was criticized by the w.h.o. which at that time was recommend not recommending for the end of any international travel but certainly this all spalled out today president trump saying that he's going to look into the funding of the w.h.o. he backtracked when asked directly whether he was going to do so saying no my administration is going to look into it this is what he had to say. they actually criticized and disagreed with my travel ban at the time i did it and they were wrong they've been wrong about a lot of things and then
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a lot of information early on they didn't want to do very they seem to be very china centric and we have to look into that so we're going to look into it we pay for it give a majority of the money that they get they called it wrong they call it wrong they really they missed a call they could have called it months earlier they would have known and they should have known and they probably didn't. michael grim day as far as the number of coronavirus leagues deaths reported in the u.s. is concerned. indeed yes well the number increasing once again in particular in new york state which recorded the highest single number of fatalities in one day now this must be noted as well that for the past few days the number of fatalities has been dropping in new york state leading to some supposition that the apex of the pandemic might have been reached but the
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figures that were released today showing that there's still a massive increase again in the fatality rate as in new jersey and throughout the united states as a whole registering the single biggest number in one particular day but also being looked at in the course of the day is a series of memorandum that was sent by president trump's economic advisor one back in february and 1 back in january and in that memorandum the 1st was sent to the national security council he warns of a pandemic approaching that could claim as many as half a 1000000 american lives he then sent a 2nd memorandum at the end of february raising this estimate to between one and 2000000 american lives lost in the pandemic he also recommends very specifically the kind of equipment the federal government should be getting testing kids 1000000000 mosques new ventilators respirators he gives numbers on these now president trump says he hasn't read these members he will look at them tonight he
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says and he denies ever having read this denies that he ever heard any such figures from his economic advisor he then also defended himself by saying that well actually i did better in those trips from china which was one of the recommendations in the 1st memo saying that clearly i was thinking along the same lines as my economic advisor but he denied a flat that he had seen these member. randoms that revealed that he might have had or certainly others in the white house had information about what was coming at a time that the white house was playing down the threat posed by the virus which is there as mike hanna reporting live from washington d.c. mike many thanks indeed. as we've been reporting france has become the 4th country to register more than 10000 coronavirus links deaths but there has been a decline in intensive care admissions paul brennan takes a look at how france and other european countries are coping. the arrow points down
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but the sign is caution after 5 consecutive days of fewer and fewer new deaths spain source sharp increase in coronavirus fatalities on tuesday. on the last the rise was attributed to weekend deaths only now being recorded and that overall the trend remains downward spanish firefighters are playing a vital role in support of the medical professionals fire crew volunteers are decontaminating ambulances and other public authority vehicles which have been carrying coronavirus patients imagine what on to this thirst for their the most important thing we can do is give our best to the situation there are many different groups working and the most important are the public health workers who are moving month and we must give all we have because we're going to win but we are going to beat the s. and the french capital paris city authorities are now banned outdoor exercise between the hours of 10 am and 7 pm amid concern that too many people were just using it as an excuse to go outside police are stepping up in force meant. as total
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french fatalities from the virus past 10000 on tuesday president macro was listening to the concerns of medical center staff one detail how a lack of protective gallons is the main problem here is growing your growth is the most well thought out plan didn't predict that china would be hits a little countries would have the peak at the same time and the protective materials we thought were of no value 6 months or one year ago the most idiotic thing to do and all of a sudden we're in trouble the pandemic continues to challenge european democracy and poland's right wing government is pressing on with presidential elections next month despite a chorus of public and political opposition the plan still needs senate approval. but there were bitter exchanges in the lower chamber yes me poor little thing it i'm ashamed that i'm sharing the palm floor with people like this people who are insensitive to those who are begging for help today mothers fathers entrepreneurs workers who are losing yet another day just for the sake of how do you want to
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power coronaviruses generated new respect and affection for the medical staff on the frontline of the outbreak and on choose day world health day as designated by the w.h.o. its director general urged more recruitment to address staff shortages one of the lessons i hope the world learned from quoted 19 is that we must invest in nurses and midwives without them the world would indeed be in a very dark place right now paul brennan al-jazeera. the u.k.'s prime minister boris johnson is spending a 2nd bite intensive care as he battles covert 19 foreign secretary dominic robb who stepped in to lead the government says that johnson is stable and has been given oxygen but isn't on a ventilator he was 1st admitted to hospital on sunday after suffering persistent symptoms including a fever and a cough for more than 10 days live out of london and 2 others under serious charlie angela what's the latest on prime minister boris johnson's condition shyly.
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well not a huge amount beyond what you have just said because downing street has not given a briefing since then but it is the 2nd night in intensive care and sent thomas' hospital in london which is one of the country's leading hospitals and was one of the 1st to take in patients with corona virus that has as much experience with this virus as doctors can possibly have dominic rob who is the foreign secretary and now boris johnson's designated deputy said that the prime minister's situation had not deteriorated he was in stable condition he was also in very good spirits he said he was receiving the standard oxygen treatment was not on a mechanical ventilator which is actually key and the not tested positive for pneumonia so he was very hopeful but there's no getting away from the fact that the intensive unit section of the hospital is reserved for the sickest of patients and he will now be being monitored around the clock by a designated nurse hooked up to
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a number of machines that will be checking his heart rate his blood pressure and and his and his own levels and we don't expect further updates from downing street until wednesday but in the briefing earlier today dominic we're of was repeatedly os what his role is now and whether or not he will have the authority to make the tough decisions that could be coming up around the corner one of them being the 3 week review of the lockdown that this country's currently under is due for review on monday but he very quickly batted back those questions keen to show that this is only a very temporary situation he will not be taking any big decisions that the cabinet will be pulling together and following the prime minister's very clear set of instructions that he has left for them but also in that meeting another grim update on the number of deaths recorded in british hospitals on tuesday 786 the highest
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number so far bringing the total number of deaths due to covert 1000 in this country to see. 106000 so i 159 so a sad day for the country 2nd day in intensive care for the prime minister and my colleague has. this is where the most powerful man in britain is on the close observation downing street say the prime minister who is 55 is stable and a good spirits he is conscious and does not have pneumonia he's been given oxygen but house and been put on a ventilator as one nearby if needed. the foreign secretary dominic robb will stand in for johnston when necessary leading the government's daily coronavirus cabinet meeting and a briefing in downing street he's an experienced politician but he's had little time to prepare it comes as a shock to all of us he's not just the prime minister for all of us in cabinet he's
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not just our boss he's also a colleague and he's also a friend so all of our thoughts and prayers are with the prime minister at this time with kerry and with his whole family and i'm confident he'll pull through because if there's one thing i know about this prime minister he's a fighter and he'll be back at the helm leading us through this crisis in short order. this was johnson a week after being diagnosed applauding health workers for their efforts he's shown persistent symptoms for 2 weeks. soon after arriving at a hospital he tweeted i went into hospital for some routine tests as i'm still experiencing coronavirus symptoms i mean good spirits and keeping in touch with my team as we work together to fight this virus and keep everyone safe but his symptoms worsened on monday evening there was clearly much more cause for concern.
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messages of support have been flooding in for the prime minister across britain's political spectrum including the newly elected leader of the labor party we will support the government where we can do that but we will challenge that when it's necessary but the purpose of the challenge is to make sure that our mistakes they could be put right or things need to happen more quickly that can happen more quickly world leaders have sent messages of support on twitter with the italian and french presidents hoping for a speedy recovery is speaking from the white house donald trump described johnson as a good friend i found boris to be a fantastic person just like a fantastic warm strong smart guy he loves his country you see that i mean he fought like like hell for his country and intensive care is big stuff. this is a challenging time for johnson's family is beyond say kerry simmons is recovering
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from the virus herself she's pregnant with their 1st child they haven't been able to see each other for several weeks. johnson's personal battle with the virus has shaken the government and the country just as scientists say britain is entering one of the most deadly weeks of the pandemic neave barkha al-jazeera. we're going to weather update next here on al-jazeera then voting during the pandemic the u.s. presidential primary in wisconsin goes ahead after a loss but its attempts to postpone it failed plus. here here's my. name is fortunate she's 19 years old and she beat the coronavirus coming out she tells us how.
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we got more lively storms in the forecast to southern parts of the u.s. we've got this area pulling away from the deep south easing outs of texas heading over towards the appalachians as we go on through way to stay ahead of that some time to getting up to 24 celsius in washington d.c. new york gets up to around 17 degrees of a few showers around the midwest still got some wet weather into southern parts of california we have had some flooding here we've had some very heavy snow around a foot of snow for some parts of the sierra we're going to see that so wet weather that wintry weather just pull its well little further east was could even see some rather heavy rain pushing across towards nevada as we go on through thursday so i wouldn't bet on it staying dry in las vegas for example so much the weather will make its way into southern parts of texas by this state chance to summarize still there into the northeastern quarter but that's in the process of pulling out of the way now not too much right in the forecast across the caribbean it's settled in sunny still may well see one or 2 showers just around hispaniola maybe into puerto
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rico but for much of the audience it's looking fine and dry you might catch one or 2 showers into panama the set is not a sunny temperatures in kingston 31 degrees. russia has jeopardized the united states' security interests we know what you are doing and you will not succeed perceptions from the outside looking. good what's the picture from the inside. as think russia's foreign policy is too soft to us russian goals have been achieved not peace and give you full russia on al-jazeera. rude to. her.
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again this is all just there let's remind you of the main news this hour the u.s. president has criticized the world health organization for its response to the coronavirus and donald trump accuse the agency of being too china centric the giving bad advice his comments come as the u.s. recorded 1600 virus think deaths in a single day. france has become the 4th country's richest of more than $10000.00 over 19 legs deaths countries but that down since march governments is expected to extend those restrictions. britain's prime minister is spending a 2nd night in intensive care for a strong solicitor to be in a stable condition i did good spirits he was admitted sort of sense of care on
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monday evening with the system virus. wisconsin has proceeded with its presidential primary despite the coronavirus pandemic the state is the 1st of the us to hold a major vote said stay at home orders were implemented vote early went ahead after a last minute ruling in the supreme court let's take you live now to chicago office here is john hendren as for us john how many people have managed or indeed have even wanted to vote today. adrian voters in wisconsin who were asked to choose between their vote and their health and many of them shows their vote and they came in masks with gloves and what it seems like an abiding faith in democracy but for many not a lot of love lost for those politicians who put them in this position in milwaukee the biggest city in wisconsin there were 180 polling places but because they could not man them all because poll workers said they were not going to go under those
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conditions and 175 closed in only 5 remained open and voters came out in their. loves in math standings and 2 meters apart waiting to vote for blocks and rams around each other and many of them were upset and spoke vocally one wore a sign that said this is ridiculous but they say they were hoping to make changes there was a fraud 24 hours before this in which is election was on again and off again 1st again on monday the governor tony even issued a proclamation declaring the election was off it was not going to be safe then the state supreme court said in fact it's on again because he did not have that authority and then the u.s. supreme court overruled a lower court that court had said it would be ok if people mailed in their ballots under those 'd circumstances through the 13th so that they could vote safely
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without having to go in in person the u.s. supreme court on a party line vote said no absolutely the last vote has to happen on tuesday so that is what is happening now but all the votes won't be tallied for yet another week not until the 13th that is because they're going to wait for those mail in ballots to come they have to be postmarked on tuesday the 7th today but they can come in until the 13th so bad as we're going to find out whether joe biden or bernie sanders won however i don't want to be a spoiler here but biden was about 20 points ahead in most polls i was there as john had reporting live from chicago joe many thanks ditz. crowds in ivory coast have destroyed a coronavirus testing center in the city of abidjan fearing that the spread of the spread of the small than 300 cases have been confirmed the close hawk reports. this is what is left of a coronavirus testing center in the suburbs of you google mobile phone footage
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captures people destroying the makeshift center built to check them for the virus scared and angry they stripped bare rights continued through the next morning with police firing tear gas to disperse a growing and anxious crowd many say they want the center to be built outside of their neighborhood this woman shouts we are humans we don't want the current of ours here right where we live we don't want it today or tomorrow she says with more than 300 confirmed cases in ivory coast to the virus is spreading rapidly the government has imposed a lockdown on the economic capital abidjan and the nationwide curfew measures that come too late says local authorities who fear many more people are infected without knowing there was some of you will have a fever this evening or even earlier and others will cough or have a sore throat others will feel strange i mean don't worry all the districts of will have these centers in place to facilitate and provide information is not just for testing it's to provide information this crisis is revealing the level of distrust
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people have for their government and health services ivorian football star did talk about took to social media after 2 french doctors one of whom heads the. suggested testing of covert $1000.00 vaccine on africans the institute bester has more than 11 centers of research in africa including in ivory coast which are used to detect viruses. many people living in new google say they don't want to be guinea pigs in experiments involving a virus they believe comes from europe so i don't think this place is appropriate because it's an illness and we know how it spreads so if we need to seek out a hospital of this kind they should put it outside the city the government is seeking to reassure people saying that no testing will be carried out on patients. but with cases multiplying fear of the virus along with the virus itself seems to be growing uncontrollably nicholas hawk al jazeera across latin america the virus
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outbreak is overwhelming governments in ecuador medical stuff a struggling to deal with the number of infections more than 3700 of them the government says it stepping up containment measures temporary morgues and set up to deal with the number of dead i suppose now from model rubble who joins us live from mexico city sky but meanwhile bring us up to speed with the situation across the region beginning with ecuador. well ecuador certainly is the most hard hit country in the region the images that we've seen come out of the country over the past 24 hours certainly have been heart wrenching the news on tuesday that former ecuadorian president ref. was convicted certainly dominated the headlines certainly took away some of the spotlight from the crisis that continues to play out now a majority of the confirmed that 19 cases in ecuador are concentrated in the port
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city of the authorities there have begun to give out cardboard coffins cardboard caskets to meet the demand to keep up with the pace of the death in ecuador of course the larger concern in latin america as of this week the 30000 mark was reached more than $30000.00 now confirmed cases of coronavirus across the latin american region is that the region is not prepared there's a concern that it could be one of the worst hit areas around the world and certainly a concern here in mexico there's worries now generally speaking that the migrant detention centers and migrant shelters here in mexico housing some of the most vulnerable populations in the country could be a ticking time bomb for a contagion of coded 19 we're hearing from human rights organizations like amnesty international from doctors without borders were calling on the mexican government to release people from migrant detention centers worrying also that there are policies that are being imposed that using cope at 19 as
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a pretext to discriminate against migrants take a look. closed this is the view many motorists see when arriving at the us mexico border last month the 2 nations agreed to restrict all non-essential border crossings an effort to mitigate 900 contagion under the new emergency coronavirus measures the u.s. also announced that strict new immigration policies would be imposed every week our border agents encounter thousands of unscreened unvetted in honor of the race entries from dozens of countries and we've had this problem for decades for decades you know the story but now it's. the financial emergencies and all of the other things that we've declared we can actually do something about it we're taking a very strong hold of that and we have before but this is now at a level that nobody's ever approached. taking a very strong hold has meant the closure of immigration courts and the suspension
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of hearings for migrants into silence seekers most of whom come from countries like weapon and hunter s. illinois people but feel good on that but it's a big concern for all of those who are waiting for a court hearing it was meant to have a hearing on the 30th because of corona virus that has been postponed all over cases here everyone's it's very important. but there are now thousands of people like who are in limbo with no idea how long they'll be forced to wait in mexico's migrant shelters and detention centers under the new emergency measures u.s. authorities are conducting fast track deportations and in forcing policies that have faced strong criticism in the past this amnesty international's says the kopechne 1000 pandemic should not be used as an excuse to wait any country's international obligations to human rights. well done it is this is relevant to understand. that condemn me is not the result of my brace and i think that this
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extreme were done precisely because goldman sachs robbed the world economically locking it mary. maybe i mean the i married just get out of the us canada i just started to use the narrative like ration about refugees statement i seen these but you'll ational assume they were you know who's to blame about these the sundried. since 2019 some 60000 non mexican migrants many of them asylum seekers have been denied entry into the united states under a controversial program known as remain in mexico often left with no choice but to stay at shelters with new tory unsanitary conditions. and at a time when health officials are calling for foreign and self isolation as the best defense against contagion mexico's migrant centers are becoming even more crowded. mexico city the main treatment center of a covered 1000 cases in libya has been attacked by forces loyal to the ward
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connerly for half the several projectiles at the grounds of the hospital in tripoli during a day of heavy fighting between have to us forces and allies of the un recognized government libya has 19 confirmed infections so far saudi arabia fares the number of infections there will hit 200000 within weeks if containment measures are ignored the kingdom is registered more than $2700.00 infections $41.00 people have died the government is imposing a 24 hour curfew in several cities including the capital riyadh a 98 year old new yorker who beat coronavirus is offering advice on surviving the disease. their fears. fortunato not being as lucky and in italian began feeling ill on march 13th and was rushed to hospital 3 days later she was discharged after 2 weeks. and hospital they said i was a miracle maybe i was but i worked at it let me tell you something i am childish
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but you know what it's positive thinking keep on fighting have that positive attitude and pray and get out of bed don't stay in bed all the time even if c h a i get them over a little and i want to say to them if i do that you can go and. it's good to have you with us hello adrian for going to hit the headlines and i was there on the u.s. president has criticized the world health organization for its response to the coronavirus pandemic donald trump accused the agency of being to china centric of giving bad advice his comments come as the u.s. recorded 1600 by recent deaths in a single day they actually criticized him disagreed with my travel ban at the time he did it and they were wrong they've been wrong about a lot of things and then
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a lot of information early on they didn't want to do very seemed to be very china centric and we have to look into that so we're going to look into it we pay for it give a majority of the money that they get they called it wrong they call it wrong they really they missed a call they could have called it months earlier they would have known and they should have known and they probably didn't and france has become the 4th country's register more than $10000.00 covert 19 linked deaths the country's been locked down since mid march the government is expected to extend those restrictions britain's prime minister is spending a 2nd night in intensive care boris johnson is said to be in a stable condition at a good spirits he was admitted to the intensive care unit on monday evening with persistent virus symptoms. wisconsin has proceeded with its presidential primary despite the coronavirus pandemic the state is the 1st in the u.s.
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to hold a major vote since stay at home orders were implemented the vote early went ahead after a last minute ruling in the supreme court protesters in ivory coast's commercial capital of torn down a coronavirus testing facility it was under construction in the neighborhood angry residents in the district of abidjan said that they were afraid that the facility would spread the virus through their districts the city has been on the lockdown since march 23rd the main treatment center of a covered 1000 cases in libya has been attacked by forces loyal to the border collie for after several projectiles hit the grounds of the kudrow hospital in tripoli on a day of heavy fighting between have to us forces and allies of the un recognized government libya has 19 confirmed case infections so far is the headline news for you here on al-jazeera after what i want east next. one of the really special things about working proud is here is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much and put in contribution to
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