from serbia hungry the what's most important to me is talking to people understanding what they are going through so that i can convey the headlines in the most human way possible. here and i just you know we believe everyone has a story worth hearing. south korea reports more than a 100 people initially cleared of the coronavirus of tested positive again. i'm sam is a band this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a record rise in the number of infections in russia also cuts in health care funding. spain allows some nonessential workers to go back to work because 517 new coronavirus that's

a reported. i am. fighting intensifies in libya between moral courage after and the internationally recognized gulf. will begin this news hour in south korea where least 116 people who were cleared of the coronavirus have again tested positive south korea reported 51 similar cases last week it's raising concerns in the government as it tries to stamp out infections mcbride isn't solved he says it's a major setback in the fight against cope with 19. it is a worrying development this is a phenomenon that epidemiologists in the center of disease control here have been studying for quite a while the months this large population of people here who got sick towards the end of february beginning of march who got the virus who with another treated in

hospital or treated at home and some 7000 of those people have recovered and as part of their own going treatments of gradually being retested and worryingly there has been this trend of finding now more than 100 cases amongst this population of several 1000 people who have tested positive again so these were people who were clear and they had had tests either in hospital look at clinics testing centers it proved to be negative and more than 100 now 3 have now tested positive 7 questions here for the experts is what is causing this is this a reinfection people coming into contact with a carrier and getting the infection again or more worried they use a reactivation that somehow they were may not have been asymptomatic at they may not have been certainly on the face of it infectious but seem to have possibly

still being carrying the virus in some dormant form possibly deep in body tissue that somehow has managed to become reactivate so it is a worrying trend here does that mean that there has been a problem in testing and does it mean certainly that there are many more questions about this virus that the experts simply don't know about it logically menthe is a professor of infectious disease there demi ology at curtin university in the australian city of perth he says the numbers of re infections in south korea may not tell the whole story. one thing that probably hasn't been i think recognize what really is a night diagnostic test is that for any for any disease. and even with an extremely highly sensitive and specific diagnostic test like the b.c.r. test the purport of our it just in very bad numbers of the population and for disease which is a very low prevalence you will expect to see

a number of people that we don't actually have the disease which is the was a predictive value of the test so it's one possible explanation is that in korea where there's been extremely large numbers of people being tested a number of those people who are testing positive actually are not infected. the other the other explanation i think is potentially that the infections are is the this is doing and the other cases are reactivating or all the viruses being picked up i think what's very very unlikely is that these people are infected by or. there's plenty of evidence to suggest that there is quite as from the response. with run a virus and that should protect people from infection for a period of time russia is reporting its largest daily crease yet of more than 2 and a half 1000 new cases the government says 148 russians have died with the number of infections passing 18000. the government has spent years reforming the

health care system to make it more efficient but critics say it's left hospitals too short of beds doctors and nurses the foster reports from moscow. this is one of 3 major infectious diseases hospitals in moscow a city of nearly 13000000 people 2 of its buildings were recently demolished when the covert 19 pandemic had already started last year moscow's mayor announced that a new hospital will be built here but it's unclear when. genco has for years protested against how cuts. i think what's happened here is a crime and maybe prosecutors should look into it i want to officially demand that prosecutors should get involved and find out why it needs to pandemic they demolish one of the major centers in moscow to could packer late some statistics show that nearly half of all hospitals have been closed nationwide here in this video

opposition figure ilyushin estimates 60 hospitals were closed in moscow alone the government calls it optimize ation of health care merging hospitals are turning them into poorly clinics in an effort to be more cost effective but experts say in reality there's often meant closing them down this hospital was close in 2015 and an estimated 400 medical workers lost their jobs or even if they didn't close a hospital we could have received 570 patients that's how many beds we had officially i'm an infection ist this profession has its own specifics we know how to follow an anti epidemiological regime there were no cases of into hospital infection and our hospital. medical workers around russia have been complaining about the lack of protective equipment and the heavy workload they are facing working with grown up patients yes lisa truss if the same happens us what we see in

the south of europe. can fail to cope even in moscow i don't know how the situation will develop it's impossible to predict but this teaches that you can't sort loosely reform the health care system you should think what the consequences might be what risks appear as a result of it. mosco authorities have not responded to our requests for comment a new infectious diseases hospital is rapidly being built outside the capital and extra bets have been added to existing hospitals but medical experts say details spittles lead to specialist 9000 patients need they fear these measures might not be enough when russia reaches its peak of the epidemic step fasten al-jazeera monday morning in spain the scene some non-essential business is reopen after an almost 3 weeks shutdown another $517.00 deaths linked to the virus were also reported that fewer than on sunday the loosening of the lockdown is being criticized by spaniards worried about

a resurgence in the disease $17000.00 died so far with close 217-0000 confirmed cases so joins us live from madrid via skype as i mentioned there some people a bit worried think it may be a little bit early to return to work how much of a return to work has there been this monday. well 1000 of spanners are going back to we're returning to work today after 15 days of a tougher measures of the law down where non-essential that we're going to come you were back and so these were decision was taken because there was a. in place if you care unit health care system was completely collapse and there were a king at 80 percent of the capacity to learn the government spends government decided to take all these measures you know that in order to contain the spread of the

coronavirus in spain so after these 2 weeks of tougher measures he doesn't just doesn't mean spain's lockdown he's we escalate team we're going back to the beginning we're going back to march 14th or the state of the marriage was to create a loved one instead of a magazine nationwide so thousands of us plan is as i was saying are returning to work to date sectors like construction manufacturing all these sectors economy has been really touch after the coronavirus outbreak in spain we lost like 100000 jobs in only 2 weeks the last 2 weeks of march so the scenario the economy there's a big huge economic crisis in spain this is now you are facing is the worst since the spanish civil war so we think that's the government of these decision due to the economy measures of the spike has prompted a huge criticism amongst is probably going to some of them at and other political parties or presidents of other regions like at the learning at that same that these

may cause and as a 2nd wave of corona virus outbreak in spain and the damage much more spanish economy and social and spanish economy when interviewed all these workers today a spanish government gesticulate the gotland of the protocol for these people to to to to return to work and they said that people had to learn that the owners of the companies had to supply personal protective equipment. and they had to get keep the social distancing all the people that were not able to work for aren't remotely from home and that had been in touch with other people infected with coronavirus that had to remain at home should go back to work people that were set that that were non-essential workers construction manufacturing but when i interviewed this morning take in the public trash full of people that can walk to work by their own means well the police were handing out masks that were saying that they were not killing same that this mission was taken very early that they could not keep the

social distance of 2 meters between between the people on the people because of that we have to remember that public transport like train stations and subway stations metro stations are one of the hotspots of this current outbreak so this has prompted criticism of political parties and even though there's a need citizens that are returning to work today why mother updating us from madrid because thomas is an associate professor at city university of hong kong is also a specialist on health security and editor of infections diseases and security he says it's crucial for governments to have a clear picture of the outbreak before they consider lifting lockdown measures. irrespective of what type of political system we're looking at whether it be a liberal democracy or an authoritarian system politicians always have to focus on the the feeling among society but they also have to lead because people do

understand the fact that there has to be some sacrifice if we're going to get ahead of this now unfortunately we're seeing some politicians playing to very much the dice political mood which is putting politics ahead of health policy and ahead of good science saying that we can restart the economy that we can all be back to work within a week or so that just doesn't play out to be fair i need public health emergency always does balance the health against economic and social considerations but in most cases we're not there yet and the major problem with coated of course is that a large proportion of all the cases are a symptomatic we simply don't know how many cases there are out there now if we can't maintain the quarantines the social isolation the social distancing enough to get that flattened so that we're not going to see a resurgence in the disease later on or we're going to be doing is playing catch up

to a disease that moved from being a pandemic once off to being endemic in a number of countries around the world now china has reported its highest number of new coronavirus cases in almost 6 weeks authorities say 108 people were infected over the past day mostly travelers returning from abroad while that number is low it's adding to concerns of a possible 2nd wave of cases sarah clarke is in hong kong she says authorities are putting in place new measures in areas with growing cases. large number have been reported coming from the north east of china this is an area a province called heilongjiang that's a province a province based that are based in bordering russia and china is now building a makeshift hospital in this particular region trying to deal with the increasing number of infections coming from the northeast and also put in strict new border controls in that particular area due to the number of infections of the chinese

nationals coming from russia back into china now those measures include in the capital harbor they put in place some stay at home orders for some of those residential compounds where they're identified some of the clusters as well as in the cities the border brushed up or public gatherings have been bad across the entire province and train services have been stopped in parts of that region and they'll also be health checks on all ringback of rivals coming in to that particular province and that's obviously mainly from russia the be mandatory testing of the crowd of virus when they do arrive as well as a $28.00 day quarantine scenario now local authorities have also already put the city that borders russia into a lockdown last week that's got about 70000 people in that particular city now russia and china they share about a 4300 kilometer border between them and as a result of the spike of these cases that are coming in from russia it's clearly putting a number of the the hospitals and that particular region it's testing the capacity of how they can deal with the increasing number of infections that we're seeing in

china as a result china's government is rejecting accusations by africans who live there of racist mistreatment the government says they're an attempt by the u.s. to harm china's relations with african nations african students in growing jos say being evicted from their homes and harassed as health workers step up testing for imported infections the u.s. and the african union are urging china to take immediate measures. all still ahead on al-jazeera. we continue to plead for more testing still has not come any anywhere near the numbers that we need. a cry for help from the mayor of new york who's in the epicenter of the spiraling u.s. outbreak. or take it to latin america where one country used the holiday to expand coronavirus testing.

but. still looking a little wet and windy across parts of japan at the moment but the worst of the cloud right and that's in the process of pulling out of the way quite an active area of low pressure this one is swirling away here just around the whole issue up towards chicago cool at sucking in behind for a time that will gradually push its way a little ace with the time which is at around 16 celsius there for a lot of dry weather coming back in behind the korean peninsula fine and fly much of northern china again far into i 25 celsius in beijing so well with that it has been a recently and down towards the south again. with a chance of one of 2 showers over the next dial so not too much showing up as we go on into wednesday having said that that's certainly the case. japan northern parts will clear up and it will warm up say plenty of sunshine still warming up across the good parts of south asia now india saying those temperatures touching well the

40 degree mark in the not poor central areas 42 celsius here all the tri weather a lot of sunshine northern areas up towards the final the pakistan you see some showers coming through here and i could be on the lively side from time to time a warning to where to stand they'll run a little further race which store was the high ground there new delhi office still at 40 degrees. but. there are people in the world who want all forms of verification to just go away so we need people fighting against reality trying to see if it's a fake video may be in syria but in a different time they risk a great deal to find out the truth in very complex situations that include major global play as we've been targeted by cyber attacks from russia they're all dangerous and through this kind of betting capped. troops in a post truth world and are now just 0.

welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines at least 116 people who were cleared of corona virus in south korea have tested positive again it's raising concerns for the government as it tries to stamp out infections. rusher is reporting its largest daily increase yet of more than 2 and a half 1000 new cases the government says 148 russians have died the number of infections passing 18000. china has recorded more than 100

new infections its highest in 6 weeks most came from people arriving from overseas but no new cases have been reported in the way province where the outbreak was 1st detected. the economic fallout of the pandemic is making it harder for international agencies to raise money among those the world food program which says it's been forced to cut rations for more than a $1000000.00 refugees in uganda after failing to secure additional funding malcolm webb joins us live from nairobi a malcolm on the stand most of those impacts are going to be refugees in camps what is going to happen to them. when they seem to have some technical difficulties of malcolm there will try and get back to him later. staying on the issue of the fallout from corona virus is not only aid that's being impacted oil prices have risen after a major produces agreed to their biggest ever output cut but games were limited

amid doubts the move will be enough to stabilize energy markets the global oil market is oversupplied because of a price war between saudi arabia and russia as well as demand crushing from coronavirus to the u.s. now where easter sunday is being less of a celebration and more of a time to reflect almost 560000 have been infected with the coronavirus and more than 22000 people have died in the epicenter new york the mayor is demanding more help from washington john hendren reports. across the u.s. it was a somber largely silent easter as millions of american christians celebrated their risen savior in a nation that has fallen on hard times the empty tomb to the risen christ.

i bring all this up because we hear plenty about emptiness these days no thanks to the dreaded pandemic. in the nation that on friday recorded more coronavirus cases than any other and on saturday tallied more deaths no state has suffered more the new york home to one in 3 u.s. coronavirus deaths new york city's mayor has blunt words for washington do more we pleaded for weeks and weeks for the federal government provide testing upfront in the kind of quantity that could have helped us contain this crisis and change the whole course of that we never got that help we continue to plead for more testing. but on a date when virus cases and deaths reached yet another grim milestone the governor of new york state saw signs of hope a lot of pain a lot of suffering. but also when things are out their worst sometimes people are at their best and sometimes just when you need it.

people can really show you how great they can be in illinois q the governor says hope of a plateau when the virus is stratospheric rise i've spoken before about a stabilizing or a bending of the curve and today is one more piece of evidence that it may indeed be happening the percent of those tested that came up positive is almost exactly the same as it has been for the last 2 weeks and the death toll today is lower than it has been in 6 days. easter sunday was the day president originally set for american businesses to go back to work but that date is common to congo when other major cities are still on lockdown as soon as that could happen now would be may 1st and a lot of experts have their doubts about that we're looking at may 1st obviously we

want that to happen as soon as possible i can't predict at this point because as i said things are happening very rapidly according to the head of the u.s. institute of allergy and infectious diseases fewer americans might have died had the government moved earlier. on a day when many american celebrated together that separately people are hungry during these times report 1st for the presence of god the people told. it was a religious holiday fraught with perhaps more meaning than it's had in years john hendren and would you 0 chicago. easter sunday celebrations around the world have been muted because of the pandemic latin america bitterness in human reports on how hard hit nations across the region mark the important religious event. in haiti the government has ordered a total lockdown but in the capital of the western hemisphere's poorest country

some catholics ventured outside to the shuttered gates of this catholic church to hear the easter sunday service not everyone had internet to listen to the mass online so the probably wasn't for corona virus the church would be full of people there wouldn't be room for all of us today is the day of jesus' resurrection a great victory over death and it is fundamental to christianity others could not be consult them for women were still up in the morning we are seeing the end of the world so why can't we put our hands together and pray we can't great each other it's the end of the world the end of times. throughout latin america home to more than 40 percent of the world's roman catholics millions renounced tradition in the name of public health where they could catholics watched religious services online most of them risky. we have to find a way to be close to the people and thanks to the willingness and inspiration of

title we could do this to our social media. while churches remained empty mexico's health officials use the public holiday to finally begin wider testing for cold 19 the death toll is growing rapidly and just as in brazil mexico's president had under played the severity of the pandemic many are praying that not only will they and their loved ones survive this new virus but also its economic impact in a region that was already in trouble before the pan in a report issued on easter sunday by the world bank the forecast for this year is grim. teena brazil and mexico for sees a negative g.d.p. of 5 to 6 percent and even higher for some caribbean islands. all this is an estimate the peak of the pandemic is still weeks away which is why the news whale has extended its nationwide lockdown until it broke 30th in argentina and peru until april 26th. by contrast here in chile the government has decided to reopen

communities in the capital on monday that will quarantined for only 2 weeks despite a stern warning by the devil you h.-o. not to relax isolation measures to suit the sea in human al-jazeera santiago. life was tough for indigenous subsistence farmers in malaysia before the current virus now they can't sell their produce because of the lockdown traditional malays speaking people have a higher risk of catching disease because of their lifestyle for a slower explains. keep out the signs say indigenous communities in the laser have set up roadblocks preventing outsiders from entering their villages these are photos and videos we obtained from the center for concerns a local non-governmental organization that works for indigenous people on a ski which means original people in the main language are more vulnerable to

disease like the krona virus because of poverty and malnutrition. like ameena think so now it's safer to return to the forest many indigenous communities live in remote areas with no access to running water and electricity and as malaysia's tough restrictions on movement continue these communities face additional crotchets many only enough to live on and have little savings i needed my income is mostly from women grass i have lots of plants around my house it's not a steady income i'm like around $200.00 a month. but farmers have no means to get to the markets and have not been able to sell the produce. i can so in my produce now. chimeric economy prince which used to be my main practice the government has promised assistance to poor communities while the restriction order is in place the director

general of the department of development told al jazeera that the agency has applied for and imagines he ground to help those in need but the center for our concerns says not old villages are officially registered with the agency and those which are not will likely be left out the n.g.o.s one of several that are now raising funds for indigenous communities the donations are paid to local community coordinators to purchase food which is then distributed to the villages it's not a perfect system but it's one way to ensure that aid reaches those who need it most florence louis al-jazeera. forces loyal to libya's internationally recognized government say they're making gains in the fight against war before hafter troops have entered the city of sort of man and are continuing to advance earlier the tripoli based government launched airstrikes against half those forces killing 7.

had reports from tripoli. we know that this could be a major said back for have to force because as you know of that half that has been relying on these 2 cities to besiege the capital tripoli in many occasions he's been calling on his forces in sobriety answer man to move on the capital tripoli but this said back and also week in his forces positions in southern tripoli government forces say that they have been trying to cut the supply line coming to have to the forces in the city of sobriety answer man from a woods here. in. southern west of the libyan capital so this is a major setback to have to us forces and we know that the government forces are now aiming at taken control of the whole highway connecting the capital tripoli to did

crossing terminal on the tunisian border the government say that they have not lost many soldiers as of yet but we know that many soldiers of belonging to the government of national guard have been reportedly wanted in this battle we're getting news from sort of man and sobriety saying that poor have to the forces are now fleeing the city. that specially after their supply line have been cut by the government forces. and those take you through our headlines now at least 116 people who were cleared of coronavirus in south korea have stayed positive again it's raising concern for the government as it tries to stamp out infections or bribe has more from solve on the questions being raised. there is

a real question about just where this positive reading has come from has it been a problem of the tests themselves at the south koreans are pretty confident in the tests they have been using but there are other questions about whether these are cases of reinfection or possibly more worrying is whether it's been a reactivation of the virus there is a possibility here that maybe the virus is laying dormant in the body deep in body tissue that the normal testing that carried out the swabs of the nose in the back of the throat haven't been able to detect russia is reporting its largest daily increase yet of more than 2 and a half 1000 new cases the government says 148 russians have died with the number of infections surpassing in teen 1000 some non-essential businesses have reopened in spain now to an almost 3 week shutdown another 517 deaths linked to the virus were also reported that's fewer than on sunday the loosening of the lockdown is being

criticized by people worried about a resurgence in the disease china has recorded more than 100 new infections its highest in 6 weeks most came from people arriving from overseas but no new cases have been reported in her baby province where the outbreak was 1st detected oil prices have risen after a major producers agreed to their biggest ever output cut the global oil market is oversupply because of a price war between saudi arabia and russia as well as demand crashing from coronavirus forces loyal to libya's internationally recognized governments aid them gains in the fight against war probably for half the troops have entered the city of sort of man and are continuing to advance. those are headlines it's inside story now here on al-jazeera.

has drawn a virus spreads worldwide some medical equipment is in for supply even in developed countries and in some airports shipments are reported to have been hijacked so how is that hampering the fight against the pandemic this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm richelle carey they cost less than a dollar masks are so scarce they're being snatched up during the coated $1000.00 pandemic.