and the legacy of previous generations. of that testimony we've got out there. with. documentaries that open your eyes on al-jazeera. the u.s. president says his government strategy to slow the spread of coronavirus is working with a number of new daily infections remaining slant because my . i'm convinced this is just their life or also coming up italy and spain begin their 1st steps at easing some coronavirus restrictions. this position is much to be based 1st on foremost on protecting human health the

w.h.o. warns governments around the world against abandoning lockdown restrictions to early. and concerns about a 2nd wave of infections in parts of asia it's recovered patients tested positive for a 2nd time. the number of corona virus cases is approaching 2000000 worldwide and the us president donald trump and his top disease expert dr anthony fauci say cases of new infections and not growing as fast as before more than one $1500.00 americans have died in the past 24 hours bringing the total number all dead to over $23000.00 the highest anywhere in the world turning to europe spain has taken the 1st step an easing and nationwide lockdown hundreds of thousands of nonessential employees have been allowed to return to work if it's also easing restrictions on some businesses

from tuesday while the nationwide core intake remains in place until may the 3rd meanwhile france's president a man you walk on has extended them all down there until may 11th. the world health organization says countries should be cautious about lifting with strict since that now is the time to be vigilant careful the way down is march slower than the way up that to means control measures must be lifted slowly and was controlled it cannot happen all at once controlled measures can only be lifted if the right public and measures are in place including significant capacity for contact. but john hendren is live for us in chicago or so john as i mentioned that trump is giving a fairly optimistic picture about the situation national a what more can you tell us that's why the president has been the voice of optimism

throughout this pandemic it one point said he was supposed to be the cheerleader and that's really the role he has been playing he's been widely criticized for responding late and not aggressively and and he really swung back at that in a wide ranging news conference that ran about 2 and a half hours in which the president expressed expressed his peak at news organizations individual reporters but in the end he said that things were actually looking lovely said the press simply wasn't noticing this he said our country is going to be opened in it will be successfully open he's recently convened a council of a group of people he calls the you know open our country council and it consists of a number of officials who he plans to announce on tuesday but their goal is to reopen businesses it has been said that the president's goal is may 1st he would

not say today that that was in fact his goal but he did say he would tell us that within a week here's a little more of what he had to say at this news conference. america's continued to make critical progress at a war against the virus over the weekend the number of daily new infections remained flat nationwide flat hospitalizations a slowing in hotspots like new york new jersey michigan and louisiana this is clear evidence that our aggressive strategy to combat the virus is working and that americans are following the guidelines it's been incredible what they've done. as you mentioned there john donald trump also responded to criticism that he didn't act fast enough and confronting this pandemic and he really did go into specifics didn't. he did indeed he said that the governors of the various states were unprepared for this he shunted off the blame on many of them he said the governors

were asking for way too much he said they should have had their own stockpiles of ventilators and other items he said we got him and nobody believed we would he went on to say a lot of people would have said let's ride it out in other words not shutting down businesses and homes the way he did he said we would have had hundreds of thousands of people dead we've done this right the problem is the press doesn't appreciate it he did have to say that he was keeping anthony found his point man on the pandemic that is after he retreated someone saying that they should fire found. thank you for that update that john hendren live for us from chicago. one time a state media says praising has approved 2 new experimental coronavirus back scenes that could be tested on humans sarah clarke is live for us and hong kong to tell us more so sara what more can you tell us. look we don't have

too much more information about that particular clinical trial but all we know is that they've approved 2 experimental vaccinations to enter a clinical trial of these vaccines are being developed by a beijing based a biotech company in partnership with the will hand based pharmaceutical group but certainly some good news now china has already given approval for an earlier trial to take place and that was in march so it will be looking at some more information as the day develops but look at the latest cases coming out of china we have 89 new cases and that's down from 100 night the day before but of the total 86 were actually what the chinese are describing as imported cases that this particular area where the now looking at all focusing on is in the north east of china it's called the long jan province and this is an area that borders russia and this is become almost the latest battleground of the focus of china they're now trying to deploy more resources from the south up to that region including medical teams as

well as resources they've also put in place and strict new quarantine rules to try and the state will certainly focus on those increasing the spike in numbers in that region and the capital harben of that particular province they've got to stay at home orders in various compounds the residential compounds public gatherings have been banned at trying services have been stopped also in parts of that province they're also got a number of health checks on arrival anyone coming in from russia the chinese nationals returning to china from russia also to go undergo these mentary coronavirus testing and a $28.00 day quarantine restrictions have been put in place so the chinese now focusing on this particular area that borders russia it's about 3004300 kilometers that borders between china and russia but that region is certainly putting that child to the test when it comes to trying to stem the number of infections happening in that region or answer clark there live from hong kong thank you. in south korea more than 100 people tested positive for the virus for a 2nd time after being in this should be treated and then claim that south korea

centers for disease control said the virus may be reactivating rather than the patients being reinfected other experts believe faulty tests may be the cause this comes as the government prepares to ease some restrictions on social gatherings or for more on this we can speak now to dr evan block he is a professor of pathology at johns hopkins university school of medicine thank you time what do you know about whether recovered coronavirus patients can become infected again or is this more likely to be a relapse in your opinion so it's pretty uncertain at this point it's too early to say i think that there is a high proportion of those who. the result of the infection are shown to be positive by some of the by some of the tests molecular. even obtained by by maze ole nasal pharyngeal swabs and still uncertain as to whether that represents

a virus or is just residual nucleic acids nucleic acids from from the virus most think that is probably not infectious another thing that they have been small studies which which support that but it really is a it's quite since to say exactly what you know what that means so just to be clear do you think that these people could have fully recovered and then become re-infected or is that option sort of off the table. it's think it's possible think the more 'd that it's less likely think that most of. the there is evidence that that most individuals appear infection to develop neutralizing neutralizing antibodies against the virus in fact that's you know been the premise for one of the therapies which is currently being launched version is the use of convalescent plasma to see the prevent or treat. think that

most concept most but i think many believe that those bodies are protective again it really is it's it's too soon to say you know i can't commit one way or the other but let's talk about that the use of blood plasma because i believe that's your field of research the use of blatter has. from people who have recovered in order to treat or perhaps prevent covert 19 what is your research so saying so far. well so there is this supporting evidence from from china actually so there were there were 22 reports one of the 10 patients study another of 5 patients who were treated worse with convalescent plasma and the 2 assurance be safe and effective. you know the use of convalescent plasma is not something novel it's been used for for over 100 years where it's essentially passive and see body administrations

those who clear infection develop antibodies against against the virus and those fire those antibodies are constrained in the plasma compartment and so collection of plasma from these convalescent donors which is which were able to do readily with standard blood collection technology can then we can then collect that plasma and and transfuse there's a variety of of trials which have been proposed you know as soon sued so as in the field both throughout the course of infection so from post-exposure prophylaxis which could really benefits you know if affects of the could could benefit health care workers and those at high risk of severe disease right through the gamut so of you know the spectrum of infection so from early infection moderate disease and life threatening. so it is really important promising at it but it is early

early in the process absolutely such important work we really appreciate your time dr every block thank you from johns hopkins university school of medicine. thanks very much. still ahead on al-jazeera concerns about human rights violations as rwanda restrictions on millions of people. illegal loggers destroy forests in brazil's amazon that are right never seen in over a decade. hello there's some good news and it comes to weather conditions into japan because that big storm system is continuing to work its way east and north and so taking with it the worst of the weather now it does mean she's a. blustery day some showers and some but as i say the worst is definitely over and

is staying fine and much of china maybe just a scattered shot further to the south but radio overall it is fine and it is dry it's also fairly warm at the time which is beijing $24.00 degrees on wednesday and warming up sort of a pleasant $25.00 in hong kong meanwhile was the system really is the way it also warms up across japan so 22 is your high in tow here now the rain still fairly widespread across indonesia but not as heavy as we have seen a bit of a break here across into borneo show was fairly heavy across again across central western as a java and even across into thailand laos vietnam and also cambodia the showers here a little bit light as well by wednesday though what we could well see is them heavy rain pushing southward into the mill a fairly heavy downpours certainly into kuala lumpur and then india really it is about the haze it is very hot sunny through the interior 42 celsius in our poll maybe a few more showers out tools carolus days and then to the north we could see pushing across into nepal but it's a warm down choosing the high of 25 in katmandu. throughout

history. has come together to prevail in our darkest. this is a moment for pretty much the opposite side laying low saving humankind by really really not getting near to every generation has its moment where individual sacrifice makes way for the good of those who come after. this one is ours.

and watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour u.s. president donald trump and america's top disease experts say the race of new infections there is starting to sell more than $23000.00 americans have died so far from the outbreak with more than half a 1000000 reported infections. chinese state media says beijing has approved 2 new experimental coronavirus vaccines to be tested on humans aging has reported 89 new cases in the past 24 hours all of which came from a brawls. on the world health organization is a course in other countries lifting their loved dogs too soon w.h.o. chief says now is the time for countries to be vigilant. let's take a closer look now at the situation in europe the dominant cain has the wrap up of developments for us from berlin. germany thousands of people across europe this is the reality of the coronavirus for many millions more it means

locked down and the loss of their freedom of movement and for many weeks that's been the case in france now its president says it must stay that way a lot longer. donna gaunt this come on in the false hospitals a saturated everywhere in france in the french overseas territories and the system is under strain it and the epidemic is not yet under control so we must continue our efforts and continue to respect the rules the more they are respected the more lives will be saved that is why the strictest lockdown must continue until monday may the 11th. but elsewhere monday meant a return to work after weeks in lockdown as here in madrid because in this and a few other sectors of the economy the toughest restrictions have been lifted and some spanish politicians say now is not the time to relax the vigilance even to this small extent and in most other regards the existing lockdown will remain in place for much of the next 2 weeks in italy

a small number of stationery shops book shops and children's clothing stores can reopen from choose day because here the number of new infections remains considerably lower than joining the worst days last month but as in spain the mortality rate remains high a point pope francis referred to in his easter monday address at the vatican or gee what a. record that a convoy during this easter week i would like to remember with closeness and affection all the countries strongly affected by the corona virus some with large numbers of infected and dead in a special way italy united states pain france the list is long. and many other countries are worried to the latest figures from russia show the infection and mortality rates are on a steep upward curve. as we can see the situation is

changing almost every day unfortunately it's not changing for the better the number of infected people increases and there are more ther via cases as well the upcoming weeks would largely be decisive that means that all our actions including prevention measures should be optimized here in germany the abundance of intensive care and wide scale testing have helped to keep the mortality rate much lower than in much of the rest of europe which explains why some politicians now want to relax the restrictions sheer so as to reduce the economic damage as much as possible because some projections suggest that in this quarter alone the economy may shrink while most 10 percent. if the lock downs aren't we should get the 1st news of it on wednesday when angela merkel will discuss the problem with the prime ministers of the 16 german states dominic kane al-jazeera berlin. new york passed another break while stone on monday registering more than 10000 coronavirus

related deaths in the state's governor says there are signs that the worst is over i'll just say as christensen army has more power as all but essential businesses remain closed and new yorkers stay home there are signs that strict social distancing measures are working the governor says the state is seeing fewer hospitalizations for the coronavirus we can control the spread feel good about that the worst is over here if we continue to be smart going forward but even as president trump expresses his hope to get americans back to work in may the governor warned against lifting restrictions too soon new york's governor said he'll be listening to experts in public health in the economy not politicians as to when it will be safe for new yorkers like me to leave home and return to work but he will do so in consideration with governors from neighboring states that includes

when to reopen schools the mayor of new york city thinks they should stay closed through june but i need to do to protect kids and parents and families and educators there's not going to be a context to reopen schools which so much we're going to have to deal with on the health front to get to a better place and a more stable place but the governor says ultimately that will be his decision one he has yet to make christian salumi al-jazeera new york. nigeria's president has extended the vote down across 3 major cities until the end of the month as cases of coronavirus in the country continue to rise restrictions on movement will be imposed in the lagos states president mahmoud abbas says the nation's response to the cove of 19 disease is a matter of life and death a country so far reported more than $300.00 cases including 10 deaths. rwanda was one of the 1st countries in sub-saharan africa to impose

a total loss of the coronavirus and the havoc but human rights campaigners have accused security forces in several states of using heavy handed tactics on civilians on the force and guidelines put in place by their governments catherine so our reports have our. security forces are making sure people follow lockdown orders in the capital kigali anyone who doesn't can be arrested and fined. with valid reasons such as visiting a hospital and market trance for food have their temperatures checked before being allowed to proceed alone or there are people who do not understand the problem they just come here to walk around we continue to tell them to stay at home they can infect the whole population here those who come to buy food must respect regulations. of social distancing is critical but difficult to implement this landlocked country has one of the highest density of population in africa most of the 12000000 people here are poor at the start of the lockdown

police shot dead 2 people they said the man attacked a police officer soldiers have also been accused by several slum dwellers of human rights abuses including rape and the random military says it's investigating and has arrested some soldiers. security forces in several other countries on the continent such as kenya south africa and uganda also been accused by human rights groups of using excessive force on civilians while enforcing government restrictions. and it's different for me. now this is. what. soldiers only fight wars.

volunteers are distributing food paid for by the government to the most vulnerable families across the country who towels and other businesses are shutting down and thousands of people are likely to lose their jobs problem is that there is no show security should those that we have to send a whole. there's no support. already today he could pursue and that most often home for now the government plans to ensure transmission of the diseases leamy ted's poor families are fed and the lock down is respected randoms we talked to remain hopeful they survived the genocide in 1904 prevented their ball epidemic in neighboring democratic republic of congo from crossing the border and they say this crisis will also come to pass catherine soy al-jazeera. now to the battle against another virus the democratic republic of

congo has recorded a 3rd new bowler case a 7 year old girl started showing symptoms after visiting the same health care center treating the previous 2 cases in the eastern city of benny the epidemic has killed more than 2000 congolese in the past 20 months. forces loyal to libyan warlord who if i have to have fired rockets at residential areas in the capital tripoli the attack comes after the internationally recognized government recaptured 3 cities in the past 24 hours after us forces have killed at least 4 government forces and injured of the 10 countries west. new doctor from brazil's national institute shows the emergence about deforestation the amazon have increased by over 50 percent compared to last year this is not only a threat to the environment but also to indigenous communities and their affairs

illegal loggers could spread coronavirus to them through is about reports. members of brazil's environmental agency head into the rain forest to fight deforestation. it's been on the rise in the past year they have come to the appy they will land in the state of to protect indigenous territory from illegal gold miners a lot worse. give us or we are trying to prevent the land takeover there is happening in this indigenous territory and the neighboring ones is being promoted by invaders and illegal miners that are trying to take away their land there's coronavirus and these people become more fragile and vulnerable. there's been deforestation alerts from the space research institute in almost 800 square kilometers of brazil's rain forest it's a 50 percent increase if compared to the same period last year since taking office president jalal tornado has been calling to open up the amazon for development and those involved in illegal activities here have taken his words seriously. daniel

represents that road i mindedness community and says she's afraid illegal gold miners will spread kovi 1000. but only if the virus enters our land we're worried we want to have enough to tendin a company all our members we have more than 50000 indigenous communities in this country and we're very worried about that we don't have enough doctors for what could happen here last week a 15 year old boy died of covert 19 he belonged to the gentleman mean the community there's around 20000 illegal gold miners in general mummy territory which stretches at the border between brazil and venezuela in the 1960 s. and eighty's illegal miners introduced deceases such as missiles among the gentleman indigenous community here it killed around 50 percent of the population many here fear the same thing could happen again and that's why members of the

indigenous community have blocked the access roads to their land. we are worried about the coronavirus in our community that is why from now on our security people will be here to inspect the entrance of our community people from outside were not be allowed to enter we also ask for the residents to not leave the community president has minimize the impact over 1000 could have in his country even though infections are starting to spread to brazil's most remote areas indigenous communities there are asking the government to help them in a fight they cannot win alone because i will. u.s. senator bernie sanders has endorsed former rival joe biden for president in a joint live stream online the backing comes less than a week after sunday's dropped out of the race to become the democratic nominee the former u.s. vice president called the endorsement a big deal. in new york is dealing with the largest number of infections of

coronavirus in the u.s. putting an enormous strain on hospitals and medical workers well and even lawyers on the front line of the city's virus at the center brooklyn queens she explains the many pressures she's been facing both at work and at home i'm on my way to work i have just had a very nice and cathartic in sparty in my car which is a good transition to work from home because i had a little bit. of a stressful writing with my children trying to get them set up for home school i am a widow so i don't have a partner to help me with and i don't want to send them to my in-laws or my parents because they're getting older and some of them have health conditions that might put them a little bit more at risk for kobe but. most of our very you know. you

can't leave on their own and then pleaded with everybody. everybody is a. lot of ambulances that we have a full i.c.u. we have every patient in here on a ventilator but he. looks like he's having a lot of respiratory distress he's breathing at like 40 a minute he's got a non rebreather on but he looks really bad so we're going to congress report down and we're going to be him we're going to put him on the ventilator everybody has coronavirus. people. i also have heart attacks at the same time sometimes 2nd. class penalties over the years it wasn't the worst day i had it's hard to think that some of your pieces you know today. may not be here tomorrow when you come back here tomorrow is going to be tough because i am going to home school all day and i work overnight

and hope i can get a nap in at some point but like i said it's just me so really depends where they could or and knocked on a fossil i said with a talent for the trumpet lifting the spirits of people and the capital where we can be turfed who performs from the top of a crane 20 meters off the ground believes music is the key to overcoming difficulties. dissolves there are these the top stories u.s. president donald trump and his top disease experts say the rate of new infections is starting to slow more than $1500.00 americans have died in the halls $24.00

bringing the total number of dead to over $23000.00 the highest anywhere in the world america is continuing to make critical progress at our war against the virus over the weekend the number of daily new infections remained flat nationwide flat hospitalizations a slowing in hotspots like new york new jersey michigan and louisiana this is clear evidence there are aggressive strategy to combat the virus is working and that americans are following the guidelines it's been incredible what they've done. chinese state media says beijing has approved 2 new experimental coronavirus vaccines to be tested on humans china has reported 89 new cases in the past 24 hours and the all of which came from a brought from hong kong sarah clarke explains what china is doing to tackle the number of new infections this particular area where the now looking at all focusing

on is in the north east of china it's called the long gone province and this is an area that borders russia and this is become the latest battleground in the focus of china they're now trying to deploy more resources from the south up to that region including medical teams as well as resources they've also put in place and strict new quarantine rules to try and the state will certainly focus on those increasing the spike in numbers in that region and the capital harben of that particular province they've got to stay at home orders in various compounds of residential compounds public gatherings have been banned at train services have been stopped also in parts of that province in europe spain is taking the 1st step and easing a nationwide lockdown hundreds of thousands of non-essential employees have been allowed to return to work. those are the headlines don't go away the news continues here on al-jazeera after what i want to east.

every generation. our 1st date. from moon high and to the world. 19 has gone blue. killing tens of thousands. and terrifying millions. over a sure. fire in the snow leader. meanwhile another virus has emerged the symptoms suppression misinformation and panic. china was an open transparent democratic nation. then this whole thing might not have happened. one of many student besta gates to fight the truth in a time of contagion.