ready. china says there's been no cover up after revising its coronavirus death toll numbers almost 50 percent in the original at the center of. hello there i'm a star and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a phased lifting of the lockdown but the u.s. president's plan for getting the world's biggest economy up and running faces criticism. where with the sister system it's just

a little it's the longest iterates. a leading professor tells m.p.'s the u.k. government was too slow to react to the global pandemic. raising to meet demand kenya steps up mass production so the government introduces tough rules to curb the spread of coronavirus. now alarming new numbers showing the strain of the coronavirus pandemic on the world's 2 biggest economies there's increasing doubt about the u.s. president's 2 week deadline for getting businesses back up and running in that he states 22000000 americans have made jobless claims just over the past month numbers not seen since the great depression of the 1930 s. and china's gross domestic product has plummeted by almost 7 percent in the 1st

quarter that the shop just for since it opened up to the wild 40 years ago and there's been a big rise in the death toll in the original epicenter of the outbreak. 50 percent more people died there than was previously reported the total number of fatalities in the city is now said to be $3869.00 in beijing katrina hughes says china's economy may not to fully recover from this historic contraction before next year. interrupted growth of nearly half a century and it took this coronavirus pandemic to really put an end to all of that so we've seen a year on year 6.8 percent drop in china's g.d.p. which is really significant and quite in line with people's expectations analysts expectations because the question of virus control measures that the government put in place for a few weeks in february and march really saw the economy come to a standstill factories were closed businesses were closed hundreds of millions of

people were stuck in doors and just to unpack that figure a bit more also manufacturing vestment in the 1st quarter was down 25 percent year on year infrastructure investment also down 20 percent retail sales down 19 percent so really at the more when the government is doing all it can to get the economy restarted the national bureau of statistics has said that the economy faces new difficulties and new challenges but the long term growth of the economy shouldn't be affected well at the moment there are questions as to whether that can be possible because this is really taking china's economy is really taking a big hit not only from the slowing growth internally but also a kind of double hit from the drop in global demand so at the moment the government has resisted applying any major blanket stimulus it's got gone instead photog did measures such as cutting interest rates making loans cheaper to lend out to

businesses need and providing rental and wage subsidies for example but analysts say that this may not be enough and it may not be until 2021 that china's economy is able to recover. well any sparrow is a professor of population health science and policy at the icann school of medicine at mount sinai she says the w.h.o. has no independent way of verifying china's revised numbers even though it appears like any religion on the surface it is it's a small region. and baby what we think the numbers really are what we saw in the 2 degrees in italy. and different very complicated it became apparent in our increasingly apparent how suspect times numbers were now the reason religion has been done with that independent groups need very dark turn has no way to actually verify. existence these are only bits and pieces and no none of it was there in our

so it is not correct to not mention changing methodology as we northern china originally if you died now and again it would mean you were in county cricket now china is not only got in a 100 methodology but given that it was this country and we are not particularly worried about that because it was the type of coverage read and they were biased to spread and spread and become the pandemic that we have today now the us president is suggesting that some states could reopen for business just within weeks but as covert 1000 keep spreading across the country democratic house speaker nancy pelosi says more testing needs to be done and he got it i reports it's what president donald trump calls a science based plan to get the united states back on its feet he's issued guidelines in 3 phases that advise each state when they can begin to reopen and what doctors say will be the new normal america wants to be open and americans want

to be open as i've said for some time now in their show shutdown is not a sustainable long term solution. to preserve the health of our citizens we must also preserve the health. and functioning of our economy over the long haul the 1st phase calls for social distancing and for schools and businesses to remain closed but some larger venues including restaurants and movie theaters could reopen if states see a steady decline in coronavirus cases they can move to phase 2 in which schools some businesses including bars could open big gatherings remain limited the 3rd phase will allow workers to go back to their jobs and risk people to continue to take precautions we took the greatest economy in the history of the world and we've closed it in order to win this war and we're in the process of winning it now our

approach outlines 3 phases in restoring our economic life we are not opening all at once but one careful step at a time democratic speaker of the house nancy pelosi called the plan vague an inconsistent citing concerns over the need for rapid testing oh the coronavirus has taken a harsh toll on the u.s. more than 30000 people have died and there have been over 600000 confirmed cases 22000000 people are now out of work wiping out a decade of job growth president trump says the u.s. will be back and greater than ever but this is a delicate process that comes down to a state by state county by county basis some states manta phase one as early as friday others face a far longer slog business leaders governors and scientists warn a shortfall in testing could hamper efforts to reopen the country that decision now lies with each state's governor. in some states coronavirus case is

a yet to peak and as a risk of the virus making a comeback in the months ahead personal protection equipment for health workers is still in short supply but even if you are in phase 123 it's not ok game over it's not it's going to be a way that we protect ourselves because as we know and as i've said from this podium it may very well be as we go the cycle around that they'll be this virus that wants to come back to us i think we're going to be able to handle this is a cautious approach to reopen the world's largest economy something president trump has long wanted to do the challenges for each state are huge the dangers of making the wrong decision now crucial and as yet there's still no vaccine and a gallica al-jazeera. atop a public health professor in the u.k. says britain was too slow to act on the coronavirus outbreak speaking to a parliamentary committee anthony castello questioned the areas that led to the

stellar response so far more than 13000 people have died and hospitals there are a challenge has more from london. this committee is a chance for. medical experts to ask questions of the man hard time caught the health secretary and some of the most probing of these questions as you just outlined there come from. a leading public health professor and he was saying that although this is not the time for a blame game the u.k. appears to be heading for the worst death rate of any of the european countries and he wants to know why this is war or the system failures that are perhaps going to give the u.k. he says a final death toll of perhaps some 40000 people it certainly has laid bare some of

the cracks in the u.k.'s national health service and the policy response of the u.k. government. on germany's health minister has declared the pandemic is again manageable he says the success is the result of a month long lockdown in response to an early surge and cases germany has the 4th highest number of cases in europe behind spain italy and france that's a different story in russia which has reported 4000 new coronavirus cases just in the past 24 hours bringing its total number close 228000 the government says 2 $132.00 people have died there is a partial economic shutdown in place there until the end of the month how members of the ultra-orthodox jewish community and westerners from have hurled objects at police over coronavirus restrictions police responded to the violence by throwing fun going to one of which hit and injured a child the israeli government has placed

a ban on gatherings of more than 10 people and has banned communal prayers. well palestinians are marking prisoners day to commemorate the plight of thousands being held in israeli military jails but this year a detainees commission is edging israel to release hundreds of sick inmates who are a high risk of contracting private 19 and abraham reports from the occupied west bank after. all celebrations to welcome part of the holy home from an israeli prison were cancelled. he won't be meeting any relatives and will stay in quarantine for 2 weeks but he made one quick visit to his mother's grave. palestinian medics this to them for the coronavirus immediately after his release his results came back negative but he says the last 2 weeks of his 18 years in prison we're very stressful and what the situation inside israeli prisons is

catastrophic we didn't have good medical care or serious precautions only lately prison guards started wearing gloves and masks when they entered our rooms but not everyone was cautious in the 1st days of the outbreak in palestine celebrations like these. angered many palestinians thousands gathering to welcome released prisoners from janine in the north of the occupied west bank. while this release prisoner wasn't infected new deal was. with the 19 year old tested positive for the virus after spending days in israeli jails . israeli media have reported that 5 prison guards and inter gaiters have been infected with. this is i think i got it from the prison either from interrogators or prison guards spreading was easy inside the prison they didn't give us most clubs and disinfectants the palestinian prisoners club

a local rights organisation says the tensions continue like usual. it's recorded more than 350 arrests in the west bank last month. so i little bit of what he says her husband omar was arrested many times over the years but this one is the most worrying. and each arrest was already difficult on us but this time we're very concerned because of this virus omar is 67 years old and has heart issues high blood pressure and diabetes he's not a young man anymore the israeli prison service told her there were no covered 19 infections among prisoners it says new arrivals are isolated and measures are taken to protect inmates and staff including banning family visit but those didn't do human rights organizations say that is or it isn't taking enough precautions or conducting enough tests for prisoners they're calling on the international

community to pressure the israeli government to release the prisoners specially those under the age of 18 and the elderly. female just. bang. still ahead on al-jazeera the paramedics risking their lives on the front line of latin america's biggest corona virus outbreak plus. ground control to me your top. top tips from a former astronauts on how to come to grips with life in isolation. helos looking story again for japan this is the storm currently over north korea but it extends itself right through into honshu and it's that bits that will be the wet bit it's quite a strong southerly wind in the orange shows heavy rain just south of tokyo

a miserable looking day after say saturday for tokyo 18 degrees at best it probably won't feel anything like it the right heads up towards al qaeda the backwash waned into that norma show bring a few showers it's not a particularly strong wind and clearly sunday is a better day but at the same time rain that's come out of china is developing in the east china sea and then running out to catch some. for late on sunday as well so it's all part of the same spring system is weak on sunday and just north of hong kong you've probably got a dry weekend $28.00 degrees will be a humid 28 yet another westerly wave is on its way through afghanistan pakistan that means right in the forecast for the whole suggest writing of some sort for the next 3 days that might be an exaggeration but still hints and that's the area where it's light to be the few showers in the poll nothing elsewhere in the you don't expect many but carol get if you typically the culture watching the pre-modern soon heat this time of the year and it's been up in the middle forty's down a little bit but still 4142.

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again i'm the star here today and a reminder of our top stories this hour china's economy has suffered its sharpest fall in decades its g.d.p. is down by nearly 7 percent in the 1st quarter of this here and the government now says 50 percent more people than previously reported died in where the current a virus outbreak began. a top public health professor in the u.k. says prison was too slow to act on the corona virus outbreak speaking to a parliamentary committee anthony castello questioned the era's lead to the slow response and president on trump has unveiled guidelines to reopen the u.s. economy but it will be up to governors to decide when to ease lock downs in the states 22000000 americans have been made have made jobless claims just in the past and. now that some of those newly unemployed say the stay at home orders imposed by many us state governess infringing on their constitutional rights john hendren has

their story. in the home of the u.s. auto industry michigan residents naturally took to the road to voice their ranks. operation gridlock also spilled out into the streets of michigan's capitol calling for an end to one of the strictest lockdowns in the united states in a new beginning for businesses that have been shuttered for weeks this arbitrary blanket spread of shutting down businesses about putting all of these workers out of business is just it's a disaster but michigan is also one of the fastest growing coronavirus hotspots in the nation and governor gretchen whitmer who has banned residents even from traveling to their own vacation homes isn't backing down i know that people are angry and that's ok and if you want to take it out and send it my way makes you feel better that's fine. i support your right to free speech and i respect your

opinions i just urge you don't put yourself at risk and don't put others at risk either in one of the nation's newest hot spots south dakota more than 500 workers at this now closed smithfield pork processing plant have tested positive for corona virus and fear is spreading just as quickly you'd see very crowded departments very crowded floors you see narrow hallways narrow staircases with no national plan in the u.s. each state is making its own rules which means there is no uniform strategy across state lines. the u.s. has a patchwork of inconsistent laws in new york people are now required to wear a mask when out here in chicago the mayor has shut down the waterfront so people can't gather here but south dakota is one of 5 states with no lockdown and few rules. south dakota governor christie gnome is making no apologies plans here is

incredibly important not just to super bowls not to south dakota but to are a nation. with governors in michigan indios where facing mounting pressure to reopen businesses some wonder whether the inaction of neighboring states will keep the virus alive and a threat to all states for months to come john hendren 0 chicago. brazilian president both on our has fired his health minister they've been clashing for weeks over how to handle the corona virus outbreak that the president has repeatedly played down the risk calling it a little flu and opposing social distancing advice while the former health minister pushed for w.h.o. guidelines to be put in place brazil has lost in america's west outbreak with nearly 2000 reported deaths and like many countries health workers are putting themselves at risk while battling the pandemic al-jazeera joined a team of paramedics in sao paolo has that story.

from this operations room the fight against corona virus begins here emergency services receive calls from families of victims and cases are prioritized by severity she did is legal and keep repeating we have nurses to receive calls provide directions and the says a severity and in a case we find a suspected case of corona virus we will send the ambulance team directly to. the team moves after receiving a dispatch every safety precaution is taken. coming in such close contact with the copd 19 patients me. as an increased risk of infection. the tension is high and scientists mobile intensive care unit supervised by a doctor will make them more humane to me because of increased a lot and we deal with all suspected cases with great caution there are a large number of medical workers who have already been infected by the virus including my friend who was a nurse and had died

a few days ago. after handing over the patient the team begins the process of disinfecting the ambulance but she quickly if you can't put it in the infected patient may have left a trace of the virus in the ambulance so we will immediately go to the base to disinfect and sterilize everything. the team returns to the dispatch center and prepared to go on the next mission the work doesn't stop here there's a phrase written on their vehicle together ready to deal with cope with 19 monitors up a little. while waving to some other news and the u.n. human rights office says nan law has been carrying out near daily as strikes and rakhine state it also says that violence between the military and the our economy has escalated since last month at least 32 civilians have been killed in the past 3 weeks only a quarter of man was prisoners are being released as part of a traditional new year amnesty large crowds gathered outside this prison in yangon

as you can see despite kovac 19 restrictions a spokesman for the prisons department says the release of nearly 25000 inmates is not to be linked to concerns over the virus but human rights watch has been calling on the government to reduce present numbers to prevent a spread of the outbreak. now this trail in government is paying 2 of its biggest airlines to maintain their domestic flights over the next 8 weeks quantas and virgin australia will receive $105000000.00 to keep flying critical metropolitan and regional routes the airlines say the money that's equivalent to $165000000.00 australian dollars is not enough. today's $165000000.00 announcement is going to mike the world of difference for those commuters who've come in from overseas done the 14 days of corinth let me tell you if i landed in sydney and required to get back to perth with very limited service is a viable it's a long drop in a car over the nala board so that's going to mike

a difference for them it's also of course going to have in those planes defense personal medical personnel but most importantly is will people and medical equipment government workers and bangladesh have held a protest over unpaid wages hundreds blocked a road outside a factory demanding their salaries now textile manufacturers account for 85 percent of exports and in point 4000000 people but international orders have dried up because of the kovac 1000 pandemic while in kenya textile factories there and tailors scrambling to produce tens of millions of surgical masks after the government made it compulsory to wear them in public catherine so i reports from nairobi. a few weeks ago 300 tailors at this factory in nairobi made clothes are now on and leave because of the corona virus pandemic was left to workers stitching around 20000 protective facemasks

a day the government has ordered that everyone must wear proper masks when out in public or pay a fine of $200.00 it's a job of tailless across the country to make sure there's a constant supply at an affordable price the local authorities have only 35 the surgical ones but those are not very comical if you have if you're one of the 4 devote every day for what we came up with is the clock. a few textile companies have also been commissioned to make other past more protective equipment for health workers but this young people in a neighborhood backyard on the outskirts of the city tallis they too can make protective 19 respond as they all recently lost their jobs as economy continues to suffer they've already made body suits like this one which they've distributed to a local health center here they tell us this is an extra layer of protection and with it and it all for her award. for different.

and part of the country with groups. and marks for that occurring a girl standard or forewarning or some of this product. for a 4th. your walk is not yet approved by the government's bureau of standards but they hope it will be soon it's just like having anything you. can you has little experience in manufacturing medical supplies mostly realize and imports from countries like china and foreign aid hospitals have around 500 ventilators many like this a private health facility are preparing isolation units one passed. and recently died of the disease. around $5000.00 popular catholic to be employed in the special units and those on the frontline will be regularly tested but some nasa say it's

not enough we have. to be dusted off the $14.00 to see it in 14 days to ensure that. we have been raising the issues of life insurance for our from health care workers that has not been supported by the minister for now it's a race to have everything in place using all means available to deal with a pandemic is causing so much distress across the walls cathy zoi al-jazeera nairobi kenya. extra precautions were in chaos as a u.s. and russian crew arrived back from the international space station safely to what they say is a much changed planet they landed in kazakhstan after spending more than 200 days and orbit spending months at a time in isolation is not uncommon for astronauts and now millions of people have been looking to them for advice that has more from toronto. ground control to me. famous for performing david bowie's space oddity in

space and for being perhaps the most social media savvy astronaut ever chris hadfield is reaching out to those of us grounded by social isolation. his 3 missions in earth orbit including command of the international space station in 2013 taught him to cope with months and months of separation from almost everyone else on the planet while for the 1st time maybe in living memory most we find ourselves globally in a position here and isolation is a closely. and that's that's not the way most people normally live but if you think about the life of an astronaut they live in a dangerous place that is extremely isolated and thrives and you know really do well succeed and love the life it's all about being prepared mentally hadfield says

that's what astronauts must do from the moment they start training for blastoff until fiery reentry and splash down or being stuck at home with a dangerous disease outside isn't all that different he says so give yourself a list of stuff to do understand your own constraints deal with the danger and then take action i think it's a really productive and healthy way to fly a spaceship but it's also a productive and healthy way to get through this with literally billions and many countries locked down in their homes hadfield is hoping his advice can help them through what could be months of separation from almost everyone else in an effort to avoid infection and especially protect the most vulnerable i think it helped so i prepared for danger and isolation most of my adult life and and it's the same here if you just look at this is ok it's just another day i've just got a different set of options and you know i'm still alive and there's stuff that do

it let's let's just get at it you have to be an optimist fire rocket ship but you also have to be a very practical realist and often those 2 things go together. as a man with many months in space behind him chris hadfield is urging us to think like astronauts on a mission to be had here and well informed as this pandemic runs its course then you learn to enjoy. hello again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines china's economy has suffered its sharpest fall in decades its g.d.p. is down by nearly 7 percent in the 1st quarter of this year and the government now says 50 percent more people than previously reported have died in katrina you has more from beijing so far the government has resisted any blanket stimulus measures it's had more targeted. methods to really deal with this economically we've seen

bank interest rate cuts tax breaks cheap loans for businesses and subsidies and they're all they've also resulted to giving spending coupons to some of the consumers here in china but whether it's going to be enough or not well most analysts think warby this 6.8 percent plunge year on year is unprecedented president donald trump has unveiled guidelines to reopen the u.s. economy but it will be up to governors to decide when to ease up downs in their states $22000000.00 americans have made jobless claims over the past month a top public health professor in the u.k. says britain was too slow to act on the corona virus outbreak speaking to a parliamentary committee anthony castello question to the areas that led to the slow response so far more than 13000 people have died and hospitals there. well russia has reported 4000 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hour as bringing

its total number closer 228000 the government says 232 people have died there's a partial economic shutdown in place there until the end of the month members of the ultra-orthodox jewish community in west jerusalem have held objects at police over coronavirus restrictions police responded to the violence by throwing stun grenades one of which hit and injured a child the israeli government has placed a ban on gatherings of more than 10 people and has also banned communal press the u.n. human rights office says me and my husband carrying out near daily as strikes and rakhine states and also says that violence between the military and the our economy has escalated since last month at least 32 civilians have been killed in the past 3 weeks while next up it's talk to al jazeera.

all the publicity. it's been over a month since covert 19 was declared a pandemic. more than 120000 people have died and more than 2000000 are infected worldwide. the health emergency has also affected the global economy and diplomacy one of the countries that has been hardest hit by the pandemic is spain. it's had more than 80000 deaths despite the weeks long government imposed lockdown it's already weak economy has declined further. and despite concerns by the world health organization of workers' unions and opposition leaders the spanish government has announced a partial lifting.