tell us stories of people who generally don't have a voice i mean one of the child might that's going to be a great figure and the last question and i think that's without any doubt he asked the question that people should be accountable and also we get people to give their view of what's going on. china says there's been no cover up after death toll numbers go up by nearly 50 percent in the original covered 19 percent. or about this and this is all just a lie from doha also coming up the u.s. president unveils his plan for reviving the world's biggest economy but doubts remain whether it will work. where with the system system. just probably the highest death rate you're the u.k.

government told it was too slow to react to the global pandemic as the death toll rises by more than $800.00. and we join paramedics risking their lives on the front line of latin america's biggest corona virus outbreak. the coronavirus pandemic has brought decades of economic growth in china to a halt it's crossed a mystic product shrank for the 1st time since records began the news comes as the government revised the death toll in the city of war han with a pandemic is believed to have begun officials now say 50 percent more people died there than previously reported katrina you has this report from beijing. the coronavirus pandemic has strained health systems around the world and now it's caused the growth of the. largest economy to falter for the 1st time in decades for

the 1st quarter of 2020 china's g.d.p. contracted by 6.8 percent that. the current external situation complex domestic demand remains comparatively weak companies still face difficulties such years insufficient demand and the drop in orders preventative measures so china's economic activity slowed to a trickle 2 months local infections have eased and some businesses and factories have resumed operations but many companies are on the brink of collapse feed this situation is dire or for stress for me i've got no idea how i can get through this year china's national statistics bureau says the economy the bounce back in the 2nd quarter and long term growth board to be affected the global demand plummeting its economy faces an uphill battle the polemics has been spread

out early. which leads to a lot of countries including the us and european countries into our recession so our only 2 degrees in the round of china's. china's central bank has cut interest rates and provided tax breaks and subsidies to businesses in need but say it's broad enough to stabilise point finding work will be more difficult for graduates and migrant workers especially and while economic growth has plummeted china's corporate 19 death toll has been revised upwards after a formal review officials in the original at the center of increased the number by 1290 saying previous records were incomplete china's coronavirus count has been adjusted several times in recent months this laces change is stealing suspicion of the accuracy of government figures many critics believe that the official. about 2000 falls well short of the real numbers on the ground

between al-jazeera. and spyro as a professor of population health science and policy at the uk and school of medicine that month sinai she says the w.h.o. has no independent way of verifying china's revised numbers even though it appears like any real economics it isn't it is it's a small region as needed and baby what we think the numbers really are what we saw in the 2 degrees in italy number example and death rate going to complicate it it became apparent to your increasingly suspect times numbers were now in reasonably good has been done or that an independent group meets or don't return has no way to actually verify. that this is these are only going to be as and no none of the 2 it was there are now so it is not pretty not going to change methodology as we know china originally if you died in that i mean you were in county cricket now

china is not going in got in that kind of methodology but given that it was a country that then we are not particularly worried about that because it was the type of coverage that a neighbor with my sense of spread and spread and become the pandemic that we had today ok let's talk about the problems faced by the u.s. where the president is suggesting some states could reopen for business within weeks but is covered 1000 keep spreading democratic house speaker nancy pelosi says more testing needs to be done and gallacher 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 a new normal america wants to be open and americans want to be open as i've said for some time now and 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 for at 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 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 corona virus 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 one tooth. 3 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 once the come back to us i think we're going to be able to handle it 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 a huge the dangers of making the wrong decision now crucial and as yet there's still no vaccine and a gallica al-jazeera offer more on this let's go to our white house correspondent kelly holcomb in washington d.c. and kembali i think it's about mid-morning in washington d.c. and donald trump has been tweeting what's he been saying. yeah the u.s. president is bristling it appears at some of the criticism of his guidance he sent

to the governors for trying to reopen the economy so as he often does he is pointing the fingers back at those who may be making those criticisms one of them is house speaker nancy pelosi the u.s. president tweeting in just the last 15 minutes or so today people started losing their jobs because of crazy nancy pelosi crying chuck schumer and the radical left do nothing democrats who should immediately come back to washington and approve legislation to help families in america endure endless vacation let me translate what he's talking about there there was a program in place by congress as part of that rescue package for ordinary americans 350000000000 in small business loans to allow small businesses to keep workers on their payroll the money ran out congress didn't authorize 250000000000 more and so now the u.s. president is angry and criticizing congress accusing them because they're in recess at the moment of being on an endless vacation but what seems to be of also getting

them under the president's skin is the criticism coming from top democrats that he name there with regard to his guidance to the states for reopening the u.s. economy there is this fear among democrats that this may be premature that the health threat is far greater than the economic threat and in fact democrats are calling for more widespread testing and we know that this is a gap in the plan that has been issued by the white house so far there is no national testing plan that will allow workers to know they can safely return to the workplace there are also no plans in place to address the need for the additional health care workers in order to issue these tests and minute these minister these tests repeatedly perhaps so this is one of the big criticisms the president seems to be bristling against that defending his plan as being science based something that democrats have demanded and that's why they have these phases of reopening but again the u.s. president. under criticism by top democrats and seems to be pointing the finger is

trying to deflect some of that blame he's not just pointing the finger at members of congress he's also tweeted about the world health organization once again asking the question why the world health organization may have missed the signals from taiwanese officials that there was human to human transmission expect that the u.s. president will continue to point the fingers as his as his own response has once again come into the spotlight in terms of public response can be halted in washington d.c. kimberly thanks very much indeed for nearly a quarter of myanmar as prisoners are being released as part of a traditional new year amnesty large crowds gathered outside this prison and young gone despite covert 19 restrictions a spokesman for the prisons department says the release of nearly $25000.00 inmates is not related to concerns about the virus but human rights watch has called on the government to reduce prison in numbers to prevent a spread of the outbreak stuffings a common is

a resident representative at the international committee of the red cross in me and he explains why the move is the right step towards countering the corona virus outbreak. our teams actually were preparing for these really although it's been only announced at the last minute for quite awhile already because the release which is taking place right now the spot of the annual president a mystery and it's true that although we are now talking a lot about kobe 19 these measure should have been taken in any case as far as we're concerned we are welcoming it because indeed we are passing right now from a total number of prisoners of around 100 cells and 220325000 less which is of course good news for the prisons because you know not like in many other places we know that in prisons conditions of access to house access to ventilation access to fresh air is usually quite challenging and these release of

prisoners comes at the right time in terms of preparation of course you have to side by the authorities and to assist them to be sure that the people are returning home in a safe way which is real freeze for themselves of course in those times of potential if you dimmick but also free for their families and free of risk for the communities that are going back. still ahead and al-jazeera racing to meet to demand kenya steps up mosque production after the government introduces tougher rules to curb the spread of coronavirus from all pine wonder to local rubbish dump out pollution is destroying the river that flows through one of pakistan's most seen equations. the. hand of the spring rains a certain developing then current quite violent actually you may not think this is

part of the system but you can sort of see unwinding through central china so it's got more shit coming from the south and the contrast in the temperature from the north and that does develop stormy systems and this is going to be wet and windy through homeshare on saturday the backwash cooler weather with a few showers isn't going to be as dramatic as the forefront of it all which is pretty heavy rain run through tokyo most of honshu joining saturday that is a bit of a break for the next lot of rain which is in the middle of southern china develops on its way through shanghai significant development again now the storm system late on sunday running into southern home shoe and south korea but after that the next one isn't quite developed seger the reason be nice and to the weekend in china forecast for hong kong shows that the might be the odd shower ice it shows basically it's still need creasing the humid and therefore mr falk will abound south so that we could spread ish as they are pretty well spread out and have you know flashes for lightning in what has been observed as the forecast you could see showers as far north as bangkok or beyond and as far south as jakarta or beyond but

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you're watching out to see a reminder of our top stories this hour the coronavirus pandemic has caused china's economy to shrink for the 1st time in decades g.d.p. was down by nearly 7 percent for the 1st 3 months of this year and the government says 50 percent more people that previously reported died in mohan with the corona virus outbreak began. president donald trump has unveiled guidelines to reopen the u.s. economy but it's going to be up to governors to decide when to ease lock downs in their states $22000000.00 americans have made jobless claims in the past months. nearly a quarter of myanmar's prisoners are being released as part of a traditional new year amnestic a spokesman for the prisons department says the release of nearly 25000 inmates is not linked to covert 19 concerns. 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 antony costello questioned the editors that led to the slow response the death toll has risen on friday to more than 14000 people. where with the cisco system marriage legislation have probably the highest death rates in your and we have to face the reality that we were cheese number but we can make sure that in the 2nd wave when nazis. really challenges life for us in london rory i think this is one of the 1st times the u.k. government has been held to account for the way it's responded to the spread of the virus. certainly wasn't pulling his punches in this committee meeting he said his was in the time for any blame game yet he really did push questions matt hancock the health secretary. the

government's handling of this crisis and the spokesperson for the prime minister came out and gave a statement to journalists in the lobby of parliament around lunchtime saying that actually the government has taken the right decisions right now that. we have heard time and time again coming out of the mouths of politicians here in the. first of all that their response has been science based led by the facts and secondly that they have taken the right decisions at the right time and yet there are serious political questions that should be on the governments because if it is true that the u.k. is heading for the worst. death figures in europe then you have to look at other countries around the continent comparatively better

and ask what the difference in response has been so there's a lot of germany in the looking at germany's comparatively low. figures looking at their better ability to conduct mass testing. saying that the. virus is to test to trace. all of these cases. hasn't really managed to do that. testing has been like you're behind it's. down measures seem to be comparatively late to other european countries and over the next few days and weeks and perhaps longer the government is going to have to start answering some of these questions. bring us up to date on the situation in the u.k. rory live from london thanks very much. about half of the crew in a french aircraft carrier and its escort vessels have now tested positive for the virus that's just over

a 1000 people the shell the goal was brought home early from a deployment after sailors started showing symptoms they've now docked into loam and the ships have been d. cannot been decontaminated 24 sailors are in hospital with more than 500 showing symptoms germany's health minister has declared the pandemic there is again manageable he says the success is the result of a months long lockdown in response to an early surge in cases germany has the 4th highest number of cases in europe behind spain italy and france the u.n. is projecting at least 300000 africans could die because of the pandemic its economic commission for africa says 2300000 others may need hospital treatment right in the virus is more complicated on the continent because there aren't enough hospital beds and breathing machines on top of that a 3rd of africans have no access to washing facilities at home. textile factories and tailors in kenya are scrambling to produce tens of millions of surgical masks

after the government made it compulsory to wear them in public reports nairobi. a few weeks ago 300 tailors at this factory in nairobi made clothes most are now on enforced 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. 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 tell us they too can make protective of it 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 is akin to helping with it and it all for her award her friends different. and part of the country with groups. there and mark got a free for that occurring a girl standard or forewarning of some of these products. for a 4th. their walk is not yet approved by the government's bureau of standards but they hope it will be soon it's just like having your house on fire anything you. down is good enough kenya has little experience in manufacturing medical supply. it mostly realize an import from countries like china and foreign aid hospitals have

around 500 ventilators many like this a private health facility are preparing isolation units one pass and recently died of the disease here. around $5000.00 public health workers are 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 been raising the issue. of hill to be decided after 14 hours to see it a 14 days to ensure that. we have been raising the issues of life insurance for from health care workers that has not been disappointed about the minister for now it's a race to have everything in place using all means available to deal with a pandemic that is causing so much distress across the world catherine soy al-jazeera nairobi kenya saudi arabia is highest religious authority says nightly prayers for the upcoming islamic holy month of ramadan should be held at home the

gun laws he says is alfie's of which takes place at the end of the fasting month should also be held at home if the pandemic continues saudi arabia has already suspended gatherings at holy sites and mosques as part of its lockdown measures russia has reported 4000 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours and brings the country's total number of known infections close 228000 the government says 232 people have died as a partial economic shutdown in the place and told the end of the month and a vote on amendments to the constitution has been postponed. brazil has latin america's worst 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 and. as the 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. we have nurses to receive calls provide directions and a says a severity and in a case we find a suspected case of coronavirus 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 patient means an increased risk of infection. the tension is high inside his mobile intensive care unit supervised by a doctor the more humane to the cause 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 quipped if you 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 is a phrase written on their vehicle together ready to deal with cope with 19. the u.n. human rights office says meehan maher has been carrying out a near daily airstrikes in iraq and state it says violence between the military and the other khan army has escalated since last month at least 32 civilians have been killed in 3 weeks. smoke from forest fires near the shan mobile nuclear plant in ukraine has really created the worst pollution levels in the world emergency crews are working to put out the fires that began on thursday evening health officials say there is no new radiation risk despite an earlier fire getting to within

a kilometer of the site of the 1980 s. nuclear accident officials have urged millions in the capital kiev to stay indoors and avoid the smog it's the jewel of one of pakistan's most scenic regions but rubbish and untreated ways to being dumped in the swat river is threatening aquatic life and posing a health risk to residents and tourists are some of interviewed reports from the swat valley. if the northern swat valley is considered the switzerland of pakistan the iconic swat river is its beating heart. touched by its natural beauty winston churchill once used to send his dispatches from here but now a growing population neglect and lack of planning is turning the river poisonous. with thousands of tons of untreated waste ending up here every day it's quickly becoming a landfill for the 2000000 people of the district the impact is already being felt

by people living downstream and all this is being done legally by the local administration miles away from the site water from underground drilled has changed color and smell the. dumping of garbage in the river but the government has wrecked . diseases such as hepatitis tb and even cancer is on the rise sewage water is polluted groundwater table our children and families are suffering who should we complain to when the government itself is dumping and polluting the river water. it's not just a river bank landfill untreated sewage also flows in from homes and businesses fraud has many solid waste management issues there is a lack of funding and there is the landfill site and authorities say it takes too much money to transfer the waste outside of the city provinces chief minister has admitted what he calls an alarming rapid deterioration of the environment and that there is no space for the delays but he's been in office for nearly 2 years and not

a lot has changed local officials seem to have given up on government funds and are now appealing to international donors dumping say that for you there's no doubt that we're dumping garbage at the river site and we can't deny that this is hazardous to both human and aquatic life and even to the environment but unfortunately we don't have any other option as well as resources to take it to any other location nor do we have the technology to treat it we're definitely looking towards donor agencies if they can come forward to help us save the environment. every year tens of thousands of visitors flock to swap locals complain that tourists disregard the hygiene and clinton ness of the river environmentalist's believe tailor made eco tourism can help raise awareness even for the residents of the area unfortunately many of these places where which it tracked to it isn't we have seen these places being converted into garbage bins it is the response ability of the government to have policies where we say management could be connected to industry as well as you have to give infrastructure people if they're throwing any

garbage and you cannot lift oh say that we're managing the. pakistan so unfortunately these kind of irresponsible behavior added to it us level as well as at the government level is lethal for the environment upstream the river still flows serenely but those who enjoy the clear glacial waters are afraid of what could be to come. down to 0. this is all jazeera these are the top stories the coronavirus pandemic has caused china's economy to shrink for the 1st time in decades g.d.p. was down by nearly 7 percent in the 1st 3 months of this year and the government says 50 percent more people than previously reported died in war han with a corona virus outbreak began 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 cheaper learns for businesses and subsidies in their own they've also resulted to giving spending coupons to some of the consumers here in china but whether it's going to be enough and not well most analysts think it warnt be this 6.8 percent plunge in year on year is unprecedented president donald trump is on the veiled guidelines to reopen the u.s. economy but it's going to be up to governors to do side when to ease lock downs in the state's 22000000 americans have made jobless claims in the past months nearly a quarter of a 1000000 mars prisoners are being released as part of a traditional new year on the state a spokesman for the prisons department says the release of nearly 25000 inmates is not linked to covert 19 concerns 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 and to the castello question the errors that led to the slow response the death toll has risen on friday to more than 14000 people. about half the crew on a french aircraft carrier and its escort vessels have now tested positive for the virus that's just over a 1000 people showed the goal was brought home early from a deployment after sailors started showing symptoms they're now docked into law and the ships have been decontaminated. the u.n. is projecting at least 300000 africans could die because of the pandemic its economic commission for africa says 2300000 others may need hospital treatment in the virus is more complicated on the continent because there aren't enough hospital beds and breathing machines and those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the stream of black. as coronavirus continues to devastate the united states the race to the white house goes on joe biden has been

but secured his place is the democratic nominee but can he be still trying to join us for continuing coverage of the u.s. election 2020 on al-jazeera. ok and you are in the stream and the home edition this is my living room i am going to be broadcasting from my living room for goodness knows how long and that is because the team is not just talking about social distancing we are practicing safety distancing but it doesn't mean that we cannot be connected to go haven't seen that movie that. shows and discussions on t.v. or a new t.v. you can actually have a conversation with jessie to talk to them you can push back if you want to and of course we're always on twitter at a j. street side to come to.