he is on trial from rape to genocide the government stands accused of committing atrocities against their own people one on one east investigates on al-jazeera. coming clean on coronavirus deaths in care whose relatives demand answers of the full scale of the crisis starts to emerge. this is our desire a live from doha also coming up the program the world health organization wanted africa could become the next at the center for the pandemic. torn between protecting people and the economy iran's government is set to reopen the capital despite warnings. and soldiering on the war veteran who's not raised around

$23000000.00 to help fight for and. so there's growing concern that the number of deaths from coronavirus may soar as victims from care homes are added to the tally it's a figure that has so far been hidden as many residents are elderly and more vulnerable to this virus and other illnesses relatives are now starting to demand answers we have reports from united states and also from europe when not in baba begins our coverage. disinfecting a nursing home in. the region at the center of italy's colleague 19 outbreak these pictures show russian military doctors helping out their italian colleagues at a scandal now surrounds italy's largest nursing home in nearby milan where at least 143 people have died since the beginning of march. families of residents there are

demanding answers following reports medical staff was stopped from using protective gear prosecutors are now investigating that facility and more than a dozen others italy's officially recorded over 22000 coronavirus deaths but most care home deaths are not included in some doctors suspect the real figure could be twice as high. in spain the government ordered the 17 autonomous regions to unify their criteria on counting the dead the official tolls stands at almost 20000 but it doesn't take into account the deaths of people who had covered going to symptoms but were not tested including thousands of people in care homes i think. meanwhile in germany joe batiks footage has emerged along with hope he was here medics who resuscitated a coronavirus patient transport him by helicopter to a special isolation chamber nationally new figures show the number of people infected by every person who called it going to the school and from $1.00 to 0.7 in

just a few days meaning transmission is slowing markedly germany has the world's 5th highest caseload but has kept fatalities relatively low thanks to early and extensive testing that was caucus time toit or the outbreak has as of today become controllable and manageable again i believe the very encouraging figure is also that as of the 12 of april more people recover and get infected we currently have more than 80000 people who are recovered out of some 130000 who got infected based on figures from the robert caution to choose its. while in portugal where the death toll is lower than 700 parliament has approved the president's request to extend the national state of emergency for another fortnight but will he has the present extension of the state of emergency set in such a way to give it time and room for the government to decide on criteria to study and prepare for the gradual opening of society and the economy after the end of april over in belgium they've also extended restrictive measures for 2 weeks in the

capital brussels as part of a europe wide initiative to head shepherd up market restaurant conscious work has been cooking meals to give to hundreds of homeless people there not the regular dishes that cost up to $300.00 but they're welcome a small sign of how people are trying to make a difference and trying to cope with life under lockdown the dean barber al jazeera . well nursing homes across the united states have been particularly hard hit by the pandemic crisis has shed light on some of the underlying issues of the system with many homes accused of prioritizing profit over the well being of residents she'd have returns as this report. officially the 1st deaths from covert 19 in the u.s. were to residents of this washington state residential care facility in late february the age of their patients and the poor response of authorities in information and equipment reasons why managers that claim they didn't alert authorities about the responded to illness that had been sweeping through the site for weeks but

regulators disagree and have imposed a fine of over $600000.00 for negligence both have a point but weeks later the coronavirus is still spreading to one residential care facility after another across the country 17 bodies found inside a makeshift morgue at this facility in new jersey this week after an anonymous tip off a quarter of the residents have died at this facility in virginia questions are being raised as to whether it's the system of for profit residential care that's the problem not that we know the full extent of deaths in nursing homes 6000 estimated but the federal government doesn't keep track and even anonymous statistics about deaths and testings a big held back due to what authorities and facilities say upriver see concerns i was wondering if i could speak to one of their says that and that johnson had been trying to keep tabs on her mother despite we'll be able to visit her at her nursing home a collar a day and i kept getting the same thing she's fine she's doing great but when she

was able to travel to the home it soon became clear that wasn't true i see her lying in bed with the oxygen around the facility said it wasn't all billy gave it to tell it at about her mother's positive kovac $900.00 test because she was in her prime rigotti and bernie stafford turner's brother fred is a resident of the canterbury rehab center in virginia he's tested positive for the virus does he have a roommate and the roommate has also tested. and there's no barrier between the 2 of them which means that they are not truly clients i asked. twice that at least. 1000 patients developed. escalated health conditions and indeed because of emergency what is the plan and he said we don't have a brain. so. 70 percent of nursing homes in the u.s. are run for profit it's an industry that's projected to be worth $240000000000.00 by 2025 mainly in taxpayer spending study after study has shown that the owners of

private facilities often make billions of dollars in profits while claiming budget shortfalls for cap and in recent years the private equity industry whose main concern is short term profit has moved resolutely into the sector buying up facilities like the one where his brother start. a new study has found as a result the push for profits over care has intensified patient volume and revenue have increased but starting salaries have decreased as a federal ratings based on kaffir patients sit in. front of our reserves is that. if there is an emergency situation then better it would. be less. if you were nurses the private residential care industry however says it's not to blame for the thousands dead at its facilities and is now using its money influence

and the pandemic to lobby for a long held goal immunity from prosecution for negligence she had written see al-jazeera. the world health organization is warning that africa could become the next therapy center of the outbreak so far there have been fewer than a 1000 deaths from covert $1000.00 across the continent which is a much lower rate than in the united states and europe the u.n. says it's likely the pandemic will kill at least 3 100000 people on the continent and pushed nearly 30000000 into poverty u.n. secretary general antonio could terrorists said africa needs more than $200000000000.00 to combat the virus and the fear is the death toll could already be far higher. in the past week there has been a 51 per cent increase in the number of reported cases in my own continent africa and a 60 per cent increase in the number of reported deserters with the current challenge of obtaining testing kits it's likely that the rear numbers are higher

than reported when it's enough rossi has his own epidemiology professor at mercy college he says the pandemic poses a major threat to africa's dense populated cities. enemy of public health is a kraut and when you think of most african countries the uk hard to rise by overcrowding it's actually in the urban areas but adding to that as well as health care infrastructure are factors that can lead to serious illness and death for example endemic all year round in most of those countries are diseases such as tuberculosis it child beat aids and malnutrition and those conditions tend to look at lead to compromised immune systems and therefore in fewer and lead death be done

and lead to serious disease and death so it's a perfect recipe so what drives an epidemic in the explosions where i can understand the concern of the u.n. here rossi has at them now this president is resisting calls from state governors for the federal government to play a bigger role in ramping up coronavirus testing dollar trump says that is the responsibility of u.s. states which are under growing pressure from washington to reopen their economies chris the tsunami reports now from new york. new york announced the opening of more covert 1000 testing sites on friday hospitalizations there are down but given as many as one of every 4 carriers don't show symptoms medical experts say knowing who has had the disease is crucial to knowing who can safely go back to work in order to tackle the spread of the outbreak we also need to test for people who may have been exposed previously and now have antibodies these types of tests cults are ology to us will be the next step in battling this fire us we have now completed

more than $3500000.00 tests by far the most anywhere in the world is despite the president's claims that the c.d.c. has been slow to deliver on the administration's earlier promises of more test kits and. now he's telling state governors it's their responsibility this indiana lab responded to a plea for help from the city of new york and is ramping up production to provide 50000 kits a week we've been discussing everything from logistics of how to get orchids there to how many kids they want to purchase on an ongoing basis an even more morsel into how to behave themselves in neighboring new jersey rutgers university has gotten approval for a saliva test that could be scaled up quickly and mailed directly to people's homes the united states is currently testing just under $150000.00 people per day for the corona virus but experts say the millions of tests per day will be needed to reopen

the country safely and new york's governor insists back can't be done without the help of the federal government especially given some of the chemicals needed for the tests come from china the federal government has passed 3 bills to address this crisis of those 3 bills this state governments have gotten precisely 00 which not done in unrestricted but pressure to get people back to work is mounting and the president tweeted that cuomo should stop complaining and start acting cuomo calls the president's strategy passing the buck without passing the bucks kristen salumi al jazeera new york. still ahead here on out her rise in domestic violence during we look at how victims in the u.k. . plus we meet a palestinian prisoner who's tested positive for covert 90 concerns grow for the

well being of detainees in israeli military jails. hello there another blast a very western very windy weather heading on up towards central areas of japan you can see the cloud in the last few hours and this is a system of the 1st part of the weekend it really is fairly fast moving but it's also bringing some very strong winds and some torrential downpours we could have some localized flooding at the same time we will see very heavy rain developing through central china keeping those temperatures low or just 18 celsius in but once it clears away from it is beginning to rebound but it does mean sunday is a very wet day in shanghai and feeling cooler at just 16 and of course once it clears the skies of china this whole system heading on a towards a. really for the start of the workweek widespread rains across much of borneo some

heavy downpours at times and also some rather heavy rains developing as we go through the day today across central and western as a job elsewhere fairly well scouted but quite astonishing showers across cambodia pushing on tools vietnam it's a better day on sunday is drier in that particular region we've got a few more shots are smarter and again very well scattered across both days some fairly heavy amounts of rain across much of the philippines particularly heavy in the south as we go through sunday and india it is still very warm a whole school some very heavy rain particularly saturday across bangladesh and west bengal. a policy imposed decades ago pregnant woman thought that she could selectively goods and have only boy it's changing demographics across asia with far reaching consequences for creating a pool of socially disadvantaged young men so you have the system where people at

every level will be get being given money money to agree to starvation or money to get other people to agree to certain social al-jazeera examines the politics of population control. rule. or. how to get you what yards are a reminder the top stories this hour and tally in care home is under investigation after nearly $200.00 students were found to died since the start of the outbreak affairs a number of deaths from of arsenic at homes in europe is far higher than it originally thought. the world health organization says coronavirus numbers are surging in africa and it's warning the continent could become the new at the center being

a more than 50 percent increase in the number of reported cases and a 6 percent increase in deaths over the past week. all right we've been encouraged to stay indoors to keep everybody safe but it's a dangerous scenario for people to face domestic violence which has risen in the u.k. during the law a media campaign has been launched in neighboring island to reassure victims that services are still running so nick yoga has this report. a scene of domestic abuse when the victim cannot escape. this is island's latest awareness campaign which was launched after a rise in cases reported since the lock down to tackle covered 19. as people are forced to stay indoors with their abuses the tullis is taking on those suffering is becoming a social crisis isolation is often used as

a tool by perpetrators to minimize a woman's chance of reaching out accessing support so she's cut off from friends and family members and they're going to normal groups or kind of community events that she might have gone to previously you know. the use natasha saunders was physically and sexually assaulted by her husband coxon sly really good behavior. judge she eventually managed to leave him with their children and knows only too well how hard it was right now if you really feel that you can. reach out reach out regardless because the hope is there and as soon as you take that very and i know i know it's a very difficult step you take that single step and it's the step to taking your life back domestic abuse charities in the u.k. so an increase of 25 percent in calls to the helpline since the lockdown began in

france during the 1st week of social restrictions they saw a 30 percent increase in calls for help and in brazil during the 1st few days of their lockdown there was a 50 percent increase in calls to vet domestic abuse charities. a disturbing global trend one that the united nations is battling to stop i urge all governments to make the prevention and redress of violence against women a key part of the national response plans for coverage 19 that means increasing investment in online services and civil society organizations making sure this will systems continue to prosecute abusers and creating safe ways for women to sic support with off alerting their abusers. the social isolation of the lock down is risking the lives of many who are living with their abuses but concerted action from governments and other organizations serve as a reminder to those suffering that they are not alone so new diagonal al-jazeera

london. businesses in iran's capital will begin to reopen on saturday even as health authorities warn of a 2nd wave of infections the government has been scaling back the lockdown as it shifted its focus to saving the economy and bus robbery has more from tehran. to france ancient bazaars are the beating heart of the city the coronavirus means it's beating a little softer these days. with stay at home order still in effect the call to prayer comes from an empty mosque the city's bread makers carry on to make sure people have enough to eat i got a good man a work is easy we're comfortable we have no problems but nobody brings us hanson a ties a disinfectant all mosques the government brought nothing we have to pay for it from our own pocket couvade $19.00 has done what 4 years economic sanctions failed to bring iran's economy to

a near standstill iran's government is looking to breathe life back into businesses as soon as possible the krampus dollar is the symbol of iran's mercantile tradition really it's strange to see this place so empty on any given day it's bustling with people by itself some of the people who live in this neighborhood iranians that we've spoken to say that this was already portland indicating the health of the country's economy probably hasn't been this empty in central. iran is a land bridge connecting europe asia and the middle east merchant trade has been a part of the fabric of this country for millennia. if shocks don't reopen soon iranians worry some may never be able to open again but that. all these years that we have been doing business here we've never seen such a vast closure of the facade the reason is this fire is that you adopt disease is disease it's not up to me or you it happens if i'm going to contract corona today

i'll get it if i don't contact it i won't it is up to fate. the corona virus is still killing people but a nationwide travel ban will be lifted this month and shops will begin to reopen this week the grand bazaar with a narrow alleyways full of people would be the perfect place for a virus to spread so most markets like this will remain closed for now. the president has said ronnie has said people can begin to return to work safely the head of tech run city council disagrees we are concerned about another outbreak in tehran we expect the national counter corona toss force to use the city's council's experience to make more realistic decisions traffic jams are already a common site once again health experts have warned relaxing control measures that took weeks to implement risks a 2nd outbreak but whatever the numbers whatever the warnings whatever the risk to

save iran's economy the government says roads and shops must reopen and whether people like it or not it is already happening the same bus ride the old 0. now this train government is paying its 2 because airlines to maintain that their method flights over the next 8 weeks quantas and virgin australia will receive $105000000.00 to keep flying critical much politan the regional routes the airlines say the money which is equal $265000000.00 australian dollars is not enough when announcing the deal the deputy prime minister michael mccall back said it's critical that internal flights continue to operate. today's $165000000.00 announcement is going to mike the world of difference for those commuters who've come in from overseas down the 14 days of quarantine let me tell you if i landed in sydney and required to get back to perth with very limited services available it's a long drive in a hot car over the novel and so that's going to mike

a difference for them it's also of course going to have in those planes defense personnel medical personnel but most importantly as well people and medical equipment palestinians have been marking prisoners day to commemorate the plight of thousands being held in israeli military jails but this year a detainee's commission is urging israel to release hundreds of sick inmates who are at a high risk of contracting covert 19. reports from the occupied west bank after the incident. all celebrations to welcome part of the early 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 tested them for the could on a virus immediately after his release. his results came back negative but he says the last 2 weeks of his 18 years in prison with very stressful. 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 already 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 i

didn't give us most clubs and disinfectants the palestinian prisoners club a local rights organization says the tensions continue like usual it's recorded more than 350 at best in the west bank last month. so i little bit of both he says her husband omar was arrested many times over the years but this one is the most worrying. because they are 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 is not a young man anymore the israeli prison service told the jazeera 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. do you mean rights organizations say this is or it isn't taking you know after cautions 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 the elderly. female just. bank human rights watch says it's concerned about a mass trial that's underway in saudi arabia nearly 70 palestinian enjoy dating residents are accused of terrorism they were arrested 2 years ago during a crackdown on those with alleged links to the gaza based group human rights watch says it's documented accusations of torture and abuse and staying in saudi arabia the kingdom's highest religious authority says all prayers for the upcoming islamic holy month of ramadan should be held the grand mufti says it which takes place at the end of the fasting month should also be held at home if the pandemic continues so many raby has suspended gatherings at holy sites must as part of its measures. $23000000.00 that is the incredible sum of money raised by

a british man will be 100 years old at the end of the month the donations will be given to a charity helping health care workers fighting the u.k.'s corona virus outbreak is made talk more an instant celebrity but it's also posed questions about the value and funding of the country's national health service is rory chalons. amidst all the coronavirus gloom it could be hard to find a positive so behold this captain tom moore completing $100.00 laps of his garden most 99 year old world war 2 veterans could be forgiven for putting their feet up and taking things easy. he's wowed the u.k. and raised an astonishing amount of money for the health service. that. kind to get. to the nuts. and. i was 1st starting it. deliberately. what.

on friday to he was applauded at his home by emergency service staff. but the extraordinary achievement of captain tom moore and the immense generosity and goodwill among the british public at the moment towards doctors and nurses in hospitals like this around the country it all raises a big question why does the n.h.s. need such charity. the health care academic and the to charles wirth explains that even though the n.h.s. is tax funded it's always received donations to charity. or has. a shared god for children. and on the. planet. cause the n.h.s. seems to me. will be. ministers have certainly been keen to show their

support coming out weekly to join public applause for health care as the qur'an a virus has highlighted cracks in the system a lack of virus testing and protective equipment for medics has become a national scandal a decade of austerity means n.h.s. funding has not kept pace with demand. this is run for heroes another campaign set up to help doctors and nurses fighting coronavirus perhaps the epidemic will boost n.h.s. funding in the long term says its young founder i don't know if our government is giving enough right now towards it and. you know i hope after this we realise the importance of the n.h.s. and because you know it's british pop that we're so lucky to have it and it's so clear from this campaign that people are so behind it and so you know the n.h.s. means so much to them. donations and applause landmarks lit up in blue in the time of coronavirus love for the n.h.s.

is a sentiment that's echoed around the country rory chalons al-jazeera london. dot com is the address there plenty of news and analysis all the stories we're covering al-jazeera dot com. so this is out there these are the top stories and an italian cat homes under investigation after nearly $200.00 residents were found to have died since the start of the outbreak the facility in milan is suspected of concealing numerous covert 980 since february or if it's a number of deaths from the virus called to care homes in europe is far higher than originally thought well health organization is warning that africa could become the next at the center of the corona virus outbreak so far there have been fewer than a 1000 deaths from cavan $1000.00 across the continent which is a much lower rate than in the united states and in europe the u.n.

says it's likely the pandemic will kill at least 3 100000 people on the continent and pushed nearly 30000000 into poverty. businesses in iran's capital will begin reopening on saturday is the government shifts its focus toward saving the economy but health authorities are concerned warning of a 2nd wave of infections the united kingdom has announced a new government led task force and millions of dollars worth of funding for a coronavirus vaccine the united kingdom's it business secretary says it is key for controlling the outbreak. china is facing renewed criticism over its handling of the pandemic after it revised its official death toll in the city where the outbreak began nearly $1300.00 more fatalities were added to the tally and city a 50 percent increase officials blame relate to reporting by some medical institutions and the fact that some patients died at home beijing has dismissed

claims of a cover up this training government is paying is too because airlines to maintain their domestic flights over the next 8 weeks qantas and virgin australia will receive $105000000.00 to keep flying critical metropolitan and regional routes the airlines say the money equal to $165000000.00 australian dollars is not enough. human rights watch says it's concerned about a mass trial that's underway in saudi arabia nearly 70 palestinian jordanian residents are accused of terrorism they were arrested 2 years ago during a crackdown on those with alleged links to the guards of bass group hamas human rights watch says it's documented accusations of torture and of abuse all right up to date with the headlines here on al-jazeera got more news coming up right after inside story from.

with cities in lockdown because of the global pandemic working from home has become the new normal for many so what are the benefits and challenges and will this change the way we work this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm been it's the coronavirus pandemic has fundamentally changed the way we live in just the last few months governments trying to halt the spread.