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liberate states from locked out. slim pickings a slump in prices is making life even tougher for farmers and gaza. and in other news hong kong police arrest several key pro-democracy fake is. now they've been the forgotten victims of the coronavirus pandemic but now the effect of coronavirus on people living in aged care homes around the wilds is becoming painfully apparent a survey new york state has found 19 nursing homes reported 20 or more deaths in recent weeks but that report only included a fraction of facilities in the states with figures also believed to be much higher nationally now in canada announcing home in montreal is under investigation after 31 deaths were uncovered there or thirty's found other residents see an unfair. in

their beds after some stuff fled the facility in the u.k. many deaths in care homes aren't being included in official figures and it's estimated they could be as high as 7500 and in italy the military blocked off a nursing home near rome after 118 patients tested positive 5 had already died while an investigation is also underway at a milan nursing home where at least 190 people have died since the beginning of march while the crisis has shed light on underlying issues in the us system with many homes accused of putting profit before the wellbeing of elderly people she had to tansey reports. 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 respond 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 the nurses 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 bullet gaited to telenet about her mother's positive kovac 900 test because she was in her prime rigotti and bernie stafford turned his brother fred as a resident of the canterbury rehab center in virginia he's tested positive for the virus doesn't have a roommate in the room and 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 he calls the emergency room what is the plan and he said we don't have a brain. so why does it tell us why only 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 a new study has found as

a result the push for profits over care has intensified patient volume and revenue have increased but star thing and salaries have decreased as a federal ratings based on kaffir patients sitting. in front of a lot of those. if there's an emergency situation then better record your might. be less. because you just have fewer 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 low b. for a long held goal immunity from prosecution for negligence she had written see al-jazeera . was is a professor of epidemiology and health care infection at the university of new south wales in australia she says managing the crisis inside a cat highness' incredibly challenging. one of the problems in. a residential

care facility is you don't want to isolate the elderly in the last few years of their life from others however sometimes you have to do this to save their lives and then they have a problem with. people sharing rooms so how do you protect them from from each other from infection and that is a very vexed one so often the 1st port of call is where they're going to get most of the risk and that is from the stuff so the stuff need to be vigilant in their hand hygiene and be vigilant in their environmental cleaning of the nursing homes plus they probably should be wearing a mask while they have to know that it's very hard to wear a mask per shift their their hot their own comfortable so then the. the the manages all of these nursing homes should be thinking about how many hours

face to face should they work because they expected to wear a mask and i know that way talking about this for our health care workers and we're reducing the number of clinical hours so that they can wear a mask comfortably and this is a sort of thing that they're going to have to think about with the with the carers with the nursing staff and that would certainly reduce the risk for the very vulnerable. the carers. now the democratic governor of the u.s. state of washington has accused donald trump of fermenting domestic rebellion and spreading lies after he signaled support for conservatives protesting against lockdown rules hundreds have joined rallies across the country demanding an end to the shutdown let's take a look at those tweets the president urged his supporters on twitter to neighbor rate 3 states a day after he said it's up to governors to decide just when and how to ease

restrictions and gallagher has all the latest from miami. this is the president really playing politics because guess what all 3 of those states have democratic governors there are protests in other states like utah and also here in florida in orlando the president is clearly playing politics here when he was asked about it at his latest press conference he said look those people are being treated rough that's clearly not the case people in all of the states across the entire country are following the c.d.c. guidelines are supposed to social distance to prevent the spread of the coronavirus what you've got here is an ideological split between conservatives who want to see businesses reopen who think that the cure may be worse than the disease itself and then you've got democratic governors who are trying to very slowly reopen carefully doing this by watching the medical advice by looking at the numbers vitally so the president is very aware of who is talking to the people on the streets in those 3

states michigan minnesota and virginia i was all wearing my go hat some of them carrying guns they are trump's base so that so he's speaking to he was never going to walk those comments back despite the fact he's been criticized by members of his own party you know the conservatives say look you simply cannot do this jay inslee the governor of washington saying look this could incite violence we are at a very critical juncture in this country right now there is a plan to slowly reopen things it's going to be science based that's what the president himself said and here he is backing up far right people armed people on the streets of these 3 states saying that they're being treated roughly and so it's clear what the president here is doing but it's also clearly pretty irresponsible at this moment in time there's a great deal of pressure for people to get back to work those 22000000 people have now filed for unemployment there is a desire to do that but to do that carefully so you've got president trump on one

hand saying hey governors you get to call the shots and then on the other hand tweeting out these these messages of support to people who are taking to the streets with guns and in one case yelling to the governor there lock her up lock her up so he's playing politics without question. well as the official number of covert 1000 infections surges past 7000 in pakistan prime minister imran khan is stepping up measures to control the spread of the infection before the holy month of ramadan he's asked the leading agency in the fight against current virus to get accurate day cellphone infections as health care workers voiced concern that the number could actually be much higher due to limited testing the government has also banned groups of people of more than of groups of more than 5 people in mosques but some hardline critics have defied this and called for congressional praise or president will cherami sing with religious leaders on saturday over adopting precautionary measures during ramadan let's not speak to come out to he's in as i'm

about for us come out this is the 2nd largest muslim nation in the wild and obviously this is also a very sensitive time at a moment when many would also be seeking comfort and hope in their beliefs and their religious practice so how has the government been navigating all of this or. where this is proving to be a big challenge for the government because the government has imposed restrictions on congregational prayers and mosques all over the country however a bunch of clerics ready and so were injured ones that direct came up and said that they were nordic. but particularly during the holy month of ramadan which are less than a week ago away the government then warning the religious need that any increase in the number of infections or dead stored mounting that day would be held responsible but today where they're happening is that the president of pakistan has taken the

initiate gave a revealing conference is underway right now between him and the religious clerics to try to arrive at some sort of a consensus in order to ensure that precautionary steps are taken and that the steps ahead are quite clear because pakistan as you mentioned had seen no word 7000 confirmed. dead all warnings that congregation of prayers or congregations of any sort of actually exacerbate that situation that would be very difficult to control and so a difficult start for the government because some of the clerics are defined they have been holding friday prayers despite the band and their government on the other hand trying to can read them their lives the holy march in mecca and medina 'd did no reason for 'd that to be congregational prayer or delicate sensitive issue let's see how it plays out come on i mean clearly a lot of disagreement that could all of this to mend division in the country at

a time when it really needs to be united in fighting this pandemic. absolutely the religious minister had said earlier that this would be tantamount to challenging the rate of their stage that this is indeed a very serious crisis and then the next few weeks will be critical to all doors some of the religious leaders are now on board and they're saying that they will follow the instruction instructions of the government there that plane ticket in islamabad that the red mosque which of course is so famous because it's game under getting much out of. the. mom the mall the way up to his brother was good he had openly been defying the orders of the government and also forced or don't lie and that he will continue where those congregational bridge so there will be some challenges but it will also be a test for the government to ensure that they can indeed ensure that dispended make

contains i have asked for us and the pakistani capital islamabad thank you come on . still ahead on al-jazeera after weeks of isolation infighting over his country's coronavirus strategy brazil's president appoints a new ally. the army was. still exercising we report on the methods to keep fit during lockdown. and there's also a very nice sunshine across well central areas of year we have a bit more planned also see a little bit of rain pushing in across the west and that will be something we will see more of over the next few days that in the meantime have a look at this this was. lovely kiss guys and also for the south into berlin and

germany some very nice warm spring weather ahead across into switzerland look at this leaving out result she rode in between those fields of rape and that's like hist obviously enjoying the warm sunshine are plenty more about across central and eastern areas $22.00 celsius for you in vienna on a saturday but you'll notice out towards the west the rain really is coming in it's very very scattered but within this we could have some heavier downbursts and sunday across into portugal and spain the rain really is fairly persistent pushing across into the western end of the med and certainly by sunday that rain becoming quite heavy if you will some areas of france on pushing across a tools corsica sardinia and on into actually but meanwhile to the north it is not too bad temper just beginning to improve in london with a high over 17 some very heavy amounts of rain developing over the next 2 days really coming through mauritania pushing up towards algeria on saturday very heavy . part of the weekend very unsettled through morocco and cooler about just 90.

i usually just treat and trace frank assessments why is italy struggling to cope with a number coronavirus failure to take really aggressive action we get them behind you heard informed opinions it's going to be much more challenging in a place like ease with there's one ventilator 3000000 people in depth analysis of the day's global headlines india done enough to nip the spread of the corona virus in the world inside story on al-jazeera.

hello again i'm the stars here today and reminder of our top stories this hour investigations into the deaths of elderly people in care homes during the pandemic are currently underway in the us canada and italy and severe thousands of such fatalities are going on reported around the while. the governor of washington state has accused u.s. president on trial of fomenting domestic rebellion that's after he tweeted encouraging people to protest against lockdown measures in several democratic states. and pakistan are stepping up measures to contain the spread of the virus before ramadan as cases there past 7000 a virtual meeting is underway between the government and religious leaders over ways to observe social distancing nations. well moving to some of the news now and pro-democracy supporters in hong kong say at least 14 leading politicians and activists have been arrested that move is linked to widespread anti-government

protests last year and comes after renewed concerns about the chinese territories autonomy on friday beijing's top office in hong kong said it's not bound by it all is preventing the central government from interfering in local affairs well let's now speak to david apart and he joins us live from hong kong these were some quite prominent names who've been taken in talk us through he's been arrested. that's right these are very high profile figures in hong kong's pro-democracy movement and they clued martin lee's known as the founding father of hong kong's democratic movement he's 81 years old he was one of the architects of the basic law that's hong kong's many constitution which is written to safeguard hong kong's autonomy from beijing's government he has been arrested he had been stepped out of the political limelight in recent years but in the past year he has been vocal about the protests along with him is jimmy lie he said tycoon a media mogul and

a very prominent businessman here he also had been arrested in february for unlawful gathering he now also has been arrested along with legislative councillors former legist lots of councillors and a very big names in hong kong's pro-democracy movement now it's still unclear why they have been arrested we have reached out to the police and they said that they will be releasing a statement but according to one of those legislative councillors who has been arrested he posted on social media say saying that it is most likely due to their involvement in protests in the past year particularly the one in august 18th which was a against hong kong's extradition law which once was to it was food which was removed since but 2.1.7000000 people took to the streets in hong kong in that protest so they believe that the reason these people are being arrested is because of their involvement in protest over the past year and

a pro-democrat pro democrats also say they fear that the government is taking advantage of the coronavirus situation where people can gather a card protest to crackdown on hong kong's democracy movement and davy i was going to ask you exactly about that i am curious about the timing of all of this because the protest movement has been somewhat subdued by the pandemic restrictions so why now exactly if they're already subdued wide why trying to arrest people now. absolutely the main reason is because there cannot be much we actually do this now one of the things we have seen particularly since the explosive protests of last year was a lot and then since then the government has quietly been trying to tighten its control over the pro-democracy movements and this is a particularly useful time for them to do it because people aren't allowed on the streets and people are aren't allowed to protest ana and the pro-democracy camp

basically says that this is the government's attempt at completely shooting down any democratic movements in the city and it is very timely in the sense that they can use laws that they put in place to guard against the coronavirus spread to and for social distancing against protesters david palin there for us in hong kong thank you very much. well the president of the philippines has vowed to crush the enemies of the government after 11 soldiers were killed by isolating fighters that attack happened in the south of the country as soldiers were carrying out security operations against abu sayyaf fighters and sunni province 14 troops were also left rented now returning to corona virus and the world health organization is warning that africa could become the next at the center of the corona virus pandemic the united nations says it's likely the pandemic will kill at least $300000.00 people

on the continent u.n. secretary general antonio terra's has said that africa needs more than $200000000000.00 to combat the virus. in the past week there has been a 51 percent increase in the number of reported cases in my own going to and africa and a 60 percent increase in the number of reported does with the current charlie doing testing kits it's likely that the real numbers are higher than reported. senior aide to nigeria's president has died of coronavirus complications of a carrier was president's. chief of staff kerry had underlying health problems including diabetes he became ill to traveling to germany and egypt last month brazil's president has defended his decision to fire his health minister who disagreed with his policies to tackle the virus they also are or has doubled down

on his plan to end restrictions and reopen brazil's economy victoria the reports a swearing in ceremony for brazil's new health minister nelson time the president jaya bo's'n already used the occasion to defend his controversial handling of the coronavirus pandemic not least his decision to fire his previous health minister louis debtor he refused to play down the risks of covert 90. history will judge us and i ask god that we are right the struggle to start opening up for business is a risk that i will try if it gets worse it's only what i believe and what lots of people are coming to realize is that the country has to open up. mandela wanted to implement world health organization guidelines but both sonora opposes social distancing measures when debt is sacking his worried brazilians. it's a bad idea because the guy was doing

a good job he's the guy who reassured the people asking them to stay at home but he went against also not opinions and so both are not to fight the guy but others agree with the president that the economy and jobs must come 1st. my company closed a month ago but i'll reopen it next monday i have no option i have 80 employees to go forward with respect to. more than 2000 brazilians have died so far from the corona virus making brazil the worst hit country in latin america in its worst affected state san paolo the governor extended the lockdown for another 3 weeks and warned the health care system is struggling to cope as. the intensive care units of public and private hospitals are receiving a larger number of patients each day and we already have some public hospitals at the edge of their capacity the president and his new health minister want an end to the lockdown but brazil's supreme court says that's

a decision of the state governors and city may as victoria gazing be al-jazeera. now even under a strict blockade by israel the occupied territory of gaza seems to have been able to keep the current of our situation on the control currently there are just 13 confirmed cases of the virus but its economy which was already struggling before the pandemic is now suffering even more and as harry force that reports the situation for farmers is getting desperate. farming in gaza was already an uncertain way to make a living israeli blockade restrict access to modern technologies and materials and to why the markets the coronavirus has made a bad situation much worse. part of the. people in gaza have lost their jobs and the coronavirus has completely crippled economic activity restaurants and kitchens are shut down wedding parties used to order lots of chicken and are now canceled almost all orders have been canceled. the hamas run

administration has begun some measures to keep the agriculture sector operating having banned agricultural exports entirely to ensure supply for gaza it's giving livestock farmers a $1000000.00 worth of vouchers for animal feed for the little. while the whole world is suffering because of coronavirus shutdowns we are trying to enhance resilience of this sector and keep it working at maximum capacity to guarantee the food security for people in gaza. but valma say it doesn't make up for their losses causes isolation thanks to the 14 year long israeli and egyptian siege made helped keep coronavirus largely out but it's also damaged the economy. unemployment last year was at 45 percent more than half the population lives in poverty the additional damage done by the closure of shops and restaurants means prices have tumbled. since the breakout of

coronavirus the commercial traffic is so weak because people are afraid it's added to the economic difficulties of gaza citizens people now prefer to save the money in their pockets. from next week the agriculture ministry is promising to extend support for vegetable farmers hit by a sudden drop in demand just weeks ago a one kilo bag of onions would cost $0.55 now it's half that image that are high november there for every bit of the situation remains as it is i will stop and stay at home because i can continue being from my pocket and i will not have enough to feed my children rather than a bit even if the virus itself is being kept at bay in gaza the fear of its long term economic effects is spreading force it out as era. now with gyms and recreation centers closed amid the global lockdown people are looking for creative ways to keep both mentally and physically fit and as emma haywood reports being

cooped up indoors as motivating would be athletes of all ages to stay healthy. lobstering ballet and gymnastics at 3. but with parks closed in classes council because of coronavirus she's finding new ways to keep active. the coronavirus pandemic has led to a big upsurge in online fitness classes for all ages from here and dance to a high intensity cardio workout and football it's all out there some people are even managing to run marathons inside here in the u.k. all gyms and leisure centers of close the door was in some parks are off limits because of the risk of transmitting the virus restrictions mean that people are being urged by britain's government to exercise just once a day and only with members of your own household but many people fitness is part of their daily life and under normal circumstances this place is full of different

ages and abilities but they can play at the moment. steve mcginty is a retired teacher who plays golf and swims regularly refer to. strong. if you give up and say. my exercise program today. and the day if you. are a little are coming spurs you want to do more the next. many of us are changing our lives significantly during this crisis to stay safe and trying to stay fit is a challenge but doctors say it could also help protect us now and in the future but i think it's really important to take advantage of any options you have to exercise when you know you're not go outside for war critic taking advantage of that and also utilizing some of and videos that might be available online or things you

might be able to do in home with yourself your family members your kids maybe teaming up with some friends over the internet and reading. at each of the chip count trying to get and some of that physical exercise every day 90 seconds be good for your fiscal house it's going to be good for your mental health some people are using this time to try out new ways of keeping fit none of us know how long this crisis will last or how long it will be to alter our lives and he would lincolnshire. have m.s. as al-jazeera and these are the headlines investigations are underway into the deaths of people in aged care homes during the current virus pandemic in the us canada and italy it's fear the thousands of such fatalities are going on reported around the wild the governor of washington state has accused the president of fermenting domestic rebellion that's after donald trump sent tweets encouraging

americans to protest against lockdown measures in several states pakistan is stepping up measures to contain the spread of the virus before ramadan as cases there past 7000 a virtual meeting is underway between the government and religious leaders have always to observe social distancing missions to has more from islamabad there are warnings there congregational prayer or congregations of any short. period of situation that would be very difficult to go a different dog for the government regarding some of the clerics are defying they have been holding friday prayers defied the ban and the government on the other hand trying to get rid of them there live the holy mosques in mecca and medina are closed they did nor do going forward 'd to be. prepared for delicate sensitive issue let's see how it plays out. a senior aide to nigeria's president has died of

coronavirus complications of a carrier as president's. chief of staff gary had underlying health problems including diabetes he became ill after traveling to germany and egypt last month more than a dozen pro-democracy politicians and activists in hong kong have been arrested for taking part in an authorized protests last year and comes after renewed concerns about the chinese territories autonomy the president of the philippines has vowed to crush the enemies of the government after 11 soldiers were killed by ice a link to fight says the attack happened in the south of the country as the soldiers were carrying out security operations against abu sayyaf itas in studio province 14 troops will win it all those are the headlines join me for more news here on al-jazeera off the inside story stay with us talk to al-jazeera we squabble you will force was when you saw that document for the 1st story we

listen to after world war saying you'll be in to go build united states of you but we will not be with you we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on the ground 0. 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 hour minutely change the way we work this is inside story . hello welcome to the program i'm burnitz the coronavirus pandemic has fundamentally changed the way we live in just the last few months governments trying to halt the spread.