and. say an arab perspective. on the just. the hidden death toll from the coronavirus investigations underway into care homes in the us canada and italy where it's believed thousands have died from the disease . hello again i'm the stars here today and this is al jazeera live from doha with continuing extensive coverage of the pandemic including. the u.s. president is accused of inciting rebellion as supporters join his call to quote

liberate states from lockdown. after weeks of isolation and infighting about brazil's coronavirus strategy the president appoints a new ally. and in other news hong kong police arrest several key pro-democracy figures. now they've been the forgotten victims of the coronavirus but now the effect of the pandemic on people living in aged care homes around the wild is becoming painfully apparent a survey in new york state has found 19 nursing homes reported 20 or more deaths and recent weeks but that report only included a fraction of facilities in the states with the figures also believed to be much higher nationally and canada a nursing home in montreal is under investigation after 31 deaths were uncovered or thirty's found other residents dirty. unfed in their beds after some stuff led to

the facility in the u.k. many deaths in care homes aren't being included in official figures it's estimated they could be as high as $7500.00 and in italy the military blocked off a nursing home near rome off to 118 patients that tested positive 5 had already died while an investigation is also underway as a milan nursing home where at least 190 people have died since the beginning of march while the crisis has also shed light on underlying issues in the us system with many homes accused of putting profits before people's well being she had pretends he 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 will 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 facilities and it wasn't all be gated to telenet about her mother's positive covert 900 test because she wasn't her primary goody and bernie stafford turner's brother fred is a resident of the canterbury rehab center in virginia he's tested positive for the virus doesn't have a roommate in the room it is also a test. and there is no barrier between the 2 of them which means that they are not truly calling i asked. twice that i was. called in 1000. and 8 is because of the emergency room what is the plan and he said we don't have a brain. so what does that tell us mainly 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 sit in. front of our reserves is that. if there is an emergency situation then burdick would you. be less. i. guess. it is just 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 low b. for a long held goal immunity from prosecution for negligence she had written see al-jazeera . oh mary louise mccall us as a professor of epidemiology and health care infection at the university of new south wales from australia she says managing the crisis inside a care home is 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 such as 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're there now that it's very hard to wear a mask per full shift they're the hot they're on 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 for mentoring domestic rebellion and spreading lies after he signaled support for conservatives who are 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 liberate 3 states a day after he said it's up to governors to decide when and how to ease restrictions

and gallagher has more 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 these ladies 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 and other 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 in a 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 the. 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 let's take you to some other news now and pro-democracy supporters in hong kong say at least 14 politicians and activists have been arrested in connection with last year's mass protests china's government office in hong kong said on friday it's not bound by laws preventing beijing from interfering in hong kong's affairs our correspondent david pollan is in hong kong and she says the people who've been arrested are very well knowing. these are very high profile figures in hong kong's pro-democracy movement and they clued martin leaves 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 largest lot 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 counselors who has been arrested he posted on social media saying that it is most likely due to their involvement in protests in the past year particularly the one in august 18th which was against hong kong's extradition law which was removed since but

1700000 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 now the president of the philippines as valen to crush the government's enemies to fight is linked to isolate killed 11 soldiers another 14 were wounded in the southern muslim majority province of sunni where the army is combating of the cya feiss well it speaks tamil and dog and she is joining us from the headquarters of the philippine army in manila jamila quite the statement there from the task a what can we expect in the coming days. well you know what this showed basically the van the rebuild the of the philippine military as you know it is already at the forefront of fighting the pandemic across the entire region of luzon it's leading the national action plan it's leading all the efforts on the ground but then at the same time it continues its battle on so many fronts in order to kill or really this this area in sulu in the southern

philippines the most militarized area in the country with at least 4 major armed groups with strongholds there and of course the very big group that authorities with the abu sayyaf which is pledged allegiance to i still a few years ago there is no surprise to the statement of president of their day and we're expecting basically operations additional operations to go after those were believed to have been behind the attack against more than 10 soldiers who were killed and more than $5014.00 wounded but what this really shows basically is that the situation remains the same that the spike the pandemic the philippine military military remains vulnerable in so many areas and the resources are stretched at the moment it's obvious what we're expecting in the coming weeks or so basically possibly would be more troops on the ground tighter restrictions in many areas in sulu already really heavily militarized and making their access very difficult in many of these areas we had been to this area near practical and this is really

a very difficult area it's hilly a lot of these areas are outside government control are within the controls of rebel groups of armed groups than the tories i would say are groups and there is no possibility really that the truce will even happen unlike the what is we're seeing in different parts of the world where because of the pandemic there has been a sea there's been declared cease fire not with the abu sayyaf there are no possibility that the military will negotiate with this group at all about and again there for us in there and i thank you jim. well we have more coronavirus coverage ahead on al-jazeera including the slim pickings of flump in prices of making life even tougher a pharmacy. in. the works. to is. still exercising we report on the methods to keep it curing up.

hello there were thunderstorms you may have seen or heard them last night if you're in france or england they're still around on that arc of cloud that stretches back down toward spain and with this cloud developing in the western med if you're in eastern spying today's disappointing day and you see the blue which represents showers spreading into germany in the low countries to doing the work to which will develop into sunday storms in eastern europe or at least some part of the you could still quite warm for example you can still have picnics was social distancing in prague in the czech republic but that one is certainly lost because this arc of clarity is a cold front that's a northerly breeze temperatures are dropping and the forecast for vienna proves the point such day might be fine for the fungus or on sunday down to 16 which is the average temperature in the sun comes out again on monday but the temperature has to dropped that's happening in europe there is an effect still in the northwest of

africa but this line is developing rain significant raymer tinier and algeria probably will fall nobody's had it being more or less in desert the reason easter egypt and answer sudan and chad is increasing a bit so it could be dusty the tensions the hell are still in the low forty's there are a shower still to the sounds that creeping in but lagos typifies the full cost. isolating times the listening post cuts through the noise looking at another side of this story not the information around the outbreak but. separating propaganda from fact it's reality and you have to leave. exposing the optics trying to manipulate the rhetoric and shift blame but they cannot manipulate the fires delish your it's like

going to the media 0. and again. a reminder of our top stories this hour the deaths of people in aged care homes in the us canada and italy are being investigated but thousands of some of the fatalities linked to the coronavirus wild wild and being reported. the governor of washington state has accused u.s. president donald trump of fermenting domestic rebellion that's after he took to twitter encouraging people to protest against measures in several democratic states . and pro-democracy supporters in hong kong say beast 14 politicians and activists

have been arrested in connection with mass protests last year china's government office in hong kong said on friday it's not bound by laws preventing beijing from interfering. brazil's president has defended his decision to fire the health minister who disagreed with his policies to tackle the coronavirus they also are always defying his critics by doubling down on plans to lift restrictions to restart south america's largest economy and tory occasionally reports a swearing in ceremony for brazil's new health minister nelson time the president jaya both sonora 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 19. 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 take if it gets worse it's on me what i believe and what lots of people are coming to realize is that the country has to work to not. mandate who wanted to implement world health organization guidelines but both opposes social distancing measures when debt is sacking has 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 bolton are on fire 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. 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 gates be al-jazeera. well health officials in mexico are increasing calls for people to wash their hands regularly with soap and water to counter the spread of the corona virus that tens of thousands of residents in mexico city's poorest districts don't have running. reports. like millions of residents of mexico city. health officials trying to stay indoors though it's not always easy when you share a home with 13 people. the weather has been hot and to make matters worse there's

a water shortage. it can be 2 weeks without any flowing water we can go 15 days without water we can figure it out but it can be complicated to keep water reserves to hold you for 50. mean lives in. the most impoverished district of mexico city. and many have been forced to adapt. when there is water pressure on the hose directly to the container then we are declaring tablets because that water shows up dirty but by the time it comes out transparent it comes out clean. there are some $60000.00 families in this part of the mexican capital regular access to fresh water. it's the public water delivery workers. to help fill the demand. for. different people saving their water. twice

a week people can get quite angry. that an additional $250.00 water trucks would be deployed to help ensure that people can maintain basic hygiene but for many here access to water is only one of the many challenges they've had to face since the. 19 pandemic put daily life on. them they tell us to take precautions to wash our hands anti-bacterial town where are we going to get that tony i'm a single mother i haven't been working i have 4 teenagers to care for in my case i am desperate but there are many families that are in the same condition. until now the policy of mexico's federal government has been to inform and encourage people to keep their hands clean and to self isolate though many in mexico might recognize

the government's wash your hands jingle it's estimated that almost 50 percent of the country's population does not have regular access to the water necessary to wash with but rather up a little mexico city. pakistan's prime minister is seeking expert information about how to stop the spread as the reported an affection total vesa process $7001.00 khan's asking the leading agency in the fight against coronavirus for more accurate data on infections health care workers are concerned that the total could actually be much higher because of limited testing and some hardline clerics are defying the government's ban on groups of more than 5 people and mosques president is leading a meeting with religious leaders about precautionary measures during the holy month of ramadan which starts next week to has more from islamabad on how the government and some religious leaders are at odds. 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 gradient through entered one. came up and said that they would take their part particularly during the holy month of ramadan return less than a week away the government then warning the religious leaders any increase in the number of infections or death toll mounting that day would be held responsible but today what is happening is that the president of pakistan has taken the initiative a revealing conference is underway right now between him and the religious clerics to try to arrive at some sort of a consented in order to ensure that precautionary steps are taken a difficult start for the government because some of the clerics are defined they have been holding friday prayers despite the ban and the government on the other hand trying to convince them to live the holy march in mecca and medina did no

reason to be congregational prayers or delicate sensitive issue let's see how it plays out now even under a strict blockade by israel the occupying territory of gaza seems to have kept the coronavirus under control there is just 12 confirmed cases there but its economy which was already struggling before the pandemic is under more pressure and as high for several points families are getting desperate. farming in gaza was already an uncertain way to make a living is ready blockade restrict access to modern technologies and materials and to wider markets but coronavirus has made a bad situation much worse. 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 cancelled.

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. we are trying to enhance resilience of this sector and keep it working at maximum capacity to guarantee the food security for people. but farmers say it doesn't make up for their losses gaza's 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 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 their 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. toss that in with that or her november there for a bit. if 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 hundreds of it. even if the virus itself is being kept at bay in gaza the fear of its long term economic effects is spreading very force that i'll just 0. now with and recreation centers closed during the global lockdown people are getting creative to keep mentally and physically fit and as emma hayward reports being

cooped up indoors is motivating people 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 their doors and 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 for 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. stronger you're actually. if you give up and say. my exercise program today. 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 opportunities that you have to exercise when you know you're not go outside for war critics taking advantage of that and also utilizing some of and videos that might be available online or things

that 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. each of the chicano trying to get in 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 he will be asked to alter our lives and he would lincolnshire. and again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines the deaths of elderly people in care homes in the us canada and italy are being investigated it's fair that thousands of similar fatalities linked to the coronavirus wild wild aren't being reported as the governor of washington state has accused the us president of fermenting domestic rebellion that's after donald trump took to twitter encouraging

americans to protest against lockdown measures in several states pakistan's prime minister is seeking expert information about how to stop the spread as the reported infection total less a pos is $7000.00 and pakistan's president is meeting religious leaders about precautionary measures during the holy month of ramadan which begins next week to has more from his around about. our 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 because some of the clerics are defying they have been holding friday prayers defied the ban and the government on the other hand trying to convince them they live the holy mosques in mecca and medina are closed they did nor do going forward to be. prayer your delicate sensitive a few. plays out. the mayor of a city in ecuador says it's been hit like

a bomb hospitals and overwhelmed and refrigerated containers are storing bodies the government says the virus has killed around $400.00 people nationwide but doctors say many more have died in the city and the surrounding region well some of the news now and police in hong kong have confirmed the arrest of 14 pro-democracy supporters politicians and activists in connection with mass protests last year china's government office in hong kong said on friday it's not bound by laws preventing beijing from interfering in hong kong's affair with. the president of the philippines is valen to crush the government's enemies after a fight is linked to eisele king killed 11 soldiers another 14 were wounded in the southern muslim majority province of sooty where the army is combating fighters. well those are the headlines join me for more news here and listening post do stay with us on out of there as corona virus continues to devastate the united states

the race to the white house goes on joe biden has all but secured his place is the democratic nominee but can he beat still trump joined us for continuing coverage of the u.s. election 2020 on al-jazeera. and now a terrible thing to hear you getting our objective is to kill a black. if i'm going to get there now. because they got caught and they've taken the right approach another day another politician standing official with. hello i'm richard gilbert and you're watching the listening post here are some of the coronavirus stories the media angles that we're covering from home this week the casualty figures are climbing in the u.k. yet most of the british media are failing to hold the government to account locked in with covert 19 across the world prisoners are trying to get their stories out israel's prime minister decides mass surveillance is the best way to check the

spread of the virus he has a ready made template to do it and say you cannot.