socially disadvantaged young men so you have this system where people at every level will begin being given money money to agree to sterilization on money to get other people to meet a certain station al-jazeera examines the politics of population control. this is al jazeera. i know i'm right matheson and this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes the hidden death toll from corona virus investigations are underway into care homes in the u.s. canada and italy but it's believed thousands have died from the disease. flattening the car of how tough measures in the indian state of cattle are showing the way in the fight against the pandemic. in

the u.s. president thomas accused of inciting rebellion as he supports calls to liberate some states from locked up. and in other news hong kong police arrest several key the pro-democracy figures. numb from the hamas with all the schools as one of the world's leading health experts warns against going ahead with the tokyo olympics next year and that's a vaccine for the corn a virus is found. there the hidden victims of corona virus the frail and the elderly often dying behind closed doors uncounted sometimes uncared for a survey in new york state has found 19 nursing homes reported 20 or more deaths in recent weeks but that only includes a. fraction of the facilities in the state where the figure is believed to be much

higher across the us in canada a nursing home in montreal is under investigation after $31.00 deaths were uncovered their son stuff had fled the facility leaving residents dirty and unfed in their beds in the u.k. many deaths in care homes aren't included in the fischel figures and says to make it to be as high as 7 a half 1000 and in italy the military has blocked off a nursing home near role model 100 in 18 patients tested positive 5 had already died and at least 190 people have died in the milan care home since the beginning of march and the crisis has shed light on underlying issues in the us system with many homes accused of putting profit before the well being of elderly people shihab rattansi 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 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 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 facilities and it wasn't all be gated 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 it is also a test. 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 says it will bring. 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 a new study has found as a result the push for profits over care has intensified patient volume and revenue have increased but starting and salaries have decreased as a federal ratings based on kaffir patients sit in. front of god is not and. if there is an emergency situation then better it would. be less. and 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

. as we had earlier corona virus related deaths in care homes in the u.k. are still not being recorded in the official pandemic death toll of brennan's joining us live from london paul given the circumstances in the u.k. it is surprising perhaps that these numbers are not being floated why is that that we know. essentially it's down to testing and the lack of testing in those cat homes the most recent statistics that we have are dating back to april the 3rd and yet i spoke to one of the biggest british health care providers or cat home providers which see one earlier this week on tuesday and they said the corona virus was now present in 2 thirds of the homes now this is a provider that runs more than 300 homes up and down england wales said that the cold fact is that because testing in the u.k. only happens for hospital patients who are presenting with suspected coronavirus people in the care homes or not being detected as official coronavirus statistics

on the government stance on that is if they're not actually being tested on the death certificates they cannot include them in the official statistics paula as far as the u.k. itself is concerned there is still this ongoing issue as well with personal protection equipment being issued to medical stuff i understand there are some day of the developments that are going on there what's been happening. well in the last couple of days in fact in the last 24 hours there's been a very interesting change of policy by the health authorities here have been shortages of personal protective equipment and the royal college of nursing which represents nurses in the b.m.a. which represents doctors has been highlighting it according to a survey published today by the royal college of nursing 51 percent of nurses are being asked to reuse items of p.p. which is actually marked for single use now it's not really acceptable say the

union so what has happened is that the authorities have changed their policy changed the guidelines instead of nurses the previous guidelines said they should be wearing long sleeved fluid repellent gowns what they are now saying is that well if that's not possible and there are 3 other options including including reuse they said some compromise is needed to optimize the supply of p p a in times of extreme shortages chris hopson chairman of the n.h.s. providers that represents the hospitals for example for that on standing in front of said we have now reached the point where the national stock of these long sleeve fluid repellent downs will be exhausted in 24 to 48 hours nursing staff medical staff of being put on the front line. well at the risk of not having to correct protection pub running bringing us up to date live from london thanks a lot paul cheers. well pakistan's prime minister wants more information about how to stop the spread as the reported infection total so passes 7001 khan's asking the

leading agency in the fight against corona virus to get more accurate data on infections health care workers are concerned the total could be much higher because of limited testing some hardline clerics are defying the government's ban on groups of more than 5 people in mosques president arafat's v. is chairing a meeting with religious leaders about adopting precautionary measures jewing ramadan hiders in islamabad with more now on how the government and some religious leaders are other dogs this is proving to be a big challenge for the government because the government has imposed restrictions on congregational prayers and marks all over the country however a bunch of cleric ready and to enter one of their dad came up and said that they would not take their particularly during the holy month of ramadan return less than a week away the government then warning the religious leaders that any increase in

the number of infections or the death toll mounting that day would be held responsible but today what did happening is that the president of pakistan has taken the initiate gave a radio link conference is underway right now between him and the religious clerics to try to arrive at some sort of a contented 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 band and the government on the other hand trying to can read them there live the holy march in mecca and medina did no reason for there to be congregational prayers said for delicate sensitive issue let's see how it plays out. anya's communist state of cattle is being hailed for its fight against the spread of the corona virus analysts say the southern state has managed to flatten the curve with aggressive testing contact tracing as well as

long periods of quarantine carola confirmed its 1st covered in 1000 case in india in late january a coastal state has 400 cases and 3 deaths but it's reported a 30 percent drop in the 1st week of a problem t.m. thomas isaac is the finance minister in cattle he told al-jazeera the state pursued a rigorous approach to testing and it made me well since. we traced all the holiday for the last fortnight and test ordered by them was traced. the team is broke and there has been a making camp mean also or what we call physical distance in. social movement in we don't call it social distancing because physical distance. kayla has a large making a book national would say working in. europe and so and therefore there's that you made national progress stuff when you had to do the gobble jobs. in the state pick

it up by our great national chain now of the world to live person so early. and suddenly i'm down what happened in the last poll that had run the number don't got up so you should be really wants to go. but you know because the national road only kunsan them and therefore we're wearing saying nobody can prove trends nobody can be almost good for the quarters you get a lot. and if you fight any. don't suffer should be hated me graham. local governments are asked to set up. and also your influence. and for every one of the democratic governor of the us state of washington has accused donald trump of fomenting domestic rebellion and spreading lies after trump segment support for conservatives protesting against

a lockdown rolls hundreds have joined rallies across the country demanding an end to the summer that the president has urged his supporters on twitter to liberate 3 states and they often he said it's up to governors to decide when and how to ease restrictions well 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 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 the 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 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 this 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. ok let me take you back to that story out of pakistan where the some hardline clerics have been defying government requests to ban the groups of more than 5 people in mosques were telling is a political columnist and a strategic affairs analyst he's joining us now from islamabad thanks very much indeed for joining us on why are the religious leaders pushing back on this

well this is blame guns over. us and. a lack of understanding of the seriousness of the threat posed by a coronavirus you know we are a country where number one we don't we don't have a lot of testing at the present time so true measure of the expansion of ronald waters is not known so distracted now that if these religious groups who are opposing the government openly and even those who are with the government like few minutes ago a group of all of all and much shine the scholars and the and the saints who had a sign to you know communicating with the government on the whole on 20 why it's not that good many prayers but in the last during ramadan even men dave would you know go to the mosque their level of it is never the less level of social responsibility riddick line because this is the way the behavior is so social and

national behavior is so on the one hand the government is dealing with the motor saying and saying are elements now back. i've mentioned the problem with you but on the other hand you have hardliners who go to any extent to any gathering and they really just get i think you know congregate in the mosque and then being drawn close proximity to each other that could result in massive massive expansion of coronavirus in pakistan message spread of gronow wires you know we are talking about millions of people who would who would be saying prayers at 8 30 pm in particular which of course ramadan prayers and this is the trends that we're facing at the present time and the government is trying its best i can say to. you and shock and bomb the people that let's be careful once this friends i mean there's no

stopping pakistan and then again many of the so let me offer up. forgive me for interrupting you but i'm fortunate time is slightly tight but i do want to ask you one thing given the fact that some of these hardline leaders are determined that people should come together and yet it's widely accepted that social distancing is one of the easiest ways or best ways was defective ways of keeping the virus at bay they surely must know that as a result of their policy some people at least are going to die how did they rationalize that thought with this determination to bring people together. i hold this issue that you raised rationalizing why do you and practicing in a manner that will be documented elected security of the country i hope they are truly understand that but the reality is as i said. there are those who are openly publicly upholding the government and they would be going to the early just

gatherings now you know do it in a moment on and after ramadan on nuclear you know the but it ended out those lot better do you siding with the government as i said earlier but when they actually practice do the things you know rather tried to be the things right even they unintentionally now could be meeting each other this is that having this is that behavior this is a collective behavior in the country and this psychological and social problem and really just problem in the country is a big one that even if you have the day coming any distance and social distance you are actually yet to get a good start talking says and even after the prayers that sit down talk for a long time in close proximity and therefore get a lot of caution and this is the problem that the government. is saying you're going to pick forgive me for interrupting i say i stained unfortunately it were

slightly tight for time but topic presider we do appreciate your joining us on al-jazeera and giving us the benefit of your knowledge on that thank you thank you . 20 more ahead on the news hour including u.n. recognized government forces in libya attempt to regain control of wall of the $400.00 largest base we're going to have the latest. after weeks of isolation and infighting over brazil's coronavirus strategy the president appoints a new ally. and the english premier league maps out a plan to save its season details in sport later in the program. forces fighting for the un recognized government in libya are advancing on the largest stronghold in the west of the country the town of tal who is the target of government troops after they regained control of 7 coastal cities from the wall its forces earlier this week off to launch his offensive to capture the capital tripoli

a year ago let's go live to our correspondent would of the wall had in tripoli just give us some context here mahmoud if you would how significant a move is this. it's very significant of course because as you know that to the city of the horn about 70 kilometers to the east and south from the capital tripoli is the main stronghold for have to the forces in the west of the country in fact it has the operation room that has been around by ford in foreign military experts including egyptian immorality of russian military experts according to the government military sources and from there the running battles in southern tripoli as you know that the government forces are now trying to cross into the vicinity of the city of from several axes and eyewitnesses in the vicinity of that who now tell us that the whole area is being shaken by

explosions by the sounds of heavy artillery being fired from both sides as you know that the majority of have to his forces in southern tripoli they belong to the who now city they are from the city after horner's so this move by the government forces on the horn or could force most of the forces have to us forces in southern italy to pull out of southern tripoli to try to defend their own and in both cases have the forces are not in a good situation as you know that have to this was to have just suffered a setback in the worst of libya as they lost almost the west of libya after the government forces took control of the major coastal cities in the west of the country and they are now in the vicinity of. also another airbase used by

have to the forces and those of libya so the significance of the city of daraa and if it falls so the government forces him is that have those forces have no stronghold in the west of the country except a little for it which is in the south of libya which. been used by have to the forces to send in troops and ammunition to the west other countries so now the clashes are going on in the vicinity of huna and the government forces say that they are shelling you have to disperse with heavy weapons our correspondent mahmoud giving us that update from tripoli thanks very much for this concern in hong kong that beijing could be escalating a campaign to limit the region's autonomy china's central government office in the city said on friday it's not bound by laws preventing beijing from interfering in hong kong's affairs this was followed by a wave of arrests at least 14 pro-democracy politicians and activists have been taken away by police reportedly for their role in last year's mass protests david

growth plans joining me live from hong kong just give us a little bit of background if you could on the people who've been arrested 1st of all. well reads like a list of who's who of hong kong's democracy movement among them is the man known as the father of democracy in hong kong he's 81 year old martin lee he was one of the architects of the basic law and that was a constitution drawn up when hong kong turned from a british colony back into the hands of china and that constitution essentially safeguards hong kong's it tanami as so despite his democratic actions over the over the past few years and decades this is the 1st time he says he has ever been arrested along with him is jimmy life haikus in a big business man here and also the owner of a very popular local pro-democracy newspaper this is the 2nd time he's been

arrested since february for his part in protests now one of the protests that cited by the police and they gave a press conference not long ago was the august 18th protest that was against the extradition law which is now defunct it was it was seen as compromising hong kong's judicial independence nearly a quarter of hong kong's population had marched during that protest the other protest cited by the police was also a mass protest now what's also interesting is most of these pro-democracy activists which include those arrested include legislative councillors former legislative councillors are all mostly moderate they were not involved in the violent protests of last year or so many are questioning why these people are being arrested at this point in time do you go to one in hong kong thanks deborah the president of the philippines is vowing to crush the government sentiments after fighters linked to

eisele killed 11 soldiers another 14 were wounded in the southern muslim majority province of sulu but the army is combating up to say if fighters. in manila jamila onondaga and says the philippines army could be especially vulnerable right now. what this exposed though is the vulnerability of the philippine military at this point it is leading basically operations to help fight this pandemic here in metro manila in the whole entire region of luzon but it also shows that it still continues to face battle and wars and so many fronts we're just not talking about the abu sayyaf it's also currently fighting the commune this insurgency now the declaration of the government of rescue operations and that that the. pursuit of those who are believed to be behind this attack is definitely ongoing we have been talking to officials on the ground where they said basically pursuit operations are well underway but what is expected though is the situation to

basically me become even more difficult in the coming days or weeks what we've seen in the past though when a situation like this happens that more troops are deployed on the ground the stricter measures are imposed and basically more officers troops are needed to be deployed in basically in this area so what we're seeing basically according to the government we're hearing reports that maybe in the coming hours perhaps that some of the bodies of these troops of these soldiers may be flown to manila by tonight or early tomorrow morning but what this means though basically is that this big this attack is the biggest attack that they've had in salou for over a year now and it really shows that the resources of the philippine military is stretched. i saw him for the weather and here's what i understand that things have been hotting up in brisbane and they haven't we haven't been talking much about australia after the sudden summer when all the news was bad news that she's turning the big good when 1st of all this is the point the star story brisbane and casino which is just over the border it 34 on friday may not seem too hot to you but it's

the whole safer day in 14 years because the wind is coming out the interior is always what drives the temperatures astray where the wind is coming from especially in the summer but we're changing to water now that streams is great the average for brisbane is 27 so we're 7 above that of course you push that little cold front thing through and you expect temperatures to change because the winds of change direction that's exactly what is happening at the moment about 28 degrees is the highest has just been recorded now the rest as you see of this part of australia is relatively quiet and is not a lot to talk about in the immediate future we will see on sunday some significant showers in queens and maybe in bits of new south wales but this is autumn now and we think of stored things with a bite and you get the temps going down the rain coming in in fact the talk in the background it's a bit more than rumor is it could well be the start of a wet spell for australia this winter which is a good thing but the conditions aren't quite there so time being the fronts run

through and they've tasmania and it's when it's a person's 2011 and it's got a couple more days of rain to come and the wait a month is not yet over rob thanks very much indeed now still ahead on al-jazeera slim pickings a slump in prices is making life even tougher for farmers in gaza. and boxing champion anthony joshua says he's ready to fight one of his biggest rivals behind closed doors more details coming up in the sports. throughout history. has come together in our darkest this is a moment. for pretty much the odds. laying low saving humankind by really really not getting near it every generation has its moment where individual sacrifice makes way for the good of those who come after this one is ours.

eyes only tests. and trace frank assessments why is it it's only struggling to cope with a number of her own failure to take really aggressive action at them behind her informed opinions it's going to be much more challenging in a place like eva there's one then 2 later 3000000 of in-depth analysis of the day global headlines as india done enough to nip the spread of a lot of ours in the inside story on al-jazeera. lulu to.

you want to know does it up my mind about top stories this hour the deaths of people in aged care homes in the us canada and italy are being investigated it's feared thousands of similar fatalities linked to corona virus worldwide aren't being reported. the governor of washington state has accused us president donald trump of fomenting domestic rebellion that's after the president took to twitter encouraging people to protest against lockdown in several democratic states. police in hong kong have confirmed the arrest of 14 pro-democracy politicians and activists 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 . what claudio mo is a pro-democracy legislator in the hong kong parliament she's joining us from there we appreciate your time and thank you very much indeed so the chinese government saying that it is not bound by the laws preventing beijing from interfering from

a legal standpoint is that correct. the correct term in that they just interpret team the lowell china that i am for low according to china the oldies yes since 1907 they say leave a solemn office as the setup by beijing and home call is considered to me if i'm the basic law when the constitution now somehow it transcends this basic law it's. the basic lol is that a genius in effect telling hong kong people that it's an authority it's about the lol in hong kong and that this is fairly worrying because we're supposed to have one country 2 systems now it's one country at most $1.00 systems how do you think that the protesters that we saw on the streets of hong kong

a few months ago are going to react to this action. the people were angry that's for sure but then they also understand that beijing is currently loose in patience with hong kong people that we're just rather like a disobedient teenagers with too much testosterone the something that they didn't just come greet hong kong truckling as a book a simple read read us and understand our desperation for democracy but they refuse to take any negatives of that and at the moment i think and most of us here at the local legislature within the democratic camp think that to beijing has been very explaining wary and with talk about achieving a majority at the upcoming legislative council election in september and if that

actually happens it's not just going to be a loss of planes that also lets you lost the grips of a home column when it comes to beijing so students must train now hong kong the fast and the ones who are not just bad mouth us that to actually clamp down on us they have been met lying in wait and they decided to hounds on mouse and today they've arrested attention loved teen democrats today one last one. though the rest only happened a couple of hours ago and he's an existing lawmaker within the democratic camp do you think that the people of color are going to be so angry about this latest action that we might see

a return to the violence and the protests on the streets of hong kong that we saw a few months ago. that the protests will definitely come back after this virus attack except. i'm not too sure about the final ins bit because when it comes to violence when which seem too much police violence police brutality in hong kong it gets no proportion no right and people are feeling not. the reality and they think that they have every right to. conduct the fens if they got attacked by the police so how do you define violence here well it depends right but then definitely this sort of. social and political unrest will resurface once this virus. and lock down

become. a matter of history we really appreciate your giving us the benefits of your insight on this claudia mo is a pro-democracy legislator and hong kong parliament thank you so much for your time . well let's return to our coverage of the corona virus pandemic and there continues to be growing discord between u.s. governors and president donald trump when it comes to their roles around testing christensen amid reports 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 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 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 a 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 mail directly to people's homes the united states is currently testing just under 150000 people per day for the corona virus but experts say millions of tests per day will be needed to reopen the

country safely and new york's governor insists that 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 nada in unrestricted the 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 christensen in the al jazeera new york. what obama migrants deported from the united states have tested positive for corona virus deportation flights have been suspended after the migrants landed back home on monday u.s. health more cars tested

a random selection and at least 12 of them have the virus which is widespread in the states brazil's president has defended his decision to fire the health minister who disagreed with his policies to tackle the virus jailable so nado is defying his critics by doubling down on plans to lift restrictions to restart south america's largest economy victoria getting rid of course. a swearing in ceremony for brazil's new health minister nelson time the president jaya balls and already used the occasion to defend his controversial handling of the coronavirus pandemic not least his decision to fire his previous health minister louis cayman deta 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 try 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 open up. mandela wanted to

implement world health organization guidelines but both n.r.o. opposes social distancing measures planned at a 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 north opinions and so bolton are all 5 a 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 i super easy for my idea of 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. ecuador's worst hit city is reeling from a huge surge in covert 1000 deaths officially the virus has killed around 400 people nationwide but doctors say many more have died in the city and the surrounding region the government has started using giant refrigerated containers to store bodies the city's mayor says koeppen $1000.00 hit it like a bomb and overwhelmed hospitals. police in peru have detained around 150 people for breaking quarantine measures that was stopped on a main road out of the capital lima said they were trying to go home to their villages because they've lost their jobs and fear starvation if they stay in the

city a lockdown has been announced in sudan's capital khartoum that's fit to be in place for the next 3 weeks the decision was made as the health ministry announced a sharp increase in people who've contracted covert 19 that reported 30 new cases in the last day bringing the total number of those infected to 6610 people there have died. traffic was heavy in iran's capital on saturday morning as authorities allowed some businesses to reopen while some health experts have warned that may be opening too soon and iran's government says it's time to shift the focus back to the economy. has more on the easing restrictions. after nearly 2 months of being closed because of the coronavirus businesses in the iranian capital are waking up from their hibernation for main street shops like this in open areas the city's prime real estate it is business as usual but for covered markets where there are bottlenecks where dense crowds can gather the government says it's still too

dangerous to open up any of the shops in those spaces but the traders we've spoken to in teheran is back alley bazaars they've told us that not only have they not made any money for months but it will take many more months to get back on their feet they say they too need to pay their rent and meet their expenses let alone try to turn a profit and that they hope that the government lifts the remaining control measures entirely in the coming weeks now president hassan rouhani has championed the idea of what he calls smart distancing things start going back to normal but people simultaneously maintain strict rules of hygiene but iran's deputy health minister who contracted coby 1000 himself in recent days he said that iran is the country's achilles heel a weak point when it comes to fighting this virus and government figures do suggest that the infection and death rates are going down and everyone here also hopes that it stays that way but the government has now effectively shifted the onus put the onus on its people and after weeks of being indoors there is this isolation fatigue

there is toward him so people here are ready to go back to work it's more crowded in downtown to run than it has been in weeks but there are also skeptical voices in the government that say the rush to reopen could backfire and that people in the country should be prepared for the possibility of a 2nd wave of the virus. a german cruise ship has departed western australia after being docked for 3 weeks following an outbreak of the virus on board as they are tawny a set sail from fremantle crew members and some of the few remaining passengers waved to crowds who gathered to watch a total of $79.00 passengers and crew tested positive 3 people from the ship died from a covert 19 after it had docked well even under a strict blockade by israel the occupied territory of gaza seems to have kept the coronavirus under control there are just 12 confirmed cases but its economy which was already struggling before the pandemic is under more pressure and it's out in

force and reports farmers are getting desperate. farming in gaza was already an uncertain way to make a living the israeli blockade restrict access to modern technologies and materials and to widen 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. 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. 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 pharma say it doesn't make up for their losses gaza's isolation thanks to the 14 year long israeli and egyptian siege may have 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 a lot. 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 it's half that in ways that are high november there is a bit. of the situation remains as it is i will stop and stay at home because i can't continue being from my pocket and i would not have enough to feed my children whether they're not. even if the virus itself is being kept at bay in gaza the fear of its long term economic effects is spreading a force that i'll just 0. supporters next on al-jazeera the woman's n.b.a. draft takes place virtually a special tribute to kobe bryant's daughter. who is on trial from rape to genocide the government stands accused of committing atrocities. one o one needs to investigate on al-jazeera. as the sun goes down

chad russia is a very challenging place as a journalist even told you. folks here say you can't do it it's not allowed to feel pushing your always pushing boundaries hard of the central front on to a loving god people are being taken for peacefully flock here to the city sad for me i don't want traveling the extra mile where are the media go go we go there and we give them a chance to tell their story. every generation has a higher purpose. ours is to stay. with

gyms and recreation centers closed during the global walked on 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. shana i love storing ballet and gymnastics at 3 she's school of energy 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 that some people are even managing to run marathons in size here in the u.k. all gyms and leisure centers of close that 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 all different ages and abilities but they can play at the moment. steve mcginty is a retired teacher who plays golf and swims regularly i think with. more mentally stronger you're actually. if you feel he'll give up and say i can't really be bothered to do my exercise program today then you are deathly afraid of the end of the day if you're going to throw in some ways our own little are coming spurs you want to do more the next target. 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 and you do you have to exercise where you know you're allowed to go outside for war critic taking advantage of that and also utilizing some of the videos that might be available online or things that you might be able to do in the home with yourself your family members your kids maybe teaming up with some friends over the internet and you know really holding each other to account trying to get in some of that physical exercise every day not any of that going to 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 asked to alter our lives and he would al-jazeera lincolnshire. and it's time for support his son a thank you very much rob all one of the world's leading health experts here has warned against going ahead with tokyo lympics next year unless a vaccine for the corona virus is found the games there have been postponed until

july next year but professor. who is the chair of global public health at the university of edinburgh says the risk would still be too great and believes the development of affective and affordable treatment or fun would be a game changer in whether the rescheduled games will take place. well i think it all depends on whether we have a vaccine and so i think if you talk to some of the scientists they're saying we'll have a vaccine by them all and we can manufacture it quickly and we can get it out to people if we do it and i say actually have a great chance of going ahead with the u.n. pigs and you can vaccinate 80 to 90 percent of your population and you're pretty sure that you're not gonna i mean it is really like an ideal world if it looks in the next few months that a vaccine is proving difficult and actually it has massive side effects or it's not effective or not actually building immunity in individuals then i think you'll have to be delayed. the global pandemic is having a major effect on football in mexico for motion and relegation is being suspended between the country's top 2 divisions for 5 he is the again next club owners have

voted in favor of the move on friday following the country's 2nd division approving it days earlier but both league suspended since last month that the move is designed to help clubs in the 2nd tier the crisis has aggravated financial problems already experienced by many of them up with some facing possible but upsy wallet teams in the 2nd tier will receive $845000.00 that for the next 5 years the english premier league believe they can finish the 92 remaining fixtures in the window of less than 40 days the club's held an executive conference video call on friday to discuss all the possible scenarios that could allow the season to resume in june play was suspended at mid march due to the pandemic that with most teams having 9 games left to play including liverpool who have a $25.00 point lead to as they bid to end the 30 year title drought.

well despite the e.p.l. being on hold it doesn't mean the players are at home doing nothing arsenal boss and me care arteta who himself recently recovered from the coronavirus has been setting his team homework with squads and able to train as normal he's been sending his players a match action asking them to analyze it and find solutions to improve their game and so far the spaniard is happy with the results very easy when it's analogy we know when a player has downloaded the game he's done the homework they have to record everything. and. times when we ask them to do and understand we have. boxing and to justice says he's up for fighting fellow heavyweight world champion tyson fury behind closed doors boxing has been heavily hit by the global pandemic with many fights spawned including josh was june title defense in london against live

and although furious and next fight was expected to be trial logy match against wilder just was promoter eddie hahn last month revealed that plenty of conversations had taken place with furious camp. while we spoke to boxing writer gary's davis who believes major fights in empty arenas could very well become reality. it would not surprise me in the slightest to see smaller readers around the country and around the world they used nor would it surprise me if this goes on for so long and there is a conference from the public in getting into close spaces with a lot of people thousands of people that some of these events get made for television behind closed doors with no warning it's it would not surprise me in the

slightest for the 1st 3 or 4 months there's a distinct possibility that these giant stadiums whether the stadium the millennium stadium where we've seen 8090000 people they could be put on hold for a while i mean there's no good time for something like this to happen frankly but when you think that a really exciting heavyweight here of the blue ribbon division was in full flow this is the 1st time really since mike tyson evander holyfield really lennox lewis all those guys that we've got and city joshua jones a wild. tyson fury deleon why all these guys joseph pocket flying so position as the number one in the world and it comes to a shuddering halt with most a u.s. sports having to adapt to the lockdown the draft for the country setup women's basketball league withheld virtually on friday from her home in new jersey

new n.b.a. commissioner kathy and announced a 3 honorary pick set up for the late bryant and her 2 teammates who died in a helicopter crash with kobe bryant into anyway either on sensation at sabrina a new school with selected the 1st overall to the new york. she loved it ok a b a is this is what you're. thinking . i want to congratulate all of this year's tropics. so fragile asians. work hard. never settle. is that my mentality. that's always fulfilled we'll have more for you later on but for not. it's not a thanks very much indeed snice ties it is going to be here in

a couple of minutes with more northern stories from about 6 o'clock. in the far reaches of the new siberian islands gold rush fever is in the hands. hunters searching for priceless woolly mammoth tusks of on up the holy grail. an incredible journey into the realms of science fiction where cloning and synthetic biology have scientists playing god. witness genesis 2.0 the

hunt for the woolly mammoth on not just iraq. 67 words that spelled promise for one people but ended up a disaster for another. that led to the establishment of a jewish homeland at the expense of the palestinians 100 years on al-jazeera world tells the story of the british declaration that changed the middle east for seeds of discord on al-jazeera. trouble began at the end of the country's civil war when most people started returning home from refugee camps. and killed during a demonstration in 2007 is buried right here in the middle of the street as a sign of resistance to the mining companies and government are set in your. accusations. and displacement between the communities the mining companies and the

government has now escalated to west africa. the community has taken its case before west africa region because they say the people have little for you in the justice system. the hidden death toll from the current of arson investigations are under way into care homes in the u.s. canada and italy where it's believed that thousands have died from the disease. and this is al jazeera live from also coming up flattening the how tough measures in the end instead of kara are so in the way in the fight against the pandemic.