the communities the mining companies and the government has now just completed to west africa which of course. the community has taken its case before western prickish region because they say the people have little for using the justice system. the hidden death toll from the coronavirus 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. hello there i'm the stars here today and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up flattening the car how tough measures in the indian state of carola are soaring the way in the fight against the pandemic.

in the u.s. president trumps accused of inciting rebellion as he supports calls to liberate some states from lockdown. and in other news hong kong police arrest several key pro-democracy figures. fast we begin with some breaking news out of the suit to the army has been deployed on the streets of the southern african nation in a move that the country's prime minister says is aimed at restoring peace and order and a televised address prime minister thomas to bonnie said some law enforcement institutions were undermining democracy the move comes a day off to the constitutional court ruled that his decision to suspend parliament was irrational for more on this let's go to support my fellow head see you as a journalist in maseru he joins us now on the phone support i know this is a very fast moving story what do we know at this stage. what do you.

do. to listen to the military role in the. military drug. police headquarters now. said the military. commander is heavy and the team with the police commissioner and. the police headquarters. simple know this isn't the 1st time that something like this has happened and if you have remember back in 2014 the prime minister and also tom esteban a then he fled to south africa after saying that a true is taking place we seeing something similar play out now. 'd does not. live to like every other country in the world.

every single but it will. be a long year. really. on the next week but. like the prime minister the 1 4 nation out of jealousy issue. that you. know. they get buried. in mud now because people are seeing in the b.b.c. like. is there a concern that this could be some kind of ongoing political tension here that this could further escalate even as this lockdown continues. because the business is the. political you know move to

maybe to do. political polling the heroes the case in the high court the way he promoted. the parliament how is thomas kabbani at the moment regarded by the public in maseru supporter how much popular support does he have. is the cause. but other people are. used to support team are now. don't like to be seeing these. now and talk us through how he will his relationship with the army i know there's been tensions in the past. is there a concern that there could be some kind of growing tension here between the political and military establishment. currently low looks

like the real person with. the most the body. and their police forces but now it looks like. here is the board from the military well this is something that we will continue to watch very very closely indeed and we've been talking to suppose a fella had see he's a journalist in this area the capital of listeners we thank you for joining us apollo. moving on now back to the current virus pandemic and then the hidden victims of this pandemic the frail and elderly often dying behind closed doors uncounted sometimes one cared for a survey in new york state has found that 19 nursing homes reported 20 or more deaths in recent weeks but that only includes a fraction of facilities in the state but the figure is believed to be much higher across the united states and in canada a nursing home in montreal is under investigation after $31.00 deaths were uncovered there some staff even fled the facility leaving residents dirty and unfed

in their beds in the u.k. many deaths in care homes aren't being included in official figures it's estimated to be as high as 7500 and the military has blocked off a nursing home near rome after 118 patients tested positive there 5 had already died and at least 190 people have died in the lawn care home since the beginning of march while the crisis has also shed light on underlying issues in the us system with many homes they're accused of putting profit before the well being of elderly people she have returns 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 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 facility said it was an obligation to tell him that about her mother's positive kovac 900 test because she was interpreting rigotti and bernie stafford turner's brother fred as a resident at 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 clients i asked. twice at least. 1000 patients develop. escalated health conditions and he caused 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 some reason have decreased as a federal ratings based on kaffir patients sit in. front of our results is that. if there's an emergency situation then very quickly your you might want to. be less . games 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 on the pandemic to lobby for a long held goal immunity from prosecution for negligence she had written see al-jazeera. india's communist state of carolina is being hailed for its fight against the spread of the virus analysts say the southern states has managed to floss on the cab with aggressive testing contact tracing as well as long periods of

quarantine now carola confirmed the fast 1000 case in india back in late january the coastal state has 400 cases and 3 deaths but it has also reported a 30 percent drop in the fast week of april well alan i spoke to tim thomas isaac he's the finance minister in kara and he told me the state pursued a rigorous approach to testing and also. the trace all that day for the last 4 tests ordered by was traced. and there has been a basic campaign also well what we call physical distancing. social movement and we don't call it social distancing because physical distance. has allowed to make a book national would say working. with soul and before this even make racial progress to from here to the global jobs within the state because pickett and by

our great nation all ship now in the world to live persons. and son in law go what have been beings who lost all that have brought the noble don't got . so we knew she really wants to go. but you know because the national robe only consider the therefore we're wearing say nobody can prove trends nobody can be all still for the workers there good good luck and if you fight any. don't suffer you should be hated be graham could be sions local governments are asked to settle. and also ensure this. and for everyone. meanwhile in the u.s. president all trump has signaled support for conservatives protesting against lock down rules that's after hundreds joined rallies across the country demanding an end

to the shutdown the democratic governor of the state of washington has accused trump of for mental domestic rebellion and spreading lies have take a look at some of his tweets he urged his supporters on twitter to never ate 3 states a day after he said it's up to governors to decide when and how to ease restrictions and galatea 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's who 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 conservative saying 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. still ahead on al-jazeera after weeks of isolation and infighting over brazil's coronavirus strategy president appoints a new ally. and how scientists in california are trying to drive to fight the pandemic.

and how the spring rains are really peppy at the moment and they're not going to do any favors the cherry blossom is not just right this is a stormy system on its way through the wind and the rain on the way through tokyo honshu will go off shore the backwash wind isn't that strong but next rains on its way up and again it's a circulating system so be some wind along with the heavy rain stretching into south korea down through the far side of japan and it tells off now back into a rather quiet picture in the middle of china or nice in southern china forecast to shanghai represents that rain going strew moderate than light and then it's just cloudy after that the temps are briefly being picked up in the southerly breeze ahead of it so that's a picture of a monday rain that you saw coming into south christmas with your home sure nother wet day for you in tokyo and only 16 degrees on the next wave though it packing up in the middle of southern china there hong kong is far $29.00 humid degrees but it

looks fairly dry. chart india will focus on showers particularly raw and. then cross into bangladesh so it's really the time for copper shock is actually when you get some pretty vicious on the saw which could show up on choose day for example in talk or otherwise is still hot but not as hot as it was. but. take the worst possible material you have a be a grind it into dust comparable to flower and make a whole lot of it and put it into a place where people live it is a cause colossal event i've just done so many people in africa here this is the silent heat. but does it make you feel nice you feel like a murder we have created an enormous and lot of mental disaster. and investigation south africa toxic city on al-jazeera. the

relief. for the only. i know again i'm the stalls you take and are a reminder of our top stories this hour the army has been deployed on the streets of a suitor in a move the country's prime minister says is aimed at restoring peace and order and comes off to the constitutional court ruled that his decision to suspend parliament was irrational. there are investigations being carried out into the deaths of people in care homes in the us canada and italy and see the thousands of some of they tell us he's linked to the coronavirus worldwide on not to be more forces. and the governor of washington state has accused u.s.

president of amending domestic rebellion that's often he took to twitter encouraging people to protest against lockdown measures in several democratic states. now there's 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 that 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 hollande is in hong kong for us she says the people who've been arrested are very well known. these are very high profile figures in hong kong's pro-democracy movement and they clued martin lee's known as a 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 many constitution which is

written to safeguard hong kong's autonomy from beijing's governments he has been arrested he had been kept 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 legislative councillors and a very big names in hong kong's pro-democracy movement now 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 saying that it is most likely due to their involvement in protests in the past year particularly the one on aug 18th which was against home kong's extradition laws 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 protests over the past year now the president of the philippines as valiant to crush the government's enemy is off to fight hasn't i feel killed 11 soldiers another 14 were wounded in the southern lives the majority province of suit by the army is combating abuse sayas i says. well forces fighting for the u.n. recognized government in libya are advancing on a khalifa haftar largest stronghold in the west of the country the city of tire huna is the target of government troops after they regained control of 7 coastal cities from the warlords forces of this week have to launched his offensive to capture the capital tripoli a year ago now now returning to the coronavirus pandemic and a lockdown has been announced in sudan's capital khartoum that said to be in place for the next 3 weeks the decision was made as the health ministry announced

a sharp increase in people who have contracted private 19 and reported 30 new cases in the last day bringing the total number there to 6610 people have died as a senior aide to nigeria's president has died of coronavirus complications kerry was president. chief of staff kerry had underlying health problems including diabetes he became ill after travelling to germany and egypt last month on friday the world health organization warned that africa could be the next epicenter for the virus in the past week there has been a 51 percent increase in the number of reported cases in my own going to end africa and a 60 per cent increase in the number of reported diseases with the current charlie doing testing kits it's likely that the real numbers are higher than

reported. traffic was heavy in iran's capital on saturday morning as authorities allowed some businesses to reopen while some health experts have warned that tara may be reacting too soon and iran's government says it's time to shift the focus back to the economy. has more on the easing of those 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 cope with 1000 himself in recent days he said that iran is the country's achilles heel a weak point when it comes to fighting this fire its 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 to put the onus on its people and after weeks of being indoors there is this isolation fatigue there is word and 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. now some guatemalan migrants who were deported from the united states have tested positive for the coronavirus deportation flights have been suspended after the migrants landed back home on monday u.s. health workers tested a random selection and at least 12 of them have the virus which is widespread in the u.s. now brazil's president has defended his decision to fire his health minister who disagreed with his policies on how to tackle the virus sharable scenario is defying his critics by doubling down on plans to lift restrictions to restart south america's largest economy victoria gave 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 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 open up. mandela wanted to implement world health organization guidelines but both in our 0 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 a 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 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 gates be al-jazeera. well ecuador's worst hit city quite a kill is reeling from a huge surge in craven 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 now started using giant refrigerated containers to store bodies the city's mayor says cove in 1000 hit like

a bomb and overwhelmed hospitals police in peru have detained around 150 people for breaking quarantine measures they were stopped on a main road outside of the capital lima and they said they were trying to go home to their villages because they've lost their jobs and fear of starvation if they stay in the city university researchers in california say the results of an antibody study suggests that the growth that coronavirus in the u.s. state is actually far more widespread than previously thought stanford university found the infection total could actually be $50.00 to $85.00 times higher than what the government says it is more than $3000.00 californians in santa clara county were tested in the 1st large scale study of its kind well scientists worldwide searching for a vaccine but developing one within a year it would be regarded as unprecedented so what if existing drugs could be repurposed for covert $900.00 treatment and be ready within weeks rob reynolds

reports. scientists at the quantitative bio sciences institute at the university of california san francisco have been working nonstop since january their goal identifying existing medications that make human cells resistant to attack by the corona virus we're trying to do is to repurpose those drugs and compounds to help fight this corner viral infection it's called host directed therapy the host in this case is us 1st scientists had to extensively map the viruses genetic code in the parts of human cells that it latches onto we identified 332 different human proteins that were talking to the approximately 30 different. proteins so these are proteins that we think the buyers needs in order to highjack ourselves so from this analysis we identified 69 different drugs and compounds 27 of which are f.d.a.

approved. and we need to test those to see what effects they have on infection unfortunately labs in san francisco didn't have any virus cultures to run tests on that's when the global cooperation kicked in we broke down silos across different parts of the world you know working with paris and new york and then all the people in england and seattle and san diego and in china and we've been shipping them our drugs and compounds and they've been testing these dr kroger and is hopeful and effective drug will be identified within weeks and since the drugs are already approved they wouldn't have to undergo a lengthy testing process instead they could be available for patients right away the example of urgent cross border multi-disciplinary scientific collaboration is a model for fighting future of headquarters and now. said let me

talk to. amanda. we've. only. had. there are investigations being carried out into the deaths of people in care homes in the us canada and italy and fear the thousands of similar fates allergies linked to the krona virus world wide on to being reporters the governor of washington state half of the hits is in the capital in the sarah with more. militarily used. to prove you must prove. military drug. headquarters. the military. to the police commissioner. of police headquarters. there are investigations being carried out into the deaths

of people in care homes in the us canada and italy in fear the thousands of similar fates allergies linked to the growing a virus worldwide entre being reporters the governor of washington state has accused u.s. president donald trump of from entering domestic rebellion that's after he took to twitter encouraging people to protest against lockdown measures in several democratic states india's communist state of carola is being hailed for its fight against the spread of the virus analysts say the southern states has managed to flash on the curve with aggressive testing contact tracing as well as long periods of quarantine carola confirms the fast 1000 case in india in late january a lockdown has been announced in sudan's capital khartoum that said to be in place for the next 3 weeks the decision was made as the health ministry announced a shop increase in people who've contracted private 19 and reported 30 new cases in the last day bringing the total number there to 6610 people that have died. a

senior aide to nigeria's president has died of coronavirus complications of a carrier with president chief of staff kerry had underlying health problems including diabetes and he became ill after traveling to germany and egypt last month all those other headlines next stop its inside story stay with us on out there. 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 will this change the way we work this is inside story.

hello welcome to the program i'm been it's been the coronavirus pandemic has fundamentally changed the way we live in just the last few months governments trying to hold the spread.