that need changing the world we live in again breaks it down not was a slogan that won it for the prime minister boris johnson counting the cost on al-jazeera. hand. al-jazeera. you're watching the news hour live from london i'm coming up in the next 60 minutes new figures from the u.s. show 26000000 americans have lost their jobs in just the last 5 weeks. thousands more troops are deployed to help enforce south africa's lockdown but president cyril ramaphosa says restrictions will gradually ease from may 1st.

definitely not what the doctor ordered madagascar's president and the herbal remedy that could put his people at risk. to suspected members of the syrian president's security forces go on trial in germany on torture charges. hello thanks for joining us new figures released in the u.s. paint a picture of an economy devastated by the coronavirus in just 5 weeks all the jobs created since the end of the 2009 recession have been wiped out so take a look at the numbers last week another 4400000 americans filed for unemployment benefits it's the 3rd week that number of new claims has declined a sign the worst of the shock may be over but this is what it means a record 26400000 americans have now lost their job since the end of march that's

when lockdowns shut down production and led to mass stuff for a lowe's that's more than 15 percent of the entire u.s. workforce are white house correspondent kimberly begins our coverage record highs and expected to keep climbing because the reason we don't believe we're at the peak in terms of filings yet is that this is just an older system throughout the united states that was never set up for this. abundance of claims to be filed so we expect the numbers are going to continue to climb for at least a few more weeks you know the projections of gone as high as 46000000 in terms of the number of americans that lost their job over night now this we've seen this sort of manifest in a number of ways we've seen very long lines at food banks we've seen people wondering how they're going to pay their bills of course they some americans did get checks in part of one of those rescue packages from the u.s. congress but many americans a single individuals got just $1200.00 and the cost of rent plus you know just

a week's worth of groceries could easily go far beyond that so many americans wondering how they're going to make ends meet we've seen protests across the country as many are protesting these stay at home orders wanting to get back to work but the reality is that these shutdowns have occurred all across the sectors of the economy in the united states whether it be the hospitality industry or even now we're starting to see it in the white collar industry as well given the fact that many companies just can't afford to stay close for this long and keep their employees on the payroll or members of the u.s. house of representatives are preparing to vote on a $484000000000.00 relief bill to fund small businesses and hospitals during the pandemic it's the 2nd rescue package presented to congress and it includes funding for personal protective equipment on testing the house has already approved the creation of a special investigative panel to examine the government's response to the pandemic

all things we're going to discuss with bill schneider he's our political analyst he's joining us from washington hi there thanks for your time with us on the newshour 1st let's look at the unemployment numbers bill because even though the jobless claims have declined over the past 3 weeks they're still at record highs is this a game changer for president trump in an election year. it certainly is i mean it's bound to be the number one issue in the election those numbers that you cited the percentage of americans who are unemployed it's over 15 percent that is the highest number we have seen since the great depression of the 1930 s. which was certainly a game changer in american politics and when it comes to the congress preparing to vote on yet another release bill how much relief is this actually providing the american people a little anything is helpful but $200.00 which is a maximum a taxpayer in debt that's a very small part usually

a grant to include that might be enough to carry them through a week or 2 many of the people who are laid off work or an hourly wage they don't make that much money this is bound to be of some help to them but it's not long term assistance some of them get money through unemployment insurance which is a provided by the government but i'd love insurance insurance united states is not nearly as high as it is in most other industrial countries so that can't last but for so long ok so seeing that the economy is clearly taking a battering over the u.s. and we see these record highs when it comes to the jobless claims i mean does the president have a point when he appears to be very keen to reopen the economy as quickly as possible. well he has a point the problem is that americans are not urging him to do that most americans there is a backlash to the shutdown and that's coming mostly from the parlor right and it's not mostly people who are suffering from the economic setback although some of them are it is

a lot of people on the far right who object to the government having too much power these are the same people who don't protest the the obamacare health care plan that it would take over american help the american health industry these are people who are idiotically opposed to do much government spending and too much government power and they are the real core of the backlash against the entire bailout program for the american people so how would you so far rate president trump's response to the coronavirus i mean some of his critics are saying he's openly disagreeing with science it's a pattern that we see with the president but has advisors are saying well this is just the president trying to project optimism and give the american people hope. well yes i mean you could make that argument but he's caught between 2 places he's really called in different directions but rather the american population wants to be rescued they want their jobs were stored they want help they want money to help

them get through this very difficult time and the president has been doing some things to help them do precisely that on the other hand there are a lot of people who think particularly in his party on the right who think that this activity by government goes over the top it's too much government power. curb american freedom i mean the idea of telling americans they have to shut themselves in stay home they cannot go to work they have to wear masks all that sort of thing really goes against the american dream because americans who are over 200 years americans have believed in limited government that's the system we have and so there's an india logical response as well as a practical response to what the president is doing and he's really trying to have it both ways that's very difficult all right bill schneider we'll leave it that we thank you very much thanks for joining us from washington now the world health organization's europe director says up to half the continent's deaths could end up being from care homes dr hans kluger called it an unimaginable human tragedy but

they make a sport like overlook that underdeveloped cordless or osa site across the unified region. it has often been built voters need. but it should not be to say we have it headed for you to feed right there lose an opportunity that the fine but of the generation that came before to leave must get part of it is over your belief the world behind a step of. european union leaders have held their 4th video summit on the corona virus outbreak but while they appeared to have agreed on the need to work together on an economic way out of the crisis they were less united on what that should look like this you're a pushes ahead with the search for a vaccine song and reports. in this laboratory in oxford a glimmer of hope human trials have now begun here with the vaccine. researches are

confident that it could take just months before they know if it would work and manufacturing it on a large scale could take much longer but hopefully this will give us some good data and hopefully in a couple of months or maybe a year or so we would be able to protect more people with us. in germany the 1st day back at school but nothing like these peoples could have imagined a partial reopening the old people's only carries many restrictions social distancing is tightly in force between their designated desks the usual hive of energy replaced by a more careful serious mood despite having the 5th largest number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the world germany is slowly relaxing its lockdown but a desire for things to return to normal as well as fears over the economic impact of the pandemic have come with a warning from the chancellor angela merkel is i mean that's not going to often

targeted i will therefore tell you quite frankly that i fully support the decisions taken by the federal and state governments on wednesday last week but the implementation since then worries me in part it seems to me very brisk some of it seems to me to be quite brisk if not to say to praise. for the european union the full extent of the damage the pandemic has caused the block won't be revealed for months but it is preparing for a slump the like of which has not been seen since world war 2 the european commission has suggested a $325000000000.00 recovery fund for his forthcoming budget as well as borrowing another $350000000000.00 from capital markets to further spending they will be up to mr h. because even if it's difficult even if of course there's difference in cities in europe and goes into the surprise there is a very strong pretty to able to work together and to succeed to build compromises.

on the political strains are already evident wealthier countries such as france will remain under pressure to provide aid to the blocs less well off members as a test of solidarity that could define the very future of the union itself sony vaio. south africa's nationwide lockdown will be gradually from the beginning of next month south africans have been under some of the strictest measures across africa with reservists drafted in to help troops and police enforce the lockdown the president cyril ramaphosa says some economic activity will be allowed to resume from may the 1st he says the measures will be lifted slowly to reduce the risk of a spike in infections beyond thursday the 30th of april we should begin a gradual and phased recovery of economic activity we

will implement. what we call the risk adjusted strategy through which we take a deliberate and approach to the easing of current lockdown constrictions from a similar in johannesburg has more on what the measures will mean 1st south africans the president to use the sadrist to outline 5 key phases of a lockdown or a reopening of economic activity and an easing of restrictions and moving from level 5 with south africa is now 4 which is you know at the end of that spectrum the the harshest restrictions so far south africa would move to level 4 which the president has said would then still include some pretty tough restrictions for south africans but i think the key difference would be the reopening of economic activity and even then companies would be forced to only allow

a 3rd of their workforce at the places of employment at any given time now borders in south africa will remain closed besides repack creating south africans will be no travelling between individual provinces for south africa all gatherings will remain prohibited by the government but sides funerals so there is some change but i think not the kind of relief millions of south africans were hoping for given that's all there is now entering the 5th the week of a very strict lockdown klutzes speak to use of abram gee he's a social activist in pretoria that's where he's joining us from via skype thanks for his time with us on al-jazeera so president obama personally clearly trying to strike a balance between opening up the economy gradually getting life back to normal and not risking a spike in factions is he getting that balance rights. indeed that's when the

president go to go to a very long way to win over the hearts and minds of product and the correspondent mentioned when the 1st week of the lockdown that's going to have to be patient and i think since the announcement will be not done with anon we've seen solidly community even if you're going to be approved in the regulations yes there are some exceptions a lot of progress has been made but i think that i had one of the. phone in. for the lockdown on the continent not the world i didn't know el calls can be sold no secrets can be sold a total log but i think it's quite a relief for many south africans when the president announced this evening that come before us go maybe we go to another level talk which he's a lot of this connection but slowly but surely the economy will then get going this story has a how low level for that impact south africans in your opinion. when we stick we do largely have a black cloud the borders will remain so knowing that the shelf life will be

a lot the economy will slowly get back to normal some of the effect that it will be an occupant. of deployed duction the trade off to get ahead so will be allowed is something that i've been canvassing for a sticks just thought i think because they can if it greatly very good right l. paul will not be allowed to be so getting dispirited and we see some sports and we don't get a deal on what can to be will be open will be allowed to be open the provincial borders will remain closed so yeah you can you know. level full is quite harsh but i think it's much needed because of the overall figure how to look at the low but i think government is very far to look at the numbers over the coming days but for many people living in south africa and we also know that south africa is one of the most unequal societies in this lockdown has resulted in. greater hardships particularly for those that live in the townships so with crimes on hygenic

conditions we have what do you think people living in so-called checked settlements it informal settlements we having a major on the crisis in fact the levels of poverty the level of hunger the worst ever seen in south africa people don't know where their next meal is coming from with no government announced a 500000000 or a back each to help those in need over the coming weeks but yes a lot of work still needs to be done the long gone his knowledge and even a new bike and little education still needs to be done to the informal settlements we've even seen found at the crime levels generally have gone down because of the increased police brazenly increase members of the significant national defense force out of the crisis he's going to be the next big thing to address during this lock down all right so use of a brown to rethink you very much for speaking to us from his for ya. now the world health organization has dismissed a herbal tea tell it as

a cure for the virus by the president of madagascar the drink contains the artemisia plants which is normally used to treat malaria and the president claimed the tonic would cure coronavirus patients within 7 dates it's being given out for free to the country's most vulnerable w h o's warns there is no evidence alternative remedies can cure the virus and some may not be safe to consume but many in madagascar say they trust their presidents. and. even the president said this remotely cures and we trust him so we drink it. yes it's healing we hope that he has many people so he can have a happy life in madagascar the president is making efforts to see all of the people of madagascar. for. when i discovered this drink i said to myself how come sick people don't drink it and why do we make students drink it i hesitated a lot. let's shift gears for

a moment and get more on the situation in latin america when it comes to the coronavirus john homan is joining us from mexico what new measures are restrictions are being announced in mexico john. one of the main restrictions it's coming place actually today. we regionally i think everyone in mexico really felt that in mexico city because we're going to be allowed to circulate it's a little bit less strict than that below me there's only a clamp down which days they can circulate which conditions of because it's a little bit complicated but it will still be traffic on the road here there's also more of a clamp down on nonessential business being open in mexico that rule is actually put in place a couple of weeks ago but i think they're going to get a lot more street now and that's because mexico is entering the red sort of they could face 3 in which they're looking at a lot more infections a lot more hospitals filling up. with the cases and it seems that mexico's

hospitals are actually getting pretty near to capacity even now it's actually the country of all of the major nations in latin america with the fewest intensive care beds even if you take into account public and private so there are a lack of resources there and the government obviously quite keen to husband them and to make sure that not too many people get sick at the same time so that she caused a bit of news with the united states as well on the food and that's because see that's what is the macula thought is they cool the huge factories that provide a lot of goods into the united states many of them about 70 percent in that city have also stopped operating and the u.s. some facet or in mexico there's a little bit of a twitter campaign about trying to get them to keep open because he says that without those goods it also affects obviously the united states economy so one of those problems that the 2 countries will be looking to work out at the moment that mexico is in the red zone now officially the government said and trying to make sure that not to people such rate the health service and then john i know you're

keeping an eye out on the situation over in brazil because last week the health minister quit and now we're hearing that brazil's justice minister has also resigned or is threatening to resign. yeah exactly as you say it's not quite clear at the moment because he hasn't said and neither has the government one of brazil's major papers came out with that story saying that he resigned in saying that it was because president are you bulls or not oh i had decided that he was going to change the federal police chief and that according to the justice minister here moto was a red line and that he would resign in fact happened that was basically the story in the newspaper but again we don't have confirmation of this even from the government or from so here more on some newspaper agency's international once a saying that they're in tools at the moment that they're trying to persuade and state what i can say about circular moto is that he is one of the more popular members of the impulse noddles cabinet this was

a judge before he became the. the minister of public security been seen as quite a crusading thinker in the biggest corruption scandal in latin america could level just thought that he was trying to to get to grips with and bring a lot of people sort of to justice he's also a controversial figure in brazil but that's happening at the same time as brazil's just announced in the last 24 hours it's had its biggest death count from corona virus 407 people president table so not a one of his problems even before the nuisance being coming out today has been that he's been very disdainful about social distances he's called this in the past just a little flu he said brazilians that aren't even sick or elderly to get back to work and just get on with it he said 70 percent of us are going to get sick from this anyway in the amazonian city of mouse we're actually seeing reported just

such ration of the hospital services they're asking for federal help to try and deal with this problem they're thinking that they might turn into the next why it killed the ecuadoran city in which deadbeat. base being left out in the streets because there was nowhere to put them so it's a real red point at the moment in brazil i think that's a country at the moment that's very cool between the president's posturing let's just carry on as normal and state governors in municipal authorities to the d.p. worried about how the hell service and how the country's going to bear up under this is temporary thousands are infected ok john heilemann thank you very much for that update from mexico city. coming up on the news hour in just a moment international anger grows over is really plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank a top u.n. envoy calls it a dangerous and devastating move. but

1st to syrian men have gone on trial in germany accused of crimes against humanity one was a prominent member of president bashar assad's forces at the start of the war and is accused of complicity in acts of torture. reports it's the 1st time any official has been brought to court for war crimes by the syrian government's. they came to germany claiming to be refugees from syria's civil war now it's claimed they committed crimes against humanity jury it specifically multiple murder torture and other serious offenses. pleaded the defendants are accused of having been members of syria's general secret service the accused is believed to have been head of an investigation unit which was responsible for this as head of the units he is believed to have been the leader of investigation officers and personnel in a prison in which systematic torture occurred the older of the 2 defendants

defected from president bashar assad's forces in 2012 before coming to germany 2 years later he was subsequently identified by syrian refugees living here he and his co-defendants were arrested in february last year in bringing this case the german authorities are applying the principle of universal jurisdiction of sorts of laws regarding serious criminal offenses effectively allowing them to prosecute individuals who are not german whose alleged offenses did not take place in germany and whose alleged victims are not german. the war in syria has now gone on for more than 9 years human rights organizations have left the calls for such trials to take place they believe this is a watershed moment this is of the in for some of these to shaun's to see the protests begin. perseus above all important is that this child is taking place i think a lot of people including at times have way through a very long time that this finally takes off it was

a huge challenge for them to step back from the shadows and to speak about these crimes the 1st time ever. at thursday's hearing neither defendant indicated what plea they will enter to the charges given the presumption of innocence for all defendants it is for the prosecution to prove its case investigators have compiled a long list of witnesses prepared to testify dominick cain al-jazeera burl in a 2 week ceasefire declared by the sodium erotic coalition in yemen has expired without leading to a permanent truce with the rebels there were news agency says the coalition did not extend the ceasefire because the whole of these continued their attacks there are fears the country's war will now grinds on despite the threat of a potentially disastrous corona virus outbreak yemen's health care system is already on the verge of collapse and more than half of the population faces acute food shortages the united nations says israel's plan to add 6 parts of the occupied

west bank violates international law and deals a devastating blow to the 2 state solution the comments to the security council come after the u.s. secretary of state said it was up to israel's new government to decide whether or not to do it our diplomatic editor james bays has the latest israel's new coalition government a deal between benjamin netanyahu and benny gantz means the possibility it will an expanse of the west bank is now much more lightly i know your forte mr nicol are welcome in a virtual session of the un security council the man in charge of middle east peace efforts for united nations said that would be a disastrous step for peace in the region mr president. the dangerous prospect of an excess israel west bank is a growing threat is such a move. it will cost the serious violation of the national law. do you look down staging a lot of the 2 state solution close the door to your will of negotiations and

threaten efforts with dance regional peace the palestinian ambassador riyad mansour made it clear it was time for an international conference on the middle east the international community must it beauty it and demand a halt to all an exhibition measures do not fall prey to the pretext crafted by israeli officials now the excuse of the pandemic to divert attention from these crimes israeli counterpart danny down on said while his country had been helping palestinians during the covert $1000.00 out break the response of been what he described as hate and anti semitic incite leet one security council member the ambassador of indonesia told our jazeera in an interview that israel shouldn't be contemplating illegal action at any time but especially not joining a pandemic time it becomes a double your party a meaning the issue of occupation and also an issue of an emmy so i think the

internet or con wanted to make news as to ensure that there. are the necessary assistance the method the humanitarian assistance and also to ensure our hard that the occupying power on plies with the many un resolution it's pretty clear among the security council the us is the only country that would not object to israel and axing part of the west bank however can the other members of the security council take any action to stop it while the u.s. is a permanent member and almost certainly it would block any resolution using its veto power james pays al-jazeera the united nations. preliminary results from mali is problem entry elections show the ruling party won the most votes but not enough for an outright majority the electoral commission announced the results of a short time ago the ruling rally for mali party won 43 of parliament's 147 seats

followed by the alliance for democracy in mali with 22 seats but the vote was marred by threats of the corona virus and violence from eisel and al-qaeda affiliates and voter turnout was low. much more to come on the al-jazeera news hour including after years of conflict droughts and swarms of locusts how so malia is coping with the coronavirus. and its parked up with no one to carry the rickshaw pullers of bangladesh struggles the pandemic eats their customers at home. places because some quotes where the just pushing into spain and france is because through the next couple of days but we are still going to see want to 2 showers nevertheless still go to the list says they're in the mediterranean bringing some

sherry rain further north is fine dry loss of warm spring sunshine still in evidence that sunshine stretching all the way up into scandinavia well to a little colder these weather systems will just come 1st the temperatures to stockholm near the average getting back to around 10 or 11 celsius is because on into the weekend the 13 the 4 all slow chances of showers just around the baltic states towards the western side of russia father tries to warm it to central past 23 celsius in vienna paris still getting up to around 25 degrees but not just want to shout it's essential parts of france around the pyrenees and the old show is still in place there across spain and portugal east will become a little more widespread as we go on through saturday so we could see further heavy downpours at times elsewhere the showers the. well watch but it's essential i was the france and western side of russia down across ukraine much of the med will be fine and dry as is the case across northern parts of africa will up towards the northwest of course we are going to see

a little more cloud sliding through here and that will introduce further heavy right into northern possible rocket. 67. pound promise for one people. but disaster not. the pledge to be establishment of the jewish homeland at the expense of the palestinians. the story of the british declaration that changed the middle east bound for seeds of discord on al-jazeera.

who'll. allover again the top stories on the al-jazeera news hour a wide margin in the u.s. house of representatives has now backed a $484000000000.00 aid bill for small businesses and hospitals this record numbers of americans lose their jobs 26400000 people have now filed for unemployment since the end of march. the world health organization has warned that up to half of the

deaths in europe could end up being from care homes more than 110000 people have died across the continent. south africa's president says a nationwide lockdown will be gradually eased from may 1st allowing some economic activity to resume south africans have been under some of the strictest measures across africa. well some people in georgia and other u.s. states are preparing to return to work but the moves angered many including the president he says georgia's decision to begin exiting lockdown was in violation of guidelines released by the white house and the gallagher has more from miami neighboring florida across the state of georgia non-essential businesses have remained closed for a pandemic that's already claimed close to 900 lives there are some signs the outbreak is flattening but with only a few days of data health experts are warning it may be too soon federal guidelines recommend a 14 day sustained reduction in 19 cases something georgia hasn't shown but the

republican governor is pushing for a partial reopening given the friday verbal data enhanced testing in approval of our health care professionals. we will allow gym fitness earners bowling alleys body art studios barbers cosmetologists hair designers nail care artist s. decisions their respective schools and massage therapist to reopen their doors this friday april the 24th business owners have been losing income for weeks that many a confused by conflicting information and health risks despite being told to engage in minimum basic operations the test part community market is not open and that's where i make most my money and they have to stay close and they should stay close because if you lose anybody's life over money that's wrong but you know the southern states small but vocal protests of growing as unemployment lines get

longer these people gathered outside the capitol building in alabama to make their voices hood would stay at home or does remain in place across the southern states here in miami beaches and businesses remain closed not likely to change for weeks to come govern the camp of georgia is a close ally of president trumps as is the state's governor run the census both have been praised for their reaction to the coronavirus and even as president tom encourages protest as he thinks georgia is acting too soon the president's praise to govern a camp is a very capable man now he's publicly disagreeing with his plans that they can wait a little bit lonely just a little bit not that much because safety has to predominate we have to have the. so. i told the governor very simply that i disagree with this decision but he has to do what he thinks is right despite the hardships faced by business owners in georgia and other states many remain cautious about exposing themselves and others

to the coronavirus many will ignore the governor's advice others may feel forced to take risks as the economy continues to falter and to go into al-jazeera oh as millions of americans lose their jobs essential workers are stepping up to keep the economy going and provide care for those most in need but in doing so they're often putting their own health at risk that's also a name has more from chicago when you work at a jail keeping the lights on and the power flowing are a matter of public safety beatrice thompson is among the team of electricians working at the cook county correctional facility in chicago it has been a little stressful being an electrician carries its own set of risks but these days going to work also means potential exposure to a covert 19 outbreak about 9 detainees and

a correctional officer have died and more than $700.00 have tested positive for the virus at the facility thompson says she pushes the stress aside to focus on being as meticulous as she can about implementing coronavirus safety measures to me is not an option i mean we just have to continually move forward and whatever stronger us. just deal with it. from transforming mccormick place convention center into an alternate care facility to ensuring people can stock up on groceries essential workers are keeping the american economy humming yet great risk to themselves and their families they are continuing to fight for safer workplaces across the us there have been protests workers have walked off the job and others have threatened to strike essential workers the ones who must go to work

in order to make sure that our city in our state or country keep moving are oftentimes the ones who are paid the least have the fewest rights on the job and are generally overlooked by a large swath of society at the chicago federation of labor which represents half a 1000000 union members is lobbying political leaders to expand a paid sick and family leave the spokesman says this health crisis has highlighted the need for workers to become empowered to organize and advocate for their rights . thompson says at times the coronavirus pandemic feels like an unpleasant dream yet the limited social interaction both on and off the job has brought benefits for me it has been a time of reflection i have been able to re-evaluate my own life and the things that i do and and how i do them despite the risks thompson is also grateful she's still bringing home

a paycheck her union says about half of its 10000 electricians are now unemployed the talks are going to aim as era chicago. well the streets now empty in bangladesh nearly a 1000000 rickshaw pullers in the capital dhaka also have next to no income on the situation is getting more desperate by the day as tundra chadri reports from dhaka . dhaka is often called the rickshaw capital of the world a colorful scene on any given day but now the streets of dhaka are largely empty due to the lockdown order since march 26th to carve coronavirus showed the islam is worried as he waits hours in the scorching heat. on my neck it's enough to live in that there is no income anymore we are going through much hardship conduit paid the rent it is getting difficult to get by there is not enough food at home by 2 pm everything is closed can't even get out of the home low wage earners and those

working in the informal sectors are the hardest hit. who would be. using this for. nearly a 1000000 rich in the city are now struggling to make ends meet thousands of small enterprises like this rick's are going to out here in dhaka have shut down due to their logged on to fight coronavirus this is dealt a devastating blow to their livelihood many of the rich are now on the brink of starvation. for many small business owners this is an uncertain time and. business is badly hit rich pullers are facing a lot of hardship as owners we are also suffering many of the rich shoppers are facing hunger they can't get any passengers right now. prime minister sheikh hasina

has announced a cash aid package for daily wage earners unable to work because of the lockdown. but many are not getting any relief and in recent days thousands of underprivileged people have taken to the streets demanding food. and i could use and. i haven't received any help from anyone else even from the government not a single piece of grain or money is of no. for many with the next meal will come from remains of main concern to india children dhaka bangladesh . police in ivory coast's commercial capital have hit the streets to convince people to wear face masks the government has made wearing masks compulsory to stop the spread of the coronavirus but police in abidjan say many people don't have access to televisions to get news about the outbreak hundreds of officers that are visiting crowded streets and markets where there is little social distancing taking place telling people to use face masks which cost $0.17 ivory costs ivory coast

rather has nearly 1000 confirmed cases of the virus. aid agencies say so malia is one of the least prepared countries to cope with corona virus so far it's reported a datsun $286.00 cases they suffered a nation has already struggled through years of conflict drought and devastating locust swarms mohammad's adult reports. mogadishu's martini hospital which dates back to the italian era is somalia's only medical facility dedicated to treating its growing number of corn up patients. due to its limited capacity the hospital only caters for the sickest of patients these dr schools that is leading somalia as a response to the pandemic even a little bit at least 219 patients of chrono have come to martini hospital since the outbreak 21 of those were admitted to the few beads available 17 people are

still here while 3 patients died at the hospital. it's hard to tell the severity and spread of the virus in somalia until recently the nation like the capability to test for the new virus meaning some pulse was sent abroad and results delayed for more than a week also limited capacity by the government to trace people the 1st victims of the virus came into contact with. the good news however is that 4 people have so far recovered from the virus but she is one of them. i was provided good care by the doctors and the nurses from the day it was confirmed i had the virus they also gave me good consul and when they broke the news to me so i was mentally prepared for everything i went through. all international and domestic flights except for emergency medical and food have been suspended the borders have also been closed as part of an all out government effort to stop the spread of the

disease and the guy who got a massive public awareness campaign has also been mounted in the capital and in the media. really the 1st of them we're encouraging people to practice social distancing we're also alerting them about what the virus is and the effect it can have as well as the importance of washing their hands and disinfecting any equipment they're using beyond the capital bull fight us hold sway in many parts of rural somalia this means there's little access for medical and humanitarian workers to cut it out lifesaving work fighters will still carry out frequent attacks in the capital one of the major cities something else that hinders a proposed to the outbreak there now increasing fee is that the disease will spread through comms housing displaced families who huddle on the huts built from sticks and old drugs many of the 2400000 somalis displaced by conflict and other businesses over the years leave incomes like this when

a critical shortage of medical supplies and possible also continues to creep pulse patrols across the nation. with some doctors and nurses now say thing to simply being forced to choose between the health of their patients and their own. i'll just say to. turkey's major cities are all under a 4 day lockdown in an effort to curb the spread of the corona virus we can lockdowns were introduced by the government earlier this month but this week's closer began 2 days early to include a national holiday dedicated to children president tried to play a bird go on has warned weekend restrictions will continue for some time turkey is the worst affected country in the middle east with more than 98000 confirmed infections. the international committee of the red cross has delivered vital medical supplies to gaza including intensive care equipments the aid included a ventilator monitors and defibrillator is but hospitals say much more is needed

with tightly controlled borders only 17 people have been confirmed to the coronavirus within gaza but the u.n. has warned of a humanitarian catastrophe if the outbreaks threads. the u.s. president is under mounting pressure to stop saudi crude oil imports in an effort to save the american oil industry $40000000.00 barrels of saudi oil are already on their way to the united states shipping data shows 19 super tankers are sailing towards terminals off the gulf of mexico but the u.s. oil industry is in crisis after prices dropped below 0 because of lack of demand caused by the pandemic and storage facilities near capacity and he is director of energy policy adviser is this an energy and mining research group and he expects the saudi oil will be picked up by another buyer. the saudis already committed to producing less they the the the impact you're seeing in april is that the saudis

are actually producing $2000000.00 more exports in $2000000.00 barrels a day than they were exporting at the beginning of this year. as you go into may they are going to be reducing their production pretty dramatically so them taking. those exports that are going into the u.s. elsewhere should be pretty easy given the scale of the overall reduction that's coming from my own words meanwhile china is thought to be stockpiling crude oil amid the global price plunge imports rose by 4 and a half percent in march compared to the previous year and overall in the 1st quarter imports were up by 5 percent chinese importers reportedly sent $84.00 tankers to saudi arabia last month to carry $2000000.00 barrels of crude oil each china is the world's biggest energy consumer and same with china it's saying australia's calls for an independent investigation into the coronavirus pandemic is politically motivated the australian foreign minister has demanded transparency

from china into the origins and spread of covert 19 but chinese authorities insist they've been open about their handling of the outbreak australia's prime minister says his country is on the path back to normal life there were just 11 new cases reported on thursday and one death scott morrison says the government's focus is the economy we are on the road back. and that is demonstrated by the images that we've already taken and we're on the white back to a kind of ad saif economies will which is what we have to achieve well move away from not statement to take you live to the u.s. president donald trump speaking on come on a virus let's listen and action program and health care and has been tacked i'm grateful that congress is answering my call to deliver these additional 300 $20000000000.00 in relief for the american worker and for small businesses at a time when many americans are enduring significant economic challenges this bill

will help small businesses to keep millions of workers on the payroll you see states are starting to open up now and it's very exciting to see i think it's very all inspiring we're coming out of it and we're coming out of it well and we're really i'm very happy the governor's been the governors really have been doing a really good job working with us and it's it's really pretty impressive to see i've spoken to numerous leaders of countries over the last 48 hours and they are saying we're leading the way we're leading the way in so many different ways. i'm also very pleased that harvard as you know is harvard and stanford and princeton and numerous other universities and colleges and also large businesses have sent funds back to us and in some cases i stop funds that i looked at and we are pleased to report that the funds have either not gone out or it's about $350000000.00 and even the not going out or. we've

renegotiated it and then i getting i'm so in a couple of cases they're sending them back and sending it back immediately so i think it was very nice i want to think over it in particular they acted very quickly and decisively. and they agreed when the heard the facts that they should not be getting it so we appreciated very much from harvard princeton stanford and other institutions the bill also includes $30000000000.00 to support small lending institutions serving just stress communities helping countless african-american and hispanic american small businesses as we continue our battle against a virus the debt and facts on the ground suggest that we're making great progress in 23 states new cases have declined in the peak week 40 percent of american counties have also seen a rapid decline in new cases 46 states reported drop in patients showing

coronavirus like symptoms that's a big number to keep america gaining momentum every citizen needs to maintain the village vigilance and we all understand that very well we've gone over it many many times this includes practicing good hygiene maintaining social distance and the voluntary use of face covering. a safe and phased reopening of our economy it's very exciting but it does not mean that we are letting down our guard at all in any way on the contrary continued diligence is an essential part of our strategy to get our country back to work to take our country back. we're winning this and we're going to win it and we're going to keep watching we're going to watch very closely for the invisible enemy. with each passing day we're learning more and more about this enemy the scientists at d h s have released a report 'd or phoring a number of insights about how the virus reacts to different temperatures climates

and surfaces the findings confirm that the virus survives better in colder 'd and drier environments and does less well in warmer and more humid environments. i have to say that very exciting lee we're going to have somebody up the bill will be up in just a little while and there's a great report you gave and he's going to be talking about how the virus reacts in sunlight you really hear the numbers you won't even believe them us trials of the covert 'd 19 have been going on and have been approved in the united states germany u.k. and china it's big news and were a lot of trials are going on and we have a lot of great brilliant minds working on this. both from the standpoint of the vaccine and therapeutics. we must be careful in all conditions but we will we will get this done we're very close to a vaccine and fortunately we're not very close to testing because when the testing

starts it takes a period of time but we'll get it done and i want to thank the head of d h s i'anson technology bill brian for what he's going to be doing and what he's going to be saying and the report that he's about to give i think it's going to be something that nobody's ever heard of would be brand new information very important information my administration continues to leverage the defense production act and dramatically increase the manufacture and delivery of critical medical supplies we finalize 3 contracts to produce 39000000 more and 95 basks in 90 days and as you know we're also using a sterilization process. some great equipment that will sterilize the masks up to 20 times per mask so that's like ordering 20 times more masks and it's working very well we just want the hospitals and the institutions where it is to use it a lot of people don't use it is so used to getting

a new mask they don't want to use it they want to go and immediately get a new one we're asking them to use the sterilization process every bit as good up to 20 times think of that in addition to ramping up our domestic assembly lines we also have airlifted nearly 750000000 pieces of personal protective equipment into the united states through our project air bridge which has been an incredible thing to watch it's really a military operation the vice president is now providing each governor with an exhaustive count by county breakdown of the privately distributed personal protection and this is. equipment and things that are incredible at the personal protective equipment it's incredible and it's all brand new and at the highest level we're getting only the highest level. and also we're looking into sensual gear within this states and it's being delivered to different states quickly and as

we speak this way the governor should know exactly what's being delivered through a private sector supply chain within their states as well as through the project air bridge we're trying to get it immediately from the plane to the state when we can do that we bring it into our facilities and get it to the governors and we're getting in fast and we're notifying a very strongly so they know it's their governors can use this information to quickly ensure that they get materials where and when they are needed today i also want to extend my special thanks to our nation's incredible county emergency management teams who have been working relentlessly for weeks around the clock and on hand to serve their communities to help distribute critical supplies and save countless american lives we salute these heroic officials on the front lines as we continue to develop potential therapies the f.d.a. has recently begun a national effort to expand access to convalescent plasma donated from the blood of

those who have recovered from the virus the blood of these donors contains antibodies that can potentially reduce the severity of the illness and those who are sick and frankly those that are very sick nearly 3000 patients are now enrolled in the expanded access program receiving transfusions nationwide i want to thank all of the people that recovered for what they've done they as i said yesterday they raise their hand when they barely can walk and they're saying i want to donate blood i want to donate whatever it is that you want because we want to help people it's really quite incredible. convalescent plasma walsall be used to manufacture a concentrated antibody treatment that does not have to be matched with a particular blood type. this concentrated into body treatment could be used as a preventative measure to keep health care workers 'd and other high risk pop populations from contracting the virus in the 1st place very big deal clinical

trials of these products are slated to begin within weeks and we can maybe have a fairly quick solution i urge americans to. get in there and keep doing what you're doing because again we want those people recovering or recovered from corona virus to contact their local blood and plasma donation center to learn how they can help and they've been so great and i just appreciate it my administration is also partnered with the leading and we have really been establishing some great partnerships with leading technology companies and scientific journals to create a dead a best of 52000 scholarly articles on the virus that can be analyzed by artificial intelligence top experts are now using this wealth of data to gain insights into potential therapies and we're collaborating with tech firms universities and our national labs to harness american supercomputers in the search for treatments and

vaccines that search is going on and it's being i think you'll see in the future you'll see it's very successful ultimately it will be a tremendous success great progress is being made at a rapid pace a pace like no other. we have every hope that with the full might and resources of american science and technology and with the courage and devotion of the american people who have been so incredible we will end this plague and together we will restore the full measure of american strength and power and prosperity a country is going to do fantastically well you see what's going on there is a pent up demand in our country to get it back right where it was and maybe even better and that's what's going to happen so that i'd like to ask mike pence to come up vice president say a few words please mike. thank you mr president and good afternoon. today the white house coronavirus task force met and while our hearts are with the

families of those who have lost their lives to the coronavirus of those who are struggling with serious illness today. our team led by dr deborah burke's informs us that the data continues to show promising signs of progress in new york metro area 'd new jersey connecticut detroit and new orleans all appear to be past their peak and we are seeing consistent declines in hospitalization and cases in regions across the country are only conclusion is that we're getting there america because the american people have put into practice the president's guidelines of social distancing because you've been listening and it hearing to the guides of state and local officials we are we're making we're making meaningful progress. in a very real sense bearing americans and to be exposed to the coronavirus and no less

extent. saving lives our task force actually believes mr president that if we continue these mitigation efforts in the days ahead as states implement their policies including phased reopening that will preserve those gains we do believe by early summer we could be in a much better place as a nation with with much of this coronavirus epidemic behind us. earlier today we also had a conference call led by secretary ben carson and leaders from about the president's announcement yesterday that he is repurpose ing the white house opportunity and revitalization council to focus on the impact of the coronavirus on minority communities secretary carson will convene the council tomorrow and will be reporting tomorrow afternoon on their progress we want to thank more than 270 leaders of organizations dedicated.