millions living working you're commuting in such tight bishops but one expert says it's about much more than just density it's about how all this was put together and how it's run. desperately seeking a vaccine and treatment leaders unite with the world health organization and a plan to fight coronavirus. and i again i'm the stones you're tayo and this is al jazeera live from also coming up calling it quits brazil's popular justice minister steps down accusing the president of criminal meddling and claims i am also married denies. protests inside a prison in argentina's capital inmates demand better protection from corona virus

determined not to die in jail. and how the pandemic is forcing muslims around the world to change the way they celebrate the holy month of ramadan. now it's being hailed as a landmark collaboration weld leaders have pledged to speed up development of a coronavirus vaccine and ensure that everyone will have access to it as part of a wild health organization initiative but the united states with the death toll now over 50000 says it will not take part in that diplomatic had said james bays reports. it's just the place you would have expected in previous times to have seen u.s. leadership in a global crisis and world leaders coming together with

a response not the idea of this event to coordinate the search for a vaccine testing and treatments for covert 19 and to make sure all the widely available the world needs distorts and it needs them fast. but experiences has stored as that even when tool is out a veil a bill they had been not been equally available to all we cannot allow that to happen and what feedback we may deem require is the most message public us efforts in history data must be shared production capacity prepared resources mobilize communities in gauged and politics separate sites. i know we can do is i don't we can put people 1st and leaders spoke from all regions of the world technically bringing them all together was a bit of

a challenge you know excellence you have can you hear me now yes yes we can hear you back in germany one of the members of the g 7 a group of countries that were represented. we're now going to continue to mobilize all countries of the g 7 and the g 20 for them to back this initiative i hope that we will be able to reconcile the sinister with china and the us because the fight against covert 19 as a common good for humanity this shouldn't be any divisions between countries we need to join forces to win this battle the fact that the world health organization was the host of the event explains why the u.s. didn't take part in president trump cut all new funding to the w.h.o. because he claimed the global health body had not been tough enough on china the w.h.o. failed in this basic duty and must be held accountable is a spokes person for the u.s. mission to the u.n. in geneva where the w.h.o.

is based told al jazeera they'll be no u.s. official participation we were informed of this event last week and we look forward to learning more about this initiative as soon as possible following this event the next phase will be led by the european union in 10 days time they'll be trying to raise 8000000000 dollars to make sure that vaccines testing and treatment are available to everyone james 0 at the united nations let's go to dr bob arnot he's a medical doctor and also the former chief medical correspondent at n.b.c. news he joins us now on skype from vermont dr arnot let me start with a question that everyone is speculating about when are we likely to have a vaccine and enough of it produced to end this pandemic it's quite the process. it really is you know right now they are already scam leading up the production of some back scenes that they believe are promising so that should these phase one

phase 2 trials work there be a real opportunity to to have a back seat they said from the outset it's 12 to 18 months right now and has to be i'm putting most of my hopes on current drugs for instance in i.c.u. snow they're using these i l 6 are receptor blockers so it's a mouthful there but this cytokine storm seems to kill so many people they have a variety of different drugs they're looking they're reducing here is another an anti-viral drug so i think unfortunately these vaccines really are a year to a year and a half way unless there's some kind of great miracle lots of scale of lots of only produce that but you have to show it safe and you have to show it's effective well let me ask you then about safety as the oxford university is starting to human trials of their vaccine this week and i know there's been speculation in the scientific community about possible ways to try to speed up testing that so many there are ethical implications that. well you know we always say medicine 1st do no harm and there have been vaccines in the past that have done far harm that have

caused infections you have 2 different kinds you have recall a live attenuated vaccine which means it's actually the virus but it is not supposed to cause a lot of illness that caused a lot of concern back in the polio era and then there's a matter of taking you know particular energy you know parts of the dangerous parts of the virus and creating an antibody to it now right now we have this technique we take the end of bodies from people who were ill and transfused those into people who are currently l. so that that's working almost like an active vaccine but it's a ways off i would say just as you know it's very interesting with this w.h.o. meeting today because you know they fell on their face during the a ball epidemic that we cover with you on it al jazeera in west africa it was a catastrophe and there's a lot of blame more than enough to go around certainly china has blamed for not having a phone in the world early enough the world health organization are saying that it

wasn't transmitted person to person for not encouraging flight bands earlier and the united states you know we had months to prepare for this and you know we're still short of the right kinds of tests and whatnot so i think unfortunately some politics involved here in the the president doesn't seem to like the world who are going to say should and they're taking a fall for this but it would be a great tragedy of the united states didn't contribute money to the w.h.o. because the african el system is so fragile and the w.h.o. support so much so that i would hate to see that we really you know don't pay up over time but now let me assure you this though that you know deborah burke's part of the white house team here is on the phone daily with people all around the world both in terms of helping countries in africa nations example and it trying to coordinate this effort are f.d.a. here and of course attorney are again on a daily phone call. pharmaceutical companies around the world so i would just to assure you that there really is active coordination between the national institutes

of health the f.d.a. and the white house task force drug and backseat developers all over the world as you saw in those story tonight but of course some bad blood here unfortunately just the wrong time between the us administration of the world health organization well we are seeing this unprecedented cooperation within the scientific community in the hunt for a vaccine but surely there's also a bit of competition as to who might find one 1st and i imagine that would have implications for who actually gets access to it before others so how can poor countries be sure that they'll get the access they need when they need it. well in this study that's the great tragedy here is i mean like poor countries the 1st thing they're going to need are ventilators some countries like kenya might have 4 or 5 ventilators i mean you need ventilators you protective gear all of the things the united states has been scrambling to get in the china begin to scramble to get in early january you know unfortunately going to be tragically short and so much of africa once these medications and vaccines are produced in mass quantities you know

usually the pharmaceutical companies are pretty good about getting them to those various countries but as you point out there's a mad world wide competition now companies and governments are sharing much more than they than they used to ordinarily would but clearly certain companies would want to be the winner in their story ambling hard to get a vaccine when i was little we had polio and you know one morning you'd wake up and there be somebody playing ball within a football field and then afternoon or evening they'd be in an iron lung. and we were it would bated breath we really quite fearful for our lives of for a vaccine then there were he came with with a generous of him with with save and of course was like the greatest relief the guru to us miracle of all time so i have great hopes but i really think that the therapeutics will pay off 1st in the vaccines probably are a whole year away and still very limited resources there on both counts dr bob

arnot is a medical doctor and former chief medical correspondent and b c news thanks for joining us on out of there. a day after president trump raised the possibility of injecting disinfectant into patients to fight the coronavirus he held what was the shortest daily press briefing since the pandemic began he walked out after 22 minutes without taking any questions from reporters after trying to walk back the remarks that he'd made on thursday and jordan reports. friday's white house briefing on the covert 19 pandemic started like any other opening or markets could get rosalio donald trump today i signed the paycheck protection program in health care and has been act providing 320000000000 dollars to keep american workers on the pharaoh trial then stood aside to allow updates from members of the pandemic task force but after 21 minutes and left the briefing room without

answering anyone's question trump has bragged on twitter about creating must see t.v. by insulting journalists and making wild pseudo medical claims are but the uproar after thursday's briefing it which the president suggested that inject in his disinfectant might cure people with corona virus may have been trying to cut it short of president trying to downplay his words earlier on friday and i was asking a question sarcastically to reporters like you just to see what would happen but the damage had already been done a major disinfectant company launched a campaign warning people to ignore trump's advice and officials in new york state and in maryland say their poison control hotlines were flooded with calls from people looking for a wonder drug who didn't appear at friday's briefing dr anthony felt the government's leading infectious disease expert and dr deborah burke's whose reactions from trump's disinfectant comment was a social media sensation the us t.v.

networks have been accused of giving trump a platform to scare people and spread dangerous information in exchange for ratings but now there are reports maybe cutting back on the daily press briefings in part to boost his standing with voters 6 months before the election rosalyn shorten al-jazeera. well the state of new york is the west hit area in the united states governor andrew cuomo has warns that reopening the economy to any in any american state will be dangerous if you say well we're done can't stay in the house anymore let's just reopen just. start business tomorrow let's go what happens that's what happens all the progress we made is gone and all experts or virtually all experts

will say not only does the virus spread increase but it increases to a higher point than we had increased the 1st time. now brazil's justice minister has suddenly quit accusing president of criminal meddling and no enforcement said to him are a step down off the balls are fired to the federal police chief plunging brazil's government into disarray the president says the claims are baseless manalapan are reports that i mean you and your family you shot to fame fighting corruption but on friday morning said your mortal resigned as brazil's justice minister on live television he accused president jade also not of political meddling in matters of law enforcement when he fired federal police chief. the day before i long for this mission now unfortunately there is no way for me to fulfill the commitment i made

if i'm not able to do my job if i'm not able to preserve the autonomy of the federal police to carry out its work but i stopped because sergio moto is considered by many as a sort of anti-corruption crusader and a superstar among president joey bull so not as captain in 2014 more of a federal judge at the time was appointed to the biggest political corruption investigation in brazil's history a case that led to the arrests of hundreds of politicians and business elites. the investigation code date card which would also lead to the fall of brazilian president dilma rousseff. and the arrest of former brazilian president we seek to let us see what. prior to his resignation said to motos role as brazilian justice minister was seen by many as almost symbolic some political analysts believe departure could have the effect of dramatically or roading show you'd also not already do in dealing support base. the shake could of the political structure in

brazil is as i said in moments the politicians the political analysts that markets are all. i have ever seen freaking out about the resignation because several more was one not david main dealers of all some areas government in terms of. their fight against corruption in brazil was really really strong rizzi or a huge sector of resilience. and they lost their you know. what that on friday president defended himself against the accusations made by his outgoing minister mill compliment. it's my commitment to the truth without distortions it is not true that i wanted to know about investigations he broke loose in the almost 16 months in which he was in charge of the minister of justice mr said hugh motor knows that i had never sought him to interfere in the investigations that were being carried out was your sensible. motos resignation comes just over

a week after president both fired his health minister recently came and did the signaling there could be more political turmoil still to come over we got a. lot of us. still ahead on out as their concerns go in greece as more asylum seekers test positive for the virus and millions of people in indonesia hoping to return home to celebrate ramadan find themselves stranded. hello welcome to look at the international forecast this saturday dry run brought from snow in parts of japan at the moment lots of fine unsettled weather across at least the side of asia the main weather system that's out into the open water is

still bringing in a few showers through the sea of japan as we go on through sas that system just spills out of the northeast of china and just pushes over towards will parts of honshu into hokkaido it will push through as we go on through sunday brunch as guys do come back in behind sheltered by the mountains we are going to see temperatures in taipei getting up to 24 celsius and pleasant sunshine coming through here could catch a sports or 2 of rain by the end of the day but nothing much to speak of at a spa so to have right a possibility. the central and northern parts stay fine dry and sunny fun and sunny across a good parts of the philippines taber want to say shallow as through the heat of the day showers there across a good parts of malaysia and indonesia indonesia is generally try but you might just catch your light showers to go on through the afternoon the usual they say the day downpours and the possibility that what's the weather will be further north thailand will see some heavy rain and some of the showers from time to time staying very just to the northeast of india along with bangor tass else where it's dry.

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i don't again i'm a star and a reminder of our top stories this hour leaders have joined the world health organization to launch an initiative to speed up on drugs tests and vaccines against her that 19 but the u.s. says it will not take part. of the number of people who died from the corona virus in the u.s. has surpassed 500048 country west affected by the pandemic president donald trump signed a new home trillion dollar relief package into law most of that money will go to help small businesses. and brazil's president diable sonora has hit back at claims he fired his police chief a political gain calling them completely baseless his popular justice minister said you're more abruptly resigned on friday accusing the president of trying to interfere and go and force. inmates at a prison in argentina have climbed onto the roof demanding more protection from the

spread of credit 19 that's after a god there tested positive for the virus to reason by reports from just outside that jail in buenos aires. prison in the city of one of the site is taken over inmates. hundreds of them on the rooftop of the only prison in the city. we need help we don't want to die here they said we're not animals. one guard tested positive in the past week and prisoners say they fear for their lives water and electricity has been cut off. the prisoners say there are many who have chronic diseases and need to be put under house arrest prisons in argentina already have a history of overcrowding and lack of sanitation as in this one we've been seeing the prisoners throwing rocks and the police responding here so rubber bullets were also heard several explosions inside and rest has been on the rise in prisons in

this country as inmates are fearful of the spread of covert 19. of. the inmates relatives came to show their support they want their loved ones released they tried to cross the cordoned area the police did not allow them to say of the never go visit my husband has a choice b. and he should be at home right now they're going to kill him and that. was. a federal court in argentina recommended granting house arrest to prisoners convicted for nonviolent crimes or sentenced to less than 3 years behind bars due to the risks of coronavirus pandemic. the measure was questioned by relatives of crime victims this is not the only prison affected there are at least 8 others were inmates are on hunger strike. corona virus is a major test for governmental lead in america prisons are just one of the many

challenges ahead. i just want to cite as. well in southern greece more than 400 asylum seekers have been placed under quarantine in a hotel nearly a 3rd of them infected with corona virus and as john psaropoulos reports from puerto hani there are growing concerns about more outbreaks and other refugee camps huge truck sprays chemicals to disinfect the air around the galaxy hotel 148 asylum seekers and 2 staff members here have tested positive for corona virus most show no symptoms which may be how the disease a scape the authorities attention until now but that may change we saw one man taken to hospital with breathing problems the outbreak has led to concerns of infection among people from the local community here in southern greece who supply all maintain the hotel and i mean i'm the guy you can rule out this is check up on

that we tested 177 people who came into contact with refugees like supermarket workers couriers bank workers and pharmacists and were tremendously relieved to find out today that all these samples are negative which means there's been no spread of the infection there have been 2 previous outbreaks in facilities housing asylum seekers but infection rates there reached one percent of the resident population or less before soroti is quarantines them here for the 1st time they have reached 31 percent it is exactly what authorities have sought to prevent and this is what they want to prevent happening in the more crowded camps only a jian islands home 235000 asylum seekers here people live in cramped huts and tents and there's limited access to running water and soap fears of a corona virus outbreak earlier this month caused a riot at the refugee camp on heroes which destroyed all. this is the international organization for migration which runs 30 refugee camps on the mainland including

the galaxy hotel says information is vital to prevent panic what is essential here is to make sure that. the buyer community understands what is going on we tried to identify the community. knowing that we were attacked past may stick with a message there are important to do it was leaders the same thing that we did is to create a network of what's up so to try to keep their need for because if they're not inform you know they don't want us there and they make assumptions that lead to only getting 2 girls the greek government has put the entire region under quarantine and it says it will stop using hotels to house migrants this year but the hilly relies on tourism for revenue and its leaders want to open up the business as soon as possible jump start open loss al-jazeera put it to heel you.

know thousands of people in australia and new zealand have stood outside their homes to mark the national day of remembrance with both countries under lockdown closed and that day services were held instead of the traditional events which usually attract large crowds thousands of australian and new zealand troops died in cliff lee and northern tack in the fast wild war the memorial there was also canceled for muslims across the globe marking ramadan their holiest month of the year but while traditional rituals include gatherings for food and prayers many people have to forgo these because of coronavirus lockdowns people have been banned from islam's holiest sites the grand mosque in mecca the prophet's mosque in medina is also closed for the duration of the fasting period the measures were imposed by saudi arabia's government which has the highest number of infections in the gulf region. every year during ramadan more than $20000000.00 workers leave

indonesia's capital to travel back to their hometowns but the corona virus outbreak has disrupted that centuries old tradition because of a ban on the all travel in or out of the country jessica washington reports from jakarta. the bags are packed and they've paid for the tickets but this family won't be travelling anytime soon nearly all domestic and international travel in indonesia is now on hold until june. i always travel before it's the only time i can see my family i'm sad but there is nothing we can do we must follow the government's instructions on a normal day a station like this one would be packed with people and it would be even busier in the lead up to that won't happen this year stopping people from travelling to their hometowns should help slow the spread of the virus but it also brings new challenges for those who've lost their income and say they can no longer afford

life in indonesia's big city. hours before the ban came in this was the scene at one jakarta bus depot social distancing gave way to desperation thousands of people trying to get out of the capital before it was too late by rebel army because of the announcement from the president about the travel ban many people panicked here is the epicenter of the covert 19 outbreak in indonesia and these travellers could spread the virus to provinces with no problem health facilities but many here feel they have no choice anyway is one of them millions of low income earners have lost their jobs because of the virus the factory eddie works is shot in differently his rent is 50 dollars each month and he can't afford that now i mean. 2 the corona virus outbreak has made this ramadan different to previous years i lost my job i'm . very so i can't leave in jakarta without

a job i can't afford it so i decided to go home before that this virus hasn't just disrupted the annual homecoming of millions but their livelihoods to just go into an al-jazeera to come to. a wonder no authorities accused of all the trip really arresting dozens of people suspected of violating restriction measures without due process that's according to human rights watch journalists trying to expose abuses by security forces during the lockdown are among those arrested it also says reports of rapes killings and other serious crimes by security forces must be investigated rwanda's defense forces said earlier this month it had detained 5 soldiers all moving to other news now and at least 12 ranges and 5 civilians have been killed in an attack on a park in the democratic republic of congo several more people were injured in that ambush the west in the parks history the wrong guy is home to hof of the world's

population of mountain gorillas in the last 20 years at least 180 rangers have been killed there by protecting animals phil clark is a professor of international politics at the school of oriental and african studies he says he's not surprised by the attack. there were big clashes between the major rebel group that suspected of carrying out this attack and a group called the f.b.i. . and the congolese army had been at each other's throats to several weeks now and it does look like the f d a lot have used this attack on the national park rangers as a white to show their strength and as a white suit trying to put pressure on the congolese army to back off i think perhaps if there is a surprising elements about this attack it's the style of the civilian death toll typically when there are attacks in the reagan national pocket it usually involves the kidnapping of a foreign tourists we haven't seen congolese civilians being killed in such large numbers inside the national park and we certainly haven't seen this number of

ranges killed so in that sense that this is very unusual that the s.d.l. are is i who to dominate said rebel group the reason that it's fighting against the congolese army of the marmont is that the congolese government is in the process of renewing relations with the rwandan government and that's a 20 dominated government the rwandan government has said to congo you need to rein in the f.t. a lot you in we see this regional threat across the border we see tutsi civilians being killed inside congo the f.t. a lot have had a recent history of going across the border into rwanda and so that's the bigger context to this attack today. had an affair is out is there and these are the headlines well i think it is have joins the well health organization to know what to nasa to have to speed up on

drugs tests and that scene's against private michael the united states says it will not get involved but the head of the w.h.o. says a common approach is the only way to beat the virus this is alignment collaboration to accelerate the development production and they're quick to boot this revision of the accidents that in the sticks and to explode could be 19. shared commitment is to ensure all people who have access to all the jews to do to defeat could beat 9. u.s. president on a trump has walked out of his daily coronavirus briefing without taking questions from reporters a day after he raised the possibility of injecting disinfectant into patients to fight the disease trump said he was being sarcastic when he made those remarks which alarmed medical professionals brazil's government has been plunged into disarray after the justice minister quit accusing president i also know of meddling

in law enforcement said jim morris stepped down after boston are fired at the federal police chief he says the president wanted to choose a replacement who'd be willing to give him inside information also denies those claims inmates out of prison in argentina have climbed onto the roof demanding more protection from the spread of private 19 god tested positive for the virus prisoners at the jail and one is aries are demanding to be transferred. and muslims across the wilds are marking ramadan their holiest month of the year but while traditional rituals into gatherings for food and prayers many people have to forgo these because of coronavirus lockdowns people have been banned from islam's holiest site the grand mosque in mecca well those are the headlines the news continues here after risking his whole career stay with us. throughout history humankind has come together in our darkest moments this is

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