the. a warning the coronavirus pandemic is far from over and now millions are missing out on treatments for other infectious diseases. hello there i'm a star here today and this is al jazeera live from die also coming up a new format and a new venue donald trump faces the media after a disastrous coronavirus briefing last week. new zealand says it's in the mini said the virus while restrictions are eased officials are warning against complacency. with the world dollar. protestors fights with security forces in lebanon as angus wells over

a collapsing currency and surging food prices. now the tally of corona virus infections across the world has now passed $3000000.00 and with it has come a warning from the world health organization and says the effort to stop the spread is having an impact on the fight against other diseases and that millions of children are missing out on vital vaccinations for other infectious diseases every year more than $116000000.00 in funds are vaccinated or 86 percent of all children born globally but there are still more than 13000000 children around the world who miss out on work solution we know that the number will increase because of course read mine too. already polio vaccination

campaigns have been put on hold and in some countries routine immunization services are being scaled buck or shut down well as european nations begin to ease their lock downs the w.h.o. has repeated its call that they must track and trace all suspected coronavirus cases that warning came as italy announced a phased reopening of its economy but the u.k. says it's too soon to relax any measures and he would takes a look at the situation across europe britain's prime minister back at work after recovering from coronavirus with a warning that there will be no letup in the lockdown yet i can see the long term consequences of looked done as clearly as anyone and so yes i entirely share your agency it's the government's urgency. and yet we must also recognize the risk of a 2nd spike more than 21000 people have now died from corona virus in newquay

hospitals and one of the world's worst outbreaks the government has announced that the families of national health workers who died from corona virus tearing this crisis will receive a $75000.00 payout the number of tests being offered in the u.k. is being expanded but the government has faced criticism for the slow rollout of mass testing and there are growing prostrations and questions even within boris johnson's own party about how soon the economy can reopen italy has set a date to start easing its lockdown the longest in europe factories and building sites can reopen next week bars and restaurants can't fully reopen in june while schools will stay shut until september. and many parts of europe are grappling with the impact of this crisis. there is anger in some of prince's poorest suburbs the lock down and restrictions on movement in communities where people often live in

cramped conditions has led to an arrest the police have been accused of being heavy handed in their approach racial slurs were allegedly used to mock a man trying to escape arrest last week. that we. was going you know all are against you but it seems like france is against. you know it is you know so it's difficult because people are suffering from there is suffering from. economy and social impacts there is optimism in some parts of europe but the worst of this crisis may be over but the still no unified approach in how to keep safe going forward in most parts of germany people have to wear face masks in shops and on public transport. both west some families all seeing one another for the 1st time in weeks albeit through the glass put together all the fame emma he would is there a. whole u.s.

president on a trump is back to holding coronavirus briefings after missing the weekend amid a storm of criticism suggesting that disinfectants could be injected as a coronavirus remedy he's unveiled new plans to help states ramp up their testing capacity and while he has repeatedly claimed that testing is on track regional figures and many state governors would suggest otherwise today we're releasing additional guidance on testing to inform the states as they develop their plans for a phased and very safe reopening or blueprint describes how states you don't lock their full capacity expand the number of testing platforms establish monitoring systems to detect local outbreaks and conduct contact tracing white house correspondent can to help that now joins us live from washington d.c. kimberly we did here's some ambitious numbers being thrown around today by the president when it comes to testing how realistic is all of that.

but we'll certainly this is an aspirational goal but one that is necessary if the u.s. president is to reopen the economy as he's hoping will happen now what this was was a couple of things in terms of this rose garden press conference not only was it an opportunity for u.s. president to announce a blueprint or guidance for the states to reopen their economies using expanded testing in utilizing their capacity but it was also an opportunity for the u.s. president to grab hold of the narrative that has really spiraled out of control for him in the last couple of days you mentioned at the start of the segment that disasters public relations briefing that happened late last week when the u.s. president suggested injecting disinfectant or even shining u.v. light might be a way to eradicate cope with 19 in the human body will since then the president was

not really heard from him and he has been criticized repeatedly for those comments so this was a chance for the president to try to get control of the message to get ahead of it and well he did release this blueprint it was also an opportunity for him to push back on that mistake that many say the president made in giving information that was of a public health nature even though he has no qualifications in fact in the rose garden press conference the president was asked directly if he felt responsible for any potential deaths of someone were to follow that advice the president saying i take no responsibility i can't imagine why the president was also asked in this press conference about whether or not he following on the heels of germany might take punitive action against china for the fact that this was originated in china but of course has now spread into a global pandemic the u.s. president saying that in fact this is something that's under investigation and that in fact there is a plan to hold china accountable for

a figure my. much larger than the one being pursued by germany but the bottom line in all of this well there was important information about testing and the state's reopening there's no question this was an attempt by the president to push back on criticism he has been enduring and lashing out at the media over social media for a number of days. white house correspondent thank you very much kimberly let's dig into this national mall with john f. and he's a democratic strategist and also a former democratic national committee committee communications direct and he now joins us via skype from washington d.c. john as we've been hearing there we did see around the different president trying to day attempting to be back on message trying to harness that narrative turning it back to the economy he is clearly trying to draw a line under the p.r. disaster of last week did it work. i don't think it's good not surprising to see him back at it because he certainly wouldn't have left it where he left it last week where to start with simply because that he got off the hook that after his

appearance us we were he suggested in just being some sort of household cleaning products where he was widely not only criticized let's be clear he was last asked all over america and everybody was completely appalled that essentially he would have left the stage because he had done a tour with so we had to make this up again he brought with him most of the press is corporate executives to do some talking and 3 so that there wasn't a lot of news coming out of this particular event he clearly wants to put the last week behind him and he wants to still hold center stage but he doesn't have a lot of wonderful news to report he's talking about testing which we're all glad to hear him say he sort of hearkening back you know there's a lot of high stock market numbers low unemployment numbers even though a lot of americans were economically struggle for sleep and not circumstance but he he is out there because you know not be out there but he doesn't have good news for

us well john as we were just saying there was campaigning this was offensive me about ramping up testing but this was also candy a plenty and to trying to press to open up states economies and even schools again and all of that would presumably pay very well to his base. yeah there are certainly a lot of people out there he's been very visible who are encouraging if you look at the polling americans very much want to use these fires where they venture back out to the economy now many are coming under increasing pressure because the polls are coming due and the federal response here that the financial we've been offered to people is not nearly as comprehensive as it has been in some other countries so a lot of people just need to pay their rent and so they're desperate for something and they may not expect very much from the federal government's about wishing them to want to go back out as well but the polls are still there is very very high up there like a large majority somewhere between 79 percent of americans say and how you ask the

question want to stay home and still is safe with him at all since it's well i say trouble so i didn't miss the opportunity today to take a dig at nancy pelosi saying she was dancing in chinatown in february when the current a virus epidemic was was beginning how does all of this play out when it comes to policy politics. yeah it's a great question because obviously democrats want to criticize the president and highlight all of the failings and missed opportunities to contain this epidemic from several months ago and on the other hand of course drunk trump wants to say you know well look at the other guy right and what what we see is that right now americans are terrified for their health they're terrified for their finances and they really aren't in the mood to hear from either party who you know 40 figures back and forth so he of course has trouble being restrained some democrats have trouble being restrained as well but for the most part americans are hoping that

somebody in washington is going to show you stop pointing fingers and show some leadership well speaking of pointing fingers saying something else he mentioned today that might play well to his supporters blaming china so trying to day again saying that china should have stopped the car and a virus at seoul said that serious investigations are taking place and presumably john this is a narrative will be hearing throughout this election year. it's a very interesting case and especially because there are some early ads that don't want to put out there saying oh joe biden is going to suck up to china and china is behind this virus and trying to deflect blame in that direction on the other hand when you tell the story of what donald trump was doing in the 1st months of this epidemic which by and has also been able to do an ad which is basically treating them with kid gloves not insisting that american medical experts go into china to see what was going on mostly because trump didn't want to upset the chinese regime because they had a nice trade deal coming that he thought would be good for you and so when people see bad in response they're pretty appalled so i don't know that that's

a winning strategy for him and he can certainly use it with his base but in the end i think he's going to get worse and of that for john f. and to that democratic strategist joining us from washington d.c. great take you inside and out of there john thanks to be here thank you jim. now a number of protesters have been injured in lebanon in demonstrations over the country's di economic situation head to bombs were thrown and banks vandalized as people gathered in the northern city of tripoli and near beirut despite a coronavirus lockdown the lebanese pound has lost more than half of its value and prices have soared many of calling for the central bank governor to resign then a quota has moved from the capital. lebanon's currency has been depreciating for weeks but in the past few days the lever lost at least 60 percent of its value on the black market the government is hinting that the central bank could be intentionally engineering the collapse as the country struggles with the lack of

hard currency and its worst economic crisis in decades. the central bank is either incapable or directly instigating the dramatic drop. that. those in power say there is an attempt to topple the government by sabotaging financial stability opposition politicians who are backing the long serving governor riyadh selami believe the ruling alliance led by hezbollah is trying to take control of the central bank which implements u.s. sanctions against the iranian backed group mr so i mean me is perceived as. an american ally inside lebanon but that does not mean that mr said made me is not responsible and i'm his one of 30 policy was wrong but definitely we're phrasing it cool it. is part of. our game

taking place. money transfer offices and banks no longer dispersed dollars and people are deprived of much of their savings due to informal capital controls. hard currency international donors won't help unless politicians reform the states that means giving up resources they've been accused of using for political gain. all the while people are losing the value of their money protesters are reviving a movement that began in october not just against the central banks policies but a political class they accuse of corruption and mismanagement and now the vote option is back on the street these 2 groups and these parties are trying to hijack the movement on the ground. it's seen as a struggle between those who hold financial power and those who have political power and it's putting lebannon stability at risk so now for their own beirut now

still ahead on al-jazeera nigeria begins to wind down the virus struck down measures but people in the commercial capital face strict new rules on face masks. and kings day out of the usually boisterous best day festivities for the dutch monarch are a new set of fat due to coronavirus restrictions. head of the latest storm system as you call it is east coast rings on its way out now there's a pretty sharp sheryl's even in florida as it went through but it is going through so it means new york's weather really improved 15 degrees the breeze slowly dars there are more showers in the midwest joiners and given the dark blue and the already suggests big thunderstorms this line is of interest as it kills down towards texas but a significant sunder storms you got

a feed of moisture from the gulf of mexico's war and this is the time of year we should watch out for some violent thunderstorms there west of that tension still high in arizona such phoenix is approaching its record high for april so it is hot and that heat wave exists in southern california as well but that's the place where the dangerous weather is going to be again they get to creep east was in the southern states that's where they are higher value and also was into canada is a big system this for the most active weather is probably going to be for the sack the california coast very dry san francisco 19 at the heat waves further south even south of los angeles and more inland nevada and arizona active weather in that front you may just remember going through california will prompt again big showers and thunderstorms in cuba and the bahamas and probably back in mexico as well. but. in a war torn city in iraq

a magic documents the stories of the survivors recording best hopes and dreams for a peaceful future after american troops withdraw. but the conflict is far from over . he turns the camera on himself when i so take control and his family often forced to flee nowhere to hide a witness documentary on al-jazeera. the the you. know again i missed a reminder of our top stories this hour the world health organization is warning

the coronavirus pandemic could indirectly harm the lives of millions of children who are missing out on vital vaccinations from other infectious diseases the w.h.o. says 21 countries are already reporting shortages of some battersea. u.s. president ronald trump is back to holding coronavirus briefings. after last week unveiling plans to help states around their testing capacity there were no briefings over the weekend off to trump was criticized for suggesting disinfectants could be injected as a remedy. and a number of protesters have been injured in lebanon in demonstrations over the country's dire economic situation last week lebanon's currency reached new lows against the dollar. a libyan warlord who has declared the end of all peace talks with the un recognized government have to says the skyrocket political agreement which aimed to bring about a national unity government is to be abolished fighting continues near the capital tripoli where a mother and her son were killed by

a rocket attack by have to us forces now the u.s. president has appeared to confirm that north korea's leader is alive it follows days of uncertainty over the health and whereabouts of kim jong un who hasn't been seen in public for more than 2 weeks now donald trump says he has a good idea of how can his doing but come talk about it for now. well nigeria's president says coronavirus lockdowns and cities including lagos and a budget will be relaxed from may 5th may 4th i'm sorry but all non-essential travel between states has to be banned facemasks have been made compulsory in the commercial capital lagos the state's governor says this is because the spread of the virus is still in its early phase those who fail to comply will be punished nigeria has close to $1300.00 confirmed coronavirus cases and 40 deaths on that address is following developments from abrasion. the phrase out of the restrictions will happen in only 3 of nigeria's $36.00 or $37.00 states including the

administrative capital of remember these 3 states lagos and ogun state where the 1st to be hit by a complete lockdown of the cities because of key economic and administrative importance in that region scheme of things so gradually after the phase out of the lockdown on the 4th of may the nigerian government will also put in place a curfew that runs from 8 pm in the evening local time to 6 o'clock in the morning and then like the president said wearing a face mask will be very mandatory on everybody in the public space so one interesting aspect of this speech will address by president one of the laddie is the issue of panel which has been on the burner for a very long time for all for the last one week this is a state where we've seen how hundreds of deaths in this piece of one week unexplained gets all the local authorities are saying that these desk mostly are

not connected to compete 19 but there are some misgivings about that so the nigerian government is sending it team of experts to reinforce local health workers there to help them deal with the situation in kind of state this is a state with a population of more than 15000000 people that comes probably a proud legal 2nd after lagos so the nigerian government is warning that if kano is down that washed case scenario then you at the center of the. nigeria than the whole of northern i get it will be impacted. well lockdown restrictions in new zealand have been eased for the 1st time in almost 5 weeks and means that some businesses takeaway food outlets and schools can reopen but social distancing measures will remain the country of nearly 5000000 people has reported more than 1400 cases 19 deaths prime minister just under rajan says the tough measures have helped in that the outbreak but our correspondent wayne hey isn't or

clint he explains what the easing of restrictions will mean on the ground the reality is that the move from level 4 to level 3 on the 4 stage alert system of the government introduced in late march is a very little will change for them what we saw at the end of the end of march was the government introducing this 4 stage system and straightaway throwing the country into the highest level level for when there were only a handful of confirmed coronavirus cases in this country so that meant for the past 4 weeks or so that new zealand has been under a form of lockdown people have been told to stay home unless they're going to the supermarket they've also been allowed to go outside in the neighborhood only to have some sort of outdoor exercise but all non-essential businesses have been closed now the government feels that the time is right with only as you say just over 1400 confirmed cases and 19 deaths that they can transition to the next level

level 3. well mayors across colombia have moved to block a government decision allowing some people there back to work the country remains under lockdown until the middle of next month but the construction and manufacturing sectors have been allowed to restart local leaders say it's too soon and have taken matters into their own hands and asunder m.p.'s he reports from bogota. building sites in the colombian capital remain the spite the amounts made by president construction and manufacturing were due to gradually restore on monday . that's because late sunday nights the mayor of bogota managed to postpone the return to work of almost a 1000000 people in this city. now you here's a thought in mind nobody starts working tomorrow nobody no businesses no construction science the only thing starting tomorrow is the ridge's tree of the businesses to approve their protocols i the political infighting shows just how difficult it is to safely restart work in populous cities like. the measure my

delay reopening spring another 2 weeks as companies wait for their security mobility plans to be approved by the city. something no worries intrapreneur who are eager to restart. we had already informed our workers and it was a surprise to find out that we couldn't work and that we had to fill a lot of new paperwork we are bewildered it's clear the different levels of government are not working together and this damages everybody. has been in full lockdown for over a month which has helped slow the rate of infections but has also badly hurt explora citizens. for the government the biggest worry lies here in the public transportation system which they say can't operate past 35 percent capacity to avoid putting people at serious risk some workers say safety must remain paramount

but if you're not going to pick up some things that were expected to start today but instead will work in her mental longer it's tough but it's worth it to avoid the worst health crisis economy. is finding the right balance will be difficult the neat to allow people to start working is very high and local governments and the national gallery need to balance is the act in there the trick try to avoid greece in the number of people contagion age it or. basically create social embrace coming from the lack of this conundrum is not alone. in argentina are also trying to ease some restrictions to restart part of their economy while also extending the lockdowns it shows just how scared everybody is to botch what to restrictions have achieved so far.

now kings day is a major national holiday in the netherlands but celebrations this year have a new said jews of the pandemic more than 4500 people have been killed by cave in 1000 there with over $38000.00 confirmed cases but as step fasten reports the dutch government is under growing pressure to loosen restrictions. or. sad tomes of the national anthem fill the empty streets of amsterdam due to the covert pandemic all mass outdoor celebrations of king's they have been cancelled and everyone has been urged to stay at home parties are restricted to balconies maybe a big square with everybody else and today we have to keep a distance to everybody but increasingly people are ignoring the dutch so-called intelligent lockdown which means keeping a distance of one and a half meters they run the risk of the nearly $400.00 people were crying despite roadblocks from have even found ways to enter the famous dutch flower fields

normally visited by millions of tourists at this time of the year compared to some other countries dutch people still have a lot of freedom while they're discouraged from visiting these flower fields there's no official lockdown that forces them to stay indoors nor is there any obligation to wear masks but the spot all this increasingly people appear to be getting fed up with the restrictive measures in place and urging the government to restart the economy in contrast to the cheerful chorus of their fields flower farmers are suffering millions of juleps and other flowers had to be destroyed after borders were closed and the mastic the mont collapsed how much is thrown away here in this place we think about 2000000 for. value the value is around one half 1000000 euro instead of taking them to flower auctions from the sun and his colleagues are now selling flowers by the side. of the street

. what we see is economy it goes on the wrong way so let's hope you've got our government will release she very sure little by little. the restrictions but scientists say lifting restrictions too soon will lead to a 2nd wave of death instead they argue the government should follow neighboring countries and start to task more people and try to contact i think it's really does believe in in our situation with our culture we want to be free in a way to our citizens we don't want to be tracking down our citizens. and and also because they have chosen this direction seem to be afraid of losing how do i would you say we would say in that you would say would you lose your face the government has urged people to remain patient at least until may 20 when some measures could be lifted but it is predicted that the dutch free spirit even after this date will have to be confined to a small one and

a half meter space step fasten al-jazeera amsterdam. hello again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines the world health organization is warning the coronavirus pandemic could indirectly harm the lives of millions of children who are missing out on vital vaccinations for other infectious diseases the w.h.o. says 21 countries are already reporting shortages of some vaccines u.s. president arnold trump has held his 1st coronavirus briefing since last week unveiling plans to help states ramp up their testing capacity there were no briefings over the weekend after trump was criticized for suggesting that doesn't affect and could be injected as a remedy. today we're releasing additional guidance on testing to inform the states as they develop their plans for a phased and very safe reopening or blueprint describes how states you don't lock

their full capacity expand the number of testing blood forbes' establish monitoring systems to detect local outbreaks and conduct contact tracing a number of protesters have been injured in lebanon and demonstrations over the country's dire economic situation last week the lebanese currency reached new lows against the dollar sparking calls for the central bank governor to resign. libyan warlord khalifa haftar has declared the end of all peace talks with the un recognized government have to says the skyrockets political agreement which aimed to bring about a national unity government is to be abolished fighting continues near the capital tripoli where a mother and her son were killed by a rocket attack by have to us forces nigeria's president says coronavirus lockdowns and cities including lagos and a bridge will be relaxed from may 4th but all non-essential travel between states

is to be banned facemasks have been made compulsory in lagos the state's governor says it's because the spread of the virus is still in its early stages and those who fail to comply will be punished. lock down restrictions in new zealand have been eased for the 1st time in almost 5 weeks i mean some businesses takeaway food outlets and schools can reopen but social distancing measures will remain the country of nearly 5000000 people has reported more than 1400 cases and 19 deaths prime minister just androgen says the tough measures have helped and limit the outbreak well those are the headlines to join me for more news here on al-jazeera often people in power stay with us. in countries like a mine people have been killed because we in the united states have privatized the ultimate public function for this was a deal with saudi arabia things were done differently saudis other arabs when they

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