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coronavirus. religious freedom in india on a downward spiral modi's government is accused of targeting the muslim minority. and released after the riots concerned the violent prisoners in argentina i think let out as a coronavirus precaution. welcome to the news of spain plans to launch a 17 a $1000000000.00 reconstruction fund to deal with the economic damage caused by the pandemic it's one of the hardest hit countries in the world with the death toll now passing 25000 but the number of infections and deaths are now decreasing and restrictions are slowly being eased in phases after 7 weeks of strict lockdown as alexey o'brien reports. their 1st taste of freedom in $49.00 days that's 1176 hours of lockdown spent mostly indoors.

runners cyclists rollerbladers taking to the footpaths across spain which for weeks had been off limits except for those out to buy food and medicine. i was role of writing with open arms through the streets because they wanted to me cause there was a feeling of freedom. going for a walk and playing sports have been banned to stop the corona virus spreading in spain which is one of the worst affected countries in europe they've been more than 25000 deaths and 216000 cases but authorities say the outbreak here is finally past its peak that it's very great to go out to run today and i'm thinking like me like you know if there again moment you know i get with everybody out like this i'm very happy about that and i think that people are quite respectful and. i think they're very happy. last weekend children under

14 were allowed out for an hour a day of supervised activity now adults and senior citizens can also go out and say protime in a bid to reduce overcrowding. though it didn't work everywhere with thousands out along the house alone as prominent. as and i mean there for me personally it's incredible that i can finally go out after so long it just seems a bit strange to me that there are these time ships because in the end there are so many people out at the same time in the same place beaches though remain closed and crowds exercised under the watchful eyes of police. prime minister pedro sanchez tweeted that allowing outdoor exercise was a new step and measures to ease the confinement that called for people to be responsible because the virus is still here the world health organization says countries should lift their lockdowns gradually be ready to restore restrictions if

infections rise there are tough days still ahead for spain the lock down has hammered its already faltering economy and unemployment is expected to soar. on this saturday though people enjoyed the simple pleasures of being outdoors on a sunny spring day. now the united kingdom's coronavirus death toll is set to surpass italy as the worst in europe the figure was announced at the daily briefing prime minister boris johnson who returned to work 6 days ago after recovering from the virus was not there britain's pm has been under fire for not reacting quickly enough to the pandemic and providing enough personal protective equipment let's cross over to the park our correspondent in london who's monitoring events for us and the u.k. government has as we said held its daily news conference on saturday no pm in attendance and yet another significant daily death toll to tell the british public

about. the news came from the communities and housing minister the prime minister was in here he of course and he recently became a father the situation in the country continues to be critical the death toll edging up in the past 24 hours news of $620.00 or more deaths bringing the total death toll to $28131.00 that's only several 100 behind italy the worst affected country in europe and despite the fact that the u.k. was several weeks behind the infection spreading widely here in the u.k. 2 weeks several weeks. so the u.k. could have used some people say to prepare in a much more organized way the feeling now is that the government put a foot wrong it's reached its targets of carrying out $100000.00 tests

a day. however some doxes cost some aspersion as to whether or not those figures are actually accurate accusing the government of inflating the figures given that some tests were simply posted through people's letterboxes and the number doesn't entirely account for tests that were actually carried out the government however is now saying that it's working quickly to connect the dots to be able to carry out things like tracking and tracing as well as testing to be able to identify people that are infected in may therefore run the risk of infecting other people that hoping to buy meat may have recruited 18000 officials 3000 of them being health workers to conduct this tracking and tracing that may also have a digital component so the government talk about talking about there being an app of a liberal to help with this effort but some of course are already saying that things are moving far too rapidly that this is the kind of thing that the nation should have implemented several weeks. when there are some deep deep concerns that numbers

are escalating much faster than the government actually thinks and of course need your insides and thomas's hospital which is one of many globally that is focusing on trials of blood plasma as a potential cure all or source of the cure for current virus just talk us through what we expect to happen. yeah this is st thomas' hospital obviously playing a pivotal role in britain's battle against it 19 it is of course where the prime minister was treated when he tested positive for the virus and ended up being in the intensive care unit here but it's where a significant trial into the use of blood plasma from people who recovered from the virus it is currently under way is one of several hospitals across the united kingdom that are conducting these trials the science is quite simple if you of how the virus are recovered you will have developed some antibodies presence in the

blood plasma that can be injected into people still suffering from the virus to stimulate their immune system they are currently 6000 people that have signed up for this scheme in the united kingdom it is slow progress because obviously you need to identify people that have suffered from the fires and recovered the process takes around 45 minutes to donate blood which is then put into a machine to separate the plasma the britain of britain's national health service is saying that by mid may open to have around 10000 possible useful samples a week that they can use to treat people similar trials are underway in other parts of the world 1500 hospitals in the u.s. we know are conducting trials similar story in different hospitals across europe hopefully the data will be in soon to see exactly how effective this treatment is need barca in london thanks very much. let's stay in europe because france is extending its health emergency by another 12 weeks until july the 24th it keeps in

place corentin measures for those arriving in the country but some locked down measures will be eased in just over a week including the reopening of primary schools france has recorded more than 24000. and there's been another spike of new cases in russia 9600 have been reported in the past 24 hours that's the 4th record in as many days most of those new cases are in the capital moscow just over 1200 people have died since the outbreak began a situation now where the malaysian government has detained more than 700 migrants and refugees accusing them of illegally living in the country it comes at a sensitive time with growing public anger towards migrant foreigners who are accused of spreading the coronavirus rights groups have criticized the timing of the round up at a time of movement and travel restrictions and say detaining the workers together makes them more vulnerable to catching the virus the government says all part of

a bigger effort to contain it slower and slowly has more from kuala lumpur. hundreds of migrants and refugees including children rounded up in a raid in kuala lumpur on friday they're being held in detention facilities migrant rights group the noggin eater has criticised the raid as inhumane and counterproductive arguing it won't deter migrant and refugee communities from getting tested at a time when the world is still struggling to contain the pandemic. but the government is defending it as part of efforts to contain the coronavirus state the slick there is still on documented migrants their status remains the same the laws of this country haven't changed these people broke the law when they entered the country illegally. in recent weeks foreigners have been the target of hate speech with some malaysians blaming them for spreading the coronavirus hostility towards the rangar and undocumented migrants appear to have been set off by several events

this suburb outside kuala lumpur home to a large population. was placed under lockdown more than a week ago to curb transmission of cases there are social media posts telling the room they're not wanted here there were at least 5 online petitions some of which have since been taken down urging the government to expel the refugees from malaysia malaysians have also directed their anger at the ethnic minority after rights groups criticised the government for turning away a boatload of refugees last month for nor john been much and her family these are worrying times they escaped from scituate in brookline state in myanmar in 2012 after into communal riots between buddhists and muslims killed 200 people and displaced more than 100000 others. life here hasn't been easy malaysia has not

formally recognised refugees they can't work legally or go to school she says she's heard rumors about the malaysian government wanting to send the route back religion . it made me think back to our journey here we were at sea then human traffickers picked us up and they kept my husband for months because we couldn't pay it was only after 8 months here when we were finally registered with the un as refugees that i felt safe what if we have to go through that again. the coronavirus and malaysia's curbs on movement has already put north john's family in dire financial straits now the fear of being detained hangs over that florence italy out 0. india's hindu nationalist government is being accused of unfairly targeting minorities particularly muslims that's been leveled by the u.s. commission on international religious freedom lets look why now the report criticized last year's immigration act which offered citizenship to religious

minorities from neighboring countries but specifically excluded muslims it led to months of protests the commission also highlighted a census in the state of a psalm which excluded nearly 2000000 people both muslim and hindu making them essentially stateless and in august the government revoked the autonomy of indian administered kashmir and imposed a curfew and restrictions on the commission also he's recommending targeted sanctions and travel bans for those found to be responsible for violating religious freedom elizabeth piron has more from the capital new delhi. mohammad the names mother drops on to put on his bruises the 35 year old says he was attacked by a group of men when he was out something vegetables on his cot. after asking my name to said you're a muslim you've destroyed the country you've sprayed. and then started beating me with sticks there were 5 or 6 of them. community leaders in the neighborhood of

author they state told al-jazeera that muslims have been harassed and attacked since a gathering of islamic preaches in delhi led to a rise in the number of coronavirus cases. window was broken in the middle of the night he says he's been receiving phone calls from relatives telling him about rumors that his son attended the event and daddy. being spread around that the coronavirus is being sprayed by the jamaat going to the police investigating the incidents there just some of the attacks on muslims around the country analysts say that while other groups have broken lockdown drills muslims are being targeted it's. islam is being said to be responsible for having walked he waited these people to go and in fact. that is the kind of narrative which has been very. soon after 2000 people removed from the

headquarters off to the group that organized the gathering in delhi in may to march many media outlets blamed it for the spread of the coronavirus 50 percent of all the cases across india in the last one week only and only because of the public ijaw march marco's so who are these people television channels and social media showed fake videos of muslims breaking lockdown guidelines and social distancing norms hashtags such as corona jihad and corona terrorism began to trend on twitter here earlier this week a legislator from the governing body of the edge on the party told his constituents not to buy that. from muslim vendors. muslim vegetable vendors are spitting on the vegetables putting them and then selling the vegetables so i told them that we can't do much about that but don't buy vegetables from them. mohammed said he abandoned his car and ran away from his attackers. have to do something to survive but i can't go back there what's the use

they might beat me again the father for the family's only earning member the u.s. commission on international religious freedom has called india a country of particular concern since the hindu nationalist p j p was reelected last year india has rejected the report but the us body is just the latest to criticize the government for its treatment of muslims last week the organization of islamic cooperation asked india to take urgent action against the growing tide of islamophobia in the country elisabeth al jazeera new delhi. as a journalist and political commentator he says increased international criticism of india to settle its divisions is beginning to have an effect domestically. i don't know if this report will loan will will have much of an influence but put together given the fact that there are now weiss's emanating weiss's of prompt protest

emanating from within the country and out and outside specially in the middle east it has begun to take some kind of effect we had the prime minister of india for the 1st time in the 6 years that he's been in power the talk of or speak of reaching out to people and he said that over it doesn't discriminate based discriminate based on the basis of cost or religion we are at the head of the art assess saying don't target an entire community just because of the 4 to fuel so it does appear to be having some effect in this report. but in conjunction with the protests within the country as also outside does in india's interest to ensure that these things are put to rest right away because the only way this country can progress and face up to some of the you mundus challenges that confront it is by being united

a united india at peace with itself will be in a much greater position to tackle these challenges specially the ones emanating account of overweight and the huge impact the huge battering that the indian economy has received we can only handle this if we do or if the peace with ourselves not b.c. busy putting out bushfires but rather than concentrating on the larger national task at hand. plenty more ahead here on the al-jazeera news hour including beisel on the attack in iraq 10 paramilitary fighters are killed in the most significant assault since the group's demise. the. band back on duty in north korea state television shows kim jong il after weeks of speculation about his health. now there's been an emotive reaction to argentina's decision to release prisoners

to stem the spread of the coronavirus in jails families of victims say inmates convicted of serious offenses and violent crimes are amongst those being let out and ongoing riots at a prison in venezuela have seen the number of people killed rise to more than 40 let's cross over to our correspondent trees about who's in where desire is for us how much concern is that reason about the news of sort of prisoner releases in buenos aires and what safeguards are being put in place so these individuals don't commit crime whilst they're out. well it's a major challenge not only for argentina but all of latin america what to do with the prisons for that are overcrowded with lack of sanitation is and many other problems with epidemic how to prevent the spread of disease in this prisons we've seen in the past week in argentina protests of people taking to their balconies

with pots and pans protesting against a judge's releasing prisoners sending them on house arrest a federal judge here in argentina issued a statement saying that those who are involved in nonviolent crimes could serve their times under house arrest however what we have seen is that several prisons that been involved in kidnapping murder and rape were sent not totally back to their homes but back to their homes where some of their victims live this has generated lots of controversy here in argentina and outcry of by members of the opposition but also from the ruling party there are many many here or asking for the judges that sent prisoners to their homes to be investigated. the sound of full time pants against the release of prisoners in argentina. it's resonated in dozens of cities across the country. in the last weeks discontent in argentina's penitentiary system has been on the rice 1000 has prisoners on the

alert demanding better prison conditions or house arrest. but victims of those under arrest or a freight of being victimized for a 2nd time if some prisoners are released from. my sister was raped during a birthday party right next door he told her to remain quiet if you give him money then we received a phone call from the school because my sister was crying every day now he has been released. one got a lost 13 year old sister was raped by baby the 68 year old neighbor almost was released a week ago because he's considered to be at risk of called 900 made it almost family relive right here next door to the 13 year old girl he raped last year and even though he's not serving his house arrest in this locations neighbors say that he's able to move around freely and fear for their safety even though wal-mart is

in detention 20 blocks away a few days ago his family threatened one carlos and his family they were armed. we were talking to local media and his grandson came out with a weapon inside he was going to kill us my sister was afraid he would come back and rape her i'd like to tell the judge that relates to what would he do if the same thing happened to him there are currently over $90000.00 prisoners in argentina they're requesting nonviolent inmates at risk should be put under house arrest going to going to are they waiting for blood to be spilled who are human beings isn't their right to life local media reports over 2000 prisoners have been put under house arrest but argentina lacks the resources to control with angle money towards their staying home if the. understand coronavirus is affecting the world and we need to sit new conditions on how to treat prisoners there are parameters that cannot be violated we need to improve prisons and maybe release those who've

been involved in violent crimes right now men are out thank you and that's why thousands of people protested with some fans a message to the judiciary so their safety won't be at risk. and trees are staying in the region venezuela seems to be in the spotlight at the moment because of a rising death toll at a prison and what's going on. well what we know is that over 40 inmates were killed when they were quoting to the government try to escape from a prison in a well not a that's in the state of around 450 kilometers away from the capital caracas what we're being told is that a group of prisoners that where a following one gang leader apparently tried to escape they tried to bring down one of the fences protecting the prison and there was a big big shooting between the guards in the prison and the inmates apparently the

prison warden was stabbed what we'll so know is that the cost from that location completely collapsed because of round of the amount of people injured during that exchange of fire we've been seeing able to see some of the picture there gruesome pictures with people injured with hospitals with no mattresses with no medicines or i want other things in order to treat those who are injured what we know is also that since venezuela imposed a lockdown that's over a month ago there's been restrictions over those who are visiting in mates in several prisons across the country and this is crucial because what we've seen in the past is that the relatives bring food into the prisons medicines and other things that the inmates may need according to the opposition this protest was the consequence of lack of food inside the prison says 5 of that the government is saying that this started because of an attempt to escape of the entire american court of human rights is demanding an investigation they say that there was abuse

of force from the venezuelan government there's been incidents like this one in the past in the same state last year 29 prisoners dies again in a riot and this prison specifically the one we're talking about was build for to hold the 750 inmates well there were 2500 of them and for many that was one of the reasons why the protests began and the consequences we're seeing right now. as ours thank you. they said but the middle east now where i still find is a killed at least 10 members of an iraqi paramilitary group in separate attacks now the northern town of mcnish far has targeted on friday night in the province of salon had been the other attack happened in teller eisel fighters have risen i saw attacks have risen in april iraq deals with a worsening economic crisis and the impact of coronavirus well this latest attack in iraq is the most significant in more than 2 years eisel going global prominence

in early 2014 when it took control of the syrian city of raka and named it as its capital a series of aggressive campaigns followed and by the end of 2014 the armed group had peaked had reached its peak controlling an area stretching from central syria so the outskirts of iraq's capital baghdad well after years of fighting the iraqi military announced in december 27th teen that it had fully liberated iraq from eisel and the groups totally lost its territory in syria and by march of last year i saw as final stronghold was captured. hands that is the senior director of the counter extremism project he says the latest attack shows the fight against iceland's far from over. this is the latest episode of a slow resurgence of eisel in iraq which started fairly soon after the final defeat off the territorial control of eisel and 2019 it's clear that i still

had long prepared for the period after its military defeat which the organizing i mean efficient bombs organizing cells that act independently now what we've seen in this attack is a very classic eisel tactic that they used before they gained territory in 2014 to weaken the security forces and cow tribes within the sunni area into following them we are pretty much again at a situation that we were once before in 2011 where international forces also due to the current corona situation slow to withdrawing from the country the international i think coalition numerous nations have already withdrawn their troops because of corbett 1000 more will follow the had the same situation that the central government in iraq promised the sunni parts of its country a certain amount of autonomy including their own security forces promises that again it has not been fulfilled and all of this vacuum is overlaid by

a rivalry between the united states and iran on iraqi territory so that the country faces multiple internal challenges isolate is simply taking advantage of this kind very very difficult situation. still ahead here on the al-jazeera news are already facing an uphill battle we meet the african migrants facing the added obstacle of coronavirus. and the indonesian delivery drivers putting themselves at risk in the hope of a better future stay with us here on the al jazeera news. we still got a few showers in the forecast for the middle east villagers in the cloud in the rain that's been around the gulf recently that pulling through iran over towards afghanistan to stand also seeing some showers and these will slide

a little further east which over the next day or so making way for the next crop of showers just pushing out of turkey northern parts of syria northern parts of iraq for the most part as you can see it does look essentially fine and dry as a chance of the odd shower just creeping over towards that eastern side of oman as we go on into monday and into western parts of yemen as well quite a brisk wind to watch out for cross northern parts of saudi arabia so lifted dust and sand certainly a possibility but showers continue across ethiopian highlands somalia saying more showers longer spells of frank quite a bit of wet weather there the same right as they are doing nicely across much of west africa nothing a little further north where it's plenty of showers still where they named sue kenya more heavy downpours in northern parts of tanzania still seeing some very heavy showers showers there once again into the democratic republic of congo notice some wet weather just around the southern kiper time and a slow little further east which as we go on through monday dry brush the weather

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. witness kissing mother goodbye on al-jazeera. oh oh. oh oh. you're watching out is there is news i would miss the whole romney reminder of our top story spain's a prime minister has announced a multi-billion dollar reconstruction fund to help deal with the economic fallout from the pandemic that comes as the government begins easing restrictions allowing people to exercise outside for the 1st time in 7 weeks. also the united kingdom's coronavirus death toll is edging closer to overtaking italy as the highest in

europe another $621.00 people have died in the virus in the past 24 hours taking the total to just over 28000. and more than 40 prisoners have now been killed in ongoing rioting at a prison in venezuela but least 17 inmates were shot dead after they tried to escape from the last prison in portuguese a state. north korea's leader kim jong un has made his 1st public appearance in nearly 3 weeks state media broadcast images which appear to show kim opening a fertilizer factory speculation had been rife about the leaders health and his whereabouts mcbride reports now from seoul in south korea. in good spirits and seemingly in good health after disappearing from public view for nearly 3 weeks north korean leader kim jong un reemerged in style to open the fertilizer

plant. the pictures on state run television said to be from an event on friday seemed to be north korea's answer to all the growing speculate. about kim's health . online news sites and some news organizations have been quoting sources that said kim was gravely ill even brain dead after a surgical procedure gone wrong. it had led to concerns about a possible power vacuum and instability in the nuclear iran state and focused attention on kim sister kim go joan who attended this event as a possible successor to him. she came to the world's attention as the point person in north korea's charm offensive during the 2018 winter olympics in pyongyang she continued to feature prominently as the smiling facilitator in the subsequent into korean dialogue and in the historic summit meetings with the united states.

one. and he the only. one. in south korea intelligence officials had urged caution about the health rumors saying they haven't detected any unusual activity the pointed to a serious crisis south korea's unification ministry has condemned what it's called groundless content saying the speculation has caused unnecessary confusion and senior political figures here who don't even suggested that kim might have died off facing strong criticism. opening this large fertilizer plant and not wearing a mask while being cheered by large crowds may also be part of north korea's wider message to the world that it's feeding its people that it doesn't have any cases of

the coronavirus and the kim is very much alive and in charge of macbride al jazeera so. now to north africa because the migrants who've left other african countries to libya life is already a struggle throw in the added challenges of a country wracked by war and now the constraints and restrictions imposed by covert 19 it's left many by groups without work as mahmoud abbas had reports now from the capital tripoli. tired and frustrated these migrants can hardly afford to buy food they weighed by the roadside in the libyan capital for potential employers they've come from other parts of africa to earn a living by doing a manual work but since the country began its lock down one measures to prevent covert 19 a month ago they say they have hardly earned it any money. the travel restriction between cities is paralyzed in the us we cannot find work not only tripoli but also

in other libyan cities many of us no hope to travel back home to be reunited with our families nearly 1500 migrants and refugees are kept in detention centers in western libya some are living in dire conditions many of them were intercepted by the libyan coast guard while trying to cross the mediterranean to europe human rights organizations are warning that an hour would break of the coronavirus among them could be catastrophic the international organization for migration is conducting sanitation campaigns and he's calling on the authorities here to gradually release some of the most of all normal we have a voluntary return. from libya that assisted over 50000 people returned to their countries of origin. it's currently. only partially operational in that we're not able to fly out of. libya but domestic that will get

clearance to fly humanitarian flights out of libya to the countries of origin. thousands of refugees including the women and children escape instability and poverty elsewhere in the continent and i arrive here every year they make dangerous journeys from libya insurer's towards europe to seek a better life but many of them die when their boats capsize the covert 19 lock might force some of these migrants to leave libya once again if that happens they could be except by people smugglers and traffickers. but those who choose to stay remain hopeful for a change even though that might not come anytime soon. but what do i hate. tripoli an experimental antiviral drug has been approved

for emergency use in treating coronavirus patients in the u.s. 1500000 vials of the drug the severe will be distributed to hospitals from monday after a study showed improvements in recovery time particle has the latest. this is a president that throughout has tried to project a feeling of hope as the coronavirus rips through the world and his country now bringing in the c.e.o. of a pharmaceutical company to the white house to herald the results of a possible treatment for him to severe really people that are not doing well people that are sick people that have his horrible plague and said to our country and that we're getting rid of and we're going to be we're going to be having some really incredible results we have a very promising studies coming out on the vaccines we have promising studies coming out on therapeutics. in the 1st widespread trial the drug it did

shorten the length of the hospitalizations days for the virus and it's slightly decreased the mortality rate but scientists say it's the 1st real hope that a drug can work against the virus we have to remember this is the very 1st one it's a new drug being used for this and you showed i would call it a bright spot in the search just what 90 days after being notified of this of a drug it looks like it's got very promising results and the company that makes it says it will donate its stockpile which the food and drug administration cleared for use on friday will be working with the government to determine how best to distribute that within the united states will be working very closely to get that to patients working with female working with other parts of the government to make sure that we get fed to the patients in need as quickly as possible because there are patients out there that can benefit from this medicine today that are

hospitalized and we don't want any time to waste for that the white house trying to project a sense of hope of a near return to normal for the country but as some states begin to reopen like georgia for bodie numbers an additional $1000.00 cases diagnosed in a single day and experts say it'll take as many as 2 weeks to determine the true cost as cities and towns begin to reopen pedicle hayne al-jazeera chris smith as a consultant for all interest and editor of the naked scientists podcast he explains how the drug works. this is an antiviral drug it was developed during the a boehner period about 5 or 6 years ago and unfortunately for gilliatt who invented it it didn't work very well against a boa but what does look more promising is its action against this new coronavirus the way it works is that the drug molecule looks like one of the building blocks of

the genetic information of the virus so when you take the drug it goes into the cells and gets activated in the cell and then when the virus is trying to grow in one of your cells it mistakes this drug molecule for one of the normal genetic letters that it would be inserting into its genome that it's copying to make new baby viruses and when the drug molecule goes into the d.n.a. or r.n.a. of a growing virus it distorts it and disrupts it and stops it growing so as a result you end up with a virus with a broken genome and so it's a bit like a computer with the operating system corrupted it won't boot up so the viruses you make are completely defunct and when given 2 cells in a dish which are infected with the virus it slows down the growth of the virus when given to patients with the virus it makes them recover a bit quicker and it also slightly improves the mortality rate when you give it to people who are severely unwell and by slightly i mean in people who were not given the drug the mortality rates about 11 percent and in people who weren't given the

drug it was about 8 percent now the united states is facing a growing food crisis has the coronavirus pandemic forces meat processing plants across the country to slow production or clothes but president trying person on a vote a wartime law altering plans to stay open to avoid any shortages alan fisher has the story. empty shelves might become the new normal for a while some stores have run out of meat and there's no sign of when they'll get you deliveries more than a dozen meat processing factories have been forced to close because of covert 19 the system requires workers standing close together in a pattern repeated across the country one gets sick many others inevitably fall in neat processing. the work by its very nature is very crowded people have to standard very closely together as they're working on the line to process it isn't it that are going by very very quickly the closure of factories for missouri to colorado from virginia to south dakota creates

a real problem in the supply chain farmers know have thousands of animals they need to feed and how to use not something that budgeted for we've got to be able to move to move our cattle further along in the process and right now there's a bottleneck our supply chain literally causing a lot of issues and some concern for our producers donald trump is so concerned about supermarkets running out of meat that he's used an old war time law to keep the meat processing factories open he's designated them as critical infrastructure but unions are concerned that that might mean what kids' safety is put it risk they're worried federal guidelines will be ignored one expert says a see what force means less threat to the food supply you're looking at risks of outbreaks if we don't practice these infection control steps measures or on the other hand we're looking at some possible reduction in food supply but not

necessarily shortage so it's really necessary to prevent the outbreak so that we process in the 70s can continue to operate the u.s. government says it expects the shuttered factories to be back up and running in days not weeks but those in the food industry say the impacts of dealing with the virus will last months alan fischer al-jazeera falls church virginia. it's about 20 singapore will start easing restrictions from may the 12th after being under a partial lockdown for 2 months selected businesses will start operating again and small groups of students will be allowed to return to school the health ministry says the rules are being relaxed gradually to avoid a new rise in infections singapore has reported more than 17000 cases where india has made it mandatory for all public and private sector employees to use a government backed coronavirus tracking up medical authorities say tracking software has helped slow transmission but such moves by asian governments are

raising concerns about privacy and sarah clarke reports now from hong kong when tricia cowen and her family returned to hong kong in april they were put in mandatory quarantine for 14 days they were also required to wear this electronic respond the loaded authorities if they breached a quarantine regulations and left their apartment it's didn't think about it i just think that this had to be done i mean it's paper made to be tracked and now one wants it spread further we all want to be over as quickly as possible so that that just involved may. be a tracking technology developed in hong kong uses a wife i network to detect if the user changes location but the company says the only data shared with the government is movement not personal information technology we have a lot of option like phased work in the. speed. they're using this way that alone will be alert when they use the net their home base here at the

same time it their whereabouts. lapse and digital surveillance are being used by many governments in asia to track the spread of the corona virus china uses a color based q.r. code to monitor people's movements and health in south korea overseas travelers who don't download a government app are refused entry i think is so it's a key part of the term infection control in asia especially using this technology to track down these people who are putting them into quarantine so it is probably one of the most and one reasons why we are doing better. all the possible world but critics say some government mandated apps can also access a user's personal data and be used as a surveillance tool it's a real fear that this data will end up in the hands of governments some of the apps look for people's. access to call records even their contacts

and in some cases they cannot and all the information together can you know. people's lives 2 of the world's biggest tech giants at google and apple plan to embed new features in their devices using context tracing technology but say the tool will be removed once the pandemic ends the critics say it could lead to ongoing some violence with governments using the data for other purposes. technology may be playing a critical role in containing the pandemic but human rights groups warn it might also normalize surveillance in the future once this outbreak is under control. sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong. the newcastle university edwards is a professor of law focusing on innovation and society she says newer versions of the apps are dressing security concerns. there was kind of a 1st generation of rats which did camera in asia such as the china. traffic lights at the hong kong which were barely grossly brucey invasive media perhaps

justifiable within the culture at that time but were not really acceptable here and to some asian countries some of the trees so this being the 2nd way the bluetooth wraps which really get me to tech press in a t. rather than your geo location but we've been back we're now having a very heated debate about centralized against the centralized apps basically you can people the data that's collected on the respective bones of the people involved and that's what the google apple a.p.i. this been that's the path to be rolled lance supports and that is very very brave is. on the other hand with a number of countries notably the u.k. brownson astray. chosen to go centralized model where danger is back to central servers like the n.h.s. and that can be argued to be something they want because they want to collect will

data and they want to be able to amend some real quickly locus lycee but it is less reactive so this is where the debate is revolving around what's the best tradeoff and indeed doesn't need to be a tradeoff because some people in some of the consultant claim that you can get everything you want and still be maximally privacy supportive. of covert 19 has forced countries around the world to reassess what it means to be an essential worker drivers who are delivering food to or one group at risk and many in indonesia official about safety as jessica washington reports stuff from jakarta. before he starts work for enjoys his mornings with his sons these days the time is short lived. it's not long before he receives his 1st grocery order as more people stay at home to curb the spread of the virus grocery delivery services option the message from doctors is to stay at home and avoid interacting with people but

that's not possible for delivery riders like came to get into the woods but i'm more worried about the virus but what choice do i have i have to feed my family all i can do is hope i don't get infected he's one of the millions delivering all over indonesia's capital despite having more orders since the outbreak escalated he has less income. i need the money we're not allowed to take passengers anymore so i can only do grocery and food deliveries for food workers in indonesia and globally it's a similar sentiment. it was i'm scared of the killing of itis of course but my income comes from sales so i have no other option or i do that. so i keep my distance from his customers and i clean my products but if i don't keep working how can i live. they regarded world wide as essential workers but on low paid and can't afford to stop working even if they wanted to. physical distancing is only an

option for those who can afford it and most in the period industry cannot see this workforce is essential in all countries year round but now they're at the forefront of a global crisis and their work comes with increased risk. simple tasks such as accepting change or restocking shelves and now an infection threat for. my company has given us clear instructions we need to wash our hands and wear a mask are trying to be fit washed my hands and i stopped going out i don't want to get infected. workers like him do what they can to feel safe and around the world millions rely on them to get what they need jessica washington al-jazeera to count . well still ahead here on the news hour the pandemic may have dampened new orleans as party spirit but we hear from those keeping the city's soul alive and it's for the u.s. women's soccer team has vowed to find

a hole in the back of the equal pay. may on al-jazeera has covered 19 infects millions and triggers a global economic crisis will bring you the latest developments from around the world. al-jazeera world selection of the best network documentaries includes the story of unsung egyptian composer and musician ali it's mind despite the coronavirus pandemic the press is ahead with presidential elections bike store the emmy award winning phone lines is back investigating the united states and its role in the world and in the u.s. election primaries presumptive democratic nominee joe biden strives to reach the official delegate threshold may on al jazeera. the stories of abuse in

a chair farms in the west to shock the world but there's no alternative one when he speaks those sending elderly loved ones to thailand to live out there on how disease. well but let's bring in sports news now the u.s. women's soccer team has to fight in their battle for equal pay on friday a judge rejected their claim that they were being unfairly treated now the world champions a suing their own federation arguing that the u.s. men's team received better pay the judge disputed that evidence but has allowed an allegation of discriminatory working conditions to go to trial the players are

seeking $66000000.00 in damages the team's spokesperson said we are shocked and disappointed with today's decision but we will not give up our hard work for equal pay we are confident in our case and steadfast in our commitment to ensuring that girls and women will not be valued as lesser just because of gender sports lawyer how the a pope believes this legal fight is far from over but they still have a working conditions that are going on to try and that would be the other work and he didn't want to go to trial ever to which actually raising the stakes for the u.s. but repatriation could create some sort of a little bit maybe in the future for a little collectible are going to be made at all to believe the u.s. women's national soccer team the statistics bear add even with certain laws or regulations we still have to have a conversation about an equal treatment of women in the workplace and these women

are been really vocal about having and they're fighting for white right of women across all industries. formula one is aiming to hold its 1st races of the 2020 season in austria in july now the 1st of the 2 races proposed to start the delayed season would be held at the red bull ring in spielberg the spectators will be allowed and they'll be minimal interaction within the teens at some stage when he goes to the st it world continues we cannot just wait around and i'm pretty adamant about that that the that everybody needs to go back to work at some stage and we need to do it as best as safest possible that one out there i don't want to be quoted saying i don't need to be safe but your issues will be there for a long time and longer we wait more difficult to get up and i'll be taken. now new orleans has been one of the hotspots of the crime virus pandemic in the u.s. but while frontline health workers are overwhelmed and business is a suffering the community has banded together to keep the city's spirit alive

harder to castro has more. new orleans is a city whose exuberance is difficult to contain. in late february as people rub shoulders in the annual mardi gras parades few were aware coded 19 was silently present and spreading. now the streets are empty and the hospitals are filled but despite appearances the city's big easy spirit similar stronger. than the one this community was thanks together no matter what the situation is tasty treat restaurant still serves up classic creole dishes despite the loss of its regular customers it has a new customer a charity called feed the front line which emerged from the epidemic the group collects online donations bice food from 40 local restaurants. and gifts the meals to taxed workers at 16 new orleans hospitals because not only does it make us not

not worry about will next for the morale. the charity was founded by a fraternal group called the crew of red beans their goal to help new orleans get through code 19 just as it survived hurricane katrina 15 years ago are to have experienced catastrophic loss and rebuilding so i think it kind of gives an extra to the community spirit that it's not just the restaurants and hospital workers who benefit from your charity pays out of work musicians to make the deliveries that steady income coming into my bank account and not only that more importantly it's given me service work and it's given me something to do with my dad it's given me a purpose that i'm very hopeful. tom the effort has yielded more than 2000 meals a day delivered to the front lines what other way when the water is be able to give day besides given out the most things that we're known for which is the music and

our food more signs of new orleans as resilience in the face of adversity. castro al-jazeera. well that's news for the moment dreamed up again to we'll have more from our london new center in a few moments but until then you've been watching al-jazeera news with me so rob of live from doha for me on the news team thanks so much for your time and your company. in uncertain and isolating times listening post cuts through the noise you've been looking at another side of this story now from our 3 information around the

outbreak but the misinformation the listening posts on al-jazeera. play an important role. ringback on counting the costs famines of biblical proportions the coronavirus advent of the global economy so what does that mean for food supplies plus grants or loans as italy and spain used a lot down to mean your grades it's not a trillion rescue. cutting the cost on al-jazeera. in countries like a mine people have been killed too 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 came to britain for be all to help the past bombs deals you know you will rumsfeld this meeting saddam isn't that interesting. shadow on al-jazeera.

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