long and giving voice to the voiceless are we ready to go global ex-pats and discussion that culture still exists in your batting today open your eyes to an alternative view of the world today on al-jazeera. a fighting fund while leaders and scientists unite and an $8000000000.00 purse the stem amounting coronavirus death toll. effective treatments are huge reach and they critical critical because patients are dying today and tomorrow and the day off to a. kind of i'm the star of the attack and this is al jazeera live from doha with extensive coverage of the pandemic including a casualty rate that just keeps rising predictions of $3000.00 dead

a day in the u.s. by the end of the month. families are reunited as in italy after restrictions are relaxed but there are fears of a 2nd wave of infections. cramped conditions and a lack of health care warning it's a recipe for disaster in the kenyan refugee camp. now a fighting fund of $8000000000.00 has been set up to boost research into a vaccine and the treatment of the coronavirus leaders from the e.u. and other nations pledged the cash injection in a video conference on monday but the united states where almost 70000 people have died did not take pass trying to help has more. way so the world must find ways to live with it but. the ways of testing for it

more effective ways of treating it most importantly eventually a vaccine against it. the practice on many the goal is one to defeat this virus and e.u. lead virtual pledging conference aims to channel billions of dollars into the global response it's not just about pouring money into research but also about pooling resources and expertise for the common good. measure of science and. it's really. now. why. the u.s. isn't involved and while china is offering to help there are concerns the world's top economists already had political loggerheads may engage in a vaccine war donald trump has already claimed

a vaccine is just months away scientists point out that even if a vaccine is discovered in months it will be a lot longer than that before it's stale dup and available to the billions who'll need it which is why it's so important to find drug treatments that work in the meantime both are central to the funds being pledged and both are at advanced stages of trialing and research here at the university of oxford professor martin landry is leading the world's largest clinical trial into coronavirus drug treatments a project called recovery he's hoping to find an existing drug or combination of drugs that works to save lives well before a vaccine becomes globally available. i think your is probably too strong i don't think there'll be a single drug that suddenly wipes out the virus but i think effective treatments are in sight and they're critical they're critical because patients are dying today and tomorrow and the day after and even with the best will in the world 18 months

off having a scaled up vaccine at best we need treatments that deal with the problem of now. only in europe and parts of asia are there real signs of an infection slowdown globally new cases of covert 19 are being reported at more or less the same rate as they were a month ago he was a greatest for the developing world where social distancing usually adequate impossible the greatest hope lies in a global effort against a global threat jonah how al-jazeera oxford well professor michel because i ask him is the former executive director of the global fund to fight aids tuberculosis and malaria and he says the meeting was about far more than just a vaccine. there are 3 main pillars through to that conference one is the search for a vaccine the other is the search for therapies and the 3rd that is make sure that we have accurate tests to diagnose koran the virus and also

to test for immunity to the virus because the currently available tests are still not fully approved and they're not scalable to the scale we need worldwide i think the discussions have to start no upstream from the 18 months or so until we have evidence for efficacy of a vaccine and here again i mean despite all of the obstacles the intellectual property. the massive investments that maybe some private companies would have to make in generating a vaccine i would still feel optimistic because again looking back at hiv aids we've succeeded having 25000000 people on treatment worldwide for with drugs that were just under for the bold in the very early days of the

epidemic for the people so if we work together again if we have a global responds with global solidarity and commitment from the political world we'll get there all this still a strong push to get back to business in the united states despite startling new predictions on coronavirus casualties already it's the west head country with the said of the world's total cases of 3 and a half 1000000 and a report seen by the new york times suggests the number of deaths each day will double by the end of this month as a callahan one points. the numbers are just hard to grasp a new assessment from the federal emergency management agency leaked to us media says the united states will have $200000.00 new coronavirus cases every day by the end of this month and as many as 3000 dead every day by june 1st but now the focus is on plans to reopen the economy california allowing some retail and manufacturing

and new york making plans to move forward you open businesses 1st that are most essential and pose the lowest risk ok most essential and the lowest risk. phase one we're talking about construction manufacturing and select retail with curbside pick up they are the most essential with the lowest risk the u.s. senate is back to work despite the fact that it's doctor said it didn't have enough tests for the 100 senators they aren't planning on taking up legislation just confirmations to executive posts and judges to the bench at the moment the republican leader has scheduled no significant covert related business for the floor of the senate tonight we will vote on the nomination to the nuclear regulatory commission while the senate isn't taking up

a new relief package the treasury department is trying to find a way to pay for the last ones announcing it would borrow almost 3 trillion dollars and the supreme court went to work in a way that it has never done in its history honorable the chief justice and the associate justice the cream court of the united. oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah it heard arguments on the phone it's expected here 10 cases over the next 2 weeks the country finding ways to move forward well acknowledging there will likely be a high price to pay for it particularly in al-jazeera. julie fresh air is an associate research professor of microbiology and immunology at georgetown university medical center and she says it's still too risky to lift restrictions in the u.s. a lot of governors and local leaders under tremendous pressure to let people go back to work and help the economy begin to recover are beginning to relax those the

social distancing measures while the number of cases in communities is actually still growing and before we've gotten the the logistical support the planning and the decisions in place to make sure that people have access to testing so until we can make sure that we have access to testing and the ability to trace the contacts of people who are infected and make sure that we can isolate those who are infected and quarantine those who are potentially exposed then any move forward to relax those those distancing measures carries a significant risk that will see infections take off again in those communities and that's what those models we're seeing a really reflecting that that concern that we're going to see cases surge as measures to prevent exposures are relaxed with nothing else really in clase to to even be able to monitor what's happening now new zealand has reported no new

coronavirus cases for the 2nd day in a row prime minister december our dan has joined a meeting of australia's cabinet on tuesday to discuss quarantine free travel between the 2 countries but she says it will be a long time before an open borders with the rest of the wild new zealand began easing it struck down last week. the advantage we have getting better control control of the virus has been to try and get back to some form of normality international travel won't feel like that for some time but if we can find a way to make it work with a stroke here and then that would give it since of normality if we can make it work neither of us want cases of credit coming between our countries neither us would want the burden of that so i think regardless of our future products will be looking for ways to do it safely. italy has also begun to reopen 8 weeks after becoming the 1st country in europe to go into lockdown 4 and a half 1000000 italians are now allowed back to work and relatives can reunite

schools and cinemas remain shut indefinitely alexia bryan reports. the how good they've been waiting for for 2 months. old grandfather and granddaughter reunited. during the korean teen we were desperate. now i called even speak for how excited i am too excited we have only seen her with video calls for 2 months but it was not the same it couldn't be the same. quarter when i saw her my heart stopped it seemed to be a century since i'd seen her after the longest lockdown in europe family visits ever allowed but only of relatives live in the same region. elsewhere the queues were back at rome's main a terminus station though it's not just take it but temperatures being taken. by a lot of the what is that obviously after staying at home for almost 60 days it

feels good i feel good and i feel safe. across as a more than 4000000 people were back at work as construction sites and factories reopened and restaurants were allowed to sell takeaway food but taking public transport is still being discouraged by government and mosques a compulsory when sharing public spaces and doors. funerals remain limited to 15 people but the bereaved able to lay flowers on the graves of the did the florists nearby carefully disinfected. with more than 210000 reported cases and around $29000.00 tickets italy's one of the worst affected countries government leaders fear the loosening of restrictions will lead to a resurgence in cases health care workers are taking extreme measures to track infections isolate clusters and make sure hospitals and overwhelmed again. want to

get every. we're being careful trying not to do too many things but at least we're finally outside and breathing something. families making the most of the sunshine and parks that have been reopened playgrounds remain off limits but some of them think you're happy because finally today they have opened up again after having close to 4 months and a half even though obviously my daughter was disappointed to find a playground all blocked off there are many reminders that life isn't the same with school cinemas and theaters shot indefinitely but the sanctioned country has witnessed plagues before and recovered italians just need to find a balance between staying safe and embracing their new found freedom. brian al jazeera. while still ahead on al-jazeera a breakthrough against malaria we'll tell you what scientists have discovered that stops getting infected. the new research and chill a that sniffing out the symptoms of the corona virus.

hello then also bad pictures generate much of the southern united states of course we've had those severe thunderstorms but there are a few more beginning to develop and i can see a massive cloud across the central plains and this is where we have that cold air in place to the east of course and to the south you've got that milder moist as we go through tuesday once again because these rain showers some of them heavy through the ohio valley and working their way through towards the eastern seaboard and this is where we could have some severe thunderstorms developing probably late the end of the day damages a cell on the high side 29 in atlanta and that line of thunderstorms right the way down into southern areas of texas still some rain work its way across the northern plains most to clear out across the west that will change on wednesday some showers pushing into the pacific northwest how much or about 16 degrees in seattle and then

all the while quite tired across the central and southern plains on sunday across to. was the northeast which is where the rain is headed as we head towards the end of the day just 10 celsius in washington d.c. and then plenty of rain showers particularly across into haiti the dominican republic really developing throughout choose day and also we'll see the brainchild developing across much of the tamala and southern areas of mexico very similar story really on wednesday and all the way along the coasts throughout the gulf of mexico. they say to really know someone you must walk a mile in they. follow in their footsteps the state through which they weigh in the was. how dizzy in the. snow johnny's. inspiring stories of people disappearing on their chosen path. witness

documentaries on our. i don't and i'm. reminded of our top stories this hour the search for a coronavirus vaccine has received a significant financial boost dozens of countries have pledged $8000000000.00 to speed up to such the u.s. to china and russia did not take part. of the trumpet ministration is projecting coronavirus deaths in the u.s. will reach 3000 a day by the end of this month that's according to documents seen by the new york

times that comes as a number of states have started to reopen. and new zealand has reported to no new coronavirus cases now for the 2nd day in a row as prime minister just said roger now has joined a meeting of a strain his cabinet to discuss quarantine free travel between the 2 countries. let's bring you some other news now and venezuela's president nicolas maduro says 13 people have been captured following an alleged coup attempt the government says the u.s. and colombia behind the plot to overthrow. the country's attorney general also accused opposition leader one quiet row of being involved crowded denies those allegations and says the raid was organized by the state the dura says he has evidence they were trying to kill him and if he should already have told a u.s. official and a consultant the war in iraq and afghanistan last night reported and showed the contracts signed by the venezuelan opposition would have privatized and prepare an

expedition of mercenaries and terrorists trained in colombia to storm venezuela and try to kill him. teena has entered into negotiations with international creditors that will determine whether the country falls into its 9th debt default the deadline to reach a deal runs out on friday the government wants to delay loan interest repayments for 3 is and have 60 percent of payments written off now scientists have made a major breakthrough in the fight against malaria they found a microbe that prevents mosquitoes from being infected with the disease stopping them from infecting humans the microbe is known as a micro sport sporidia m.b. and lives in the guts and genitals of mosquitoes researches could not find malaria in any mosquitoes carrying that microbe the world health organization says more than 400000 people are killed by malaria each year most of them children under 5

and thought at least 40 percent of mosquitoes in an area would need to be infected with that microbe for it to have a serious impact on malaria or jeremy heron is a receptive scientist at the international center of insect physiology and ecology he led the study and explains how miscues are populations could be controlled with the discovery of this new microbe. there's a few characteristics that we found in this michael they'd actually give us some clues as to what we could use to get out and so that is the vertical transmission so a mother mosquito sex all of her offspring. by by by inserting the microscope really into their eggs. so that is one way in which the symbiote can spread into a population it is also infectious and we've actually found that it can be infected as mosquitoes mate so we could mass release male mosquitoes which

don't have the capacity to transmit malaria in any case it's only transmitted by females and they could then spread that inspection. to females who truth and pass it on to their offspring so there are a number of different ways that we could get out there and that's really the focus for science utra studies we made incredible progress in this been you know a lot of hard work to to get us to where we are but we're still very far away from where we need to be. and as you've pointed out there are too many people dying every year from larry or so. new developments such as this could could really be a game changing. now returning to the current virus pandemic and nigeria has joined the highest of countries easing restrictions following a 5 week lockdown there but medical work has won that large crowds returning to the streets could send the country on track for a major spike in cases amid address reports roberta. nigerians in the

capital take tentative steps towards normal life after a 5 week lockdown but scenes like this shock medical workers on the front lines of the fight against 19 it is not a good decision. i distilled on their property which this is there is no straw. if we have the life you know about people who are affected women who have the current capacity of the hospital beds to be able to take care of those who may have been affected. some of the city's open markets remain closed frustrating many traders have not sold anything for more than a month. and there is no provision for the masses so i can see everything i. don't. see treat the lockdown has taken a toll of my eyes and livelihoods and many here are in

a hurry to recoup their losses the collapse in oil prices has been another major blow for nigeria's poor dependent economy. and heal our stores a full we're trying to keep the prices as they are we don't want to even think about how losses as a businessman your priority is to keep your customer in good and bad times remember that many people didn't earn any money for weeks now. but some health experts insist the government should continue to enforce emergency measures the government says while certain restrictions are being lifted night curfews will start from 8 o'clock until further notice and wearing of masks like this well outside and social distancing will not be strictly enforced in addition to reducing presenter numbers on public transport. for now all places of worship will remain closed with government worried about enforcing social distancing and other nigerians fear the

lifting of restrictions when infections are on the rise could be disastrous how many degrees of which are. a 1000000 refugees living in camps in kenya are at risk of a coronavirus outbreak because of crowded conditions and a lack of health. reports. amodeo fled fighting in her hometown in south sudan when she was 2 years old her parents brought her here to cancun a refugee camp in northern kenya it's been a home ever since. over 2 decades it's become a city of shacks home to nearly 200000 people trips to the water pump with the market are essential the way people get food to eat she's worried about the spread of the coronavirus in the camp. where we fetch water we have to queue and social distancing is practically impossible that scares me. and is among

nearly harf a 1000000 refugees in kenya many escape the conflicts in neighboring somalia and 1000 on most living camps like. so far no cases of the virus have been identified here. refugee rights activists in cramped conditions and the lack of health care could be a recipe for disaster unfortunately it means possible devastation people who are infected will not be able to be isolated people who. will be a lot of transmission the spread would be fast and the response would be slow. un's refugee agency released this video showing measures that have been taken to prevent the spread of the virus during food distributions he says it added extra water points for washing hands but that doesn't change many of the realities inside and outside the camp protecting refugees from cruel myers is not only about protecting

refugees or about protecting those communities really it's about protecting all of us and everyone is not protected in the truth none of us are. people in kenya and other parts of africa waiting to see if when the coronavirus will spread as much as it has in asia europe and the us health experts say could be disastrous and i says life's already become more difficult the crisis has pushed up food prices worried about her family in the weeks ahead she says all they can do is pray to god malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya now syria's president has warned there could be a catastrophe if coronavirus infection rates spike there have been few recorded cases but bashar al assad says health services could be overwhelmed if that changes a calf you has been in place now for a month 44 cases and 3 deaths have been confirmed. well turkey has begun easing

restrictions travel between 7 cities will be allowed for the 1st time in weeks more than 130000 people there have tested positive air france has been told it will need to become more environmentally friendly as part of a bailout deal to keep it afloat the european union has signed off on a $7600000.00 loan to help the struggling airline but france's economy minister says the deal is contingent on the airline slashing at c o 2 emissions and cutting domestic routes that can no longer be justified temporary hospitals set up in the u.k. as capital is expected to be placed on standby within days because of a lack of patients london's nightingale hospital was built with all me help at the beginning of last month it has the capacity for 4000 beds but is believed to be treating only about a dozen patients. the formula one race track in mexico is capital will become

a temporary clinic to treat patients who've contracted the coronavirus the decision came as hospitals in mexico city reported the almost over capacity the country's confirmed more than 23000 cases and 2154 deaths homebrews opposition leader has been released from prison after her lawyer argued that she risks contract in the coronavirus their kicker fujimori the daughter of the former president alberto fujimori was jailed back in january she's accused of accepting more than a $1000000.00 from a brazilian construction firm during her 2011 presidential election campaign she denies the allegation well scientists in chile have developed a test that could help diagnose coronavirus patients early and for a fraction of the price now $1.00 of the symptoms of curve at 19 is the loss of the sense of smell and a university in santiago has developed a run the test kit in america editor you see in human with how it works. the

sweet aroma of a flower a pleasure made possible by our sense of smell which is also one of our least used senses that's why scientists were late to catch on that an estimated 80 percent of people who present no obvious symptoms of coronavirus in fact have partial or total unknowns mia many of them have experienced just a most. which is all faction rosabelle fact of fact it comes as no of the symptom no car no fever just i'm not. a fever can be easily detected with to some momentary or thermal graphic camera but not the loss a smell which is highly subjective. now the school of engineering and center of aroma and tasted chiles catholic university have developed an objective test to measure it. the kid consists of 6 extremely familiar aromas

a person is asked identifies 3 you can fail the test and not be infected but you can't pass if you are says professor and then you can isolate the person that shows some of the. fact that these functions corroborate this person hasn't the. team we went to try it out so i've always prided myself on having a good sense of smell but now we're going to see. in the last current so i passed the test and thank god and the amazing thing about this is that it's not only very very quick it's extremely inexpensive about $0.30 per test which means that it's a very viable alternative in countries that can't afford widespread testing with the with the classic covert 19 examinations. a pilot program is starting this week but already there is widespread interest in using the kids in areas where there's

a high probability of infections but if they're going to get in industries that can start for example like food production in mines or hospitals they can tease them frequently and if they don't pass seen them to take the traditional test to confirm indeed just like having a high temperature does not mean that you have cold it 19 losing a sense of smell isn't proof of infection but this. we'll test does provide a new early warning system to help detect those who are spreading the disease without even knowing it. you see in human al-jazeera something out. there this is al jazeera and these are the headlines the search for a coronavirus vaccine has received a significant funding boost dozens of countries have pledged $8000000000.00 to speed up percentage the u.s.

china and russia did not take part we've made it today is a defining moment for the global community at a time when we are sitting further apart than usual the world has shown it is standing closer together than ever before and in the space of just a few hours we have collectively pledged 7400000000 euros for vaccines and diagnostics and treatments and all these money will help kickstart unprecedented global cooperation and it will create a truly unique global public good all the time but ministration is projecting coronavirus deaths in the united states will reach 3000 a day by the end of this month that's according to documents seen by the new york times not comes as a number of states start to reopen new zealand has reported no new coronavirus cases for the 2nd day in a row now prime minister just under are done has joined

a meeting of australia's cabinet to discuss quarantine free travel between the 2 countries but she says it will be a long time before there are open borders with the rest of the wilds after 8 weeks in lockdown italy is easing restrictions the construction manufacturing sectors are restarting and people can also visit family members. in the u.k. a temporary hospital that ask pasty for 4000 beds is expected to be placed on standby within days london's nightingale hospital is believed to be treating only a dozen patients at the moment venezuela's president nicolas maduro says that people have been captured following an alleged coup attempt the government says the u.s. and colombia are behind the plot to overthrow the attorney general also accused opposition of. being involved but she denies all those the headlines next up it's what.

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