taking his warning to politicians america's top infectious disease expert warns the clock could be turned back if lock downs are eased too quickly. i'm right about this and this is all just a real live from doha also coming up back on track the busiest rail network gets moving again as india announces a major boost for businesses. newborn babies are among dozens killed in 2 separate

attacks in afghanistan the taliban denies any involvement. bringing back coronavirus restrictions lebanon's government orders a full closure of the country one week after easing measures. and leading members of the u.s. coronavirus task force is calling on states not to rush to ease restrictions dr anthony fauci has warned of serious consequences including needless death is among experts testifying before senators there reviewing the trumpet ministrations handling of the pandemic and discussing plans to lift lockdowns but he said that ignoring guidelines could trigger an outbreak that states may be unable to control . well let's go live to our white house correspondent kimberly hall could a very measured tone that was taken by dr fox he and all the members of the coronavirus task force. yeah very

measured not the explosive testimony that some had been expecting given the fact that the u.s. president is not hovering over anthony found she told or as he has in past when the doctor the top scientist testified at the white house press briefings that no longer occur so this would have been the opportunity for him to do that but instead he has been somewhat measured still it's important to know that he has not held back on especially contradicting the president a one main point and that is that the you knighted states has prevailed when it comes to testing or even in terms of turning the corner there's no question that he has certainly dr anthony fauci has clarified that point saying that it is certainly the only way to do that to stop the spread is to find a vaccine and while the timeline for that has accelerated it's still

a long way off doctor the fact she telling the senate panel that he's also very worried about the premature opening of some states that are rushing some of the guidelines put forward by the current virus task force and this could have dire consequences here's what he had to say. they feel if that occurs there is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak you may not be able to control which in fact after dark simply will set you back only leading to some suffering and it could be avoided it could even set you back row to trying to get economic recovery which would almost turn the clock back rather than going forward that is my gauge your concerns dr fox he and his colleagues from the coronavirus tosk force having to still try to quote a fine line because the spread of the coronavirus in the us has become very politicized doesn't that there's no question about it that the

u.s. president for his part was presiding over in a historically good and strong economy when he expected to propel him to reelection in november but all that has been decimated so there's been an eagerness on the part of the president who in fact will later this week travel to pennsylvania making the case that economies need to reopen but you're right in the face of the fact that we have more than 1300000 infections in the united states 80 approaching 81000 deaths now and that number actually dr fauci testifying is probably even higher given the fact that many of the early days were not counted as cope with death as the country was socially grappling with the onset of the disease now in the midst of all of this there's no question that there is well a measure testimony from dr for ouchy there are some things that the u.s. president won't like namely that he's pushing to reopen the economy and his top public health official is urging caution so expect that there might be some

pushback from the white house some rebuttal if you will or watching very carefully at $800.00 g.m.t. that's when caylee machinating the white house press secretary will be holding her briefing and it's likely that she will have some comments on today's testimony as well kimberly how it could otherwise germany thanks very much indeed. india's prime minister has announced a $270000000000.00 worth of coronavirus help for farmers small businesses and migrant workers and then for more he hopes the economic aid will help asia's 3rd largest economy get back on its feet after the 7 week lockdown already described the pandemic as an opportunity and indians will not give up or accept defeat on the 1st few trains have begun running on india's vast rail network after weeks of standstill 15 services are running connecting new delhi to all the cities millions of passengers were left stranded when the network suddenly shut down in march by minister learns or modi says the resumption is needed to get the economy moving

again but some state leaders say it's too soon and is a program followed modi's address from new delhi. promised emoted just finished addressing the nation and after speaking for a very long time very philosophically as he likes to do about how great a country india is and one of the chief women's he finally made the announcement that many people have been waiting for for a very long time he announced an economic package of $270000000000.00 he said 10 percent of india's g.d.p. that it will help everyone from small to medium businesses that's most businesses in india to the working class the middle class to farmers and industries and that the finance minister will announce the details of this package soon but that this is the beginning of big reforms in india's economy the world's 5th largest economy was already on a significant downturn even before the lockdown was announced and in the 7 weeks

since the lockdown the unemployment rate has gone up from 6 to 27 percent so certainly this is something that many people have been waiting for but there are questions around that amount because earlier the 1st week of the lockdown the finance minister announced a much smaller package they have been other small announcements of people aren't sure if that $270000000000.00 is some of that has already been spent nonetheless this is a well announcement we'll have to wait for the details and we'll also have to wait for the details on what the next phase of india's lockdown is going to look like he said that it's going to look very different it's due to end the lockdown on may 17th and he said that you know since scientists are saying that corona virus is going to be around for a very long time that we can't let our lives be confined by corona and that. there's going to be significant easing of restrictions from next week and that they

will be announced before the lockdown is due to end on sunday. lebanon is now preparing for a 4 day nationwide shutdown only a week after easing some of its coronavirus restrictions government ministers made the decision after the number of new delhi cases rose to its highest level in more than a month that's prompted concerns about a 2nd wave of infection then a quarter has more from. the lock down to prevent the spread of coronavirus was gradually being eased allowing lebanese to get back to something resembling normal life but in recent days the rate of infections increased prompting the government to order a 4 day closure as of wednesday night we have to in the mushing to reduce the rate of infections from one person to another has accelerated here in the past 3 days there were 109 cases in 4 days and this has reversed our gains the failure to wear masks and reckless disregard for social distancing rules are being blamed for the

rise not to harm the sort to close the country again but the problem is people were not complying with the safety measures we already closed our shops for a month and we lost a lot. so far there have been fewer than 30 deaths reported and a 1000 cases but health experts warn the full extent of the outbreak is not known because of the lack of testing a daily average of 1000 tests in a nation of 6000000 people but that the the health got out of a strict mechanism should be put in place or else we will risk everything we've achieved this 2nd wave of infections will happen but we want it to happen slowly so our health care system will be able to treat all the patients more than 100 ex-pats who recently returned from various countries contribution to the surge the government has been criticized for not enforcing strict quarantine orders thousands more are expected to arrive home soon levanon does not have the resources to deal

with a major outbreak its health care system is fragile there is a lack of medical equipment the deep economic recession and financial crisis have left the state close to bankruptcy it was public and private hospitals and millions of dollars. many lebanese can't afford to stay home especially those who rely on daily wages while the local currency the euro continues to lose value the crisis has provoked months of protests but. the government of the people to stay in their homes instead of returning to the streets to revive the a revolution. down they are already dying of hunger. men taining restrictions could lead to social upheaval and more economic losses but lebanon's leaders say they want to prevent a health catastrophe with less than 15000 hospital beds available for coronavirus patients they warn of a tough phase ahead senator. afghanistan's president has ordered the

military to resume offensive operations against the taliban and other on the groups that follows the killing of 34 people in 2 attacks one was at a hospital in kabul the other targeted mourners at a funeral in eastern afghanistan alexey o'brien reports. that maternity hospitals are supposed to be a place of sanctuary for a new life but instead this was the same of what the f.b.i. and government is calling a war crime and an act against humanity. i brought my newborn grandchild for a vaccination and suddenly the explosion happened i don't remember anything after that i was in the middle of the hospital but then i found myself outside and hit by bullets. gunmen storming a hospital compound in the capital kabul with the aid organization doctors without borders runs a maternity clinic new mothers and babies are among the victims. the

attackers were shooting at anyone in this hospital for no reason it's a government hospital and a lot of people bring in their women and children for treatment the attack is reportedly threw grenades. provoking panicking side. and a gun battle with security forces. the question. got a medal for when the firing started we went to the safe room there were 9 of us inside for 4 hours the attacker came at the back of the door and fired but he couldn't into the room all our colleagues were on hurt there but there were casualties amongst the patients inside the ward. while the firefight was underway dozens of people will lead to safety the injured transferred to other hospitals. in the neighborhood in the west of the city is home to the shia his are a community a frequent target of attacks by both the taliban and i sold into groups.

and at a hospital in the eastern province of more chaotic scenes after a suspected suicide bomber targeted a crowd gathered nearby for a funeral. where there were a lot of bodies lying on the ground some of them were dead and some of them were injured. the victims bundled into ambulances taxis and pickup trucks anything to get them to medical help quickly i some of the injured were treated on stretchers on the floor the hospital overwhelmed. and the surviving mourners left planning more funerals. brian al jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera. i'm sure such a party at a temporary drive through testing center in doha where the qatari government scientists are helping to better understand the virus and how to ease restrictions here. plus why australian seafood suppliers are forced to seek new ways to get

their catch on to people's plates. how the winds picked up against throughout the middle east well from the levant down towards the i'm on the coast is a northerly is the shamar and spot you might think that breaking a tool that's not affecting the winter too was just a line of travelers breaking up and is a hot and dusty wind as well so temperatures from rocka down to mascot are in the high thirty's even the low forty's particularly where that window is quite strong cold back through the hot bit of central soggy so meccas go for cost of 45 or a few shots this out in the mountains of saudi or yemen otherwise it's a pretty dry picture occasional shower in iraq maybe eastern turkey and that's about it. that's the one for this time of year of course we've had abnormal weather

recently but the carry on name the same story throughout north africa the coast of morocco increasing once again is going to be windy cloudy and wet rain coming in from portugal off the coast america and in the forecast and about is not particular for the size standard fair again says tropical showers moving north with the sun so in lagos it's going to be 30 humid degrees and occasional showers these sometimes look up into the ethiopian harden's but few in the next couple of days a rather more prevalent in guyana for example or carry around the core into sierra leone. pretty. nice early tests. and trace frank assessments why is italy struggling to cope with the number coronavirus patients failure to take really aggressive action really them behind her informed opinion it's going to be much more challenging in

a place like haiti where there is one ventilator $3000000.00 people in depth analysis of the day's global headlines india done enough to nip the spread of the out of hours in the inside story on al-jazeera. gorging on his ear a reminder of our top stories this hour members of the u.s. coronavirus task force are testifying before a senate health committee it's trying to weigh reopening the economy against risks to public health infectious disease experts and in fact she has warned that restarting too quickly could lead to needless suffering and death. india's prime minister's announced $270000000000.00 worth of coronavirus help for farmers small

businesses and migrant workers restrictions are easing there despite the biggest single day infections increase. levanon is preparing for 40 nationwide shutdown only a week after easing some of its coronavirus restrictions government ministers made the decision after the number of new delhi cases rolls to its highest level in more than a month's. schools across europe have begun to reopen but that leaves many parents with a difficult decision whether or not to allow their children to attend parents say they don't have enough information about safety and the transmission of the virus once lee reports the 1st day back to school in the swiss town after nearly a 2 month break and there are mixed emotions classes are in the hall full desks are regulation 2 metres apart but still you can't be sure all the spots i think we've

had a dose of exaggerated the pupils feel to as well certain parents so it's difficult to get back to the way it was but i think we need to trust the authorities. in northern italy where the european outbreak really began they're taking things even slower not even using a school facility but a public gym as a pilot scheme using a small group of 6 to 10 year olds to see if it's even possible to socially distant small children who are used to wanting to be close together. we have to find a way that these children can play together and we can go to work we've now been home for 2 months their grandfather can't take care of them every day all day just all small they need to be with other children they really need to earth. same story in france the return to work towards ever sort of normality you call this is leaving parents with hard choices in nice they were doing everything they could to reassure parents and. we've done everything to make sure the senator had rules are

respected and we're going to spend a lot of time washing our hands and we have to be attentive to the clean up conducted in schools many people desperately want their kids to have some structure back in their lives and they're being asked to leave the house and work if they can these are hard choices with uncertain science but. i'm not that worried i've explained to my daughter one has to be done in any case i had to go back to work in childcare. 5 months without school would have been difficult that's what was scaring me inevitably there's a lot of pushback in the u.k. nearly half a 1000000 people have signed a petition calling on parents to have a choice about whether they have to send children back potentially next month and so too in france the matter of nice couldn't agree more. from a purely for me it's important for families to have a choice all the families who want to their kids to go back to school i've wanted for them to do it in the best possible conditions. excited children totally

understandable and just parents equally so in the new normal it seems everyone has to accept to some degree or another that risk is part of life lawrence leigh al-jazeera brazil's president has decreed that beauty salons barbers and gyms are essential businesses for health and hygiene and should reopen charitable scenario has repeatedly plot downplayed the pandemic describing it as nothing more than a week case of the flu but brazil's supreme court ruled last month the governors and mayors have the final say on how to combat the spread of the virus. a spokesman for russia's president is in hospital being treated for corona virus 52 year old dmitri peskov was last seen in public almost 2 weeks ago at a meeting with vladimir putin the kremlin leaders announce an easing of the nationwide lockdown despite russia having the world's 2nd highest number of covert 1000 cases after the united states all 11000000 people in the chinese city of hand

will be tested for the virus over the next 10 days after several new cases were discovered the city was the epicenter of the outbreak in china and where the illness 1st emerged in december 5 infections were reported on monday the 1st since his luck time was lifted last month. a drive through testing center here in qatar is one of the ways government scientists are hoping to better understand corona virus and why and to ease restrictions more than 25000 cases have been recorded but the mortality rate is relatively low with 14 deaths most of the people infected a migrant workers are concerned for their jobs or such a body reports. these men are survivors of covert 946 year old money or is a limousine driver is the only one here who needed to go to hospital when he became ill in early march the breathing problem body will. know it

helped when both a nice book from. nobel and body nobel and. abdomen near lives in a compound with 40 people he shares a bedroom with 6 others who have all tested negative for the virus. so deem is a 34 year old driver for qatari family an outbreak at his local supermarket led to contact tracing and he tested positive he was then placed in government corn teen for $21.00 days so the man is one of the majority of positive cases who do not show symptoms none of the people he lives with have tested positive no i don't have any symptoms taking in the hospital there were 5 for taking every day for. morning even in my day and of again morning 4 o'clock my body is very old no problem you have will be no you don't worry now they are all here to donate blood

plasma they have antibodies in their system which can help others who are sick. this is a neighborhood in doha known as the industrial area it is home to nearly 50000 migrant workers it was the epicenter of qatar's outbreak which began in early march until recently the entire area was locked. down al-jazeera was granted access to film here but we were not allowed to speak to any of the men on camera officials said it was for our own safety since not everyone here has been tested yet government officials say the workers have been receiving their salaries during this time but there is the issue of those who work with individual business owners and subcontractors they've complained of salaries not being paid or not having enough food during this crisis human rights is one of the main issues authorities are dealing with alongside the pandemic these are some of the 2 and a half 1000 ex-pat into tory volunteers who have been selected randomly based on

age gender and ethnicity the goal here is to conduct a broad survey to better understand transmission and asymptomatic cases which in turn could help policy decisions in the future health officials say the rate of new infections has slowed the goal now is to increase testing and contact tracing it is a great opportunity as well to know where are the virus or the those. patients are located so it would be easy for us to inform the decision making on what to do next the government provides free testing and medical treatment for those who need it while campaigns to raise awareness continue. door such a pari al-jazeera. senegal's president says people will have to adapt so living with the virus as he eases lockdown restrictions time curfews are now shorter markets

and businesses are allowed to open as long as they are shot for cleaning one day a week but schools will remain closed until next month our correspondent nicholas hawke is in dakar with this update. the doors of this mosque in this neighborhood of the car is closed but it's going to reopen later on today many others have already reopened their places of worship in the city of tuba worshippers are practicing social distancing and that's because the number of infections is skyrocketing from hundreds 2 weeks ago there are now thousands of people infected with the virus and so the easing of measures announced by president. has come under criticism by some part of the population especially the wealthy living in urban areas but for the majority of this the niggly is living on just a few dollars a day traders and farmers they welcome the reopening of markets and businesses for the 1st time this year they've had to rely on government handouts to survive.

we are not afraid of getting ill but we are afraid of transmitting the virus to other people but god decides who lives or dies and what will be will be other countries in the region are easing measures including in bric enough so in ivory coast people fear a food crisis and hunger more than the current virus itself in his state of the nation address president says the fight against the virus starts with adapting to life with the virus and so certain measures will stay in place including the wearing of travel between regions are forbidden and some students those that have to sit exams will go back to school but for most people they'll have to stay indoors. the world's biggest oil exporting company iran co has reported a 25 percent drop in profits during the 1st quarter the saudi arabia energy giant blames the drop on the corona virus outbreak around code was listed on the saudi stock market in december and a historic $29400000000.00 i.p.o.

but it's been facing heavy losses as the pandemics and oil prices crashing to the lowest in decades. every fison is reported in southern yemen between saudi backed government forces and separatist fighters supported by the united arab emirates the 2 sides are vying to control zinjibar the provincial capital of our province separatists in southern yemen declared self rule last month breaking an agreement with the internationally recognized government signed in. both the demand and price for seafood around the world is plummeting as the pandemic disrupts supply chains in australia industries being forced to reassess how it gets its product to consumers they're going to gauge reports from city the hawkesbury river is well known for its fresh always does shared employment has been operating here for more than a decade but now it's in survival mode earlier this year she lost about half

a crop to floods and talked with the then current of ours heat closing restaurants and wholesale markets and she can't sell what's left and it's been a very difficult time for everyone and that's everyone in this area as well and i ashamed that oyster farmers are probably going through the same thing given that 90 percent of our ice has probably assaulted restaurants directly like others sheridan is being forced to quickly adapt looking to sell online delivering directly to consumers but she's still navigating exactly how it will work. downstream lobster prices have plummeted when exports to china halted mark cranston was forced to shut down costing the business about $200000.00 he's now selling to local markets but it's hard to make a profit prawns and abalone have also lost value the australian seafood industry as a whole is predicted to fall in value by at least $400000000.00 these financial

year the lacing process we've already pied is that $10.00 less than what we're getting for lobsters but autonomy to try to run bites off. pretty much running at a loss there's lobsters would normally sell for about 50 u.s. dollars each now they're worth about half of the us and despite some international markets like china reopening the lower prices and high freight costs mean that for many it's just not profitable to export them. charter flights have been delivering some produce to international markets but the cross' is expected to radically reshape palffy food reach its consumers place in the future. strongly train. the change where you are right we don't know yet shared in beaumont navigation new markets is daunting but also promising she hopes it will lead to more opportunities in the

future at the moment she just wants these always to is to leave the hoops pretty river and make it on to customers plight guy each al-jazeera. this is our jazeera these are the top stories and leading member of the u.s. coronavirus task force is calling on states not to rush to ease restrictions dr anthony fauci has warned of serious consequences including needless death is among experts testifying before senators there reviewing the trumpet ministrations handling of the pandemic he has not held back on simply contradicting the president are one main point in that is that the united states has prevailed when it comes to testing or even in terms of turning the corner there's no question that he has certainly dr anthony fauci has clarified that point saying that essentially

the only way to do that to stop the spread is to find a vaccine you know well the timeline for that has accelerated it's still a long way off. india's prime minister has announced $270000000000.00 worth of coronavirus help for farmers small businesses and migrant workers restrictions are easing there despite this biggest single day infections increase in parts of india's vast railways service has resumed service lebanon is preparing for a 4 day nationwide shutdown just a week after easing some of its measures government ministers made the decision after the number of new daily cases rose to its highest level in more than a month. afghanistan's president has ordered the military to resume offensive operations against the taliban and other groups that follows the killing of 34 people in 2 attacks one was at a hospital in kabul the other targeted mourners at

a funeral in eastern afghanistan a spokesman for russia's president is in hospital being treated for corona virus 52 year old dmitri peskov was last seen in public almost 2 weeks ago the kremlin leaders announced an easing of the nationwide lockdown despite to russia having the world's 2nd highest number of covert 1000 cases after the united states heavy fighting is reported in southern yemen between saudi backed government forces and separatist fighters supported by the united arab emirates the 2 sides are vying to control zinjibar the provincial capital of i.b.m. province separatists in southern yemen declared self rule last month breaking an agreement with the internationally recognized government signed in november and those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera in about 25 minutes after inside story goodbye.

is the coronavirus pandemic making it hard to treat all the diseases in africa u.n. agencies warn decades of progress in treating aids malaria and other illnesses could be reversed how do you decide what gets priority this is inside stuart. hello welcome to the program on boone it's a coronavirus pandemic is putting enormous strain on health systems worldwide.