if you want to help save the world. sneeze into your own. despair on the dole queues the number of people seeking unemployment benefits in the u.s. wells to 36000000. with al this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. some science has raised early warning signals that were overlooked. a top u.s. immunologist tells congress he was fired securing science of a politics. world leaders call for all coronavirus vaccines to be free and

universally available. for testing facilities in yemen means the number of covered 900 cases could be much higher in a country already ravaged by war. because a virus is wreaking it more havoc in the u.s. jobs market almost 3000000 people have filed for unemployment benefits in the past 7 days it's down from previous weeks but a brings the number of those seeking benefits to more than 36000000 since the lock down of a crowd of virus began our white house correspondent can be held joins us live now kimberly so lots of picture do these new numbers paint for us. well they show 2 that this is an economy that is not going to bounce back despite the fact that this u.s. president and many governors across the united states are pressing for their

economies to reopen well the number of claims for this week is down slightly from previous weeks the number overall continues to climb and could continue for a number of weeks projected to go as high as 46000000 americans filing unemployment claims once all the claims are filed now we should point out the white house is pushing back saying that this is a positive signal given the fact that the number of claims for one week is going down a little bit in a sign the economy is turning back on but already there are a number of attorneys general that are pressing for punitive action against china as a result of how economies have been hurt and in fact the u.s. president has also been blaming the world health organization saying that they did not do enough to warn the world of this pandemic in fact the u.s. president has been speaking in just the last half hour saying that he may now have an announcement coming possibly as early as next week with regard to the withdrawal

of funding and the investigation the united states is doing into what the world health organization knew and when there it's very clear that the economic damage here in the united states is vast and many in the united states including the u.s. president looking for someone to blame. because you need to stay with us kimberly we want to talk about a whistleblower who says he was sent for raising concerns about the u.s. coronavirus response rick price is the former head of the u.s. agency responsible for developing a vaccine for the u.s. he's been giving evidence before a house of representatives panel has some of what he had to say. our window of opportunity is closing if we fail to improve our response now based on science i fear the pandemic will get worse and be prolonged there will be likely a resurgence of code 19 this fall and we greatly compound it by the challenges of seasonal influenza without better planning 2020 who'd be the darkest winter in

modern history so can be made has president donald trump responded it to what brian's has been saying. yeah the u.s. president has responded just moments ago as he left the white house on route to pennsylvania he appeared alongside the health and human services secretary alec 8 alex a's are who we should point out rick wright has also sharply criticized in his testimony saying that the health and human services secretary was dismissive of my dire predictions and knew the stockpile was insufficient in other words he didn't respond to the alarms with action now alex asr has responded to this comment saying that everything that rick bright has brought forward as a complaint has been achieved in terms of not only getting and addressing the shortage of ventilators but also personal protective equipment so it really came down to the u.s. president to believes that this is testimony that is really have nothing more than

a ploy who is unhappy that he was removed from his job here's what the u.s. president had to say. i watched the guy for a little while this morning to me nothing more than a really good month old and happy birthday and how much just so good about our good ol extended program but there are a lot of people that do not like the job he did i don't know i've never met him i don't want to meet him but i watch him and he looks like an angry good run those employees the bright morning some people that do a very good job. now dr rick bright as he continues his testimony on capitol hill says that what's really absent right now is a coordinated response to the pandemic that is based on science he says his prescription for resolving the issues that the united states has faced thus far would be to listen to the scientists and allow them to speak without fear of

retribution thank for that white house correspondent there can be help this. among those there's many jobs in the us the health care while this is saying that als and wages cut she had to hansei has the story. is hasn't gone unnoticed that even as the u.s. salutes frontline workers in this case with military flyovers at a conservatively estimated $60000.00 an hour over at least 22 cities health care workers are being fired at a low many rates due to a lack of foam and that's despite $100000000000.00 in funding post by congress specifically to help medical providers preliminary estimates for april showed a loss of $1400000.00 health care jobs with 135000 hospital stuff such as revenue rich elective surgeries and routine visits were canceled as dana report on the situation as the 12th so what we're seeing today is what was going on in and

around the middle so i certainly think i would not be surprised to see more losses when we see next month 317 stoffel 5 at this hospital in san diego those who remain say some of those were frontline kovan stone as with millions of others in the u.s. then without their employer based health insurance when they may need it most everybody was right we're still devastated were reeling from that. everybody demoralized on the or is that right now and of course there were. a lot of. or nurses and now they're worried that after a 14. day between 2 to 14 database and spirit what if they get affected that we don't have insurance so. it's easy for a lot of. executives. you know these health care workers and their hero and then they can really just drop it like nothing but palomar health which runs the

hospital said it had no choice not only is revenue down in areas not connected to the pandemic it isn't treating high numbers of patients either meanwhile health care workers who remain acing that hours on wages cut well fearing job loss and that's particularly so it would have been a little noticed but a growing sector in u.s. medicine hospitals and medical style thing controlled by private equity firms wolf street spent 100000000000 dollars on health care assets in 2018 aloon private equity is financial bill is based on profits for investors that beat the rest of the market and that's made these assets particularly vulnerable now those emergency rooms are the ones that have been at the forefront. of cutting salaries of cutting doctor salaries it's the extreme form of a for profit system they are reacting quickly in order to get their money out to

repay their investors before the organizations collapse private equity blames medical insurance companies for forcing them to make cuts and it's true insurance companies are already seeing and projecting healthy profits as a result of the pandemic but as the emergency continues while many fields within the u.s. health care system have been revealed increasingly there's debate as to whether it's the system itself that is brute can she have written see al jazeera. oh that is a way to play for the eventual cause of 19 vaccine to be distributed free of charge to all countries and open they said more than $140.00 current and former that is now about laureates and academics called for the global sharing of dos and technologies related to the virus that would have axiom is developed it's distributed equally fast and according to neat that has also called on the policy setting body of the world health organization to rally behind the cause when it meets next week china has more from london. the point of this letter is that it

reflects concerns among developing nations some of the countries of the world's poorest countries the so-called global south that if and when a vaccine emerges it will likely emerge in the global north in one of the richer countries of the world and the concern is that it will be used preferentially among you know richer populations before it makes its way down to the poorer countries that many of whom of course will need it most or don't have the finances the resources to be able to carve out their own share so this letter has emerged it's talking specifically about a vaccine when it comes to being patient free not a property of any particular country or company quickly produced then at scale to be made available to billions of people around the world at no cost as a sort of gesture of global public good we cannot afford says the letter for monopolies crude competition and near-sighted nationalism to stand in the way of a global vaccine that will end this great pandemic now of course the race to

achieve that vaccine is well underway there are more than 100 kind of clinical tests going on at the moment in europe in the u.s. and elsewhere one of the most advances here in the u.k. at oxford university and the best guess that scientists seem to be able to reach for the moment is that there may be a vaccine that is shown to work a little later this year possibly by september is a date that's been mentioned but it'll be a lot longer than that before production is scaled up to the levels that will be required in the whole process could take well into next year so this is developing countries the world's poorest trying to ensure that they aren't made to wait any longer than anyone else. as france emerges from a 2 weeks of lockdown the government hopes to tackle a looming crisis of a different kind the health of its tourism sector france was the most resilient country in the world and 2019 from paris and how about the tells us what's being planned to get the industry back on its feet. the french prime minister had while philippe has amounts to a rescue plan for france's tourism industry not tourism is one of the main

contributors to france's economy about 2000000 jobs rely on the sector but of course the tourism industry has been battered by the coronavirus pandemic a lot downs around the world meant that international visitors haven't been able to come to france of course french people haven't been able to take holidays or travel travel is nearly stopped airlines grounded trains and buses to hold restaurants bottles museums all shot now the french government has been easing its lockdown what is looking at now is trying to revive this industry but it is a point balance because they also have to make sure that it is done in a way that still safeguards people's health so what they're suggesting is that when hotels and restaurants can eventually open they put in place a special measures social distancing measures special hygiene measures now the french prime minister is encouraging french people to take their holidays in france

to not travel perhaps to other european countries if that becomes an option and he's also saying that perhaps some restaurants will be able to open at the beginning of june. still ahead on al-jazeera. hunger during long time households in south africa struggling to afford enough food. clothes shops cafes and public parks are all open again in new zealand we take a look at what's being described as a safe but near normal. world. how the wind is weak thing that hot shot miles been blowing out of iraq down the gulf recently there's nothing else to show you from a satellite phone to you even the forecast for you but the lighter winds which means generally speaking temperatures tend to rise so you got up to 41 in kuwait and baghdad but there hala as coming down to 32 mecca remains on the hot side at 45

the bit of brown here is occasional blue spots us potential for showers on the western side of savagery speaking that's not going to happen anywhere else occasional showers is the most you'll see is the hoss and dusty time of year and. it's not north africa it's much the same the around the coast you can obviously cloud here which means wet and windy weather for a bat and sore career drawing the walls out of the west and so hard temperatures in western libya and tunisia have been quite high same is true of sicily as a win turns around things do cool down to sit down to 26 for example on saturday we seem big shows recently in rwanda parts of uganda northern towns in the end they're still going to be about in fact if anything we foresee a redevelopment on the coastal towns and in all this blue is big sherry's tough deal congo is taking a bit of a break for the immediate future and zanzibar is quite hot.

but. i easily test street and trace frank assessments why is it it's only struggling to cope with the number coronavirus patients failure to take really aggressive action will get them behind her informed opinions 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.

northing auxerre a reminder of our top stories this hour almost 3000000 people of filed for unemployment benefits in the u.s. in the past 7 days that's down from previous weeks but it brings the nationwide figure to more than 36000000 people since coronavirus lock down measures began. the whistleblower has told the u.s. house of representatives panel that early warnings about the crime and virus pandemic what it nor want to overlook brian says he was removed from his government post because he raised concerns over the u.s. response to be outbreak. dozens of current and former world leaders are making a plea for free and equitable access to a covered 90 vaccine once it's developed the santon opened that urgent countries to share data and virus related technologies. the u.n. security council has been meeting in the past few hours to discuss the crisis in yemen and what it calls the worst humanitarian situation on a it has been pressing on successfully for a cease fire and prisoner swap between all sides adding to that

a lack of testing facilities is made it difficult to assess how badly the coronavirus is affecting the country praeger gupta reports. a new military offensive in the middle of a global pandemic. the southern province of all beyond is the latest frontline in human swarm. government forces sparked by saudi arabia are inching closer to a supposed intially capital since the bar they are fighting to end with the cold and armed rebellion by the southern transitional council the separatist movement which just backed by the united arab emirates and determined to break away from gold and yemen the breakaway fighters will want allies in the fight against the these in the north. now enemies in the battle for control in the south last month the southern separatist fighters declared self rule in the stronghold the port city of aden and now want to extend control over nearby provinces.

victory is close only a few hours separate us from an aide and we are well prepared a morale is high and men are ready. to not fall from the shelf yemeni's an agent i find it in against the civil enemy. the new corner virus the city is reporting the highest number of infections from ducks in yemen as more cases are detected elsewhere the lack of testing facilities means many infections are going undiagnosed and many deaths on group corded. director we have taken many steps to prevent the spread of coronavirus we've implemented an educational campaign we've implemented a sterilization campaign and streets and stores 5 years of war between who the fight is on government forces backed by a saudi you a military coalition has forced millions of yemenis from their homes. and crimes

comes the running water is a luxury. that we are afraid for our children we have elderly people and we are in a remote place and we are afraid the virus will spread like wildfire is spatially that the disease appeared entires and only the directorate of motor is between us and the virus meaning that is very close and we are in fear that the world health organization says the virus could flip through yemen really hard the hospitals are functioning i audition sees how border famine yemenis are caught between the pandemic and civil war with no end to their suffering inside clark a couple of 0. on diplomatic as james bays is at u.n. headquarters in new york he says the united nations envoy to yemen continues to warn that situation there has become critical. this is the monthly meeting the

security council gets updated on the situation in yemen from its special envoy martin griffiths and he is sounding frustrated he has been trying to get a cease fire in place he says he's been making some progress trying to do that but he still doesn't have that cease fire and prisoner release which was also planned in place and finally agreed by all the sides he's also very worried about what you were just hearing about the situation in the south of the country you'll remember the u.n. has been describing yemen as the worst humanitarian situation on earth since the coalition started its operations 5 years ago bombarding the who fees from the air of course the coalition made up of saudi arabia and also then the u.n. will in the south of the country it's actually forces backed by those 2 sides that are fighting right now this is how martin gryphus the special envoy described the

situation in the south i'm deeply concerned about the situation of course in the south where a perfect storm is brewing the people of them in particular facing outbreaks of perfect 19 and other diseases believed drink through to malaria cholera and others death are writing daily but nobody knows exactly why because the health system is so ill equipped to diagnose and treat people. now the official u.n. numbers on covert 19 in yemen are $72.00 confirmed cases 13 dead but there's virtually no testing taking place in yemen particularly in the south where the situation the health situation seems to be worse and very worrying statistics have now been published by save the children they say they've heard from yemeni doctors in aden that 385 people many more than the u.n.

figures have died in the last week from corona virus like symptoms the mayor of the biggest city in south africa says people in almost 1000000 households don't have enough to eat johannesburg because they are down for more than 6 weeks along with the rest of the country many businesses remain closed leaving families without work for me to mileva ports. candice played says she's making the most of the little food she has she lost her job at a job printing company when it was shut as the lockdown began weeks ago with no income she depends on government support to feed her 4 children were moved from the log it was that he asked for on the fly and yet times it was really difficult because it was for the whole mind we had to wait for the whole month to get like the child support money so we do as a struggle for me every day and all we received the money last week last few days go by and we lose him by going in stuff like that the wife of food like full

groceries for the mind by the end of that always those that are going to the mayor of johannesburg says people in a 1000000 households don't have enough to eat the national government in pretoria has increased the child support grant and it's created a special grant of $20.00 a month to help workers who've lost their jobs survive the lock down government leaders say they're spending the equivalent of almost 3 $1000000000.00 on the unemployed and the poor but even before the lock down 45 percent of johannesburg's 5 and a half 1000000 people lived in poverty to make the crisis even worse many workers have lost their jobs since the lockdown began the government says it's handing out food parcels to about 2000 homes every day but it's simply not enough organizations like this one a cry for help or would grow up by handing out 2 cooked meals every day. neuron

gain has run this food charity for 7 years but says she can barely keep up since the lockdown began. when i've started the feeding we started with about her in 50. and it's turned over in a matter of a week after the lock down to almost 4 to 500 a day saturdays i did 300 right now is standing on 1200. on a saturday alone the organization relies on donations and she's not received any help from the government delia jones has run this barber shop for 16 years it's been closed for weeks leaving for staff members with no work and dia without any income she's applied for a government grant but has not heard back instead her customers help her buy food with an economy largely stalled and no clear indication of when the lockdown will end many are relying on handouts to survive for me to miller al-jazeera johannesburg. 2 very good muslims inside a refugee camp in bangladesh have tested positive for covert 19 the government says

one of the infections is from inside the camp the other from the surrounding area health experts warn that the virus could race through the unsanitary camps when nearly 1000000 people live the camps have been home to the ring to refugees since they fed a military offensive in me in mar more than 2 years ago. 2 cities in northeast china have lockdown measures reinstated because of a new cluster of infections 4 and a half 1000000 people injured in city i've been told to stay home transport has been halted and recently reopened schools closed again neighboring assurances he was locked down on sunday and tests are underway on the 11000000 people living in ruhani with the virus was 1st reported. musial and is will be able to do everyday things again such as going to restaurants and shopping malls as well as businesses reopening children are being allowed to go back to school on monday social distancing remains in place and most gatherings are restricted to 10 people the

government's announced record spending of around $30000000000.00 over 4 years to revive the economy across one of wayne has more from the town of cambridge in the north and. the country is beginning to get back to some sort of economic activity but there is a sense that the worst could still be to come because of what the rest of the world is going through in terms of facing economic recessions this is a country that relies heavily on exports and tourism there is some estimates that say that in the tourism sector alone around $100000.00 jobs could be lost so even though the country is opening up opening up economically there is a sense as a say that they could be more pain to come the government on thursday also unveiling its annual economic budget was planned some time ago but obviously had to be rewritten quite comprehensively because of coronavirus and it's unveiled a $30000000000.00 coronavirus economic recovery plan and that is the largest single

spending package unveiled in new zealand history the number of infections in russia has a pasta quarter of a 1000000 another 9900 were reported on thursday the 1st time in 2 weeks the daily total has dipped below 10000 the government has eased a nationwide lockdown with many russians returning to work this week prosecutors in malaysia have agreed to drop a money laundering case against the stepson of former prime minister najib razak in exchange reserves will return assets worth more than $100000000.00 to the government fund so it has more from kuala lumpur. the full terms of the sensel man have not been disclosed but prosecutors in malaysia say the government will receive a substantial sum running into millions of ring get prosecutors also say they will seek a full acquittal for result once the agreed some has been paid in full now reserve

was charged last year with 5 counts of money laundering he's accused of receiving nearly $250000000.00 through the bank accounts of red light that's a hollywood production company he co-founded prosecutors say that money was stolen from malaysian state investment fund one empty beach and red grandma has also been tied to the corruption scandal the u.s. justice department has said 3 films were financed with money stolen from the fund including both of wall street which starred dicaprio and red granite has since returned $16000000.00 to u.s. authorities and these are just 2 cases tied to the corruption scandal at one end the u.s. and malaysian authorities have said 4 and a half $1000000000.00 was stolen from the fund which was set up during the administration of former malaysian prime minister. who is the stepfather of oz's u.s. authorities have described the corruption scandal at one m. d. b.

as clip talk at its worst one m.t.b. officials and their associates have used the money stolen from the funds to buy luxury properties expensive jewelry and fine art the u.s. has returned or helped malaysia recover around $600000000.00 from the sale of some of those assets and the former prime minister himself. is facing dozens of charges related to the corruption scandal at one m.t.b. including criminal breach of trust and money laundering he's pleaded not guilty and denies any wrongdoing. tens of thousands of people have been forced into emergency shelters after a typhoon hit the east and philippines power has been cut off and homes destroyed by winds of up to 180 kilometers an hour to raise concerns about people now being unable to keep social distance and overcrowded conditions. 2 big landmarks in

southwest germany have disappeared in just a few seconds. the cooling towers were part of the now closed for the nuclear power station all of germany's nuclear plants are being phased out by 2022 a decision made after the disaster in japan green activists welcomed the latest demolition and called for more investment in renewable power sources. results there are these the top stories homers 3000000 people have filed for unemployment benefits in the u.s. in the past 7 days it's down from previous weeks but it brings the nationwide figure to more than 36000000 people since coronavirus lockdown measures began a whistleblower has told the u.s. house of representatives panel that early warnings about the coronavirus pandemic will norton overlooks rick price says he was removed from his government post

because he raised concerns over the u.s. response to the outbreak our window of opportunity is closing if we fail to improve our response now based on science i fear the pandemic will get worse and be prolonged there will be likely a resurgence of covert 19 this fall ill be greatly compound it by the challenges of seasonal influenza without better planning 2020 could be the darkest winter in modern history president donald trump had this to say about the testimony a short time ago. i watched for a little while this morning to me nothing more than a. month. on a happy birthday and i'm not just talking about our reality programming but there are a lot of people that do not like the job i don't know i get them that i don't want to meet up but i want them to be like get angry get run over the boy don't write

boarding dumb people do a very good job. the head of the u.s. senate intelligence committee has stepped down amid an insider trading investigation rooted they sold hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stocks to avoid market losses from grown a virus if the i seized phone on wednesday as part of a probe. dozens of current and former world leaders are making a plea for free and equitable access to a covert $900.00 vaccine once it's developed that said in open the urging countries to share dasa and virus related technologies. to rival muslims inside a refugee camp in bangladesh have tested positive for covert 19 health experts warn that the virus could race through the unsanitary camps. those the headlines news continues on al-jazeera off the inside story.

working from home the new normal as the corona virus spreads by the employees ever return to the office or has a new era dorm a wall will it take 2 adults from out working long term this is inside story. welcome to the show i'm sammy's a than pajamas a laptop and a comfortable couch that's today's work environment for millions of people around the world it was a far fetched.