a damning testimony a u.s. government whistleblower says the trumpet ministration lacks a master plan to deal with the coded 19 crisis. without better planning 2020 would be the darkest winter in modern history. and i'm darn jordan this is out as they are at life and also coming up caught between the fighting and the pandemic tragedies that are putting yemen's people at greater risk. fears of a virus outbreak in crowded refugee camps in bangladesh after the 1st case is confirmed. and world leaders call for the coronavirus vaccine to be free and universally available if and when it's ready.

the whistleblower has told the u.s. congress that the nation could be facing its darkest winter in modern history on this urgent actions taken to deal with a coronavirus pandemic rick bright was the head of the agency responsible for developing a vaccine he was removed just last month he says he was sacked for raising concerns over the government's response to the pandemic that and more than $85000.00 virus related deaths in the u.s. so far that's the highest in the world a white house correspondent kimberly hellcat has more brights testimony. dr rick wright repeatedly said that when he was head of a vaccine agency within the u.s. government that he warned some top officials including the health and human services secretary alex aids are that there were insufficient stockpiles in terms of personal protective equipment ventilators he was told that his urgings were

causing a commotion and he was removed from those meetings still he said he pressed because he was concerned that lives were being lost or could be lost and he's also issuing a stark warning about the future that there if there isn't a coordinated central and scientific base play on more lives could be lost with the next wave of coronavirus that hit in the fall here's 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 that by the challenges of seasonal influenza without better planning 2020 could be the darkest winter in modern history 1st and foremost we need to be truthful with the american people americans deserve the truth the truth must be based on science we have the world's

greatest scientist let us lead let us speak without fear of retribution. now the u.s. president said that in fact dr wright really didn't have an issue because everything that was brought up was a vengefully addressed in terms of personal protective equipment terms of ventilators and the u.s. president for his part really tried to downplay and even discredit integrity of dr bright take a listen i want to die for a little while this morning to me nothing more than a. month. and a happy person and i'm not just talking about our galaxy brothers but there are a lot of people that do not like the job because i don't know i've never met him i don't want to meet him but i watch him and he looks like it and we run those employees the bright morning the people that do a very good job well let's talk to dr julie fishes she's an associate research

professor in the department of microbiology and immunology at georgetown university and she joins us via skype from washington d.c. dr fisher brights testimony was pretty damning he basically said look the trump administration lacks any comprehensive plan to tackle covert 19 let me ask you as a public health expert how worried are you about the u.s. government's response to the pandemic. adult official can you hear me otoh. i can indeed yes so what i want to say was look i mean rick bryant's testimony was pretty damning wasn't it he basically said the trumpet ministration lacks any comprehensive plan to tackle covert 19 so as a public health expert how worried are you about the u.s. government's response to the pandemic. i think what dr bright did today was color attention to the next steps that absolutely have to happen to make sure that we are

prepared to respond to cope at 19 not just now but as we go into fall when the when the situation becomes much more complex as we approach the typical flu season . i'm worried i'm concerned what he pointed out about the lack of planning is something that we shouldn't paying attention to and following through and not simply dismissing as a political concern it's absolutely critical that we plan and prepare to respond going forward and rick bright says he was sacked after resisting calls to make antimalarial drugs available for covert 900 treatment he's since been proven correct hasn't he i mean because hydroxy chloroquine is not effective against the virus and wish shouldn't be injecting ourselves with disinfectant either so just how dangerous is president trump's messaging on a treatment for covert 19 this is why it's so important in any event like this particularly a pandemic of this this magnitude that there is

a public health expert with the technical expertise out front to help give good solid advice and help both the public and decision makers understand what is effective and to avoid. any treatment that might in the end be actually risky for their health and that's an interesting point you make because there are accusations now the trump has pretty much sidelined the c.d.c. the centers for disease control there are also tensions between trump and dr anthony fauci his top public health official how worried are you that the science is being overwhelmed by the politics. i am concerned that we don't always have the scientists and the technical experts up front giving clear and unambiguous messages about what we know what we don't know and what we are doing to close those gaps in a in a situation like this it's absolutely vital that the decision makers at every level the federal level and the state and local levels are relying on evidence based on

the best information that we have from technical experts right now dr judy fisher thank you very much indeed for your time thank you thank you but also in the u.s. almost 3000000 people have filed for unemployment benefits in the past 7 days that brings the nationwide figure to more than 36000000 people since america's coronavirus lockdown began. but among those net jobs in the u.s. a health care because thousands of those still employed us saying that was on their wages cut shabba times he has that story. it 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 funded at a low 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 its data report and on the situation as well. 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 find 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 their work being affected. or nurses and now they're worried that after a 14. day between 2 to 14 day incubation period what if they get infected now we

don't have an. so easy for a lot of. executives. you know these health care workers and there's a hero and then they can really just drop it like nothing but problem our 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 while fearing job loss and that's particularly so it will 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 equities financial bubble 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 and cutting doctor salaries it's the extreme form of a for profit system they are reacting quickly in order to get their money our repay their investors before the organizations 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 flaws within the us 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. how despite more than 11000 new corona virus infections on wednesday brazil's president has reiterated his calls for state governors to ease the lockdown jabil sonora said brazil would soon be as miserable as countries in sub-saharan africa but more

people are dying from the economic crisis than from covered 19 brazil is now the 6th worst country in the world who than 13000 people have died from the virus the nearly 190000 cases recorded the u.n. envoy to yemen says a perfect storm of cholera malaria and the corona virus poses a grave risk to the population confirmed infections have surged to $72.00 in recent days but the charity save the children says 395 patients showing virus like symptoms have died of the past 7 days diplomatic editor james bays reports now from the united nations thank you very much giving his monthly update to the un security council special envoy martin griffiths seem frustrated his efforts to achieve a cease fire have not borne fruit and the situation in southern yemen has got much worse the president i'm deeply concerned about the situation of course in the south where a perfect storm is brewing. the people of them in particular face outbreaks

of prove it 19 and other diseases believed to be include malaria owner and those deaths rising daily but nobody knows exactly why because the health system is so ill equipped to diagnose and treat people. ever since the coalition began its campaign of bombardment 5 years ago the un has been describing the humanitarian situation in the country as the worst on earth saudi arabia has led the coalition and the other main military participant has been the united arab emirates yet it is forces backed by those 2 countries who are now fighting each other in the south official statistics show there been 13 deaths in yemen from coded 19 but there is virtually no testing being carried out in the country and the real situation might be much more concerning save the children who published the to sticks from doctors

in the southern port city of aden suggesting in the last 7 days alone 385 patients have died with coronavirus like symptoms james pays al-jazeera at the united nations where you saw some archies from save the children she says the lack of testing is making it almost impossible to track infections. what officials are saying in aden is that about 50. hour recording 50 cases of death today and that has been going on for the past week which she's when this situation has really become critical in terms of. the coronet virus pride in the south in terms of comparison the same officials back in april where only recording 9 to 10 deaths the day so that's a 5 fold increase most of these cases were presenting risk or to recent homes covert $1000.00 likes him tones and dots and giving us an indication that.

number of cases is much higher than what is being reported possibly because it's difficult to carry out testing only $800.00 tests have been carried out across the country and to hospitals as well and then are closing you have only 2 of the main hospitals the are open currently and i've been most of them are not receiving patients most private hospitals are closed health focused on not going to the health facilities because they told have protective equipment to do not have p.p. and therefore they are afraid of catching and spreading to disease for a short break here not just their own when we come back there's global concern for saudi women's rights activists 2 years after they were jailed for challenging the government plus. hours coronavirus changes the way millions of people work one

swedish company perhaps remotely driven the vehicles to make truck driving a study time job. had i was warming up nicely now in the northeastern corner of the u.s. and eastern canada the tension toronto should be up to $22.00 degrees come friday and more was 7 degrees less than 36 hours before but the obvious line of blue and orange dots was showers or sun storms which were developed particularly of oklahoma and texas the central plains the southern states are printed in may and where in may so here we go again they look like quite vicious storms as well representing quite warm weather has gone a long way north even minneapolis is up to 22 degrees and we're at 19 we need to go as a contrast just a few days ago the pacific coast has got

a big winding frontal system creating rain only on the coast of california and washington develop science the sun is out and it's warm. now here's something of interest to you this cluster of thunderstorms here look just like a cluster of let's take it forward in the forecast 1st of all lot of thunderstorms in southern florida bahamas and cuba and then not moving very far they're not we're very far but they may develop into a circulation we are not in hurricane season and we're not talking about a hurrican necessarily but a tropical circulation this early in the season is becoming regular i have to say but this is not know we're outside the proposition and it's significant one to watch. when these young street kids were filmed in the windy little could they have imagined that 30 years later they'd be reunited on camera. an intimate portrayal spanning

a lifetime probes the twists and tans of friendship survival and the quest for meaning. in another life and witness documentary on al-jazeera. elite. the war the war the our. welcome back if you come out of our top stories on al-jazeera a whistleblower in the u.s. has told a congressional hearing the nation could be facing its darkest winter in modern history dr rick bright says he was removed from his government post because he raised concerns over the white house coronavirus response. 3000000 people have found the unemployment benefits in the u.s.

in the last week it brings them nationwide figure to more than 36000000 people since america's coronavirus locked down. and the u.n. envoy to yemen says a perfect storm of cholera malaria and the corona virus poses a grave risk to the population confirmed cope with 19 infections have surged to $72.00 with recent days for the charity save the children says 3 maybe 5 patients have died over the past 7 days showing coronavirus like symptoms. amnesty international is calling on saudi arabia to release several women's rights activists 2 years after they were detained amnesty says they'd been peacefully advocating for the rights of women in the kingdom to drive on to other reforms a few weeks after their arrest the saudi government lifted the driving ban and said it would relax male guardianship laws but it ordered an end to the campaign and detained other women involved 13 women's rights activists remain on trial and 5 held in detention wellin maloof is from amnesty international she says the activists should never have been arrested. they were accused and charged as

a crime for speaking to and connecting with human rights organizations including amnesty international so they are being accused simply for doing their human rights peaceful activism that's all they're accused of now the challenges that they're facing are trying to use under the cyber crime cyber crime law which has been together with the anti-terrorism law these are 2 extremely problematic fuels that have been used for years now for for the past 567 years against any form of dissent in side of the kingdom because a very vague definitions of the crimes they are being abused and specifically through the use of the judiciary so the one of the good one of the major courts that has been that has been a real tool in in crushing dissents inside of the country has been the specialized

criminal courts which examines all of the cases under the anti terror. threat anti-government protests in israel demonstrators gathered outside the parliament where a new unity government was due to be sworn in that's been delayed till sunday because of some last minute wrangling of a cabinet posts political rivals benjamin netanyahu and benny gantz agreed to a coalition deal last month ending a political deadlock that lasted more than a year. now a government solidarity fund is stablished to help palestinians affected by the pandemic has raised $17000000.00 the donations from the private sector will go to people who have lost their income due to the coronavirus lockdown it's estimated around 40000 palestinians have lost their jobs over the past 2 months. i rang a man has become the 1st person to test positive for cope with 19 inside a refugee camp in bangladesh a 2nd case has been recorded in the area around the vast camp in cox's bazaar health experts warn that the virus could race through the unsanitary camps where

nearly a 1000000 people live camps have been home to the rain the refugees since they fled a military offensive in more than 2 years ago well louise donovan is a spokeswoman for the un's refugee agency in cox's bazaar she says what's needed there is sufficient facilities to cater for those infected. it's a very worrying development and today's but the 1st step positive case within the refugee camps so far just a hunch an ace and tests have been done and most of the refugee population but in the causes but our district is the number is continuing to increase leave 134 cases and causes our district today and in bangladesh more generally the numbers of her and her confidence he has and so the numbers continue to increase that there is a shortage of testing however it is increasing and testing only began in causes or at the beginning of april so in can't continue to increase the testing and what's particularly important for us at the moment is to establish adequate response capacity and we've been putting preparatory measures in place with the governments

of partners since the beginning of march but at the moment what we need is to have adequate facilities to cater for people who may be infected social distancing is extremely difficult it's the biggest refugee population in the where else we have had more than 40000 people living living prisk where commerce it's very very challenging and in terms of hygiene promotion we have established hand-washing facilities all over the county we're increasing distributions and in terms of response capacity at u.n.h. there is a stoppage to isolation and treatment facilities which should be operational from from next week and while there are other partners are also submachine isolation treatment facilities and also quarantine facilities so basically anybody who is identified as being over 1000 positive all contacts through the contact tracing in these people who put into quarantine at the moment the target is to have $1100.00 and isolation treatment beds available which would be both for the refugee population and the local bangladeshi population but at the moment we haven't

reached that i guess. head of the u.s. senate intelligence committee stepping down temporarily a 1000000 insider trading probe richard burr allegedly sold stocks worth hundreds of thousands of dollars just before markets plunged on fears of an economic crisis from coronavirus the f.b.i. season to phone on wednesday as part of the probe is a global call to give the coburg 900 vaccine free of charge to all countries when it's ready in an open letter more than 140 current and former leaders nobel laureates and academics call for the sharing of data and technologies related to the virus and that when a vaccine is developed it's distributed equally fast and according to need letter also called on the policy setting body of the world health organization to rally behind the cause when it meets next week where john a whole has more now from london. the point of this letter is that it reflects concerns among developing nations some of the countries 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 many of whom of course will need it most 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 as the lead of 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

a 100 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 now is france emerges from 8 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 visited country in the world in 2019 from paris natasha butler tells us what's being planned to get the industry back on its feet. well the french prime minister ed while philippe has amounts to a rescue plan for france's tourism industry not sure ism 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 blasted by the coronavirus pandemic the lockdowns 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 this is a hold restaurants bottles museums shot now the french government has been easing its logged on 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's think origen 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 a lot from sweden hasn't looked too different during the pandemic restaurant schools and shops of all stayed open all swedes have been trusted to adopt social distancing on their own lack of a lockdown has attracted curiosity and criticism the death toll of 3400 is much higher than neighboring countries and as many swedes continue to work from home one company is developing new technology that could allow truck drivers to do the same for research ports from sandaled in northern. this may not be the most thrilling driving experience just yet but it could be the future of long distance trucking this is a testing site for i mean right already in commercial operation with one haulage company in sweden on right builds remote controlled trucks driven from a far from the comfort of an aerodynamic office chair. we just have to show the

general population that the trucks are safer or safer of them the crooks that we have on the roads today they will never get tired they will never fall asleep and the reality of today is that there's a shortage of truck drivers if you're doing trucking it's very very hard to find drivers it's hoped that some may find this less exhausting than life on the open highway now from the point of view of a truck driver taking this job instead of buckling up for a long day on the road there just arrived to the office drive the truck from here perhaps go to the gym at lunch time and even at the end of the day of the truck was hundreds of kilometers away they could be home in time for dinner. the trucks all fueled by battery and operated via mobile data so it stands out in progress he says measures the distance the government right now restricts them to 5 kilometers per hour so the trucking company already using them only does so at their own premises the actual top speed is still secrets but is already much closer to national

traffic limits i write say the trucks can also keep the flow of goods moving during crises such as the coronavirus pandemic while the remote's drivers remain isolated . it's not an idea as yet fully embraced by sweden's existing army of truckers here in the southern city of mile my. job. i like my job you meet many people say hello sometimes 60 stops a day this thing can work and floats would mean ferry terminals but the way we drive i don't think so doing that let david make it make things easier when it works but it's hard to replace a human being who doesn't force me into retirement anyway i don't want things to change too fast. or to closures and reduced production have caused job losses in sweden's trucking industry but the lack of a lockdown has helped keep it rolling remote driving may be

a vital addition if not a replacement for a system that keeps people and the economy alive poll race al-jazeera some told sweden. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera u.s. whistleblower dr rick bright who says he was removed from his government post because he raised concerns over the white house coronavirus response has told a congressional panel the nation could be facing its darkest winter in modern history. 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 co at 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 1st and foremost we need to be truthful with the american people

americans deserve the truth the truth must be based on science we have the world's greatest scientist let us lead let us speak without fear of retribution 3000000 people have filed for unemployment benefits in the united states in the last week it brings the nationwide figure to more than $36000000.00 since america's current virus lockdown began. the united nations envoy to yemen says the country is facing a perfect storm of cholera malaria and the coronavirus confirmed cope with 19 infections of just 72 in recent days but the charity save the children says 385 patients have died over the past 7 days a most international is calling on saudi arabia to release several women's rights activists 2 years after they were detained misty says they had been peacefully

advocating for the rights of women in the kingdom to drive another reforms a few weeks after their arrest the saudi government lifted the driving ban and said it would relax male guardianship laws 13 women's rights activists remain on trial 5 held in detention arranged a man has become the 1st person to test positive for coded 19 inside a refugee camp in bangladesh. a 2nd case has been recorded in the area around the vast camp and cox bazaar health experts warn that the virus could race really on some terra camps where nearly a 1000000 people live. but those were the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after everyone. lindy is going to the polls for general elections. but with the u.n. concerned about the threat of violence many wonder if they can be free and fair. and what it takes to phase it can be 19 have on time. the indian exits on

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