push each and the siege of sarajevo on al-jazeera. if you want to help save the world. a damning testimony a u.s. government whistleblower says the trumpet ministration lacks a master plan to deal with the code 19 crisis. without better planning 2020 would be the darkest winter in modern history. they're on the front lines but still getting fired health care workers in the u.s. join the growing jobless queues. down in jordan this is out as they are alive and also coming up. between the

fighting and the pandemic twin tragedies that are putting yemen's people at greater risk. fears of a coronavirus outbreak in crowded refugee camps in bangladesh after the 1st case is confirmed. a whistleblower has told the u.s. congress that the nation could be facing its darkest winter in modern history on this urgent action is taken to deal with the 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 outbreak had been more than $85000.00 coronavirus related deaths in the u.s. so far that's the highest in the world are white house correspondent kimberly hulk it 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 bass player 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 bright 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 us president for his part really tried to downplay it even discredit the integrity of dr bright take a listen i watched this guy for a little while this morning to me nothing more than a really good book so unhappy person and i'm not just talking about our good ol extended job but there are a lot of people that do not like the job he did i don't know i've never met up i

don't want to meet him but i watch him and he looks like it and we just run those employees the brinkley according to some people did do a very good job but dr judy officials from georgetown university she says there needs to be more planning for the autumn months when the flu season begins. 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 should be 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 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 rumors or any treatment that might in the end be actually risky for their health 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 also in the u.s. almost 3000000 people a file for unemployment benefits in the past 7 days brings a nationwide figure to more than 36000000 people since america's coronavirus

lockdown began. but among those net jobs in the u.s. health care workers and thousands of those still employed seeing the hours and wages cut jabatan see 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 fired at a low rates due to a lack of foam and that's despite 100000000000 dollars in funding post by congress specifically to help medical providers preliminary estimates for april show a loss of 1400000 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 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 decision. 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 infected now we don't have it so. it's easy for a lot of. executives to say oh oh you know these health care workers and their 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 on either meanwhile health care workers who remain acing that hours on wages cut while fearing drug laws 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 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 and cutting doctor salaries it's the extreme form of a poor profit system they are reacting quickly in order to get their money our repay their investors before the organizations last 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 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 average hansie al-jazeera. 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 coronavirus like symptoms have died over the past 7 days a diplomatic editor james bates 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 arden in particular facing outbreaks of prove it 19 and other diseases believed to be include malaria owner and others 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 was 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 ashes from save the children she says the lack of testing as all is making it almost impossible to track infections. what officials are saying in aden is that about 50. recording 50 cases of theft a day and that has been going on for the past week which he's when this situation has really become critical in terms of. the current iris pride in the south in terms of comparison and the same officials back in april where only recording 9

to 10 death a day so that's a 5 fold increase and most of these cases were presenting risk richer recent tomes coded 1000 likes him tomes and dots and giving us an education 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 the 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 workers are not going to the health facilities because they don't have protective equipment to do not have p.p. and therefore they are afraid of catching and spreading to disease i rang them out

has become the 1st person to test positive a covert 19 inside a refugee camp in bangladesh a 2nd case has been recorded in the area around the vast camp and causes bizarre health experts warn of the virus could break through the camps where nearly a 1000000 people live becomes have been home to ring the refugees since they fled a military offensive in minimal more than 2 years ago where 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 affected. 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 leaves 134 cases and causes our district today and in bangladesh more generally the numbers are 3 and surpass 70000 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 we're 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 because refugee population in the world is we have had more than 40000 people living living press square kilometers so 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 positives of 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 will be both for the refugee population and the local bangladeshi population but at the moment we want to reach the tigers. the u.s. special representative in afghanistan says an isolator philly at the islamic state of the corazon province conducted 2 deadly bombings in the country this week on tuesday separate attacks on a funeral and in a charity hospital left dozens dead including the newborn babies the president has ordered the military to resume offensive operations against armed groups but u.s. envoys said afghans must not fall into an iso trap by delaying the peace process. that's coming on al-jazeera including world leaders call for the coronavirus vaccine to be free and university available if and when it's ready and eyeing a starring role why saudi arabia is turning to hollywood to invest more in that status.

has a pulse of pretty heavy rain is way out of china towards the korean peninsula it's already started in the satellite picture in the forecast is across the yellow sea the heart of it is heavy stuff just catches south korea goes on towards home sure to keep going north and east of the pacific and then the back edge of the stuff develop again is in china after a brief day's rest i think on saturday it was redevelop this correct it's just spring rains we're looking at here further north it's a largely dry picture beijing's at $29.00 so is shanghai more violent weather tropical psycho nate typhoon vong fall made landfall yesterday it's got a hold of friday and saturday to move north through because and then luzon it will

be mainly a rain event but the winds have been described as violence there it is slowly ease down there although the philippines are used to this sort of thing is still going to cause damage has already caused some damage. once it's out of the way it's a fairly benign picture for most south east asia indeed the next action is in the bay of bengal on this cluster of thunderstorms also want to watch it's a very slow developer but it looks like turning into a cycle in the next 3 days over water a lot of rain still to come home has been quite a lot in kerala it was finals go. back . to when these young street kids were filmed in the indie 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 i witnessed documentary on al-jazeera. move. toward the arm. welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here 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 filed for unemployment benefits in the u.s. in the last week that brings the nationwide figure to more than 36000000 people since america's coronavirus lockdown began. 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 in recent days the charity save the children says 385 patients have died over the past 7 days showing coronavirus like symptoms. now there are fears of a 2nd wave of infections in spain after a nationwide antibody survey showed only about 5 percent of the population has contracted the virus the survey deals a blow to the prospect of herd immunity which needs much higher levels of contagion to be effective on thursday spain recalled that its highest number of daily fatalities in a week with 217 deaths the country has been one of the worst affected by the pandemic that more than 27000 they tell it is almost 230000 cases. well it's from some urges 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 to tells us what's being planned to get the industry back on its feet. while the french prime minister ed wofully has i mounted a rescue plan for france's tourism industry now tourism is one of the main contributors to france's economy about $2000000.00 jobs rely on the sector but of course the tourism industry has been blasted by the coronavirus pandemic 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 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 note 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. there's a global call to give the covert $9000.00 vaccine free of charge to all countries when it's ready an open letter more than $140.00 current and former leaders nobel laureates and academic school for the sharing of data and technology is relating to the virus and that when a vaccine is developed it's distributed equally fast and according to need the letter also called on the policy setting body of the world health organization to rally behind the cause when it meets next week john hall has more 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 that 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 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 clues 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 a team of engineers and physicians in the u.s. has developed 2 devices that could transform the fight against covert 19 the staff at the university of michigan designed a portable helmet the so-called negative pressure tent both devices essentially prevent infected there from escaping into the wide environment hospitals usually treat severely ill coded $900.00 patients in negative pressure rooms to prevent further infections dacotah is the co-inventor of those devices and found of flex

aerospace company he says they'll have applications beyond coronavirus treatment. even the patients who are on mental learners they can be more to this device and will use similar cases you know we can spend ventilators for most critical cases it is in minute relation of this negative pressure helmet which is a negative pressure can't that allows doctors to perform various procedures like sharkey asked me and ron caspian thinks that they're not doing right now and only patients because of the fear of going to civilization there's a greater risk for health care workers when you're when you're treating patients this day so there's no depression can't allows them to treat patients with procedures that they're rarely need and so down that way the patient gen be taken out of it later sooner. and treated accordingly we talked about the social distancing and so we certainly when the patient comes into an ambulance corps where

now the people need health care workers are exposed to the virus made as if we have these negative pressure helmet on on the patient so that people around them are not infected with the lawyers even before entering the hospital so you could also use this new public spaces as well but once a patient enters a hospital in the patient needs of treatment you can provide a passage of 2 to the helmet and treat the patient the white and former larger procedures i mentioned already about the chance so this is goes beyond their use for college and for other infectious diseases as well the coronavirus pandemic has had oil rich nations of the middle east particularly hada fluctuations in oil prices of resulted in losses about 25 percent of our stock market value in the 1st quarter of 2020 regional investments and tourism are also expected to take a big hit but saleem iraj he's an economist with the united nations he says our because of his could temper the negative impact of the pandemic if there was more

regional integration. the executive secretary at the square dr olah dashti has. called previously at the beginning of the band demick to call for a social solidarity fund. for arab countries to tame the impact of the garbage 19 that the emergency impact of the covered on majority of our countries especially these developing countries and countries that are in need. there we're talking about the sovereign wealth fund yes we we we are calling for a 4 for outing investment many reasons also there are lots of resources in the region that are still. untapped and it's countries within that region could definitely benefit from it and at the same time. sovereign wealth funds that are invested in the national markets could definitely avoid the international market

risks such as what happened in the great recession as well as the current crisis and invest in in. the arab world which will enhance regional integration and as well as prosperity in many countries around the world which as we can see there is a mutual benefit for and complement that it in many areas given the economic structure of the country of the g.c.c. countries and that us that our stuff out of countries now the entertainment industry is one of the sectors hardest hit by the global pandemic and that's giving some nations like saudi arabia a chance to invest rob reynolds reports now from los angeles. as the world economy staggers under the shock of the coronavirus saudi arabia led by de facto ruler crown prince mohammed bin sol mon is going bargain shopping these are very speculative investments but it does seem like they will spend money at any place that's asking the $320000000000.00 saudi public investment fund has bought big

stakes in companies devastated by covert 19 as the funds governor explained in an investor's video conference. would look and to me opportunities i mean if you look at different sectors like. gas and the saudi fund snapped up 8.2 percent of carnival cruise lines some of whose passengers were sickened by corona virus in the early stages of the outbreak carnival's stock price was in the cellar the fund also invested $500000000.00 in live nation parent company of ticketmaster and a leader in big live concerts featuring the likes of madonna they are little bit scattershot they're mostly in entertainment as saudi led group is trying to buy newcastle united football club in the english premier league for about

$370000000.00 and the saudis are reportedly seeking a stake in warner music which owns and operates some of the world's biggest record labels and music publishers look i think every company that needs money is lining up in cop and calling saudi arabia and that wasn't the case a few months ago indeed the saudi regime was for a time an international business pariah following the murder of journalist joe moll khashoggi inside the saudi consulate in istanbul a killing investigations by the un and the cia concluded. it was most likely orchestrated by the crown prince but things have changed we're in a market where if you want to survive you might have to go go into business with partners you don't want the plays a risky if the search for a covert 19 vaccine and treatments drag on for years cruise lines and entertainment

companies could go belly up leaving shareholders like the saudis holding the bag even as the shopping spree continues the saudis are being asked to tighten their belts the government recently announced it would triple the value added tax to consumers pay after state revenues fell 22 percent in the 1st quarter due to a collapsing oil prices rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles. part 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 for raising concerns over the white house cover and a virus response told a congressional panel the nation could be facing its daucus 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 and we 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 staying in the u.s. some 3000000 people have filed for unemployment benefits there in the last week. it brings the nationwide figure to more than 36000000 people since america's coronavirus lockdown began the u.n. envoy to yemen says the country's facing a perfect storm of cholera malaria and the coronavirus confirmed coburg 900 factions have surged to 72 in recent days but the charity save the children says

385 patients have died over the past 7 days or a man has become the 1st person to test positive for cope with 19 instead a refugee camp in bangladesh health experts warn the virus could race through the camps where nearly a 1000000 people live. there are fears of a 2nd wave of infections in spain after a nationwide antibody survey showed that only about 5 percent of the population has contracted the virus on thursdays and recalled its highest number of fatalities in a week or 217 and a team of engineers and physicians in the u.s. has developed 2 devices that could transform the fight against cope with 19 the star of the university of michigan designed a portable helmet under so-called negative pressure tent both devices essentially prevent infected from escaping into the wide environment. well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story on so much about .

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