kill a should this early in the season is becoming regular i have to say but this is not know we're outside the proper season and it's significant one to watch. a damning testimony a u.s. government whistleblower says the trumpet ministration lacks a master plan to deal with the covert 19 crisis. 2020 would be the darkest winter in modern history. follow him down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha 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 cases confirmed. on a powerful typhoon lashes parts of the philippines forcing thousands into emergency camps with. a u.s. vaccine expert has told congress he was removed from his job by the trumpet ministration after raising concerns about the government's coronavirus response dr rick wright led the federal agency in charge of developing a code 19 vaccine he said lives were lost because of government inaction and when the worst of the pandemic is yet to come castro has more. a dire warning from the medical expert formerly in charge of the u.s. government's effort to develop a coronavirus vaccine. without better planning 2020 could be the darkest winter in

modern history immunologist rick bright told a house subcommittee he was removed from his position as head of the biomedical advanced research and development authority after resisting pressure to expand access to an unproven malaria drug promoted by president trump wright also testified that prior to the pandemic his calls for the nation to increase its medical supply stockpile went ignored from that moment i knew that we were going to have a crisis for health care workers because they were not taking action we were already behind the ball that was our last window of opportunity to turn on their production to save the lives of those health care workers and we didn't act right drafted a whistleblower complaint after his demotion a government watchdog office says it found substantial likelihood of wrongdoing in bright's removal he's among several government scientists recently ousted from their positions after clashing with trump over the coronavirus i want to give

everyone like a good run those employees the right board some people that do a very good job trump discounted brights concerns about a 2nd wave of infections and headed to pennsylvania where without a mask he toured a medical equipment distributor as the economic pain from shuttered businesses continues to mount and the presidential election draws near trump says the u.s. should begin to reopen a position championed by some protesters who are also his supporters but polls show most americans think it's too early to reopen i don't know this is a very scary time and i don't think it's over right now even as lines for food giveaways snake on and newly released unemployment numbers show 36 and a half 1000000 americans have lost their jobs to the crisis. how do you know castro al-jazeera silver spring maryland well dr julie fisher is from georgetown

university and 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 called 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 it 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. 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 385 patients showing virus like symptoms of diet over the past 7 days are 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 arden in particular facing outbreaks of privet 19 and other diseases are believed to include malaria polar 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 u.n. 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 cope with 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 corona virus like symptoms james plays al-jazeera at the united nations where you stress the mashes 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. recording 50 cases of the day and that has been going on for the past week which she's going to situation has really become

critical in terms of. the current iris pride in the south in terms of comparison the same officials back in april when only recording 9 to 10 death a day so that's a 5 fold increase most of these cases were presenting risk richer recent tomes coded $1000.00 likes him tomes and dots giving us an indication that the 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 didn't 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 death for they are afraid of catching and spreading to disease. i rang a man has become the 1st person to test positive for coverage 19 inside a refugee camp in bangladesh a 2nd case has been recorded in the area around the vast camp and cox's bazaar health experts warn of the virus could run through the unsanitary camps where nearly a 1000000 people live the camps have been home to the regime the refugees as they fled a military offensive in minimal more than 2 years ago well louise donovan is a spokeswoman for the un's refugee agency in the cops was bizarre she says what's needed there is sufficient facilities to cater for those infected. it's a very worrying development and today 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 as a number is continuing to increase leave 134 cases and causes our district today

and in bangladesh more generally the numbers of 3 and surpass 17000 so the numbers continue to increase that there is a shortage of testing however it is increasing and testing only began it causes the beginning of april slowing 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 government of partners since the beginning of march but at the moment what we need is to have adequate facilities to to cater for people who may be in fact it social distancing is extremely difficult because refugee population in the where else we have had more than 40000 people living living prescribe commissaire 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 selfish to isolation treatment facilities that should be operational from from

next week and while there are other partners there also submachine isolation treatment facilities and also quarantine facilities so basically anybody who is identified as being over 1000 possible. all contacts through the contact tracing in these people who put into quarantine at the moment the target is to have 1900 and isolation treatment beds available which would be both for the refugee population and the local bangladeshi population but at the moment it doesn't reach that i guess a powerful typhoon in the east in the philippines is forced tens of thousands of people into emergency shelters there are fears that typhoon vong pong could cause catastrophic landslides winds reaching 250 kilometers an hour have destroyed homes and cut off power supplies on the central island of some of our rescue efforts are being affected by restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus or jamilah in durban joins us live now from the capital manila jamila so the typhoon we understand has made landfall just bring us up to date with what's been happening

there. well it 1st made landfall in the province of somewhere in the region and over the last almost 24 hours it has made several landfall now it is in the area of southern luzon now this comes there and it's a very critical time at the time when the government is just slowly easing restrictions imposed over the last few almost over 2 months ago in order to clamp down on the spread of the pandemic of coronavirus that means that more than 50000000 people have mostly been locked up in their homes you know as the government's resources resources are stretched now the government those specially local officials in the region are still reassuring residents as tens of thousands are actually evacuated at this point that they are going to make sure that physical distancing is still imposed and observed and that masks are going to be given and

that doctors are on standby monitoring the health status of those who have been displaced now we have not heard any significant damages or death toll at this point but make no mistake it does not mean that the situation is over because there are many areas that remain cut off when it comes to communications and power lines so we have yet to hear news from many areas from many islands continually being battered by typhoon long form at this point it comes at a critical time and resources are stretched. aids relief is being given over the past few weeks cash aid is being given that industries have been partly shut down that this point this weekend is when they're supposed to lift what they call enhanced community quarantine to ease it to general quarantine to hopefully allow people to get back to work to earn a living to kind of find a new normal but business maybe specifically difficult for the philippines typhoon season it seems to started earlier than expected and government resources personnel

front line are sort of stretched at the moment daryn all right john allen duggan there in the philippines capital manama jonathan. now the u.s. special representative on afghanistan is blaming and i still get the islamic state of the corazon province for 2 deadly bombings this week on tuesday separate attacks on a funeral and a maternity hospital left dozens dead including newborn babies but tell me how it was that appeal to the afghan people to not fall into an ice cold trap by delaying the peace process the afghan president has ordered the military to resume offensive operations against armed groups. coming on al-jazeera including grief cripps brazil as the code with 900 death toll soars but president both insist the country must get back to work and why saudi arabia is turning to hollywood to try to shore up its faltering economy far enough steps.

as 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 honshu keep going north and east of the pacific and then the back edge will start develop again these cells in china after a brief day's rest i think on saturday they will see redevelop this correct it's just spring rains we're looking at here for the north it's a largely dry picture beijing is it $29.00 so is shanghai more violent weather tropical psycho nate typhoon long 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 in southeast asia indeed the next action is in the bay of bengal and this cluster of thunderstorms is 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 on the has been quite a lot in kerala as funnels as go. but . as we embrace new technologies rarely do we stop to ask what is the price of this progress what happened was people started getting sick but there was a small group of people that began to think that maybe this was related to the chemicals closure on the job and investigation reveals how even the smallest devices have deadly environmental and health costs we think ok we'll send our you waste to china but we have to remember that air pollution travels around the globe death by design on al-jazeera.

all. welcome back a quick amount of the top stories on al-jazeera a whistleblower at the u.s. has told a congressional hearing the nation could be facing its darkest winter in modern history dr rick wright says he was removed from his government post because he raise concerns over the white house coronavirus response. 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 but the charity save the children says 395 patients have died over the past 7 days showing virus like symptoms. and

a powerful typhoon in eastern philippines has forced tens of thousands into emergency shelters rescue efforts are being affected by restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus. now as we've been saying over 36000000 americans have been left jobless since the coronavirus locked down began and they include health care workers who are on the front line of the crisis and thousands of those still employed are seeing their hours and their wages cut jabatan see how that story. is hasn't gone unnoticed that even as the u.s. salutes front line 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 alarming rates due to a lack of firm and that's despite 100000000000 dollars in funding passed by congress specifically to help medical providers preliminary estimates for april showed a loss of 1400000 health care jobs with 135000 hospital staff such as

revenue rich elective surgeries and routine visits were canceled his data report error on the situation as oh well. so what we're seeing today is what's going on in and around the middle. so i certainly think i would not be surprised. when we see next month 317 stuff will find at this hospital in san diego those who remain say some of those well frontline kovan stuff as with millions of others in the u.s. then without their employer based health insurance when they may need it most everybody was still devastated were reeling and that. everybody demoralized on the or is that right now and of course their work. or nurses and now they're worried that after a 14. day between 2 to 14 day incubation period what if they get infected and that

we don't have insurance so it's easy for a lot of. executives to say oh oh you know these health care workers and there's our hero and then they can really just drop us like nothing but problem on 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 would have been a little noticed but a growing sector in u.s. med some 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 markets 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 really reacting quickly in order to get their money our 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 i'm 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 have written see al jazeera. now there are fears of a 2nd wave of infections in spain on thursday the country recalled its highest number of daily fatalities in a week of 217 deaths the country's been one of the worst affected by the pandemic with more than 27000 deaths and almost 230000 cases. and catalogued as

record its highest daily increase in virus cases since february the number of people infected rose by 1733 on thursday taking the total number to more than 28000 containment measures are being stepped up from sunday it'll be mandatory for people to wear face masks in public or risk being fined. the number of corona virus infections in brazil has surged almost 200000 so despite the rising numbers the president. continues to push state governments to ease their lock downs and open economy to raise about takes a look at the situation across latin america. this is a regular occurrence in brazil this days people burying their loved ones who died of covert 19 the death toll in brazil continues to rise and it's now the hardest hit country in south america but in spite of the rising infections brazil's president who refers to the coronavirus pandemic as a little flu remains defiant and wants to open up the economy the soonest. for

staying at home for those that can is find not a problem but for those who cannot those who have an empty fridge and 3 or 4 children crying with hunger it is out of reach. going to take the about brazil's she. has been a staunch opponent of lockdown prioritizing the economy and like argentina who's precedent for a man this imposed one of the strictest quarantines in the world. at an annual gas owns a bookstore in one of the scientists this week the government authorized some shops in the city to open up. it's difficult because the economy's in very bad shape but i support what the president did we have to do it because if not the death toll would be much higher. but the possibility of a rice infections has not been discarded as the death toll in recent days has doubled argentina's government have started to open up some sectors of the economy

and millions of people mostly informal workers are struggling to make ends meet argentina's economy was already in the lead before the pandemic which makes the situation for many years even more difficult for us in the light of the phone and the fact that we have to say to reimpose i don't believe look down if there is a surge in cases nationwide. that lockdown is not working out everywhere else in the region badal has almost 80000 infections in spite of the lockdown imposed 2 months ago in the city of us right next to the amazon river doctors say they are desperate. for today we are in a state of total catastrophe and the health system has collapsed more than $300.00 people are cared for daily health personnel both doctors and nurses and technicians in general are deaf i'm a tit today there are more than 150 doctors hospitalized in the i.c.u. demanding that the government declare libertaria catastrophe and disaster kovi 19

reached latin america a bit later than other regions and while some government used the time to gear up others like brazil continue to prioritize the economy over the population's health that is how will. now a team of engineers and physicians in the u.s. has developed 2 devices that could transform the fight against code 19 the staff at the university of michigan designed a portable helmet in a so-called negative pressure tent both devices essentially prevent infected from escaping into the wide environment hospitals used to treat severely ill cope with 900 patients in negative pressure rooms to prevent further infections. is the co-inventor of those devices and found flex is an aerospace company he says there are 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 another relation of this negative pressure helmet which is a negative pressure can't that allows doctors to perform various procedures like track you ask me on brown caspian things 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 they so does need an impression 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 the ventilator sooner. and treated accordingly we talk about the social distancing and so he certainly when the patient comes into that mandolins or 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 hostage or 2 to the helmet and treat a patient that white and former larger procedures i mentioned already about the chance so this is goes beyond their us war college and for other infectious diseases as well now the pandemic us at the global economy haad forcing many countries to really look at their business plans saudi arabia is one the monk them as all prices crash they are paying them is investing in air as diverse as entertainment and sport rob reynolds reports 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 i me opportunities i mean if you look at the different sectors like an alliance. and to think that the saudi fund snapped up 8.2 percent of carnival cruise lines some of those 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 parise following the murder of the 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. 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 coronavirus response has told a congressional panel the nation could be facing its daucus to 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. 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 covered $900.00 factions have surged to $72.00 in recent days but the charity save the children says 385 patients have died over the past week showing coronavirus like symptoms. are being a man has become the 1st person to test positive for cope with 900 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 the virus could race through the crowded calf's cattle has recalled its highest daily increase in corona virus cases since february the number of people infected rose by 1733 on thursday taking the total number to more than $28000.00 containment measures are being stepped up from sunday every mandatory for people to wear face masks in public or risk being fined and a powerful typhoon that's landed in the eastern philippines has forced tens of thousands of people into emergency shelters there are fears that typhoon vong pong could cause landslides in remote populated areas with catastrophic results power's been cut off in the central island of some odd and homes destroyed by winds of up to 250 kilometers an hour those were the headlines the news continues here on out is there after history of revolutions that's watching. the whole d.n.a. of al-jazeera deliver news of people who are subject to the decisions made by the

powerful when you feel about religion will elect them to the pope or gold anything when you see big groups of people walking through your they're all individuals with children the law but with back story this place has become a complete joke or recently no where to put all these people here all of them in to treat them with something within respect. in 1948 the state of israel was proclaimed. palestine was lost. 16 years later in 1964 the palestine liberation organization or the p.l.o. was founded. made up of different factions the p.l.o. has been at the heart of the struggle to regain palestine ever since. the 1000000000. 1000000000 people.