herodias aires a glimmer of hope that the truth might finally see the light of day. be the hero in the world. washing. doctor the u.s. government whistleblower issues or die a warning about the trumpet ministrations handling of the pandemic. without better planning 2020 would be the darkest winter in modern history. hello i'm adrian for again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a boost for china as its industrial sector grows by more than expected in april but the government says the economy still faces challenges. caught between

the phasing of the pandemic 2 tragedies that are putting yemen's people at greater risk. of a powerful typhoon is heading towards the philippines capital it's already forced tens of thousands into emergency shelters. the u.s. vaccines expert has told congress that he was removed from his job by the trumpet ministration after raising concerns about the government's coronavirus response dr rick brights led the federal agency in charge of developing a covert 19 vaccine he said that lives were lost because of government inaction and warned the worst of the pandemic may yet be to come i.e. jocasta reports. 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 who would 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 to the boy 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 dr julie fishes from georgetown university she

says that he's to be more planning for this for the autumn months when 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. china's economy is recovering from the coronavirus lock down faster than expected production was up in april for the 1st time this year but the government says the economy still faces many challenges let's go live now to beijing and to have a serious katrina you so katrina industrial output was up as the country place

catch up but not surprisingly consumer spending significantly lower. that's right so the chinese government here is at pains to emphasize that the momentum is looking good that there is a steady recovery and that these figures are better than expected but of course the devil is in the detail and what we are seeing if we look deeper into these think is that is that the chinese economy is still struggling to recover from the core of 1900 standstill so as you mentioned industrial production has rebounded that is up 3.9 percent year on year and up from a 1 point one percent fall in march so those numbers a looking good retail sales unfortunately are down they fell by 7.5 percent which is even worse than what some analysts forecast and they forecast at a 6 percent fall and that's key because the chinese economy is very much powered by domestic consumption fixed asset investment was also down and people aren't buying

property here it's 10.3 percent lower and urban unemployment was slightly that's at 6 percent and that's up 0 point one percent for much now that figure in particular is want to pay attention to unemployment is a big issue here in china because the government sees it as key to social stability but at the same time it's very difficult to get accurate data on unemployment figures here analysts say urban unemployment could be spiking and we could see about 22000000 people lose their jobs and that's just in cities of course china has a huge migrant worker population and some estimates are saying that there could be as many as 80 to $100000000.00 people losing their jobs across china and that would spell a lot of trouble now these figures have come up ahead come out ahead of the the n.p.c. the national people's congress which is china's biggest political gathering that's taking place next week and during that event we're really going to hear whether the chinese government's going to roll out some large stimulus measures to help really

the chinese economy to recover in a big way from the car 1000 stand still and of course we're going to wait and hear where the shooting ping is going to release a g.d.p. growth target for this year all right treating you live in beijing straight about it thanks indeed. arraigned a man has become the 1st person to test positive for covert 19 inside a refugee camp in bangladesh health experts warn that the virus could race through the settlements where nearly 1000000 people live the camps upon the home of the rohingya refugees since they fled a military offensive to be embalmed more than 2 years ago louise donovan is a spokeswoman for the un's refugee agency in cox's bazaar she says that adequate resources are needed for those who could become 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 we have had more than 40000 people living living prisk where commerce is there 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 will be both for the refugee population and the local bangladeshi population but at the moment we want to reach the tigers. the u.n. envoy to yemen says the perfect storm of cholera malaria and the corona virus poses a grave risk of the population confirmed infections of surged to $72.00 in recent days but the charity save the children says that 385 patients showing coronavirus like symptoms have died over the past week our diplomatic editor james bay is reports 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 believe drink chewed malaria all are dying and of 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 a bomb buckland 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 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 $385.00 patients have died with corona virus like symptoms james pays al-jazeera at the united nations the us special representative for afghanistan is planning an eyesore affiliate there islamic state of the province for 2 deadly bombings this week on tuesday separate attacks on the funeral of maternity hospital left dozens dead including newborn babies. so on they khalilzad appealed to the afghan population not to fall into an eyesore trap by delaying the peace process the afghan president has ordered the military's resume offensive operations against armed groups. we're

going to weather update next here on al-jazeera then grief grips brazil those deaths from covert 19 saw but the president insists that the country must get back to work and what any why saudi arabia is turning to hollywood to tries to show. rob it's faltering economy. had i was warming up nicely now in the northeastern corner of the us in 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 would develop particularly of oklahoma and texas the central plains the southern states are printed in may and we're 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 now even minneapolis is up to 20 degrees and we're at 19 when it is 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 for the science the sun is at it's warm now here's something of interest to you this cluster of thunderstorms here look just like a cluster 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 really 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 proper season and it's significant one to watch. but. i am. political ideals grassroots activists and polished speech in

its own lines takes you inside the battle for the democratic party. and asks if its base is too polarized to take home the white house there's a generational divide. that's a real you might ironically see the outsider mantle the most corrupt incoming president ever to please america's divided democrats on ounces the era. well again this is al jazeera let's remind you of the main news this a whistleblower in the us has told a congressional hearing that the nation could be facing its darkest winter in

modern history dr rick wright says that he was removed from his government post because he raised concerns over the white house coronavirus response. china's industrial output is recovering from the coronavirus lock down faster than expected production was up in a pool for the 1st time this year government says the economy still faces many challenges the u.n. envoy to yemen says the perfect storm of colorado malaria and the corona virus poses a grave risk to the population confirmed cases have risen to 72 in recent days. a powerful typhoon in the eastern philippines has forced tens of thousands of people into emergency shelters that are fears the typhoon vaughn young could cause catastrophic landslides winds reaching 250 kilometers an hour destroyed homes and cut off power supplies on the central ideas of sama rescue efforts are being complicated by restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus let's go live now to manila al jazeera is general allen dogon is there for us so the

typhoon has made landfall bring us up to date with what's been happening. well a.j. and i am at the headquarters of the philippine coast guard where just off shore there are about 20 cruise ships that have been docked here for the past few weeks with filipino crew workers and other nationalities here waiting also and undergoing quarantine now the situation here is difficult we've seen over the past few weeks members of the coast guard conducting medical processing of those who are being quarantined but the situation at this point is compounded and made even more difficult in the region where tens and thousands of thousands of residents have already been evacuated just as the government is about to lift its almost 2 months long quarantine in the entire region as it tries to clamp down on the spread of the

corona virus now we've spoken to local officials here there who ways equally said that they are also try their china to impose physical distancing in evacuation centers that's almost impossible when you have for example a sports center loaded basically with thousands of people there giving mass they have doctors on standby morning story in the health status of residents there now as the typhoon slowly comes to the area of the national capital region we're getting reports that it has weakened but we are still not getting any reports from other areas a few islands that were battered when it 1st made landfall because power lines and communication lines still remain cut off now this is very difficult for the philippines typhoon that's come a bit early it's the 1st confirmed typhoon this year it's still supposed to be summer season and the government that myths that its resources are already stretched with its own calamity fund already very low at the very minimum at this

point here in may because they've already been using it providing aid in calamities to those who have been effected by the lock down here in lives on. gemini many thanks indeed i was there is german alan duggan reporting live from manila japan's state of emergency has been lifted across most of the country but not in tokyo or in several other high risk areas prime minister shinzo albay says that it's important to try to stop the chain of bankruptcies so you know. you cannot have there is always the fear of the next trained toward a new daily life full scale social and economic activities naturally increases the risk if each and every one is not vigilant enough the future after 2 weeks cannot be predicted unfortunately if the number of infected people increases it may be a 2nd declination of the mage unsee. the number of corona virus infections in brazil has risen to almost 200000 but president jiah boss a narrow continues to push state governors to ease lock downs and open up the

economy meanwhile argentina is beginning to lift it strict measures for the 1st time in 2 months of 0 stories about reports now on the outbreak across latin america. this is a regular occurrence in brazil this days people burying their loved ones who died of kovi 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 nest. 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 it there about brazil she. has been a staunch opponent of lockdown prioritizing the economy and like argentina who's

precedent for a man this post one of the strictest quarantines in the world. at an annual class owns a bookstore in one of 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 had 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 press in the light of the phone and the fact that people have to take 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're 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. 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 . there are fears of a 2nd wave of infections in spain after

a nationwide antibodies survey showed that only around 5 percent of the population has contracted the virus the survey deals a blow to the prospects of herd immunity which needs much higher levels of contagion to be effective than 27000 deaths and almost 230000 cases have been recorded making it one of the worst affected countries in the world. 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 those devices prevent infected air from escaping into the wider environment hospitals usually treat severely ill coded 19 patients in negative pressure rooms to prevent further infections sort of codes up is the co-inventor of those devices and found flecks is an aerospace company he says that will have applications beyond coronavirus treatment. even the patients who are on mental learners they can be more to this

device and only 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 and run 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 day so these negative pressure 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 a social distancing and so he certainly when the patient comes into an ambulance corps where now the people need health care workers are exposed to the wireless not as if we have these negative pressure helmet on on the patient so the people around

them are not infected with the laws 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 why and form larger procedures i mentioned already about batam so this is goes beyond their use for college and for other infectious diseases as well the coronavirus pandemic has had oil rich nations in the middle east particularly hot fluctuations in oil prices have resulted in losses of about 25 percent of the arab stock market value in the 1st quarter of this here regional investments and tourism are also expected to take a big hit saw him as an economist with the united nations he says that arab economies could temper the impact of the pandemic with more regional integration. executive secretary at square dr olah desh he has. called previously at the

beginning of the band demick to call for a social solidarity fund. for him for arab countries to tame the impact of the garbage 19 the emergency impact of the covered on majority of other countries especially that he's 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 international 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 implement that it in many areas given the economic structure of the country of the g.c.c. countries and that us rest of out of countries many countries have been forced to rethink their business plans as a result of the downturn that includes saudi arabia which is investing in a range of other industries as oil prices crash 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 to me opportunities i mean if you look at different sectors like an alliance. and to think that 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 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 in a market where if you want to survive you might have to go into business with some 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 that consumers pay after state revenues fell 22 percent in the 1st quarter due to a collapsing oil prices rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles. it is good to have you with us hello adrian fenty going to hit the headlines announce they were a whistleblower and the u.s. has told a congressional hearing that the nation could be facing its darkest winter in modern history talk to rick brights led the federal agency in charge of developing a covert 19 vaccine he says that he was removed from his post because he raised concerns over the white house coronavirus response. 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 china's industrial output is recovering from the coronavirus locked down faster than expected production was up in april for the 1st time this year but the government says the economy still faces many challenges sales tumbled in the 1st 3 months of the year as the lockdown forced shops and restaurants to close the u.n. envoy to yemen says that a perfect storm of color of malaria the corona virus poses a grave risk to the population confirmed cases of risen to 72 in recent days the charity save the children says that 385 patients have died over the past 7 days showing corona virus like symptoms during a mattress become the 1st person to test positive for the corona virus inside a refugee camp in bangladesh health experts warn that the virus could race through

the settlements where nearly a 1000000 people live the camps have been home to the rain the refugees since they fled the military offensive in myanmar more than 2 years ago. 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 is contracted the virus more than $27000.00 deaths of almost 230000 cases of the recorded. a powerful typhoon of the east and philippines has forced tens of thousands of people into emergency shelters winds reaching 250 kilometers an hour of destroyed homes and cut off policy applies in the central idea of some law rescue efforts being complicated by restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus well there's the headlines more news out of faultlines next.

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