ventilator very relieved in depth analysis of the day global headlines india done enough to hit the spread of the world of ours in the inside story on al-jazeera. be the hero the world news story. china insists it has the pandemic under control carrying out the ambitious task of retesting millions of people in the outbreaks epicenter. i'm richelle carey the sound is there live from doha also coming up brazil buckling under pressure running out of supplies and hospitals at capacity all while the government downplays the outbreak. milliken business is struggling under sanctions

and iran now also dealing with the financial strain brought on by coronavirus. the class of 2020 prepares to enter a changed world with graduation ceremonies swapped for socially distanced ceremonies. was the original epicenter of the krona virus outbreak but life in china is slowly returning to normal at least that's the message beijing ascending but clusters of the virus have been emerging inch len province where things stand right now in china and ambitious mass testing programme is being carried out and will hong where the virus was 1st discovered it's a mean to test all of the city's 11000000 residents in just 2 weeks world health organization has advised countries to test as much as possible but many just don't have that capacity or the virus largely under control across the country the rest of china is so. only reopening production is up and lock downs have eased allowing

people to return to some schools and businesses meanwhile the country's vaccine development is moving forward with some drugs on their 2nd phase of clinical trials it's hoped they could move on to wider testing by july. harden explained some people in law are still worried that going for a test could expose them. the people in this province have been battling the novel coronavirus longer than anyone else the virus started here in december last year and grew to epic proportions killing more than 4000 people in china alone after months of lockdown and move on the number of cases began to drop in this week there was a cluster of new infections a new testing campaign is underway to stop the spread the residents fear going to crowded testing centers could put them in danger. i think some measures should have been taken for example who should be separated when there are many of them is not

very good to have too many people gathered in one place some paper where the moscow not safety has become a hot topic especially on social media among the 11000000 residents of this latest testing campaign is voluntary i think it's fine everyone to keep it on distance off one half metres from each of. says the epidemic people have had a great sense of responsibility to keep my distance from each other to reduce risks there are now nearly 5000000 cases of coded 1000 around the world more than 300000 have died what started in china may be returning for a 2nd wave leah harding al-jazeera. so to sarah clarke now is live in hong kong so is there the message from china is that we have completely turned a corner and you know we're keeping a watchful eye on things but we're going in the right direction but there still are some some spots in the country when in particular that they are concerned about

well the latest figures we've got out of the national health commission in china on sunday we've got 5 new infections 2 of those are important but 3 are from this province called province now this is in the north east of the country this is where there are defined the latest cluster or the latest outbreak in china another jenning in government reported 144 cases in that particular province but the mayor and insidious describe this as a serious outbreak and as a result the government's boosted a number of its control measures to try and restrict or stem the spread of the current a virus the city there is in partial lockdown we've got schools have been closed gatherings have been banned and some of the long and short distance train routes they've also been stopped as a result no residential compounds have also been restricted and the governor is also pushing for the increased testing of residents across the province but in particular in the city of g. lin and that's obviously for early detection but as we've got this particular class

to in the north east of the country the rest are other parts of china are getting back to normal in shanghai this week we have more school some of the lower grades they're returning to class and we've also got and the number of domestic flights across china these are domestic travelers in the country those flights return to 60 percent of the pretty upright levels and as well as that we've got some of the tourist destinations the likes of the forbidding city in beijing it's reopened as has the disneyland resort of certainly we're seeing a different picture across china when you compare the low numbers to the rest of the world and china certainly sending that message that it's doing well with regards to its control of the crime the virus outbreak and pacer clark live for us sara thank you very much. thailand is left in more restrictions as it eases a lockdown that began and april shopping malls and department stores have reopened and a nightly curfew will be shortened by an hour but a state of emergency is still in place until the end of the month and all international flights from maine suspended until the end of june a tenant chunder

a call as thailand's deputy prime minister and the minister for public health is the community's cooperation assault reduced the number of infections significantly we cannot say that we are free of coronary virus and we cannot say that there will be no 2nd where but what we can say is thailand is well prepared to undertake the situation than what they would become because the. current virus travels with people so once we ease up the car all we have to do is to make sure that everyone understands how to behave and how to live their lives we are trying to bring them back to normalcy as soon as we can i think helen is no different than other places in the world we cannot say that we back to normal as. hiero to the old 19th invitation but we have to get acquainted with

the new normal way of living for example if you ever come to thailand at this moment all people leaving home you have to mask on all people. to keep themselves. at least one and a half meters distance eat so 'd. little by little. into momentum that people are giving very good cooperation and that's why the numbers of newly infected patients pass greatly reduced. brazil's health system is struggling under the pressure of rising infections and what critics say is a lack of government guidance hospitals in rio de janeiro are full and running out of medical supplies many patients are being sent to intensive care units and other states but some are almost a capacity to the president has played down the pandemic leading to fall out with 2 health ministers the 2nd quit on friday the secure more through this is

a highly specialized code 19 hospital the hospital was closed we opened it 128 beds the hospital is now overcrowded people come from everywhere to be treated. this disease is not kidding around whoever thinks it's a joke is going to lose their life is going to lose their life people have to take precautions or the 1st day of a weeklong lockdown in chile the capital has seen city streets almost deserted more than 6000000 people in water santiago have been ordered to stay home food markets and pharmacies are still open but a police permit is needed to go outside health ministry reversed a loosening of restrictions on friday after a sudden rise in infections traceable was monitoring developments across latin america from argentina's capital and s.r.s. . the streets of san diego fiend empty as the chilean government tightened the lockdown in the capital city as you just said those above 70 years old were quested

to remain in their homes those who wanted to leave their homes need to get a special permits from the police and violators will be fined with thousands of dollars as a host is also said of the amount of people infected in the country has doubled in this past week and most of those cases are happening in the capital santiago from the very beginning chile implemented a case where they called it a segregated lockdown where they blocked certain neighborhoods that had a larger amount of people that had been infected well that changed to dave the whole city is right now under lockdown there's been reports also that several hospitals have already filled their intensive care units are already filled and they've been transporting several cases across the country so that those people could be treated even though the death toll is not higher over $400.00 people have lost their lives it is expected to rise we do know that in santiago as largest cemetery already this saturday the people there have been digging graves not only

in that in that cemetery but also in other regions because the death toll is expected to rise the pandemic is having a significant impact on world economies iran was in bad shape even before the outbreak mainly due to years of sanctions some businesses are now going to extraordinary lengths to keep their doors open the same as are all b.s. more from tehran. more than 83000000 people live in one of the most sanctioned countries in the world domestic brands dominate this big consumer market and how well the to her own stock exchange has been doing in recent years challenges conventional thinking about iran's economy how to the quality of the government will support the flourishing stock market as much as it can the government is willing and determined to offer and sell it shares of the state owned and government owned companies at the stock market. sanctions a forced domestic investment which has been good for many local businesses but the

covert 9000 pandemic has meant lost revenues in april 1 of iran's biggest government run holding companies decided to sell 10 percent of its shares its portfolio is enormous assets include mobile operators shipping companies pharmaceuticals construction petro chemicals the list goes on a public offering is unprecedented and generating excitement about investing in stocks iranians who normally put their savings in real estate gold foreign currency even cars are investing heavily in the stock exchange and the government is making it easier to do so. in the past people mostly deposited the savings in banks banks invested it now it's become very simple there's a website called the comprehensive financial information people register online and receive a trading code and they can buy she is 3 different brokers. but some iranians worry this is a cash grab during a downturn that this might be a bubble and new investors in

a speculation driven market could lose their money meanwhile small business is a major part of iran's commercial landscape have been circling the drain since the beginning of the outbreak. public bath and downtown had dozens of customers every day before the pandemic oh. we haven't had any business for a long time we kind enough to even pay the water bill if it continues like this we would have to hand back these places to eat or not while there is growing confidence around the stock market working class iranians remain the most financially vulnerable many people living in this city have more immediate concerns like keeping a roof over their heads and food on the table in fact there are families that would indeed find it difficult to get by if it wasn't for the daily food rations they receive from local charities privatizing state owned assets means iran's post coronavirus economy could see more control in public hands something that could lead to long term growth but for now the economy is doing what it has been doing

for years shrinking and working class communities feel the squeeze the most. still ahead on al-jazeera a test of leadership we look at why some world leaders are under fire for their handling of the pandemic. as the weather warms up at newquay many people in seaside resorts are concerned about a possible 2nd wave of cases. hello that warming up across western areas of europe and still very well across the southeast meanwhile to the north a lot of cloud as you can see but not just cloud rain but even this i think the picture is really rather speak for themselves this is into southern finland and the snow was coming down and in fact to fold on is false as well it should actually melt for you quickly because the temperatures will be in the low double figures

that is a fairly unsettled weather pattern blustery winds rain showers across much of scandinavia through the baltics as well some more rain just work its way into areas of ukraine trading down across into the balkans but really apart from that it's sunny it is dry the temperature is beginning to come back up so $22.00 for london and paris on a warm $25.00 celsius across in vienna now so if you will the northwest of africa for ones we've actually got some clear dry weather across much of morocco algeria saying the bulk of the showers with the clouds and then look at this time of the 2842 it aaa but as we go into monday the winds will change direction coming down from the cool and all through the match and so that means a high of 27 to actually feeling quite a bit cooler to me water still very warm across 43 and the showers a say they'll continue to play these coastal areas of algeria quite a bit of cloud as well so cool in algiers with a high of 19 celsius. rewind

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testing program and we're on is underway the local health authority says more than $113000.00 tests were carried out on friday they're trying to prevent a 2nd wave of coven 19 more restrictions have been eased in thailand malls and shops are now allowed to reopen a nightly curfew has been shortened but a ban on international flights has been extended for another month until the end of june. and brazil celt system is heading towards the brink of collapse as the number of infections continue to rise hospitals in rio de janeiro are at capacity and shortage of medical supplies. some leaders in the worst hit nations initially dismissed the threat of the pandemic the death toll the us is approaching $90000.00 that is the highest in the world despite repeated warnings of president trump insisted the virus would not take hold there a march declared a national emergency but has refused to take responsibility for any short. hemmings and the response british prime minister boris johnson also played down the virus

and shook hands with patients on a covert 1000 hospital ward he later became seriously ill the u.k. has real was relatively late and imposing a lockdown or now has the highest death toll in europe britain is latin america brazil part 3 is let america's worst hit country present her boss and also the krona virus is nothing but a fantasy encouraged anti-lock down protests and attacked governors who imposed restrictions and vladimir putin a was quick to close russia's border with china but domestic lockdowns came late russia now has more than 270000 known cases the 2nd highest in the world steve clemons as an editor at large at the hill and the host of the al-jazeera show the bottom line he explains why it's taken some leaders more time to take action. all of these leaders in a sense ran against the establishment in their countries they ran against science they ran against universities they ran against the ministries and bureaucracies they were out there set up over generations to protect the public but also narrow

has fired his last 2 health ministers so donald trump his critique anthony found it was world famous as one of the great carolla just who has helped knock back to the aids and others i think that the reason they did this is that they thrive on the notion that they and their supporters are victims and they've been victims from the educated in society from science that has left them behind in their view and it challenges their my cheese mow their their their boss nature and that they would have to listen to someone else and this is created a real problem so i think that's part of that your world health organization is a bit different because it least in the united states part of the nationalism that donald trump has tried to describe nations now says i'm trying to assert is very disdainful of other countries of international deals of international institutions and they see the rest of the world as ripping off the united states as freewriting

when the united states and there's a resentment and anger about anything attached to the united nations so his critique of the w.h.o. is part of this played nation's nationalism and he does not understand that the w.h.o. plays a vital and critical role in setting up health models and health standards creating an antenna for other and future pandemics and helping particularly we have to remember that if we don't help lesser developed countries get through this and we see what it's happened to developed countries this will come back with a vengeance everywhere. or me us president barack obama has made a veiled swipe at trump's handling of the pandemic saying it has torn back the curtain on american leadership he's speaking at a virtual ceremony for thousands of high school graduates he said that they have to seize the initiative where the nation's leaders have fumbled more than anything this pandemic is fully finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they're doing

a lot of them aren't even pretending to be in charge of the world's going to get better it's going to be up to you for the many of the $3700000.00 students graduating from high school in the u.s. it is not the celebration they hoped for alan fisher has a story. it's not how it was supposed to be chewed have been a pothole with lots of friends and a celebration of school years of high school instead it's graduation month with a socially distant stands with a family in a drive with you know that when we are able to reunite i see with my friends that it's going to be better sweet malware and we're going to you know hug it out maybe they were allowed to be as graduation season in america's high schools big celebrations ceremonies and excitement the moment to move on to something new university or a korea for the class of 2020 those moments and memories have been stolen away. nobody wants to go to school it sucks it's boring at the end of your senior year

you get to do all of these incredible things you've been working towards and you get to. and now i don't get that. clear rodgers moved to the u.s. 2 years ago from the u.k. where they do things differently graduation ceremonies are not common but i've grown up watching that sort of thing movies now it's like wow i actually get to experience. that that sort of was quick sensing he couldn't i'd always ready to leave high school she's been accepted to university to pursue a career in nursing and watching how her world has changed in just a matter of weeks watching hope people have relied on health professionals makes it even more determined that sweet her future lies i wish i could be helping everyone right now and it's kind of sad that i can't but that's what's also motivating me to still be a nurse is in case this comes back not everyone leaving high school has the same sefton to and it is a real knock on effect colleges and universities across america say they're

expecting to lose 20 percent of the students who have already enrolled many simply won't be able to afford it anymore and it's not just a one year thing one in 10 say they're already making other plans what would you want and help students in the last year of high school plan for the future a future no least with uncertainty my biggest fear is that kids that were on the edge in that i would have been able to do more for. are still going to not make a decision on what their person or plans are and leave high school and. not knowing what to do $170.00 schools are doing what they can to celebrate graduation virtual ceremonies pushing events back several weeks it won't be the same but then neither is the world the students are about to enter alan fischer al-jazeera arlington virginia. there's president says he may restore some funding to the world health

organization donald trump tweeted saying is the ministration is considering several proposals including spending about 10 percent of the previous contributions suspended u.s. financial support to the w.h.o. in april accusing it of spreading chinese time for this information about the outbreak. church services are resumed and australia's most populous state after weeks longer on a virus or sections were lifted sunday mass was held in new south wales limited to 10 people or church they had to call in advance to book a place people can now also visit bars and restaurants in several states and territories australia has reported just over 7000 kovan 1000 cases and nearly 100 deaths. a key border crossing made way in pakistan and afghanistan has reopened after 2 months allowing people from both countries to return home but welcome crossing with temporarily close to prevent the spread of criminal arrests many people had been waiting at the border for the past week travelers had their temperatures checked as they walked across. france and again on the one but they

were about 3 months ago when the twin computer was closed due to the corona virus outbreak we were stranded in punjab pakistan we faced many problems that we could have with during this time i have been stranded in pakistan for more than 2 months i was and you took the 60s to reach the border crossings you brought traffic from within a week many of citizens including women have been waiting at this border to enter villa in a bad condition on. a top united nations prosecutors welcoming the arrest of a suspect in the 19041 genocide. had avoided capture for more than 2 decades until french officers raided out apartment near paris is accused of funding the militias who killed hundreds of thousands of people during the rwandan genocide he has been arrested. 3 families of zimbabwe's opposition who went missing earlier this week have been found outside the capital harare they disappeared during a demonstration led by the movement for democratic change on wednesday the women

say they were taken into police custody before being beaten and sexually assaulted an opposition party leader says forces working for the president were behind the abduction. the syrian government and al-qaeda affiliated hiatt have conducted a prisoner exchange in aleppo. the government released 4 fighters in the group while the rebels released a colonel and a soldier from the syrian army or been a handful of prisoner swaps in aleppo over the past 18 months health officials in yemen have confirmed 13 new infections and 3 deaths from coban 18 the number of known cases and government held areas now stands at 122 with the rebels have also reported 2 new cases in the territory they control of 5 years of conflict has wrecked the health system and had workers aid workers had to say the disease is spreading and detected. aid organizations save the children is warning the rise in

deaths and yemen's southern port city of aden could be the result of the virus spreading its issued a statement that reads this way our teams on the ground are saying how people are being sent away from hospitals breathing heavy or even collapsing people are dying because they cannot get treatment that would normally save their lives or patients who go from hospital to hospital and yet could not get admitted yes or so much is from save the children she says the lack of medical facilities is making it hard for the country to respond to the outbreak. are currently. 500 going to latest in the entire country there are only 520 i.c.u. bad stuff are available for cooking 1000 patients and that means it's it's going to be very difficult for yemen to be able to respond to to this outbreak and the health system has been decimated by 5 years of who are only house of the health facilities are functioning at the moment so aid agencies like i was

a really bracing all cells for the outbreak to spread of and which is why it's more important than ever to be able to do early action and try to stop the spread try to respond to what is happening right now so that it doesn't get worse. partially lifted in england people on that southern coast are worried about this walking to the seaside or allen supports or. on any normal sunny may weekend brighton would be welcoming visitors with open arms more swimmers more splashes more sunbathers out of towners and daytrippers 2020 isn't normal and as england eases lock down restrictions brighton like many of the country's attractions and beauty spots is worried too many people will come flocking it's really painful to be asking people not to come here but we need to be clear with

people that we don't believe for that safe to do so just yet our local services the console police and health are all focusing on keeping people wow so we don't want to be stretched with some people deciding to visit the city though scotland and wales haven't changed their measures earlier in the week the prime minister johnson replaced england's stay at home message with the more confusing stay alert and told people they could spend more time outdoors and travel further and for on it and their kids have emerged from lockdown in redhill an hour's drive away the 1st trip in 2 months is great it's of course you know larry you know we didn't exactly where we are right now there's no one nearby 20 metres you know. and you know we had to go out and take some fresh air because these had to be. you know building you know 24 hours just to support my guess is that you know perhaps the councils

don't come message got through perhaps police checking cars outside the city limits was also dissuading people but certainly the beach wasn't overrun on saturday whether or not people should be visiting england's beaches another beauty spot isn't the only lockdown issue being debated in the u.k. at the moment there's also an argument about the government's intention so at least partially open primary schools early in june. teachers unions and the british medical association don't think the plan is safe enough yet when the government is trying to reassure them this face return is in line was over european countries are doing to get their schools colleges sleazebag a new looks if you will be worried about sending gold children to school every one of us wants for very best for our children and i know how stressful this time has been for all families right across the country i want to reassure you that this

approach is based on the best scientific advice and bryson the idea got a mixed reception that agree with an off a week that younger children it is not going to be possible for a former 5 year out to sanction this and you know i think the kids if they had enough time to home have you 3 daughters i think they're pretty ready to go back to school i clearly you know for their features it's a good idea to go back to school and keep learning. with plenty of slips and stumble so far the u.k.'s slow climb out of lockdown isn't proving easy challenge how to 0 bryson. pick up the headlines right now on al-jazeera china as mass testing people will han for covert 19 the health authority there says more than 100000 people work there testing just on friday and is trying to prevent a 2nd wave of clusters happen emerging in the northeastern province in jail and

more restrictions have been eased in thailand malls and shops are now allowed to reopen and the nightly curfew has been shortened but all international flights remain suspended until the end of june. brazil's health system is headed towards collapses and factions fred hospitals in rio de janeiro are full and short of medical supplies q more thought would you know this is a highly specialized code 19 hospital the hospital was closed we opened it 128 beds the hospital is now overcrowded people come from everywhere to be treated. this disease is not kidding around whoever thinks it's a joke is going to lose their life is going to lose their life people have to take precautions the 1st stay awake long long down in chile's capital has seen city streets pretty much deserted more than 6000000 people and wider santiago have been ordered to stay home food markets and pharmacies are still open but if you want to

go outside you need a police permit traceable has more from the very beginning chile implemented a case where they called it a segregated lockdown where they blocked certain neighborhoods that had a larger amount of people that had been infected well that changed today the whole city is right now under lockdown there's been reports also that several hospitals are already filled their intensive care units are already filled and they've been transporting several cases across the country so that those people could be treated there as president says he may restore some funding to the world health organization i'll try tweeted saying his administration is considering proposals including sending about 10 percent of previous u.s. contributions a suspended financial aid in april he accused of spreading chinese to sin from ation about the outbreak. as are the headlines keep it on al jazeera more news to come and sad story is next. we understand the

differences and similarities of cultures across the land. so no matter what you seek out is more a bring you the needs and current affairs that matter to you. al jazeera. can apps put coronavirus in check countries rushed to introduce the tools to track the spread of the pandemic but how effective baalbeck do they danger of a human rights this is inside story. hello welcome to the show i'm sam he's a than health officials in tech companies around the world have been racing to develop smartphone apps to control the spread of corona virus some governments may

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