oh that's a great question that keeping you up to date and we can come back and be prepared to stream oh no 0. china insists it has the pandemic under control carrying out an ambitious task of testing millions and the operates at the center. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera life and doha also coming up buckling under pressure brazil is running out of supplies and hospitals are at capacity while the president downplays the outbreak. we look at businesses struggling under sanctions on iran now also dealing with the financial strain brought on by coronavirus. and

as the weather warms up in the u.k. many people in seaside resorts are concerned about a possible 2nd wave of cases. health officials in china are dealing with new clusters of the krona virus in the northeastern province of jill and that's despite their best efforts to end the outbreak and ambitious mass testing program is underway and will hong where the virus was 1st discovered the goal is to test all of the city's 11000000 residents and just 2 weeks old health organization is advised countries to test as many people as possible in this country just don't have that capacity or the virus largely under control across the country the rest of china is slowly reopening production is up and locked down cities with more schools and businesses reopening as well as more flights resuming on sunday and its vaccine development is moving forward but some drugs already had their 2nd phase of clinical trials chinese

officials hope that they could move on to wider testing by july but as lee harding explains some people one will haunt are worried 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 then 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 people 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

campaign is voluntary i think it's fine everyone to keep it a distance off one half meters from the. old office says the epidemic people have had a great sense of responsibility to keep our distance from each of us to reduce risks there are now nearly 5000000 cases of covert 1000 around the world more than 300000 have died what started in china may be returning for a 2nd wave leo harding al-jazeera. is monitoring developments from hong kong. look at some of the latest figures coming from china's national health commission on sunday we have 5 new infections that have been reported to our imported cases and the other 3 are in the jilin province so this particular area this is been identified as the last latest cluster outbreak province this is in the north east of the country and the government there has reported the total tally so far in that particular area is 144 cases in the province and the mayor in the city

which is part of that province has described it as a serious outbreak and as a result the government has boosted a number of its control measures and restrictions across the province to try and stem or curb the spread of the infection in the city of julian the got a partial lockdown schools have also been closed a gathering indoor and outdoor have also been banned residential compounds in some of this province have been restricted as a result and the governor is also trying to push for increased testing for the early detection of the coronavirus but in other parts of china we are seeing life return to normal and we've got in shanghai we've got a number of other grade some of the lower grades they're returning to school this week we've already had classes in schools resume in the cities of beijing we've also got the number of domestic flights we've got the numbers in the return to 60 percent of the pre outbreak levels and we've got some of the bigger the major tourist destinations including the forbidden city palace in beijing it's reopening

and we've also got the shanghai resort that's also returning to business as normal but all of these locations we still have a number of social distancing measures in place as china tries to stay in a 2nd wave of figures or numbers of the infection across the country. thailand has expanded a ban on enter national passenger flights until the end of june however it is lifting some restrictions internally shopping malls and apartments stores have reopened and it's not like her fuel will now be an hour shorter the state of emergency there was still in place until the end of the month and it's been shot china for a call is thailand japanese prime minister and the minister for public health he says the community's cooperation us help reduce 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 wave but what we can say is thailand is well prepared to undertake in the situation and what they would become because.

corona virus travels with people so once we ease up the time we have to do is to make sure that everyone understands how to behave and how to live their lives we're 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. pyro to the 19 images but we have to get acquainted with the new normal way of living for a temple if you ever come to thailand at this moment all people leaving home we have to mask on all people. to keep themselves at least one and a half meters dispensing so ready. little by little.

into momentum that people are giving very good cooperation and that's why the numbers of newly infected they shouldn't 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 at capacity and running out of medical supplies many patients are being sent to intensive care units in other states but some are nearly full as well the president has downplayed the pandemic leading to disagreements with 2 health ministers the 2nd quitting on friday. this is a highly specialized couvade 19 hospital the hospital was clews reopened it 128 beds the hospital is now overcrowded people come from everywhere to be treated. these diseases 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 day of

a weeklong lockdown in chile's capital has seen city streets nearly deserted where then 6000000 people and wider santiago have been ordered to stay home food markets and pharmacies are still open but a police permit is needed to go outside health minister burston easing of restrictions on friday after a sudden rise and infections is monitoring developments across latin america from argentina's capital venice artists. the streets of san diego seemed 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 hostess 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 today 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 people have lost their lives it is expected to rise we do know that in santiago is 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 operate mainly due to years of u.s. sanctions some businesses are now doing everything they can to keep their doors open say it was robbery has 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 tehran stock exchange has been doing in recent years challenges conventional thinking about iran's economy how to the quality of overrule the government intends to support the growth of the stock market this is our approach and we will help this market continue to flourish i say again the government is determined to increase the sales of its shares this is produced positive expectations and will continue to do so. sanctions a forced domestic investment which has been good for many local businesses but the covert 1000 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 baths in downtown had dozens of customers every day before the pandemic oh. we haven't had any business for

a long time we can't and enough to even pay the water bill if he continues like this we would have to hand back this place to its owner 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 to her own 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. the one. still ahead on al-jazeera a test of leadership way to look at why some world leaders are under fire for their handling of the pandemic. and a class of 2020 prepares to enter

a changed world what graduation ceremonies want were socially distant celebrations . hello the caring skies grabs day across areas of the northern philippines and that is because you can see the remnants of what was tropical storm that is now well out of the picture now it doesn't mean conditions will be dry we have. monday across much of the philippines and some very heavy downpours across arizona bill and down across into java as well now going on through tuesday as a sin a sort of story more of those showers across much the philippines and really heavy a further towards the east and. indonesia scattered showers elsewhere it's a fine picture really across much of australia and new zealand we have also rain on the way but not perhaps for another day where we will see more showers through

coast as the new south wales up into queen's on this one and in fact up into the north of new south wales byron bay is about to play great they may record for the amount of rainfall they've had so far this month as we go on into choose day we've got this new front sliding its way through the great bite this will bring rain showers into coastal areas of south australia. with a high of 20 and also that rain then working its way across into victoria windy conditions further to the south mostly clear across both ends of new zealand offending a little bit cooler and a cooler damper but dry and sunny with a high of 90. 3 wind returns i can bring your people back to life i'm sorry on the festers al-jazeera stuff the mantra in the little guy was the pope the no like and the other student the one continues with joseph's journey this. storm

continues. from baghdad. to now. use distance we want on al-jazeera. you're. watching out to syria let's recap the top stories this hour health officials in china are dealing with new clusters of the krona virus in the northeastern province of chill and that's despite the best efforts to end the outbreak china's mass testing program and move on is underway local health authority says more than $113000.00 tests were carried out on friday. more restrictions have been eased in

thailand and malls and shops are now allowed to reopen and nightly curfew that has been shortened but a ban on international flights has been extended for another month until the end of june. brazil's health system is heading towards the brink of collapse as the number of infections continues to rise and rio de janeiro the hospitals there are at capacity and short of medical supplies. some leaders and the worst hit nations initially dismissed the threat of the pandemic the death toll in the us is approaching $90000.00 people the world's highest despite repeated warnings president trump insisted the virus would not take hold there british prime minister boris johnson also played down the virus and shook hands with patients on a coven 1000 hospital ward and he later became seriously ill u.k. was relatively late in imposing a lockdown and now has the highest death toll in europe brazil as lot america's worst hit country the president our boss in a row says the coronavirus is nothing but a fantasy and has attacked governors who imposed restrictions then blot america was

quick to close russia's border with china but domestic lockdowns came late russia now has more than $270000.00 objections the 2nd highest in the world steve clemons is an editor at large of the hill and host of al-jazeera program 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 not backatcha 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 mo 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 this pugnacious 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 nations 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. former u.s. president barack obama has criticized trump's handling of the pandemic speaking at a virtual ceremony for thousands of high school graduates he said they have to seize the initiative where leaders have failed 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 that the world's going to get better it's going to be up to you and for many other 3700000 students graduating from high school in the u.s. it is not the celebration they'd hoped for alan fisher has that story. it's not how it was supposed to be chewed have been a pothole with lots of friends and a celebration of 4 years of high school instead it's graduation with a socially distant stands with a family in a driveway. that when we are able to reunite i see with my friends that it's going

to be better sweeping away and we're going to you know hug it out maybe they were allowed to me is 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 who is moments and memories have been stolen and we have nobody wants to go to school it sucks it's boring but 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 maybe he's not like wow i'm actually getting experience. now that was kind sensing giancana not 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 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 certainty and it is a real not corn 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 and that i would have been able to do more for are still going to not make

a decision on what their posts and your 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 who she 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. is president says he may restore some funding to the world health organization and i'll chime tweeted saying as administration is considering sending about 10 percent of the previous contributions suspended financial support and april accusing the each of mishandling the outbreak and being what he called china central. researchers in the u.k. think sniffer dogs may be able to tell if people are infected with coping 1000 before they show any sentence it could provide a fast noninvasive way to detect the disease a charity is teaming up with the university for a trial 6 dogs will be given the samples of the smell of infected patients and

taught to distinguish it from people who do not have the virus in the study were in to determine whether people who have who are going to have this thing to bore you with her and then train dogs to detect it and we're very grateful to the u.k. government for supporting this very exciting research and it builds upon years over research that we've already done as a team to demonstrate that people who have a malaria infection have a distinctive body odor and we've shown that dogs can be trained to detect that with very high accuracy so if this is successful and we show the same for current 19 this could completely revolutionize the way that we are tackling this disease. health officials in yemen have confirmed 13 new infections in 3 deaths from koeppen 1000 and number of known cases in government held areas now stands at 122 with the rebels have also reported 2 cases in the territory they control 5 years of conflict has left the health system wrecked and aid workers say the disease is spreading undetected. feed organization save the children is warning the rise in death and

yemen southern port city of aden could be the result of the virus spreading so issued a statement that reads this way our teams on the ground are saying how people are being sent away from hospitals breathing heavily or even collapsing people who are dying because they can't get treatment that would normally save their lives there are patients who go from hospital to hospital and yet cannot get admitted is for so much he 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 notice india entire country there are only 520 i.c.u. bad stuff are available for could get 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 world only how of

the health facilities are functioning at the moment so aid agencies like i wasn't really bracing all cells for. break to spread open which is why it's more important and noble than ever to be able to to early action and try to stop the spread try to respond to what is happening right now so that it doesn't get rice. a top united nations prosecutor is welcoming the arrest of a suspect in the 1994 rwandan genocide. had avoided capture for more than 2 decades until french officers raided an apartment near paris on saturday he's accused of funding militias that killed at least 800000 people bernie's governing party has staged its final rally ahead of a general election next week and it's named every stay and me as the presidential candidate is a close ally of president here in chrissie's a who is stepping down after 15 years u.n.

and civil society observers have refused permission to monitor the elections over the past few months and especially the last few weeks during the campaign that kicked over on the 27th of april that the the ruling party in the government is really trying to show that this is that this is a legitimate electoral process so that means that there are currently 7 presidential candidates with 2 main ones they have been able to campaign freely to organize rallies and to to mobilize the population to to give the impression to the bruni ns and the outside world that this is in the legitimate electoral process. services are presumed in australia's most populous state after weeks long run a virus restrictions were lifted sunday mass was held in new south wales and limited to 10 people and each church and they also had a call in advance to book a place people can now also visit bars and restaurants and several states and territories australia has reported just over 7000 coping 1000 cases and nearly 100

tats. but their structures being partially lifted in england people wanted southern coast are worried about visitors flocking to the seaside or challenge reports from . 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 but 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 a more confusing stay alert and told people they could spend more time outdoors and travel further pedro and for want to and their kids have emerged from lockdown in redhill an hour's drive away their 1st trip in 2 months is great it's of course you know i let you know we didn't exactly where we have right now there's no one nearby 20 metres you know but in general we like to go out and take some fresh air because he's had to be. in a building you know 24 hours just look 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 and other beauty spots 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 planet is safe enough yet when the government is trying to reassure them this face return is in line with over european countries that doing to get their own schools colleges in this respect are no loss if you will be worried about sending your children to school. every one of us wants for the 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 is not going to be possible for a poor or 5 year out to sanction he said you know i think the kids have 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 bryce and. check out the headlines right now on al-jazeera china is mass testing people in a city of 01 for kovan 1000 to prevent a 2nd way to help authority there says more than 113000 tests were carried out just on friday a cluster as had been emerging in the northeastern province of jaylen sarah clarke has the latest from hong kong. a look at some of the latest figures coming from china's national health commission on sunday we have 5 new infections that have been reported to our imported cases and the other 3 are in the province so this particular area this is been identified as the cluster province this is in the

northeast of the country and the government there has reported the total tally so far in that particular area is $144.00 cases in the province and the mayor in the city which is part of that province has described it as a serious outbreak more restrictions have been eased in thailand malls and shops are now allowed to reopen and in nightly curfew has been shortened but the ban on international flights that has been extended for another month until the end of june brazil's health system is heading towards the brink of collapse as the number of infections continues to rise hospitals in rio de janeiro are at capacity and short of medical supplies over 1000 patients are being sent to facilities in other states and many of those are also running out of room. 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. and the 1st day of a weeklong lockdown in chile's capital has seen streets nearly deserted more than 6000000 people and wider santiago have been ordered to stay home food markets and pharmacies are still open but a police permit is needed to go outside the u.s. president says he may restore some funding to the world health organization and trump tweeted saying his administration is considering sending about 10 percent of the previous contributions. health officials in yemen have confirmed 13 new infections and 3 deaths from cope at 19 the number of known cases and government held areas now stands at 122 are the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera there's a bolton for at the top of our al-jazeera they wind us next. we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter where you.

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