making a healthier world. for everyone. must testing and quarantine centers in hong kong and china as a faction saw beijing is urging people to scale back on travel ahead of the lunar new year holiday. home robyn you're watching i was there a life my headquarters here and also coming up as hospitals are overwhelmed in brazil protesters call for president diable sonora to resign over his handling of the pandemic also. there exposed tomasky malaria and everybody here

says that there's hardly any food to eat or clean water to drink al-jazeera gets an exclusive insight into the desperate plight of tens of thousands of people displaced by the fighting in central african republic. the sound of music the festival in chile that will be silenced by the coronavirus pandemic. welcome to the program mass testing is underway in hong kong for thousands of people in the neighborhood sealed of g 2 a corona virus outbreak people in 150 residential blocks of britain from leaving until testing is complete the area accounts for half of all new crowd of virus cases in hong kong over the past week the city is struggling to contain an upsurge in infections over recent weeks and the similar concern in mainland china well.

authorities are rushing to build new quarantine centers in her bay province just outside of the capital beijing the country's seeing its biggest wave of infections since march and the largest clusters of focussed in the northern provinces now the rush to stamp out the infections comes weeks ahead of the lunar new year holiday that's when tens of millions of people are expected to travel back home already beijing is restricting residents from leaving for non essential reasons well sarah clarke has more from the coren teen zone in hong kong. on saturday they conducted around tested around 2 thirds of the 10000 people that live in this area behind me you maybe i'll see some movement behind me this morning and most of the day we've had these mobile units set up where the residents can come down to be tested they're also the health authorities have been going into the apartments to test those people who live here today on the 2nd day. to finish by what they hope to at 6 pm to 6 am tomorrow morning and this is where they're hoping that these

residents have been here for 40 can return to work we've seen a spike in cases in recent weeks in hong kong. and of course a quarter of those from this particular area and how i can describe this area it's probably one of the lower socio economic groups who've got a lot of minority groups and they live in these subdivided apartments so they crammed areas where thousands of people are forced to live together and as a result they've been able to adhere to these social distancing rules and as a result of the been tested and we've seen some of the. numbers at this particular district. and the last few weeks we've seen 70 to 100 cases on a daily basis as a result we've seen the restrictions and put in place this meant which is the 1st of the last 12 months and next week we do expect the government to target the next area which will be the airport and we're hoping to test to put in place mandatory testing for and $70000.00 staff at the airports ahead of the chinese new year celebrations which is in the coming weeks thousands of people have joined protests

convoys across brazil calling for president sonora to be impeached over his handling of the corona virus pandemic but also angry about a vaccination program being delayed. is being imposed from monday as hospitals in the company remain overwhelmed surgeon infections. reports. he. is among the lucky few in many. god i am much better after a lot of work and physiotherapy it is called me a lot of hospitals in the largest city of the brazilian amazon have no room and oxygen is scarce 2 new strains of the corona virus have only made things worse my family and father. we were told to treat him at home because they have no capacity to receive more patients results or lack of oxygen tanks for patients and the

called those a full. many have died of suffocation but his modest children were able to see their 60 year old father by improvising an emergency care unit in his home they bought an oxygen cylinder on the black market and hired physiotherapist to help him breathe don't want yeah it's a war with no gunshots but there are fatal victims the federal government and other states have helped my mouse and other cities of the amazon a state by sending oxygen tanks and that scene's indigenous people in remote villages have received the 1st shots of the chinese corona back vaccine. corruption has put in operation in the amazon a state on hold health professionals the elderly indigenous people considered to be more vulnerable should have been vaccinated 1st but there are again for some people like rich businessmen have managed to escape the law in. brazil has the world's 2nd

largest proven 1000 death toll but it was late to start inoculation when it finally did a week ago there weren't enough vaccines to go around. 2000000 doses of oxford's astra zeneca vaccine have only just arrived from india. the thousands of brazilians took to the streets to protest against the government's handling of the pen demick. what the people want a vaccine for it. one people want emergency support people one paulson are out brazil's president thabo scenario has always downplayed the virus he's once more down the efficiency of the vaccines that infections are also growing in big cities like some paolo and rio de janeiro some bubbles governor is imposing new restrictions to stop them from spreading my nickel yanai i'll just be around rio de janeiro the italian government says it's considering legal action against vaccine

making astra zeneca after it announced plans to cut its supply to the european union the company has reduced its offering by 60 percent for the 1st quarter of the year blaming production problems it's a major setback for the box vaccination program faces that it would delay a shipments of vaccine to one month ukraine is struggling to import doses of corona vaccine as well all 40 say vaccinations could start by mid february although no fixed delivery date has been announced all of the countries neighbors have started vaccination campaigns or about to but care has yet to receive a single dose. in other news the u.s. and the u.k. have condemned what they call harsh tactics used against anti-government demonstrators in russia tens of thousands of protesters from the far east to moscow and st petersburg defied police warnings on saturday to demand the release of the kremlin critic alexina valley sungai

a go house the story was from the far eastern city of lagos stock was the only supporters faced off with police in subzero temperatures was the searches have denied permission for the demonstration was such i was but it didn't stop the crowd gathering to call for the release of the man leading russia's most prominent opposition movement. in the capital moscow tens of thousands could gather it was released using batons on the crowds so more fierce backed by protesters as the childhood freedom alexei navalny was was you know you among those detained never alys wife u.t.m. . apologies for the poor quality she wrote on her social media page very bad light

in the police van was as much as president vladimir putin has attempted to play down relaxing of ali's influence the arrest of one of russia's most prominent opposition leaders has only inflamed his supporters was on the law is being trampled on can an absolutely incredible man and this arrest is one of the most serious violations of human and civil rights in the russian federation but it will set a precedent that could lead to the destruction of all our civil liberties. of a glove in the euro way at the with him earlier in the week novelli had released a video alleging president putin was the owner of a 1000000000 dollar property on the black sea this was denied by putin spokes person. one of only supporters corruption is a major source of a discontent and the constant crackdown on their movement is they say an attempt to silence them welsh it probably. is difficult i'm fed up with keeping quiet we've

been silent for too long and it's probably time to speak so that's my position trying to say that we have the right that we have the freedoms and that we have the desire to live in a completely different country. the only may not pose an immediate danger to president clinton's power but economic problems in the country are only going as is the discontent and some analysts believe the kremlin fears the potential of adela roosts style mass dissent and the prospect of more protests. sunny day you go out to syria. the un refugee agency says more than $60000.00 people have fled the recent violence in central african republic the fighting escalated last month around a disputed presidential election after there was web exclusive access to a remote area of the neighboring democratic republic of congo where many of the displaced people have taken refuge. killing looting and rape by

fighters from armed groups in the central african republic to send tens of thousands of villages on the run many of them have crossed this river. and dugout canoes on the other side is a relative safety in remote villages in the democratic republic of congo only accessible by boat he went to look for them with the un refugee agency. and we found them in their thousands sheltering in villages along the river bank. our arrival crowd people here say they've been waiting for help since they arrived here last week they lined up hoping we brought it. and more keep coming. others go back to retrieve possessions from their homes or crops from their farms. that's what elites back home are tried. and she came back with nothing. the rebels attacked our village last week we had

a lot of gunfire they destroyed everything they raped girls and they kidnapped some of them and we didn't see exactly what happened because we had to run. violence escalated since elections last month which political opposition says were rigged the armed groups say the government must go. about 2 thirds of the country including most of its gold and diamond mines the armed groups now control the villages that we can see just over there on the other side of the river people who live on this side say they can hear gunfire when they're fighting this is one of the homes of one of the usual residents of the village of song biloela it's basic the villages being completely overrun its population swollen by about 20 times of the new arrivals those lucky enough to have a mosquito net sleeping on the way out in the open many others have just built basic structures made of branches and leaves they're exposed to. malaria and

everybody here says there's hardly any food to eat or clean water to drink. people told us everything whatever edible plants they can find in the bush the local office of the u.n. refugee agency says it doesn't have funds for the new arrivals are supposed to treat them with dignity and so let me just saw absence and i want it up on the wall well i mean. i want to see their promises but. it's not safe to go home but without help they can't relocate and settle here in congo. they're wondering how long they'll be stuck here. after a few hours we had to leave people here desperately hoping somebody will soon come back and help malcolm webb out his iraq song democratic republic of congo. well still ahead here on al-jazeera. the call for

change in tunis here demonstrators say they're fed up with broken promises corruption and poverty among the government to go. also has been lying dormant for decades so why is the philippines thinking about reviving this nuclear plant we'll tell you after the break. he's drawing africa moment in russia malaysian and the philippines there are a few heavy shasta around luzon and the might be a few more to come in the forecast but really the focus is a bit further south admittedly most assume archer's got a potential then through java towards property in new guinea that's where the heaviest showers are likely to be and if you could sense of the equator that's been affecting northern australia in particular the york peninsula but anywhere from

darwin east has been particularly wet and then this the remains of the old tropical low that's now in south australia ahead of it it's quite hot so adelaide ends up losing about 7 or 8 degrees as the rain comes in on monday but nobody as to how you want to 40 so this is a bit of a heat wave new south wales victoria a city i'm particularly you know back queensland will stay that way this rain going through melbourne will lead to temperatures well down afterwards back down to a normal summer as it's been so far. now the front edge of it is just starting to show rain in the south on the new zealand so if you're in in for cargo yeah you'll probably see some otherwise nice warm sunshine 20 christ church who's going to complain about that and by tuesday he up to 35 down what should i post a record that is very warm summer's day. but. when a parent loses nature child to

a terminal illness. they often feel that they've taken on the weight of the world. but mr huang is determined to find out what caused his daughter's death and brought him such heartache. the story of a committed parent turned activist a father's protest part of the viewfinder asia's series on al-jazeera. but the back yard is there with me said robin a reminder of our top stories must testing is underway in hong kong for thousands of people in neighborhoods sealed off due to

a corona virus outbreak similar concern in mainland china which is seeing its biggest surge in infections since march also thousands of protesters in brazil have called for president john bolton i was impeachment over his handling of the pandemic a resurgence of the virus has led to a shortage of oxygen in over well as. the u.s. and the u.k. have condemned what they call harsh tactics used against anti-government demonstrators in russia more than 3000 were detained nationwide protests demanding the release of kremlin critic alexy evolving. the probe of dependents group a disputed western sahara has launched an overnight attack in the un patrolled buffer zone near the border with mauritania the policy area front says its fighters fired rockets towards and goggle rot in the verb or the group declared an end to a 3 decade old cease fire after moroccan troops carried out a military operation in the area. the chin is in government extended

a night curfew and bank gatherings take the covert 900 pandemic but it hasn't stopped hundreds of people from protesting against repression unemployment and poverty sara kyra has more. the people want to bring down the regime a child that 1st emerged a decade ago has made a comeback on the very same streets what's in it is just one revolution on folded. despite it bringing political change people in the capital tunis and several other cities are angry thousands have once again been protesting demanding further economic social and political reforms better living conditions and an end to police brutality that is the better team if you go to protests you will die if you go to school you will die there is always police repression and yet we haven't seen their presence when there are murders fasts rape and terrorism. you know i look at the

end of the half i believe i will demand that the politicians have mercy on this country where tired of the incompetence of their lies and robberies leads to nazir we want this country to stand up again we've had enough. yes. some of this week's demonstrations have turned violent and security forces responding with tear gas and water cannons. activists say more than $1000.00 people including minors have been detained or charged with theft and vandalism of the young men who marched the past few days must be released this is our demand and we will not give up they can say that they can suppress us with the police but we are not afraid of the police or the public prosecutor. to mishear faces severe economic problems made worse by the pandemic that was a 3rd of its youth on employed some even trying to migrate to europe in a national address on choose. date elysium prime minister his german machine she

tried to calm the situation another one and when i am well aware that there is anger and frustration in many areas i know that the economic and social situation is a crisis deepened by covert 19 your voice is heard and your anger is a legitimate it is my role and that of the government to work towards your demands and make the dream of to near 0 come true. the government has announced a ban on gatherings until mid february and extended a nighttime curfew because a growing number of coronavirus cases and even deaths but many are defying that to demand change so the height of. all of the world's most wanted man accused of running asia's biggest crime syndicate has been arrested in the netherlands there see nor course taken in by dutch police on australia's request they want him to be extradited to face trial for united nations office on drugs and

crime say that c. is believed to be the head of a multi-billion dollar heroin methamphetamine operation. polls have opened in portugal's presidential elections as the country deals with its highest covert 19 infection rate today's 2000 extra polling stations opened in an effort to prevent crowding joining the ongoing lockdown the country has the world's highest 7 day average of new cases and deaths but capital the government has refused calls to delay the vote that would require a change to portugal's constitution one of the books in obama's i don't agree with the election because you can only leave home to go to work then you cannot go out to the polling stations now why should i think that there will not be as many people voting in the elections scheduled for sunday and it seems like it's going to be the highest abstentions since the 1974 carnation revolution from the philippines is looking to revive a dormant nuclear power plant to solve its energy crisis experts say it could

reduce soaring power prices by up to 70 percent visited the plant and and sent this report. entering the philippines only nuclear power plant is like a step back in time there but the nuclear power plant was built in the seventy's and was the 1st in south east asia but it never opened it was marked bald and past presidents were hesitant to recommission it because it was a reminder they say of the excesses of former president ford in the marcos's regime but the country's electricity prices are among the highest in southeast asia partly because it's dependence now on imported fossil fuels that means the average filipina family spends between 10 to 20 percent of their monthly income in the electricity philippines has for decades now been avoided as an investment destination in south east. electricity has either been expensive or in short supply and unreliable philippine president with the good authority has

ordered his officials to look into the possibility of including nuclear power into the country's energy mix. and a possible revival of the but nuclear power plant it tells the whole world we're ready for a nuclear b. and b.p. has 3 sister plants that have been running for over 30 years x. . slovenia in brazil and in south korea but what people forget is that no nuclear plant in the world 'd operates without the blessings of the international atomic energy agency the watchdog it is quite clear that some parts of the nuclear power plant are aging but regulators here tell us all it needs is a few years and an estimated $1200000000.00 of commissioning and it will be as good as brand new. but there are also those in government who see that but the and nuclear power plant belongs to a bygone era there's already

a big push back on nuclear technology itself now you get a jump start the bad which is all in embroiled in controversy we don't want to start a nuclear program in the wrong for we want to start it in the right for environmental activists also believe that the government should focus on producing clean energy instead like wind and solar but whether but to and will be recommissioned by president or to go to 30 or not one thing they say is for sure the energy crisis in the country is a social justice issue and one that may worsen if there is no investment in the country's energy system similarly dugit al-jazeera but on province northern philippines 11 miners have been rescued in china's northeastern province after being trapped underground for 2 weeks according to state media they were among 22 caught in the blast at a gold mine in shanghai province at least one miner is known to have died while the condition of the others is still unknown. and after making landfall in mozambique

a cyclon eloise has made as made last rank and been downgraded to a tropical storm the psych lone calls less damage to port the city of bear than many had feared it was devastated by the powerful storm less than 2 years ago but there's still a danger of flooding in the area and that's expected to continue for the next 3 days for me to miller has been tracking the storm from johannesburg and sent this report. in the area of prior nova embarras specifically this is an area where people live in informal settlements homes made from plastic sheeting corrugated iron it appears that hundreds of those homes have been destroyed by the psych loan and those people are now looking for shelter in places like schools where they isn't necessarily adequate provision to take care of these people to look after them a few 1000 people have been relocated to places like schools to areas that are low lying so that people can be kept safe from the flood waters but the concern is that

those flood waters are expected to continue over the next 72 hours and in areas outside of barrow like boozy which was severely impacted 2 years ago with is barely been a recovery from psycho it i once again we're seeing a very difficult dangerous situation there at a point now where aid agencies where workers can't get out to this area be they can only reach boozy by boat and at this point even that seems impossible so there's a lot of concern around the capacity of the aid agencies as well as the government to how people we know that the national disaster institute has said about half a 1000000 people could be impacted whereas the international federation of recross has said that could go up to 1000000 people so so far we understand potentially devastating scenes coming out of mozambique and a lot of concern about how and where people will be kept safe and of course aside from the flood that they're experiencing there is

a concern around the spread of disease as people don't have adequate shelter. musicals 1st are also taking a backseat during the pandemic some of an online and i saw them to accommodate he's a ball people than usual a lot of america lucy and even went to check out one such festival and lost and this in central chile being hosted 3000 meters above sea level. the end is mountains surrounding the portier ski lodge are often filled with the sound of music. 50 especially gifted young musicians from the americas are chosen each year to partake in classes from world masters all expenses paid. this year the pandemic is silence the noisy halls and salons of the port deal international festival and academy of classical music but it's going ahead regardless good morning welcome to

a new day of the party your international music festival simply or not we now know chilean conductor and violinist alexander all is hosting a hybrid version of your sound. resistance for many of the world's most prestigious orchestras are giving students personalized classes online we have this urge to to be able to communicate now even if we if we are so far apart there is a silver lining because the festival this year is being broadcast via streaming globally a far larger audience can now take part in master classes that aim to showcase the often unrecognized power of music not just to dissolve distances but often to repair fracture hearts and minds in spanish psychiatrist and therapist tippett all middle left many speechless when he showed how music can stimulate the brain and revive memories in people with all time is disease and dementia.

this video demonstrating how hearing the music of swan lake reconnected former prima ballerina medical and sallust has gone viral. thankfully it's been scientifically demonstrated that our musical memory loss and told very advanced stages of alzheimer's you can forget your son's name or your birthday but songs of music import. isn't in your life or main in an area of our brain that is less damaged. or all of just shown that music is key for developing a creative mind but classical music is timeless says conductor killed that the god of the handbook state opera is just in touch with the common man who value system of. grief humanism all of the movement was what.

he says that the shared mission of musicians is to ensure that these humanitarian ideals stay alive and relevant in these times of upheaval especially when art and science are being shown to be increasingly codependent you see in human al-jazeera scientists chile. daughter al-jazeera means the whole rob a reminder of our top stories must testing is underway in hong kong for thousands of people in neighborhoods sealed off due to a coronavirus outbreak people in 150 residential block saw in the 2nd day of lockdown now the area accounts for half of hong kong's new cases over the past week sarah clarke has more from the corridor area in the city how i can describe this area it's probably one of the lower socio economic groups who've got a lot of minority groups to libya and they live in these subdivided.