the top infectiouous diseases expert in the united states warns that infections are almost certain to rise. the death toll in the u.s. is now the highest in the world. emmanuel macron is expected to extend france's lockdown to battle the coronavirus in the highly anticipated speech tonight. have died0,000 people from the coronavirus in the united kingdom, many flouting social distancing laws during

the sunny easter sunday weekend. thank you for joining us here on france 24. first, the top infectious diseases expert inin the united states, his warning that new cases of the coronavirus are almost c certain to arrive. dr. anthony fauci suggesting they may return to normal life as long as they can isolate infected people. the united states has the highest death toll in the world in the state of new york has been hardest hit. >> i will go inside to take a look. reporter: eric, a young er doctor, inside a hospital. they will boost the resources for emergency treatment. like most of new york ses hospitals, they are already full. governor andrew cuomo is firinig

up m measures designed to stop e spread of the coronavirus, in particular requiring people to wear facemasks. cuomo: which direct employers to provide essential workers with a cloth or surgical face mask. willcutive order, we expand the number of people eligible to do the antibody test. reportrter: new york mayor bille blasio also announced the closure of city schools until the end of the academic year in june. covid-19 has already killed -- 2200 people in the u.s.. in louisisiana, life at a standstill. nationwide the economy is another victim of the virus, with unemployment skyrocketing. millions of americans have resorted to using food banks, los angeles. in

the top infectious disease expert, dr. anthony fauci, says number ofpects the infections to incrcrease. estimates revised down, it is that the ultimate death toll from the illness will amount to 60,000 people. delano: the french president will be addressing the nation tonight. men will macron is expected to extend the lockdown measures, while deal telling -- while detailing when normal economic activity can resume. right now people are only allowed to leave homes for essential work for groceries, or exercise. reporter: with paris and lockdown, joggers take to the back of the seinne for their daily outing. >> it helps me clear my mind.

otherwise it's too hard to stay at home. reporter: if we don't jog and stay confined, they will become unstable. i have no tendencies, but i am feeling anxiety mount. reporter: some have no choice but to leave home and go to work. muststafa is a taxi driver who s seseen businesess plummet. >> it's like being in a film. unfortunately it's not a film. it's real. when i leave home in the morning, and kiss my wife and child goodbye. what else do i do? reporterer: the lockdown is seto continue with no end in sight yet. the pandemic could last weeks, if not months. it has taken its toll l on the morale of many. need to listen to their fears without giving in. fears helpsto your

bring humility and wisdom and prudence. community,n this spirits are strongnger than eve, with many checking in on each other, trying to stay positive. >> we go with the neighbors in groups of two to walk around and not be alone. we keep to the two meters social distancing rule and try to follow the rules so confinement in the is possible, but it's not looking good. authorities say that the french are staying largely with the rules of confinement. we are seeing a lot of people on sourceeets and that is a of concern. the didiscipline of the frenchch will produce decisive in preventing the spread of the virus. delano: we will be bringing you emmanuel macron's address live p.m.ance 24 at 8

the gdp could plummet 30% between april and june. this morning was made to n numbs -- members. the coronavirus death toll in the united kingdom has passed the 10,000 mark and while social distancing measures are being recommended many spent easter weekend flouting the rules. the weather in london has been beautiful over the easter weekend and despite a global pandemic, many londoners could not resist the call of hyde park. only allowed to exercise once a day and are urged to stay two meters away from from those they do not live with. >> wherever they can. reporter: but with an ever increasing death toll, others are not taking the official guidelines seriously enough. it is a bit less herere in

london. a reminder about social distancing has been etched into the grass and prime minister boris johnson, newly discharged from hospital, has home asitain to stay much as possible. prime ministerer johnson: when e sun is out and the kids are at home, it is so inviting. i can only imagine howow tough t has been to follow the rules on social distancing. one civic minded nurse moved to take matatters into her own hands. >> i go to work every day. absolute idiots. ifeporter: britain says that

people do not follow the rules they will have to ban at this has altogether. delano: the public than in italy has been extended till -- until may 3. the of started to see a decline in the coronavirus outbreak. speaking to the professor of infectious diseases at the catholic university. thank you for joining us. have we started to see the flatteningng of the curvrve? well, i think we are initially looking at a better scenario, , but we must be very careful. greatly appreciated the wowords of dr. faucuci at the beginning of this program when probably at can look the e reopening g of manany of e in may.y.es in the u.s.

better numbersat in italy. there has been a decline in the number of deaths. this means we arare on the righ. the sense of responsibilitieies. they do not observe the observation of the rules. if we arare on the right r roade should remain, with a great sense of responsibility, and stick to thehese measusures. the prime minister has

extended the lockdown in place until may 3, but some measures have been relaxed. certain stores, for instance, are allowed to remain open. is that a mistake? should things nonot have been relaxed at allll given that we e looking at this positive trajectory? i think they y have been taking the right choice. when i w was saying to stick to the lockdown, i was saying to have a general rule at the lockdown. i am lookingng at the responsisibility of my fellow citizen to stay at hohome, to wr a mask, , to wash hands, to have social distancing. is important to have the reopening of some activities and i fully agree with what has been the choice e of our recentent, and i think

examples will be follolowed by other governments in europe, as well as probably the u.s., when the curve is d declining andnd's possible to have some sort of infectionin terms of -- is it possible to have some activities open?n? important to is ensure the safety of the workers those who will of go to these activities. delano: one of the things dr. anthony fauci is saying is you reentry ofrolling normal life provided that there are resources to attend to find people, but also isolate infected people. in europe we see a problem with isolating people who have coronavirus but potential he

testing people who have had in the past and are a symptomatically. totally agree with tony fauci. by the way, i worked with him, many, many years ago, when i was at nih. this is a very wise approach, very scientific approach. enough towe have identify the infected pepeople o have coronavirus. but this iss prorobably not easo ofjohn on a large number individuals. step will be the position of antibodies. they wenent to identifify those

individuals in the coronavirus and we canan consider mean. right now there'ss no evidence that those with the antibodies are protected. my persosonal view is those with igg antibodies are e protectete. we can probably look in n the nr future -- not immediately now -- but let's say in the forthcoming -- to identifys, t those individuals with antibodies who can be considered immune from coronavirus. say,,: is it safe to although i know things are a was changing with the coronavirus, if someone had it or contracted it in the past, that it is quite unlikely they will get it again even though we are sort of worrying about the second wave,

if you will? >> the second wave will involve those individuals who are not protected by the antibodies. we do not know there will be a second wave. remains one of thosee that you have in the medicacal school, they will say, always give us a surprise. but the individuals who develop antibodies, they should be protected. let me say, we are working -- science is working on the veltman of a vaccine. if the vaccine is given to the population, ththis will elicicit specific antibodies. the key for the p protection of the population is the protection

of antibodies. we do not have any publisheded .apers but it's reasonable to believe the presence of the antibodies will be enough to protect the people from reinfection. delano: we are going to have to leave it there. thank you for joining us on franance 24 today. we have to leave it there. thank you for watching. ♪ >> in the busy streets of hong t is just another face

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untouchables. it's highly unlikely anyone will be looking there. government would never expect that mr. snowden would be living with or hiding within this community that is so marginalized. so, , in effect hihiding him in plain sight. besesti in mr. snowden's interest that he go underground, that he disappear off the radar. six years later, in an exclusive interview with france thisnowdwden recounts episode of his escape. edward: for me, it wasas a litte bit crazy, but at the e same t e it was genius because it was definitely the one place nobody wawas going toto look for me. it was a verery different world than i had been used to living and, of course. i lived a pretty privileged existence. >> ajit is among those who hid allowing him to

avoid capture by police and the intelligence services on his heels. he had no protection here. the usa, the people come here to catch them, they have something -- the protection. i go with him and it affects me. soldier, he f fled his home country in 2003. he was r repeatedly harassed and raped by his superiors. mr. snowden owes his safety and most likely his life e to .hese refugees

they guided him through this city did not know. they kept him safe when he was the most wanted man on earth. thanks to his military training and survival skills, ajit managed to live in hong kong without resources, so he was the ideal person to ensure that mr. leaven was able to safely. >> he introduced them to an the couple alsond welcome to the fugitive into their home. don't knowtime, we anything about snowden. him.5 the newspaper for i see the newspaper for him.

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upspside down.ves suddenly thehe role that t they played i in his escape wasas revealed. since then, they have been hounded by hong kong authorities , questioneded about their tieso edward snowden. the little support they received from the government was cut. places. were different >> he fled sri lanka because of political persecution. she was sexually abused.

they are afraid for their children. they have no lifife in hong kong. >> every single day, we are in danger. >> all live in constant fear. deported, they could face torture and death. >> if they are exported to their home countries, they will be tortured in jailed. maybe worse. the chchildrenen will be separad from t their parents and exposed

to human trafficking. will definitely faced the best chances. it would be a nightmare. they will all be going back to hell. o,awyer, robert tibbi facing pressure. they are retaining his fees and they have tried to disbar him. he lives in exile between france and canada. robert: the hong kong bar has done everything to have me interfered w with o or removed m these cases. mr.ver said that i helped snowden escape. this is politically fueled. i realized most of these questions were arbitrary and they were fishing for evidence

to use against me and if you look at the first question, it is, how did you initially come into contact with h mr. snowden. their only interest was gathering g intelligence o on m. snowden. >> back then, there was no arrest warrant against the man who had just fled hawaii with classified documents. he believes that he owes his heroes.these they y could have g gotten asym anand had nono problems whatsoe. but theyey would have e to do iy sellining someone. for that, i will never be able to repay them.

>> given all of the dangers they face

reporter: horrifying escalation of ethnic violence in the democratic republic of congo. different militias have terrorized huge numbers of the civilian population. second reporter: the drc's government say the extent of hunger and displacement is being exaggerated. reporter: 13 million people in need of humanitarian aid. crawford: i'm alex crawford in the democratic republic of congo, and this is "hotspots." tonight we're gonna take you behind the scenes of the world's biggest and hardest-hitting stories. we travel to drc to honor the world's forgotten conflicts. man: we've got sense that you were going into o the badlands. crawford: stuart ramsay returns crawford: stuart ramsay returns to eastern ukraine where he and