really thought oh he's a member of an indigenous try to live in brazil's amazon rain forest he's going and lifted to the now so one of the few cities in am is in a state with intensive care beds. every day 2 planes are going out one is for normal patients and the other is for covert patients sometimes you don't have a normal patient but we have a patient with covert elipse for covered patients have gone up a lot it's gone up 60 percent for removals. latest figures show there were more than 500 confirmed cases over 19 among 40 tribes many indigenous people have gone into voluntary isolation barricading roads to protect their villages from the pandemic but the disease is spreading quickly. we have an underdeveloped interior 4 or 5 cities have intensive care units and many of them are not operate tional those in the rest of the interior those in underdeveloped areas are trying to get to my mouse and we could see a new wave of crowded hospitals fights for vacancies an intense situation even before the coronavirus crisis brazil's indigenous people say they were in a struggle for survival th

brazil's amazon rain forest region has become the latest frontline in the battle against the corona virus infections there are rising quickly leaving hospitals and emergency responders overwhelmed in the city of mine else mass burials have become commonplace it's a region where illegal loggers and gold miners regularly trespass into protect today areas and there's fear the outbreak could wipe out indigenous communities that's prompted the city's mayor to issue a plea. needing help we have to save the lives of those of the forest from one of each. a disaster. like barbara raised. in direct contrast brazil's president jetta both are not always continuing to play down the pandemic even as the number of cases surges past 810-0000 the outbreak has claimed to 7000 brazilian lives making it latin america's hardest hit country but at a rally in the capital on sunday again described it as just a little flu he says social distancing restrictions are deadlier than the virus itself. such a responsible job destruction by some governors and acceptable the price is too high up front hunger and employmen

and it's no longer he's a member of an indigenous tribes who live in brazil's amazon rain forest he's been airlifted to announce one of the few cities in the state. intensive care beds. every day 2 planes are going out one is for normal patients and the other is for covert patients sometimes you don't have a normal patient but we have a patient with covered elipse for covered patients have gone up a lot it's gone up 60 percent for removals latest figures show there were more than 500 confirmed cases over 19 among 40 tribes many indigenous people have gone into voluntary isolation barricading roads to protect their villages from the pandemic but the disease is spreading quickly. there is a great people from into your dominoes we had brought up. even before the coronavirus crisis brazil's indigenous people say they were in a struggle for survival they say president jaya balsa naro has stripped them of their rights and dismantled environmental protections opening the amazons mineral riches from all commercial exploitation. ok that 19 is an additional threat a time of heightened tension t

before the disaster the mayor of manassas os gretz its home birth to help save the defenders of the amazon rain forest from covert 19 as brazil's total faces paseo 100000. madagascar starts axford in a horrible tonic its president touts as a coronavirus shore despite the w.h.o. warning there is no proof it works. hello health officials in afghanistan fear the coronavirus outbreak there is spreading far more rapidly than previously thought it follows the random testing of 500 people in kabul with more than 150 of them testing positive the suggests around the 3rd of the capital's residents could be infected in russia cases there are continuing to surge its registered its 4th record one day rise with over $10000.00 new infections bringing the total there to nearly 135000 but both italy and spain 2 of the country's worst affected by the pandemic have registered their lowest daily number of coronavirus deaths and nearly 7 weeks so as infection numbers rise in afghanistan afghan migrant workers who fled iran when its death toll soared or now heading back but it's led to tragedy on the border between

allowed in public gatherings thailand in the philippines have barred incoming flights brazil's amazon rain forest region has become the latest frontline in the battle against corona virus infections are rising quickly leaving hospitals overwhelmed it's pondered an international call for the protection of indigenous communities. more than 67000 people have no died from the corona virus in the united states despite that more states are bowing to pressure and reopening but it's not enough for protesters who are still demonstrating in several cities. a virtual conference to raise $8000000000.00 in the fight against covered 19 will be hosted by the european union on monday there are multiple efforts underway all across the world to find a formula to create immunity against the virus but as stephanie decker reports it's a difficult and lengthy process. the world is desperate for a vaccine against covert 1000 and the race is on to find one developed in many countries i think the largest number in the u.s. staple of by china market is a professor of vaccine epidemiology at the london school of hyg

why the mayor of minnows is asking gretz it's one bird to help stop the protectors of the amazon rain forest dying from covert 19. and israel's high court hears a challenge against the new coalition government which could trigger the country's 4th election in 18 months. fellow health officials in afghanistan fear the coronavirus outbreak they're responding far more rapidly than previously thought it follows the random testing of 500 people in kabul more than 150 of them tested positive suggesting around a 3rd of the capital's residents could be infected and in russia coronavirus cases are continuing to surge its registered its 4th record one day rise with over $10000.00 new infections bringing the total there to nearly 135000 but both italy and spain 2 of the country's worst affected by the pandemic have registered their lowest daily number of coronavirus deaths in nearly 7 weeks so as infection numbers rise in afghanistan afghan refugees who fled iran when it became the hardest hit country in the region have started to go back but this has led to a tragedy on the border between the 2

and brazil's amazon rain forest region has become the latest frontline in the battle against the corona virus infections there are rising quickly leaving hospitals overwhelmed and it's prompted an international call for the protection of indigenous communities. now in other news over the weekend ice will conducted several coordinated attacks in iraq killing at least 14 members of the security forces most of the victims were from sony factions of the popular mobilisation forces our correspondents mona fulton went to visit the group. these men from the popular mobilization forces or p.m.s. are the 1st line of defense in one of iraq's most dangerous areas across the river lies and stronghold yet their outpost salahuddin province has no thermal cameras not even a generator to power the lights when electricity cuts out at night. there is no support for us no court meant no armor no clothes no have you a printer. the formed in 2014 to fight eisel are shia led but this unit is sunni and part of the so-called tribal which draws its fighters from local tribes though poorly equipped they're often

and brazil's amazon rain forest region has become the latest from clive in the battle against the corona virus infections there are rising quickly leaving hospitals overwhelmed it's prompted an international call for the protection of indigenous communities. well more than 67000 people have now died from the corona virus in the united states despite that more states into pressure and reopening but it's not enough for protesters who are still demonstrating in several cities meanwhile the white house is trying to angle the blame towards china as patty culhane reports. they are a minority but they are angry. only across the country from new hampshire to nevada and states in between protesters demand the government let businesses reopen it's in god's hands what happens to my me and my house and anybody else's for that matter now does give another 15 days and i believe after that he's gonna give out the not days and days that come on the. dr deborah leading the white house coronavirus effort says it's concerning so many demonstrators aren't wearing masks it's devastatingly worrisome to me per

our installation they recreated $400.00 hectares of brazil's to local market national park in the amazon rain forest the whole project took over a year 7500 plants alone had to be individually drawn and programmed the installation is now touring museums around the world. and with the knowledge of the stuff we wanted to create an emotional experience that you can delve right into we want to viewers to enjoy themselves and become interested in the animals in the way they experience the world and i must say it's working or we've had lots of people asking us is it really true that the poison dart frog sees those crazy colors it down how did you find that out or where can we learn more. before. a fog. passing our knowledge with virtual reality works especially well when the experience is in some passive is flying over the rain forest. what is on offer is getting more and more spectacular even if there's still room for improvement i think there's work to be done in graphics and resolution the greatest challenge for the industry will be to make the goggles lighter and more mobile this thing here for

has more details on the worsening situation in the amazon rain forest. the outbreak is getting worse every day in the capital of the amazon in brasil it's now become practically the epicenter of the crisis in the country in particular because the health services there are already extremely fragile been able to cope with the number of cases in our poor it is their say that are seeing 3 or 4 times the number of deaths in this city compared to the average normal times they don't know exactly how many of them have to do with the coveted 19 the disease in that's because they're a neighbor or to do enough testing to really know what the numbers are there what they do know is that there are no spaces left in the hospitals and clinics in this city in the stories of more than once had to open mass graves to deal with the number of bodies we've also seen reports of relatives of those who died protesting the way they were treated but also he says they 'd are left with no other possibility to really deal with the crisis that they had never seen before and now the wo

has the world's highest number of deaths from the virus $67000.00 brazil's amazon rain forest region has become the latest frontline in the battle against the corona virus infections are rising quickly leaving hospitals overwhelmed. new zealand has recorded no new cases of 1000 for the 1st time in just over 6 weeks it's ended a strict lockdown which shut schools restaurants and all other public areas for a month socialist actions remain in place with people still working and studying from home and jordan has lifted all restrictions on economic activities after a lockdown lasting almost 7 weeks public transport will resume normal service but universities and schools remain closed as night curfews continue and the world health organization says there's no evidence a herbal tonic touted by madagascar as president as a cure actually works but that hasn't stopped the drink from being exporters 1st equitorial guinea and now beginning to sell well those are the headlines and now it's back to corona virus lessons from asia. back in china. it's late march in beijing. there are hopeful signs t

the mayor of medallists is asking brett's home birth to help save the protectors of the amazon rain forest from covert 90 and as another 606 people die in brazil. gas cars starts exporting a horrible tonic its president touts as a coronavirus cure despite the w.h.o. warning there is no proof it works. hello thanks for joining us health officials in afghanistan fear of the corona virus outbreak there is spreading far more rapidly than previously thought it follows the random testing of 500 people in kabul more than 150 of them tested positive suggesting around the 3rd of the capital's residents could be infected meanwhile in russia to run a virus cases are continuing to surge its registered its 4th record one day rise with over $10000.00 new infections bringing the total there to nearly 135000 but both italy and spain 2 of the country's worst affected by the pandemic have registered their lowest daily number of coronavirus deaths in nearly 7 weeks so as infection numbers rise in afghanistan afghan migrant workers who fled iran when its death toll soared are now heading back but it's led to.

really thought oh he's a member of an indigenous tribe who live in brazil's amazon rain forest he's been airlifted to menow so one of the few cities in am is in a state with intensive care beds. every day 2 planes are going out one is for normal patients and the other is to cover patients sometimes you don't have a normal patient but we have a patient with covert elipse for covered patients have gone up a lot it's gone up 60 percent for removals. latest figures show there were more than 500 confirmed cases over 19 among 40 tribes many indigenous people have gone into voluntary isolation barricading roads to protect their villages from the pandemic but the disease is spreading quickly. we have an underdeveloped interior 4 or 5 cities have intensive care units and many of them are not operate tional those in the rest of the interior those in underdeveloped areas are trying to get to my mouse and we could see a new wave of crowded hospitals fights for vacancies and intense situation even before the coronavirus crisis brazil's indigenous people say they were in a struggle for survival they s

i'm robinson in doha with the top stories on al-jazeera brazil's amazon rain forest region has become the latest frontline in the battle against corona virus infections are rising quickly leaving hospitals overwhelmed and there is fear the outbreak could wipe out indigenous communities that's prompted the city's mayor to issue a plague we are in getting help we have to save the lives of to protect those of the forest from the rule of huge leon.

people who share his point of view without taking into account any technical scientific studies the amazon rain forests biggest city has been one of the hardest hit by the pandemic forcing the authorities there to resort to burying the dead in mass graves the rising number of deaths in many years is also steering fears that the city will soon run out of coffins. one last time i was told that we work day in and valley as you can imagine the amount of work we have here is full of the infected hospitals are full now but it was ready. and it took all by surprise hospital cemeteries were not prepared and we are all involved in this. we have all this is the us about social isolation was. that it applies to the middle class the richest once. we have a problem with water here there is no water here for 3 days and water just a horizon my idea there's nothing like it we have several colleagues tested positive friends intubated someone thought to be at risk we have to fight for people and we have to use disposable masks they want to disposable masks for a 12 hour shift when they function for just 2 hours.

the largest city in brazil's amazon rain forest region has become a major coronavirus hotspot the number of victims is rising fast and overwhelming man hours hospitals and cemeteries that sparked international concern for indigenous communities there is a board reports. it's the capital of the state of amazon us and it has become an example of the failure brazil has to cope with go over $1000.00. dozens of victims of a disease or being buried in the cemetery every day william l. may the lost his uncle in the past days he has now been authorized to bury him here . in the huddle over some of the old us and the bodies are being buried together in these mass graves there lifted containers that are full of containers here sometimes the funeral home stuff can't come in they stay by the entrance and the coffers are stored in these containers until they can be buried. on the same day relatives of those who dies say the names of those buried were being put in the wrong coffins. 19 at parent iraq to the city in the heart of the amazon imported by a woman who traveled from london one month and a ha

covered 1000 is quickly spreading among indigenous communities in the for this part of brazil's amazon rain forest the state has reported more than 22000 infections and nearly 1500 deaths so far. and with the total it is such a difficult moment for all the rural areas our location doesn't help we have a lot of patients in serious conditions and we don't have the infrastructure here we would need better equipment and the ability to airlift patients but we fight with what we have. mexico has announced its highest daily number of new infections but is getting ready to further ease its lockdown or some areas of mexico city never close says john home and reports. the digging fresh graves in the symmetry of it's to pull up a district in mexico city. outside the hearses a queuing to get in with the danger of infection room ramon continues to sell his flowers but you know look at the one of the we're living day to day we have nothing saved and if i stop working what will i eat my family. used to blow up most populous districts in the hardest hit by covert despite the life and commerce hasn't stoppe

slowly spreading through indigenous communities some critical patients from remote parts of the amazon rain forest have been lifted to hospitals in the house and the city's mayor has accused all sonority of impeding efforts to stop the spread of the virus smuggle repeller is following developments from mexico city president datable so now is facing more pressure every single day he's at the center of this political controversy in brazil he continues to downplay the severity of the outbreak in his country and he's continuing to make more enemies every day with state governors on tuesday evening we heard about the police raids against 2 of the residents of the governor of the state of. rio de janeiro we're hearing more raids took place earlier on wednesday against against some of the president's critics so this is some of the response that we're seeing in terms of of the backlash against the windowing support base within the bill sonars government the governor. has now cycled through 2 different health ministers one of them resigned the other one quit again the president is still sort of down

been slowly spreading through their communities some critical patients from remote parts of the amazon rain forest have been airlifted to hospitals in the laos the city's mayor has accused president diable sonora of impeding efforts to stop the spread of the virus. well you need will. i'm not going to stop saying that the president did not interfere of course he did it these speeches all the time saying it was just a fluke and at the same time sending people out onto the street he boycotted all the efforts that we have done here to get to a stage of good social isolation while most presidents do support stricter social distancing measures to tackle the spread of 1000 that's according to a sad day and it's also in stark contrast to what both scenario once he's repeatedly criticized knocked down saying unemployment and hunger would kill more than the outbreak itself and brazil is the worst affected country in latin america now with more than 24500 deaths by now apollo is following developments from mexico . president datable so now is facing more pressure every single day he's at the center o

been slowly spreading through their communities some critical patients from remote parts of the amazon rain forest been airlifted to hospitals in manassas the city's mayor has accused president of also narrow of impeding efforts to stop the spread of the virus they need. i'm not going to stop saying that the president did not interfere of course he did it his speeches all the time saying it was just a fluke and at the same time sending people out onto the street he boycotted all the efforts that we have done here to get to a stage of good social isolation and an opinion poll in brazil says 60 percent of people support stricter social distancing measures to tackle the spread of covert 19 that's in contrast to president who's repeatedly criticized lockdowns saying unemployment and hunger are a greater threat than the virus brazil is the worst affected country in that america with nearly 26000 covered 1000 deaths. now to iran where the new parliament has chosen a conservative former mayor of tehran as its speaker. was elected to a one year term with 230 votes on thursday county baf served as t

the government tending a blind eye to even encouraging perhaps illegal line is an loggers in the amazon rain forest on friday the government of south paolo brazil's most populous state extended mandatory quarantine orders through to the end of the month data suggest was tough of the people are abiding by the restrictions. john list and founder of online magazine the brazilian report he was saying that the true extent of the outbreak in brazil is on. brazil is one of the countries that has the least in the world per leader people we have tested 10 times less than the united states of the us are by no means a reference the word standard in some areas of brazil for instance the state of millions or days it's the 2nd most populated state in brazil we have only $3000.00 cases but then we have almost 100000 suspected cases that have gone tested so far so the numbers are clearly much worse you know the government has absolutely no idea of the true extent of the problem and it's not me talking to the health minister himself has admitted that presumes phone lines through the spend money and there are

brazil's amazon rain forest region has become the latest frontline in the battle against the corona virus infections there are rising quickly leaving hospitals overwhelmed and that's prompted the mayor of mass to issue a plea. new zealand has recorded no new cases of covert 1000 for the 1st time in just over 6 weeks it's ended a strict lockdown which shut schools restaurants and all other public areas for a month social strictures remain in place with people still working and studying from home new zealand has 1137 cases in total jordan has lifted all restrictions on economic activities after a lockdown lasting almost 7 weeks public transport will resume normal service but universities and schools remain closed as night curfews continue. well those are the headlines the news will continue here on al-jazeera after 101 east stay with us. talk to al jazeera. what you were force was when you saw that document for the 1st story we listen to after the war saying your europeans go build you know at the stage of you but we will not be with you we meet with global news makers and talk about the st

at just over 2700 deaths in ecuador more than 1600 some indigenous communities have fled to the amazon rain forest fearing there may be wiped out by the pandemic and despite being one of the 1st latin american countries to lock down more than 1500 people have died in peru and cases of double in the past 10 days. from mexico city john heilemann reports on how latin america's criminal gangs are talking up their efforts to fight the virus. he's about to be punished for heading out during quarantine. but not by the police by the m s 13 gang you know salvador they've been taking action against violators of coronavirus curfews in their territory. and so the criminal groups across latin america the chief concern and list say isn't for the greater good but strategic goings. the fact that you are seen as. an avalanche a controlling authority is in your communities has some benefits in terms of its own and a certain moments the 13. trolling strictly you their use and sort of interaction element and gangs that they are able to implement some initiatives on all the seas increase there it's all in there

been slowly spreading through their communities some critical patients from remote parts of the amazon rain forest have been airlifted to hospitals in mn ouse the city's mayor has accused the president of in feeding efforts to stop the spread of the virus they need. i'm not going to stop saying that the president did not interfere of course he did it he speeches all the time saying it was just a fluke and at the same time sending people out onto the street he boycotted all the efforts that we have done here to get to a stage of good social isolation now according to a recent survey most brazilian support strictest social distancing measures to tackle the spread of coal that 19 it's in stark contrast to what president jay watson our wants has repeatedly criticized down saying unemployment and hunger would kill war then the outbreak itself reza was a worse affected country in latin america with nearly $26000.00 us money arapaho is following developments from mexico city. president datable so now is facing more pressure every single day he's at the center of this political controversy in brazi

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highest number of regional fatalities ecuador has more than 1600 dead and business communities in the amazon rain forest fire genocide. from this pandemic now despite peru being one of the 1st latin american countries to shut down cases have doubled in the last 10 days with 1500 dead. health care workers have been applauded for their sacrifices during the pandemic but other unsung heroes who also restore lives often get little recognition or support a lot america newman joins annotation workers and chalet on shift in the capital santiago. they make their living by doing the dirty work on bentyl said he'll fancy school and are a team from dawn to early morning they pick up the rubbish from homes to hospitals in this working class and travel neighborhood to a bell residence that they're coming back to my daniel has been doing this for 33 years. someone has to do it we don't have advanced education so we have to do this but i'm not sorry on the contrary it's a noble job. maybe so but it's hazardous. this is dangerous because of the dogs people leave sharp objects in the bags even syringes we pick up

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amy: let me ask you -- i wantntd have beenenhe chief indigenous vilillage in n braz's amazon rain fororestat i''m e you know well where the coronavirurus infected peoeople despite a l lockdown to alll outside visitors. at least 16 ouout of the villa's 106 pepeople have e tested posie for covid-19. the virus likely came up the rio negro river r from manau, whichs -- manaus, which is five hours away. this is village chief waldemir da silva. treacherous. is theyey came quietly as it carrid on the wind. we started getting ill and thought it was a bad cold but people got worse, even after taking medicine. we managed to treat the ililess in a careful way. amy: if you could talk, sebastiao sasalgado, about how e indigenous people are now dealing and how the government is dealing with themem? i mean, of this battle going on in manaus with the mayayor callg the president stupid. if you can talk about the history of thehe way indigenous pepeople arere dealt with in the amazonon? s scientists calcululated the population of amazoninian -- braziliann amazonian ecosystste, wewe had about 5 million peopl

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heard being exceptionally rude about the mayor of one of the worst-hit towns in brazil deep in the amazon rain forest. it should be remote, but it didn't protect it. it's been hit exceptionally hard. we traveled there to see how heavily it's been devastated. this is a landing of last resort. seeking salvation in a coronavirus hotbed. tiny planes bring the sickest patients tromhundreds of miles away deep in the amazon to manaus, brazil's worst hit city, and to a hospital bed. a journey most make alone. from which some won't go home. this is what doing well looks like on these flights. moving. the woman onboard struggling. motionless. once they had to intubate a patient in midair. >> it's very hard. you carry a weight that you don't see. every time i carry this weight, i feel like i carry this weight. >> they arrive in a city mired not only in death but also fury. brazilian president jair bolsonaro has made light of the virus and called the mayor here a piece of excrement for digging these mass graves. they had little choice here with the bodies start piling up. this month, they buried 103 in on