the government of the central african republic has not imposed a complete lockdown but has brought in preventive measures including running public governing so more than 15 people. are closed except for diplomats and n.g.o.s this is one of the poorest countries in the war on the look down would make things much worse for people who are already struggling to survive we spoke to residents in the capital but then i went out that we don't have electricity we don't have running water at home i have many people living under my roof i don't have a job where i get paid every month i sell these drinks to survive with my family if the government wants me to stay at home they must provide us with the basic necessities i want our viewers in my life the corona virus is a disease from the chinese and white people in the white people bring diseases to our country to exterminate up people and grab our wealth. would be talking about only 11 registered cases in this country part of the olympics on topic and it was all more than a month we've been seeing people out in the streets and cafes you know what

in the central african republic there arejust central african republic there are just three ventilatorsf deaths which are shaded and light pink. the who expect death tolls and infections to rise in the coming months. i started off by asking why the rates of the virus were so low in parts of africa at the moment. i think there are some questions there about whether they are being detected it or not, but i think it is also just that there is a general global spread that was started in wuhan china and is now starting to spread around the world and it will have different countries at different countries at different points but there are concerns about some of the detection rates in africa as well which is linked to do with things like laboratory capacity. what would be your biggest concern when it does reach africa? i think an important point to say is that africa is diverse, the countries are diverse and have different capacities so we have to be careful about not over generalising and family so for slums and informal settlements, we are seeing a lot of concern around those places to do wi

peacekeepers who have been accused of sexual abuse of of of bad behavior of a very serious level central african republic of course haiti of course where there was also the introduction of cholera so what is it with the u.n. peacekeepers is it that. is it that the the constitution of the force maybe is not as carefully considered as it might be is it the command structure or is it the scope of the mandate i think the issues that will be brought to discussion is that . the note of misuse of the net of measures has and is taken very seriously anything to do sexual exploitation and abuse in fact the whole efforts in terms of turn and in terms of commitments made in terms of. who is bettered and the whole question of the protocol relating to who goes to comes and all that i think is very clear if any in to be doing is found the difficult issues to the country and to them we don't number of very dire and i think a come back to the question that an acquisition alone is very easy to have in a condition to ask people to live and then anybody who wants to create a problem will simply engineer for any reason and a

somalia has none, central african republic has three. nigeria has fewer than 100. population of the united states. and while they worry about the rising curve in terms of covid—19, there is also the threat of malaria. the who is warning that malaria cases could double. people die of malaria still in sub—saharan africa. it is the same story in south america. mina was talking about how testing is in the gulf. testing made the difference in many south east asian countries. in latin america, they are among the highest number of countries with the lowest percentage of testing being done. i don't want to leave the developing world, mina, we want to get your take on iran. how do you think they are doing at this point? are they coming out of the worst? it is hard to tell. we thought the numbers were beginning to plateau and then they picked up again. let's not forget about turkey. turkey has over 100,000 cases. turkey at first refused to acknowledge having any cases to start with. between iran and turkey, the large significant countries in the region who both host refugee

a lot of that works well right we're doing we're able to do that but countries like the central african republic they have you know a population of 4000000 people there theft game is not as on lock there are workin on it yeah there are a few notches back on aren't there pirates off the coast of africa couldn't get there so they're right in the middle there my luck so they've got to you know blow up some more neighborhood you have pulled out neighborhoods create coasts right it's important it why they should do something because right now they have 3 ventilators for the country for millions so it's the exasperate yes 3 seasons they're going to have to share them or something i don't know distribute them north south middle but the solution to this rather than you know doubling down on nationalism and isolation and controls on these things some of suggested the economic historian jamie martin in the new york times just that we look to world war one which not a great cause i don't endorse world war one yet you don't endorse it out there you could call it yeah it's a really dangerous path you're take

and particularly conflict zones they are worried about the impact of this for example in central african republic where there are 45000000 people 3 ventilators and for that reason the u.n. has pushed this call and actually the u.n. i think has been quite positively surprised by this call from a global ceasefire it's resonated we've had others who have echoed the call most notably the pope but also the campaign organization has now got. some 1000000 people who've signed their petition it's not just the fact that they are worried about these places they see a window of opportunity because some of these are very long festering conflicts and perhaps something could come good out of this very difficult situation for the world and that's why i think the secretary has come out a 2nd time to make this call 10 days after the 1st time the secretary-general aren't likely to echo this in the coming days because the u.n. security council has been pretty paralyzed in the opening days of this virus and the response to the virus is finding ways to work again. british health so sure about hank uk holding the dail

the problem is this isn't going to be the same internationally, and places like central african republicilators, mechanical ventilators, mechanical ventilators that people need to breathe, there are less in that whole country than my emergency department. it will be magnitudes more significantly impacting there than in the us. we aren't even talking about life—saving tools in other parts of the world and frankly the world health organization is the only organisation that has the trust and skills and presents to help provide all of those tools to places where they will be needed most in the next couple of weeks and next couple of months. skills and presence. craig spencer, thank you for taking the time to talk to us. thank you. here in britain, the latest official evidence of the human cost of coronavirus shows a very sharp rise in the number of deaths per week throughout england and wales. it amounts to 6,000 more than would be expected at this time of year. the figures relate to the week leading up to the 3rd april. since then the numbers have risen again. there's particular concern abo

ventilators leaving african nations ill equipped to deal with the outbreak mali senegal and central african republic combined have 65 ventilators for 41000000 people compare this with york city alone which has 12000 ventilators for its 8600000 residents and for county countries chloroquine is a cheaper solution than buying ventilators but with a stock of only 800 boxes the drug is in short supply in senegal this pandemic is revealing the weakness of governments in the face of health crisis because the decision to manufacture a drug or even to finance the research to find a cure against infectious disease is mostly in the hands of pharmaceutical companies and not african states. this pharmaceutical factory manufacturing chloroquine shut its operation in january it said the drug was not profitable the employees that lost their jobs want to go back in production. yes of course because you can make. people and. you can make it you can produce it you have known it you have to put your confidence you have everything while the factories management is in negotiation with the government china is offering to

update details these include parties to conflict in the following countries government on the central african republic colombia libya myanmar the philippines south sudan sudan syria ukraine and yemen but there is a huge distance between declarations and deeds between turns late 100 words into peace on the ground and in the lives of people there are enormous difficulties to implementation as conflicts f.s.s. for years distrust these deep with many spoilers and many suspicions we know that any additional gains that fred child and easily reversible and in many of the most critical situations we have seen no letup in fighting and some conflicts ever even intensified we need robust diplomatic efforts to meet these challenges to silence the guns we must raise the voices for peace you know the situations my special representatives and special envoys and in some countries the un present coordinators with full support from at quarter end whenever required my personal involvement and engaging with conflict ector's to help move toward cease fires on the ground as a prerequisite to lasting peace a lot me to give

the central african republic has just three ventilators for a population of nearly five million.tablish our skype with doctor and talk to him about the central african republic and the fact that they have only three ventilators for a population of 5 million people. brazil's president, jair bolsonaro, has given another television address in which he gave precedence to protecting jobs and shoring up the economy during the pandemic. president bolsonaro said he wanted to make sure brazilians could continue working. protests have taken place in cities across the country, after he downplayed concerns over the coronavirus. russell trott reports. the sound of social disharmony, brazilian style. there were pot banging protest being played out on the kitchen balconies of homes across the country for weeks now with tuesday's night demonstration said to be the loudest so far. many brazilians are said to be angered at their presidents response, or lack of it, to the coronavirus crisis. in a televised address, he played down the concerns about the impact the lockdown would have on brazil's eco

i mean, i know one statistic that south sudan, for example, has four ventilators, the central african republicow bad could it get if those health infrastructures get overwhelmed? >> extremely bad. is what we characterize as an existential threat to us, and it's a looming disaster. those systems and infrastructure do not get fixed overnight. it's supposed to be a process, and it takes time, and you don't go to war. yet, we're at war with the coronavirus in africa. let's be frank with that. we are extremely under resourced. i think this is a global crisis, that will require global action if africa has a chance to fight back. >> and very briefly because we're almost out of time, what do you want from the world? what is your message? >> my message to the world is that you cannot -- we cannot fight these battles and win them. it has to be a global victory. the battle is to be fought lo l locally but the victory has to be a global victory. africa has been factored into the battle against the coronavirus. >> director of african centers for disease control, thank you so much. we wish you well, appreci

and particularly conflict zones they are worried about the impact of this for example in central african republic where there are for 5000000 people 3 ventilators and for that reason the u.n. has pushed this call and actually the u.n. i think has been quite positively surprised by this call from a global ceasefire it's resonated we've had others who have echoed the call most notably the pope but also the campaign organization has now got. some 1000000 people who've signed their petition and we've seen some of the warring parties and some of these conflicts backing the idea but as you heard the secretary general there say you can make gains but they are easily reversible it's not just the fact that they are worried about these places they see a window of opportunity because some of these are very long festering conflicts and perhaps something could come good out of this very difficult situation for the world and that's why i think the secretary has come out a 2nd time to make this call 10 days after the 1st time the secretary general is likely to echo this in the coming days because the u.n. secur

ventilators leaving african nations ill equipped to deal with the outbreak mali senegal and central african republic combined have 65 ventilators for 41000000 people compare this with york city alone which has 12000 ventilators for its 8600000 residents for cash strapped countries chloroquine is a cheaper solution than buying ventilators but with a stock of only 800 boxes the drug is in short supply in senegal. this pandemic is revealing the weakness of governments in the face of health crisis because the decision to manufacture a drug or even to finance the research to find a cure against infectious disease is mostly in the hands of pharmaceutical companies and not african states. this pharmaceutical factory manufacturing chloroquine shut its operation in january it said the drug was not profitable the employees that lost their jobs want to go back in production is something yes of course because you can make. people senegalese and africans and you can make it you can produce it you have the knowledge you have to put the competence you have everything while the factories management is in negotiatio

fall into 2 groups particularly those affected by conflict so those like yemen like the central african republic south sudan but also those that have been experiencing climatic problems across southern africa. and say the central america drought belt afghanistan so where there were underlying problems already we see this getting worse and on top of that we're concerned about the short term impact on people who have very sort of hand to mouth livelihood system in which you basically we're doing that day and then you use that money at night to feed yourself and your family because the lockdown measures which in necessary to prevent the spread of the disease are preventing people from going out and doing that kind of day labor work we really concern the cities and informal settlements in some of our big cities around the world we're also really struggle. the current up virus pandemic is obviously a global one it's affecting different countries in different ways how does that impact the countries that already find themselves in a weakened position and so on sort of thinking of if you know potential

to remind you, countries like central african republic, only three ventilators. sierra leone, 14.second element of the emergency is that the covered virus threatens to wreak havoc with the economics of these poor countries. it threatens to disrupt food supplies and livelihoods, and so we are warning of real carnage in the poorest countries of the world at the time where we recognise that people are focused on their own health in western industrialised countries, but because this disease is a threat to us all and can only be fully beaten if beaten everywhere, we are calling for a much greater action globally, especially in the poorest countries, as well as treating the cases in our own countries. when you look at the map of the world at the moment showing the different numbers of covid—19 cases, many of these countries don't seem to be reporting many cases at all. what is going on? is it because they don't have them yet or is itjust not being reported? a good point, and there is partly a lack of testing, but also the case that whether by fluke or the case that whether by fluke or t