the people who take care of them. it's highly lethal. it is now a major outbreak in the democratic republic of the congo and it's still not under control. d: so when ebola, some people with ebola came to do -- to the united states years ago, and you were involved in treating them? dr. fauci: i did. i took care of two patients. one was a nurse who got infected texas when she was taking care -- in texas when she was taking care of a person who came from liberia. i took care of her. and then another person who got infected in sierra leone was air evac'd here to the nih, and my team and i took care of him. david: when you take care of them, i remember pictures, you have to wear like a spacesuit, astronaut outfit. dr. fauci: it's very difficult because they're very sick, so you have to take care of them under intensive care circumstances. and you have to put on, literally a spacesuit, to protect every single square inch of your body from being exposed to the contaminating fluids. david: you're the head of the division. you're the head of the institute. dr. fauci: right. david: wouldn't it have been easier to get somebody below you, who maybe

of west nile fever just since july. there's been an outbreak began in central africa the republic of the congo and its still going on across the border in uganda for the democratic republic of the congo so these things are happening. it's like a drumbeat of disease outbreaks and crises. there's another on the arabian peninsula there is a virus that emerged that resembles the sars virus that scared the experts back in 2003. the new sars virus out of the arabian peninsula has only killed one person and another man in the hospital in britain but scientists all over the world were watching it carefully because they know the next big one could look something like that. so there is a drumbeat of these things. the diseases that i've mentioned have two things in common. among those i mentioned they are all caused by viruses and that is the particular profile of the scariest of the exemplars of this phenomenon. they call these animal infections that pass into humans zoonoses, a virus or it can be other forms of infectious blogs. it can be a bacteria, a protozoan like the creatures that cause malaria, it could be a fungus, it could be a worm, something called a pre- dot t

absolutely absolutely and of course we know how difficult some of the teams have had it working in that part of the democratic republic of congo contact tracing is challenging sometimes there are you know hostile individuals towards the health care teams the logistics have been challenging but you know fortunately the public health teams of the democratic republic of congo have tremendous experience working. with it in a bowl of virus epidemics and have excellent training and have a very good track record of getting this under control so i'm confident that they'll be able to do so but of course it will be without hurdles and and it just might take a bit more time than initially anticipated and that's what has to be done it's all about come type tracing now as it is trying to find out who this patient has been in contact with and kind of closing them off. 100 percent 100 percent and of course that can be a very difficult issue if someone has clearly run away and doesn't want to be found we have no idea what or who that person had been in contact with and it really takes a big team of community public health specialists to reall

government official says suspected hutu militia men have killed at least 16 people in the democratic republic of the congo the attack took place in the national park most of the victims were park rangers protecting a convoy of civilians brazil's justice minister sergey moto has resigned over what he called political interference by president. took the step after balls and out of dismissed the head of brazil's federal police motto is a former anti corruption judge who was one of the most popular members are now discovering that. russian emergency services are battling wildfires in at least 3 regions of siberia no casualties have been reported but the fires have destroyed dozens of buildings temperatures have been about 15 degrees celsius higher than usual last year wildfires and so bierria burned huge swathes of land. and here in berlin fridays for future activists have placed thousands of posters in front of germany's parliament to demand action on the global climate crisis the protesters obeyed coronavirus restrictions climate strike events were also staged in other cities and online. the chancellor ange

official says suspected hutu militia militias have killed at least 16 people in the democratic republic of the congo the attack took place in the national park most of the victims were park rangers protecting a convoy of civilians. brazil's justice minister said your model has resigned over what he called political interference by president. took the step after both are now to dismiss the head of brazil's federal police moro is a former anti corruption judge who is one of the most popular members of both scenarios cabinets. and doctors nurses and other frontline workers have been hailed as the heroes of the pandemic expressions of gratitude have become a ritual in countries thanks to places like spain and italy and the u.k. where people applaud medics caregivers and others from their balconies and doorways but elsewhere frontline workers bear the brunt of public anger in sudan some doctors say they've been attacked by patients families who blame them for the health systems failures many medical workers left the country under the previous dictatorship that has left mostly young doctors to handle the

the democratic republic of congo is fighting several diseases is struggling hospital system was under pressure from cholera measles ebola and now coronavirus how about a reports. 12000000 people live in kinshasa the capital of the democratic republic of congo. last week the government put the city on the lockdown to call. for. restaurants and charges are closed public transport in and out of the capital is also restricted but people here say the closure of some food and vegetable markets has affected them most. we haven't been able to access the main market in the city for about a week now we have no way of restocking our shops i doubt will be able to survive these measures for another week. in the going but district health workers a clinic up a government building where several people including a government minister tested positive for the virus. they say the lockdown is necessary to stop it spreading. if you don't become logged on all of can just half an hour for all of us reasons but we do believe that the current log done will help control deepen demick in the city's main epicente

tripoli now the democrats the government of the democratic republic of congo is shut down the capital's main commercial hub for 14 days can shatter is the epicenter of the nationwide outbreak more on that catherine soy joins us live from nairobi now and catherine know the government been going back and forth and the idea of a lockdown was as they finally decided. absolutely there was a lot of deliberations in the last few weeks 800 people so far have died of caught it 19 in the democratic republic of congo as i infected and as you mentioned most of the gone by in this area this commercial and administrators sent out this is the epicenter so the government has decided to shut down that area this is where government offices are deceased where diplomatic offices are markets businesses this is the house of everything and the question was if they close down this place how will people most of the people who leave outside of going. to work there so that was a bit of a problem but then it was decided by the government that these area has to be shut down if this does is it is going to be contain

of good public health, affluent facilities. if that disease emerged in the province of the democratic republic of the congo, i love the congo but had a lot of disadvantages would have been probably consequential if something like sars had come out of there. >> you have spoken about the wildlife aspect. comment about the role of the livestock industry in terms of control and prevention of these diseases but also potential spread? >> factory farming, huge operations like pig farms in malaysia are part of what makes this more urgent and dangerous, part of what makes us, the human population and our extensions a forest of dried tinder waiting for a spark. i mentioned the case in malaysia, the fact that pigs were kept in outdoor compounds and were arranged in a particular way with fruit trees was part of what resulted in that spillover. huge aggregations of wildlife represent populations in which a bug can even all. the more abundantly a virus replicates the more likely it is to new tape. if it is an rna virus as opposed to double helix dna viruses mutation rate will be particularly high, generate a lot of change, a lot of genetic v

of the outbreak 12000000 people live in the city cramped conditions. reports. has turned to go sleep quiet fears of the corona virus spreading has brought businesses to a standstill in the democratic republic of congothe capital is a financial and diplomatic for around 95 percent of the city's population. the situation is terrible and we don't know what to say we are praying to god they need to cancel this measure otherwise it will be a humanitarian disaster. only police patrol the streets setting up checkpoints to the entrance of a district now under lockdown as governess says it's the epicenter of the virus teams on standby to screen patients and disinfect buildings. we are in the process of controlling the movement of people they must be surrounded which is the 1st objective of tracking down cases there were people with intense fatigue and vomiting authorities say only people with certified passes are allowed to enter or exit for medical or emergency reasons that's angered residents here who . were disappointed down is disorganized we were given special branches by the governor so that we can access the town for work but police are denying of access for those living in the district there's growi

if that disease emerge in a province of the democratic republic of the congo. i love the congo, but it has a lot of disadvantages. and its disadvantages would have been probably very consequential as something like sars had been there. >> hi you have spoken a lot about the wildlife aspect of the diseases. could you comment on the role of the livestock industry? both in terms of the control and prevention of these diseases but also the potential spread? >> guest: factory farming, huge operation like pig farms in malaysia are part of what makes this problem more urgent and more dangerous. as part of what makes us, the human population and our extensions of force a very dry tinder waiting for a spark. i mention the case in malaysia. the fact that the pigs were kept in these huge outdoor compounds, and that they were arranged in a particular way with the fruit trees, was part of what resulted in that spillover. the other thing is a huge aggregations of wildlife also represent populations in which a bug can evolve. the more abundantly a virus replicates, the more it'

in the democratic republic of congo, two weeks ago, they had the same outbreak of ebola right now. everybody was celebrating that the of bola outbreak was over. guess what happened? in the ebola virus was there and there was a case of ebola. two days into that, five other people got infected because of contact and now they are tracing the contacts. the outbreak will take another two days before it can be declared over. was we did in west africa you look at ebola, we knew that we were not out of the woods until sierra leone got there outbreak over with. it's about five years now and we not -- we have not a single case of ebola in the region. to reopen these things, we have epidemic,p with the been the curve and get to zero. that's how it can work. it is possible within a couple of months to get that done because we can do systematic tracing combined with social distancing and handwashing and other things, that could get us to zero. the permanent solution is vaccine or therapeutics. host: nova in danbury, connecticut? yes, i would just like to say that trump is doing a good job. i lo

government official says suspected hutu militia men have killed at least 16 people in the democratic republic of the congo the attack took place in the national park most of the victims were park rangers protecting a convoy of civilians. russian emergency services are battling wildfires in at least 3 regions of siberia no casualties have been reported but the fires have destroyed dozens of buildings temperatures have been about 15 degrees celsius higher than usual last year wildfires in siberia burned huge swathes of land. several 1000 people have attended prayer services of the biggest mosque in indonesia's problems the crowds ignored vice from the national government and health officials who've urged worshipers to pray at home to prevent the spread of coronavirus. several beaches in australia's largest city sydney has being closed again after crowds ignored coronavirus restrictions local officials little local officials had to reopen the beaches for exercise just a few days earlier while at the same time warning people to adhere to social distancing guidelines. brazil's justice minister sergey resigned

afflicted by conflict and economic crisis as the most vulnerable, including yemen, the democratic republic of the congo, afghanistan and south sudan. prior r to the outbreak, east africa and south a asia were facing critical l food shortages because of drought and record locust infestations. experts stressed that the worst-case scenario is not a foregone conclusion, insisting that gordon needed global action can put off pandemic. but they estimate they will need $350 million immediately. only one quarter of that has thus far been secured. >> for more on what comes after life in lockdown, we can speak to the executive director of the think tank open diplomacy. thank you for joining us here on ." ance 24 some countries are still in lockckdown. theyey will exit lockdown at different paces. is it safe to say the finger-pointing will begin once this coronavirus pandemic is over? >> i don't think so. i think that the finger-pointing has already started.. look at how the c crisis inside the e world health o organizatis being conducted with china putting political preressure to kind of, yeah, about the respons

. >> given all of the dangers they face reporter: horrifying escalation of ethnic violence in the democratic republic of congodifferent 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

of the tunnel. more conflicting information from the u.s. president as the leading medical official in charge warns the worst is yet to come . pandemic forces the democratic republic of congo to shut down the capsules main commercial. and it's the final appeal for disgraced cardinal george pell the highest ranking catholic church figure to be convicted of child sex abuse . britain's prime minister barak's johnson is in hospital with symptoms 10 days after he tested positive for covert 90 a spokesperson said it was a precautionary measure johnson would continue to lead the government earlier queen elizabeth made a rare televised address to the nation she urged the british people to remain united. and resolute to overcome the outbreak numbers released from spain meanwhile show the daily death toll there is continuing to fall 637 people died there in the last 24 hours that nearly 40 from the previous day and japanese prime minister shinzo are begun steps towards declaring a state of emergency is in factions surge of crossed major cities jonah begins our coverage 2 weeks into the u.k.'s lockdown and deserted city scenes are testament to a new way of life most people staying ho

what's in the democratic republic of the congo is not even one doctor per 10,000 of the population.in nigeria, close to four. india and pakistan have a slightly better ratio, but still around three times fewer doctors per capita than the uk. you get a sense of the challenges coronavirus presents here, when you take something as simple as hand washing. in the western world, this is something everyone has access to but here in kibera, community groups have come together to set up hand washing facilities. and even in africa's largest economy, nigeria, only four out of every ten people have access to basic hand washing facilities at home. whilst in pakistan and india, only six in ten do, that's around 600 million people without access to basic hand washing facilities at home in those two countries alone. there's been some suggestion the warmer climate here will mean coronavirus won't spread so quickly, but there's no conclusive evidence of that yet. 0thers hope because the population in the developing world is generally younger, people here won't be as badly affected by it. the average

of the pandemic. that's on top of a similar number already facing malnutrition. it says the democratic republic of the congo are all at risk of widespread shortages unless aid is made available to millions of farmers who depend on a daily wage. east africa is already facing a serious food crisis following consecutive seasons of drought and a desert locust invasion that has destroyed crops. here's more from the bbc‘s emmanuel igunza in nairobi. millions of people who are in displacement camps, and this is a particularly big worry for the international community, the humanitarian agencies, because they are very concerned, if covid—19, if coronavirus gets to some of these displacement camps where they are living in very cramped spaces, then the situation could become really dire. in particular also, in the eastern africa region, we have already seen that many countries are have been going through seasons of drought, and also, recently, there has been an invasion of desert locusts, and this has destroyed large trucks of land, crops for many farmers who depend on it for a living, and therefore, the food situatio

further spread in the community you know how difficult some of the teams have had it working in that part of the democratic republic of congo contact tracing is challenging sometimes there were you know hostile individuals towards the health care teams the logistics have been challenging but you know fortunately the public health of the democratic republic of congo have tremendous experience working. with it in a bowl of virus epidemics and have excellent training and have a very good track record of getting this under control so i'm confident that they'll be able to do so but of course it will be without hurdles and and it just might take a bit more time than initially anticipated and check on the world weather in just a moment and then with government coronavirus allowance of foaling shorts in iraq we will make the volunteer is trying to fill the gap. such floods in 10 years leave a trail of destruction with several people dead and many more display. how will the weather actually in europe for the next few days will be sent to in this massive cloud over the western meant. stock particularly frontal the cold front is keepi

of optimism saying there's light at the end of the tunnel that's despite a warning from his nation's top surgeon that americans should prepare for their hardest and saddest week. the democratic republic of congo's government has shut down the capital's main commercial hub for 14 days and she also is the epicenter of the nationwide outbreak the virus has infected 161 people killed 18 nationwide. libya has so far avoided the worst of the pandemic with just 17 confirmed cases with conflicts still happening the health service could be in danger of complete collapse if the virus spreads. its reports from tripoli. in the fight against. the one and only medical factory in libya they used in the city of misrata is now diddy to producing protective gear that includes medical. police mosques covers and other similar products. staff who are just trying to meet the government's needs say they have increased production of facemasks from 7000 per day 240000. we are currently providing for general hospitals and a few private clinics as they are the ones who will be dealing with koran on the front lines we have doubled our staff and have increased production we have a serious problem with bringing in the raw m

of the most popular members of both an adult cabinet. a government official says suspected hutu militia men have killed at least 16 people in the democratic republic of congo the attack took place in the they don't got national park most of the victims were park rangers protecting a convoy of civilians. russian emergency services are battling wildfires in at least 3 regions of siberia no casualties have been reported but the fires have destroyed dozens of buildings temperatures have been about 15 degrees celsius higher than usual last year wildfires in siberia have burned huge swaths of land. political demonstrations are no longer possible in most countries because of the coronavirus the climate action movement fridays for future has switched to protests online but one group here in berlin has found a creative way of staging a physical demonstration in the government quarter of germany's capital without it seems breaking any loss. burleson in $29000.00 and normal friday for climate change protesters but not this year with schools still largely closed and demonstrations limited due to social distancing rules striking from school for climate change action ha

spirits as he battles coronavirus empty streets and closed shops the pandemic forces the democratic republic of congo to shut down its main commercial hub in the capital kinshasa. the. staying connected in chile we look at some of the creative ways that people are socializing and keeping in shape a lot of them. thank you for joining us less than 2 months after a chinese tourist in france became the 1st coronavirus fatality in europe the continent's death toll has passed 50700000 people across europe have now been diagnosed with the virus but there are some signs the mortality rate is leveling out if not falling in europe spain and germany and the u.k. of all recorded their lowest number of deaths in days meanwhile the u.k. prime minister boris johnson remains in a london hospital johnson said he was in good spirits he will stay under observation after several tests for persistent symptoms and in the united states new york governor andrew cuomo says the state health care system is at maximum capacity but a daily decline in the number of hospitalizations could suggest a possible leveling out of infecti

was now recording community transmission of the virus and said this represented a worrying new phase of the outbreak. authorities in the democratic republic of congo say the 1st person to contract ebola in more than 50 days has died in the east of the country officials were hoping to declare an end to the epidemic on sunday allowing congo's health services to focus on containing covert 19. global health officials are warning about nicaragua's president to danielle ortega is risking an epidemic in central america by refusing to impose measures to slow the spread of the virus neighboring states have closed their borders but are take as government wants nicaraguans to celebrate easter as normal the administration is encouraging people to with attend to sporting and cultural events and even to keep going to the beach. and easter procession like every year in defiance of the global pandemic. that. even the pope has warned catholics not to celebrate the holidays and groups but nicaragua is one of the few countries in the world without lock down measures to slow the spread of the virus. and i like catholic church cancel the processions and all religious

providing services already the government is proposing a cut of nearly 40 percent of its treaty treated by that simply because the price of oil has come down. the democratic republic of congo one of the world's poorest countries is fighting a health war on multiple fronts and struggling hospital system is under pressure to treat cholera measles and botha and now coronavirus mohammed atta reports from kinshasa. 12000000 people live in kinshasa the capital of the democratic republic of congo last week the government put the city under lockdown to cop a cordon of bias out for. restaurants and charges are closed public transport in and out of the capital is also restricted. but people here say the closure of some food and vegetable markets has affected the most. we haven't been able to access the main market in the city for about a week now we have no way of restocking our shops i doubt we'll be able to survive these measures for another week. in the gumbo district health workers a clinic up a government building where several people including a government minister tested positive for the virus. they say the lock down is necessary to stop it spreading if you don't we can log o

the world health organization says it is extending its designation of any bold outbreak in democratic republic of congo as a global emergency 3 new cases including 2 deaths were reported in the eastern city of beni the democratic republic of congo was expected to announce an end to its 2nd deadliest ebola outbreak just this coming weekend it is an epidemic which killed more than 2000 people since august of 2018. in occupied east jerusalem is concern corona virus is spreading through palestinian neighborhoods undetected the number of reported cases rose to 41 this week but health workers fear the actual figure may be double that is from harry forces. so at this hospital in occupied east jerusalem an improvised new ward has been set up 16 beds readied to isolate patients who test positive for coronavirus already 3 patients who have tested positive have been sent to hospitals in west jerusalem after an infected man from a nearby neighborhood visited his elderly father hear all spittle director says the israeli government has failed to help prepare you stew slim's health system to tackle the pandemic not e

in the capital kinshasa his the leader of an outlawed group called congo his arrest comes a week after violent clashes between members send police. in the democratic republic of congo at least 12 rangers and 5 civilians have been killed in an attack on virunga national park several more people were injured in the ambush the worst in the parks history their own guys home to half the world's population of mountain gorillas in the last 20 years at least 180 rangers have been killed while protecting the animals feel clark is with the school of oriental and african studies he says is not surprised by the attack. there have been big clashes between the major rebel group that suspected of carrying out this attack and a group called the f.d.a. . and the congolese army i've been at each other's throats to several weeks now and it does look like the f.d.a. a lot have used this attack on the national park rangers as a white to show their strength and as a white city trying to put pressure on the congolese army to back off i think perhaps if there is a surprising elements about this attack it's the style of the civilian death toll typically when there are attacks in t

no further spread in the community we know how difficult some of the teams have had it working in that part of the democratic republic of congo contact tracing is challenging sometimes there are you know hostile individuals towards the health care teams the logistics have been challenging but you know fortunately the public health teams of the democratic republic of congo have tremendous experience working. with it in a bowl of virus epidemics and have excellent training and have a very good track record of getting this under control so i'm confident that they'll be able to do so but of course it will be without hurdles and and it just might take a bit more time than initially anticipated. now floods in western kenya have killed 4 people including policemen on a rescue mission the search is underway for 28 others who are missing or but man. i was. rivers of mud sweeping through villages in the west of kenya. in the past. marketplaces a police station and schools was she. in the west pocket days of heavy rains look as possible from the debris left behind . many areas still waiting for official rescue teams to arrive at the 1st

announced its 1st recorded case of corona virus since in the city of all shot in the eastern region of hod hommel efforts to eradicate a bowl in the. in the democratic republic of congo have suffered a setback the 1st person to contract the disease and more to 50 days as died now it's witness join me steve clemons on the bottom line for your weekly take on u.s. politics and society i'm changing but the institutions frequently don't the system itself is set up to benefit those who understand that you have people who actually believe things that are not true that is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line on al-jazeera. upgrade up to. this sign right here this wakes up and quickly to face it. off long trouble for. i hope that i would be the person to bring my high speed internet to my screechy. sometimes it takes somebody who can see the bigger picture and you know stand up a book at. the software head dress you know to make a difference in your community be chief. use the internet. for free internet. bringing in fiber to any of these communities in answer to everything. in the big cities of you know lived in the real world and i come back h

announced its 1st recorded case of coronaviruses in the city of all shot in the eastern region of odd harm all efforts to eradicate a bowler in the. in the democratic republic of congo have suffered a setback the 1st person to contract the disease and more to 50 days has died now it's witness. steve clemons on the bottom line for your weekly take on us politics and society i'm changing but the institutions frequently don't the system itself is set up to benefit those who understand that you have people who actually believe things that are not true that is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration the bottom line is iraq.

cannot be postponed the democratic governor told eva's has been had been seeking it to lay because of the threat posed by the corona virus pandemic the democratic republic of congo's government to shut down the main commercial hub and capital kinshasa for a fortnight 18 people have died in the country 161 a confounded thing it is the headlines more news after inside story next. talk to al-jazeera. what you were force were when you saw that document for the 1st story we listen to after the war saying you'll be in to go build united states of you but we will not be with you we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on the ground 0. how will africa deal with coronavirus the pandemic is slowly reaching the conference for public health care week infrastructure and an inability to enforce law what's the impact going to be this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program peter davi now it's taken the coronavirus longer to reach africa than other parts of the world but experts are warning of a possible large scale outbreak on the world's poorest continent of 1200000000 people and if europe or the u.s. were struggling to contain the pande

thousands of people will be allowed back to work next week the country's health minister said spain was not yet in deescalation and would remain under lockdown. authorities in the democratic republic of congo say the 1st person to contract a bola in more than 50 days has died in the east of the country officials were hoping to declare an end to the epidemic on sunday allowing conk congo's health services to focus on containing 19. aid organizations have begun distributing facemasks and information in yemen after the country were ordered its 1st case of covert 1000 of friday aid organizations are all armed at a possible widespread outbreak in the country describing it as a nightmare scenario in a country already suffering from one of the world's worst humanitarian crisis. turkey has made in abrupt move to try to slow the spread of covert 19 in the country from midnight friday some 31 cities have been ordered into lockdown for initial 48 hours the decision came so swiftly that many people were caught unaware which lead to confusion and panic. taksim square at the heart of istanbul completely deserted it's an extremely rare sight in a lively city with some 16000000 residents and district lock

of the 175 residents tested positive for the new coronavirus. testing of all residents of the miss been facility after one of them was found to be carrying the virus. police in the democratic republic of congo face don't follow was a. term to read on his residence and control the standoff comes a day after members of the anti government from the just group clashed with police resulting in. south african president sort of ramaphosa has announced steps to gradually lift the country's lockdown starting may the fast restrictions on travel and some industries we've used south africans have been under more those for almost a month with ascension trips the only exceptions. activists in several countries have staged demonstrations against the law some are demanding to be allowed to go back to what others see the destructions as a violation of their civil rights a correspondence reflect on the situations in brazil the united states and germany throughout latin america were seen quarantine related protests and while in most countries citizens are taking to the streets asking for more government support during the pandemic the protests in brazil certainly stand out because they're led by none other th

thousands of people would be allowed back to work next week the country's health minister said spain was not yet in a deescalation phase and would remain under lockdown. in the democratic republic of congo say the 1st person to contract a bowl in more than 50 days has died in the east of the country officials were hoping to declare an end to the epidemic on sunday allowing congo's health services to focus on containing covert 19. aid organizations have become distributing face masks and information in yemen after the country recorded its 1st case of covert 19 on friday. landed a possible widespread outbreak in the country describing it as a nightmare scenario in a country already suffering from one of the world's worst humanitarian crisis. here in germany the president has people to come together during the coronavirus pandemic frank. germans to stick to the restrictions even as spring weather over easter makes socializing outdoors more tempting than ever sunrise t.v. address also look to be on germany to the global response to the pandemic. and will we search worldwide for a joint way out of the crisis is will we fall back into isolation and unilateralism taylan view the lettuce pool a

covid—19 has already spread to four provinces in the democratic republic of congo. system, but it does have an advantage, one born of years of suffering. as we have reported, the british government has announced plans to significantly increase coronavirus testing. there are two types of tests. one is the swab test, which tells you if you currently have the virus or not. the other is an antibody test, which will tell you, weeks later, whether or not you've had the virus. many people may get it without ever knowing. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh explains. this is what a home antibody test looks like. this one is for hiv, and can be bought online. it is this kind of highly accurate fingerprick blood test which is needed for coronavirus. an antibody test would tell you if you've previously been infected with coronavirus and have built up some immunity which might protect you in future. the british company behind the hiv test says it hopes to have a similar one for coronavirus ready within weeks. i think it would make an incredible difference. the question everyo

a government official says suspected hutu militia have killed at least 16 people in the democratic republic of congo the attack took place in that they don't go national park most of the victims were park rangers protecting a convoy of civilians. russian and mergence these services are battling wildfires and at least 3 regions of siberia no casualties have been reported but the fires have destroyed dozens of buildings temperatures haven't been about 15 degrees celsius higher than usual last year wildfires in siberia burned huge swaths of land in berlin fridays for future activists have placed thousands of protests about posters rather in front of germany's parliament to demand action on the global climate crisis the protesters obeyed coronavirus restrictions on climate strike events were also staged in other cities and online. chancellor angela merkel has reiterated germany's willingness to help fill the world health organization's funding gap she made that comment on a w.h.o. conference call today her message comes after u.s. president trump announced last week his administration will halt all fund

no further spread in the community we know how difficult some of the teams have had it working in that part of the democratic republic of congo contact tracing is challenging sometimes there were you know hostile individuals towards the health care teams the logistics have been challenging but you know fortunately the public health teams of the democratic republic of congo have tremendous experience working. with in a bowl of virus epidemics and have excellent training and have a very good track record of getting this under control so i'm confident that they'll be able to do so but of course it will be without hurdle and and it just might take a bit more time than initially anticipated. coronavirus long term restrictions in bangladesh have been ignored ignored 510-0000 mourners at the funeral of a popular preacher organizers say they want to expecting such a paternal side the capital dhaka the government struggling to enforce social distancing rules has nearly $100.00 deaths 2 and a half 1000 confirmed cases but it doesn't i mean that's another topic we wanted to make small arrangements for the funeral filming the government'

disinfecting the streets of the crowded favela onto almost a quarter of the population of rio de janeiro. a 2nd person has died from a ball in the democratic republic of congo after more than 6 weeks without a new case officials had been hoping to declare an end to the pandemic allowing congo's health services to focus on containing. north korea as prayed pledging tougher measures to protect its population from the virus officials have repeatedly insisted the country has not so far seeing any cases but medical experts are skeptical given the high number of infections in neighboring nations. the european commission president has told germany's billed newspaper that life will only return to normal once a coronavirus vaccine becomes widely available researchers globally working on a vaccine which is hoped will be ready by the end of the year. the. restrictions imposed on driving life in most countries have had disastrous consequences for business large and small but here's an ace the story with a happy ending as old as flood into one company for some special seasonal treats they don't lose teri schultz reports from belgium. this easter most belgian confectione

passes 50000 in europe but the number of fatalities across the continent seems to be falling on empty streets and closed shops the pandemic forces the democratic republic of congo to shut down its main commercial hub in the capital kinshasa. the. and the staying connected in chile we look at some of the creative ways that people are using to socialize and keep in shape under lockdown. we begin the program with breaking news that the british prime minister boris johnson has been moved to intensive care inside a london hospital after his cove in 1900 times worse and johnson was admitted to hospital on sunday night and had been undergoing tests after suffering persistent symptoms for more than 10 days earlier on monday the government had said boris johnson was in good spirits and still in charge but the street now says foreign secretary dominic robb has been asked to deputize. but the baba joins me now live from london via skype i think it was only a few days ago as in thursday evening when we saw some images of the prime minister he stepped outside briefly to applaud workers of the national health system that was thursday it's now monday and it seems an incredibl

most o of those ininfected are single parents from the democratic republic of the congo and cameroon. this follolows two otherer coronavirus outbrereaks at crowd migranant camps nearar athens. mexican officials say the country hahas entered its most severe stage i in the spread o f the cocoronavirus, what they rer to as phase three, as cases surge, with the death toll topping 2600. meanwhile, hundreds of factory workers in ciudad juarez protested on monday demanding a closure of maquiladora assembly plants along the u.s.-mexico border, where at least four workers in u.s.-owned factories have died of covid-19. >> they y say we are under quarantine and w we should be en our homes this company is not closed because it is essential. people are desperate to buy -- as a people are desperate to buy stoves or washing machines. now the most important thing is to be safe at home. we have children and we are risking our children's help by coming to work host up amy: also in mexico, chihuahua state officials say covid-19 deathths have increased nearly six-x-fold within 10 days in ciudad juarez. a

having spent many, many years working more places like the democratic republic of the con gow where we have national vaccination -- of the congo, where we have national vaccinations and large vaccinations campaign, that's what we're going to see. we'll see vaccination being made available everywhere that you can possibly get it. this is -- that is something that is not new to the world. these big, huge, we learned how to vaccinate people very quickly through the polio eradication program, smallpox eradication program. we know how to roll out this vaccine. if the supply is not an issue, we should be able to get this vaccine out, you know, production is not an issue, then the mechanism by which we do this is not complicated. host: you're not worried about supply being an issue regardless of how the vaccine is created? guest: i think we'll be able to ramp up supply quickly. there'll be production, a small lag in production but i think the wheels are turning for this. and we do know how to get vaccine out in large quantitykies. host: jerry is next in garr een -- gardenia, california. caller: good afternoon, dr. anne, i have a quic

there and unlike the venezuelans millions of brazilians who are now out of work and out of money have nowhere else to go to see a new woman al-jazeera. the democratic republic of congo's government has shut down its capital and main commercial hub for 14 days reports. kinshasa has turned to go sleep quiet fears of the corona virus spreading has brought businesses to a standstill in the democratic republic of congo the capital is a financial and diplomatic hub for around 95 percent of the city's population. the situation is terrible and we don't know what to say we are praying to god they need to cancel these measures otherwise it will be a humanitarian disaster. only police patrol the streets setting up checkpoints to the entrance of a district now under lockdown as governess says it's the epicenter of the virus teams on standby to screen patients and disinfect buildings. we are in the process of controlling the movement of people they must be surrounded which is the 1st objective of tracking down cases there were people with intense fatigue and vomiting authorities say only people with certified passes are allowed to exit for medical or emergency reasons that's anger

rights while you were at the un including in areas such as venezuela, syria and the democratic republic of the congo and much of your advocacy really came from time you spent visiting those affected areas by war and conflict so we thank you for doingthat . can you tell us a little bit about the experiences and how they shape your work at the united nations. >> i think that everybody deserves human dignity and the unfortunate part about the job at the un is you go to places that most americans won't go.most americans don't want togo . and you see some things you can't unseat. and i would always make a point to ask when we would go to an area to sit in a room with a group of women. no offense to the fellas in the audience but the women had a way of, you could sit down with them and they could tell you what the problem was, how they got to that point and how to fix it. they were very clear on. in many cases i would always go see refugees in the cases they had started their own businesses, theywere focused on their kids . they just always had what was needed so for example when i went to jordan in turke

parts of somalia the wet weather well that drives its way all the way down across a good part of the rift valley the same flooding recently to the eastern side of the democratic republic of congo and those showers for the great king across the eastern side of the rift valley over towards tanzania through kenya as we go on through the next couple of days with further flooding likely for the remainder of the week. for the. medieval western. society it was a feudal society that detail if you keep the without a will and as soon as the pope ended his speech some people stood up and said god will see again and the entrance to the city was horrific they killed people in the streets in their houses and in. the crusades an arab perspective at the sold one shop. on a jesse oh. oh . welcome back ever came out of our top stories here this hour the u.s. senate has passed on any $500000000000.00 relief package to aid small businesses and also provide more funds for hospitals and coronavirus testing the bill will now go to the house for a vote. yes president donald trump says the executive order to hold immigration to 60 days may come as soon as wednesday trump says it and protect american w

takes a look at how the health emergencies of the past have put the continent in a stronger position to tackle covid—19. ebola in the democratic republic of the congor months. this was the routine at the arrival lounges in many african countries. in came covid—19 and screening at ports of entry continued. 0n covid—19 and screening at ports of entry continued. on this front, africa had a head start, and the arrival of the disease helped many people to prepare. i think africans had the gift of time, being able to see the way different parts of the western world, different parts of asia have reacted, and i have been struck. there has been less of a denial that has been less of a denial that has been prevalent in the west and china, i have seen less of that in africa which is encouraging, i see africans taking it seriously. habits are also changing in communities like they had to during outbreaks of ebola. movement across countries is now limited to cargo. and even here, there is caution. in the 80s and 90s, this highway from the port of mombasa became away hiv spread into rural areas, places where truck drivers stopped for the night became of infectio

positive for the new coronavirus authorities ordered mass testing of all residents of the lisbon facility one of them was found to be carrying the virus. police in the democratic republic of congo facedown followers of a local cult leader and then attempted rape on his residence in kinshasa a set of comes a day after members of the anti-government religious group clashed with police resulting in deaths on both sides. staff at a hospital in a hospital distribution of roses and books took over 1000 patients on thursday they were celebrating st george scots alone yes patron saint of the 23rd is when people usually exchange roses and books and catalonia but the coronavirus has made that impossible for many people. the world's longest undersea roads tunnel has officially open to traffic in norway the country's transportation minister cut the ceremonial ribbon for the. tunnel over a video call in order to bite my social distancing restrictions. when the sleek plops and the german football league say they hope to officially restart the bundesliga season on may 9th and empty stadiums pending government approval it will lots of 1st return of a major european football league during the o