lost because of government inaction a war that the worst of the pandemic may yet be to come heidi joe castro reports. a dire warning from the medical expert formerly in charge of the u.s. government's effort to develop a coronavirus vaccine. without better planning 2020 could be the darkest winter in modern history immunologist rick bright told a house subcommittee he was removed from his position as head of the biomedical advanced research and development authority after resisting pressure to expand access to an unproven malaria drug promoted by president trump wright also testified that prior to the pandemic his calls for the nation to increase its medical supply stockpile went ignored from that moment i knew that we were going to have a crisis for health care workers because they were not taking action we were already behind the ball that was our last window of opportunity to turn on their production to save the lives of those health care workers and we didn't act right drafted a whistleblower complaint after his demotion a government watchdog office says it found substantial likelihood o

heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington president donald trump is threatening to permanently freeze funding to the world health organization if it doesn't make improvements in 30 days the agency is facing growing criticism from several countries for its handling of the pandemic that have been violent protests in one of the poorest neighborhoods in the chilean capital of santiago hundreds brought coronavirus quarantine orders to demand food and medical aid. mexico has begun a gradual easing of its lockdown despite rising deaths and infections the 1st stage allows regions with no cases of the virus to reopen with 0 restrictions social distancing measures will be gradually lifted by june 1st. france and germany are proposing a relief fund of over $540000000000.00 to help europe recover from the pandemic their leaders held a video conference to discuss the initiative on monday the proposal suggested block members borrow the funds as a group but have been differences in europe over how to push forward with an economic relief plan ties between china and australia are under growing strain after be

where friends will bring their own food and grandparents will watch grand kids play from a far heidi joe castro al-jazeera falls church virginia. iraq's government has imposed lockdown for the duration of the holidays for not everyone's abiding by the rules some mosques are allowing in small numbers of worshippers most muslims and i think go of centuries old religious rituals to help protect their communities the virus similar faulty reports from baghdad. the call for each prayers rings out from the minarets of. but that's most important sunni mosque normally hundreds would attend the morning prayer which marks the end of the fasting month of ramadan but only a few dozen people flock to its gates to observe what is one of the most sacred rituals of. the world covered 19 is confining people to their homes but because i'm living in very close to the mosque i decided to come and pray course one observing the safety precautions. in the law and people in the mosque is ignoring government orders to remain shut to prevent the spread of coronavirus the government has imposed a total lockdown over to ea

unemployment numbers show 36 and a half 1000000 americans have lost their jobs to the crisis heidi joe castro al-jazeera silver spring maryland. china's industrial output is recovering from the lock down faster than expected production was up in april for the 1st time this here but the government says the economy still faces challenges sales tumbled in the 1st 3 months of the year as the lockdown forced shops and restaurants to close japan's state of emergency has been lifted across most of the country but not in tokyo or several other high risk areas prime minister shinzo abbay says that it's important to try to stop bankruptcies so you know. you cannot deny there is always the fear of the extreme end toward a new daily life full scale social and economic activities and that truly increases the risk if each and everyone is not vigilant enough the future after 2 weeks cannot be predicted unfortunately if the number of infected people increases they may be a 2nd declination of the mage unsee a powerful typhoon in the eastern philippines has forced tens of thousands of people into emergency she

one's doctor trump says he has the white house doctor's approval he says he asked for it himself heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington. is costing as a professor of medicine at georgetown university he says studies have found the drug is more likely to cause increased risk to coronavirus patients. well as prescribed mostly as an extreme malaria medication but there's been some interest in the scientific community about its use as a potential antiviral agent that would affect. beneficially treat 19. unfortunately done studies and thus far the studies of suggested there is no evidence that it's effective and that there's some good evidence that it can enhance risks including the risk of death so this is something that the u.s. drug regulator the f.d.a. has warned against. the medical adviser to the white house task force on the pros iris chinese are she has urged the public not to do it and so the president is is creating mixed message i should say were another cent this is supposed to be a prescription medication and there's no indication that the president's position shrewdly prescribed it altho

where friends will bring their own food and grandparents will watch grand kids play from afar heidi joe castro al-jazeera falls church virginia. south african president siri around the poles us says the lockdown level in the country will start easing from june the 1st he says cities with the higher infection rates of his cape town and johannesburg will continue to be monitored in time however through our efforts it will be possible and we are aiming for this to place areas where infections are low levels 2 and one the implementation of a let level 3 from the beginning of june will involve the return to operation of most sectors of our economy subject to the observance of strict health protocols and social distancing rules the opening of the economy and other activities means that more public servants will also be required to go back to work. the world food program says an additional $130000000.00 people could be pushed to the brink of starvation by the end of the year because of the pandemic and most of them live in sub-saharan africa let's talk reports now from sunday in senegal's t.s. region

one's doctor trump says he has the white house doctor's approval he says he asked for it himself heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington. as we mentioned trump has threatened to pull world health organization funding permanently after it was frozen last month that would mean the w.h.o. would lose its largest single funder the u.s. contributed $400000000.00 in 2019 trump issue the threat in a letter to the head of the organization which he published on twitter the 4 page document essentially boils down to 3 points accusing the w.h.o. of mistakes any not shown he wrote the repeated missteps by you and your organization in responding to a pandemic of an extremely costly for the world he also accuse officials of blocking china writing the only way forward for the world health organization is if it can actually demonstrate independence from china he ended the letter demanding major changes of the organization trump wrote if the world health organization does not commit to major substantial substantial improvements within the next 30 days i'll make my temporary freeze of the united states' funding to th

where friends will bring their own food and grandparents will watch grand kids play from a far heidi joe castro al-jazeera falls church virginia. our website is al jazeera tom it's very easy to find how to saratov com take a look when you get a moment and keep it here for a recap of the headlines in just a moment. and we shall carry these are the headlines right now on al-jazeera libyan authorities say russian mercenaries are leaving the front lines in the capital tripoli state media reportedly show fighters who support warlord khalifa haftar are flying out from an air base forces have been trying to capture tripoli for 13 months now they've suffered a string of defeats in recent weeks against the one backed government that is supported by fighters from turkey military spokesman for the un recognized government call on libyans not to allow foreign mercenaries into residential areas . of those i was going to as of yesterday we started coming to liberate it eery a to ensure the safe return of the displaced we are still closely monitoring the movements of the ruminant militias and missing areas wh

unemployment numbers show 36 and a half 1000000 americans have lost their jobs to the crisis heidi joe castro al jazeera silver spring maryland well some good news coming out of china where there's a significant boost in production green actually to you is in beijing with details on how the economy is showing signs of bouncing back. so the chinese government here is at pains to emphasize that the momentum is looking good that there is a steady recovery and that these figures are better than expected but of course the devil is in the detail and what we are seeing we look deeper into these figures that is that the chinese economy is still struggling to recover from the core of a 19 standstill so industrial production has rebounded that is up 3.9 percent year on year and up from a 1 point one percent for in march so those numbers a looking good retail sales unfortunately are down they fell by 7.5 percent which is even worse than what some analysts forecast and they forecast at a 6 percent fall and that's key because the chinese economy is very much powered by domestic consumption fixed asset inv

unemployment numbers show 36 and a half 1000000 americans have lost their jobs to the crisis heidi joe castro al-jazeera silver spring maryland. now the u.k. government has given a 2nd company the green light to produce a coronavirus antibody test now this follows the approval of a swiss made test that is reported to be nearly 100 percent accurate governments worldwide are considering mass antibody testing as a way to ease credit virus restrictions they show whether a person has had to cope at 19 but it's not yet clear whether the antibodies provide permanent immunity or while the pandemic has left many employees on furlough while working from home koreas have been busier than ever but some companies in the u.k. are being criticized for failing to provide equipment necessary to ensure their safety a song you're going to get reports now from london. it's a very busy time for self employed cleary appalled he use he's delivering twice as many packages them before the u.k. went into lockdown as well as the increased workload keeping safe is also a priority and that would usually involve using per

one's doctor trump says he has the white house doctor's approval he says he asked for it himself heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington. france and germany are proposing a relief fund of over $540000000000.00 to help europe recover from the pandemic their leaders held a video conference to discuss the initiative on monday the proposal suggested block members burrill the funds as a group that have been differences in europe over how to push forward with an economic relief plan but has more from power. well the leaders of france and germany say that the aim of this 545000000000 dollar recovery found is to try and help revive certain economic sectors in the european union certain member states countries regions that have been particularly badly affected by the coronavirus pandemic now the idea is that this money would be bored of the international markets now both emanuel mark kroll and angela merkel said that it was absolutely fundamental that the european union come together at this time and show solidarity with some member states that have really struggled over the past weeks and months and will

one's doctor trump says he has the white house doctor's approval he says he asked for it himself heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington. well as promised joining us again is our white house correspondent kimberly hocket kimberly the seeming advocacy for this drug from the president isn't news so do we know what's driving it and how how are people responding with. the u.s. president has long as you point out been an advocate of this very controversial drug how the white house is responding the press secretary early this morning speaking on national television once again underscore that this drug should not be taken without consultation with a doctor i think it's clear that the press office here is doing a little bit of damage control after the president's statements once again about this controversy all drug in his support of it knowing that when the president speaks people may listen and made choose to listen to the president instead of their own medical doctor so that is the latest statement from the white house press secretary at the timing of president trump taking this drug is very interestin

where friends will bring their own food and grandparents will watch grand kids play from a far heidi joe castro al-jazeera falls church virginia. for the 1st time in months pope francis has the liver of his son the blessing before a crowd in st peter's square there were several dozen people in the square they kept their distance from each other and many wore masks pope francis gave his message by internet from his library with people watching on large screens before he went to the window for the silent blessing for the past 3 months he blessed and the square. a 15 year old girl who peddled her injured father across india has been invited to try out for the national cycling team g.o.p. kumari carried her migrant worker father on her back on the back of her bicycle as she rode from google graham city near new delhi to their home village in the northeastern state of bihar a distance of about 1200 kilometers that took 7 days a family was left destitute when the coronavirus put her father a motorized rickshaw driver out of work amazing girl you can find out much more about that and everything else t