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techniques are being copied by a growing number of countries around the world, including singapore, south korea and irane state tools help in a pandemic and what are the potential pitfalls for privacy and freedom? 0ur cybersecurity reporter joe tidy explains. it all starts with this — a national id card. you need one to pretty much do anything in china. from buying a mobile phone to using any app, everything you do leaves a data trail linked back to your id. in areas in lockdown, phone location data is being used to monitor movement and enforce cu rfews. if a patient is meant to be in quarantine, geolocation pings on their phone can alert authorities if they stray out of their homes. phone location data is also being used to map exactly where that person visited in the two weeks before being diagnosed. a combination of human and automated computer analysis work out who they may have infected. if they went on a train and got too close to other commuters, a text message is sent out through one of the major apps, alerting those at risk. every person is being assigned a coloured qr code, depending on the ri

accompanied by a growing number of companies around the world —— countries, including singapore, south korea, and iranwhat are the potential pitfalls for privacy and freedom. 0ur cyber security reporterjoe, explains. this robot is disinfecting a subway train so humans don't have to. it isjust a subway train so humans don't have to. it is just one of the high—tech tools that china is using to fight the coronavirus, along with drones and facial recognition cameras. but what about the technology we can't see? china's sophisticated and controversial data surveillance system is used to track citizens on and off line. and it's proving extremely effective during the pandemic. the mass surveillance networks is taken the communist party decades to build. they faced new constant criticism from it around the world but as the world tries to get a grip on covid—19, many countries are looking to them for answers. here is how they are doing in south korea. are using your phone to locate where you are and then sending you an emergency alert if you are anywhere near where separate last patient has been. singapore, isr

techniques are being copied by a growing number of countries around the world, including singapore, south korea and iranools help in a pandemic and what are the potential pitfalls for privacy and freedom? 0ur cyber security reporter joe tidy explains. this robot is disinfecting a train so this robot is disinfecting a train so that humans don't have to do. it is one of the high—tech tools that china is using to fight the coronavirus, along with drones and facial recognition cameras. but what about the tech that we can't see? china's sophisticated and controversial data surveillance system is used to track citizens on and off—line. it is proving extremely effective during the pandemic. no mass surveillance network is taking up the communist party decades to build, they face a near co nsta nt party decades to build, they face a near constant criticism for it around the world. but as the world tries to get a grip on covid—19, many countries are looking to the model for answers. here is how they're doing it in south korea. they are using phones to locate where you are, and then they sent an emergency alert i

techniques are being copied by a growing number of countries around the world, including singapore, south korea and iranndemic, and what are the potential pitfalls for privacy and freedom? our cybersecurity reporter joe tidy explains. it all starts with this — a national id card. you need one to pretty much do anything in china. from buying a mobile phone to using any app, everything you do leaves a data trail linked back to your id. in areas in lockdown, phone location data is being used to monitor movement and enforce curfews. if a patient is meant to be in quarantine, geolocation pings on their phone can alert authorities if they stray out of their homes. phone location data is also being used to map exactly where that person visited in the two weeks before being diagnosed. a combination of human and automated computer analysis work out who they may have infected. if they went on a train and got too close to other commuters, a text message is sent out through one of the major apps, alerting those at risk. every person is being assigned a coloured qr code, depending on the risk they pose. green — no r

. >> this comes as existing travel restrictions remain in place in china, europe, the uk, south korea, iran and the agreement between the us, canada and mexico to extend restrictions on nonessential travel on shared borders, a federal judge in california ordering ice to consider the police follow immigrant detention who may be at greater risk from covid-19. as far as an executive order goes, it is safe to say we will see challenges soon. >> we will be watching this. >> the president vowing the us will hold its ground reopening the country amid the covid-19 fight. >> some states using restrictions this week as others show signs of the next possible hotspot. todd pyro live as the was inches closer to 800,000 cases. >> reporter: good morning. donald trump with a bold proclamation that we will win this two front battle defeating the virus while bringing back our country. >> we will have a resurgence at a time when millions of american workers and families are struggling with the financial consequences of the virus it is critical to continue the medical war while reopening the economy in a safe

companies in order not to work with iran and recently ran on health officials said that the united states treasury a lot. why you re. on the. virus testing by south korea to sell to iran and you won't want to pay for that it was not just a this is something practice this is happening to those personal protective equipment. but initially this was somehow problematic in the country in terms of finding some or. in this in fact things or some other things people it was something visible in the country but these days. a couple of days ago i saw it when a supermarket because find some of this impact then certainly was available and the prices are better and logic this time but on the other hand those let's say sanctions they have been them. on 2 aspects that is as you said on the p.p. . protecting him on his. yes and other side it has been related to those that say the economic resources the country it is to fight against the virus because iran has demanded for a loan from international monetary fund. a letter that you mentioned that a little bit earlier let me just go back to when and if this one guy. says what kind of american sting to hold the government

this as travel restrictions remain in place for china, europe and the uk, south korea and iran. the mood following yesterday's joint agreement between united states, canada and mÉxico to extend restrictions on nonessential travel across shared borders. protestors are openly defying social distancing guidelines to rally against coronavirus lockdown orders. across the country hundreds of people waved american flags and held up signs at demonstration in pennsylvania yesterday. protestors are slamming the state safety precautions as act of tyranny. similar demonstration in maine. and in georgia governor brian kemp allowing businesses to reopen, gyms, barbershops, nail salons can open asals as friday. restaurants and movie theaters can open next year. new york governor andrew cuomo with meet with president trump at the white house to discuss state's response of coronavirus pandemic. the two have had contentionous relationship, more than 14,000 people have died in new york city. the epicenter of the outbreak. cuomo is also calling on the federal government to pay 50% bonuses for front

as white could reopen it have been more than 5700 coronavirus related deaths in iran in almost 90500 infections. south korea has confirmed 10 new cases of the coronavirus over the past 24 hours marking the 9th straight day that it has reported fewer than 20 new infections so has begun lifting social restrictions with large churches reopening after the government relaxed limits on religious gatherings south korea previously had asia's largest number of infections outside of china problem fright has more now from the capital seoul where catholics have been attending mass for the 1st time since social restrictions were introduced. it's nearly 2 months since the catholic church and other churches here in south korea decided it was simply too risky to hold normal services instead holding masses on line and it's only now all of these weeks on that the catholic church has decided it is safe to reopen its churches but only under the strictest of precautions we're at the main cathedral in seoul can normally have a congregation of up to $1000.00 but only a quarter of that number of being allowed in for each mass i di

south korea is the top of the class. considering this one data point. we'll get to the bottom of the class, iran. ing this up because williams points out stunning similarities between countries with the best and worst responses including the ones in the middle south korea had their first case in late january. we're using the hopkins numbers everybody respects took 32 days for the virus to peak in early march. from there the number of new cases declined dramatically, okay took about 12 days for the spread to plummet to extremely low levels how are things in south korea now? do you know last week they held an election with the highest turnout in decades the new normal is not the old normal everyone has to wear masks and gloves and have their temperature taken. they have special polling stations for anyone who shows up what a fever i'll take this regimen according to williams, this inter lewd lasted two months these are actual charts of this. what about countries where the outbreak got really bad? i'd argue the united states is following the path of italy. yeah, difficult trajectory check out the new

people had died but 90 percent of those infected with hiv 19 were in just 4 countries china south korea italy and iran a month later much has changed the number of known infections is approaching 2000000 across more than 180 countries and around 100000 people have died the united states has more confirmed cases than any other country wealthy nations with sophisticated health care systems have struggled to contain the virus so what chances that the millions of people in poor countries with far fewer resources. most governments have decided for now at least drastic measures are necessary to save lives no matter the cost many have implemented unprecedented lockdowns to slow the spread of the virus so health care systems are overwhelmed the aim is to flatten the curve that means preventing a huge surge of new cases in a very short period of time china has done it you can see the malt here in purple and in italy and. spain the number of you confirmed cases has been trending downwards raising hopes the worst is a compare that to the united states and the u.k. where the number of new cases has been going up

. >> this is existing travel restrictions mean in place for china, europe south korea and iran and an agreement between the us, canada and mexico to extend agreements on nonessential travel across shared borders. in other news but what related a federal judge in california is ordering ice to consider the release of all immigrants in detention who may be at greater risk of dying from covid-19. see how that goes. as far as executive order goes, rest assured we will likely see one soon. shannon: donald trump sally of the us will hold its ground reopening the country amid the covid-19 pandemic. >> some cds restrictions of others show signs of the next possible hotspots, the us inches closer to 800,000 cases. >> reporter: great to see you, donald trump with the bold proclamation that we win this two front battle defeating the virus while bringing back our country. >> we will have a resurgence. at a time when millions of american workers and families are struggling with financial consequences of the virus it is critical to continue the medical war while reopening the economy in a safe and r

couple of weeks and a decline in cases, and that‘s the impact of the travel bans on italy, iran and south koreaven‘t they, in australia, than in other countries? they have, they have been a bit by bit approach, and schools are still open. so it is a partial social distancing. so, what explains the relative success of australia in dealing with the virus, is it due, for example, to the lower population density in some parts of the country? i don't think so, because most of the population is still concentrated in the coastal cities. sydney is a city of nearly 7 million people, for example. so, i think it is more that we have had strong border control and travel bans. the social distancing impact we will start to see in the next few weeks, it is still a bit early to see the impact of the social distancing. 0f see the impact of the social distancing. of course, the easter weekend is a concern and the crew ship mishap with the ruby princess, also, we may see the fallout from that in the coming weeks. —— the cruise ship. so, from what you're saying, you believe the travel bans, controls on people movi

people had died but 90 percent of those infected with hiv 19 were in just 4 countries china south korea italy and iran a month later much has changed the number of known infections is approaching 2000000 across more than 180 countries and around 100000 people have died the united states has more confirmed cases than any other country wealthy nations with sophisticated health care systems have struggled to contain the virus so what chances that the millions of people in poor countries with far fewer resources. most governments have decided to now at least drastic measures on necessary to save lives no matter the cost many have implemented unprecedented lockdowns to slow the spread of the virus so health care systems are overwhelmed the aim is to flatten the curve that means preventing a huge surge of new cases in a very short period of time china has done it you can see the malt here in purple and in italy and. spain the number of you confirmed cases has been trending downwards raising hopes the worst is compare that to the united states and the u.k. where the number of new cases has been going up almo

people had died but 90 percent of those infected with hiv 19 were in just 4 countries china south korea italy and iran a month later much has changed the number of known infections is approaching 2000000 across more than 180 countries and around 100000 people have died the united states has more confirmed cases than any other country wealthy nations with sophisticated health care systems have struggled to contain the virus so what chances that the millions of people in poor countries with far fewer resources. most governments have decided to now at least drastic measures on necessary to save lives no matter the cost many have implemented unprecedented lockdowns to slow the spread of the virus so health care systems are overwhelmed the aim is to flatten the curve that means preventing a huge surge of new cases in a very short period of time china has done it you can see that malt here in purple and in italy and. spain the number of you confirmed cases has been trending downwards raising hopes the worst is over compare that to the united states and the u.k. where the number of new cases has been going u

by late february, however, there's south korea, there's italy, there's iran, all reporting thousands of cases, and now, here, watch what happens, at the beginning of march, look at the speed at which the u.s. epidemic starts to take off. by the end of march, we have surpassed everyone, and from that point on, cases in the u.s. continue to grow with astonishing speed, by the thousands, and then by the tens of thousands, and nobody is even close. that, that is the proof in the pudding. that is the data that shows a failed national response. the worst failed national response on earth. how our response is an international disaster, because of the way our unchecked unmitigated spread of the virus now dominates the pandemic worldwide. and dominates the human prevalence of this virus on earth. patchwork. late. denialist. fantasist. uncoordinated. inept. unscientific confusion in national policy leads to this. leads to a run-away disaster. i mean we do have to build on the few places that have been getting it right in our country and learn from them. and we need to support the places that a

developments in the pandemic south korea has reported only 10 new cases it's 26 straight day below 100 officials are now discussing reopening schools amid these slowing caseload iran plans to reopen mosques in parts of the country where there are no registered cases of the infection us president has declared the daily coronavirus briefings as not worth the time and effort both weekend briefings were canceled after a backlash over his comments on injecting disinfectant to treat 19 patients and formula one motor racing plans to start its filleted 2020 season in july with spectators formula one balsa say the 1st problem for he will take place in austria with the finale and abu dhabi in december. a quick look at some other stories making headlines around the world today british prime minister boris johnson is back at downing street after recovering from coverage 19 the country to keep going with the virus lock down as his government weighs the dilemma of how to safely reopen the economy the united kingdom is one of the world's worst hit nations with almost $21000.00 khurana coronavirus deaths. a top south korean security official says north korean leader kim jong un i

the number of satellites in the air from countries like china south korea india we've seen a number of countries get into the satellite game iran does not want to be left behind money is made by to satellites through telecommunications and we're likely to see that iran illustrating that it can launch its own rocket and own satellite into space will start marketing that we're likely to see it suggest other countries that it can undercut the cost of launching rockets and satellites into space and do so for other allies and other nations. with that developing story out of iran today thank you. all sort or yemen or a disaster area has been declared in the southern port city of aden after it was hit by flash flooding the prime minister is asking for foreign help people including children were killed when heavy rain inundated streets and homes this report from charleville us. it was a desperate attempt to stop this couple being swept away strangers mixed into the streets in central aden fighting to proofread the current. thinking. it is rainy season in yemen but with neglected infrastructure the water makes its own path through the c

europe, the u.k., south korea, and iran. and it follows yesterday's joint agreement between the u.s., canada, and mexico to extend restrictions on nonessential travel across our shared borders. meanwhile, a federal judge in california yesterday ordered ice to rapidly review and consider the release of all immigrants in detention who may be at greater risk from covid-19. now, as far as this new executive order coming, we will see. one legal challenge is against. safe to say some will certainly come. brian, ainsley, steve? brian: yeah. it's going to be interestin intg griff. more sentiment people worry about our borders not only to the north where canada and u.s.s. have shut down the border to the south where the u.s. and mexican leaders have agreed we have got to contain this virus and crack down on the border never before. not something asking the government to take great strides to change policies with. and when 16 people test positive with the coronavirus coming across our southern border. have you it think about texas, ne

the penn demick a south korea has reported only 10 new cases its 26th straight day below 100 and officials are now discussing reopening schools and of the slowing infection rate iran plans to reopen mosques and parts of the country where there are no registered cases of the infection scientists in hong kong say they have developed a new spray on coating that can protect services they get surfaces rather against the virus and other pathogens for up to 90 days and australia says more than 1000000 people have downloaded an app that's aimed at speeding up contact tracing and containing new outbreaks of the virus while the economy reopens. now to some other stories making headlines a top south korean security official says north korean leader kim jong un is alive and well emphasizing that seoul has detected no unusual movements in north korea rumors have been swirling about kim's health amid unconfirmed reports he was seriously ill following heart surgery and hundreds of cuban doctors have arrived in south africa to help the country's fight against covert 19 the team will spend the next 14 days in quarantine before being deployed to different provinces cuba has dispatc

pandemic south korea has reported only 10 new cases in the last 24 hours it's the 26th straight day below $100.00 officials are now discussing reopening schools amid the slowing caseload iran plans to reopen mosques in parts of the country where there are no registered coronavirus cases italy reported $260.00 more deaths on sunday but that's the smallest daily tally since march 14th the country plans to allow factories and building sites reopen starting may 4th british prime minister boris johnson is due to resume work today johnson had spent the past 2 weeks at his country residence recovering from 19. quick look at some of the stories making headlines today a top south korean security official says north korean leader kim jong il is alive and well emphasizing that seoul has detected no one usual movements in north korea rumors have been swirling about kim's health after unconfirmed reports he was seriously ill following heart surgery. italy's prime minister says some lockdown restrictions will be loosened starting may 4th people will be allowed to do more sports and exercise near their homes decepticon to also promised italians they would soon be allowed to stroll in par

techniques are being accompanied by a growing countries around the world, including singapore, south korea, and iran disinfecting a subway train so humans don't have to. it's just one of the high—tech tools that china's using to fight the coronavirus, along with drones and facial recognition cameras. but what about the tech we can't see? china's sophisticated and controversial data surveillance system is used to track citizens on and offline. and it's proving extremely effective during the pandemic. the mass surveillance network has taken the communist party decades to build. they faced near constant criticism for it around the world, but as the world tries to get a grip on covid—19, many countries are looking to the model for answers. here's how they are doing it in south korea. they're using your phone to locate where you are and then sending you an emergency alert if you are anywhere near where a confirmed coronavirus patient has been. singapore, israel, iran, taiwan and russia have all adopted some or all of the chinese methods to temporarily harness the power of data. more expected to follow. s

south korea 243 have died. well there are also plans to reopen some last 6 in parts of iran deemed free of coronavirus the government will start labeling regions even white yellow or red depending on the number of deaths or infections mosques and white cern's will be able to resume services iranians have already returned to shops and bazaars as the government tries to stimulate its better to commie the country's president says regions will be classified on a case by case basis. still ahead on al-jazeera bodies and bathrooms victims not properly identified we talk to a health worker in ecuador where hospitals are overwhelmed. and brazil's president i have both in our faces fresh personally as one of his sons is accused of spreading fake news it's. hello this is slightly better weather conditions across central and southern areas of china have had a couple of days now where the rains have been much lighter and you can see this massive cloud heading towards japan and actual the rain with this system really is staying well off towards the east that does me because still see one or 2 scottish chance but nothing particula

iran reserve are observing the fasting month of ramadan. so coronavirus developments for you from around the world starting in south korea which was one of the worst hit countries in asia but there is good news for the 1st time in 2 months health officials there have reported no new infections no new domestic infections since the outbreak in february it means the total sits at. just over 10700 cases and 247 deaths according to johns hopkins university in britain though the number of deaths has jumped at more than 26000 now after the government started to include fatalities in places like care homes for the elderly what it means is that the u.k. now has the 2nd highest number of fatalities in europe after italy but some positive news about a possible treatment coming out of the u.s. officials say they are seeing progress in trials of the antiviral drug via the mortality rate is reported to have dropped from 11 and a half percent to 8 and america's top advisor on the pandemic dr anthony fauci says the average recovery time has gone down from 15 days to 11 although with 31 percent improvement doesn't seem like a knock out 100 percent it is a ve

developments in the pandemic south korea has reported only 10 new cases its 26th straight day below 100 cases officials are now discussing reopening schools amid the slowing caseload iran plans to reopen mosques in parts of the country where there are no registered cases of the infection us president has declared the daily coronavirus briefings as not worth the time and effort both weekend briefings were cancelled after a backlash over his comments on injecting disinfectant and using a light to treat coverage 900 patients british prime minister boris johnson is due to resume work today and johnson had spent the past 2 weeks at home recovering from . 3rd now let's catch up on some other stories making headlines around the world today a top south korean security official says north korean leader kim jong il is alive and well emphasizing that seoul has detected no one usual movements in north korea rumors have been swirling about kim's health after unconfirmed reports he received ill following heart surgery. hundreds of cuban doctors have arrived in south africa to help the country's fight against kovan 19 the team will spend the next 14 days in quarantine for being deplo

developments in the pandemic south korea has reported only 10 new cases it's 26th straight day below 100 officials are now discussing reopening schools of the slowing infection rate iran plans to reopen mosques and parts of the country where there are no registered cases of the infection scientists in hong kong say they've developed a new spray on coating that can protect surfaces against the corona virus and other parts pathogens for up to 90 days and australia says more than 1000000 people have downloaded an app that is aimed at speeding up contact tricks and containing new outbreaks of the virus while the economy reopens. now to some other stories making headlines hundreds of cuban doctors have arrived in south africa to help the country's fight against code 19 the team will spend the next 14 days in quarantine before being deployed to different provinces cuba has dispatched more than 1200 health care workers around the world new zealand's prime minister just into art and says the country has won the battle against a widespread transmission of the corona virus health officials have recorded only one new case in the past 24 hours new zealand is set to ease a 5 week

south korea was next to see a sharp rise. but by the middle of march the global picture changed. italy was hit hard, along with iran then spain. and then a huge rise in cases in the us. all these countries were ramping up testing at these times too. so a million is obviously a huge number, and presents an important milestone. but i think what we need to remember is that these are the numbers of diagnosed cases. and in fact the unknown, the amount of people who haven't had a test to know that they're infected, is obviously likely to be much greater than that. so my worry, really, is what this means globally. and we're keeping an eye on many other countries around the world, especially for example africa, where some of the case numbers are really beginning to creep up. we have seen what happens when this virus hits countries with relatively strong health systems. in europe and the us, medics have been overwhelmed. there are grave concerns about what will happen in countries with far weaker healthcare facilities. south africa currently has the largest outbreak on the continent, with more than 1,400 known cases. smalle