speak to rob mcbride he joins us now from seoul so rob do the lack of new cases in daegu indicate the crisis is ending for south korea. it is certainly been a week of milestones for the 1st time since the peak of the crisis we saw the number of new daily infections drop for the 1st time below 50 and now we have it dropping below shirty for the 1st time and of course the most important set figure this week i think for many people here will be the fact that there have been 0 new cases in daegu itself daegu as you recall was the epicenter of this outbreak a mysterious cluster largely centered on the congregants of a particular church that quickly spread then to very vulnerable populations in nursing homes and hospitals and one point was then these cases were appearing all across south korea and there was a very real concern at the end of february that this thing was going to get completely out of control but i think it is a testimony to the work that's been done here in the organ all of the testing and the active tracing of cases that all of these weeks on still the vast majority of case

, financial advisor with the mcbride group. i wish we were talking under other circumstances. but we are just seeing these steep, sudden job losses week after week, is there any precedent for this, and how much worse do you think it gets?>> there is no precedent, we've lost about 10% of the workforce, it's just an unimaginable number. i went back and looked and even during the great recession, the amount of job loss was just under 9 million, and all this is happening within a period of weeks so it's really extraordinary. and as tom vacar's story talked about, we are just getting crushed, and the number one area getting hit is hospitality, things like that.>> so, where do we see the unemployment figures going in the next couple of weeks, keeping in mind, as you just eluded to, it was only back in february where we had unlimited figures that were right around 3% in this country and things were just humming along. where do you think we see those unemployment numbers going in the next couple of weeks and months? >> they will go hig

for more let's bring in james mcbride, financial advisor with the mcbride group. james, it is always good to have you on here. obviously the job losses continue to mount, how much longer do you think until we reach the bottom, and until people stop applying? >> unfortunately i was doing some research this afternoon and i saw a report on the labor department. they expect the number to go up to about 23%. that's of employable persons being unemployed. to put that into perspective, there was about a 10% unemployment rate in the great recession, we are about 60% now. if it goes to 23%, we will be bitingly close to great depression numbers, which was 25% unemployment. so i'm afraid it will only go up in the foreseeable future.>> we've already wiped out all of the jobs we've added since the great recession about a decade ago. with these huge numbers of people out of work, and obviously a whole lot more people will join the ranks of the unemployed in the country, how much do you worry about there being a backlog in delays in terms of getting people financial help and get

longtime measures were introduced at the start of the coronavirus pandemic let's go straight to rob mcbride in seoul for a so another sign of life returning to normal in south korea. i think people here in south korea do regard this as yet another hopeful optimistic indication it's been now nearly 2 months since the catholic church and other churches here decided it was simply too risky to hold services instead having masses held on line and it's only now many weeks on a south korea seems to think that the worst is behind it that the numbers are controlled that. organizations like the catholic church feel it is safe enough to hold masses on a sunday once more which is what they do and we are here at the main cathedral in seoul one mass is just come to an end and people are turning up for the next mass this cathedral can hold a congregation of up to a 1000 but only around a quarter of that number of being allowed in for each mass and in order to be part of that 260 people you have to turn up here early you go to a line or to another building where you are given a number and also your details

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mcbride has been following the story joins us now on skype from seoul in south korea so to what extent does the country now shut down. well certainly it. is going to affect the. effect is in a city state of emergency has been declared it is in the capital tokyo the 2nd city osaka and also 5 other prefectures where a number of the governors had been calling for these measures to be airports in place what it does it empowers these governors to take special measures if they feel faint that they need to in order to tackle the spiraling numbers of new infections for example they can request that people stay indoors it is still only a crest they it's is meant to be a fallen tree response from the public and it's unclear as to whether they are authorities actually have any penalties they can impose so it is all a question must go he's a suspect took. these badges. and things like stop the public gatherings if they feel fit also more importantly perhaps if it continues to deteriorate then they could direct position buildings and plans to create emergency hospitals also representation things li

is a standstill because of the pandemic but the government says it's looking ahead and sound zeros mcbride now reports. about to start its maiden voyage to europe the world's biggest container ship loading at the port of busan able to carry 24000 containers she's the 1st of 12 ships intended to make south korea one of the world's leading shippers but the giant vessels were ordered in 2018 well before anyone had heard of cove it 19 or so back where you all don't know about those are big bestsellers everybody just said simulation maybe a market. is as part of the kitchen right we have we know good histories to every year how much passant you know grow by bally crease so based on their concept we all don't always want to sell the however to change to tell a difference global shipping has been hit badly with predictions of a world recession lasting months or even years and then there's the longer term prospect of countries restructuring industries that will further hurt trade but south korea is trying to look beyond this pandemic to a future recovery why is from the recent lesson of the past i

since law don measures were introduced at the start of the coronavirus pandemic and speak to rob mcbride in seoul for us so rob it seems another sign of life returning to normal in soccer. i think that's how many people here in south korea would regard this that it is another indication of things returning to something like normalcy after but it has been a very long road it's almost 2 months since churches like the catholic church decided it was simply too risky to hold masses and services instead preferring to hold services on line and it's only now this sunday that the catholic church has decided it is safe for people to come back to churches but only under the most stringent of precautions we're at the main cathedral here in seoul it's able to take a congregation of up to $1000.00 people but the congregation for each mass is around about a quarter of that only 260 people are being allowed in for each service and older to get into the cathedral you have to turn up early you have to take a number when all of your details are taken who you are where you could be contacted in case there i

proven is that a drug can block this virus will return to that shortly but i want to start with rob mcbride in seoul as we say no new domestic cases i believe there have been some that have come into the country but still given where south korea was this is quite a milestone. absolutely kamau yes yes for the 1st time no new a local transmission people have been expecting this milestone for some time now for about the past week and a half we've been getting daily figures of new cases of around 10 or so sometimes down in single digits and again most of those cases as we know have been people coming in from abroad and in the latest numbers we have 4 new cases but those were all people coming into south korea so for the very 1st time no new cases of local transmission which when you compare it with the peak of the outbreak here 2 months ago the end of february we were seeing figures of 900 plus new cases being recorded every day so it is something of an achievement as always though the authorities here are urging caution especially at the moment because we have quite a busy time here in south k

drug can block this virus so let's look at the situation in south korea which you mention has robbed mcbride and so. it's just thinking and we talked about the peak in february which seems like so long ago it's actually you know a couple of months ago and such a different picture. that's right we've been expecting to reach this milestone for some time now and finally we have now reached it at this point yes we've been expecting in the last week and a half or so we've been seeing numbers of around 10 new cases per day being reported sometimes down and to single digits and we know that most of these cases have been coming from abroad people arriving into south korea the latest figures show that there have been 4 new cases of but all of those cases have been from abroad so for the very 1st time we have no cases of local transmission so it is something of an achievement you have to say when you compare it to the height of the outbreak here the end of february south korea was reporting something like $900.00 plus cases every day so to get it down to this has been a real achievement of the governm

early stages of the current virus pandemic services are being held with strikes precautions as rob mcbride explains from seoul . it's almost 2 months since churches like the catholic church decided it was simply too risky to hold masses and services instead preferring to hold services on line and it's only now this sunday that the catholic church has decided it is safe for people to come back to churches but only under the most stringent of precautions we're at the main cathedral here in seoul it's able to take a congregation of up to a 1000 people but the congregation for each mass is around about a quarter of that only $260.00 people are being allowed in for each service and the older to get into the cathedral you have to turn up early you have to take a number when all of your details are taken who you are where you could be contacted in case there is a case of infection they will know exactly who is in each congregation it's all part of the contact tracing that the south koreans seem to be so expert at then you have to line up a 2nd time to get into the cathedral with the usual precaut

of emergency over coronavirus spawning dollars a month of restrictions on tuesday as made to rob mcbride about this is in seoul south korea rob japan clearly struggling to rein in and then make. that's right increasing concerns just about the scale of the problem they are facing of one law prefectly i.e. cheap prefecture which is right in the middle are of japan and it in cocoa price the major city of de golyer now asking to join the list of the cities in prefectures where they can impose the state of emergency powers they're concerned about a spike in that particular prefecture and it does seem at times as though some cities and areas of japan of all concerned about this outbreak than at times the central government of japan seems to be and you see that in some of the tension between prime minister shinzo out day and the municipal government of tokyo where you have the governor yuri cocoa ek asking for far more businesses to be added to the list of those that she can order to be shut down as part of its measures against the spread of the virus than the governments of japan and it seems

financial advisor james mcbride. we appreciate you for coming in. >> thank you. >> more than 1 million americans tested positive for the coronavirus, the outbreak is not contained. ths not stopping governors to relax social distancing guidelines. experts are warning of a big uptick in cases. a new clinical study is giving doctors new hope. the drug rundown is here is proving effective fighting the worst symptoms. i was ready to die. this thing saved my life and now i'm willing to fight again made by the bay area based gilead sciences is not a cure but the clinical trial shows the drug left to lesser deaths. >>> using uv technology to grow the coronavirus. the potential advantages and disadvantages to using this technology to keep people healthy. >>> los angeles becomes the first major u.s. city to offer free testing to all residents. we will talk with an expert about the impact of opening testing centers to the broader population. >>> a bit of sunshine this afternoon and the wind is back as well. we will let you know

the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic services are being held with strict precautions as rob mcbride reports from seoul. it's almost 2 months since churches like the catholic church decided it was simply too risky to hold masses and services instead preferring to hold services online and it's only now this sunday that the catholic church has decided it is safe for people to come back to churches but only under the most stringent of precautions we're at the main cathedral here in seoul it's able to take a congregation of up to a 1000 people but the congregation for each mass is around about a quarter of that only $260.00 people are being allowed in for each service and the older to get into the cathedral you have to turn up early you have to take a number when all of your details are taken who you are where you could be contacted in case there is a case of infection they will know exactly who is in each congregation it's all part of the contact tracing that the south koreans seem to be so expert at then you have to line up a 2nd time to get into the cathedral with the usual precaution

now to talk about the markets and the latest 484 billion-dollar coronavirus relief bill, is james mcbride of the managing director of the right group. thank you so much for joining us. let's start with this. i want to start with the latest on the stimulus bill. what is the newest stimulus bill mean for businesses and what does it mean for the employees of those businesses? >> first of all, it is a significant amount of money. $484 billion, the largest chunk of that, there to 20 billion is for the payroll protection program. this is a terrific program that is heading directly at workers. the idea is to ensure their income for eight weeks. another $75 billion is for hospitals and another 25 billion is for testing. so it is a very aggressive program by congress and there really focusing on workers, which is impressive. and that is going to be more, congress is already talking about the phase 4 stimulus where there focused on state and local governments, and really, ramping up on the infrastructure side for things like road projects and expanding broadband. very aggressive by congress, very e

. >> joining us now is our economic expert james mcbride. so those oil prices recovered slightly after dropping into negative territory for the first time ever yesterday. the president of the petroleum association said i am living a nightmare. so are we looking at a lot of people losing their jobs and how important is the oil industry to our overall economy? >> the oil industry is huge and a lot of people will lose their jobs. it's a very difficult situation. what you have is in the oil industry you have the very large mega cap corporations like chevron and exxon mobil. it will be tough but they will make it. in fact today where we have that dow, s&p and nasdaq all down, exxon mobil and chevron will go down but not as much is the major industries. the small public it will be very tough but a little lower than that and look at the independent gas and oil companies, there is a prediction that maybe 90 percent of those will go bankrupt. >> like today the u.s. senate passed it nearly $500 billion relief bill with more than 300 billion going to h

the german general whose name was general balck requested a meeting with general mcbride of the 80th infantry division. the reason he wanted the meeting, he wanted to be assured that his men who were on one side of the river would be able to get across to the american zone. as you well know, churchill, stalin and roosevelt divided europe up, which was probably a big mistake. the russian zone ended at the river. mcbride told the german general, as long as you can get your men over here by midnight, may 9th, they are safe. anybody after that, you cannot cross the river anymore. the german general was only concerned about his men, because he also had two divisions -- he had a ukrainian division and he had a division of ss hungarians. he didn't much care about them one way or the other. what happened at that point, from may 14 to may 17, we pulled guard duty with the russians. we were on one side of the river and they were on the other side. the russians, their uniforms are different than our uniforms, of course. they had on their left arm, they had wound stripes in red. we had overseas

>>keep her to feel because of the >>this little boy 6 year-old tristen fletcher mcbride use around givingeighbors specially painted rocks rocks that he paint people continue to shelter in place and he paints each one with a smiley face he also brngs a note reminding people to smile. he says he was inspired by similar project in his classroom. and you can nominate somebody in your community doing something nice you can go to kron 4 dot com slash futures slash kron 4 heroes. sports has taken a back seat of course dung the pandemic but a lot of local athles continue to trade kron four'jason dumas talk pacifica native and nfl draft hopeful about what he's going through for the biggest job interview of his career. >>from terra nova high school. the san francisccity college to washington state univrsity. anthony gordon is on the ink of the professional ceer that he has always dreamed up since he was a d growing up in pacifica >>very blessed be in the position i am now an opportunity do something nobody ahigh schools ever done in ways be a professional athlete. his numbers, pop right out at you.

my question to doctor mcbride.rdination with the re st of manages the coordination with the rest of the uk that you touched upon earlier? and the republic of ireland? i think that it is crucially important that we do that and that has been working its removal. as gregor and frank has already mentioned, there are very close relation with ourselves. and public health departments across the united kingdom. that is the case in relation to interface with my counterpart who is the chief medical 0fficer counterpart who is the chief medical officer in the republic of ireland. between our public health agency in northern ireland and the health capacity of the executive in the republic of ireland. certainly, we have also had five cmo calls, which have also had five cmo calls, which have included at least three or four occasions doctor houlihan in munication with ourselves discussing issues like such as the air at the paris is behaving, how the epidemic is evolving —— how the virus is behaving. and the different phases ofa be

the disease in their own country the government is now looking to repair economic damage wrought mcbride reports from the southern port city of tucson. about to start its maiden voyage to europe the world's biggest container ship loading at the port of busan able to carry 24000 containers she's the 1st of 12 ships intended to make south korea one of the world's leading shippers but the giant vessels were ordered in 2018 well before anyone had heard of cove it 19 clear so back of any order about those are big vessels everybody trusts simulation maybe a market or engrosses is as part of the kitchen we have leno good histories to every year how much passant you know global balam increase so based on their concept we all don't always or esle the however to change to tell a difference global shipping has been hit badly with predictions of a world recession lasting months or even years and then there's the longer term prospect of countries restructuring industries that will further hurt trade but south korea is trying to look beyond this pandemic to a future recovery wise from the recent lesso

a tremendous relief for michael mcbride who waited more than two years for a kidney transplant michael, how crucial is this surgery for you? >> i would die without it wife chris will be his donor. they have been approved two weeks before houston shut down. their surgery now likely to happen this summer. >> it's joyful to know we're on the way and that this is it. >> reporter: tonight a new reminder of the risk from the virus. tyson foods shutting down a plant in iowa because too many employees were staying home blayne alexander, nbc news, atlanta. >> reporter: i'm miguel almaguer tonight as our nation grapples how and when to reopen the country, this warning from the director of the cdc, a second wave of the coronavirus outbreak in the fall could be even more difficult than the current national epidemic because it would come at the opening of flu season today, the president calling the interview into question saying the cdc director was misquoted. but many experts believe the virus will surge again. >> the issue that i was talking about about being more difficult is that we're going to

literary legend james mcbride, a modern-day mark twain by the new york times but his latest novel, his last novel won the national book award for fiction and author of the 1995 classic the color of water, a black man as tribute to his wife's mother, one of the best memoirs of a generation, mcbride is back with a hilarious late 60s brooklyn featuring an eclectic group of individuals, on thursday, march 5th, tickets are through event bright and we feature a wonderful memoir on monday march 9th. and a look at the childhood and the unsung backbone of our country in conversation with united way's michael will go and will be held down the street at gramercy books. we are thrilled to feature jerry mitchell to hear about his great story bringing to justice, the crimes of the civil rights era. the reporter reopens the civil rights era and the historian, python jeffries, tickets are available. you will be hearing about women geniuses. even in times of rethinking women's roles, we define genius almost exclusively through mail achievement. most people mention albert einstein, janice kaplan decided

this is 6 year-old triston fletcher mcbride and he has been gifting his neighbors special painted rocks and messages of hope while they all shelter in place they just dropping off on the doorstep tristan and his mom to call stopped by our morning show today to talk about how they came up with this idea and how many rocks he has already passed out. >>wow real so nicole it did you help them with this idea or did he just come up that i'm visit to start doing it came home from school. >>i think he was inspired because we've been walking our neighborhood and seeing the bears no went down just started in our community and and a lot of communities where the children can walk in people for there's no wind down not a bear hunt, so i think he. >>we're walking taking a walk one day and he saw this and just hey mom i want to make people smile let's pick up some up so we've got some rocks are locked in we've got home and he started painting and says he hasn't stopped. >>and you can nominate a person in your community who is doing great things to help others go to kron 4 dot com slash features slash

of having a real large outbreak that it will eventually be chasing thank you for that that is rob mcbride there find developments from song. for the 1st time since the pandemic began china has reported no new dish from covert 19 and in the past 24 hours only 32 cases have been confirmed all people who returned from overseas while what was once the epicenter will harm will soon begin lifting its lockdown entirely so it can't joins us now live from hong kong for more sara obviously this is really good news and i'm wondering what the pros this is for lifting these lockdowns of people going to be tracked how are they making sure there's not a 2nd wave. we're looking at the scenario when i put life the lockdown the full lockdown will be lifted across the city of woodhead of course this is a city of 11000000 people this is the epicenter of the crime the virus outbreak the lockdown has been partially lifted over the last week and a half or so where people have been allowed to return to will hand but they have been allowed to leave and the day that that lockdown was partially lifted we had $60000

. >> reporter: near orlando, florida, nurse kyle mcbride has been living separately from his wife and four kids for weeks already. >> we all need to lock arms and join as a community and be united so we can get this virus over with and we can get back to our normal lives. we leon hernandez is leaving her husband and three young children for two months to travel to new york to help hospital workers there. >> we talked about should i just stay here and wait until the need is greater in minnesota, but one thing that i think pushed mehe need is so great in new york. >> we call her the -- she's the superhero. that he ever like, she's not a real superhero, dad. i'm like, yes she is, she's a super nurse. >> a hero indeed. and leona is heading to new york later this week. >>> british prime minister boris johnson is in the hospital ten days after being diagnosed with the virus. he's undergoing further tests after suffering from persistent symptoms including a high temperature. the news came shortly after queen elizabeth's rare address to the nation last night. >> i'm speaking to you at what i

cities near the border are introducing strict quarantine for incoming travelers more now from rob mcbride in seoul on those apparent re infections in south korea. it is a worrying development this is a phenomenon that epidemiologists in the center of disease control here have been studying for quite a while the months this large population of people here who got sick towards the end of february beginning of march who got the virus who with their not treated in hospital or treated at home and some 7000 of those people have recovered and as part of their their own going treatments they have gradually been retested and worryingly there has been this trend of finding now more than 100 cases amongst this population of several 1000 people who have tested positive again so these were people who were clear and they had had tests either in hospital look at clinics at testing centers it proved to be negative and more than 100 now 3 have now tested positive 7 questions here for the experts is what is causing this is this a reinfection that people coming into contact with a carrier and getting the in

distancing south korea has seen more than 10000 infections and more than $220.00 deaths alive now to run mcbride who's at a polling station in sol so tell us more about these restrictions that are in place how's it all going well. that's very well voting is well underway here and we are waiting to see just what's going to result from this this poll but as you mentioned there the rest of the world seems to be watching to see south korea handle this this is the 1st developed nation really to be holding an election in the middle of a pandemic a number of other countries territories in the previous weeks and months of postponed or canceled elections south korea something of a reputation to upkeep it is never actually cancelled a previous election even during the korean war it managed to hold an election in 1952 arguably some of those earlier polls before democracy was introduced here in 1980 were fraught with vote rigging and so on but nonetheless there is a reputation here and it does seem as though south korea is not going to let the coronavirus interfere with this election but there are a number

virus pandemic many voters see it as a referendum on the government's handling of the crisis rob mcbride reports from seoul. as soon as polls opened it became clear people were turning out in large numbers if they were worried after weeks of social distancing they didn't seem to show it. i think they're doing it quite safely i think they're taking measurements they're doing it quite right. there koreans and people around the world are equally concerned but we shouldn't cancel we should hold elections regardless 2 days of early voting last week so record numbers of voters including coronavirus patients able to vote in specially segregated polling stations special arrangements are also being made for the thousands of south koreans currently in self quarantine to leave their homes and vote so long as they're not showing symptoms at the end of regular polling some stations are being kept open just for that. this outbreak has changed the way candidates campaign and what they're campaigning on. the issue of north korea has been significant in all elections until now tell young ho used to be th

rob mcbride has more on how the measures taken by the south korean government are impacting the president's popularity. 1st of all industrialists scale screening literally thousands of tests being carried out just to get the authorities here a real good picture of exactly where the infections are and where it must direct its resources that has been it has also been very good at introducing her missing new technology for example people arriving at ports of entry here into south korea have had to download apps are led to vices which keep tabs on their location within south korea and also they have to interact with that application to say that they are healthy and if you don't interact then you are followed up by officials it is all very labor intensive work but it is all very necessary and seems to have produced results and we are likely to see that in the elections that are now going to be taking place in the next week or so it has to be said with under extreme precautions that people's health is not impacted people have to wear disposable gloves when they go in to handle ballot papers to ke

survive this pandemic but ensuring it comes through with the means to make it prosper wants more mcbride al-jazeera to sun child protection agencies are worried millions of children around the long down in nature are at risk of domestic violence 7 charities are asking governments to prioritize the safety of children who may be in danger many asian nations including india and singapore have reported sharp rises in domestic violence during the pandemic and in this roy chowdhury is director of programs and policy at save the children india he says child protection services are reporting a record number of young people calling in for help. i think this is an unprecedented time and to be very honest none of us have seen anything like this before we have now noticed that in the last if you if you compare the pre lockdown period and and the current scenario there is a rise of 50 percent in terms of domestic violence against children through our child which is a government mechanism where children can record you know their complaints over the telephone call the telephone number being 10998 and t

the last one month more than 100 people have died there have been more than 4500 confirmed cases of mcbride is monitoring developments from seoul in south korea. it basically allows the governors in those places a number of governors including the governor of tokyo ripping us king shinzo out a full these powers to try to force people to stay indoors that allows them to request people to stay at home unless they have exceptional reasons for going out but it has to be pointed out that this is still very much based on all and freak cooperation from people it's unclear whether government has the authorities have any powers can penalize people if they do go out so even though these measures already just been announced are just being introduced there are already questions about whether they are going to go far enough there are also other powers of the governors will have such as press stopping public gatherings closing schools and they can also do other things if things get really bad and he's take that action they are allowed to requisition buildings and lands for emergency hospitals even medici

south korea has seen more than $10000.00 infections and more than $220.00 deaths as there is right mcbride joins us now from a polling station in the capital so rob so just talk us through what sort of special restrictions have been put in place to allow the vote to go ahead. that's right polling here is well underway as it is across the country we are in a fairly well populated residential part of seoul city and we've been watching as varying numbers of people have been arriving here to cast their vote and as they do they have to go through these special precautions has been a bit of a lull at the moment but we have seen quite long lines at this polling station as people turn up they have to keep this one meter at least distance from the person in front of them or behind them and then as well as given hand sanitizer they have a temperature check and they're also then given disposable gloves to wear throughout their visit here to handle the ballot papers interestingly if you get a temperature here you are not turned away but you are directed towards a special voting booth just reserved for

distancing south korea see more than $10000.00 infections and more than $200.00 deaths of zeros drop mcbride has more from a polling station in the capital seoul. there are various precautions in place here as people turn up we are in a fairly busy residential part of seoul and we've seen varying numbers come through at the hours that we've been here but they all have to go through the same process everybody has to keep a distance of at least a metre apart as they are and to the polling station you have your temperature checked you have hand sanitizer obviously everybody is wearing a mask but you are also given special disposable gloves with which you can handle your ballot paper and when you leave the voting station you throw those gloves away again everybody taking absolute precautions that no infections are passed on as people go out to vote interestingly if people do turn up here and they are found to have a temperature they are not turned away they are sent to a special voting booth where you can still have your vote what also is happening on this election day is that the end of the reg

anita mcbride alluded to that. the grounds originally stopped here. basically where this roadway is. it stopped there for about the first eight decades of the grounds existence. the far south grounds were not added until 1872 under president grant. the southerly addition was to compensate for the loss of land and the east of west be by the expansion of executive offices. that is the treasury building, which is called the eisenhower executive office. so, yeah, as i was saying, the white house grounded not always a quite as nice as they do today. in the great rush to complete the white house before president john adams moved in on november 1, 1800, the landscape was left completely neglected and unimproved. as we have heard, it was still full of temporary structures needed for building the mansion. this included the carpenter shed and the houses is that house the workman on site. as well as unused construction materials and even heaps of garbage. many of the trees had been used for firewood. the ground itself was terribly uneven and marked with holes us

following an economic slowdown corruption scandals and tensions with north korea that speak now to rob mcbride he joins us live from seoul so no more new cases in diago do officials believe this crisis is now ending. they're certainly very encouraging signs very encouraging numbers in fact this week has been a week of milestones for the 1st time we have seen the daily number of new infections dropped to below 50 and stay below 50 now the latest numbers show below 30 and of the 27 latest cases again many of those were people coming from abroad or koreans returning from abroad but obviously fall many people here in south korea the most important number will be this is a row reporting of new infections in daegu take you as you recall was the epicenter they were mysterious cluster of hundreds of people falling sick mainly centered on a particular church the infections very quickly spread to all rebel groups in nursing homes hospitals and then very quickly cases were being reported all across south korea there was a feeling of one point as though they thing could get completely out of control the a

rob mcbride joins us now live via skype from seoul rob this opens up a whole bunch of other questions how solid were these tests the 111 out of how many total cases of retesting is this the same covert 19 and so on have you got any information shed some light on some of these issues. certainly it raises more questions and they have answers for that is a worrying development it's something that the center for disease control here in south korea has really been studying for a number of weeks now looking at the cases of people who later test positive these are some of the thousands of people who originally contract a device. like 7000 people now here in south korea and have had the virus and have been released have gone home and gradually a lot of them have been retested again and gradually they and they've been finding that around over 100 of these people have now tested positive again and there is that a real question about just where this positive reading has come from has it been a problem of the tests themselves that the south koreans are pretty confident in the tests they have been

opposed to president really to make a much inroads in this part thank you for all those updates rob mcbride in solo on believe it or not election day. sweden now which is reported a sharp rise in coronavirus debts and 114 confirmed on tuesday which was up from 20 the previous day overall about 11000 people have tested positive and more than a 1000 died sweden has taken a far more liberal approach to the pandemic resisting the national lock downs which other countries take number of new cases in germany has risen again after declining for 4 days another 2400 infections reported bringing the total to more than 127003200 germans have now died. so what we see there is that the outbreak is far from stabilizing in europe but still some countries are easing their containment measures after weeks of lockdown spain italy austria they're all allowing some businesses to reopen or brennan has more on that . after more than a month from the government imposed closure the shutters are starting to be raised europe is taking its 1st cautious steps out of lockdown many italian bookshops stationary stores an

country appears to have its outbreak under control but is concerned about a resemblance and as rob mcbride reports from seoul itself i managed to contain the numbers without drastic restrictions. along the banks of the hand river many people are doing what they haven't done for weeks venturing outside enjoying the spring sunshine and the cherry blossom but with reminders everywhere to maintain social distancing of at least 2 metres apart other signs warn that as crowds build the avenues of cherry trees will have to be closed. i guess it's ok for people to see the cherry blossom enjoy it before they close a road on the whole south korea has chosen not to enforce the kind of harsh measures adopted by neighboring china also now emerging from its own crisis. the international community should consider their own situations and review both the chinese and south korean approaches and apply the measures that would be faced in their own countries south korea's guiding principle in fighting the disease has been to get the voluntary support of the public rather than imposing lockdowns or completely c

for the 1st time since social distancing measures were introduced at the start of the pandemic what mcbridehas more from so. 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 they're holding masses online 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 a 1000 but only a quarter of that number of being allowed in for each mass and you know order to do so you have to turn up here early go to this building where you get a number and your contact details your identity is recorded all this so that if there is a case of infection then every member of that congregation can be traced it's all part of this contact tracing that the south koreans are now so expert at then you have to line up a 2nd time outside the cathedral itself obviously keeping a distance from the people in front of you and behind you and as you go i

convincing win and giving south koreans a further milestone in the long struggle back to normal life rob mcbride al-jazeera sole. as people get sick around the world health and other vital services are being hit hard by the coronavirus that includes public transport workers in new york drivers cleaners and engine is a putting themselves at risk to keep the city moving as al-jazeera is gabriel is on the reports. they're the bus drivers and subway workers. the people they keep millions of new yorkers moving from point a to point b. more than 2000 new york transit workers have tested positive for corona virus and more than 50 have died from it. to hernandez the 58 year old bus driver his son said his dad's life was about work church and family dad sent who worked the night shift as a subway station cleaner in the bronx who leaves behind 3 kids and a husband and warren tucker known to his colleagues and friends as big tuck he was a bus mechanic at the central maintenance facility in brooklyn. in a place like new york city transit workers are 1st responders any would not be able to respond. without o

more on the situation in south korea now with mcbride in seoul. we've been seeing numbers of around 10 new cases per day being reported sometimes down and to single digits and we know that most of these cases have been coming from abroad people arriving into south korea the latest figures show that there have been 4 new cases but all of those cases have been from abroad so for the very 1st time we have no cases of local transmission so it is something of an achievement you have to say when you compare it to the height of the outbreak at the end of february south korea was reporting something like $900.00 plus cases every day so to get it down to this has been a real achievement of the government here though the authorities are still advising caution as they would especially at the moment we do have what is a very actually a very busy travel period we have several public holidays by coincidence all forming very close together so people are using this opportunity especially after being cooped up for so long in coinciding incidentally with beautiful

the employee worked at the usps annex on mcbride lane.the affected employee is now under quarantine at home. a usps spokesperson said they believe risk for other employees at the facility is low based on center for disease control and prevention guidelines. but added, out of an abundance of caution's we have supplemented cleaning protocols using disinfectant across the facility in addition to providing sanitizes, gloves and masks for employees. the ceer fosease control and prevgazaon saye is currently no evidence the coronavirus can be spread through the mail. >>> out of san bernardino county, no one is being admitted or discharged from a nursing home after two people died from covid-19. 57 people have tested positive for the virus. of those infected, 51 our residents, and 6 our staff. the county brought in and laid infectious disease expert to help stop the spread. >> if you have come in contact with somebody that has worked in one of these facilities or a patient, let them know. one person could very well go out and give it to 50 other