the pan american health organization warns there's no sign of coronavirus slowing down in the region,reporting their highest weekly increases in confirmed cases since the pandemic began. in mexico, the death toll has climbed above 40,000. health officials are now making their way through hot spots in the capital under red alert for coronavirus infections, tracing the contacts of those who've tested positive. translation: health personnel, medics, nurses are carrying out home visits to take samples from patients who have been in contact with someone that has been confirmed with covid—19 or if it's a suspected case. another situation that exists with locals is that they don't open up, or they reject having a test done. in brazil, the death toll is above 80,000 and rising, which is why it's been chosen as a location to trial potential vaccines, including this chinese candidate, with 9,000 volunteers to be involved. translation: once we have the first piece of evidence on the efficiency of this vaccine, it may allow us to bring it to the brazilian population in a way that is very timely,

the pan american health organization has voiced concern over the high coronavirus mortality rate across the americas the washington based agency says deaths are rising particularly in brazil mexico and the u.s. for answers but still day ceremony in paris has taken place in the shadow of the coronavirus a fireworks display lit up the sky above the eiffel tower this year the event was scaled back and included special tributes to france's health workers those were the headlines and back with more news in half an hour here on al-jazeera next it's one of the least do stay with us. a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u.s. politics and society on al-jazeera. it was meant to be the cruise of a lifetime a luxury trip around new zealand to soak up the country's natural beauty. but then disaster struck. cruise ship passengers were trapped in the middle of a volcanic eruption on wife island. s

latin america remains one of the worst affected regions of the world the pan american health organization so the crisis in the region shows no signs of slowing down world health experts are also expressing concern over contagion rates in central america where countries are reporting the highest weekly death tolls since the story of the pandemic. al-jazeera. the us states and territories have reported more than 1100 new deaths from the corona virus that's the highest daily toll since may the most populous state california now has the highest number of infections in the country surpassing new york a spike has been attributed to the state opening up most of its economy since may there are now nearly 415000 cases in california but more people have died in new york california has had to reimpose restrictions on businesses now the british government has unveiled conditions for 3000000 hong kong residents to apply for citizenship starting in january those eligible will not need a job before going to the u.k. it applies to those with british national overseas passports and their immediate familie

latin america remains one of the worst affected regions of the world the pan american health organization so the crisis in the region shows no signs of slowing down world health experts are also expressing concern over contagion rates in central america where countries are reporting the highest weekly death tolls since the start of the pandemic. al-jazeera a nighttime curfew aimed to containing the spread of the virus has come into effect in zimbabwe opposition leaders say the new step siblings to antigovernment protests planned for next week they accuse the government of using health restrictions to infringe on people's rights. from harare. after 2 nights in police custody freelance journalist hopeless in gone and opposition leader jacob me arrive at the magistrates court to apply for bail they were arrested on monday and accused of inciting people to protest over the economy and corruption in zimbabwe is going through thank you for putting out the full of your story but the case was adjourned they are spending another night in jail there's no question that this is. cause there is no law

the head of the pan american health organization says there's no sign the spread of the corona virus is slowing in the americas it comes as trials begin of a new chinese made vaccine in brazil the testing program was launched in sao paolo and will take place in 5 other brazilian states. iran has reported its highest number of deaths since the outbreak began the health ministry announced 229 more deaths on tuesday it follows weeks of rising infections across the country will than 278000 cases have been officially reported and at least 14600 people have died . america new york city says he will take president trying to court if he goes ahead with what's been seen as a politically motivated threat to send in federal agents to police the city the browser's warning comes a day after the president said he would send national law enforcement personnel to democrat led cities including chicago new york and philadelphia to stay with us on not just air accident well that's next after. paris a major european capital known for its cuisine its fashion famous landmarks and french culture. but behin

the pan american health organization has voiced concern over the high coronavirus mortality rate across the americas the washington based agency says deaths are rising particularly in brazil mexico and the u.s. for answers but still day ceremony in paris has taken place in the shadow of the coronavirus a fireworks display lit up the sky above the eiffel tower this year the event was scaled back and included special tributes to france's health workers those were the headlines and back with more news in half an hour here on al-jazeera next it's 101 east to stay with us. a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u.s. politics and society on al-jazeera. it was meant to be the cruise of a lifetime a luxury trip around new zealand to soak up the country's natural beauty. but then disaster struck. cruise ship passengers were trapped in the middle of a volcanic eruption on wife island. scenes of

of security that warning from doctor sylvain out to carry the incident manager of the pan american health organization, a traveler from the location we have widespread community transmission. could be infected. between the time. the sample was taken. and when the her son bold flight. >>i think kerry says the test can also come back negative in the early stages of infection while some countries in the caribbean have reopened for non essential travel how the kerry says that decision sitting come quickly should be gradual. >>and we did dynamic in terms of adjusting the restrictions he calls on countries to plan for the risk of having travelers possibly import the virus by having contact tracing procedures in place expanding the network labs to improve testing and by improving local health care systems for today's health minute. i'm mandy gaither. >>we will switch gears now and talk about our weather forecast as we take a live look outside here at san francisco's embarcadero calm and cool here. >>but our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is watching a major tropical storm that could have some big impact

pre-positioning itself in other countries critical national infrastructure of the head of the pan american health organization says there's no sign the spread of the corona virus is slowing in the americas it comes as trials begin of a new chinese made vaccine in brazil the testing program was launched in sao paolo and will take place in 5 other brazilian states the vaccine was flown from beijing for face 3 trials on monday do stay with us is up next more news for you after that i think that. to old. school is the government not taking the necessary action to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that air travel is the safest mode of travel and the spend that we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter on the. climate change is an existential threat to life on earth. the world health organization predicts that in 30 years it will be directly responsible for the deaths of over $250000.00 people each year. many fewer governments the failing to respond and it's unlikely that the paris agreement targets of keeping the global temperature rise below 2 degrees

reported another record daily increase in cases on wednesday and follows a warning from the pan american health organization that the pandemic in the region is far from over the british government has unveiled the conditions for 3000000 hong kong residents to apply for citizenship starting in january those eligible will not to need a job before going to the u.k. it applies to those with british national overseas passports and their immediate families these new rules are in response to a national security law that beijing is imposing on hong kong well those are the headlines to join me for more news here on al-jazeera after the stream stay with us . is there are we are this is the government not the fault of the necessary optional to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that travel is the safest mode of travel and to spend that we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on how it is their own. day they're welcome to the stream home edition i'm josh rushing sitting in for me ok you are joining me from my home in fairfax virginia while we're still und

the pan american health organization has warned the coronavirus pandemic is showing no signs of slowinglose to 8 million confirmed cases. it comes as human trials of a potential chinese vaccine get under way in brazil, where the death toll has surpassed 80,000. tanya dendrinos reports. around the globe, the wish may be for a return to normality, but reality is anything but. fresh graves a harrowing reminder of the grim toll of covid—19 the americas still firmly in the firing line. during the last week there were almost 900,000 new cases and nearly 22,000 deaths reported in our region. most of this within brazil, mexico, and the united states of america. and the numbers continue to rise. there have been surges in parts of bolivia, ecuador, peru, and colombia. pan american health 0rganisation wants there is no sign of coronavirus slowing down in the region, with some central american countries reporting the highest weekly increases in confirmed cases since the pandemic began. in mexico, the death toll has climbed above 40,000. health officials are now making their way through hotspots in

of security that warning from doctor sylvain out to carry the incident manager of the pan american health organization, a traveler from the location we have widespread community transmission. could be infected. between the time. the sample was taken and when. her son bold flight. >>al the kerry says the test can also come back negative in the early stages of infection while some countries in the caribbean have reopened for non essential travel out of here. he says that decision city come quickly should be gradual. >>and with the dynamic in terms of adjusting the restrictions he calls on countries to plan for the risk of having travelers possibly import the virus by having contact tracing procedures in place expanding the network labs to improve testing and by improving local health care systems. >>for today's health minute. i'm mandy gaither. >>still ahead on the kron 00:04am morning news a south bay district attorney is changing his stance on the death penalty here why coming up after the break. how about a little trip outside over to the bay bridge toll plaza what traffic looks great this morning in

latin america remains one of the worst affected regions of the world the pan american health organization so the crisis in the region shows no signs of slowing down world health experts are also expressing concern over contagion rates in central america where countries are reporting the highest weekly death tolls since the story of the pandemic. al-jazeera. cuba has sent thousands of doctors and nurses abroad to help other countries fight covert 19 of the island has also had success containing the virus domestically since the pandemic began the country has recorded just over 2400 cases and fewer than 100 deaths and augustine reports from havana. every morning optometry student as the dumb era walks through soviet style apartment blocks knocking on doors. and fair and i got out i was in connecticut i'm going to. at 1st it's annoying waking up early every day going up and down stairs but we have to do it. do you do this voluntarily. one of the assigned it to you at school and you do it. keep is 28000 medical students have been told they must knock on doors every day if they want to graduate

latin america remains one of the worst affected regions of the world the pan american health organization so the crisis in the region shows no signs of slowing down world health experts are also expressing concern over contagion rates in central america where countries are reporting the highest weekly death tolls since the start of the pandemic. al-jazeera. well south korea's economy has plunged into recession off to suffering its west to klein and more than 2 decades the knock on effect from the pandemic hit exports and factory output causing the economy to contract 3.3 percent in june compared to the previous quarter analysts predict the 4th largest economy will slowly recover during the 2nd half of this year. also ahead for you here on al-jazeera a dramatic rescue from a batting apartment and fronts we'll have those details. and the stores under the stands by an essential part of hong kong's retail landscape is in danger of disappearing. and still the heat is in place across the northeast of the united states of the south of the midwest we've got more of those thunderstorms across the

latin america remains one of the worst affected regions of the world the pan american health organization so the crisis in the region shows no signs of slowing down world health experts are also expressing concern over contagion rates in central america where countries are reporting the highest weekly death tolls since the start of the pandemic. al-jazeera. victims of sexual abuse in indonesia are being failed by politicians according to children's rights activists a bill to tackle sexual violence has been dropped as the government deals with the coronavirus pandemic as jessica washington reports from jakarta experts say vulnerable children are facing even bigger risks. in the city of deployed. this is where children can come together to play thing and to be safe it's a place that children who would otherwise spend all day on the street. is a volunteer at the shelter she spent her youth on the streets and she knows firsthand how perpetrators of sexual abuse target these children. living on the streets or sleeping in front of shops is a nice but if someone suddenly offered you access to an

the pan american health organization has also expressed concern about the high coronavirus death toll throughout the americas the organization says that saw rising particularly in brazil mexico and the us latin america's best all from cope at 19 has exceeded that of the u.s. for the 1st time and on sunday mexico overtook italy becoming the country with the 4th highest death toll. a man accused of torturing women in the straw in ancient monuments in la least in book 2 is standing trial at the international criminal court in the hague prosecutors say our last son. was part of an al qaeda linked armed group nicholas hock reports. if you don't tell me not his real name was sent to prison to do what i was in 12 by al qaeda is religious police in timbuktu accused of stealing he was beaten he has since fled the city and while they are no longer in control of timbuktu he still fears for his life. and i know those who did this will there was a lot of violence i was tortured like many people and we were forced to kill or to be killed this is what justice looked like during that time this is the

latin america remains one of the worst affected regions of the world the pan american health organization so the crisis in the region shows no signs of slowing down world health experts are also expressing concern over contagion rates in central america where countries are reporting the highest weekly death tolls since the start of the pandemic. al-jazeera. well in the face of opposition and pressure from the government of chile the senate has approved a bill which means citizens have been hit hard by the covert 1000 pandemic and withdrawal cash from the pension funds the historic vote will impact on his highly unpopular private pension system one of the main targets of last year's mass protests a latin america editor to see in human reports from santiago. chileans watched with bated breath as the senate voted to allow them to withdraw up to 10 percent of their pension savings. it's supposed to be an emergency measure to help those hard hit by the pandemic make ends meet. but to many it means much more father to the standard he is who helps out a dissenting soup kitchen says it's seen as

but the pan american health organization has also expressed concern about the high current virus there stole throughout the americas latin america's death toll from covert 19 has exceeded that of the u.s. for the 1st time on sunday mexico overtalk italy becoming the country with the 4th highest best home. france's but still they ceremony in paris says they can plan a place in the shadow of the coronavirus crisis this year the event was scaled back and there were special honors for france's health workers but some house workers say their inclusion in the prestigious ceremony is not enough to save the country's embattled hospitals that reports. all the pomp and ceremony of france's traditional bastille day celebrations but on a much smaller scale the french president inspected troops on paris's elegant plaster like concord but for the 1st time in more than 4 decades it was no military parade on the famous shoals in say a pair back event because the coronavirus crisis and to make room for a homage to the bravery and dedication the france's health workers. towards the end of the ceremony a

pre-positioning itself in other countries critical national infrastructure of the head of the pan american health organization says there's no sign the spread of the corona virus is slowing in the americas it comes as trials begin of a new chinese made vaccine in brazil the testing program was launched in sao paolo and will take place in 5 other brazilian states the vaccine was flown from beijing for face 3 trials on monday. do stay with us is up next more news for you after that i think. the old we oppose is the government not taking the necessary action to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that air travel is the safest mode of travel and to spend that we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on hold a 0. climate change is an existential threat to life on earth. the world health organization predicts that in 30 years it will be directly responsible for the deaths of over $250000.00 people each year. many feel governments are failing to respond and it's unlikely.

certainly so and we heard from the pan american health organization earlier this week saying that the with very few exceptions countries like chile which are showing promise argentina uruguay coast rica with with few exceptions the pandemic actually shows very few signs of slowing in fact outside of mexico and brazil which you just mentioned which lead the region in deaths and in confirmed cases we're seeing a lorme rates of contagion in several other countries we can point to ecuador colombia peru several countries in central america haiti dominican republic that are showing these alarming rates of contagion we have our eye today specifically on bolivia we know that over the course of 5 days authorities in the country say that they have recovered $420.00 bodies that were found in automobiles that were found on the street they were found in people's homes the vast majority between 80 and 90 percent of these bodies of individuals who are believed to have died from cope at 19 this is a sign of that worsening health crisis in bolivia but this is a this exponential growth in contagion isn

the head of a pan american health organization says there's no sign the spread of a corona virus is slowing in the americas it comes as trials begin of a new chinese made vaccine in brazil the testing program was no instance of power and will take place in 5 other brazilian states a vaccine was flown from beijing for phase 3 trials on monday some 900 volunteer doctors and paramedics will be the 1st in the country to receive the drug. that's the top stories to stay with us when i was there a strain is up next i want is for you after that i think. they're welcome to my home in fairfax virginia i'm josh rushing sitting in for the irreplaceable for me ok and this is the stream today we're asking is to dan on the path to democracy still now look if you're watching this on you tube you see that box over there yet right there that is the live you tube chat help me out get in the conversation we have a producer in there that's going to get your comments or your questions to me and i'm going to try to get them in the show now let me catch you up on what's been happening in sudan we're just over a ye

the head of the pan american health organization says there's no sign the spread of the corona virus is slowing in the americas it comes as trials begin of a new chinese made vaccine in brazil the testing program was no instance of power and will take place in 5 other brazilian states the vaccine was flown from beijing for phase 3 trials on monday some 900 volunteer doctors and paramedics will be the 1st in the country to receive the drug those top stories do stay with us on al-jazeera stream is up next on more news for you after that by fire. they're welcome to my home in fairfax virginia i'm josh rushing sitting in for the irreplaceable for me ok and this is the stream today we're asking is to dan on the path to democracy still now look if you're watching this on you tube you see that box over there yes right there that is the live you tube chat help me out get in the conversation we have a producer in there that's going to get your comments or your questions to me and i'm going to try to get them in the show now let me catch you up on what's been happening in sudan we're just over

latin america remains one of the worst affected regions of the world the pan american health organization so the crisis in the region shows no signs of slowing down world health experts are also expressing concern over contagion rates in central america where countries are reporting the highest weekly death tolls since the story of the pandemic. al-jazeera well the u.s. states and territories have reported more than 1100 new deaths from the current virus that's the highest daily toll since may and the most populous state california now has the highest number of infections in the country it's a pos in new york the spike has been attributed to the state opening up most of its economy since may there are now more than 421000 cases in california but more people have died in new york california has had to reimpose restrictions on businesses and south korea's economy has plunged into recession after suffering its west decline and more than 2 decades the knock on effect from the pandemic hits exports and factory output causing the economy's a contract 3.3 percent in june compared to the previous

latin america remains one of the worst affected regions of the world the pan american health organization so the crisis in the region shows no signs of slowing down world health experts are also expressing concern over contagion rates in central america where countries are reporting the highest weekly death tolls since the start of the pandemic. al-jazeera well let's take this on specific in looking at catherine that medicare is the director of the energy and information network which is a group that i'm lies is political dynamics and social justice issues joins us on skype from cochabamba in bolivia and katherine welcome to the program so we're seeing areas with a very rapid increase in corona virus cases but this this problem with bodies on the streets and overflowing cemeteries how's it comes up. let me issue is that the year the protocol dictates that bodies should be cremated if they have to persis died of code but the problem is there aren't very many of them to cremate there's a matter are and who are our procedures in terms of identifying who is impacted who is not the cause of de

latin america remains one of the worst affected regions of the world the pan american health organization so the crisis in the region shows no signs of slowing down world health experts are also expressing concern over contagion rates in central america where countries are reporting the highest weekly death tolls since the start of the pandemic. al-jazeera. well catherine labor is the director of the information network a group that analyzes political dynamics and social justice issues and she says believe his public health system cannot cope with a growing number of patients. let me issue is that the year the protocol dictates that bodies should be cremated if they have the person has died of coke that the problem is there aren't very many of them to cremate there's a backlog and who are procedures in terms of identifying who is infected who is not the cause of death and so what we have is that last week in cochabamba a one week backlog so people are having to keep their loved ones in their home or in worse case than they are going to put them out on the street and you know the health sy

the pan american health organization has voiced concern over the high coronavirus mortality rate across the americas the washington based agency says deaths are rising particularly in brazil mexico and the united states on sunday mexico over to italy to become the country with the 4th highest death toll worldwide on the trumpet ministration has reversed its policy to revoke visas from international students of their schools held classes exclusively online because of the coronavirus the decision follows 8 federal lawsuits and opposition from hundreds of universities thousands of israelis have rallied outside the prime minister's residence calling for him to step down there were scuffles with police and as the demonstration was ending dozens of protesters were arrested and even the yahoo is facing a corruption trial and growing discontent over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic critics say he reopen the economy to sue causing a sharp rise in infections which has prompted a 2nd lockdown. next well the alleged accomplice of convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein has been denied bail b

in fact, the pan-american health organization warned countries like brazil, argentina and peru aren'tely to peak until mid-august. the group of director said the death toll in latin america could quadruple by october. >> reporter: here in mexico city different parts of the economy are reopening all week long and today one of our most visual representations of that. that will be at restaurants. they're allowed to reopen to diners with a 50% capacity. hotels are also being allowed to reopen tomorrow. it's going to be markets here and later in the week places like hair salons as cases and deaths in mexico continue to rise at an alarming rate making public health experts worried this reopening is coming too soon. meanwhile news out of the president's office, president obrador set to visit president trump in washington, d.c. for a bilateral meeting july 8th. >> reporter: i'm fred pleitgen in brussels with the european unions easing of traffic restrictions is in effect, however, americans continue to be banned from entering the european union's territory. now, all of this is despite the fac

the pan american health organization has also expressed concerns about the high coronavirus death toll throughout the americas the organization says that's are rising particularly in brazil mexico and the us latin america's there still from covert 1000 is exceeded that of the u.s. for the 1st time and on sunday mexico overtook italy becoming the country with the 4th highest death toll manuever apollo is in mexico city for us and it's been a real concern how the pandemic is manifesting itself in mexico with that dreadful news coming out on sunday the now it's the 4th worst hit. in mexico and in the americas in general from canada to cheat play in argentina this entire region of the world now accounts for nearly half of all covert daily cope with related deaths worldwide and it's the region as a whole is is struggling to contain the virus some countries are bigger hotspots than others you touched a little bit on the haiti a moment ago haiti which shares a border with dominican republic that's certainly a hot spot in the caribbean brazil the worst affected country in south america as the

mexico 2 countries that sort of lead in terms of the death toll in latin america the pan american health organization has already said that the region as a whole shows no signs of slowing down and there are certain countries that are showing in alarming rate of contagion we can point to peru to colombia to ecuador we've been keeping a close eye on bolivia today where police and authorities in the cities of luck boston something say that they've discovered 420 bodies over the past over a period of 5 days the believe that the vast majority of these individuals died from covert 19 these are people that were found in their homes some found on the streets others in their vehicles but this is this is significant news because it really does highlight how the health crisis in bolivia is worsening but again it's not only bolivia we know of several countries regionally in south america in the caribbean we can point to haiti and the dominican republic countries in central america that are now reporting the highest rates of contagion in a single week that we've seen since the beginning of the pandemic. half of t