halley office is the largest for vela in sao paulo. crime and drugs dominate every day life here.the fact that beethoven can now be heard in these streets is thanks to a music school the instituto bucket any. more than a 1000 children and young adults most of them from poor families are getting a musical education here. the trigger for this inspirational story was a huge fire in heliopolis in 1996 conductor sylvio back at early wanted to help the reconstruction effort and did so in his own way he offered music tuition for children at the local primary school today the institute of back at early is home to 4 orchestras 14 choirs and more than 40 other musical acts the best young musicians play in the symphonic a healthy opulence orchestra which enables them to earn some money. eyes on them by . bringing the wall sort of a school bus to mr. mr here she says you can see it her. organising ideals through your lawyer why. more wise you always low prices offers. it's a well if you've got to be out and buy them up with anything physically things. her world. could be much better by. life

. >> en sao paulo, 236 personas han fallecido en sus casas por coronavirus en las Últimas dos semanasadvertido que los hospitales estÁn cerca del colapso desde hace dos semanas la crisis polÍtica de brasil se agudizÓ con la salida de los ministros de justicia y salud, el Último por tener una postura diferente en cÓmo enfrentar la crisis sanitaria, por su parte, 7 exministros de salud brasilero denunciaron a presidente brasil por su cuestionables manejo de la pandemia. >> la administraciÓn trump asegurÓ que no descarta la posibilidad de prohibir los vuelos comerciales desde brasil para evitar la llegada de nuevos contagios de covid-19 asÍ como lo hizo con china y los paÍses europeos, en miami florida, juan cooper, noticias telemundo. >> espaÑa sigue siendo el segundo paÍs del mundo en cuanto a mayor nÚmero de contagios se refiere, con cerca de 237 mil y con una cifra que estÁ superando las 24 mil muertes, son los datos mÁs recientes que vamos a comentar con ana pastor, periodista de "newtral.es" como siempre, bienvenida muy buenas tardes, ¿en quÉ contexto debemos situar estas cifras? >

people in one of sao paulo's biggest slums feel forgotten.a world where home-office doesn't exist, peopleinre preparing heir own way. training volunteerso become street presidents. ensuring householdsd understan the need to stay indoors. his toughest task isnf debunking mimation coming from the prident. >> he sa coronavirus is just the sniffles. the next day, peoplere out on th street. he will be partly responsible for any debts here because he has created this situation -- deaths hereecause he has created this situation. >> in a neighborhood wheree people lano mouth, how do you tell them to shut up shop? people depend on the economy to may not be coronavbiggest fear she had a tapioca store befor the shutdown forced her to stop. the $110 a month the governor -- government is promisings not enough. to sleeping.sleep think. i ll not be able to aord my rent next month. i don't know how i will do it. >> she works two days as a cleaner. she says her employer will not derecommendations that coming. non-essential workers day home, she feels she has

shares on the sao paulo stock exchangeimited 8% with the resignation. -- plummeted 8% with the resignationrld leaders and the u.n. haver an initiative ways to prevent and kill covid-19. it is cohosted by president tcron of france a president of the european linda gates.alongside bill and in a huge show of support for the.h., other world leaders took part, but not the u.s., which has droppe support for the organization. here is president macron on why this collaboraanon is so impo >> it is inexcusable any country that finallyinds a vaccine keeps it for itself. the moment we reach that point in this fight we need to make the vaccine accessible as fast as possible for the whole popution. the initiative we are working on is one that can make this available for everyone in every geographical area and that the fastest way you can get back to normal life. anchor: our correspondent has more abouthe launch of the initiative. imogen:t was a star-studded cast with one star conspicuous by his absence, the predent of the united states, donald trump, who has criticized thworld health organization for it

>> in rio and sao paulo, it's almost collalapsing. in othther places, it has collapsed. we see mass graves and the numbers are rising from day toto day. we expect the worst two weeks to come from now on. pablo: thank you. a high profile pro-democracy activists who left -- you fled hong kong is being attacked with red paint in taiwan where he was set to launch a new bookstore. he's the former omer that former owner of causeway bay books, known for carrying books banned by china. phoebe kong reports. >> the causeway bay bookstore used to be an iconic location in hong kong, famed for selling books critical of chinese leaders. now its founder's about to bring it to taiwan. in 2015, he was one of five books dollars detained by booksellers and forced to confess on tv. he says his calling in life h hs much more meaning than fifive years ago. >>>> b books a are my weapons of resistanance. reopenining a store is a revolt against the authoritarian regime. why are they so afraid of unarmed booksellers? >> he could only realize is plan after he fled in april of last year after the h

governors of the different states in sao paulo and rio janeiro they are constructing special hospitals temporary hospitals with more beds for corona cases for example in the famous american a stadium and also in the some boardroom con about temple of rio de janeiro's so there are measures taken but we have to see and wait for the numbers of death and infections here in brazil and this would be really. not sure we are not sure so far if it will be enough and if poor people will have access and quickly what about brazil's indigenous people materials and the threat to the. yeah they are one are available and they went to the amazon forest many groups tribes went back to the amazon because they have no bodies and as they know from the memories that other former generations suffered from diseases brought by white people so they went back to some groups and they want to hide deep inside the forest. correspondent mathias reporting from rio thank you. it watching the news stay tuned for a coronavirus special up next don't forget our website is there for all the lights news and information arou

the governors of the states here, rio de janeiro and sao paulo are preparing temporary beds at hospitals in and around the different cities. for example, here in rio de janeiro, there is a stadium and a temple that will be temporary hospitals. so there will be higher capacity, but we are not sure and we have to wait and see if this will be enough. brent: what about brazil's indigenous people and the threat to them? who is lookining out for them? reporter: they are the most vulnerable people here in brazil. they don'tave the same antibodies as the rest of brazilians, so they are now moving back, as in many parts of the country, many tribes are going back deep into the amazon, together with members of indigenous people come they try to hide in the forest in order to n not get in contact with resilience and foreigners. brent: they definitely have a different immune system, that is for sure. thank you for that report. here's a look at some of the ways the pandemic is affecting the business world. anticipated recession in germany will rival the financial crisis of 2009. that is the grim asses

katy watson, bbc news, sao paulo. laura: questions over those figures in brazil.other news now from around the world, britain's government has extended the lockdown for at least three more weeks. the foign secretary said that while there is light at the end of the tunnel, the u.k. is still at a delicate and dangerous stage in this pandemic. thannouncement came as the u.k. recorded another 861 coronavirus deaths in the past day. police in new jersey found 17 bodies ione of the state's largest nursing homes after receiving an anonymous tip. according to localeports, the bodies were stacked in a tiny hall. it is unclear if the death were due to the coronavirus but the centre already reported 26 fatalities due to covid-19. the american actor brian dennehy has died at the age of 81. over a five decade career n films ande stage, he won two tony awards and six part-time emmy's. he is known for hits like "rambo" and "tommyoy you are watching "bbc world news america." stillo come on tonight's program, on the front line, we profe the hospital teams working tirelessly to sav

other health care systems on the continent so the governors of the big states here are narrow and sao paulo they are not preparing a lot of. temporarily bad and hospitals in and around the different cities for example he and readers an arrow there is the american stadium and also says some border most of the khan of all temple they will be temporary hospitals and so there will be a higher capacity but we are not sure and we have to wait and see if this will be enough but what about brazil's indigenous people and the threat to them who's looking out for the. they are the most vulnerable people here in brazil they have the same antibodies as the rest of brazilians so they are now moving back as we hear in many countries in many parts of the country and many tribes going back to the amazon deep into it together with some members of the food neither the state body for indigenous people they'd try to hide in the forests in order to not get any more in contact with black white brazilians of foreign us so they want to protect themselves deep into the jungle they definitely have to deal with a diff

will they react now how is brazil's health system coping with the situation in rio de janeiro and sao paulo it's almost collapsing in man hours the amazon capital it already collapsed there we can see mass graves and so far the numbers are rising from day to day and we expect the worst weeks the worst 2 weeks to come from now on my tears ever to in rio de janeiro thank you. well a high profile pro-democracy activist and a bookseller who fled hong kong has been attacked with red paint in taiwan where he was set to launch a new book store it this weekend lamb winkie is the former owner of hong kong's causeway bay books known for carrying works banned by china w.'s phoebe com reports . the causeway bay book store used to be an iconic location in hong kong famed for selling books critical of chinese leaders now expelled and one k. is about to bring it to taiwan and to dolls and their 15 there was one of 5 hong kong booksellers detained by chinese agents and forced to confess on t.v. . that his calling in life has much more meaning now that 5 years ago i mean what books are my weapon of resistan

just mention the for balance brazil's or these communities that kind of surround rio de janeiro and sao paulo these are these are hotbeds of potentially opitz of coronavirus you know coronavirus has now been diagnosed has been confirmed at least 4 different for ellis and rio and these are places where people are very close together and so these are areas that people are very very concerned about but we're hoping that this moment of having the support from the government and support from each other we just saw a couple days ago that gangs were actually traveling around the civilians telling people to stay home so people their real life situation is but it's also a place where you know around brazil roughly 40000000 people don't have access to water so literally in the morning you have to walk down the hill to pick up water and bring it back up just so they can cook with or wash their clothes so these are very precarious situations and those are some of the major concerns also played to a perfect storm for a virus that can be easily spread what plans does the brazilian government have to deal w

and that was katy watson in sao paulo, andrew harding injohannesburg, yogita limaye in delhi and rupertews, still to come: # to get my fair shares of abuse...# how some of music's biggest names have celebrated healthcare workers around the world. the stars and stripes at half—mast outside columbine high. the school sealed off, the bodies of the dead still inside. i never thought that they would actually go through with it. one of the most successful singer songwriters of all time, the american pop star prince has died at the age of 57. ijust couldn't believe it, i did't believe it. he was just here on saturday. for millions of americans, the death of richard nixon in a new york hospital has meant conflicting emotions. a national day of mourning next wednesday sitting somehow uneasily with the abiding memories of the shame of watergate. mission control: and lift-off of the space shuttle discovery with the hubble space telescope, our window on the universe. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: president trump has said more than four million americans have been tested for the coro

over to brazil now where supporters of presidential year balsa narrow took to the streets of sao paulo to demand the coronavirus restrictions being lifted on saturday protesters denounce those strict quarantine measures put in place by the governor of south hollow meantime just days after both n r a fired his health minister after doesn't greying on social distancing the brazilian president says he wants his new health minister to help protect the country's health while restarting the economy. and right here in the nation's capital the army corps of engineers are starting to build a makeshift hospital at the washington d.c. convention center according to officials the convention center will soon be outfitted with about 1500 hospital beds for coronavirus patients right now the district has nearly 3000 cases of infections and about 100 of 5 deaths. and more news from around the world israel's prime minister and his. main rival have agreed to form an emergency unity government under this deal if it acted benjamin netanyahu would remain the prime minister for the next 18 months then many g

joins me now from sao paulo to discuss the situation in the country have a general thank you for joining me on upfront hello let it thank you very much for inviting me you have around 7000 cases more than 200 deaths in your country those numbers of spike this week your country's health minister says brazil's health care system could be overwhelmed by the end of this coming month do you agree just how bad are things going to get in brazil do you think well myside all the numbers that are already brought a lot of specialists in my country believe them numbers might be actually much bigger than that because brazil hasn't been able to test all of the people who need it and besides all of this situation and how her fall off a craze of prices we're having right now our president keeps going to television and going on to social media to we spread fake news to a spread lies and to say this is just a little crisis and my doing those things and by telling people to go to the streets and actually going self to leave the crowds what he did last week in his 40 like lives in danger and what i keep ask

staged this have you know way put him in a very strong drastic confrontations with the governors of sao paulo for example of rio they join nato that have imposed lock downs in their city he called them criminal lockdowns because he did not defend not believe that vic's are positive that they have a big impact on people's lives on people's jobs among other things we also know that there's been this big confrontation not only with the world health organization but also with his health minister who also recommends lockdowns he has threatened to fire him in the past but we know sources in brazil tell us that a very high members of within the military has stopped him from doing so now months in secret on a virus outbreak was declared a pandemic there's still no treatment and there is no vaccine as a result it's spread with alarming speed around the world infecting well over $1000000.00 people they turn again to be has to teach us. an unprecedented response to a virus unknown to the world just a few months ago now on nearly every continent country and street people's lives are being affected dramat

staged this has been a way put him in a very strong drastic confrontations with the governors of sao paulo for example of rio they join nato that have imposed lock downs in their city he called them criminal lockdowns because he did not defend not believe that vic's are positive that they have a big impact on people's lives on people's jobs among other things we also know that there's been this big confrontation not only with the world health organization but also with his health minister who also recommends lockdowns he has threatened to fire him in the past but we know sources in brazil tell us that a very high members of within the military have stopped him from doing so. the world's top while producing nations have agreed on the need to stumble eyes the price of oil which has been hits by the coronavirus spend demick energy ministers of the world's 20 largest economies discuss a deal by video conference it follows services agreement by the oil cartel opec and its allies to cut global production by 10 percent of the pact was told after mexico failed to agree to its share of const presid

gustavo ribeiro, live there in sao paulo, thank you for bringing us up—to—date on a massive story therel to come: we meet captain tom, the 99—year old war veteran who's raised millions of pounds for british healthcare workers. pol pot, one of the century's greatest mass murderers, is reported to have died of natural causes. he and the khmer rouge movement he led were responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million cambodians. there have been violent protests in indonesia, where playboy has gone on sale for the first time. traditionalist muslim leaders have expressed disgust. the magazine's offices have been attacked, and its editorial staff have gone into hiding. it was clear that paula's only contest was with the clock, and as for her sporting legacy, paula radcliffe's competitors will be chasing her new world—best time for years to come. quite quietly, but quicker and quicker, she seemed just to slide away under the surface and disappear. this is bbc news — the latest headlines: president trump has been setting out his plans for lifting coronavirus restrictions in the united st

distancing and follow the restrictions that have been put in place for example in the populace regions of sao paulo and rio de janeiro president wilson are instead on saturday met with a number of event jellicoe pastors and they sided with them that tomorrow sunday will be a day of fasting them prayer to fight what he calls the devil of the corona virus the other thing is that he spoke to the prime minister of india asking him if india could send medical supply to brazil that is expected to happen next week the brazilian congress also passed a an amendment to the constitution to deliver new funds to open new funds for the government to fight this virus but that will also have to go through a vote in the senate at some point next week or what about the rest of the region that i understand peru is limiting movement by gender. absolutely that's the decision that was made on friday also pinetown pan am i doing the same men will be able to go out to just for their essential needs buying food or medicines on monday wednesday and friday women instead will be able to do it on tuesday stares days and saturd

took to the streets of sao paulo to demand the coronavirus restrictions be lifted on saturday protesters denounce the strict quarantine measures put in place by the governor of south hollow meantime just days after bolton are fired his health minister after disagreeing on social distancing the brazilian president says he wants his new health minister to help protect the country's health while restarting the economy. and tiger king star joe exotic has been granted an extension in his wrongful imprisonment lawsuit claiming he was in equipped with the necessary tools to appeal the conviction so we'll talk with our friend rick sanchez coming up next and then over at the sports h.q. regina hamm shares a viral tennis facia and taking to the rooftops and italy will be right back. coby 19 pandemic not only sees much of the world in lockdown but it is also devastation economies then demi has been painful recovering from it maybe even more painful isn't all asian salt. is you'll be via reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. high salacious full community. are y

and then over to brazil now where supporters of president also narrow took to the streets of sao paulo to demand a coronavirus for strict restrictions lifted on saturday protesters denounced. put in place by the governor of south meantime days after both narrow fired his health minister after disagreeing on social distancing the brazilian president says he wants his new health minister to help protect the country's health while restarting the economy. and right here in the nation's capital the army corps of engineers is starting to build a makeshift hospital at the washington d.c. convention center according to officials the convention center will soon be fitted with 1500 hospital beds for corona virus patients right now washington d.c. has nearly 3000 cases of infections and 105 deaths. and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu may stay in office a little while longer after all up next we'll tell you about this rare deal that's being reached and then later in the sports h.q. we're going to hamm brings us bench clearing brawl from chinese professional baseball leagues look at that.

staged this has you know way put him in a very strong drastic confrontations with the governors of sao paulo for example of rio they join nato that have imposed lock downs in their city he called them criminal lockdowns because he did not defend not believe that vic's are positive that they have a big impact on people's lives on people's jobs among other things we also know that there's been this big confrontation not only with the world health organization but also with his health minister who also recommends lockdowns he has threatened to fire him in the past but we know sources in brazil tell us that a very high members of within the military has stopped him from doing so. and war torn yemen has confirmed his 1st coronavirus k.c. knighted nation says an outbreak would be catastrophic prompting fears it could would collapse a poor health care system a 12 hour curfew is now in place in the region of how there are more 20 case was confirmed or batman the reports the. streets deserted a 12 hour curfew imposed it's a moment many feared yemen's 1st reported case of coffee 19 in the southeast im

than the disease itself is facing widespread criticism and protests for downed plane the crisis in sao paulo haasan lawsuit says balsa now though is also backing the use of a controversial drug to treat the virus. once again president able to confirm that his orders and directives to the ministers and his government the federal government of brazil is to return to work he said that he believes that most of resilient people wants to return to work and he held the governors the full responsibility for that this is are the actions that they took regarding the social isolation he said that they didn't ask or consulted the federal government for those measures that they took and their states at the same time president to support and supported again the use of the treatment of secure queen and he said that although it's not approved by the w h o and he think that using this treatment may be a historical decision for the poor saving the brazilians life at the same time also announce that brazil will start to producing the treatment other particular green here in the brazilian industry after receivi

let's bring in the head of our sao paulo bureau. very clear signals that this might actually happen. nonetheless, markets are reacting. politicalg deal for stability right now. reporter: that's right. we were expect and this from yesterday, when it was announced he has decided to quit after bolsonaro decided to replace the head of the federal police. yesterday, the day ended without an actual resolution. it looks like bolsonaro had backtracked on the decision. this morning it was a published .hat he was dismissed he spoke for a little less than an hour, and seemed very apologetic for the timing of his resignation, as we are in the middle of a pandemic, but that he just could not stay anymore because of what he saw as political interference in the police. moro has almost superhero status in brazil as a result of the work he has done to fight corruption. what is this likely to do to bolsonaro's administration? what is it likely to do to his rating? julia: we don't know yet how much of bolsonaro's support base will stick by him. as you

it is in sao paulo with more. presidency was not a decided to any movement that are from his position and this is because of the disagreements between the president and the man death especially about socialization and quite entirely and here in brazil since the brazilian president labels are not a wants to return to life the normal life here in brazil he wants and support that idea of vertical isolation another has until as a lation he think that elderly only and the people that they are in danger must stay at home at home must be isolated but all the other people must return to work normally here in brazil and this was the main issue that the former minister recently came on that i didn't accept at all and he said the brazil must obey and follow what the h. always said about the strategies that brazil and all the countries must obey and the un envoy for yemen says the country's warring sides are closer reaching a formal truce negotiations have been taking place for the past 2 weeks after the saudi u.a.e. coalitio

meeting with those kids in sao paulo? yes, yes, it was a life changing experience. i know you've not been able to tell your friends and family so that must have been quite a secret to keep. hopefully you will be reunited soon. thank you both very much. i think they finished filming in november, long time to keep a secret. the other thing, for so many of us watching at home it's been really wonderful escapism, to been really wonderful escapism, to be able to see. we can't go on holiday, we can watch them. the whole series is available to catch up on iplayer now — and there'll be a new episode called race across the world: revealed which reunited this year's contestants next sunday at 8pm on bbc two. we know that the prime ministers backin we know that the prime ministers back in downing street, he arrived last night. we can see the scene live there this morning, the podium has been put there. they've been checking shots and things like that. we note the prime minister is expected to speak today. we were speaking to our corresponding jonathan blake today, he was refer

sao paulo's largest cemetery shows a grim scene of what is to come. rows upon rows of graves freshly dug. many of which will be filled by those who died because of the virus according to cemetery workers. and a discouraging announcement by brazilian health minister, hospitals in the state might collapse in just days. as authorities work on controlling the crisis, they are met with another challenge. the lack of key supplies. a multimillion-dollar purchase medical supplies that included mask and protective equipment fell through according to the health minister. he said that they were redirected to the u.s. >> translator: the same thing had happened with respirators he also said. we had bought them, they delivered the first part. the second even with a contract signed, they said they no longer had them, we can't make that delivery. >> reporter: authorities now are scrambling to make up for the loss. meanwhile those living in the most vulnerable areas, brazil's notorious slums, are often left to manage the covid-19 crisis on their own. more than 40 neig

. >> reporter: i'm shasta darlington in sao paulo. the president has fired his health minister. the outgoing minister was one of the biggest proponents of social isolation in brazil. he supported governors when they closed schools and closed businesses, and in some cases mandated sheltering at home. but that put him at odds with bolsonaro, who has repeatedly downplayed covid-19 as nothing more than a little flu, and warned that the economic fallout from the quarantine measures could actually be worse than the virus itself. >> reporter: i'm clarissa ward in london where the uk government has announced a three-week extension of its lockdown. uk authorities saying that although there are indications that the restrictions put in place have been successful, it is still a mixed picture and in some places the numbers are continuing to spike. some european countries are already beginning to loosen those restrictions, officials here saying that that would risk a secondary wave of infection that could be even more devastating for the public health system and the economy. >> our thanks to

virus in 24 hours that takes the total to more than $3300.00 at least half of those on the state of sao paulo the epicenter for the pandemic in brazil president jacques of also now has dismissed scientific advice and he's led a number of antilock to the protests cases in ecuador have nearly doubled 222000 doctor a backlog of tests were analyzed it's now the 2nd worst hit nation in the region after brazil in the government's begun storing bodies in refrigerated containers as morgues fill up strict lockdown measures in the philippines have been extended until the middle of next month to contain the spread of the virus the current teen moves will continue in the capital manila until may the 15th but restrictions will be eased in low risk areas president go to turkey has threatened to impose martial law after 2 soldiers a scorching 8 to villages were killed tens of thousands of students in hong kong are sitting important academic test during the global pandemic strikes health measures are in place to ensure 52000 people a safe students have been wearing masks and had their temperatures checked th

we are joined by a brazilian .ournalist in sao paulo it is getting very calm polluted in brazil.of resignations in the middle of a pandemic. how do you read the situation? reporter: thank you for having made. the timing is odd to see the justice minister resigned amidst the worst of the pandemic. this is not necessarily though shocking. he has lost many battles with the administration. efforts anticorruption curbed by the president. is getting more isolated politically. we are in the midst of a bad still comend we are up with the economy at a halt because of the quarantine rules, the president is acting like a wild card seeming more desperate by the day. the cabineted coming he was thought to be one of the adults in the room. a cabinet member that would curb the president's worst efforts. denied bolsonaro has meddling in any investigations, but how damaging is a present --is this for the president himself? we have seen the resignation of the health minister. it does seem like he is losing support or certainly government members. yes, a lot of mainstream conservatives have already

in america's worst outbreak with nearly 2000 reported deaths al-jazeera is her son masood is in sao paulo and he says the pair were sending conflicting messages to the public the president decided to remove monday from his position and this is because of the disagreements between the president and the man death especially about social isolation and quite entirely and here in brazil since the brazilian presidency was not a wants to retire to life the normal life here in brazil he air once and support that idea of vertical isolation another has until as a nation he think that the only and the people that they are in danger it must stay at home at home must be isolated but all the other people must return to work normally here in brazil and this was the main issue that the former minister recently came on that i didn't accept at all and he said that brazil must obey and follow what the w.h. always said about the strategies that brazil and all of the countries must obey it . nigeria's security forces have killed 18 people while enforcing coronavirus at lockdown measures and national human rig

. >>> i'm shasta darlington in sao paulo.dent bolsonaro joined protesters to demand an end to quarantine measures meant to slow the spread of covid-19. he didn't wear a mask and in fact coughed several times while addressing the crowd of a couple hundred. some of the protesters were also urging million tear intervention to close down both congress and the supreme court, which have supported social isolation measures. bolsonaro called his supporters patriots, and said that their freedom, their liberty must be guaranteed. now bolsonaro has clashed repeatedly with governors as though closed schools and all but essential businesses insisting the economic fallout from those measures could cause more damage than the virus itself. >> lives on the line this morning. >>> there are so many developments on this pandemic each hour. here's what to watch today. >>> there are so many questions about coronavirus and safety and what is safe to do and not to do. dr. sanjay gupta answers some of those questions next. we've been there in person,

one of the ones i spoke to was a doctor in sao paulo working in an intensive care unit. he's very overwhelmed by the job he's facing at the moment. he finds it emotionally difficult and long days. and i asked him what message the president of his country walking the streets sent and what were the implications for him as a doctor and in terms of specifically the number of patients he will be treating. >> when i hear about health care workers dying, that destroys the morale of the team and myself. i know a lot of colleagues that are not happy with what he's saying and what he's doing. he should be telling people that this is a severe disease and people should be cautious and taking hygiene precautions and staying at home. >> reporter: doctors say it's frustrating, ayman, it's very difficult, they're struggling with the president and human rights watch was out with a report saying that bolsonaro is putting his own citizens at risk. presidents lead by example and people in brazil are following his example and that's got a lot of the doctors there concerned. >> good to talk t

inside this one and sao paulo there are more than 200 beds for patients with covid—19.country's president is against the idea. he says he is worried about the economic impact of such measures. ecuador is at the moment the latin american country hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak. thousands of people have died in the province, because of the virus and other conditions can't beat treated when the health system collapsed. mortuaries and morgues were also overwhelmed and bodies had to wait for days to be collected and buried. a nightmare no—one wants to see replicated in other countries of the region. many economies in latin america are already weak, and venezuela is the wea kest of weak, and venezuela is the weakest of them all. it has beenin weakest of them all. it has been ina weakest of them all. it has been in a deep economic crisis for years. here, while there are not that many official debts, the healthcare system is one of the most stretched and badly prepared in the region. medical centres like this one are trying to get ready for covid—19, but doctors say tha

cities like sao paulo and rio de janeiro hold nightly protests from their windows and balconies, banging pots and pans and calling for the resignation of far-right president jair bolsonaro. he has repeatedly dismissed covid-19 as a little flu and urged brazilians to get back to work. in nigeria, africa's largest city, lagos -- home to 21 million people -- fell quiet tuesday as a stay-at-home order went into effect. many residentsts say they're moe worried about starving than they are of contracting covid-19. >> we have three kids. all --ot easy at amy: in uganda, police arrested at least three catholics priests after they celebrated mass on sunday in violation of a ban on religious gatherings during the pandemic. on the outskirts of the capital kampala, police raided a shelter for homeless lgbtq youths, arresting 20 people for allegedly violating quarantine. those arrested were reportedly beaten and forced to take a "walk of shame" through the village. uganda lgbtq campaigners say they were targeted because of their sexual orientation. authorities in indonesia's second largest city, sura

virus and is playing down its effects. 0ur south america correspondent katy watson reports from sao paulo to bury their dead quickly and safely. grave—diggers are taking no risks as the pandemic takes hold. for those left behind, there is little comfort at a time when it is needed the most. this was not sandra ever imagined saying goodbye to his mother. maria died of suspected coronavirus, like so many being buried here today. translation: i'm really sad and worried about the situation. i wasn't taking it too seriously before. i didn't really believe it. i thought it was the media stirring things up. then, when it happened to our family, we understood the severity of it. latin america's biggest graveyard is getting busier, but they are bracing themselves for the weeks ahead. the peak isn't expected until may orjune. the municipalities brought 5000 body bags, grave—digger manuel tells me. they have hired more people as well. this is as they get ready for the situation to get worse. workers here say they are digging around 50% more graves than they normally would as more burials come throug

shejoins us from sao paulo.dds. it is quite remarkable. on monday, a time when the numbers of coronavirus cases keep rising hymn of the deaths keep harassing him of there has been his political spat there has been his political spat the is getting better and bigger. so monday we heard rumours that bolsonaro will get rid of the health minister. a lot of rumours circulating about this because the health minister, his ratings have been giving up meanwhile bolsonaro's ready to be going down because of the difference. the president thinks that distancing is almost pointless that distancing is almost pointless that it that distancing is almost pointless thatitis that distancing is almost pointless that it is a small cold or flu. and really not anything to worry about people need to get back to work in the economy needs to keep running. but of course that is set apart from the state governors who have put in tough measures and the health ministers will be sought was the ministers will be sought was the minister coming

inside this one in sao paulo, there are more than 200 beds for patients with covid—19.tting them in place in themselves, but the country's president, jair bolsonaro, is against the idea. he says he's worried about the economic impact of such measures. ecuador is at the moment the latin american country hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak. thousands of people have died in the province of guayas because of the virus and because other conditions couldn't be treated when the health care system collapsed. mortuaries and morgues were also overwhelmed, and bodies had to wait for days be collected and buried. a nightmare no—one wants to see replicated in other countries in the region. many economies in latin america are already weak, and venezuela is the weakest of them all. it's been in a deep economic crisis for years. here, while there are not that many official deaths, the health care system is one of the most stretched and badly prepared in the region. medical centres like this one are trying to get ready for covid—19, but doctors i spoke with say that there are nowher

katy watson, bbc news, sao paulo. world's worst measles outbreak and now, the coronavirus. what lessons from these outbreaks can the country use to combat covid—19? the bbc‘s gaius kowene reports from kinshasa. (tx vt) coughing. the images of an outbreak, the temperature checks, the quarantines, the masks. new and unsettling experiences for most countries. but not the drc. for over four decades, it has fought ebola, the deadly haemorrhagic disease. one man has been at the heart of battling almost every outbreak. he is now taking on covid—19. translation: this fight will be based on scientific evidence and experience we developed throughout the years. this victory will be the fruit of the cooperation of the whole congolese population. it is impossible to win the fight against covid without community engagement. that is a lesson drawn from fighting the current ebola outbreak, the worst the drc has ever faced. myths and false information created mistrust between health and locals. 0vercoming them was key to beating the d